Lesley Cook Email & Phone Number

North Vancouver, Bc, Ca

British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver

• Providing support to the Executive Director, Physician Services (senior executive team member) and the Strategic Negotiations Lead; attention to detail and accuracy are a must • Coordinating local and provincial dispute engagements• Handling confidential and privileged provincial negotiations and communications• Responsible for all departmental accounts payable• A key point of contact and integral role in strategic plan undertakings• Coordinating and facilitating meetings with Health Authority Directors of Physician Compensation and VPs of Medicine for the province’s six health authorities, affiliates, and the Ministry of Health • Implementing excellent time management skills by maintaining BF systems, prioritising daily workflow, and good communication• Minute taking, meeting summary drafting, and multiple calendar management• Editing briefing notes, analysis papers, meeting materials, presentations, and correspondence• Delivering office management and customary support with a positive attitude• Providing additional support to other team members and legal counsel during heavy workflow

845 Cambie Street, Vancouver, Bc

• Preparing and processing confidential, bar exam equivalent, student assessments• Developing bar exams and answer guides under the direction of the Deputy Director • Inputting confidential student information into the highly secure LSBC database• Working closely with the Deputy Director and Practice Material Editor in editing curriculum based materials, bar exam equivalent assessments and Practice Material• Providing ad hoc assistance to the Deputy Director, Practice Material Editor, Academic Support Instructor, and all PLTC instructors• Corresponding with and assisting students applying for special accommodation• Preparing materials for external and in-house printing, placing orders• Handling administrative duties such as minute taking, processing written correspondence, greeting guests, and planning events

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Assistant to the Manager of Operations including: arranging travel, preparing expense reports and visa reconciliations, calendar management, helping with budgets- Supporting Relationship Managers by receiving, verifying and filing time sensitive documents, preparing letters to clients, handling large accounts receivable, arranging travel- Administrative duties: maintaining office calendars, ordering stationary and IT equipment, organizing staff meetings, taking meeting minutes, teleconferences, video-conferences, arranging catering and social events - Receptionist, answering multi-line phone system covering all offices across Canada, greeting office guests, answering sector related questions and providing customer support, handling incoming and outgoing mail as well as courier packages - Overseeing office maintenance, coordinating ergonomic assessments, orienting new employees, liaising with the landlord- Preparing events and presentations including catering, assembling communications packages and transportation - Processing accounts payable for the Vancouver Office and controlling petty cash- Event Management, i.e. Annual Staff Retreat- Social Committee member

Burnaby

- Administrative duties: switchboard operation, answering service related questions, providing customer support, filing, maintaining fleet database, data entry- Receptionist, greeting office guests, handling incoming and outgoing mail as well as courier packages- Editing and reviewing contractor reports, typing deficiency reports and quotes, mailing out annual inspection reports to clients, and tracking annual reports sent to clients - Coordinating invoice records with GL codes and vendor numbers for accounts payable, invoicing, client database maintenance

Vancouver

- Developing a new, streamline “look and feel” for internal procedural documents- Collaborating with the Risk Management Team to enhance and redevelop safety documentation- Providing document development, editing, and design services - Showcasing corporate priority and the added value of the risk management and safety program by upgrading and streamlining the corporate safety and procedural documents

Vancouver

- Project managed a 2-year collaborative project to develop a national set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for electronic data management, supported and recognized by Health Canada; developing it on time and under budget- Collaborated with database builders and information technologists (IT) to develop a database management platform for research investigators that conduct research of international stature- Educated on data quality control (QC) methods such as good data management practices - Worked together with local and Canada wide IT personnel, researchers, and industry specialists to develop and enhance local and national SOPs for researchers- Implemented and managed the 1st site-wide set of SOPs, and taught the importance of QC as it pertains to document life-cycle and record management- Created and supported a resource centre and forum of collaboration for researchers using web-based technologies, i.e. SharePoint, confluence wiki, in addition to an “open door policy”- Built and presented training sessions and interactive workshops- Delivered compliance, QC, and regulation as a Regulatory and Compliance Officer - Developed and delivered a measurable, assessment program to implement better QC methods- Auditing clinical trial and research study processes, record and data management methods

United Kingdom

Coordinator- Provided senior administrative services to the Director and 37-person data management centre at J&J Global Clinical Operations (February 2007-June 2008)- Used a document management system in editing and maintaining operating procedures- Tested data capture forms and software interfaces for operability - Monitored and tracked financial transactions, oversaw private client informationExecutive Assistant- Provided assistance to Directors and Managers of the Regulatory Affairs Department at J&J Pharmaceutical Research and Development- Ensured regulatory documents were handled with sensitivity and attentiveness- Coordinated translations for regulatory documents and created PowerPoint presentations- Managed events, organized all travel arrangements, facilitated meetings including videoconferences and teleconferences Assistant- Provided assistance to a Director of Human Resources- Helped to ensure regulatory standards of the local authorizes were met- Achieved Food and Drug Administration mandated compliance by tracking and logging the upgrade to HR documents

United Kingdom

- Executive Assistant to a Senior Sales Manager and 6 Marketing Managers of the sales and marketing team for the Food and Beverage Div., EMEA Sector- Coordinated marketing communications packages- Produced product brochures including designing layout, coordinating imagery, and writing copy- Co-developed imagery and multimedia marketing support materials with the IT team- Oversaw product launches, organized corporate events such as venue bookings, producing support materials, and handling delegate communications

United Kingdom

- Assisted in sales and marketing production of literature and direct mail marketing- Edited marketing packages and sales literature for stakeholders- Organized and coordinated meetings, exhibitions and other events and acted as a corporate spokesperson

Burnaby, Bc

Advertising & Production Analyst - Worked with both advertising departments at the head office (January to April 2004)- Managed a project measuring the efficiency of two in-house advertising production methods of flyer, broadsheet, and tabloid advertisements- Acquired and analyzed data, reported findings, liaised with department headsAdvertising Distribution Coordinator - Worked within the advertising department of Future Shop Canada (August to Dec 2003)- Coordinated electronic ads for publication and distribution nationwide- Provided quality assurance when comparing Best Buy Canada ads with Future Shop ads- Acquired key art rights and copyright affirmation from Entertainment Arts

- Managed a corporate brochure project where a growing portfolio could easily be altered to include new projects as well as be published at temporary, display suite locations- Branded corporate profile and the online brochure- Improved printed marketing literature, liaised with printers, publishers, and suppliers- Performed copy writing services to enhance sales literature in regards new real estate projects

- A spokesperson for Alcan Aluminum Ltd, promoting their environmental initiatives, at the Alcan Dragon Boat Festival and the Vancouver Jazz Festival

Bfa, Fine Arts

Legal Administrative Assistant Certificate, Law

Current Standing Grade: A

Keyboarding For Speedbuilding

WPM: 45 Final Grade: A

Diploma, Marketing Management And Communications

Internship: Maverick Real Estate Corporation, March to June 2003 Industry Experience: Optimum Public Relations, Summer 2002

Diploma