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03.06.96 - 11.06.99 - Housing Benefit Assessment Officer  Brighton & Hove Council  Brighton
· Verification & assessment of claims for Housing/Council Tax Benefit.
· Liaising with Government Agencies & various external bodies.
· Implementation & maintenance of anti-fraud & corruption strategy.
· Personal responsibility for maintaining the Council's Equal Opportunities Policies.

06.12.95 - 31.05.96 - Administration Officer  The Employment Service  Hove
· Processing benefits claims & actioning the appropriate payments promptly & accurately.
· Personal responsibility for maintaining the Customer Care Policy.
· Contribution towards the office annual performance targets.
· Performing administrative duties within a back to work team.
· Interviewing new clients wishing to claim benefits.

03.06.93 - 19.11.95 - Resident DJ (Self Promoted & Advertised) Kardamena  KOS  GREECE
· Responsibility for all aspects of promotion & advertising.
· Planning & developing new strategies. Budgeting & forward planning.

22.07.91 - 02.06.93 - Director / Owner  Kinetic Promotions UK Ltd (Head Office) Telford
· Single handedly set up Kinetic as a company specialising in Advertising & Promotions.
· Managed the company operations from start up to a turnover of £450K in 12 months with good margins.
· Stabilising & regenerating business.
· Negotiation & management of major client accounts.

09.04.90 - 19.07.91 - IBM AS/400 Security Officer  Tarmac Construction (Head Office) Wolverhampton
· Maintaining overall computer security regarding user access & disaster recovery.
· Identifying users training needs & organising the relevant training courses.
· Development & implementation of housekeeping & security routines.
· Proficient use of computing tools (RPG, CL, OCL, Query/400).
· Design & development of new programs & procedures.

24.09.89 - 06.04.90 - Computer Operations Standards Controller  Compass Services (Head Office) Birmingham
· Provide an effective technical support / help desk facility for 20 remote UK offices.
· Effective monitoring of the company's operational standards & procedures.
· Creation of operational procedures to schematic instructions.
· Essential backups of system & company data.

01.10.81 - 22.09.89 - Assistant Data Processing Manager  BAT Products Ltd (Head Office) Telford
· Monitoring the day to day running of IBM AS/400 & IBM System/36 Computer Systems.
· Management of the departmental consumables budget.
· Testing of all new & bespoke software.
· Creation & implementation of computer disaster recovery procedures.
· Writing bespoke programs & procedures for user departments.

 
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