Working in Research Enterprise Services, as a Post Award Administrator looking after multiple projects and Grants, liaising with both external and internal stakeholders on a daily basis. I have a wealth of experience in dealing with Charities, private small and large companies, government funding. I understand the challenges of looking after the research grants ensuring that money was spent as per the requirements given and that we hit targets. Capable in using a multitude of systems from Agresso to the JeS system to ESA portal I am adapt and confident in learning plus capable of carrying out tasks in a high pressured environment.

Multi-faceted role supporting the Linguistics Department in delivering an excellent level of service to enable high quality administrative support to all taught students and academic staff, together with undertaking the role of Departmental Assistant, and providing comprehensive administrative support to primarily the Departmental Officer, and the wider Department.• Liaising with current and prospective undergraduate students, registration of new students and disseminating information to students in a timely way. • Recording and processing of coursework including, preparation and delivery of exams and tests, recording of assessment outcome and keeping a record of mitigating circumstances. • Coordination of timetabling throughout the academic year including handling queries and issues; avoiding clashes and handling emergency bookings • Create and maintenance of student, scheme and module records; in line with university policy and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). • Proactively participate in projects and initiatives for continuous improvement, including attending forums and networks and sharing of good practice.• Liaising with external stakeholders and customers such as partner universities, enquiring students, maintaining collaborative working relationships within the faculty and across the university.• Arranging events outside of the university.• Providing financial assistance.• Arranging and overseeing of short courses and ad hoc events within the Department.• To provide full servicing of the Departmental Board meeting, including the production of comprehensive minutes with a Timely dissemination of information.• Office management including from ordering supplies, managing utilities, monitoring the office keys usage to internal email communications and managing the internal mailing lists.

To provide a high standard of administrative support to the Head of Department and Departmental Administrator for all aspects of departmental finance. • Acting as the first point of contact for financial matters and queries from staff, students, Professional Services and other Departments• Undertaking day-to-day financial processing including Agresso workflow approvals, monthly journals, student/external expenses, purchasing card transactions, raising invoices and cash handling• Carrying out monthly monitoring of financial data for the Departmental Administrator, monitoring assets within the department, costs and spend,• Assisting with preparations for mid-year and year-end reviews of financial performance• Providing information, advice and guidance to staff and students on a wide range of financial matters• Liaising with Finance department, recording budgets, updating budget information, journal costs and providing support for budget query resolution.• Managing Petty Cash, reconciling it monthly with the budgets and yearly accounting checks• Raising invoices, Purchase Orders for costs incurred within the different research budgets• Monitoring the departmental credit card usage, spend, reconciliations and keeping up to date receipts for monthly and year end finance checks• General Office duties, monitoring office supplies, ordering new when required.

To provide a high standard of administrative support to the Business Development Officer, general administration of courses, monitoring and recording project spend and assisting in booking of activities and staff courses. • Acting as the first point of contact for external stakeholders such as Army, Cumbria Health and other external businesses.• Undertaking day-to-day financial processing including Agresso workflow approvals, monthly journals, student/external expenses, purchasing card transactions, raising invoices and cash handling and carrying out monthly monitoring of financial data for the Development Officer• Assisting with preparations for courses, booking rooms for external course, arranging staffing and providing support for students enrolling on to courses, disseminating information.• Providing HR supporting preparing temporary contracts for external staff• Liaising with Finance department, recording budgets, updating budget information, journal costs and the Payroll department to organise Temp staffing payments.• Raising invoices, Purchase Orders for costs incurred within the different research budgets• Monitoring the departmental credit card usage, spend, reconciliations and keeping up to date receipts for monthly and year end finance checks• Maintaining an excel spreadsheets of expenses and spend on budgets keeping a record of all spend to date ready for financial checks. • Telephone management, ensuring all calls are answered and directed accordingly to various staff members.• Booking travel in the UK and abroad for staff, ensuring VISAs passports all up to date, and keeping a record of the staff travel.

Responsible for the timetabling of the Health Programmes across all campuses at the University of Cumbria. To be the main point of contact for the Health Programme staff and assist them in delivering the modules to the students.

To provide Project administrative support for the European Social Fund Project that supported Graduates into work. Working collaboratively with partner North West universities in delivering Graduate training programmes to assist in them getting work after completing their degrees. Looking after the funding and ensuring spend was correct for auditing purposes.

To provide support to the timetabling department, working on general timetabling requests, directing telephone and email requests to the correct member of staff. Covering in staff absences where required.

Responsible for looking after the Newspaper Promotions team of 20 staff and assisting the Newspaper Sales Manager in ordering newspapers, looking after the distribution of the paper, managing subscriptions, and supporting the promotion and sale of the paper.

Supervising the seasonal promotions team.