• Managing a team of development chefs conducting 1:1’s, appraisals, development plans, sickness management and rota’s/cross cover.• Working across both the commercial and schools catering teams, devising menus for the schools which meet Food for Life & School Food Standards.• Delivering training to new and existing staff members (recently rolled out new system training over a 2/3 month period to cover approximately 100 employees).• Managing a varied workload and forming part of the senior leadership team to to lead on food related projects including procurement, reporting on food spend and wastage.• Working on high profile tenders for new products or ranges liaising with both internal and external stakeholders. • Managing the nutrition of the meals, developing working relationships with suppliers to offer best value and quality for money. • Management of food procurement contracts, writing detailed tender specifications and evaluating tenders, looking for best quality and value for money. • Monitoring food spend budget and providing reports, managing databases and spreadsheets from suppliers and schools to monitor food uptake, food cost, average spend per head, developing the reports to ensure full information if given.

• Producing and selling a range of award winning natural spice blend recipe kits and spices, with no additives or preservatives. These are bespoke and offer customers a variety of unique flavours. • Selling over the internet via a website (designed and maintained by myself), Amazon, NOTHS, Etsy and through various online selling portals and in shops, deli's, farm shops, through restaurants and at food events.• Managing and forecasting budgets, planning events, product development, working with suppliers, collaboration with other companies, managing and building the website, social media promotion and planning.• Liaising with companies each week to develop the distribution of products around the UK. • Food production adhering to 5 star food hygiene levels, with HACCP and risk assessments in place.• Focus on increasing revenue, brand awareness and product development.

Governor Training and Children's Experience Lead. Providing professional support to the school management team, attending regular meetings to discuss school performance, budgets and staffing levels

Processing applications for new and existing land registration. Investigation work into ownership, legal rights and address management. Vectorising map information and creating new title plans. Communicating with solicitors and requisitioning for correct or further information if required in order to proceed with applications. Ensuring the register for all land is accurate and complies with strict guidelines. Adhering to confidentiality guidelines and completing work to required standards to pass audits.

Working for a large Welfare to work provider in the UK. Supporting clients in receipt of Job Seekers and Employment Support Allowance into long term sustainable employment. Helping build confidence, run training sessions, build C.V's, advise on housing benefit issues and signpost clients correctly who are having issues with drug and alcohol issues. Giving clear and accurate Debt advice, money planning along with support before and after gaining employment.Sourcing Vacancies, identifying clients suitable for vacancies. Excellent understanding of job search tools, websites and finding the right job for the client. Interview advice. Providing clear and tailored advice and guidance to support a large varied caseload of clients. Working closely with Health Advisors to support clients with Physical or Mental Health issues. Caseload management, use of excel to manage productivity. Being professional at all times, diffusing conflicts and managing client needs.Adapting approach in accordance with client's needs. Administration requirements adhering to Department for Work and Pensions regulations.Support of new staff members, sharing best practise. Office Management for over 3 years in the Newark office- liaising with business centre managers to have clear systems in place to best support clients. Dealing with IT, petty cash, stationary and linking in with local businesses and Jobcentre Plus.

Worked for the Adult Social Care and Health departmentAdministration duties to support service heads working in Mental Health, Vulnerable Adults, Physical Disability and Learning Disability. Organising diaries, update weekly and monthly reports, liaising with internal and external departments to arrange meetings.Managing various projects for each Service Manager, ensuring deadlines were met and work completed to set specifications and to council regulations. Minute taking and typing up along with specialised Safeguarding meetings, linking in with local care providers, the care quality commission, local police, NHS, other councils and families. organising meetings with external representativescompiling accurate information to produce literatureupdating weekly financial reports to monitor monthly expenditure for each are of care.Face to face contact with Service Users, supporting with weekly finances and ensuring they were attending planned meetings, linking in with their social workers.

Direct support to management team and colleagues in order to reach targets. Assisting with appraisals and interviewing for new staff. Performance management with clear guidelines and support to help colleagues develop and achieve their potential whilst working to company standards. Gained three year's experience as a Trainer, working with groups of up to fifteen colleagues at a time and training them on new systems, processes and Data protection.Producing my own training material, including PowerPoint presentations and interactive learning exercises, along with professionally branded handouts with clear information and step by step guides for new processes including screenshots. Handling retention calls from customers, listening to their concerns and addressing them in order to retain their custom.Meeting and exceeding monthly targets based around customer retention and call statistics.Supporting colleagues and working one to one with them to develop their skills to improve their overall performance.Putting together monthly competitions in order to promote performance and team work

Creating posters and postcard designs for various companies including Brahma Beer and ArmaniClothing designs and logos for New Era, along with website updates including animations.Using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create and edit workMarketing my work to a range of design companies for them to contract work out to meCreation of my own site and regularly updating it.Managing finances and tracking budgetsWorking to customer timeframes and ensuring work was completed to deadlines

Working up to manager level alongside studying my A LevelsOpening restaurant and setting up the store for the dayPlanning daily rota’s and distributing tasks amongst the teamCarrying out appraisals and setting KPI'sStock taking and orderingTraining new team members and updating existing onesAttending managerial training coursesServing customers and delivering excellent customer serviceHandling customer complaints Received three worker of the month awards, along with employee of the region for outstanding contribution