Voluntary role involved with helping organise museum events, assisting in projects and supporting other trustee members.

Founded in 2009, Rainbow Rebel is a BAFTS registered Fair Trade family run hippy and alternative clothing business based in Glastonbury, Somerset. We believe in five core values:- Only selling Fair Trade products; Realistic Sizing in more sizes up to a size 32 in ladies and 5XL in men's; Quality - we regularly meet our suppliers to ensure our design and high standards; Sustainability - to operate as sustainably as possible considering our carbon footprint. Ethical Working - to ensure all our… Show more Founded in 2009, Rainbow Rebel is a BAFTS registered Fair Trade family run hippy and alternative clothing business based in Glastonbury, Somerset. We believe in five core values:- Only selling Fair Trade products; Realistic Sizing in more sizes up to a size 32 in ladies and 5XL in men's; Quality - we regularly meet our suppliers to ensure our design and high standards; Sustainability - to operate as sustainably as possible considering our carbon footprint. Ethical Working - to ensure all our practices are as ethical as possible for example we pay our tailor in advance, to consider all our actions in buying and selling goods and the people / environment it impacts. For more details see our website www.rainbowrebel.com Show less

• Responsible for the advertising and recruitment of volunteers for the five bureau offices, maintaining staffing rotas and records, dealing with their queries, and implementing training programmes for them.• Compiled annual and monthly reports for key charity CAB stakeholders to report on how budgets were spent, targets were met and detail routes for funding and volunteer expansion. • Attend meetings with the Area Manager involving council, other charity, and regional CAB… Show more • Responsible for the advertising and recruitment of volunteers for the five bureau offices, maintaining staffing rotas and records, dealing with their queries, and implementing training programmes for them.• Compiled annual and monthly reports for key charity CAB stakeholders to report on how budgets were spent, targets were met and detail routes for funding and volunteer expansion. • Attend meetings with the Area Manager involving council, other charity, and regional CAB managers.• First point of contact for queries when the Area Manager was absent which required me to work independently, confidently, and effectively to resolve any issues.• My role required regular travel between all five Mendip offices on a weekly basis to attend meetings, liaise with volunteer staff and assist with staff training.• Left this role to start a family. Show less

• Accountable for the management and spend of an annual training budget of £1.5million. • Was promoted to Advisor role (from Administrator) in 2009 after completing, in my own time, a diploma on training and development for which I received a Distinction from Leicester University.• Sole point of contact for three sites of over 600 staff, regarding training and development queries.• Responsible for the management of two training centres, overseeing on site contractors and trainers… Show more • Accountable for the management and spend of an annual training budget of £1.5million. • Was promoted to Advisor role (from Administrator) in 2009 after completing, in my own time, a diploma on training and development for which I received a Distinction from Leicester University.• Sole point of contact for three sites of over 600 staff, regarding training and development queries.• Responsible for the management of two training centres, overseeing on site contractors and trainers and ensuring their tasks were completed and providing necessary feedback to managers.• Chaired regular meetings with directors and senior managers, and using my thorough knowledge of the training accounts, suggested appropriate training courses to meet strategic, budgetary and individual training needs as well as ways to save money and increase the training offering.• When the Thales Wells site closed, my job was relocated to Basingstoke forcing me to leave the role. Show less

• Worked Friday afternoons from 2007-2011 to assist the curator in various projects including designing displays, cataloguing accessioned items and reconstructing artifacts. • Responsible for designing and implementing a display for National Archaeological Week in 2008 on Mendip Swallet Cave Bones.• Analysed and catalogued over 4000 bones found in Bone Hole Cave and created a database so that the information was easily accessible for others. Did the same for HLIS… Show more • Worked Friday afternoons from 2007-2011 to assist the curator in various projects including designing displays, cataloguing accessioned items and reconstructing artifacts. • Responsible for designing and implementing a display for National Archaeological Week in 2008 on Mendip Swallet Cave Bones.• Analysed and catalogued over 4000 bones found in Bone Hole Cave and created a database so that the information was easily accessible for others. Did the same for HLIS artefacts.• Created a database of all accessioned boxed items in the museum store to assist other volunteers and staff with locating artefacts.• Returned in 2014 to help execute a display in the new cave archaeology room.• Involved with the selection of bones from Bone Hole for carbon dating in 2017. Show less

• Began as a volunteer before successfully obtaining the paid position in June 2006.• Responsible for the operation of the Medieval kitchen, training of its volunteers, purchasing, budget management and coordinating activities and displays for the public.• Researched current curriculums to design, organise and run daily workshops, for both public and school groups, on a variety of topics including Medieval cooking, Victorian life, schooling and housekeeping, bread, beer and cheese… Show more • Began as a volunteer before successfully obtaining the paid position in June 2006.• Responsible for the operation of the Medieval kitchen, training of its volunteers, purchasing, budget management and coordinating activities and displays for the public.• Researched current curriculums to design, organise and run daily workshops, for both public and school groups, on a variety of topics including Medieval cooking, Victorian life, schooling and housekeeping, bread, beer and cheese making, historical dying, printing and weaving.• Responsible for training volunteers to successfully run the above-mentioned workshops.• Conducted independent historical and market research to develop a series of postcards and booklets for sale in the museum shop.• The museum paid for historian Ruth Goodman to train me one day a fortnight in areas including medieval sewing, butchery, public demonstrations, natural dying, corsetry, banqueting.• Managed the monthly Medieval Banquets which involved designing a menu of 30 dishes over 4 courses for 35 paying customers, all cooked and served by volunteers in a Medieval kitchen.• In charge of welcoming paid demonstrators and corporate groups to the museums.• Implemented the museums volunteer sewing group to create accurate period costumes for staff to wear. Worked with historian Ruth Goodman ensure historical accuracy of items made.• Assisted with guided tours of the buildings on the site for school and corporate groups.• This role was autonomous, with only weekly meetings with my line manager which meant I was responsible for taking personal accountability for daily issues and resolving them independently and satisfactorily and reporting back to her on the progress of ongoing projects and events.• Produced work charts to ensure other staff and volunteers could run the workshops – creating a legacy to ensure consistent quality if staff or volunteers changed.• I sadly left this role when my then fiancés work relocated to Somerset. Show less

• Processed confidential paperwork regarding the personnel issues of 500 staff with regard to disciplinarians, grievances and occupational health issues. • Responsible for the induction and training of two junior staff and their ongoing training.• Compiled reports, drafted letters, attended and minuted meetings. • Worked on a project to upgrade and maintain the University staff and student databases and another to create an employment procedure guide for Wardenal staff for which I… Show more • Processed confidential paperwork regarding the personnel issues of 500 staff with regard to disciplinarians, grievances and occupational health issues. • Responsible for the induction and training of two junior staff and their ongoing training.• Compiled reports, drafted letters, attended and minuted meetings. • Worked on a project to upgrade and maintain the University staff and student databases and another to create an employment procedure guide for Wardenal staff for which I received a formal commendation from the director. • Answer staff queries with regard to contracts, pay, employment and health issues. • Under tight publishing deadlines proofed and placed job adverts online, and in national press.• Conducted immigration and reference checks on successful applicants.• Confidently processed enquiries both face-to-face and by email, letter and telephone.• Attended courses on the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts, Basic Manual Handling, Note and Minute Taking. Show less