I can type fast & accurately, & I can spell! I have been much in demand as Secretary & Organiser in voluntary capacity: this has involved fund raising, thinking up & suggesting new projects, delegating or doing a variety of tasks myself. I have produced many brochures & mail shots using desk-top publishing programmes. I have typed up books for publishing, processed data, & I have used my knowledge of French to translate & type in this language. I am told I have a good telephone manner & speak clearly. I enjoy writing creatively. I have been trusted with top secret & confidential material, & have worked under pressure & to deadlines, also 'lived in' & managed office & house during employer's absence.

Experience:
Many years ago I was a Senior Personal Secretary in the Civil Service Department, Whitehall. I have since widened my skills by undertaking a great variety of jobs which have come my way. I have done work for agencies, 'temping' work, & filling in where staff have been ill or absent, or on occasions where an employer has an excess of work to be completed.
I currently have a part-time job which I conduct from home. My title is 'site supervisor' & requires me to recruit & organise enumerators to undertake 12-hour traffic counts. This then involves preparing & posting the information & subsequently processing the data for the Department for Transport, as well as arranging for the enumerators to be paid.
For several years I was appointed & held the voluntary post of British Driving Society Area Commissioner for Shropshire . I arranged activities for people in Shropshire interested in Carriage Driving (Horses & Ponies)

Education and Training:
I was initially trained in a highly respected secretarial school in Kensington, London. My IT skills have been gained on various courses in a variety of venues local to me.

References available on request:
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