Kenneth Barr has over 40 years of experience in operations management, customer service, and leadership in both the retail and public sectors. He has risen to the rank of Inspector during his 30 year career as a police officer, developing strong interpersonal, organizational, and time management skills. Most recently, he was self-employed running an entertainment business and volunteer supervisor for a book festival. He now seeks to apply his diverse skillset as a Project Officer.

1. Kenneth Barr
39 Laigh Isle, Isle Of Whithorn, Newton Stewart DG8 8LS
Telephone: 01988500039 (Home); 07834985536 (Mobile)
Email: kennybarr07@gmail.com
Professional Profile
 Enthusiastic and highly self-motivated professional
 Extensive experience in operations management within the retail and public sector
 Experienced in delivery of quality products/service to both internal and external
stakeholders
 Excellent interpersonal skills in conjunction with first class customer service
 Excellent knowledge and proven ability of legislation within the community regeneration
sector
 Strong leadership skills combined with the ability to be an excellent team player
 Experience of and ability to work in a highly competitive and demanding environment
 Extensive experience in managing and motivating staff in widely differing circumstances
 Ability to demonstrate outstanding time management and organisational skills
 Proven success in managing a community led multipurpose venue including arts and
entertainment provision.
 Acknowledged experience of partnership working and creating effective networks.
Objective
 To combine and bring my vast and varied career experience and skills to the new and
exciting role of Project Officer at Dumfries and Galloway Small Communities Housing
Trust
Career Summary
1971 – 1977 SUPERMARKET MANAGER
Allied Suppliers
 Originally employed as a trainee manager with Allied Suppliers which incorporated:
Galbraiths / Massey’s / Cochrane’s / Templeton’s / Lipton’s / Presto
 1973 promoted to manager working across several stores within the group including
acting manager at their new flagship store in Glasgow.
 Responsibilities:
o Finance (including managing budgets, financial projections, cash handling, wages and
banking)
o Managing staff
o Sales and stock control, including ordering.
o Promotions and Marketing
o Operating an off sales facility
o Ensuring all health and safety requirements were met
o Staff recruitment, interview and retention
o Customer service and sales interaction.

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1977 – 2007 POLICE OFFICER
Strathclyde Police
 Full time employment as a uniformed police officer within Strathclyde Police (Registered
Number 240837).
 Rising to the rank of Inspector, undertaking all aspects of police work along the way
 Specialist roles including:
o Firearms officer
o Specialist search officer – Support Unit
o Rural policing
o Training sergeant – Force Training Centre, East Kilbride, including training
needs assessment and the design, marketing and delivery of bespoke courses
such as Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Customer Service..
o Emergency and operational planning including risk assessments
o Divisional administration
o Casualty Bureau including Home Office working party
o IT instructor on Holmes 2 system
o Patrol sergeant
o Patrol inspector
 Required to manage a large team of professional in a wide variety of situations.
 Requirement to be able to prepare risk assessments and oversee difficult situations with
regards health and safety
 Developed the exceptional interpersonal skills to interact with all sectors of society in all
situations.
In conclusion during my long police career I have developed a strong transferrable skill base.
2007 – 2014 CAIRN ENTERTAINMENT
Business owner
A self-employed sole trader operating Cairn Entertainment, a business supplying sound,
lighting and compering solutions to the entertainment industry. Catering for all manner of
events and occasions, Cairn Entertainment was the principal provider of sound and lighting
equipment to;
 The ten day Wigtown Book Festival for 5 years,
 The Dumfries and Galloway Relay for Life Annual Event for 6 years,
 The Isle of Whithorn Food and Crafts fair – Hamefairin,
 Sound and lighting equipment and technician services to the Goldfish Theatre Company.
This included the 2012 tour of Scotland for a production of ‘Six Black Candles’ and for the
Edinburgh Fringe production that year of ‘Singing He’s No a Billy I’m a Tim’.

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2013/14 WIGTOWN BOOK FESTIVAL
Box Office and Volunteer Driver Supervisor
Contracted by Wigtown Festival Company from July to October 2014 to:
 Devise and install ticketing IT solutions and management of the box office, both on-line
and by telephone and in person.
 Managing the volunteers working within that environment
 Co-ordinating the 30 strong group of volunteer drivers providing the 400 trips required
for the events authors and guests.
 Provided the technology and systems for the internet radio station Radio Wigtown which
broadcast daily to high acclaim and the technology to run the Festival ‘pop-up’ Cinema.
1992 – 2015 VOLUNTARY WORK
 Volunteer and chairman of Radio Lollipop at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill,
Glasgow (1992 – 1998), which included fundraising to build new play facility and
coordinating a UK wide fundraising effort to raise £250,000 for the parent charity.
 Director / Trustee of registered charity Isle Futures (Isle of Whithorn) from 2003 – 2012
 Chairman from 2007 – 2012
 Managed Hamefairin’ event from 2006 – 2010
 Installed all sound and cinema equipment within St Ninian’s Hall, Isle of Whithorn.
 Prepared numerous successful funding bids for Isle Futures and other community groups
during this period, culminating in the successful £1m bid for current project. This included
financial projections for 6 years, staffing matrix, business plan and development of usage
for 6 years.
 Was vice chairman of ‘Keep Wigtown Bay Natural’ pressure group which successfully
stopped large scale windfarm development in Wigtown Bay.
 Underwent college course (at own expense) and thereafter obtained personal licence and
successfully operated licensed bars for the benefit of Isle Futures for 2 years
 Underwent college course, funded by Isle Futures, becoming a qualified portable appliance
tester which has saved the charity annual costs and has benefited other charitable groups
in the area.
 Led a board of trustees who have been recognised at Scottish and National level for
excellence in rural enterprise.
 Oversaw a 300% increase in usage of St Ninian’s Hall from management takeover in 2008
to 2012.
 Developed successful networks which resulted in the facility being used by external
providers for their events, such as Wigtown Book Festival and the Dumfries and Galloway
Film Festival.
 Sourced a programme of Arts events for the venue of all genres.
 Voluntarily provided sound, lighting and compering for 24 hour Relay for Life events for
last 6 years, raising over £380,000 for Cancer Research UK

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Education and Qualifications
LEVEL SUBJECT GRADE DATE
‘O’ Grade 11 subjects Pass 1970/71
Higher Grade English C 1971
Professional Qualification Associate to Institute of Grocery Distribution Pass 1973
Professional Qualification Police (Scotland) Exam – Sergeant Pass 1980
Professional Qualification Police (Scotland) Exam – Inspector Pass 1997
Higher National Certificate Police Studies Pass 1998
City & Guilds Certificate in Portable Appliance Testing Pass 2009
City & Guilds Certificate in Personal Licence Holder Pass 2011
Institutions:
Holmlea Primary School, Glasgow – 1958 – 1965
Queens Park Senior Secondary Glasgow – 1965 – 1971
Central College of Commerce, Glasgow - 1971 - 1973
Bell College, Hamilton - 1997- 1998
Dumfries College, Dumfries - 2009 & 2011
Key I.T. Skills
 Microsoft Office package
 SAGE accounting software,
 Adobe Acrobat Professional
 Keypoint 5.5 customer survey software.
 Holmes 2 (Qualified instructor)
 Coral Paint Shop Pro Photo
 Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13
 Sony Sound Forge
 Sony Acid Music Studio
 Internet social media site management
Personal Details
Languages: English
Other : Full clean driving licence
Interests and Activities
Currently includes :
 Theatre
 Travel
 Voluntary work
 Fund raising (Cancer Research UK)
 Reading
 Photography
 Music
 Internet Radio