Suzanne Williams Email & Phone Number

Neath, Gb

Neath, Gb

United Kingdom

Various Across South Wales

• Provide admin support to Special School Heads; PRU's; independent schools; specialised units• Organise venues for training days, meetings and events• Responsible for SWASSH financial fund • Audit SWASSH account • Arrange yearly conference • Minute meetings • Keep members up-to-date with new regulations and statutory policies • Promote SWASSH within public sector, private sector and education sector•. Collaboratively working with WG, NWASSH, ESTYN and LEAs across South Wales • Arrange and oversee all aspects of Conferences for Heads and Deputy Heads forum of SWASSH• Source sponsorship

Various Across Eas Consortia

Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom

Swansea, United Kingdom

• Line Management of a busy school office and finance department• Oversee all aspects of spend within the budget• Ensure all stakeholders are aware of spend-to-date• Prepare quotations ensuring tendering processes are followed• Monitor staff with regards to absence• Ensuring all audit processes are followed• Updating policies • Submitting bids to Welsh Government & Local Authority• Premises Management• First Aider• Fire Safety Warden

Neath Port Talbot

Advise and support primary schools in all areas of finance and budgeting, health & safety, procurement and HR whilst reporting to the Welsh Assembly, Local Government and Schools' Governing Bodies:• Set budgets for each school• End of year procedures – closing and balancing accounts• Develop Training Matrices –highlight training needs• Report termly to Governors and Headteacher on all aspects of finance• Deliver training to administrative staff• Comply with Local Authority and Welsh Government regulations• To identify staffing needs and training within the school• Produce accurate figures for year-end accounts• Undertake all aspects of audits i.e. Health & Safety and Financial• Budget Monitoring• Tenders• Procurement• Liaising with external agencies• Ensure policies are up-to-date and monitored• Recruitment – advertising, selection process and contracts• HR – advice on aspects of grievances, redundancy, working conditions and terms and conditions of contract, probationary periods etc

To support the education sector in all aspects of ICT and was trained specifically to help schools with their database requirements and queries ensuring all work would be uploaded to DEWi and the Welsh Government web sites as and when required. Meeting needs of schools requirements to update their ICT in the workplace making recommendations on packages and equipment suited to their needs. Provided support to all schools in areas of SIMS with collaborative working with CAPITA. Delivered training days to all school based staff on INSET days and devised and implemented quick reference sheets with regards to MS Packages/ORACLE/SIMS and Apple Products.

Worked for a European Government Funded Project in Wales which covered several local authorities across Wales as part of the Lead Team who would monitor the project, planning and spend in each of the authorities and liaise with the Welsh European Funding Office to report on spend and project activity which was aimed at young people between the ages of 14-19 years old. Individual projects were commissioned in each authority to support these young people to help achieve qualifications and provide work based qualifications within a set period of time. Reporting WEFO and the European Audit Team and also Welsh Government on outcomes achieved and sustainability of project.• Monitor spend of project• Worked across 5 Local Authorities• Minute taking on monthly meetings of primary stakeholders• Report on key areas of spend and outcomes to European Fund Audit Team and Welsh Audit Office.• Devise and implement forms to be used across the project• Ensure Excel packages used were uniform across the project• Promote project in Wales by establishing newsletters and magazines• Raising awareness of project by visiting Colleges and Local Authorities• Ensure accurate recording of information• Submitting claims to European Social Fund• Ensuring terms and conditions of the grant was adhered to by all concerned• Ensuring all procurement procedures were followed across 5 authorities

Neath

• Completion/Submission of timesheets for all staff Budget Control • Recruitment • Clerk to Governing Body • Monitor and report sickness/absence • Payment of all invoices • Ordering of stock • Arranging courses and INSET for all staff • Monitor all utility services • Manage imprest account of school • Manage school fund account • Completion of all statutory forms for WAG/LEA • Liaising with various departments within the LEA • Line managing staff

Swansea, United Kingdom

My role included supporting, training and mentoring a team of 16 tele-service advisors within a call centre which provided a telephone banking service both national and international to the public. • Line manage staff daily reporting to SMT • Monitor calls • Arrange training • Performance Management Meetings with team • Attendance of weekly Team Leaders Meetings • International Banking • Foreign Currency • Giving advice on all types of insurance • Supporting individual team members • Arrange cover for staff absence • Plan monthly rota

Llangynwyd

• Minute taking • Arrange meetings for all Senior Management • Liaise with prospective customers • Compile reports from monthly Mill meetings • Clerical support to Finance Team • Cover Mill Manager Secretary during absence • General office duties

Port Talbot

I provided clerical support to the Managing Director of a small firm of metal fabricators which included shorthand, audio-typing, invoicing, stock-taking and general office duties, arranging meetings and reception duties.• Clerical support • Raising invoices • Payment of invoices • Arranging meetings • Minute-taking • Typing • Monitoring sickness/absence of staff • Arranging shift patterns • Reception duties

Bridgend

I worked as a legal secretary in conveyancing and my duties comprised of requesting searches for residential and commercial properties, drawing up contracts between the vendor and purchaser, contacting the Land Registry Department in Swansea to obtain records to complete necessary searches, account-keeping and arranging appointments with clients and solicitors and worked within deadlines to ensure completion of purchases/sale of properties.• Typing • Shorthand • Witnessing Contracts • Arranging appointments • Liaising with Estate Agents/Solicitors • Drawing up of contracts • Responsible for searches on properties • Keeping up-to-date records of all payments made • Meeting with partners on a weekly basis • Minute meetings • Covered for litigation secretary when absent • General office duties

Aat Level 2 Accounting, Obtained

Cipd - Level 3 In Human Reources Personnel Practice - Merit

London Chamber Of Commerce & Industry Diploma, Distinction

Education record

Aat Level 3, Accounting, Obtained

Aat Level 4, Accounting

Accounting Technology/Technician And Bookkeeping Obtained, Aat Level 2 Bookkeeping

Leadership And Management Level 5, Foundation Degree Obtained