Manager Assistant Administrative
Resume:
Jennifer Brusstar
**** ****** **** • Apt **** • Falls Church, VA 22044
**********@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-brusstar-b4989496/
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Experienced administrative assistant with a demonstrated history of working for the government as well as in the higher education industry. Skilled in nonprofit organizations, multicultural communication, data analysis, customer service as well as most soft skills. Excellent professional communication skills whether by means of phone, email, letter drafting, or in person. Strong administrative professional with a Bachelor of Arts in English, and Theology from Georgetown University. Currently Pursuing a Master of Science with a focus on cyber security.
COMPETENCIES
Reconciling Accounts
Upkeep of all Departmental Accounting Records
Preparation of Pivot Tables in Excel
Customer Service
Analyzed and Summarized Data
Preparation of Weekly Newsletters
Contributed to Management of Projects
Working Advanced Knowledge of Microsoft Office 365
Supervised Student Employees
German and French Proficient
Use of Macs and PCs daily
Proofreading
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Information Technology,
Cyber Security, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2023
Bachelor of Arts in English, and Theology
Georgetown University, District of Columbia
1999
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
National Institutes of Health Office of Budget, Bethesda, Maryland (April 2022-July 2022)
Executive Assistant
Proofread and prepared documents for the international community to be posted on the website
Documented minutes of weekly meetings for directors
Updated information on the Budget Office website
Managed calendars for approximately 30 staff members
Managed office and equipment supply inventory and tracked budget
Welcomed visitors to the Budget Office and guided them to the appropriate destination
Georgetown University, District of Columbia, (Nov. 2008-May 2020)
Administrative Assistant/Business Manager Assistant/Executive Assistant
Coordinated all events social/conferences/speakers/community for the department
Worked with people and visitors from a variety of other countries and cultures
Trained student employees on how to work in an office
Managed internal Linguistics Department library of approximately 1000 books and journals
Course descriptions upkeep
Department announcements/information
Document management includes scanning and archiving confidential documents
Additional office management skills include monitoring the main phone line, managing mail, updating the department calendar, reserving conference rooms and classrooms, ordering supplies
Updated employee records and tracked supply inventory for staff/professors and graduate students.
Business Manager Assistant
Worked 4 hours a day with Budget Manager
Managed QuickBooks Pro and Payroll
Creation of pivot tables in Excel file for Chair and Dean presentations
Managed GMS (Georgetown Management System)
Required skills
oReconciled daily credit cards, and petty cash
oCreated expense authorizations/vouchers
oAssisted with creation of Monthly and Yearly Budgets
Office Management skills:
oUsed Excel Pivot tables for budget presentations
oProcessed Hiring forms
oMaintained privacy for personal and confidential information
oPrepared and processed Travel grants
Personnel management skills:
oinclude hiring forms, personal and confidential information
oAssistant to the Business Manager at least 4 out of 8 hours a day for 12 years
oPreparation and creation of travel grant letter writing
Los Angeles Unified School District, Watts, Los Angeles, CA (Oct.2001 to June 2002)
Special education teacher for the k-2 class of the emotionally disabled
Required creative integration of student social skills in academic lessons as well as during recess,
Creation of and monitoring of Individual Education Plans (IEP).
Collaborated with staff and parents.
Created lesson plans.
Graded/evaluated other classrooms.
The Help Group Teacher, Culver City, CA (June 2001 to Oct. 2001)
Special Needs Teacher
Supervision of the education of social skills to special needs children, including cases of children diagnosed with autism, bipolar disorder, Asperger's syndrome, epilepsy, SED, and ADHD.
This required specialized teaching skills while remaining calm.
Soft Skills were required at all times. Especially extraordinary empathy and compassion.
Adams Morgan Day Camp Teacher, DC (Part of Georgetown University Volunteer and Public Service Department) (Summer 1998)
Special Needs Teacher
Taught and was responsible for a class of at-risk children, ages 7 to 10.
Worked with them on reading, writing, and arithmetic skills.
Encouraged each child to choose a classics book to read for the Summer.
Taught children to crochet a bookmark as well as cross-stitch their name on an item of clothes as a label.
Visited museums and the National Zoo as well as other parks.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Salvation Army, Santa Monica California (Aug 2002-May 2008)
Volunteer
Supported homeless by accompanying them to their appointments.
Served meals.
Actively listened to clients with compassion while they relayed their stories and concerns.
Accompanied homeless clients on errands and attempts to complete tasks.
Boys Hope/Girls Hope St. Louis, MO (June 1999-June 2000)
Volunteer House Parent
Volunteer house parent to boy's home in St. Louis Missouri.
Head volunteer who ran household by means of
oHelping with homework,
oMeal preparation
oRunning errands,
oHolding household program meetings with other volunteers regarding the welfare of boys,
oMeeting with teachers
oAttending school activities with the boys.
Managed highly confidential information.
Worked well with differences of all cultures in the house and the community at large.
DC Reads/ Schools Georgetown University Volunteer & Public Service Office DC (Aug. 1996 to June 1999)
Volunteer Tutor
Assigned to two children on two different occasions with class lessons and homework.
Helped with English comprehension. One child was a first-generation Vietnamese American; Second child was a first-generation Colombian American.
Volunteer Piano Teacher, DC (December 1997 to June 1999)
Gave beginning piano lessons to an elementary child I tutored in DC Schools with the permission, excitement, and gratitude of the parents.
Coordinated with the primary schools so that the child could receive lessons there and practice daily, as well as work with the child, whose English was the best in the family, to communicate with the parents for his transportation home and expenses.
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