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May
2007-present
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Parish Clerk, Thurleigh
Parish Council, Beds. Responsible for the day-to-day
running of the council and management of its financial affairs;
organisation of regular council meetings including writing agendas and
taking minutes; and managing, filing and archiving all correspondence. |
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Sept
2006-present
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Clerk to the Board of
Governors, Putnoe
Lower School, Bedford. Responsible for the
organisation of Full Governors' and sub-committee meetings including writing agendas and
taking minutes; and managing, filing and archiving all correspondence. |
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Jan
2006-present
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Clerk to the Board of
Governors, Milton
Ernest Lower School, Beds. Responsible for the organisation of
Full Governors' and sub-committee meetings including writing agendas
and
taking minutes; and managing, filing and archiving all correspondence. |
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Oct
2005-present
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Parish Clerk, Milton
Ernest Parish Council, Beds. Responsible for the day-to-day
running of the council and management of its financial affairs;
organisation of regular council meetings including writing agendas and
taking minutes; and managing, filing and archiving all correspondence. |
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Oct
2003 - present
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Freelance
writer and research consultant. Independent research on public
contributions to the GM Nation online debate, multiple perspectives of
complex issues, public trust, development and transmission of knowledge,
perceptions of risk. |
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Oct
2001-Sep 2003
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Research
Officer, Manufacturing Systems Department, Cranfield University Human Performance Modelling Project.
Desk and original research on human behaviour in manufacturing systems,
project management of team of 4 PhD students, writing up research results,
presenting research results.
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May
1997–Sep 2001
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Freelance
writer and research consultant.
Consultancy work for Bedford Borough Council Pollution Control Section
involving data analysis and writing reports for dissemination to public;
occasional part-time administrative work for the Open University Business
School; independent research on the BSE issue looking at perspectives of
participants, development and transmission of knowledge, perceptions of
risk
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Jul
1975-Dec 1984
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Employed
by Granada Computer Services, Bedford, in various capacities, as follows:
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1983
- 1984
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Involved
in setting up and running of "Information Centre", to provide
training, support and assistance in the use of both mainframe and personal
computers for business professionals from non-computer backgrounds.
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1981-
1983
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Systems
Analyst. Work involved
interviewing users from non-computer departments; analysing business
problems; identifying potential computer-based solutions; writing reports;
designing, developing and implementing computer systems as required;
providing training and support to users from non-computer departments.
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1980
- 1981
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Operational
Research Analyst / Programmer. Worked
closely with user departments on design, development, testing and
implementation of computer models of financial and other business systems
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1975
- 1979
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Computer
Programmer, working on design, development and testing of programs for TV
advertisement booking system using PL/1
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