Michael Pound

Experience

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  Sunshine Day Nursery

  Jul 2004 - Jun 2006

  Nursery Nurse

  Working as a nursery nurse within in a family run day care center. Roles would include;• Key worker for children, • Set up and carried out activities for children, • Carried out assessments, communicated with other team members and parents, • Working with other agencies to ensure the best education for sure start children,• Working with children with special educational needs.

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  Yarm School

  Sept 2006 - Jun 2009

  Teaching Assistant

  Working as a teaching assistant to offer pupils the opportunity to reach their academic potential and achieve excellent results in public examinations, we aim to nurture and encourage values that ensure our pupils become adults who will contribute positively to society. The role involved; • Working with children in KS 1 and 2• Organising and setting up class room, for the day ahead • Working closely with teachers and• Lesson planning and teaching classes, • Working with children with special educational needs, • Key worker to a number of children, and communicating with parents• Documenting the childes development and adapting lesson plans to their needs• Planning and implementing after school clubs. • Develop educational plans and being part of a team to help achieve OFSTED Outstanding Show less

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  Lakeland Pudding Company

  Jul 2009 - May 2022

  An award winning free from pudding company. The role as IT manager included;• Building, writing content and keeping websites data updated • Carrying out maintenance on the websites, putting firewalls in place • Installing and setting up access points within the hotel • Creating 2 separate networks and maintaining access points • Updating and maintained till systems, and card machines • Creating and posting to all social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Blogs and Video content)• Purchasing ICT equipment.• Creating Apps and QR codes• Providing IT training to the team Show less

  • Director

    Feb 2017 - May 2022

  • IT Manager

    Jul 2009 - Mar 2022
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  The Rusland Pool Hotel

  Jul 2009 - Mar 2022

  Company Owner

  A very popular and multi award winning Hotel/restaurant; • Day to day running of business and becoming a multi-award winning hotel and Restaurant • Creating staffing rotas, to ensure the business needs were met• Communicating and organising all departments, to ensure smooth running of the business • End of day banking, cashflow and Budgeting with head of teams• Hiring and training new team members• Developing marketing strategies and marketing content for newspapers, Internet, website and radio• Organising and coordinating parties, functions and weddings• Updating tills systems and setting, also updating room pricing, • Working with the kitchen team to create menu and set pricing • Team building and motivation with housekeeping, Front of house and the Kitchen team, • Keeping up to date with new government legislation, • ICT training• Risk Assessments writing for the business and maintaining safety standards.• Fire safety officer• Ordering and negotiating prices with suppliers. Show less

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  BAE Systems

  Sept 2024 - now

  System Engineer