Gurmit Heer

Professional Experience:

Meten International Education, Remote

January 2020 – present Freelance Consultant

Kilimall International, Kenya

Jan - Dec. 2019 Business Development Manager

British Embassy, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2018 Vice Consul

Various contracts, Suzhou/Shenzhen, China

April 2014-Dec. 2017 English Facilitator for Adults/Young learners

Unity in the Community CIC – Walsall & Sandwell UK

Aug. 2009 – Mar. 2014 Company Director/Community Youth Consultant

• helping young adults aged 16-25 with employment & skills training via sport

• advocacy and mentoring support also delivered within the boroughs

• securing local, regional and national funding to deliver the services

University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Jan. 2014 Lecturer in Criminology (part time)

• teaching students aged 18+ which included lesson planning, creating lectures

• developing material for student use and assessment and pastoral support

• liaising with other departments to promote volunteering work

Sandwell Leisure Trust, UK

Apr. 2008 – Mar. 2013 Community Sports Champion (sessional work)

• working with disaffected youth to engage them into active lifestyles

• delivering funded projects focusing on football, cycling and hiking

• working in partnership with local schools, colleges and universities

Birmingham City University, UK

Sept. 2003 –Aug. 2009 Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice/Programme Director

• managing the course timetable within the department

• Publication; Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Vol 47 Issue 1

(In) visible barriers; the experience of Asian employees in the Probation Service

Education/Training Courses:

TKT Young Learners May 2014

Level 1

Love TEFL, UK January 2014

120 hour certificate

TEFL, England, UK June 2013

50 hour grammar certificate

SCVO, Sandwell 2009-2010

PQASSO level 1

Birmingham City University 2003 - 2004

Postgraduate Certificate in Education

Liverpool Community College 2000 – 2001

9281 Initial Basic Skills Teaching Certificate

Southfields College 1995 – 1996

7307 Adult Teaching Certificate Stage I & II

University of Leicester 1993 – 1994

Master of Arts in Criminology

University of Leicester 1990 – 1993

BA Honours Combined Studies Degree;

Law (major), Sociology & Psychology

Hobbies:

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  Actively participates in walking, swimming and cycling

  
  


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  Bi-lingual in English & Punjabi

  
  


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  Created a local voluntary project covering the Black Country area

  
  


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  Possesses a full clean driving licence

  
  

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  Associate member of Prison Fellowship International, Malawi (2010)

  
  

References: Will be furnished upon request