Harry Legg

Education

• Northumbria University 2004-2008: Computer Games Software Engineering BSc (Hons) 2:1
• Truro College 2002-2004:
  • A Levels:
  • Computing:
  • B
  • Maths:
  • C
  • VCE
  • Media:
  • C
  • AS Levels:
  • Product Design:
  • C
• Isles of Scilly Secondary School 1997-2002: 11 GCSEs A-C including seperate sciences and geography

Other Qualifications

• 2013 - Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) Level 4

Experience and Employment

• Lead Member for Environment, Climate Change and Waste at the Council of the Isles of Scilly: May 2022-Present
• Councillor at Council of the Isles of Scilly May 2017-Present
• stagnesgigclub.co.uk: Product design and sourcing, website full stack 2024-Present
• Mousesails.co.uk Shopify store implementation and customisation 2023-Present
• 28 Miles™ Website full stack development and maintenance 2014-2019
• St Agnes Website Vacancies full stack development and maintenance 2010-2020
• Private Tutor - Programming (HTML, Javascript) 2018-2020
• Lifelong Learning Tutor at Council of the Isles of Scilly 2013-2017
• IT Drop-in Support Assistant at Council of the Isles of Scilly 2014-2017
• Stay at home Dad 2022-Present
• Self Employed commercial egg production, packaging and distribution 2018-2022
• Self Employed commercial lobster fisherman 2008-2018
• HM Coastguard Rescue Officer 2009-2020
• South West Ambulance Service Co-Responder Volunteer 2002-2015
• Post Office Clerk at Starbeck Avenue Post Office 2007-2008
• Shop Assistant at St Agnes Post Office Stores 2002-2007

Skills

• Problem Solving

  When I was self employed, running my own businesses on a small, isolated island I had to be resourceful and independent when it came to solving problems. First I gain a good understanding of what causes a problem so that I can solve it in a way that will prevent it recurring or new issues from arising because of the solution. Large problems can seem daunting to tackle at first but I have yet to find an issue that cannot be broken down into smaller tasks which can be approached one at a time. Sometimes it is not the solution that is the challenge but identifying the fault, having a methodical approach is as important when fixing a broken diesel boat engine as it is when debugging code.

• Programming

  My degree focused on programming in C++ but by the final year we were computer linguists, having learned to understand a broad range of programming principles. Since university I have used many web technologies to produce dynamic websites and tools. (Javascript, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Node.js, React) In my spare time I have been using Unity and C# to create simple games for my children.

• Teamwork

  Sitting as an elected member on the Council of the Isles of Scilly I take shared responsibility for setting a balanced revenue budget of over £6m, we also have a capital program of almost £14m with other projects that the Council are involved with up to £50m. We are responsible for delivering a broad range of services including adult's social care, children's social care, environmental health, licensing, planning, health overview and scrutiny, waste and recycling. I also sit on the Inshore Fisheries Conservation Association, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership, Isles of Scilly Natural Landscape Partnership, South West Regional Flood and Coastal Committee and I chair the Climate Change Working Group.

• Teaching

  I have always helped people to understand complex concepts and learn in a way that works for them, focusing on retention of knowledge and skills built on a good foundation of the subject. Taking the PTLLS level 4 course really helped me to expand and demonstrate my teaching skills which I put into practice writing and teaching beginner and intermediate spreadsheet courses as well as an introduction to computing course for over 50s. I also enjoyed tutoring a high school student in HTML and Javascript focusing on basic programming techniques, he has gone on to get a distinction at College and secured a place on a computer science degree at Nottingham University.

• Communication

  In my role as a councillor it is important to communicate well, in a professional manner with a wide range of people, such as members of the public, Council Officers, other elected members and colleagues from other organisations. I sit on the Communications Working Group where we discuss how Council Comms policy should be applied to current news items.

• Customer Service

  Having worked in retail I have experience dealing with a wide range of customers. I have also worked in a technical support capacity where I provided members of the public with IT support on their own devices at drop in sessions, I was also able to use my teaching skills at these sessions to explain how to use various software to achieve what the customer wanted.

Additional Information

• Applications:

  Office 365 (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook), Firefox DevTools, Visual Studio Code, GIMP, Unity, Blender

• Languages:

  C++, C#, HTML, CSS, Typescript and Javascript (jQuery, Node.js, React), PHP, MySQL