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Calgary, Canada Area

• Managed schedules, resolved elector issues and line ups in an effective manner. Ensured that the staff had adequate supplies, get breaks during a long day. Verified that all procedures were accurately followed and upraised the returning officer at regular intervals. • Checked that all elections related materials were properly filled out and ballots were secure throughout the day. • Set up and monitored the entire polling station’s operation and ensured that a high quality of service experience was maintained. • Supervised counting of all ballots and declaring results. Reported the counts to the returning officer of five polling stations. Collected and delivered all ballot boxes and signed off for all election related form

Calgary, Canada Area

* Worked on fiduciary responsibilities while transitioning from college to university status * Patiently handled different stakeholders and their concerns regarding confidential human resources, funding and governance matters

Calgary, Canada Area

• Conducted in person, scenario-based training for 275 elections officers within three weeks, to perform varied election duties in Calgary-Elbow area. It included technology based processes for advance polls. Created effective training material that simplified complex information to suit the officers’ needs. • Helped recruiting and scheduling all elections officers in a timely manner. • Monitored the completion of online courses prior to attending the in-person training for all officers. Offered extra tutoring to those that needed it. • Problem-solved technical difficulties and supported busy polling staff on election days. • Coordinated with internal and head office staff to seamlessly monitor the delivery and execution of all guidelines involved in electronic and paper-based polling. • Proactively organized polling station teams for tally the votes. Effectively trouble-shot issues arising from vote counting, ensuring that the final tally was accurately done by mid night on election day. Ensured that candidate monitors were following elections protocols. • Collected, and updated census data in electronic format from 100 homes within a month. This helped in sending elector voting cards.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Nominated and elected onto the board of directors for Richmond Women’s Resource Centre with a mandate to improve fundraising efficiency, and bridge gap between organization and younger generation. • Identified the failure to communicate with youth via the website and popular social media platforms as a major cause for the low youth membership. Collaborated with other board members on the development of effective engagement strategies that included website content redevelopment, and utilization of Facebook and Twitter to promote events and breaking news. • Acted as a stabilizing influence and consensus builder among key internal stakeholders during an initiative to assimilate an online forum into the framework of the organization. Ensured synergistic mandate alignment between forum and agency, and played key role in facilitating project implementation. • Analyzed fundraising strategies, processes, and results to document the return on resource and labour power investment. Established achievable fundraising targets, identified prospective donors, and educated staff in the cultivation of relationships with major community-based funders.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Approached the board of the society with a proposal to facilitate the implementation of a seniors-oriented program aimed at meeting their needs in relation to social activities and improving knowledge and understanding of finances and age-related illness. • Leveraged a knowledge of funding sources and program requirements to submit a successful grant application and secured $40,000 in funding. Accepted role of program lead to coordinate program implementation. • Coordinated the efforts of 20 volunteers and 30 wellness experts to provide monthly social and training sessions to seniors. Planned project tasks, resources, and staffing and prepared project reports, schedules, and budget for review by all funding sources.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Contacted board members with a solution to improve the efficiency of their program focused on assimilating newcomers. Delivered a presentation to the board and accepted a custom-made role with a mandate to analyze existing programs and policies and deliver improvement recommendations. • Synthesized past program data and transferred it from paper to an electronic format that saved $30,000 in staff data entry time and resulted in faster Requests for Proposal submissions. • Facilitated the implementation of an electronic proposal submission system that significantly improved staff productivity levels. • Established partnerships with 21 community agencies to deliver the $150,000 project with participation from City of Richmond and other key organizations. Facilitated labour employment standards workshops for 40 workers.

Vancouver, Canada Area

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