Administrative Assistant Human Resources
Resume:
Emma Ogutu
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
Home: 517-***-****
Cell: 517-***-****
**********@*****.***/*****@***.***
Employment History
Ghostwriter for several audiologist websites- May 2012
Environmental reporter & blogger– Michigan Nature Association, Williamston, Michigan, January 2012- present
Environmental reporter – Great Lakes Echo, East Lansing, Michigan: Reported on news and features that impact the environmental within the Great Lakes region, April 2011- December, 2011
Correspondent & bureau assistant – Capital News Service, Lansing, Michigan, January- December, 2011
Ghostwriter – Currently writing technical articles to educate people looking for information regarding loss of hearing and hearing aids
Environmental Reporter – Reported on environmental issues affecting the Great Lakes including alternative energy sources, pollution and sewers.
Correspondent: Covered state government and environmental issues and personalities for Harbor Light, Petoskey News- Review and Traverse City Record Eagle, Lansing State Journal, Holland Sentinel and the Great Lakes Echo
Bureau Assistant:
• Maintained the up-to-date list of press and contact lists.
• Picked up press releases and other documents from the Capitol for the news room.
• Filled documents as per the requirement of the bureau chief or updating files and registers related to attendance and work of the staff.
• Made copies of the documents, as assigned by the bureau chief and also according to the needs of the office.
Business Writer: School of Business, Michigan State University, Eli Broad, August – December, 2010
• Wrote white papers for donors and alumni
• Developed and updated web content with current activities and events
• Created news briefs, articles, press releases, proposals and newsletters for the International Business Center
• Was primary photographer for the website. Took photos of different events such as seminars, conferences, luncheons and random photos of the workplace.
• Participated in procedural writing for projects within the center.
Graduate Assistant: African Studies Center, Michigan State University, January – December, 2010
• Drafted press releases, newsletters and articles on the Summer Cooperative African Languages Institute
• Contributed to the organization of conferences and events.
• Liaised with reporters to cover internal and external events of the program
• Participated in internal and external events and conferences organized by the center and writing articles on them.
• Maintained and updating the center’s website with new articles
• Maintained and updating the center’s twitter account with information about the center’s events and activities
• Selected and revised articles for the center’s annual report
• Worked with the designer to create a theme for the annual report
• Compiled the center’s biweekly events and communicating them to the International office.
• Contributed to other write-ups as directed by the supervisor.
• Created off-line promotional material such as brochures, reports and other printed matter based on existing formats.
• Contributed to the distribution of those materials
Human Resource Generalist/Administrative Assistant- Oakar Services, Nairobi, Kenya 2003- 2007
• Planned and coordinated international training events
• Coordinated local training events
• Planned for travel arrangements, pick-up and accommodation of trainees and trainers
• Monitored and assisted with maintenance of the organization’s website.
• Answered telephones and transfer to appropriate staff member.
• Opened, sorted and distributed incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.
• Prepared responses to correspondenced containing routine inquiries.
• Participated in the development of H&S Program, published bi-monthly safety newsletter. Provided other generalist duties including payment/benefits compensation, performance management, and corrective action.
• Conducted research, policy development, recruitment, employment letters, short-listing, reference checks
• Carried out pre-employment testing, extended job offers
• Performed general clerical duties to include, but not limited to, bookkeeping, copying, faxing, mailing and filing.
• Filed and retrieve organizational documents, records and reports.
• Coordinated and maintained records for staff, office space, telephones, parking, company debit card and office keys.
Computer knowledge: Microsoft suite,
Excel – in-depth experience in refining and analyzing data,
Access- in-depth experience in maintaining and grouping information,
peoplesoft HR software,
Adobe’s in-design – for data presentation
Web Creation: http://ej.msu.edu/eastafrica/index.html - This is a website I created for the Knight Center’s environmental journalism workshop in Arusha, Tanzania, 2010.
Social Media: http://knightcentermsu.wordpress.com/schedule/ - this is a blog I created for the same workshop
Awards and Volunteer Work
• Volunteer with Community Volunteers for International Programs (CVIP-Michigan State University)
• Volunteer with the Spartan Village lending center.
Awards
• Society for Professional Journalists - reporting excellence in the region 4 Mark of Excellence contest, 2010
• The Community volunteers for International Programs-MSU two-time award winner for 2009 and 2011
• The Mildred B. Erickson Fellowship award winner for 2009
• Michael A and Sandra S. Clark Scholarship in Environmental Journalism, 2011
• W. Cameron Meyers Scholarship, 2011
• Edward A. Augenstein Memorial Scholarship, 2011
Education
Michigan State University
Environmental journalism – May 2011
Cornell University- 2007
Certification in human resources management
Moi University, Kenya- 2003
Bachelor of Business Administration
References:
Jim Detjen
Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
East Lansing, MI, 48824
U.S.A
******@***.***
John B. Eulenberg
Michigan State University
Communicative Sciences & Disorders
*******@***.***
Eric Freedman
Director and Chief Editor,
Capital News Service
East Lansing, MI, 48824, U.S.A
********@***.***
Eric Asembo
Oakar Service Ltd.
Third Floor, Kussco Centre
Nairobi, Kenya
Contact this candidate