Experience

Summerset Retirement Villages

• New Zealand
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Legal Executive

  • Nov 2017 - Present



Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)

• New Zealand
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Coordinator to Director of Fisheries

  • Jan 2016 - Nov 2017



Tripe Matthews Feist

• New Zealand
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Secretary

  • Nov 2015 - Jan 2016

  Fulltime temporary contract over the holiday period. Fulltime temporary contract over the holiday period.



Victoria University of Wellington

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Science Degree student

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

  After working as a Legal PA/Secretary in various fields for 12+ years, I took a leap and started at Law School. Within a few months I realised that although I enjoy law, I do not want to be a lawyer. I transferred to a Science Degree and am now further considering my options. After working as a Legal PA/Secretary in various fields for 12+ years, I took a leap and started at Law School. Within a few months I realised that although I enjoy law, I do not want to be a lawyer. I transferred to a Science Degree and am now further considering my options.



Te Manatū Waka - Ministry of Transport (New Zealand)

• New Zealand
• Public Policy Offices
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Executive Assistant to the General Manager of Sector Performance

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  A temporary contract during the University holidays between trimesters. A temporary contract during the University holidays between trimesters.



Johnston Lawrence Limited

• New Zealand
• Legal Services

• Legal Secretary

  • Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

  I was employed on a temporary contract to work for one of the partners in the Business and Property Team. What I am sure would have become a permanent job for me had to end due to my enrollment in Law School at Victoria University. I was employed on a temporary contract to work for one of the partners in the Business and Property Team. What I am sure would have become a permanent job for me had to end due to my enrollment in Law School at Victoria University.



Cairn Energy PLC

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Assistant

  • Nov 2011 - Oct 2014

  Cairn Energy is a frontier Oil and Gas Exploration and Production company, with their head office in Edinburgh, Scotland. They have just had two big discoveries offshore Senegal, of which I was a part of the team. I was a PA and Team Secretary to at times 30+ staff working within Asset Management, Exploration (Geoscience), Finance and Information Management. Work included diary management, arranging meetings (including VC's etc) and domestic and international travel as well as dealing with any relevant Visa requirements and inoculations. Requisitions, time recording and leave requests were completed using Oracle. The team member's expense claims were completed and submitted monthly. I was also part of the Emergency Response Group (ERG) and was on call for one week at a time, on average every month or so. The above was undertaken along with general office duties, filing, photocopying, reception cover etc. Show less



Cooper Rapley

• Palmerston North, New Zealand

• Legal PA/Secretary

  • Oct 2003 - Jun 2011

  I was PA to a Litigation partner and secretary to various other staff, from staff solicitors to senior associates. Though the work was predominantly contractual disputes, there was also Resource Management, Relationship Property, Trust and Employment work. I managed diaries and phone calls, completed dictaphone and copy typing, researched Case Law, compiled case books and other court documents, distinguished the privilege on discovery documents, undertook file management from start to finish including billing (Infinity Law), liaising with clients, lawyers and Courts, as well as general office duties and providing cover where required. Show less



Shieff Angland

• Auckland, New Zealand

• Legal Secretary

  • Oct 2001 - Oct 2003

  I was one of the secretaries within the Mortgagee Sales team, as well as occasionally assisting the Family Law/Relationship Property and Commercial teams where required. A lot of the mortgagee sales work was with precedents, however due to varied circumstances many of the files took a different direction. Shieff Angland was a great opportunity for me to experience different areas of the law. I was one of the secretaries within the Mortgagee Sales team, as well as occasionally assisting the Family Law/Relationship Property and Commercial teams where required. A lot of the mortgagee sales work was with precedents, however due to varied circumstances many of the files took a different direction. Shieff Angland was a great opportunity for me to experience different areas of the law.



Jacobs Florentine

• Palmerston North

• Office Junior

  • Aug 1999 - Oct 2001

  Although I had previously held another Office Junior role with a sole practitioner, this role was my first proper introduction to Law and a lot of what is involved in the profession. Although I had previously held another Office Junior role with a sole practitioner, this role was my first proper introduction to Law and a lot of what is involved in the profession.