Experience

WMG, University of Warwick

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Project Administrator

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Wide range of administrative support for the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Team. This includes: meeting organisation, travel organisation, asset management support, event planning support, arranging visits and tours, monthly and quarterly report preparation, action tracking, minute taking and more.

• Project Support Officer - Intelligent Vehicles

  • Jan 2018 - Sep 2019

  Full range of PA duties to support a WMG Professor. Plus: Project Support including: budget monitoring, running project meetings, action tracking across a large multi-organisation team, event management, team communications, minute taking, action tracking and reporting on project progress.

• Personal Assistant

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2018

  Providing high level PA and administrative support to 3 WMG Professors. Including diary management, arranging meetings, organizing events, completing administrative tasks, travel and accommodation bookings, preparing documents including meeting agendas and minutes.

• Administrative Assistant

  • Nov 2014 - Jun 2015

  Administrative assistance to a WMG PA supporting five WMG Professors. Including diary management, travel booking, meeting planning and document preparation.



University of Warwick

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Personal Assistant to the Strategy Director (secondment)

  • Apr 2017 - Aug 2017

  High level administrative support to a Senior University Director. Processing confidential emails and other communications, arranging travel, diary management, communications and meeting organisation with multiple university departments and external contacts. Also project support to the Arrivals Planning team, assessing previous years processes and building improvements in to the system. We successfully planned the logistics for thousands of students arriving on campus over a two day period, managing to avoid undue delays and queuing for students and traffic issues for the local community. Show less



University of Warwick

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Enquiry Support Officer

  • Oct 2009 - Aug 2014

  I manage a team of Library Advisers and we run the central enquiry services for the University of Warwick Library (including roving services, email and social networking sites). I also have a heavy involvement with library inductions for new students and staff training related to handling enquiries.

• Science Information Assistant

  • Aug 2006 - Sep 2009

  I supported the Science and Medicine librarians in liaison with academic departments, delivering information skills training to students, developing online support for students, and processing reading lists etc. to ensure availability of core course materials. I also handled enquiries and ran projects.



CILIP: The library and information association

• United Kingdom
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor of Open Access for CILIP West Midlands

  • Nov 2009 - Jun 2012

  I follow up on interesting local library stories and liaise with potential authors about getting them into the newsletter. Once received I edit and format the stories and produce the newsletter in full. I also arrange printing and distribution to members. I follow up on interesting local library stories and liaise with potential authors about getting them into the newsletter. Once received I edit and format the stories and produce the newsletter in full. I also arrange printing and distribution to members.



University of Wolverhampton

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Academic Information Assistant (electronic resources)

  • Jan 2006 - Jul 2006

  I answered enquiries about e-resources, monitored statistics on e-resource usage and produced reports, conveyed information about e-resource acquisitions, expected down-time, etc. between departments.

• Academic Information Assistant (Student Support)

  • Nov 2005 - Jul 2006

  Provided a roving service to pick up enquiries and address student behaviour issues across all floors of the university library and IT suite.



Nottingham College Business Engagement Team

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Learning Centre Assistant

  • 2002 - 2005

  General assistance with the day to day running of a 6th Form library. Circulation, basic cataloguing, shelving, processing reservations & ILLs, student inductions, basic IT support, creating displays, H&S risk assessments, producing user guides for equipment and subject specific resources. General assistance with the day to day running of a 6th Form library. Circulation, basic cataloguing, shelving, processing reservations & ILLs, student inductions, basic IT support, creating displays, H&S risk assessments, producing user guides for equipment and subject specific resources.