Day to day running of school office solving unpredictable and sometimes conflicting time with excellent interpersonal skills and a proactive and ‘get involved’ attitude. Responsible for school newsletter and updating website, liaising with third parties, parents and staff, organising school trips, daily attendance, school dinner register, administration of school Census and assisting Head Teacher with GDPR. This role has been on a job share basis with essential communication between job share for successful weekly handovers. I am also a member of the Trust’s Job/Salary Evaluation panel.

Set up gardening business and working on a self employed basis for clients' private gardens having returned to education studying RHS Level 2 Certificate in Practical Horticulture.

• Client Services o Supported internal clients to ensure their business services needs were met either internally or via third party providers• Management of Serviceso Created and delivered new joiner induction training in conjunction with HR.o Liaised with third party suppliers to ensure cost effective and efficient services were supplied to Bristol, Dublin and Newport and that high standards were delivered consistentlyo Managed the outsourced providers and contracts encompassing the front of house reception services and meeting rooms, catering teams including client and staff catering and in-house café, stationery management, photocopying and printing, facilities management, mailroom services and administrative services. o Managed the smooth running of in-house office moves, in conjunction with the third party supplierso Successfully delivered the Bristol office move (450 staff) between 2006 and 2008 working closely with third party suppliers, in-house support services and Partners o Liaised with third party suppliers to ensure cost effective and efficient services were supplied to Bristol, Dublin and Newport and that high standards were delivered consistently• Budget Management o Responsible for the locations' budgets in accordance with national finance, purchasing policies and local needs. • Health and Safetyo Led health and safety compliance for the locations in line with national policy, ensuring, in conjunction with the third party suppliers, that a safe, secure and clean working environment was maintained

PA to Director of Finance and day to day office management. This was a varied role including diary management, event planning, interviewing, inductions and supporting the needs of the location. During this time, I attended evening school and completed CIPD Certificate in Personnel Practice to enhance my role within HR matters.

I completed a BTEC IT qualification alongside my professional role which enabled me to deliver IT teaching and demonstration and become a professional link between the IT department and DACB professionals/support staff which involved supporting a team of 43 people as the first point of call for software and hardware queries