Casual employment with Dept. For Education's water safety education program teaching swimming and water safety to school children.

The Nature Foundation is a member-based conservation charity, and one of the largest non-government conservation land managers in South Australia which aims to restore natural biodiversity and connect people to nature.I revelled in the diversity of the role. Taking effort to respond to the various requirements of my role I would often need to be flexible and renegotiate timeframes, re-directing resources when responding to unexpected issues. As an efficient, customer-focused administrator I was the first point of contact for many. From building key relationships, through to the technical challenges rolling out a new CRM database, each day brought new challenges, experiences & sense of achievement. Experienced communicating with people both face-to-face and over the phone/email ranging from government dignitaries and high level corporates to general enquiries from the public and members.As lead coordinator managing logistics for events, often external and remote, from inception to rollout, as well as being very ‘hands-on’ on the ground, I worked with stakeholders communicating clear goals and tasks to deliver effective outcomes. These ranged from small intimate numbers through to a couple hundred guests, alongside supervising up to 50 onsite volunteers. Ranging from small member events and multi-day working bees through to inaugural large events and a national conference.Alongside general office management duties including reception, banking; manage incoming & outgoing revenue, committee EA & minute taker I contributed to a safe working environment for both employees and volunteers. With an effective use of the Microsoft suite, an understanding of social media tools and databases. I was key in the set-up, roll out and ongoing usage of Salesforce, launching NFSA memberships and donation payments ‘online’.

Following redundancy from Stark Investments with the London office closure, I was employed temporary (maternity cover) position at Bank of America Merrill Lynch within the Euro Banks Equity Research Team. As team assistant to eight high-level analysts I was tasked with complex international travel bookings, diary management, assist in the creation of their presentation slides, general administrative duties including submitting expenses and liaising with internal sales brokers, traders, compliance, and printing departments. Whilst managing the in-house client database, I occasionally worked with IT on suggested upgrade changes. Responsibilities included: Complex international travel bookings for team members. Creating monthly detailed touch-point pivot table reports. Helping to produce research reports and presentations. Assisting the team, clients and internal event organisers onsite at the annual BAML Banks & Insurance Conference in London. Submitting expenses and general admin duties. Team diary management. Managing in-house client data base. Liaising with internal sales, compliance and printing departments.

Head of Research Head-hunted to join hedge fund Stark Investments to establish a new research approach for their London office. This involved implementing new procedures and software monitoring stocks and news to help the traders and analysts in their investment analysis, and to expand their active tracking list from 30 to over 300 examined stocks. Working in a fast paced environment to time critical deadlines, I monitored stock schedules, media and financial releases. Sourcing broker reports, company filings, government reports and running daily news searches along with creating relationships with new brokers. Initially brought in to build out a team I ended up working alone as the researcher supporting the office of up to 25 investment professionals. Along with daily research I worked on various projects, including trade data for compliance, as well as undertaking administrative duties including booking travel and entertainment, fielding incoming calls, expenses, filing and managing contact lists, liaising with subscription providers and a team of analysts in Asia and managing their workflow for the London team. Responsibilities included: Establishing a new research approach for London office. Sourcing broker reports, company filings, government reports & run news searches. Monitoring stocks schedules- earnings dates, conference calls & roadshows. General assistant duties including booking entertainment, fielding incoming dealer-board calls, imputing expenses, filing and managing contact lists. Office diary management. Liaising with subscription providers and external analyst team and managing workflow. Booking team members to attend events & conferences, arranging travel and liaising with company management & brokers. Varied projects monitoring data, including trade data for compliance.

2002-2007Trading Desk Assistant and Researcher – Equity, Risk Arb, Long/Short, M&A teams• Sourcing broker reports, company filings, government reports & run news searches• Extensive multiple diary management• All aspects of booking events/conferences/roadshows/meetings - the point person for arranging 1-1s, meetings & conference attendance• Liaising with brokers and companies to arrange meetings and keep abreast of upcoming events• Book business travel for all members of the team• Processing invoices – organising sign-off, logging details and forwarding for payment• Inputting expenses. General PA admin duties• Monitoring team’s attendance/ holidays• Scheduling interviews – liaising with head hunters and candidates2001-2002Office Receptionist• Answering main switchboard, managing boardrooms• PA to the Legal, Compliance and the Business Operations departments – monthly bank reconciliation, spot checking trades for compliance, typing letters/faxes, overseeing confidential personnel files• Assisting the Office Manager including travel bookings, office parties, refit new office space• Ordering office supplies & weekly groceries. Dealing with tradesmen, contractors & suppliers