Objective
Executive/Administrative Assistant with over 11 years of experience in non-profit and overall 20 years of administrative experience.
Experience
Hi-Hope Service Center, Inc. 06/2006 – present
Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Development Officer, Board of Directors and Family Advisory Board.
Take Initiative in the CEO’s absence
Provide administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Development Officer
Liaison for the Board of Directors and Family Advisory Board
Maintain the CEO and CDO Calendars, make travel arrangements to include hotel and car rental
Compose correspondence/reports for own or CEO’s signature
Check deadlines on incoming requests and put primary work in play.
Process replies on own initiative or from dictation or notes
Relieve management of administrative duties - arrange amenities, refreshments, and submit appropriate paperwork for approval
Maintain regulatory files in the central file room
Send appropriate condolence, get-well and birthday cards
Interface with senior management, board of directors, family advisory board, families, contractor and vendors
Handle all phone or email inquiries within own capacity.
Coordinate client and parent yearly surveys
Maintain the center’s master calendar
Primarily responsible for Little Green Light - Donor Database Program
Ensure all donations including in-kind are recorded and acknowledgments sent out in a timely manner
Work with the Chief Development Officer to plan fundraising events
Provide assistance to CDO to prepare preliminary work for grants. Completes components of the forms/reports as appropriate.
Maintain Hi-Hope’s Grant Calendar including grant due dates and follow-up report due dates.
Provide general mass mailing assistance for development projects and fundraising
Assist with preparing sponsorship packets
Attend fundraising meetings and all fundraisers
Prepare agendas, board packets, arrange meeting facilities, prepare action minutes for Board of Directors and Family Advisory Board
Update board manual annually, keep committee information up-to-date
Coordinate Board of Directors yearly survey, Code of Ethics and Conflict of Interest Form.
Track board gift pledges and send out quarterly reminders
Maintain board and sub-committees of the board calendars. Send out reminders and meeting materials.
Open/close the center
Responsible for signing out all credit cards to employees
Primarily responsible to charge credit cards via computer
Order, disseminate and maintain tracking on supplies for clients
Serve as backup for receptionist daily
Handle multiple phone lines, screen visitors to control interruptions
Sweetwater Middle School 09/2004 – 05/2006
Front Office Clerk I
Coordinated substitutes for all staff who called off in the mornings
Entered absent notes and excuses for all students
Answered attendance questions
Created bus passes for students
Greeted and directed visitors to the appropriate location
Handled student check in and check out
Withdrew students from school
Provided lunch coverage for the nurse
Sent emails and messages to the staff
Answered phones, provided the callers with information or directed the phone calls appropriately
All other front office duties
New York Department of Education - Community School District Ten 09/1996 – 07/2004
Administrative Secretary to the Region One Learning Support Center (18 Directors) plus the Superintendent’s Office
Maintained an efficient Literacy Office for the Assistant Superintendent
Worked collaboratively with all the Literacy Coaches
Prepared for all workshops including Monthly Principals Conference and Monthly Staff Developers Network Meetings
Tracked monthly summary reports for over 100 staff developers
Coordinated and disseminated report cards to all Region One Schools
Sent and received email to all 100 Region One Schools
Prepared agendas, booklets, report cards, summer reading booklist and transparencies
Prepared documents for mailing as outlined by supervisor
Maintained filing and recorded management systems to facilitate access to and retrieval of information
Extensive phone experience and personal contact with field workers and the general public
Ordered books and supplies and prepared purchase orders for vendors
S & S Industries 05/1990 – 02/1995
Administrative Secretary/Accounts Receivable
Answered multiple phone lines
Processed incoming checks
Prepared letters and memos for the manager
Completed overall administrative duties to include coping, faxing, scanning, greeting visitors
Education
James Monroe High School – GED 1990
Drake Business School –Computerized Business Diploma - 1996
Skills
Typing 50-60 WPM
Answering Multiple Phone Lines
Microsoft Office Suite
Adobe PDF
Data Entry
Scanning Documents
Xeroxing and Faxing
Other
US Citizen
Notary Public
Reference
Alice Cunningham – 770-***-****