Experience

Festival Place Basingstoke

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Support Services Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom



Total Highway Maintenance Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

  Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom



St. Michael's Hospice (North Hampshire)

• Head Of Facilities

  • Feb 2018 - Dec 2021



St. Michael's Hospice

• Hospitals and Health Care

• EA to CEO / Facilities Manager

  • Nov 2015 - Feb 2018

  Basingstoke To assist the CEO, the main office and the hospice site. Organise the CEO's diary to include the organisation of meetings, booking meeting rooms and catering where appropriate. Type various letters dictated by the CEO and compose letters for signature. Take and produce accurate meeting minutes and distribute accordingly. Manage incoming and outgoing mail. Regularly update and produce employee lists, car parking permits, whereabouts information for the Executive Directors and produce weekly… Show more To assist the CEO, the main office and the hospice site. Organise the CEO's diary to include the organisation of meetings, booking meeting rooms and catering where appropriate. Type various letters dictated by the CEO and compose letters for signature. Take and produce accurate meeting minutes and distribute accordingly. Manage incoming and outgoing mail. Regularly update and produce employee lists, car parking permits, whereabouts information for the Executive Directors and produce weekly housekeeping schedules. Support and manage the Assistant Facilities Managers, who report into me, to ensure maintenance issues are addressed and actioned. Obtain quotations from a variety of outside contractors and propose facility improvements where necessary. Ensure all contractors sign a Health and Safety contractors form and provide evidence of public liability insurance. Undertake projects to enhance or improve areas of the hospice, in liaison with the CEO. Show less



Cengage EMEA

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Events Manager (Maternity Cover until Nov 2015)

  • Oct 2014 - Nov 2015

  Andover PA Duties: Arranging travel, visas and accommodation for staff meetings and conferences. Occasional travel both in the UK and Europe on behalf of the senior directors to visit potential sales conference and meeting venues. Producing documents and spreadsheets for budget versus actual costs of projects, meeting and events. Carrying out background research and presenting findings to senior directors. Planning and scheduling meetings and appointments. Organising various events from… Show more PA Duties: Arranging travel, visas and accommodation for staff meetings and conferences. Occasional travel both in the UK and Europe on behalf of the senior directors to visit potential sales conference and meeting venues. Producing documents and spreadsheets for budget versus actual costs of projects, meeting and events. Carrying out background research and presenting findings to senior directors. Planning and scheduling meetings and appointments. Organising various events from Frankfurt and London Book Fairs, Sales Conferences, Staff Summer and Christmas parties adhering to strict budget guidelines. Events Manager Duties: Responsible for the planning, execution and tracking of all events across the three business units at Cengage Learning EMEA: Higher Education (HE), Library Reference (LR) and English Language Teaching (ELT). To manage and update the annual calendar of events, manage the budget and track spend, investigate speaking opportunities, book events, arrange shipments, organise stand design, organise special events, supervise and direct activity of personnel, trouble shoot, organise 2 yearly staff sales conferences, Frankfurt and London book fairs and regularly update the Cengage Learning Events page on the website. Show less



Palgrave Macmillan

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Events Coordinator

  • Apr 2013 - May 2014

  Basingstoke

• Exhibitions Co-ordinator

  • Jul 2000 - Apr 2013

• PA to Marketing Director

  • Jul 1995 - Jul 2000