Benjamin Shaw Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England Metropolitan Area

Start of a life long dream

London, United Kingdom

● Manage lifecycle processes for multiple families including weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, conversion and baby blessings; currently overseeing more than 50 different processes.● Instigated structured timeline guidance using Excel and production of certificates, booklets and bookplates using Microsoft office software.● Manage the Rabbi’s diary and meeting schedule.● Part of the team to manage the central database of over 500 families’ personal data.● Produce weekly service sheets and booklets, as well as quarterly rota for volunteer Wardens. ● Schedule management of all service volunteers

London, United Kingdom

● Spearheaded theme selection and programming, purchased resources and supervised Youth workers and volunteers during clubs and schemes.● Interviewed and mentored youth staff for club and holiday scheme worker positions, and created youth staff rotas. Ensured DBS checks were done on all youth staff over 16.● Worked one-on-one with children with behavioural and learning difficulties.● Lead first aider, identified safeguarding issues with the children and staff.● Pioneered the creation of a central database recording all attendees of the years’ clubs and schemes.● Innovated new style programme planning template, timetables for holiday schemes and educational display boards.● Liaised with local schools to present at school assemblies to promote events, clubs and schemes.● Wrote lesson plans and taught in primary school classes about Israel.● Completed marketing briefing documents and collaborated with the Marketing team to design flyers and posters for events, clubs and holiday schemes.

East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

● Supervised up to eight staff, opened, closed and cashed up premises, reorganised cellar management, barista trained new staff, professionally served customers food and drinks.● Developed material for and initiated monthly pub quiz. (The Royal Oak and The Fountain pubs)● Qualified for personal liquor license (UK) and awarded a course certificate ‘Passion for Quality’

Orlando, Florida Area

● Cared for over 150 animals.● Supervised and trained volunteers in animal handling and safety with public interactions and activities.● Lead educational public presentations and one-on-one animal encounters, opened and closed exhibit hall.● Part of the team for development and improvement of exhibits and aquariums.● Awarded prize for top exhibit redesign for the Mata Mata Turtle aquarium.

Jerusalem Area, Israel

● Primarily responsible for working with large carnivores and venomous reptiles.● Shadowed and assisted keepers with daily and general husbandry tasks, animal capture and relocation around the zoo, enclosure maintenance and enhancement.● Responsible for evening closure of Carnivore section every other day (10 exhibits).

Field Guides Association Of South Africa, Level 1

Bachelor'S Degree (Hons), Zoology/Animal Biology

Activities and Societies: University of Glasgow Exploration Society, Tobago, 2011, University of Glasgow Exploration Society, Ecuador.