CURRICULUM VITAE

Name Alison Clare Taylor

Address 10 Chestnut Drive, Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 3PD

Telephone 01622 298532 (Home); 07946 630 634 (Mobile)

email alison.taylor38@talktalk.net

Date of Birth 24 September 1968 Nationality British

Key Skills - Extensive experience at Board level

- Editorial and PA expertise

- Excellent written English, with copy writing experience

- Broad range of organisational and planning skills

- Consistent ability to meet deadlines and prioritise while maintaining very high standards

- Sales/marketing background; website development knowledge

- Proactive and tenacious approach to projects and challenges

- Good communication skills and a team player; Adept problem-solver

- Reliable and very hard working

- VB programing and template creation skills

- Advanced computer skills: Microsoft: Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook; Visio; Adobe Acrobat; QuarkXPress, Corel Draw; Dataease; Dbase; Displaywrite; FTP; ISDN; Google Analytics, Indesign; Label Pro; Lotus: 1-2-3, Ami Pro, Freelance, Notes; Pagemaker; PaintShop Pro; Publisher; WinZip; Wordperfect; SharePoint

Career to date:

Exec Assistant to Charities Aid Foundation, Kings Hill Jan 11 to present Board HR Director Duties:

Extensive communication between the CEO, Exec level directors, the HR Director’s direct reports, managers based internationally, staff, and external suppliers.

EA duties inc complex diary management, minute taking; chasing actions; call screening/gatekeeping; arranging meetings/conference calls; collating daily packs and reports; typing & filing.

Admin setup and implementation of new staff benefits/manage existing benefits.

Assisting the HR Director’s direct reports with issues and arranging appraisals.

Secretary to the Employee Council (staff union): agendas, minutes, researching staff queries, collating and emailing policy changes from EC members, organising EC nominations and elections, and writing comms for the intranet.

Extensive Research/project mgmt inc regular comms writing and intranet champion (financial seminars and financial advice, HR benefits, staff email updates etc).

Collation/assisting in collating weekly & monthly Board reports and presentations.

Preparing expenses and managing invoices.

Building Microsoft forms, spreadsheets and templates for the department.

Managing and collating tender information inc arranging panel meetings.

Organising conferences, training and workshops and event management.

Arranging office moves and staff desk setups and managing dept IT projects.

Liaising with suppliers and legal advisers.

Ordering business cards, stationery, and furniture; reception cover.

HR duties inc managing: staff gifts, sensitive staff details; staff fundraising contributions; recording holidays & sickness.

Exec PA to Chair Impact Fire Ltd, Sevenoaks May 08-Sept 10

PA duties inc arranging board level meetings; conference calls & refreshments.

minute taking; complex diary management; call screening/gatekeeping; arranging

detailed travel itineraries; typing, filing, admin and coordinating personal household

diaries; managing builders and facilities.

Preparing presentations and collating daily packs and reports.

Programing templates and providing basic MSOffice support; website development.

Organising conferences and workshops and event management.

Arranging office moves and staff desk setups.

HR duties inc recruitment & selection, contract preparation, recording holidays and sickness, organising training, benefits.

Managing diaries for engineers and booking jobs.

Production of management reports inc competition intelligence research;

Raising POs; processing timesheets & expenses;

Designing branded literature, Formatting, proofing & document quality control of reports to ISO standards as the ISO Quality Control Manager.

Client liaison: requests for info, quotes, tenders, contracts, customer feedback;

Purchasing furniture, stationery & promotional items.

Managing and negotiating prices with suppliers/contractors.

Research/project management; First Aider.

Reason for leaving: Company downsized & moved to Bexhill: Redundancy

Editorial/admin Freelance contracts for VSA Capital, Premier Equity, and Blue Oar Securities, City, London (home based) Reported to members of the board Feb 06-Apr 08

Set-up and managed: overall office setup including implementing admin systems and procedures; diary mgmt; arranging travel bookings; organising meetings; purchasing office equipment; creating templates for reports, letters, faxes, memos etc; brochure design; formatting, editing and proofing reports. I also negotiated prices with external suppliers and created a client Access database.

Senior PA to Brett Aggregates, Faversham Sept 06-April 07 Ops & Sales Mgrs Duties:

PA duties inc arranging meetings; agenda setting; minute taking; extensive diary management; typing, filing/archiving and general admin.

Event organising.

Formatting and proofing documents.

Planned dept office moves.

Raising purchase orders; Purchasing furniture, stationery, and promotional items.

Production of weekly and monthly mgmt and adhoc reports.

Recording H&S issues and RIDDORS.

Client liaison.

Managed suppliers and contractors.

Assisting operatives throughout Kent with report preparation, travel bookings, and arranging meetings.

Project/research management.

HR duties including contract preparation, liaison with recruitment agencies to place jobs, assisting mgrs with advert preparation; recording sickness, holidays, training; booking training for dept.

Reason for leaving: Move to Sevenoaks

PA/Editorial Institute of Financial Services June 05-Aug 06 Co-ordinator Canterbury

Duties included: diary management; organising meetings & catering; minute

taking; general administration; supplier/engineer organisation;

typing/editorial/amending online content; proofing.

Reason for leaving: End of contract

Managing Editor/ Williams de Broë, London Sept 95-Feb 05 Stand-in PA - Chair Duties

Managed a team of five editors/admin staff: formatted, edited and proofed financial documents, inc financial accounts and FTSE250 analytical reports and presentations; and organised travel for 50 internal clients.

PA duties inc extensive diary management; complex travel arrangements for dept; organising meetings, agendas, minutes; Collating daily packs.

In charge of producing presentations, board packs, and management reports for the Chairman, FD, and Board.

Arranged software/hardware requirements with IT dept.

Web development committee member.

In charge of organising stationery supplies inc business cards, furniture, suppliers, engineers, travel, etc.

Initiated admin systems and procedures.

Initiated cost-cutting exercises, sent out tenders, negotiated costs and contracts with suppliers for Chairman, FD, and Board.

Responsible for organising office moves.

Responsible for organising desk setups, h/ware and s/ware upgrades for 50 staff and provided IT support on MSOffice.

Programed Word, Excel, & PowerPoint templates.

HR duties including: arranging training for dept, recording sickness and holidays, liaison with recruitment agencies.

Reason for leaving: Family move

EA, Equities Swiss Bank Corporation Jan 1995-Sept 1995

High Timber St London EC4V 3SB

PA duties as at Williams de Broë except assisting a global team based in London, France, and the US.

Reason for leaving: Merger

Publications Williams Lea Facilities Management Ltd Feb 1994-Dec 1994 Administrator For Swiss Bank Corporation (at above address) Duties:

Production of client material - reports, presentations, etc.

Proof-reading & editing clients’ work.

Management and update of departmental database.

Typing, filing and archiving.

Reason for leaving: opportunity to work for Swiss Bank Corporation

Marketing Fidelity Investment Mgmt Ltd Nov 1992-Sept 1993 Administrator Hildenborough Tonbridge Kent Duties:

Departmental forecasting and analysis of sales and costs relating to direct mail, advertising and PR.

Manage the production & print of direct mail brochures, including proof-reading, layout and liaison with designers and printers.

Research and analysis of competitors’ sales & marketing materials.

Creation and development of a dept marketing database.,

Organising training and conferences.

Typing, filing and archiving.

Reason for leaving: To travel the world

Sales/Marketing Private Patients Plan Nov 1989-Nov 1992 Administrator Euston London Duties:

Customer service; Budget/expense forecasting, monitoring & control; sales/marketing analysis; Preparation of presentations.

Reason for leaving: career opportunity

Qualifications & Editorial Management Course Training (The Print College); Various software ‘Effective Telephone Selling’ (M Bohn); Easy Script shorthand; St John ‘First Aid for Appointed Persons’ certificate

HND - Business & Finance (Mid Kent College, Chatham)

Economic Change Distinction June 1989 Environment & Enterprise Distinction June 1989 Marketing Communication Distinction June 1989 International Marketing Merit June 1989 Marketing Planning Merit June 1989 Business Resources Merit June 1989 Information Technology Merit June 1989 Work Organisations Pass June 1989 Management & Supervision Pass June 1989

RSA Stage 1 Distinction April 1986

Stage 2 (Audio) Pass April 1987

Stage 2 Pass April 1987

Advanced Microsoft user with OCR/RSA Level 3 and Visual Basic programing knowledge

EasyScript Speed writing (shorthand alternative)

‘A’ Level Economic History (Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone) June 1987

‘O’ Level English Language, English Literature, French, German, 1985-1987 Maths, History, Cookery, Religious Education, Environmental Studies (Invicta Grammar School, Maidstone)

Interests Walking; fundraising

Travels Travelled the world gaining experience and Sept 93-Dec 1993 knowledge of different cultures and countries

Referees Available on request