Rochelle Duchesne Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

End to end management of events such as weddings, engagement parties, birthdays, bridal showers and baby showersResponsibilities:• Source venues• Find, negotiate and manage suppliers• Create and distribute invites• Manage guest lists and gift lists• Determine fiscal requirements and prepare budgetary requirements• Prepare programs and reporting• Schedule meetings with venue coordinators and suppliers• Supervise running of the event day

Sydney

•Delivered project needs on time and within the agreed acceptance criteria first in waterfall and then a hybrid methodology environment to transition to an Agile Methodology.•Organized and facilitated Agile and Scrum meetings, which included Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums or Stand-ups, Sprint Check-In, Sprint Review & Retrospective.•Tracked project progress and reported to all internal/external stakeholders through status reports •Reported and adhered to project budgets and forecasts up to 1.6m per project.•Coordinated internal and vendor (onshore/offshore) architecture, development, infrastructure and SIT/UAT test resource teams up 15 people• Maintained change requests, risks and issues assessments and outcomes•Reported progress to all stakeholders through status reports •Defined software roadmap and created backlog in conjunction with business owner and key business partners•Successfully delivered new applications, enhancements to applications, IT hardware including new networks, data merging on both cloud and internal platforms.

The Star

Responsibilities :•Support Project Delivery as required•Administration of Project Server•Support timesheet process•Produce reports on the project portfolio•Participate in team and Project team meetings•Resolve any issues directed to the PMO•Provide training of all systems and processes•Manage a number of project activities concurrently•Track project changes and produce updated plans •Obtain input from the Bas and PMs to develop and maintain project plans•Assist in preparation of briefs for projects•Ensure tasks in project plan are completed within required timeframes•Develop project documentation supporting It and/or Business initiatives•Complete project status report•Assist in the facilitation of cost benefit to support all projects

Sydney Cbd

North Sydney

Project Resource CoordinatorResponsibilities: • Quotations on price, numbers of resources and hours required for projects• Source and coordinate up to 80 Contractors for IT Rollouts for Software and Hardware upgrades nationally • Generate contracts and maintain contractor timesheets• Manage performance of IT contractors • By following the project plan, make sure the project is delivered in budget, on schedule, and within scope. • Regular communication to Project Manager and Service Manager through status reporting and risk analysis • Organising travel arrangements for interstate deployments• Conducting update meetings• Ensuring correct equipment is present on site in time for deploymentAccount ManagerI have devoted 80% time to one large account (Data#3) in a massive growth phase. I also managed a few smaller accounts that were developed through cross line of business. Specialised in IT recruitment including operational, project based and sales roles.• Develop and sustain relationships with all lines of business within Data 3.• Follow market trends and report back to hiring managers• Attend meetings with hiring managers and HR to discuss pipeline• Business development by identifying and maximize business opportunities for new and existing customers• Source for candidates through: - Headhunt using in LinkedIn, forums and referrals, placing ads on job boards and running searches on the database• Qualifying, interviewing, reference checking and providing feedback for candidates• Negotiating new contracts and management of existing contracts with clients and candidates• Maintain candidates placed job satisfaction• Assist with tenders• Prepare and ensure the timely delivery of forecasts, budgets and reports for the State Manager• Mentor, train and work with a resourcer

Circular Quay

Responsibilities:• Wrote advertisements• Ran searches• Headhunted • Liaised interviews with large and reputable clients • Prepared shortlists for appropriate candidates using selection criteria’s• Database management• Formatted resumes

Sydney - The Rocks

Responsibilities:• Updated and managed the candidate and client database, including issuing new contracts, renewing existing ones• Compiled ads for online and print media. • Prepare proposals and other presentation documents for clients.• Formatted resumes• Liaised meetings between consultant, clients and candidates via the phone, video conferencing or face to face. • Provide IT support for the whole the office by maintaining database flow, sorting out runtime errors, managing all peripherals and training new staff to adapt the system and managing the company website and intranet. • Organising travel arrangements• Organising and preparing for internal events and client/candidate functions. • Managing and ordering office inventory.• Assisted in the process of selling print advertising space to clients• Creating invoices using Excel and chasing up debtors• Headhunt possible candidates for roles. • Sat in interviews to take notes and compare them with consultants

• Designed property advertisement layouts with professional photos and informative and accurate descriptions using Microsoft Publisher for print and online media• Taking sales enquiries to provide the public with information when sales people are not around• Organised and conducting sales inspection and open homes for properties• Gave feedback to vendors through reports and letters• Dealt with solicitors to obtain contracts, follow up on sales- from the stage of when the deposit is taken to the settlement• Monitored the market using a comparative market analysis• Developed Key performance Indicators to monitor a sales person performance and how they reached their targets• Ensured all sales people complete their set tasks for the week and achieve their targets• Monitored source of business through advertising using graphs derived from enquiry rates• Developed and implemented marketing packages• Composed specific letters to achieve more business and to keeps in contact with past and present clients• Came up with new ideas to generate business, enhance efficiency and productivity and benefit other staff members so they are ableto complete task quickly and accurately. etc…• Using all Microsoft applications on a daily basis to achieve presentations for meetings and marketing• Training new staff to use basic system functions

Responsibilities:• Dealt with rental enquiries• Managed property management maintenance issues with landlords and tenants• Processed applications by gathering all documents required, running reference checks and organised the preparation ofpaper work required to let the property• Wrote advertisements for rental properties• Organised photos for the advertisements• Wrote letters with feedback from inspections of the property• Daily banking and reconciliation of accounts• General receptionist tasks such as:- Filing, photocopying• Answering phones, data entry• Typing letters and reports to be faxed and mailed out.

Diploma Of Events

Diploma Of Events, Events Management

Certificate Ii In Information Technology Support