Mark Forrester
Castion,Belluno
Profilo professionale
15 years experience teaching English Highly adaptable teach skills for all needs Strong focus on Speaking English Ten years successful fundraising experience Professional and dedicated attitude to work Initiative taker and well organised
Panoramica
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29
anni di esperienza
Esperienza lavorativa
English Teacher
Le Lingue Nel Mondo
Ponte Nelle Apli
01.2012 - 10.2025
- A0 – C2 courses for Children, Teenagers and Adults
- Qualified Gatehouse Examiner Oral tests
- Business English courses at Feinar, Clivet, ClimaVeneto, Sinteco, Safalo, and many others
- City Camp Director. Summer camps for 5-19 year olds
- LingueInDolomiti – English activities for School trips at castel Zumelle, RioCavagli etc.
Assistant Director
EPIC Trust Young Peoples Services
04.2005 - 04.2008
- Ultimately responsible for raising all income for the division.
- Responsible for setting divisional budgets of £2.5m with 50 staff and 30 volunteers providing services to over 3,000 young people annually.
- Working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a high quality service to young people (High Value Donors, Principal Grant Officers, Local Authority Department Heads, Service Commissioners, Heads of Corporate Social Responsibility, Staff and Volunteers and Service Users).
- Devised and implemented the integration of Alone in London Services into EPIC Trust following Merger in April 2005
- Additionally responsible for policy influencing on youth related matters including attendance at party political conferences
- Leading on annual planning cycle for budgets and objective setting for the division.
- Responsible for all divisional services to young people including Advice, Advocacy, Family Mediation and Housing related services (Foyers, Teenage mother units).
- Ensuring that services provided were led by the needs of vulnerable young people. Achieved through continuous engagement of service users and the use of Outcomes Management
- EPIC Trust provide Care and Support Services to groups of people in a social welfare context
Head of Income Generation
Alone in London Service
01.2002 - 01.2005
- Responsible for devising and delivering the Income Generation Strategies, between £650-£750k income raised per annum.
- Responsible for Marketing and Communications of the charity
- Led on fundraising from Trusts and Foundations, Corporate partners, High Net Worth Individuals and event management including film premieres
- Management of team of up to four staff as well as volunteer fundraisers
- Part of Senior Management team of Alone in London Service
- Evidencing and articulating successes of the charity and building the case for support
- Devising and managing budget of circa £140k pa for all Fundraising and Marketing activities
- Alone in London Service provide Advice, Advocacy, Family Mediation and Housing related services to vulnerable young people
Fundraising Manager
Alone in London Service
01.1999 - 01.2002
- Led on large Trusts and Corporate fundraising applications and partnerships
- Responsible for the management of team of two staff as well as volunteer fundraisers and annual budget of £100k
- Responsible for devising of fundraising strategy and contributing to the annual planning cycle
- Between £450-£550k income raised per annum
- Led on the design and implementation of charity re-branding
Fundraising Officer
Kent Wildlife Trust
01.1997
- Responsible for writing quarterly appeals to Individual Donors, assisting with Corporate fundraising partnerships, attending County Fairs to promote the work of the Trust and writing applications to small Trusts and Foundations.
Istruzione
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) - Business Administration
Keele University
01.1997
Laurea con lode (Bsc) - Geography & Geology
Keele University
01.1995
A Level - Geography, Chemistry, Physics
Canterbury College
01.1992
GCSE's - undefined
Crown Woods School
01.1989
Competenze
- Tecniche di insegnamento
- Pazienza e flessibilità
- Predisposizione ai rapporti interpersonali
- Tecniche di valutazione
- Capacità di motivare
- Uso dei principali strumenti informatici
- Tecniche di apprendimento cooperativo
- Competenze informatiche di base
- Doti comunicative
- Creatività e spirito di iniziativa
- Fondamenti di glottologia e linguistica
- Competenze in traduzione
- Conoscenza approfondita della letteratura inglese
- Metodi di verifica delle conoscenze
- Autonomia organizzativa
- Abitudine a lavorare per obiettivi
- Adattabilità a differenti livelli
- Capacità di resilienza
- Microsoft Teams
- Conoscenza di metodologie CLIL
- Fluente in inglese
- Conoscenze di fonetica
- Conoscenza grammatica inglese
Cronologia
English Teacher
Le Lingue Nel Mondo
01.2012 - 10.2025
Assistant Director
EPIC Trust Young Peoples Services
04.2005 - 04.2008
Head of Income Generation
Alone in London Service
01.2002 - 01.2005
Fundraising Manager
Alone in London Service
01.1999 - 01.2002
Fundraising Officer
Kent Wildlife Trust
01.1997
A Level - Geography, Chemistry, Physics
Canterbury College
GCSE's - undefined
Crown Woods School
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) - Business Administration
Keele University
Laurea con lode (Bsc) - Geography & Geology
Keele University