Rania Hmadeh

E-mail: adjexm@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 949-***-****

Summary

Dedicated and focused Administrative Assistant who excels at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals. Answers a high volume of incoming calls while handling in-person inquiries from clients and colleagues. Flexible and hardworking in fast paced environment with strong drive to succeed.

Employment Experience:

06/2019 to Present

Office Worker Corona Public Library Heritage Room - Corona, CA

Used MS office Excel and Word to process inventory sheets for the archived projects.

Archived delicate material like old negatives, pictures, ripped newspapers after cleaning and repairing them.

Scanned and indexed books and records.

Performed various clerical duties, utilizing standard office equipment, making photocopies, typing and word processing.

Collection Management and Inventory

Technical services: affixing barcodes and RFID to books and updating them on KOHA, labelling books according to categories.

CP&P and Circulation Desk: pulling holds, check out books, call patrons and schedule pick up appointments.

Customer Service Covid-19 Info Line, City of Corona

Answered phone calls and replied to text messages, emails and social media accounts.

Followed up with hourly updates and worked on rotating schedules.

04/2014 to 02/2015 Chief accountant Kayany Foundation – Beirut, Lebanon

Set up the database of the accounting which had not been dealt with since the creation of the foundation in 2013.

Created Excel spreadsheets that automatically calculate payrolls, expenses and income.

Handled the settlement of salaries and wages through the accounts structure and develop periodic payroll reports.

Handled personnel and pay documents for the foundation and staff.

Took care of all legal papers starting from the registration of the foundation to bank accounts and governmental papers.

05/2009 to 06/2015 Administrative Assistant BAF – Beirut, Lebanon

Supported the Beiteddine Art Festival’s President and Executive Committee Board Members in office tasks:

oPlaned, organized and followed up all personal and business schedules.

oCoordinated and arranged personal and work-related travel, accommodation and all itinerary details.

oCoordinated inventory orders and office supplies.

oDeveloped sponsorship, partnership and fundraising programs.

oFinalized contracts with artists under supervision of our lawyer.

oSettled artists’ payments by checks and bank/wire transfers.

oReported monthly cash-flow for both Executive Committee and Banks.

oSubmitted official and Governmental papers for Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture.

oOrganized and followed up the advertising plans with the festival’s media agent under supervision of the Festival's Director.

oProvided official permits for promotional material.

oHandled the online media campaign and Festival’s website.

oSolved customers issues over the phone and in-person (ticketing, transportation, refund, …)

oOperated phone calls and redirected emails/mails to the right personal.

On Site Tasks:

oHandled all artists’ logistics (hotel, accommodation and onsite needs) during their stay and performances.

oAssisted in seating audience by following the seating map of a stadium seating area with a capacity of 4,250 seats, some performances were first come first sit others whereby pre-purchased tickets.

oGreeted officials and walked them to their seats following certain protocols.

Volunteer Experience:

03/2019 to 06/2019 Front Desk helper Circle City Center- Corona, CA

01/2018 to 06/2019 Para-educator Hooray for Pre-K – Corona, CA

Computer Skills

7+ years of experience using MS programs Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point.

Surfing the net, typing speed 40 WPM.

Dealing with Silicon Accounting and Stock Program under Access.

Languages

Native speaker of Arabic, Fluent in English and Beginner in French and Spanish

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Banking and Finance and minor in Marketing at Notre-Dame University, Deir El Kamar campus, Lebanon. Cumulative GPA: 3.8

BT3 Commercial Science and Accounting at Shouf National College, Mount Lebanon. “With Honorable Mention”

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