Experience

Embassy of Canada | Ambassade du Canada

• Canada
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Common Services Officer

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  Implementation of company procedure/practice- Client liaison- HR responsibility- Property management- Coordinate and manage tenders and contracts for goods and services- Planning- Management reporting- Finance- Event management- Company communications- Information Management- Back-up Consular assistant

• Common Services Assistant

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2015

  Under the general supervision of the Management Consular Officer:- operating the central telephone switchboard for all programs of the mission, responding to calls in either English, French or Norwegian - providing general information to visitors related to the various programmes of the mission- general Administrative and Consular support- liaising with different vendors on behalf of the Embassy, fixing possible issues concerning invoices, payments and receipts- basic knowledge of SAP - preparing and maintaining office documentation and files- translating documents from Norwegian/French to English- booking hotel rooms, flights and taking care of logistics for small teams- helping with event planning and organizing- performing other duties as required.



Kafé Sjøatunet

• Utvik, Stryn Kommune, Norway

• Chef/Shift manager/Waitress

  • May 2011 - Sep 2011

  - small village coffee shop/restaurant/ diner - making food, serving the food, cleaning - planning events such as confirmations or private parties, with up to 70 guests (deciding the menu, ordering materials, cooking, delegating tasks) - small village coffee shop/restaurant/ diner - making food, serving the food, cleaning - planning events such as confirmations or private parties, with up to 70 guests (deciding the menu, ordering materials, cooking, delegating tasks)



Asix Design SRL

• Bucharest, Romania

• Office Manager/Assistant Manager

  • Jan 2007 - Apr 2010

  - organizing and maintaining diaries and making appointments; - dealing with incoming email, faxes and post, often corresponding on behalf of my manager; - screening telephone calls, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate; - translating documents and emails from English to Romanian and vice versa - meeting and greeting visitors at all levels of seniority; - organizing and attending meetings and ensuring that the manager is well-prepared for meetings; - arranging travel and accommodation and, occasionally, traveling with the manager to take notes or dictation at meetings or to provide general assistance during presentations; - taking dictation and minutes; - carrying out background research and presenting findings; - producing documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations; - liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff; - overseeing projects and supervising, monitoring the work of staff; - deputizing for the manager, making decisions and delegating work to others in the manager's absence; - devising and maintaining office systems, including data management, basic accounting and human resources tasks; - submission and tracking of the documentation for different official agreements and approvals needed in the designing and construction process.



Lido Cafe

• London, United Kingdom

• Waitress/ Shift manager

  • Aug 2007 - Nov 2007

  - performing the usual waitress chores; - responsible for the financial performance and quality of service; - dealing with all the suppliers; - placing stock orders, taking deliveries. - performing the usual waitress chores; - responsible for the financial performance and quality of service; - dealing with all the suppliers; - placing stock orders, taking deliveries.



Glenview Golf Country Club

• Waitress

  • Jun 2006 - Oct 2006

  - participant in the Work and Travel Program for Students; - dealing with the Chicago financial elite club members, performing the usual waitress chores. - participant in the Work and Travel Program for Students; - dealing with the Chicago financial elite club members, performing the usual waitress chores.