Adam Balchin
Newry,UK
Summary
A dependable individual with exceptional legal knowledge and excellent interpersonal skills seeking legal advisory opportunities. Tailors communication to suit individual needs for open, constructive conversations. Impartial and sensitive with a strict commitment to confidentiality. Adaptable, Flexible, and ambitious about helping drive change.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Retail keyholder
The Works
Banbridge, Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon
10.2023 - Current
- Developed strong customer relationships, resulting in a high rate of repeat customers.
- Set sales goals and motivated team to meet them.
- Became knowledgeable about store products and mission statement.
- Maintained clean and functional checkout areas to avoid safety issues.
- Maintained high levels of customer retention by resolving complex customer complaints.
- Remained up-to-date on new products and trends to promote increased sales.
- Dealt with customer complaints and rectified product and service issues.
- Increased team productivity through effective staff planning, coordination and task delegation.
- Managed store opening and closing, taking key holder responsibilities seriously to uphold robust security.
- Identified operational problems and proposed solutions to management, improving service efficiency.
- Acted as point of contact and motivation for employees.
- Identified and addressed process inefficiencies to drive higher output.
- Completed opening and closing procedures each day.
- Balanced cashier drawers at theend of shifts and logged any discrepancies.
- Performed financial transactions in a fast-paced retail store environment.
Barista
Costa Coffee
Dundrum
11.2022 - 06.2023
- Responsible for the stable running of the Coffee Shop on a weekday basis, partaking in numerous tasks such as preparing customer orders, cash-handling, stock- handling, maintenance of equipment, cleaning tables, answering customer queries and giving out excellent customer service.
Retail Assistant
Fat Face Ireland
Dundrum
11.2020 - 10.2022
- Have worked in every aspect of the store, from stocking to processing deliveries to providing quality customer and retail knowledge to clients
- Usually acts as the ‘face' of the Store when on shift, providing customers with a hospitable welcome and helpful guidance and conversation should they seek it
- Helps build on my already existing teamwork skills and allows me to develop my technical expertise with specialized software programs
- Help run promotions in store and assist in getting the Store set-up during ‘sales launch nights.'
Legal Intern
AMOSS LLP
Ballsbridge
07.2022 - 09.2022
- As part of my internship, I received a plethora of experience in the Commercial Real Estate field, taking calls from solicitors, organizing deeds, putting together contracts for sale and following up on queries from varying governmental bodies such as the PRA (Property Registration Authority) or the CRO (Companies Registration Office)
- Other responsibilities included organizing post and writing letters to clients, eDiscovery, AML/KYC checks, appropriate Due Diligence analysis, photocopying, scanning and delivering documents, as well as other administrative tasks around the office.
Chairperson
Trinity College Dublin Student Union (TCDSU)'s Electoral Commission
Dublin
11.2021 - 07.2022
- Chaired meetings of the Electoral Commission on regulating Union Elections and delegating tasks to members of the Commission
- Regulated, monitored and ran Union elections (among others) for the academic year
- Chaired, hosted and conducted TCDSU Council, the democratic governing body of the Student Union
- Worked in an impartial capacity in facilitating various meetings, panels and working groups within the Union
- Provided Constitutional Interpretations to any member of the Union
- Devised Election Regulations and voting systems for the Union for 2 years
- Assisted the Union's Officers in an administrative capacity, improving quality of life within the organization and throughout the College
- Represented students at USI (Union of Students Ireland) Congress 2022.
Barista
Costa Coffee Limited
Banbridge
11.2019 - 04.2020
- Helped develop my customer service and social skills while also learning technical skills in Barista equipment
- Assisted in organizing small events as part of seasonal promotions
- Involved cleaning tables, doing backroom stocking, taking orders, making beverages and answering customer queries on products.
Crew Trainer
McDonalds UK
Newry
04.2017 - 04.2019
- Participated and worked in every facet of the business, from stocking produce to cooking to serving to communicating tasks to my team
- Worked as part of an over 100-member team in running the Business
- Trained new staff on different aspects of the business
- Worked in the McCafé section of the restaurant (barista work).
Education
LLB - Law
Trinity College Dublin
09.2019 - 06.2023
LLM. Law and Technology - Law
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast 09.2023 -
3 A Level qualification(AB),10 GCSE Qualifications(AB) - Various
Abbey CBGS
Newry, Newry Mourne and Down 09.2012 - 06.2019
Skills
- Can work consistently and actively within a team or on my own
- Reliable communication and interpersonal skills
- Can digest complex materials and break it down for others in a more accessible way
- Can gather a grasp of technical software rather quickly
- Can deliver honest opinions very sharply and provide a critical analysis of certain situations and approaches
- Organizational know-how, including time management and task-prioritizing/working on multiple projects at once
- Investigatory documentation
- Caseload prioritisation
- Record-keeping
- Communication skills
- Holds leadership experience
- I bring adaptability, creativity and decision-making and a positive, determined attitude to everything I do
- Staff supervision
- Landlord and tenant issues
- Legal documentation knowledge
- Litigation support
Languages
English (Fluent/Native Speaker)
French (Limited Working Proficiency)
Custom
- I have a fervent interest in international and global affairs and making sure I’m up to date with the goings-on of the world.
- I love music, either listening to or singing, mostly focused on pop or indie songs, along with choral work.
- I’m an avid swimmer and jogger and regularly get into the pool or out onto the streets for leisure.
- I love to write, largely about legal/political affairs, but on occasion, about personal interests such as TV, Film, or Music.
Timeline
Retail keyholder
The Works
10.2023 - Current
LLM. Law and Technology - Law
Queen's University Belfast
09.2023 -
Barista
Costa Coffee
11.2022 - 06.2023
Legal Intern
AMOSS LLP
07.2022 - 09.2022
Chairperson
Trinity College Dublin Student Union (TCDSU)'s Electoral Commission
11.2021 - 07.2022
Retail Assistant
Fat Face Ireland
11.2020 - 10.2022
Barista
Costa Coffee Limited
11.2019 - 04.2020
LLB - Law
Trinity College Dublin
09.2019 - 06.2023
Crew Trainer
McDonalds UK
04.2017 - 04.2019
3 A Level qualification(AB),10 GCSE Qualifications(AB) - Various
Abbey CBGS
09.2012 - 06.2019