Christopher Pitcher Email & Phone Number

West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom

Single point of contact and response for emergencies within the district representing the local council.This role is supplementary to my current position.

Haywards Heath

Contributing, negotiating and monitoring of the operational management of the Waste Management Contract, by attending Contractor liaison meetings, monitoring inspections and contract administration.Contributing towards the achievement of national, regional, and local waste andrecycling targets by changing people’s perceptions about waste to reduce waste growth,increasing recycling and composting and raising awareness of sustainable waste management.Helping to ensure the contractor is fully complying with all aspects of the council’srequirements and contractual terms including reporting on regular progress, calculatingpenalty clauses and recording complaints.Project delivery work including tackling communal contamination as well as working with the contractor on obtaining sample loads from new initiatives and analysing the data. Other projects include the provision of a kerbside collection for small electrical goods and batteries, from consultation in the early stage to overseeing the operations during the roll-out.Communicating with members of the public, investigating and responding to contract-relatedqueries and service issues.Assisting with the preparation of new contracts as they fall due as well as the procurement of suppliers and managing those relationships.Working with the disposal authority and the contractor on disposal point issues identified through the service requirement planning process.Reviewing planning consultation on new developments and providing comment on behalf of the waste management team.Meetings with stakeholders and partnership working on improvements pertaining to all waste matters; housing associations, contractors, residents, the disposal authority, partner local authorities and parish and town councils.

Worthing, England, United Kingdom

Translator of academic articles for universities and other organisations. Translating from Portuguese to English. Articles, journals and surveys, official documents & more.

Durrington

My role included updating monthly figures for the MD, sending out memos, organising the shared calendar, filing, sending out correspondence on behalf of the company, creating reports, taking down minutes in various meetings, booking hotels and ordering supplies, covering the phone, proof-reading, researching legislation for the Policy Lead as well as handling additional projects; the most recent being installing and carrying out psychometric testing.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Researching, editing and updating the knowledge and troubleshooting articles in Nintendo's Oracle Cloud Server database that are used both internally and externally (consumer facing).This is carried out using HTML coding while making sure all information is accurate and up-to-date.My work is carried out through Teleperformance (a company which Nintendo outsources from in Lisbon).

Durrington

I handled exports, orders, queries and customer accounts. My duties included crediting accounts for damaged goods, arranging collections and deliveries and handling any complaints or questions that trade customers had. My duties also included keeping track of the workload and making sure it was distributed effectively within daily deadlines.

Sorocaba Area, Brazil

I taught English to individuals and small groups of all levels ranging from Beginner through to Advanced. Focusing on conversation and grammar. I have also taught preparation classes for TOEFL, and preparation classes on 'how to survive' in an English speaking country. These classes have mainly been taught in a classroom or through Skype. This also includes some translation work that I do for a university here, translating scientific articles from Portuguese to English.

Sorocaba Area, Brazil

I taught a variety of classes at British and American from basic to advanced level students, some mainly focusing on various aspects of grammar and structure and others on conversation and conversational activities. I used a variety of worksheets and dynamics using the white-board, even to go as far as organizing the class into debates on certain topics.I also helped mediate social events and parties at the school itself.

Postgraduate Degree, International/Global Studies, Distinction (85%)

Activities and Societies: Wrote and researched a variety of papers, presented, took part in academic discussion, attended conferences.

Greening The Economy: Sustainable Cities Mooc, Sustainability Studies, Geography, 90%

Activities and Societies: I had to highlight and critically analyse an issue in my current city in terms of sustainability and present.

Fantasy And Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World, Science Fiction And Fantasy Literature, 67.9%

This was a short course offered through Coursera from the University of Michigan. I had to read and interpret a set of books.

Psychology Bachelor, Psychology, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Philosophy debate society, Psychology society.Graduated with a 2:1 (B+) in Psychology. This included many.

Access To Psychology, Psychology, Distinction

I did the Access to Psychology course to learn the necessary modules to get onto a psychology degree at university level. These included.