Gill Ross Email & Phone Number

Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Lead on the recruitment, support, training, and co-ordination of volunteers for OnFife, achieved through the development and promotion of volunteers and volunteering opportunities and supporting staff and volunteers to work together.• Leading on the planning, delivery and reviewing of an effective volunteering programme across OnFife• Providing ongoing co-ordination and support to volunteers in-line with OnFife Volunteer Policy and Guidance• Promoting and championing the role of volunteers so that they are respected and valued for their contribution. This includes organising effective recognition events; developing mechanisms to celebrate the achievements of volunteers and putting volunteers forward for awards where appropriate• Keeping OnFife Volunteer Policy and Guidance up to date, in-line with legislation and current developments relating to volunteering• Ensuring that there is appropriate training and support for volunteers and staff• Raising staff awareness of the role and the function of volunteers and promoting volunteering, within the organisation at all levels• Working with OnFife colleagues to identify and break down barriers to volunteering and identifying volunteering opportunities• Liaising with OnFife teams to promote volunteering internally and externally• Ensuring evaluation procedures are followed by Supervisors for volunteers as per OnFife Volunteer Policies and Procedures• Assisting with the preparation of relevant funding applications• Preparing reports on the impact of volunteers across OnFife and other key stakeholders• Providing support to staff who directly manage/supervise volunteers• Maintaining good working relationships with external partners• Maintaining effective electronic and paper-based office information systems, as well as undertaking cash handling duties including administering volunteer expenses in line with OnFife policies

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Gill Ross Jewellery is for busy people who are looking to overcome their everyday challenges by reconnecting with the calming influence of nature. I create individually handcrafted pieces of enamel jewellery which aim to capture the feeling of wellbeing we associate from spending time in nature and the outdoors.

Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

Develop and deliver an exciting, innovative and highly engaging visual art programme by curating the Angus Art Collection and coordinating exhibitions in our 9 galleries.Develop complementary events such as tours, talks and workshops and make arrangements for promotion of events and ticket sales. Planning appropriate scheduling for exhibitions, issuing contracts, and confirming exhibition preview arrangements.Participate in all aspects of the service planning process, continuously monitoring performance and processes to drive development, enterprise, and innovation. Responding to this information enables me to develop our services. Pro-actively contribute to the formulation and direction of commercial opportunities and maximising income through service charges and secondary spend. In line with our vision, I developed a display initiative to support local creatives to showcase and sell their work. Effective line management, professional support, and personal development of Exhibition Technicians. I also support the development of Visitor Assistants, the Curatorial Assistant and the Exhibition Designer. Assist in the preparation of overall service revenue and capital budgets and manage budgets within remit.Work closely with the Marketing Team and supervise the preparation of all the elements necessary to promote our Visual Arts Programme in different channels of communication.Administer licencing of images in our art collection and supporting colleagues in sourcing images for publications. Maintain relationships with other cultural trusts and art and culture organisations to provide mutual support and increase opportunities for ANGUSalive and its Visual Art Programme. Source external funding and manage projects to enhance service provision.Be responsible for the care and management of the fine art collection.Develop the fine art collection by implementing a collection development policy and actively seeking relevant donations and purchases.

Stirling And Clackmannanshire

Jan 2016 – Jul 2017Digital Inclusion Officer – Stirling and Clackmannanshire Council Coordinating a new project, IT & Me that enhances people’s digital experience by helping them to gain IT skills, develop existing skills to help everyone participate in a digital society. Coordinate volunteers who enhance our service. Organised thank you events and activities for volunteers.Champion new project, IT & Me and organise activities. Liaise with members of staff and external organisations to set up sessions and reach potential learners/service users. Support those with visual impairments to use accessibility features build into tablet computers. Develop and deliver training for internal and external members of staff and volunteers.Create learning materials for members of the public who attend IT & Me sessions.Produce marketing materials to promote IT & Me and recruit volunteers.Produce extensive guides for different levels and abilities.Promote IT & Me using social media platforms. Keep up to date by attending regular meetings and training sessions. Gather and analyse feedback for continuous improvement.Delivered presentations to promote IT & Me to different audiences.Achieved our Investing in Volunteers Status renewal.Developing ideas for 3D Printing activities.

Dundee

Main point of contact for all eLearning related enquiries. Developed courses with subject matter exerts from both internal and external organisations. Design, create and update eLearning courses.Adopt a co-design approach to transform expert knowledge and research into engaging online courses.Used process mapping to clarify the steps taken to create a course.Strong organisational skills to work with different projects simultaneously.Developed and delivered training sessions to help staff to gain IT skills.Researched Kaizen Events for the continuous improvement teamNetworked with other local authorities and partnership organisations to develop courses and share best practiceMaintained database of elearning records for 7,000+ members of staff and created reports on requestSupported colleagues by creating visual handouts for training courses

Dundee, United Kingdom

Taught drawing and painting evening classes where learners were empowered to take control of their learning. Created a fundamental course to suit the needs of the learners of varying abilities.Held focus groups and brainstorming sessions to establish what learners wanted to achieve from their course.Collected feedback and looked for ways to increase attendance.Budgeted for classes and kept materials costs as low as possible and secured funding to make the course accessible for those on low incomes.

Dundee, United Kingdom

Provided customers with ICT support for job searching and general IT usage.Helped customers to gain their own ICT skills. Worked effectively as part of a close knit team. Strictly adhered to the Data Protection Act as I handled library members’ information.Took part in the strategy group that aims to enhance the service. Coordinated the Summer Reading Challenge and encouraged children to read more.Created displays with children as well as ran weekly themed craft activities.Maintained relationships with local schools and nurseries as well as designed and delivered activities and workshops for school visits. Maintained and recorded stats to assess the effectiveness of displays and activities.

Perth, United Kingdom

Designed and delivered courses for students accredited by the SQA. Developed and delivered lectures and power point presentations to inspire and motivate students.Researched in my own time to provide students with up to date informationTook students of field tripsStayed mindful of the Curriculum for Excellence and accommodated different learning styles of students by using different teaching methodsWorked as part of the Contemporary Art Practice team where we each worked on separate lesson plans that tied in together to fulfilled the overarching HNC requirements.Fulfilled training requirements. Scheduled models.Managed a budget and procured tools and materials for students.

Dundee

Designed and delivered courses for students accredited by the SQA. Developed and delivered lectures and power point presentations to inspire and motivate students.Researched in my own time to provide students with up to date informationStayed mindful of the Curriculum for Excellence and accommodated different learning styles of students by using different teaching methodsScheduled and hired models Fulfilled training requirements.

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Engaged the public with an exhibition of the 6 shortlisted proposed buildings for the V&A Dundee.Prepared short presentations for each building and adapted to the broad audience audience which included primary school visits and experts such as architects. Encouraged audience participation by inviting the visitors to vote on their favourite building, which influenced the selection committee. Reported visitor statistics.

Postgraduate Short Course, Contemporary Curating In Art And Design, A

Postgraduate Short Course, Design Thinking Practice, A

Postgraduate Short Course, Look Again Creative Entrepreneurship, Pass

Master Of Design, Service Design

Activities and Societies: managed and created Small Campus Big World Interactive Map project manager Teaching written articles press.

Bdes(Hons), Jewellery Design, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Teaching placement- Art and Design in primary school, Murray Royal placement- leading jewellery team teaching.