Experience

Millar & Bryce Ltd

• Canada
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Searcher

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  Currently a Legal Searcher with Millar & Bryce in Leith searching registered legal reports in the Land Register and unregistered legal reports in the Sasines register. Also RCIL (Register of Community Interests in Land) searches and ownership searches for quick copies. I deal with telephone and email queries from agents and do the above searches using the Scotlis system through the Registers of Scotland. Currently working from home. Currently a Legal Searcher with Millar & Bryce in Leith searching registered legal reports in the Land Register and unregistered legal reports in the Sasines register. Also RCIL (Register of Community Interests in Land) searches and ownership searches for quick copies. I deal with telephone and email queries from agents and do the above searches using the Scotlis system through the Registers of Scotland. Currently working from home.



The City of Edinburgh Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Support Officer (Community Alarms Service)

  • Oct 2011 - Nov 2018

  Clerical and administration work in support of a 24 hour emergency service for elderly and disabled clients within Edinburgh Council boundary. This includes creating and processing referrals, assessing clients for the correct equipment and arranging diary appointments for our engineers to install Telecare equipment. Also contacting clients, Occupational Therapists, GP's, Social Workers and other health and social work professionals by telephone to establish accurate medical and response protocol information for our Jontek call handling system. I also phone clients who have came to CATS as a fallen uninjured patient through NHS 24 or the Scottish Ambulance Service to collect service user satisfaction information and provide additional support as required. Show less



St Thomas of Aquins RC High School

• Senior Clerical Assistant

  • Dec 2010 - Oct 2011

  Reported to Bursar. Immediate supervision of clerical and learning assistants. Chaired office management meeting on a Monday. Operation and backup of cashless catering system. Administrative support for business manager including letters, risk assessments and excursion paperwork. Spreadsheets using Excel. Managing daily diary for absences and time out of school. Distributing and sorting of mail and franking of outgoing mail. Backup for daily school bulletin. Daily reception tasks in morning including signing in visitors, organising bus pass money for children with lost passes, taking calls with regard to pupil absence and distributing late slips. Also sending children home sick if appropriate. Calculating house points on a weekly basis. Operation of SEEMIS computing system to check pupil details, timetables and teacher information. Clerical tasks including photocopying, creating booklets and filing. Taking telephone calls from parents and staff and screening calls for teachers. Show less



SPH Douglas & Company

• Training Officer/Legal Searcher

  • Mar 1999 - Sep 2009

  As a legal searcher I researched reports using public records in the sasine, personal, land and company registers. These reports were required urgently by our solicitor clients as part of conveyancing transactions. I was also involved in roof burden reports, finding copies of deeds and other ownership enquiries. In my joint role as Training Officer I was part of the management team, I trained other staff in their duties and ensured good practice across the company. I was also in overall charge of the office at times if the manager and deputy manager were unavailable. At SPH we all worked together to provide very strong and effective customer service for our clients. I also created a searching manual which had clear step by step instructions for every task. I enjoyed working in this field and was disappointed to be laid off after the company was taken over by a rival firm. Show less



Registers of Scotland

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Support Officer 2

  • Apr 1998 - Mar 1999

  Sasine Despatch, checking and despatching housing deeds. Making receipts for section using CSR and Pro 4 systems and training staff in this. Ordering stationary for section. Substituted in Land Register Despatch sections. Sasine Despatch, checking and despatching housing deeds. Making receipts for section using CSR and Pro 4 systems and training staff in this. Ordering stationary for section. Substituted in Land Register Despatch sections.



Scottish Widows

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Life Assurance Clerk

  • Sep 1997 - Nov 1997

  Inputting new business information onto VDU system. Checking calculations using Excel and typing documents using Word 6. Inputting new business information onto VDU system. Checking calculations using Excel and typing documents using Word 6.

• Clerical Assistant

  • Jan 1997 - Mar 1997

  Using VDU based in house computer system. Updating records, reading maps, liasing with other departments by phone plus general clerical duties. Using VDU based in house computer system. Updating records, reading maps, liasing with other departments by phone plus general clerical duties.



Crofts Dunlop Limited

• Legal Searcher

  • Apr 1993 - Apr 1996

  Involved making reports, finals in Sasine registers at Meadowbank House and Inhibition / Adjudication registers in office. Also ordered quick copies, extracts at Register House. Involved making reports, finals in Sasine registers at Meadowbank House and Inhibition / Adjudication registers in office. Also ordered quick copies, extracts at Register House.



Edinburgh Evening News

• Freelance Artist

  • Jan 1993 - Mar 1993

  Drawing pencil portraits on a part time and occasional basis for promotions department. Drawing pencil portraits on a part time and occasional basis for promotions department.



General Register Office

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Administrative Assistant

  • Dec 1991 - Jul 1992

  Searching for relevant certificates for correction of errors and change of names section. Making files, informing local registrars of changes in records and processing divorce records. Searching for relevant certificates for correction of errors and change of names section. Making files, informing local registrars of changes in records and processing divorce records.



Scottish Equitable

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Life Assurance Clerk

  • Jan 1988 - Jun 1991

  Processed yearly change of salaries & contribution rates (renewals) using mainframe linked VDU and PC for word processing of memos and letters using Word Perfect and spreadsheets using Lotus. Set up direct debits, phoned branches, brokers. Processed yearly change of salaries & contribution rates (renewals) using mainframe linked VDU and PC for word processing of memos and letters using Word Perfect and spreadsheets using Lotus. Set up direct debits, phoned branches, brokers.