Nicholas Butt
35 Gloucester Circus
Greenwich
London
SE10 8RY

Tel: 020 8858 5066
Mob: 07816-486-432

Born: 30/11/1983

Academic History And Qualifications:

1989-1995 John Ball Primary School
1995-2002 Alleyn's School
2003 -> Southampton University - Politics + Economics - joint honours.

10 GCSEs:

Maths A*. History A. IT A. French A. English lan/lit A / A. Physics A. Biology B. Chemistry B. Latin B.

5 A levels:
Computing A. Maths A. French C. History B. General Studies B.

Non-Academic Skills/Qualifications:

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze
Duke of Edinburgh Gold (in the process of completing)
Sailing: level 2
Trained in first aid

Computing skills:

Extensive use of all Microsoft Office packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and FrontPage.
Extensive use of Microsoft access 2000 including the development of a full customised system as part of the A level computing course.
Knowledge of Dreamweaver, flash and java in the design and development of web pages.

Work experience:

2003 - Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Worked for the Iraq Correspondence Unit with the Iraq Policy Unit. I was responsible for answering and clearing a backlog of public letters. I designed and implemented a database allowing letter details to be stored, envelopes and letters to be mail-merged and tailored. The database also provided useful statistical data for the unit. Duration of work 6 weeks.

2003 - Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Worked for the travel advice unit (part of the Consular unit). I was responsible for answering public calls, emails and letters as well as drafting travel advice. Duration of work 3 months.

2002 - Strutt and Parker - Worked in facilities - distributing post and ordering stock. At the same time created a database which made the mail sorting process easier. Duration of work 3 months.

Summer 2001 - Worked for the Civic Trust. Contributed to the development of their web page and used their existing database (I later developed a system to replace this) to help members of staff with mail merges and data finding.

Summer 2000 - Worked with Computing group in Clifford Chance a multi-national law firm on the development of specialist systems that would give legal advice at a lower price than a lawyer.

Interests / Hobbies:

I have a wide range of interests including reading, tennis, rock-climbing, canoeing, sailing, abseiling, film, music, art, philosophy, politics and history.