I manage the financial, administrative and support operations for the Department of Geography which is one of the largest Departments in the University with more than 1000 undergraduate, 60 postgraduate students and 19 Academic staff. I act as the interface between the public the students, Department, Faculty and wider University community, and the University’s professional service and central administration. As the Administrative Officer I work in close consultation with the Head of… Show more I manage the financial, administrative and support operations for the Department of Geography which is one of the largest Departments in the University with more than 1000 undergraduate, 60 postgraduate students and 19 Academic staff. I act as the interface between the public the students, Department, Faculty and wider University community, and the University’s professional service and central administration. As the Administrative Officer I work in close consultation with the Head of Department, I hold the responsibility for the administrative effectiveness of the Department including management, review and planning of departmental administrative policies and processes and structures . I manage a wide range of general administrative and specialised tasks which warrant setting of priorities & deadlines and a high level of quality and accuracy. Show less

Manage administration of Department of Geography.

Executive Assistant in the Department of Geography managing the collation of exam data for over one thousand undergraduate students.

My role as Client Manager involved providing technical training, facilitating business systems development, IT advice and procurement as well as desktop support to a range of organisations. As Office Manager I was in charge of work scheduling and project management for one full time programmer, one part time programmer and the full time technical support/systems engineer.

I managed the Queenstown office of Preston Russell Law including providing administrative support to two partners and one staff solicitor, this also included arranging client/public seminars and managing of overseas client files.

As a Trainer at BOI Mortgages I designed and delivered training for a national change programme introducing regional branch staff to a new mortgage delivery process. This involved both procedural and technical training of over 250 branch staff and managers.I was was involved in training department administration including training evaluation, report writing, staff development and the day-to-day management of budgets ensuring that training was delivered under the 80:20 rule – 80% in-house… Show more As a Trainer at BOI Mortgages I designed and delivered training for a national change programme introducing regional branch staff to a new mortgage delivery process. This involved both procedural and technical training of over 250 branch staff and managers.I was was involved in training department administration including training evaluation, report writing, staff development and the day-to-day management of budgets ensuring that training was delivered under the 80:20 rule – 80% in-house training, 20% external trainers.I designed, delivered and coordinated departmental specific training programmes with an emphasis on using in-house trainers and ‘expert’ employees where appropriate.I delivered Euro change-over training to ICS and The Mortgage Store employees.I was the Test Centre Co-ordinator for the European Computer Driving Licence. This involved the administration, tutoring and testing of this programme aimed at raising the computer literacy of employees Show less