Administrative Assistant/Published Author

Sue-Ann C. Commissiong

**** ***** ****, #** ***: 347-***-****

(Cell)

Staten Island, NY 10306, USA 718-***-****

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Mail:acefpp@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Individualized M.A. (Jan. 2007)

(i) Gender & the Workplace; (ii) Post-colonial Writing & Literature;

(iii) Social Activism

Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont - January 2007

B.A. (Hons.) (Jan. 2003)

(i) Creative Writing For and About Women; (ii) The Anthropology of

Race, Politics & Gender

College of Staten Island/Hunter College, City University of New York

Associate Degree, Liberal Arts (Aug. 2000)

College of Staten Island, City University of New York

Work Experience

Primary Experience

1989- Feb 2014: Locally Recruited Officer,

Trinidad and Tobago Consulate General, New York

Jan- June 2008 Internship,

WEDO (Women's Environmental Development

Organization)

Summer 2004: Office Assistant, Synergy, New York

1987-1989: Administrative Assistant/Senior Accounts Clerk,

Princess Elizabeth Centre for the Handicapped,

Trinidad and Tobago

1984-1987: Administrative Assistant/Accounts Clerk,

Colibri Limited, Trinidad and Tobago

1982-1984: Sales and Maintenance Supervisor,

Beta Enterprises, Trinidad and Tobago

In job training, I worked from the bottom of the corporate ladder

upwards: Supermarkets (Hi Lo); Factories (Mayfair); Hotels (Hilton), &

Offices (Beta Enterprises) gaining a wide scope and perspective of the

office environment.

Secondary Experience

1995-Present: Part-Time Free-Lance Writer for Caribbean Media

in New York

Duties and Responsibilities

Office Administrative/Secretarial

. Prepared letters and memoranda

. Dispatched confidential correspondence

. Maintained and organized schedules for senior officers

. Filed and updated office records

Accounts

. Responsible for all incoming cash; monthly Cash Reconciliation

. Completed Monthly, Biannual and Annual reports

. Accounts Payable (Quick Books)

Events Management

. Planned & executed several Office Functions

Consular Work

. Processed and developed correspondence for Sick Leave

applications; Birth and Death Certificate applications;

Repatriation of Human Remains; Educational Equivalency letters;

etc.

. Edited Notarial Documents created by Consular Attach -

Affidavits; Powers of Attorney; Certified Copies; etc.

. Managed office Re: Repairs & Maintenance for office equipment;

Stationery orders & upkeep of office inventory; Heavy duty

equipment & inventory

Passport Section

Senior Clerical Officer of Passports & Immigration Section

. Extensive experience with all aspects of the work of the

Immigration Section: Counter Interviews & Customer Service;

Receipting; Passport Production; Processing of Lost Passport &

Mail Applications; Daily Record Keeping; Writing; Visa

processing; Management of the Passport Production Process

. Data Entry

. Coordinated & supervised all incoming & outgoing passport

activity

. Distributed work among staff of 11 plus

. Liaised with Consul, Immigration; reported on work load & job

performance

. Contributed to building office morale by encouraging team work

and acknowledging genuine efforts made by staff members in

achieving organizational goals

Promotional Work

. Evaluated Certificates of Free Sale and other Commercial

documentation

. Researched, drafted & delivered speeches for Consul General and

Deputy Consul General

Switchboard operations

. Provided Passport & Visa Information to customers

Other

. Trained incoming staff members including newly appointed

supervisors and officers being posted to the USA for duty.

Supervised work of Passport & Immigration Section on several

occasions as Senior Clerical Officer

. Demonstrated willingness to learn new approaches

. 8-10 years experience working with blind, handicapped and

underprivileged persons, including children

Other Skills and Training

Special Study Programs and other Training

. Study Abroad Program, University of Shanghai, China, Dec 2001 -

2002

. Field Geology Program, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, 2000

. Academic Fellowship, Thomas W. Smith, CUNY, New York

. Writing Scholarship, Sarah Lawrence College, New York

. Writing Award, Sylvia Faulkner, Hunter College, New York

Skills & Courses

. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Corel WordPerfect Suite

. Basic familiarity with Mandarin

. Office Procedures

. Principles of Management

. Switchboard Operating

. Time Management

Workshops

. Peace Village, "A Mind that is Qualified to Lead," Aug 2004

. Key West Literary Workshop & Conference, "Crossing Borders," Jan

2004

. Penn State University Writer's Conference, Nov 2003 (Teaching

Writing)

. Sarah Lawrence Writer's Workshop, Jun 2002 (Memoir Writing)

. Marymount Manhattan College Writer's Seminar, May 2001 (Research

Writing)

. John Mc Collister Writer's Seminar, Sep 2000 (Freelance Writing)

Publications

. 1999 Honorable Mention, Lliad Press; 1998 The National Library

of

Poetry; 1998 Serpentine; 1998 Ages & Stages; 1998 The Caribbean

Newspaper; 1997 The National Library of Poetry; 1996 Writer's

Digest; Non-Rhyming Poetry

. Memoir: Seeds in the Wind : from Petit Valley to Staten Island,

July 2010

New Work 2014

. The Haiku in Me

. Ordinary Women; Extraordinary Lives

. For the Sake of my Country

Other Activities

. Member of the Poetry Society of America, USA

. Member of the Horizon Soccer Club with KULARS Inc., New York

Other

Interests

. Capoeira, Yoga, Spiritual Dances, Reading & Writing

References will be furnished upon request

May, 2014

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