Seeking an administrative assistant position with potential to into HR, L&D or in OD department. My

experience in executive assistance with Senior Leadership team, and life coaching provides me with a well-rounded skills base. Personality traits such as active listener, great questioning skills, dependability, solid work ethic, great team attitude, and strong communication and organization skills makes me an excellent candidate.

Skills & Competencies

Help clients establish goals, line up priorities, and monitor progress.

Support goal-setting, personal growth, and behaviour modification of the clients.

Coach clients on how to overcome obstacles that stand in the way of them achieving their goals and empower them to explore their own resources.

Strong written and verbal communication skills with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate confidently, effectively, and empathetically.

Good Listening and Questioning skills.

Calendar & Office management of senior most executives.

Experience in managing multiple priorities, administrative coordination.

Well-organized, detail-oriented, ability to multi-task with great follow-up skills.

Comfortable in Start-up/fast-paced environment.

Self- starter, decisive with excellent time management skills.

A Go getter with expertise in managing independent operations & ensuring optimal utilization of resources.

Education & Technical Skills:

Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with International Coach Federation

ACSTH with Transcend International, Hongkong accredited under ICF & EMCC Online Coach training program, 2022 (60+ hours of professional training)

Online Accredited by CTAA for Emotional Intelligence Practitioner (2022) & NLP

Certification in Spoken Arabic Language – Times Training Centre, Abu Dhabi (2020)

PGDHRM – 2017 – from Welingkar’s Institute

Bachelor’s in Commerce - 2002 – Mumbai University

English typing and shorthand

Ms. Office, Zoho (CRM), Click-up

Volunteer & Member:

Member of Indian Association of Secretaries and Administrative Professionals

Volunteer Coach with CoachesforYou (a non-profit organisation), India

Volunteer Coach with Well-being Project (ngo), Hongkong

Credentialed Coach on Noomii.com

Hon. Treasurer in Managing Committee with Indian Ladies Association, Abu Dhabi. Vedika Khatwani Chandka

Executive Assistant & Life Coach

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Interests:

Reading, Blogging, Travelling and Cooking

Contribution as Life Coach to Individual clients:

Listened to clients' current struggles with trust and non-judgement.

Displayed sensitivity to cultural and linguistic needs of clients served.

Partner with clients to identifying their goals and ambitions; helping them in enhancing their personal skills and career opportunities.

Improve client’s general outlook in life and encouraged clients to set and achieve reasonable goals on weekly basis including self-esteem, optimism, & pursuing towards goal achievement

Coach clients on how to overcome obstacles that stand in the way of them achieving their goals and build life management and coping skills to handle daily needs and specific stressors.

Developed goal-oriented and growth mindset to empower clients with their available resources to improve plan success.

Led up to 12 individual sessions per week.

Corporate experience:

2002 – 2022 (with sabbatical from June 2019 – Nov 2020 due to relocation & pandemic) Various Organizations (BJN Group, Pidilite Industries, Zee Entertainment, Rainshine Entertainment, Mindwize, Indian Ladies Association)

Contribution to the role:

Acted as Business HR for the department (for interviewing, hiring, induction and more)

Served as professional representative of CFO & CEO to executive clients, investors and board members.

Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.

Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.

Detailed accurate meeting minutes, promptly collating for managers and directors.

Collaborated with admin teams, human resources and finance department on special projects.

Maintained and coordinated executive management meetings and travel schedules.

Coordinated events and manager conferences, offering support with set-up and resources to guarantee smooth operations.

Managed office inventories, restocking supplies and placing purchase orders to maintain adequate stock levels.

Maintained databases and filing systems to boost team efficiency.

Co-ordinated all presentations, documents for Board of Directors & Audit meetings, assisting with meeting materials, resources and agendas.

Responded to emails and other correspondence, facilitating positive communication for enhanced business processes.

Developed team communications and information for meetings. Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.

Performed ad-hoc personal errands to fulfil varied support functions.

Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time. Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.

Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications. Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.

Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity.

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