1. Luke Morgan
21 Pepper Close Tel: 07467949403
Manchester lukemorgan22.lm@gmail.com
M22 4JZ luke.morgan@open.ac.uk
I am a highly motivated and versatile in services relating to IT, recruitment and policy control.
Excellent communication skills in both verbal and IT systems with a key strength in problem
solving.
Strong use Microsoft Office and networking hardware. Regular use of resource management
and internet based telephony systems (Hermes and Skype). Familiar in web based databases
- Windows Server, SQL, Circe and Dropbox.
Dedication to ensuring work is delivered to a high standard that is correct for the needs of the
business.
June 2011 - Present Student Recruitment Advisor Open University
Help students and prospective students make study choices that will lead to successful
progression, qualification completion and customer satisfaction.
Travel to regional centres and external events/fairs to coordinate marketing and advice
sessions for perspective new students.
Support and give advice to specialised teams with student issues, payments and
qualification/policy changes.
Implementing policy changes relating to qualification updates, funding and changes from
government legislation.
Helping new staff through training on the IT telephony systems, through Training Needs
Analysis changes and qualification updates.
Investigating IT issues within the office and creating new procedures to limit overheads with
staff.
Lead and organised new computer hardware upgrades due to inefficiencies and out of date
equipment.
Awarded 5 ‘Striving for Excellence’ awards for being recognised by staff for working as a
team and taking responsibility for helping staff members with new training updates.
Received a group merit award for creating and delivering a new training strategy for the
telephony system.
August 2010 – June 2011 Housing List Assessment Officer Manchester City Council
To administer the needs of social tenant housing and ensure all applicants are considered in
accordance of various policies e.g. disabilities, location, offenders, bedroom law.
Manage the expectations of applicants to ensure fairness and in compliance with local
authority practices and confidentiality.
Building internal relationships with different departments to create a speedy turnaround of
work.
The use of various databases to make fair decisions that would create appeals and
complaints. To ensure all decisions were made correct with all investigations made first.
September 2009 – August 2010 Admin Assistant Capital Programme
Leading the purchasing of office IT upgrades and printer upgrades for procurement and
quantity surveyors.
2. Updating client databases for new business contacts and existing employee contracts –
sickness, human resource and training needs.
Ensuring new staff were inducted into the office with IT needs, contract updates and office
protocols.
Completing purchase orders for new expense claims.
June 2008 – September 2009 Parking Appeals Officer Street Management and Parking
Assessing appeals for parking/bus lane contraventions. Using video/photographic evidence
and also relying on road law and external factors to make individual judgements on cases.
Building strong cases for and against the appeal. Developing relationships with external
departments to ensure correct action.
Liaising with court (NPAS and Traffic Penalty Tribunal) and police to ensure correct
procedures in debt recovery and tax fraud.
Observing the laws of the road and Civil Enforcement Officers training to promote better
practices.
Attending independent court hearings to gain experiences of case studies.
Professional / Personal Development
2015-2016* Cisco Certified Networking Associate – CISCO - CCNA Pearson VUE
Subjects studied:
Routing protocols – creating domains and server issues.
Hardware – understanding servers, routers, bridges and hubs
*Completion expected in June 2017.
2012-2013 Microsoft Technology Associate – MTA – Networking Prometric
Subjects studied:
IP fundamentals – LAN, WANs, Networking protocols.
Hardware functionalities – Routers, Ethernet and resource management systems.
2016 Training Needs Analysis training.
Subjects Studied: formal/informal training, Audience understanding, techniques and
delivery.
2015 First Aid Training in workplace.
Education
University of Bradford
2005-2008 BSc (Hons) 2:1 Physical and Environmental Geography
Subjects included: Geology, Weather systems, Renewable energy, Human
geography, Microsoft Office, Ecology, Land surveying and Glaciation.
William Hulme’sGrammar School
2003-2005 3 Advanced ‘A’ Levels: Geography, History and Religious Studies
3 Advanced Subsidiary ‘AS’ Levels: Geography, History and Religious Studies
1998-2003 9 GCSE’s including Maths (B) and English (C)
3. Additional Information
Part-time study of the professional courses described above required self-discipline, time-
management skills and determination. I developed a much broader awareness and
understanding of company systems and functions as a result of study.
I have a full clean driving licence. Acquired in 2005.
Regular use of EBay and enjoy the experiences of bidding and policies relating to the selling
of goods.
Regular use of bicycle for long distance trips for charities.
I keep fit by regular cycling and attending badminton/football.
References available on request