Matthew Porter Email & Phone Number

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Roles and responsibilities:- Managing a small team that supports around 600 staff over 4 sites nationwide. - Designing, implementing and analysing training courses, learning materials and project rollout support. - Working with colleagues in HR, L&D and IT to deliver seamless, white-glove service in the onboarding of new staff at all levels.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Bristol, United Kingdom

Roles and responsibilities:• Designing and delivering training on legal software and hardware to hundreds oflawyers, secretaries and support staff across 7 sites nationwide. Softwareincludes: Filesite, Elite, VisualFiles, InterAction and the Microsoft Office suite.• Acting as IT mentor for new starters at the firm, providing a face-to-face induction,followed by remote sessions (using GoToMeeting webinar software) and ongoingphone support as needed.• Designing, building and maintaining the team’s Sharepoint website on the staffIntranet and populating it with learning materials, created using tools such asCaptivate, Photoshop, Word and Sony Vegas.• Working with IT colleagues and various stakeholders to project-plan and deliverfrequent, firm-wide software and hardware rollouts. Recent examples includesignificant updates to VisualFiles and Filesite and the building and distribution of250+ new Android phones (with accompanying training).

Bristol, United Kingdom

Roles and responsibilities: • Designing and delivering training (with accompanying video and text-based learning materials) on a wide variety of software packages to large numbers of staff, both on an individual and group basis. • Working with stakeholders to project-plan and deliver frequent, company-wide software rollouts, including extensive development, testing and training.• Advising teaching staff on how eLearning (including distance learning techniques) may be effectively applied to their curriculum and providing assistance and follow-up support, both in and out of the classroom.• Identifying and piloting new learning technology (software and hardware) and assessing its value to stakeholders.• Acting as eSafety consultant to the Safeguarding team and designing and maintaining The eSafety Zone, an online hub of advice and resources for staff and students.

Tokyo, Japan

Teacher roles and responsibilities: • Planning and delivering intermediate and advanced English lessons to Japanese students, from children to senior citizens, in classes of up to 10 people. • Interviewing and assessing new students and visitors.• Counseling students on their progress and exam preparation.• Assisting the manager with the marketing and financial needs of the school. Area Leader roles and responsibilities: • Liaising between head office and the 6 teachers in my area.• Motivating and assisting teachers to meet their targets.• Managing teachers’ issues or concerns.• Training and supporting new teachers.• Observing lessons and providing feedback to teachers.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Technician roles and responsibilities: • Providing front-line IT support for thousands of employees on a wide range of in-house and commercial platforms, via telephone and remote access.• Liaising with support teams to resolve complex IT issues.• Training and supporting new staff and creating training materials. Team Leader roles and responsibilities:• Liaising between line managers and my team of 6 Technicians regarding their performance and targets.• Scheduling shift patterns.• Supporting and encouraging my team to meet their targets.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Business It & Multimedia

Level 3 Award In Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement

Cipd Level 3 Foundation Certificate In Learning And Development Practice, Workforce Development And Training

European Pedagogical Ict Licence (Epict) - Gold Award

Level 3 Celta, Teaching English Or French As A Second Or Foreign Language, B

5 X Gcses And 3 X A Levels