Community Development

Training, supervision, evaluation and management of community development activities; Working with local people, helping them to identify local needs and priorities for development using participatory methodologies; Providing practical help and resources for local voluntary/community groups, such as design and production of leaflets, newsletters and posters, etc, as well as practical ICT support; Working with local authorities and NGO staff to help them come to a greater understanding of Community Development through direct work and organising and running workshops; Development of multi-disciplinary partnerships between Statutory and voluntary organisations; Preparation of project reports, budgets and proposals.

 

Project Management

• Strategic planning: objective identification and setting.
• Activity planning, implementation and monitoring.
• Setting up and implementing administrative systems.
• Project proposal and report writing.
• Financial management: development of computer systems for improved efficiency in the setting and monitoring of budgets, and production of accounts.
• Representations of the programme with funders, national government and at inter-agency meetings.
• Communications link between projects and HQ line management team;
• Production of newsletters and publicity material.

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Office Programmes

• Microsoft Expert Master Certificate for MS Word XP.
• Familiar with Wordperfect and Ami Pro.
• Microsoft Expert Master Certicate in Excel XP.
• Familiar with Quattro Pro 7 and Lotus 123.
• Microsoft Expert Certificate in Access.
• Microsoft Expert Certificate in PowerPoint.

Database Development

• Sponsors' and Contact Management Database in MS Access for Clwyd Special Riding Centre (ongoing).
• Microsoft Expert Certificate in MS Access XP, and familiar with MS Access 2007.
• Contact Management database for Flintshire Local Voluntary Council, including membership management, meeting room booking and systems for recording the usage of the Printing Resource Centre, generating invoices, and tracking job-sheets.
• WCVA Working Group to develop internet based Contact Management System ('E-vol') for Welsh County Voluntary Councils
• Membership Database in MS Access for Friends of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod (ongoing).
• Equipment tracking and Utilities Management systems for Iceland Frozen Foods (Paradox 5, 1997/98).
• Warehouse & Transport Management Systems for Rank Allied Leisure (Paradox 7, 1997/98).
• Development of Personnel and Payroll database using Dataease for Save the Children in Ethiopia and Somaliland (1992/95).
• Health and Nutrional Surveillance systems in dBase II for the Refugee Settlement Programme, Eastern Sudan (1988/9)
• Nutrional Surveillance monitoring system in dBase II for Oxfam, Port Sudan (1987).

Programming Experience

I have had considerable programming experience using: Fortran, Basic, dBase II, Dataease, Paradox (PAL), Visual Basic (VBA).

I have also had experience using Javascript and PHP for developing web pages.

Graphics/Publishing

• Microsoft Expert Certificate in PowerPoint.
• Competent in Adobe Photoshop CS2 - moving up to CS3.
• Training FLVC staff and other voluntary organisations to use Photoshop.
• Developing posters, leaflets, logos and designs for local voluntary organisations in Adobe Illustrator CS2 and Adobe InDesign CS2 - moving up to CS3.
• MS Publisher 2007.
• Produce the 'Limelight' newsletter for the Friends of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod using Adobe InDesign.
• 2001 - 2007: Ran the FLVC Community Printing Resource Project, producing designs for leaflets, pamphlets, booklets and newsletters for local voluntary organisations.

Web Site Development

Web site creation and management using:

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Dreamweaver CS3, MS Front Page and Adobe GoLive CS2.

Web sites developed for:

• FLVC using Adobe GoLive CS2 and Dreamweaver CS3
• Flintshire Mental Health Advocacy Services (FMHAS) using the Mr Site system

Currently learning PHP and MySQL development.

Training

• Introductory 12 week course to IT (BITS) for Yale College - Wrexham
• Introductory course in PhotoShop in Halkyn Village Hall, Flintshire for FLVC Community Learning Programme.
• Training FLVC volunteers in the use of the Internet to obtain information for clients
• Training staff at Flintshire local voluntary council in the use of the 'e-vol' contact management database - developed for use by all Welsh Local Voluntary Services.
• Training FLVC volunteers in the use of the FLVC database for recording resource usage and the produciton of invoices.
• Training FLVC volunteers in the use of MS Word and Excel for day-to-day administrative tasks.
• Three day introduction to ObjectPAL and database development for the Production Engineering Research Association (PERA).
• On the job training, and workshops, for SCF staff in Ethiopia and Somaliland in DataEase, DBMS, WordPerfect, and Quattro Pro.
• 5 months with Oxfam Port Sudan training staff in MSDOS, WordStar, dBASE II and Logistics preadsheet.