Shafiq

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Shafiqur Rahman Sharif

+8801818 139105

@greenshafiq

LLB with International Law (Hons) graduate with extensive experience in the legal field, seeking to apply enthusiasm and commercial awareness in a professional environment. My roles at Open Justice, Start-Ed and Roof Over London sparked my passion in commercial, property, Human Right and Environment Law. At the moment I am actively working with a start-up company Amberstalk Ltd, which is based in Kingston University London to re-introduce Hemp in the current industry and to deliver a more economic legal service. However, I am equally keen to utilise the key skills that I gained while working for Amnesty International Children Human Right Officer.

Education 

Bachelor of Law (Honours)            Open University                             Sep 2015- 2018

Key modules: Contract law, Land & Property law and Justice in action

During the OU LLB course, I have actively engaged in Open Justice pro bono legal clinics and worked as a student ambassador.

LLB with International Law (LLB)           Kingston University Law School        Sep 2012 - July 2015

Key modules: Criminal Law, EU law, Tort law and Company law

During the course, I have actively engaged in pro bono legal clinics and worked as a student ambassador. I have conducted a research on renewable energy in EU. The research had a significant implication in the Environmental sustainable law.

Kingston University International Foundation Year: Distinction                   Sep 2011 – August 2012

A-Level Law                                               Bhuiyan Academy                                                      Sep 2007 – June 2009

                                                            DUSK Madrasha                                       June 2007

                                                             RSD Madrasha                                                            June 2005

 

IT skills                      Photoshop, word, excel, Logo designing and site designing

Languages                Bangla (fluent), English (fluent), Hindi (fluent), Urdu (fluent), Arabic (Intermediate) Korean(basic) and Spanish (basic)

Professional Legal Experience

Children Human Rights Officer                            Amnesty International UK May 2017 – Present

I am working on Urgent Actions relating to children’s rights. At present I am working on two major campaign, which is children in the UK who have the right to register as British citizens but they are prohibited from doing so because of the fee and Children to have the right to family refugee reunion. Whilst learning the practical application of Human Rights Act 1998 and Immigration Law.

Student Legal Advisor                             Ozerlat UK Ltd                              June 2016 – Oct 2017

At a fast growing start-up company, I drafted standard online terms and conditions customised to the client’s business needs under the supervision of a solicitor. Whilst learning the practical application of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Sales of Goods Act 1979, I have also acquired numerous skills, including: researching, summarising complex information, and meeting deadlines such as, for example, registering the trademark of the brand. Working as a student legal advisor, I have gained confidence in these basic legal tasks and raised my awareness of the main business concerns in start-up companies.

Legal Assistant                   Immigration Human Rights Project          March 2016 – June 2017

In collaboration with Chamber No5, the project exists to help vulnerable migrants, particularly young people, families and victims of human trafficking who are facing destitution. I help  clients  with, for  example,  gathering and presenting  financial  evidence for  fee  waiver applications,  applying  for Exceptional Case  Funding  from the  Legal  Aid Agency  and  referring cases to  the  National Referral Mechanism for victims of human trafficking. During this volunteering project, I gained invaluable experience in assisting clients in life-threatening situations, staying calm and making use of my interpersonal skills to communicate with social workers and other legal counsels to help with clients’ applications.

Public Media Officer/ Executive Team    Roof Over London                          Nov 2015 –Sep 2016

I ran a housing Pro Bono legal clinic with over 10 participants. As well as setting the agenda for each session, I drafted urgent documents for clients and assisted them with the local council when necessary. Also, I was the first point of for all club members and club related issues for external parties. Leading the legal sessions every fortnight, I improved my confidence in leadership skills and learned the importance of good file management skills and client support.

Student Advisory Participant              Start-Ed Pro Bono Legal Clinic                   Oct 2015 – Sep2016

This position enabled me to understand the importance of client care, particularly the ability to ask the relevant questions and provide the appropriate answers. My duties included interviewing start-ups,  helping them analyse issues and raising points of law. The legal clinic often concluded with a networking session, where I met many trainees and solicitors who answered my questions and shared their experiences of the firm. So, I immensely enjoyed observing the passion and ideas of start-up companies as well as networking.

Project Leader                              Open Justice Legal Clinic                                                               Oct 2015 – June 2017

This project gave me opportunity to run online legal team, where we advice client and arrange evidence. Our team also was organised by the professional solicitor. The Open Justice clinic often organised online meeting to discuss the case issues. I always chair the meeting which is improve my leadership skills and professional legal knowledge.

Legal Assistant                                                           Gull Law Solicitor                                                                           Nov 2015

I spent two days working as a legal assistant in a Housing Department dealing with homelessness and repossession proceedings. My duties included interviewing clients, drafting initial documents within the designated time-scale and researching and analysing legal documents in order to ensure the accuracy of my advice. This experience provided me with a valuable insight into the work and culture of a high street commercial law firm.

Non-legal Professional Experience

Chief operation officer                           Amberstalk Ltd                                                                                                 Jan 2017- Present

Amberstalk ltdis a london based start up that creates sustainably produced hemp food products. We want to create products that are not only good for the individual but also great for the environment.

Our vision is to pioneer a sustainable future and our mission is to become the world's most sustainable company. In doing so we only work with organic certified farmers, gluten free processors and sustainable manufacturers.

My work involves with organized the team, build relationship with the partners, manufacturers and suppliers. I am responsible for the logistics, raw materials and production. This position has given me opportunity to work with multi-million and multi-national company.

Chief executive officer           World Student Development Organisation (WSDO)        Sep 2007 – Present

As a co-founder of WSDO as well as a CEO, I help and encourage international students to launch their own initiatives to improve students’ lives through small business in the long term. Ongoing projects include ‘Educate’ in Bangladesh and ‘AgroFarm’ in Malawi. For example, in Malawi, WSDO provided 7 goats (£105) to one family in order to provide them with stable income. This role has developed my leadership skills and global interest as I have worked with my team of executives to expand the organisation’s reach to all international students. This has increased our membership s to over three times compared to 2015.

Project leader                     Foodcycle                                                                                             Mar 2016- Present

My work involves organised a successful social event for over 60 people. As a Team Co-ordinator I was involved in managing different roles of the project. Also, Volunteer Co-ordinator position has given me opportunity develop relationship with local food donors and community fundraising, community engagement, and social media. Finally, I also managed Cooking Leader which has given me opportunity to run the Kitchen and cooking session.

Senior Supervisor                   Chozen noodle                                      Sep 2012 – April 2016

My position of responsibility included providing premium quality end-to-end customer service and acknowledging the customer's positive, as well as negative, feedback to improve their future experience. I ensured all the standards of food safety and hygiene were followed and reported to management daily. In the absence of store manager, I was in charge of the daily stock counting and achieving the sales target of the day. Working as a sales assistant for more than four years, I have developed excellent customer service skills and learned how to resolve complaints from customers and dispute between team members. On the other hand, I raised my awareness of business concerns in both retail and restaurant environment.

Customer Assistant                              Tesco                                                       April 2010 – Oct 2015

My main role involved working in the till and the shop floor. I enjoyed working as a customer assistant at Tesco very much because I could actually elevate the quality of customers’ lives by helping them to find goods. This resulted in a high level of customer satisfaction and an enhanced experience of Tesco. Also, working as a part of the team, I was frequently nominated for the top salesman of the week.

Extra-curricular Work Experience

Fundraiser                               British Red Cross (Par- time)                Mar 2010 – Apr 2013

President             KU Young Greens Society                                                    May 2012 – May 2015

Co-ordinator                            Kingston Young Greens                                            Mar 2015 – Present

Youth & Student officer      London Green Party                                                   Oct 2017- Present

Director                                      Kingston Permaculture Reserve                            April 2014 – present

Project Leader                                            Kingston Street Tree                                                  Sep 2017 – present

Co-Founder                              Surbiton Wild Life                               May 2015 – Present

Co-Leader                    Kingston Biodiversity Network                        Jan 2014- Present

Interests 

I really enjoy hiking to the White Cliffs of Dover, the Peak District, Snowdonia and Scotland, learning photography and creating sites for different purposes.