Dean Brearley

My main hobby is playing badminton which led me to become the president of the University of Derby club and to also represent my county in badminton. Over the last two years me and the committee of the badminton club have improved it tremendously through acquiring an Olympic level coach, increasing membership numbers creating one of the most popular clubs at the university and also obtaining performance sports status which only three sports clubs have. All this also helped the teams to attain their highest league rankings since the establishment of the club. I also pioneered the introduction of men’s 2nd team to the club and also helped to create a women’s 1st team which greatly improved participation in the sport at the university. Over the two years of me being on the committee we have received the award for most improved club , been nominated for most charitable club and myself being nominated for club president of the year.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• To be the key contact point of the Club and liaison between various parties

• To advise and guide members of the club

• Ensure the long-term development and stability of the Club

• Providing adequate provision for all members

• Calling and chairing meetings of the Committee and hold a casting vote at all such meetings.

• Delegating tasks to committee members

• Ensuring the Committee meet their obligations

• Maintaining enthusiasm/motivation/inspiration

• Coordinating with new elected committee during the handover period

• Upholding Health and Safety regulations

• Ensuring that the Union’s Constitutions & Standing Orders are adhered to.

Role responsibilities:
• Cash handling
• Stock replenishment – Barrels, Optics, Bottles
• Serving customers swiftly and efficiently
• Securing cash and locking up

For three academic years I was the programme representative for my university course year group which has improved my communication skills by me listening to my year groups’ opinions and criticisms and relaying them to the Product Design committee which is made up of students, lecturers and the head of faculty.

Roles and responsibilities:

• To liaise regularly with the Students Union and the Programme leaders

• To actively participate and represent the views of students on the programme at Programme
Committee Meetings.

• Campaigning on issues which affect students on the programme

• Responsible for providing information to colleagues about UDSU and University services and
activities which may assist in the successful completion of academic programmes

• Regularly meeting with students to consult their views and opinions on academic matters
and to feedback information on action taken on relevant issues

• Required to feedback to students on any issues pertinent to the programme or
completion of any actions the students required

• To be an information point for students

• A full member of Union Council with voting rights

• Ensure regular and timely responses to students on the Student Portal

Role responsibilities:

• Sales targeted customer service
• Cash handling
• Merchandising
• Dealing with customers enquiries to the best of my ability
• Stock Replenishment
• Handling customer concerns in a calm and efficiently

Sales assistant in an alternative clothing shop.

Role responsibilities:

• Talking to customers and helping with their decisions.
• Till Trained.
• Taking customer orders instore.
• Actively greeting customers.
• Answering queries instore and on the phone.

Role responsibilities:

• Cash handling
• Stock replenishment – Barrels, Optics, Bottles
• Serving customers swiftly and efficiently
• Securing cash and locking up

My main roles included:

• Updating the website with new products which involved creating descriptions, editing images to suit the website needs.
• Liaison with brand reps and manufactures to obtain information on new products.
• Making sure stock was correct on website items.

Other roles which I took on when needed:
• helping with despatch of products from warehouse.
• Checking and filing invoices ready for payment.
• Taking customers orders.

• Phone Queries
• Sourcing products quickly and efficiently
• Ordering products for customers
• Merchandising Stock
• Knowledge of music, film and games has been widened
• Till trained
Able to work unsupervised and under my own initiative

• Finding and advising customers on the products that they had bought/about to buy.
• Approaching customers in a confident but polite manner.
• Making sure all customers requirements are met.
• Sales till trained.
• Phoning other stores to get stock for customers.
• Handling orders for customers.
• Merchandising of designated area.

Working during a very busy period of the year I learnt to get jobs done quickly and to a deadline as stock needed to be moved between shop floor and warehouse constantly.

I was a christmas temporary at this position