Qualified Mindfulness Coach

Personal Assistant to the Board of Directors.

Providing support and assistance to the Directors.End of contract

I was Personal Assistant to the Board of Directors on a temporary contract. My main duties included diary management, arranging external meetings and lunches, expenses and taking minutes for senior meetings.

Made redundant 14 August 2013 - During my time at Wilson James I have managed the fleet of 150 vehicles across the UK, assisting the Quality Manager in the day to day running of the fleet - vehicle and driver file maintenance, invoice checking, order raising, penalty fine administration, environmental monitory and other related documentation. I have conducted vehicle audits, reporting on vehicle condition and defects and working with vehicle managers to improve areas. I have provided assistance in fleet supplier sourcing, choice and negotiation right through to the tender process. I have dealt with all insurance claims and recovered losses for all accidents that have occured during this time. I have also supported the procurement/purchasing team with the sourcing and procurement of road going plant along with purchasing all company cars and negotiating costs. I have worked closely with our Fleet Management company providing support and knowledge of all vehicle enquiries and issues. Another large part of my role has been managing and developing the company’s mobile communications systems, monitoring monthly costs and creating reports of usage for the members of the board. Most recently I have completed training as an internal auditor.

I worked as the Centre Administrator for Prospects Learning Foundation which is a new college government funded to provide training qualifications in trade skills for students. My day to day duties include booking exams, helping the students, invigilating exams, producing files and carrying out the tutorials for the students every 10 weeks which was a huge task and under very tight deadlines. I carried out all other administration duties, including ordering products and materials for staff.

I worked as a Legal Secretary, working in Conveyancing, Matrimonial and Criminal departments. The majority of my day was spent doing audio typing of lengthy documents and correspondence, normally with urgent deadlines. I also filtered calls and took messages. I ran internet searches and printing of reports and finds. I have also spent some time working in Social Care which has been very challenging and of a highly sensitive nature.

I worked as a Customer Services Advisor for my time at Alliance & Leicester, I dealt with the general public dealing with queries, complaints and giving information on new products available. I followed all confidentiality and customers privacy during my time there. I also worked as a cashier, keeping a balanced till and safe and ensured I counted and handled the money in a professional and efficient way. I worked in a close team and tried to meet my financial targets each month.

Senior PA/EA within the Forensic Department, working for a Senior Partner who specialises in Fraud and Financial Investigations along with his team of fraud directors and a US Director of Business Development. During this time I worked overseas on large highly sensitive and confidential Fraud projects in Brazil, Egypt, Italy, Russia and Switzerland. I spent 5 months working in Zurich on a very sensitive and highly confidential case, running administration duties for over 150 members of staff. My day to day duties included all secretarial tasks, complex diary management, worldwide travel bookings and itineraries, organising Visa’s, sponsorship letters and passports, typing of lengthy detailed and graphical reports, sometimes consisting of over 500 pages. I had vast knowledge of typing fraud reports and was the main point of contact for any macro problems or corruptions in the reports during my time in the department. I was responsible for organising a twice yearly fraud marketing event and dinner for approximately 150 senior clients, organising all the catering, food and wine tasting, technical support, presentation, liaising with the guest speaker and being the main point of contact after issuing all the invitations. I managed expense claims of over £15,000 ensuring allocation to the correct charge code. I signed confidentiality agreements and abided by any conflict of interest statements. I organised the Forensic International Conference in Budapest, arranging flights and accommodation for over 200 people and liaising with the conference venue and arranging equipment and facilities. I worked on a 1:1 basis for the Senior Partner for nearly 10 years but also enjoyed working for his fraud team and thrived in the busy and demanding environment.