Richard Overy Email & Phone Number

North Shropshire

• Working in a busy Library in North Shropshire. Assisting customers to find the information they need, my skills and experience include:During my time working at Shropshire libraries I have gained a wide range of.
• Working in a variety of libraries including: Ellesmere, Wem, Market Drayton, Whitchurch and Oswestry.
• A thorough working knowledge of Galaxy, the system used to catalogue and manage stock in Shropshire libraries.
• Leading craft sessions with younger children at Market Drayton and Whitchurch libraries.
• Prioritising tasks and switching quickly from one activity to another.
• Producing displays to promote new stock, a non-fiction subject or a particular author.

• Main Areas of responsibility: Lead Officer for Development Plan mapping, & graphic design.Expertise: Proficient in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapinfo and ArcGIS. Graphic design (Coreldraw & Adobe.
• Successfully identifying areas of improvement for e-planning, enabling the Planning Service to obtain Planning Delivery Grants from Central Government for over £100,000.
• Printing over 1000 proposals maps in house saving the Council several thousand pounds.
• Discovering symbols used to illustrate consultation documents for the Local Plan. Saving the department money and designing information graphics to make planning policies more accessible.Areas of interest: GIS, social.

Providing support services to a large and diverse department. Duties included reception, sorting and delivering post, ordering stationery supplies.

Telford, England, United Kingdom

This two-year placement provided me with a broad range of experience from monitoring machinery on site to processing Land Charge documents. During this time I worked within the following areas of the Council: Legal, Accountancy, Engineering, Building Control and Administration.