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Jamal Kiyani

Jamal Kiyani

Apprenticeship Coach

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Sheffield, SheffieldMember since August 23, 2023
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I possess a hard-working, professional ethos and I am eager to learn new skills to develop my expertise. I have excellent technical skills as well as social skills and I have the ability to translate complex technical terms to anyone regardless of expertise. This combined with my positive outlook provides me with a ‘can do’ attitude to problem solving and I would be an asset to any organisation. 

Key Skills & Achievements

  • Excellent attention to detail 
  • Extensive experience training students of differing abilities on several different subjects. 
  • Experience leading training projects with groups of learners and staff on new concepts. . 
  • Ability to easily break down academic path for the learner and clearly map progression for learners in a clear and concise way.
  • Experience with onboarding apprentices and seeing them through to End Point Assessment.
  • Continuous learning on topics such as GDPR and safeguarding. 
  • Excellent ability to scope learner’s progression and encourage the learner through supportive and engaging feedback.
  • Strong attention to KPIs and meet all KPIs on a regular basis.

Experience

IT Business Coach Just IT January 2022 - Present

  • Coaching and mentoring Infrastructure Technician or ICT apprentices.
    • Support on portfolio work. 
    • Grading portfolio work.
    • End Point Assessment support
    • I also look to support their wellbeing and make myself available to help them progress.
  • Ensuring timely completion for learners
  • Extensive work with the quality team to help with ICT build at Just IT.
Technical Trainer Estio Training July 2021 - December 2021
  • Coaching and mentoring Cyber Security Technologist and Risk Analyst apprentices.
    • Support on portfolio work and lessons. 
    • Grading portfolio work.
  • Teaching Cyber apprentices on specific standard knowledge modules.
Assessor Risual ltd November 2019 – July 2021
  • Coaching and mentoring apprentices in level 3 and level 4 apprenticeships 
    • Infrastructure Technician 
    • Digital Marketer 
    • Cyber Technologist
    • Digital Support Technician
  • Creating engaging content for interactive teaching and training sessions. 
    • Courses taught include MTA AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals, MTA Networking Fundamentals, MTA Security Fundamentals and MS-700 Managing Microsoft Teams
  • Leading training projects for clients that have adopted Office 365.
    • Communication with Teams
    • Collaboration with SharePoint 
Implementation Engineer WANDisco July 2017 - May 2019
  • Working with customers to install WANDisco’s replication software. 
  • Creating and adapting documentation for customers to follow installation procedure.
  • Coaching new starters. 
DevOps Engineer Meritec Limited Oct 2016 – April 2017
  • Researching methods to strengthen the company’s current infrastructure and presenting proof of concepts to senior management. 
  • Creating training documentation for newly implemented methods. 
  • Provided technical support when needed. 
DevOps Consultant QA Consulting July 2015 – Sept 2016
  • Communicating with a wide number of staff members regardless of technical skill concerning any issues
  • Creating training documentation for new software practices or methods.
  • Creating new software releases
  • Creating new builds with Jenkins
Graduate Software Developer Sopra Banking Software August 2014 – May 2015

(Graduate Placement)

  • Training colleagues on the use of Fitnesse (testing suite)
  • Testing of software using Junit and Fitnesse
  • Data analysis 
IT Officer (University Placement) Welbeck Road Health Centre Sept 2012 – Sept 2013
  • Initiative was paramount in this role due to being the only member of IT staff employed by the Centre.
  • Co-led the implementation of the Intranet system.
  • Trained members of staff on how to use the new system. 
  • Creating training documentation for new systems

Education

CTC Training 

  • Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement (RQF) June 2023
Microsoft March 2021
  • MTA Azure Fundamentals

BCS September 2015

  • ITIL Foundation certificate in IT Service Management
Sheffield Hallam University September 2010 – 2014
  • BSc (Honours) Forensic and Security Technologies (2:2)
Sheffield City College 2007 – 2010
  • BTEC National Diploma IT Practitioners (Merit Pass)
  • GCSE Maths (C)
Norton College 2005 – 2007
  • BTEC First Diploma Business (Pass)
  • City and Guilds IT (Pass),
High Storrs Secondary School 2000 - 2005
  • GCSEs: Two A to Cs (English and R.E.)

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