Virginia Lee

Some of my responsibilities included answering the switchboard, booking flights and hotels, preparing expense reports, and keeping the office tidy and well stocked, and taking care of clients' and colleagues' needs. I also led a successful Food Bank Society fundraiser to improve office morale and assisted with event coordination for the annual golf tournament and winter gala.

Learned how challenging it can be to run a non-profit organisation with limited funds and staff. I assisted the director with administrative tasks, such as email correspondences and website maintenance. I also discovered how effective social media can be to promote the society, the events, and to recruit volunteers.

Temped at: Classic LifeCare (June-July 2012) - senior care staffing; Tetra Tech (May 2012) - mining & minerals company; University of British Columbia School of Population & Public Health (Apr 2012); Vancouver Convention Centre (Mar 2012); Aquilini Investment Group (Jan-Feb 2012) - investment company; Phillips, Hager & North (Jan 2012) - financial company; UBC Faculty of Medicine - Undergraduate Dean's Office (Oct-Nov 2011); UBC Transportation Planning (Sept 2011); UBC Bookstore (Aug-Sept 2011, Jan 2012)

Helped prepare project contracts for independent contractors and assisted with any administrative tasks (such as travel booking, database management, and document concatenation) required by the International Affairs (Nov 2010 - Mar 2011) and IP5/Trilateral (Apr - Jun 2011) departments.

Temped at: HB Lanarc: Data Entry (Sept 2010) - architecture UBC Bookstore: Line Management (Aug-Sept 2010) - university UBC Human Resources - Pensions: Mass Mailing (Aug 2010) Veriteq: Receptionist/Secretary (Aug 2010) - tech company BC Soccer Association: Data Entry (Aug 2010) - sports Vancouver Financial Planning Consultants: Receptionist (May 2010)

Managed the event logistics database for performing artists at the VANOC HQ - Cultural Olympiad - Artists Services prior to the Winter Olympics. This was an intensive job with tight deadlines, accommodating often last-minute changes from artist representatives and ensuring the database on Access was updated as quickly as possible.

Summer job for two years (2007 and 2008). Welcoming guests, handling reception, downloading and uploading new sermon mp3 files through iTunes to the website, proofreading Sunday bulletins for typos.

Proofread donation request letters to alumni to ensure that recipients would continue to remain confident in the university’s administration in the Alumni Planning department. I also assisted the staff in the Alumni Annual Giving department with miscellaneous administrative tasks from November-December 2009.

Austauschjahr

Certificate in International Studies