AMY PRICE6 St. Peters Close, Pirton, Worcestershire, WR8 9EH
Telephone: 07805 525618Email: [email protected]
Self-motivated, flexible, enthusiastic person and community focused, developing good leadership, management, communication, influencing and persuasive abilities and well organised administrative application.
Education: 2013 – 2016: The University of Nottingham
BA Ancient HistoryFirst Class Honours (73)
2007 – 2013: Pershore High SchoolA Level results: A* Drama and Theatre StudiesB - English Literature and LanguageB - HistoryC - AS Level GermanGCSEs: 6 A*, 1 Distinction*, 2 A, 4 B Including A* in ICT half GCSE
Key Achievements include:Elected President of a University fundraising charity society ‘HopeSoc’ for 2015-16; raised both the profile of the society and money for the UK charity, Hope for Children. Responsibilities included:
Worked closely with the University of Nottingham’s SU (UoNSU), other societies and external bodies and media; launching and running the campaign for the university Kilimanjaro Trek in aid of ‘Hope for Children’
Being the public ‘face’ of the society as well as organising events within both the business and charity sectors in order to expand the profile of the society within the University and in the national RAG sector
Setting and meeting targets, both monetary and non-monetary, for Hope for Children, Karnival, Choose a Challenge and UoNSU i.e. raised society membership by 70%
Organising presentations and workshops on employability in the business and the charity sectors
Leading a team of 7 and making major decisions, developing my management skills to do so plus meeting health and safety requirements and running risk assessments
‘Students in Classrooms’ Mentor for University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent (2014-15): Mentored 4 Year 11 students covering subjects such as school, exams, higher education,
personal issues, careers and goals Planned, organised and ran sessions utilising skill in empathy, approachability,
encouragement and communicationStudent Telephone Fundraiser from the University of Nottingham (January – April 2014):
Contacted university alumni to persuade them to raise funds for the university’s Cascade scheme, discuss their time at university and their careers post-graduation and update records
Selling on the telephone using interpersonal skills and working to targets, working in a team, having in depth ‘product’ knowledge and technical skills with the online logging system, developing an understanding of working toward financial targets and payment systems
Voluntary Experience
AMY PRICE6 St. Peters Close, Pirton, Worcestershire, WR8 9EH
Telephone: 07805 525618Email: [email protected]
‘Nottingham Classics Outreach programme’ (NoCOUT) throughout 2014 Taught Latin to Year 4 (Spring session) Lesson planning, organizing, interacting with children and adults, teaching myself Latin to enable
me to teach it to Year 4 Taught Classical Civilizations to Year 6 (Autumn session)Volunteer archivist at National Trust house (Spetchley Park) Applied my own historical knowledge and putting documents into a wider context, summarised
and transcribed documents, assessing the importance and relevance of documentsHarrison Clark Solicitors Office junior in Probate and Corporate departments Participated in probate house calls, shadowed probate solicitors in meetings with clients and
partners, edited and wrote letters to clients and external parties
Public Defender Service Shadowed Solicitor Advocates and Head of PDS branch (Cheltenham) Accompanied solicitor on duty into court and saw court proceedings, interaction with
defendants and solicitors, forming an argument, “professional” communication skills
Work Experience
Care Worker (June 2013 – January 2014) Provided personal care for patients suffering from Huntingdons disease, brain damage through
injury or substance abuse, Alzheimer’s disease
Additional InformationSecretary and Vice Chair of Debating Society at Pershore High School (2009 – 10 and 2012 – 13) Public speaking, organised debates and competitions, chaired competitions, planned and wrote
speeches, planned and delivered speech writing workshops
Drama Club (2012) Organised, planned and ran the drama club entirely independently for my Gold Arts Award Ran the mask theatre, planned and delivered sessions, communicating with students and
teachers plus an external theatre company, collected feedback and analysed the results
Full UK Driving Licence
First Aid trained
Interests and ActivitiesEquestrian Competed in Show Jumping, Cross Country and Dressage. Evented horses up to area level. Obtained Pony Club B Test Worked with children and parents, organising, teaching, problem solving in a Pony Club
environment while shadowing and gaining experience instructing and examiningMusic Grade 6 Violin Grade 5 Singing Grade 5 Theory Played first violin in Worcestershire Youth Orchestra for 4 years
References - On Request
AMY PRICE6 St. Peters Close, Pirton, Worcestershire, WR8 9EH
Telephone: 07805 525618Email: [email protected]