Administrative Assistant Office

CAROLINE ELIZABETH IRISH

*** ***** *****, ****** **** NC 27517

Mobile: 919-***-**** Home: 919-***-****

********.*****@*****.***

QUALIFICATION:

Certified Notary Writing and generating correspondences

Microsoft Word Result Driven and Team oriented

Proof Reading Self-Starter

Editing/quality checking Customer focused

Exceptional Organization Manage calendar

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Duke University/Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC Feb. 15

- May 15

Contract and Grant Analyst

Review and read scientific drug protocols from Sponsors, construct external

and internal budgets in Excel based on protocol assessments, review

response of Sponsor's to budgets and implement changes, create meetings

based upon those changes and update weekly status pre-awards reports.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

June 12 - Feb. 15

Sponsored Programs Office/School of Medicine: Contract Administrator

Responsibilities include complete review of incoming contracts, including

quality check, proofing and editing hospital, service and corporate

contracts with UNC School of Medicine, including primary quality checking

of AHEC, Allied Sciences, TEACCH, Lineberger CCC, Telemedicine and UNC

Hospital agreements and others; distribute outgoing contracts; maintain all

past and present contracts for reference and comparison; notarize (June

2011) and witness contract signature for service agreements; manage

contract inventories in Excel; consult on contract inquiries and status

with both University departmental administrators as well as outside

contractors; utilize new UNC Agreement Tracts database for contract

management.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Mar. 07 - June 12

Engineering Information Services/Facilities: Administrative Support

Maintained docket; scheduled appointments for director and department

officials; edited Facilities Condition Planning Reports; ordered and

maintained inventory of all supplies; drafted correspondence for

supervisors to vendors and University contacts; originated staff

recommendation letters for University awards; updated Design and

Construction Guidelines for the departmental internet site; handled all

arrangements, itineraries and internal forms processing for departmental

travel; maintained all personnel files for annual reviews; managed all

aspects of office management in terms of mail, equipment and electronic

files.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Nov. 06 - Mar. 07

Office Assistant/Dean's Office/School of Public Health: Temp

Organized and reviewed mail for Dean and Associate Dean; drafted and

revised departmental correspondence; managed Senior Associate Dean's

calendar, arranged all travel and scheduling; organized all aspects of

department events, including equipment acquisition, food planning; and

reservations; handled phone calls and assisted visitors to Dean's office.

Sterling Healthcare, Durham, NC, Contract Administrator Feb. 06

- Aug. 06

Reviewed, amended, processed and distributed contracts for medical

providers; facilitated communication between providers and contracts

division, maintained database with daily provider activity and hard copy

file; addressed requests of providers, credentialers and payroll office.

Other University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill July 04

-Sept.05

Temp positions included administrative assistant for

School of Pharmacy, Council for Allied Health, Center for Literacy and

Disability Studies, and the Center for Developmental Studies.

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, PC, Alexandria, VA: Litigation

April 02 - May 04

/Intellectual Property Paralegal

Maintained, updated and scanned documents to Summation databases; created

research reference materials, provided litigation support to attorneys, co-

counsel and clients; organized tracking binders and organized data and

pleading logs; created deposition kids; prepared travel arrangements and

reimbursement expense reports; negotiated with commercial vendors for

competitive prices for court exhibits and document preparation; attended

and summarized litigation meetings for case files.

Greenblum and Bernstein, Reston, VA: Litigation/Intellectual

April 01 - April 02

Property Paralegal

Prepared trial and filing documents; participated in discovery; billed

clients and calculated attorneys' fees; researched assignments and created

pleading and case files.

Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Washington, DC: Litigation/Government

Oct. 97 - April 01

Contracts Paralegal

Prepared and organized documents and exhibits for trial in contract

disputes; proofed and confirmed contract amendments; managed document

productions; participated in privilege reviews; conducted LEXIS and

Summation searches; attended arbitration proceedings; performed case status

checks and filings in Court of Federal Claims.

EDUCATION:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA,

Master of Arts, English Degree

Georgetown University, School for Continuing Education,

Washington, DC, Paralegal Program, ABA Approved, Certificate in General

Practice

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

Bachelor of Arts Degrees in English, Political Science and Art

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA/Online program,

School of Continuing and Professional Studies, in the process of studying

for a certificate in Procurement and Contract Management

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, Continuing

Studies in Journalism and Communications

The National Center for Paralegal Training, Atlanta, GA, ABA approved

certified in Civil Litigation

ACTIVITIES:

United States Tennis Association League Captain

Writing and running

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