Shanghai Dianji University, 690 Jiangchuan Road, Shanghai, China – English Teacher August 2008 – teaching university students, lesson preparation and devising and implementing mid-semester and end of year assessments.

 Bluestocking Consulting Ltd, Shanghai, China –August 2007 - August 2008 I was an English Teacher based at a Talented Education school in Xujiahui. Duties and Responsibilities: teaching children aged from as young as three years old up to 15 years, also I taught adults occasionally. As well as planning lessons and completing evaluation forms for my students, I helped to design a curriculum, assisted with the recruitment of foreign English teachers and helped to organise a school event, (I co-organised a Christmas party for our students). English Teacher April 2007 – September 2007 Shanghai, China; I taught two children aged 13 and 15 years old.

Npower Retail Ltd (a major British electricity and gas supplier), Data Analyst October 2006 – April 2007 Leeds office - Billing Administrator September 2004 – October 2006 Hull office, United Kingdom

Educational History:

University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom September 2001 - May 2004

BA (Hons) European International Studies 2:1

London Teacher Training College. London, United Kingdom March – June 2004 Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (CertTEFL) P/T

Boston College, Boston United Kingdom April 2001

Computer Literacy and Information Technology (CLAIT) Stage 1

September 1995 - May 1997

A Level (Advanced Level) English Literature

A Level (Advanced Level) History

St. Ninians High School, Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom

September 1984 - June 1986

7 CSEs (Certificate in Secondary Education) social and community studies, English literature, history, science, commerce, English language, mathematics

Personal Strengths;

• Self motivated
• Able to work on own initiative
• Imaginative
• Diligent and hard working
• Determined
• A good team player
• A diverse general knowledge
• Good communications skills especially oral and written
• Flexible, versatile, adaptable
• Analytical

Major responsibilities and duties for last position in the United Kingdom:

As a data analyst I was responsible for managing a unique project that considerably reduced company costs and increased business efficiency.

The company’s automated billing system was sending out bills to 10,000 customers that we believed had transferred to other energy suppliers. The company was incurring significant costs not only through unnecessary billing to these 10,000 small and medium enterprises but also because it was purchasing unnecessary electricity supplies for them from the electricity distributors.

Working independently, I successfully removed over 5000 lost dormant accounts from the company’s automated billing system saving the company approximately ₤5 million in operating costs. Using a variety of specialist energy industry applications, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel, I programmed the company’s systems ensuring that all of their data and information was correctly aligned. Prior to leaving this role I produced a portfolio of training manuals outlining the project’s processes and various computer systems’ operations. In my previous role as an administrator in the company’s large billing department I acted as a mentor and first-response coach for company new starters as well as performing my normal duties.

 Personal Statement:

 I firmly believe that my personal strengths that I’ve already mentioned would greatly benefit any organisation. My varied career history has enabled me to acquire a diverse array of different skills and living and prospering in a foreign country for the last three years; continuing to work through one of the worst global economic and financial crises that the world has ever seen, demonstrates my ability to be flexible and it also shows my resourcefulness.