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Sylvia Tuckerman
Contact:
109 Lever St, London
EC1V 3RQ
07791234567
[email protected]
Profile:
- 13 years+ of varied secretarial experience (education, HMP, legal).
- Highly competent in a wide range of secretarial and administrative skills.
- Seeking a new role with full time hours.
- Excellent references available on request.
Work history
Support Secretary (Part time)
University of London / April 2019 – date
I currently work 14.5 hours per week providing general secretarial and administrative support for several departments within the University.
I am the main point of contact for all staff and students and deal with all matters relating to the courses, including: applications, administration of coursework and exam data and marks, offering advice on available funding, policies and procedures, and servicing the Management Committee.
I also add and edit content on the course website and assist during open days, publicity and student inductions.
Secretary (30 hours/week)
HMP Wandsworth / August 2015 – March 2019
- Providing secretarial support in meetings as required including organising agenda, taking, distributing minutes and action points.
- Acting as point of contact for all communications to the team.
- Prioritising and distributing incoming communications to the appropriate person.
- Organising, producing and maintaining accurate records for area of work.
- Maintaining and checking establishment databases, manual filing systems and logs of information, responding within agreed timescales and producing reports as required.
- Inputting requisitions on to the finance database/processing requisitions.
- Preparing paperwork for checking by manager, conducting initial checks as required.
- Corresponding with relevant stakeholders and agencies to ensure that they are aware of information so that information was adequately shared.
Legal Secretary (Conveyancing)
JMP Solicitors LLP, London / May 2009 – July 2014
This role required a high level of typing content as well as other core secretarial support.
- Handling client enquiries (face-to-face, phone and email).
- Completing Land Registry forms and SDLT returns.
- Carrying out searches.
- Other general administrative tasks e.g. copying, filing, audio dictation, invoicing etc.
I was made redundant from this role when the firm merged with another firm.
Key skills
- Accurate oral / copy typing – 90wpm
- Highly IT literate
- Competent with Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- Fast and accurate notetaking – Teeline shorthand
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Highly competent at using all typical office equipment
- Familiar with updating websites using a CMS and using Moodle
- Fast, accurate data entry
This role included:
Education
9 GCSEs including English (A) and Maths (B).
Courses:
- Shorthand Faster / Pitman Training, March 2016
- Shorthand Fast / Pitman Training, January 2016
- Secretarial and PA Diploma / Souters, December 2015
- Meetings and Minutes Seminar / Pitman Training, February 2015
- Secretarial Diploma / Pitman Training, August 2014
- Minute Taking Skills / Pitman Training, December 2013
- Teeline Fast Shorthand / Pitman Training, January 2014
- Legal Secretary / Souters, May 2009
Hobbies and interests
In my spare time I enjoy going to the gym and walking my two dogs.