Jennifer Jones

Address: 18 Willowbrae, White Peak, Derbyshire DE82 3JT Tel: 01726 164734 Date of Birth: 12th July 1980 Mobile: 0785 3426241 E-mail: jennyjones80@hotmail.com

Personal Profile
Capable of achieving personal objectives as evidenced by the completion of my degree and near-completion on my PhD. I have excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as graphics skills. I have worked with a variety of people in communication and support roles and feel that my interpersonal skills are a strength. I am keen to find a challenging role in which I can combine my technical, academic and graphic experience in a dynamic and creative way.

Skills Profile
Communication and Team Work Experience communicating with children and adults in public-sector settings. Ability to communicate my research in written and verbal form (at seminars and conferences). Working as part of a team within a public library, and with peers as a research student. Distributing my self-published magazine to interested groups and incorporating their responses in future editions.

Problem-solving Identifying research questions and successfully constructing an investigation in the form of my undergraduate dissertation and postgraduate thesis (pending). Identifying and filling a niche: my bi-annual magazine about childrens literature, Zillions!, is distributed through local libraries and is available online. It has a regular readership of approximately 250. I have devised play activities as part of a summer job taking advantage of the local setting. For example, I devised a nature trail for the High Peak with the names of plants and animals also presented in Braille format.

Languages Fluent French Computing Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint; and Adobe Photoshop.

Educational Qualifications
2002-2005 University of Cambridge PhD in Childhood Literacy (to be completed by January 2006) The Developing Imagination in the Works of Roald Dahl 1999-2002 University of Bristol BA Early Childhood Studies (1st Class) (2002) Final year dissertation (10,000 words): Childrens Responses to the Fantastic on Screen 1997-1999 Stratford College GCE A Levels (1999): Psychology (A), Literature (B), Religious Education (B) GCSEs (1997): Nine at grades A-C, including English, French, Art and Mathematics.

Work Experience
2002 to present: Cambridge City Library Service part-time Library Assistant. 2000 and 2001 summer vacations: Play Leader, Derbyshire Council.

Interests and Activities

I enjoy both reading and creative writing. As well as working as a play-leader, I enjoy volunteering as a befriender. I like to go camping and to music festivals in the summer, and am a keen cyclist.

Referees
Dr Rachael McArthur (Supervisor) Lathkill College University of Cambridge Cambridge CB1 7HT Tel: 01223 677339 e-mail: r.mcarthur@lathkill.cam.ac.uk

Mr Richard Duncan Project Manager City Library Service Cambridge CB3 9JJ Tel: 01223 775630 e-mail: rduncan@camlib.org