Whitney Dickson Email & Phone Number

Burgessville, On, Ca

Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada

As a Member Service Representative, I rove between the Ingersoll, Woodstock, Tillsonburg, and Norwich branches of FirstOntario Credit Union to provide a variety of financial services to credit union members. Services can range from simple teller transactions like cheque deposits and cash withdrawals to financial services such as preparing official cheques, foreign exchange drafts, and international wire transfers to complicated member services like making personalized savings and investment plans for both individuals and businesses.

Woodstock, Ontario, Canada

I worked five months as a cashier and then another five months in the pantry department.

Oxford, United Kingdom

As a part-time job during my program of study, I covered the reception desk at Kellogg College. I greeted guests, directed visitors, replied to enquiries, signed for deliveries, sorted mail, and provided the hospitality team with any other assistance as required.As the Welcome Weeks Coordinator, I organized and implemented 3 weeks worth of activities and events to introduce 300+ arriving students (from 79 different countries) to our community at Kellogg College. I continued to take temporary and casual rolling contracts such as meal monitoring the dining hall and covering the reception desk again until we moved to Canada.

Oxford, United Kingdom

At the Oxford Town Hall, I worked as a general administrative assistant. I rotatedbetween the reception desk, Museum of Oxford: Explore Oxford exhibits, art gallery, and gift shop depending on the shift. I greeted guests, directed visitors, replied to enquiries, provided information to tourists, handled multiple telephone lines, opened and closed the gift shop, stocked and faced merchandise, took inventories, balanced the tills, and any other customer service or administrative tasks required on a day to day basis. This was a temporary contract position covering for someone who was away. I continued to volunteer at the museum and art gallery as a gallery monitor until I was hired as Welcome Weeks Coordinator.

Toronto Islands, Ontario, Canada

As the Dockmaster of Hanlan’s Point, I facilitated private vessels visiting the islands, helped them tie up, charged docking fees, sold ice and newspapers, patrolled a 1.4 kilometre stretch of mooring wall, and was responsible for handling and balancing large sums of money.As the Duty Manager, I was responsible for the operations of our office and chandlery on the closing shift. I replied to requests for reservations, assigned docking slips to visiting vessels, stocked and faced merchandise, took inventories, placed orders for supplies, cleaned the office and chandlery nightly, provided support to our bar and kitchen staff, supervised the fuel dock attendants and other staff, and much more.

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

My duties as a receptionist and administrative assistant included data entry, transcribing documents, typing coordinate reports, printing plans, creating digital copies of plans for our archives, and preparing drafting packages for registration at land registry offices and delivery to clients.

North York, Ontario, Canada

At the Pond Road Residence, I worked as a Frosh Leader, Vice Orientation Chair,Residence Council Chair, and Don. In these positions I planned, organized, andimplemented programs to help residents.Programming involves improving residence life through activities and events that help with academics and education, health and nutrition, athletics and exercise, awareness and community service.As a programmer, I chaired meetings, prepared reports and presentations, led training sessions and team building exercises, filed risk assessment forms, communicated our plans to theResidence Life Coordinators of our Undergraduate Residence Complex, managed ateam of 14 student staff members, planned a week full of activities and events towelcome 131 frosh from 40 different countries to our residence building, andmanaged a full academic season of programming for those residents.The Donship training included active listening, dispute and conflict resolution, first aid andcrisis first responder training. As the Don of Lower Mountain House, I performed compliance checks on nightly rounds of the building, documented any incidents, prepared reports, resolved disputes, acted as a first responder in crisis situations, performed first aid, and acted as an authority figure or even disciplinarian if necessary.

North York, Ontario, Canada

At the Absinthe Pub, a student owned and operated pub in the basement of Winters College, York University, I acted as cook, bartender, cashier, and cleaner depending on the shift.

Master’S Degree, Archaeology, High Pass

Activities and Societies: Oxford University Gymnastics Club, Christ Church Boat Club (rowed for Crew B in Christ Church Regatta), Oxford.

Bachelor’S Degree, Environmental Management, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Dean’s Honour Roll (1st – 4th Year); News Staff at Excalibur: York’s Community Newspaper (2nd Year); News Staff.