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Bristol, England, Gb

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Project and finance coordination, general administrative support for a company who design and deliver leadership, graduate, team and personal skills development training.

Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Helping small businesses by providing a flexible, cost-effective virtual business support service. Guiding you from 'Chaos to Clarity' by streamlining your processes and helping you develop a strategy for sustainable growth.

Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire

Bruton Knowles is a national property consultancy helping property owners, occupiers, developers and investors to achieve more from their land and property.I provided a high standard of personal assistance and administrative support to Team Managers and Partners through the following tasks:Assisting Team Managers and Partners with all business development activities. Organising and attending office-based meetings and ensuring the Team Managers and Partners are appropriately prepared for meetings. Assisting with debtor management, chasing fee earners and clients, preparation and management of fee forecasts in conjunction with input from key professionals and chasing them when required. Dealing with incoming emails, and corresponding on behalf of the Team Managers. Taking and typing up minutes. Meeting and greeting visitors at all levels of seniority. Liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff. Preparing research, briefing papers, reports and presentation from collated data. Devising and maintaining office systems, including data management. Diary management, arranging meetings, fielding telephone calls and coordinating appointments on behalf of Team Managers and Partners.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Morson International is a specialist recruitment company for the engineering industry. It is named as the UK’s No.1 Technical Recruiter in the Top 250 Report. • Organised a Bike Ride/Run from Paris to Bristol for The Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation.I worked for a company set up by EDF to design and build a major UK engineering project and I provided full secretarial support to the Management Team including Deputy Engineering Director, Business Manager and Deputy Nuclear Safety and Quality Manager.Effectively organised meetings and appointments, including security arrangements for visitors.Responsible for diary management for the Management Team, organisation of meetings, events and offsite meetings.Provided a professional, accurate and reliable administration support service to the extended business.Arranged travel, accommodation and itinerary for the team and prepared accurate travel itineraries.Assisted with document management – paper and electronic in accordance with ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.Produced documents in accordance with company standards (Letters, Presentations and Newsletters etc.).Assisted with particular project requirements.Efficient filing and proactive management of meeting documentation and paperwork.Maintained data/records.Administration of training for new starters and as required.Management of office facilities and maintenance.High level of security awareness.

This was a temporary position.Auditing and updating land ownership records.Preparing legal access to land documents.

This was a temporary position.Full PA role to three directors.Liaise with third party organisations such as NHS.Establish and maintain efficient filing systems.Answer public and internal enquiries via telephone, email and face-to-face.General office based administration duties.

Working as part of a team I provided comprehensive administrative support, including a range of financial operations, for three Children’s Centres and specific secretarial support to the Practice Manager and Senior Workers. • Devised and implemented a range of spreadsheets to replace paper based accounting systems to enable efficient tracking of petty cash and credit card expenses. • Created a system to collate staff training information, allowing easy access to training records, certificates and other related documents.I provided a front of house service to all Children’s Centre users (including parents, children and professionals) and this also includes offering first hand advice and guidance on a range of topics and issues to families as well as signposting for additional support and information.I liaised with a range of professionals (including social workers, health visitors, schools and pre-schools) to promote and build integrated working practices to support families.I ensured that the day to day operation of the Children’s Centres ran safely and smoothly by keeping policies and procedures up to date, carrying out safety checks and ensuring effective communication at all times. Managed room bookings and training calendars.I played a vital role in promoting the Children’s Centres, both to the general public and to a wide range of professionals by keeping all information accurate and up to date. This included the public website, newsletters, timetables and Centre information displays, as well as email communication and publicity events.

Responsibility for organising the Council’s annual conference for up to 120 delegates; key duties included booking venue and catering, contacting keynote speakers, preparing posters, taking bookings, supervising set-up on the day and assisting stall holders.Responsible for providing administrative support to the Early Years Training Team.Undertook a range of administrative and correspondence tasks as directed as well as producing training booklets and other publications on behalf of the organisation.Maintained the organisation’s training database as well as booking venues and organising refreshments for training courses.

This was a secondary school-based position.Provided comprehensive secretarial support to three Directors; key duties included diary management and correspondence.Additionally handled a range of other clerical and administrative tasks to assist in the smooth running of the school.Administration relating to the transfer of pupils from primary schools as well as assisting in the production of the School's Newsletter.