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Work History
Education
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Affiliations
Training
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NICOLA HEADON

NEATH,WEST GLAMORGAN

Summary

Accomplished administrative professional with outstanding administration and communication skills. 26 years of experience in customer liaison, finance reporting and Local Government practices within various busy office environments . Demonstrates proficiency in Microsoft Office and agile working methodologies, ensuring efficient note-taking, meeting coordination, and file systems oversight. Adept at handling sensitive information, maintaining confidentiality, and generating reports. Committed to upholding GDPR and health and safety compliance, while providing exceptional administrative support. Understands the importance of teamwork in the working environment, but confident to work on my own initiative when required. Excellent interpersonal skills and can relate to people at all levels, whilst maintaining professionalism. Builds constructive relationships with stakeholders for positive, productive communications. Able to work under pressure and produce accurate work within specified deadlines.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Business Support Officer

NPTCBC, APB Team
Neath, West Glamorgan
02.2019 - Current
  • Ensuring accuracy of distribution lists.
  • Organising meetings by liaising with internal/external stakeholders.
  • Ensuring meetings are quorate with the relevant internal/external stakeholders required.
  • Drafting meeting agendas in the relevant format, with documents embedded.
  • Taking minutes in meetings in person/via Microsoft Teams and ensuring follow-up actions are undertaken.
  • Act as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, manage generic team inbox and forwards correspondence promptly.
  • Manage staff diaries to book meetings.
  • Typewriting minutes of meetings in the relevant format and distributing to relevant internal/external bodies.
  • Dealing with information of a sensitive nature, requiring confidentiality to be maintained at all times.
  • took meeting minutes and completed follow-up actions.

Administration Assistant

NPTCBC, Environmental Health & Trading Standards
Neath, West Glamorgan
07.1998 - 05.2025
  • Managed incoming calls of a sensitive/complex nature, within a busy call centre setting, which required tact/diplomacy.
  • Input complaints/queries onto a database system, referred them to the relevant officer and updated as and when required.
  • Prioritised workloads.
  • Typed letters, memorandums, reports and legal notices under various types of legislation, in the relevant format.
  • Audio typed P.A.C.E. interviews, ensuring accuracy.
  • Processed the incoming and outgoing mail.
  • Performed general clerical duties as required, which contributed to overall operational efficiency.


Passenger Transport Technician

NPTCBC, Passenger Transport Section
Neath, West Glamorgan
05.2013 - 02.2019
  • Processed monthly transport operator invoices and parent petrol allowance claims within specified deadlines, to ensure timely payments. Entered details onto a database system and updated accordingly.
  • Processed school transport applications by inputting details onto a database system and updating when required.
  • Generated school transport badges.
  • Communicated with schools, members of the public and transport operators in person/via telephone, resolving issues when required.

Technical Administration Assistant

NPTCBC, Licensing Section
Port Talbot, West Glamorgan
05.2005 - 04.2013
  • Communicated with transport operators and members of the public in person and via telephone.
  • Processed taxi badges and licences in line with various types of legislation.
  • Scrutinised supporting documents including medical reports, driving licences, V5C forms and DBS checks.
  • Processed the incoming and outgoing mail.
  • Word processed letters and reports.
  • Other general office duties including photocopying and filing.

Hotel Services Assistant

SBUHB
Neath, West Glamorgan
09.1997 - 07.1998
  • Maintained cleanliness within various parts of the hospital setting.

Education

RSA - Typewriting 1 Part 1

NPT College
Neath
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Word Processing 1 Part 2

NPT College
Neath
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Audio Transcription 1 Part 1

NPT College
Neath
09.1997 - 06.1998

OCR - Typewriting II Part 2

NPTCBC
Neath
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Text Processing II Part 1

NPTCBC
Neath
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Word Processing II Part 2

NPT College
Neath
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Numeracy

NPT College
Neath
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Communication in Business Stage II

NPT College
Neath
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Text Processing III Part 1

NPT College
Neath
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Computer Literacy and Information Technology

NPT College
Neath
09.2004 - 06.2005

NVQ Level 2 - Business Administration

NPT College
Neath
09.2004 - 06.2005

OCR Level 2 (intermediate) - Legal Text Processing

NPT College
Neath
09.2004 - 06.2005

OCR Level 2 (intermediate) - Mailmerge

NPT College
Neath
09.2004 - 06.2005

OCR Level 2 (intermediate) - Medical Word Processing

NPT College
Neath
09.2004 - 06.2005

BTEC - Essential Digital Literacy Skills

NPT College
Neath
10.2019 -

BTEC Level 3 - Business Administration

NPT College
Neath
05.2021 -

Skills

  • Efficient note taking
  • Event planning experience
  • Getting things done methodology
  • Customer liaison capabilities
  • Finance reporting accuracy
  • Agile working experience
  • Knowledge of GDPR regulations
  • Microsoft Office
  • Meeting coordination
  • File systems oversight
  • Administrative support
  • Finance processing
  • Confidentiality maintenance
  • Report generation
  • Invoicing and expense tracking
  • Basic IT support
  • Data storage and archiving
  • Records management
  • Microsoft Office proficiency
  • Health and Safety Compliance
  • Business administration
  • Data Entry
  • Database management

Affiliations

  • I enjoy reading, participating in group exercise classes and travelling to different countries.

Training

Throughout my time employed by NPTCBC, I have attended various in-house training courses and completed online mandatory courses in relation to GDPR and domestic violence.  I have also attended substance use seminars/open days.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

BTEC Level 3 - Business Administration

NPT College
05.2021 -

BTEC - Essential Digital Literacy Skills

NPT College
10.2019 -

Business Support Officer

NPTCBC, APB Team
02.2019 - Current

Passenger Transport Technician

NPTCBC, Passenger Transport Section
05.2013 - 02.2019

Technical Administration Assistant

NPTCBC, Licensing Section
05.2005 - 04.2013

RSA - Computer Literacy and Information Technology

NPT College
09.2004 - 06.2005

NVQ Level 2 - Business Administration

NPT College
09.2004 - 06.2005

OCR Level 2 (intermediate) - Legal Text Processing

NPT College
09.2004 - 06.2005

OCR Level 2 (intermediate) - Mailmerge

NPT College
09.2004 - 06.2005

OCR Level 2 (intermediate) - Medical Word Processing

NPT College
09.2004 - 06.2005

Administration Assistant

NPTCBC, Environmental Health & Trading Standards
07.1998 - 05.2025

Hotel Services Assistant

SBUHB
09.1997 - 07.1998

RSA - Typewriting 1 Part 1

NPT College
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Word Processing 1 Part 2

NPT College
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Audio Transcription 1 Part 1

NPT College
09.1997 - 06.1998

OCR - Typewriting II Part 2

NPTCBC
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Text Processing II Part 1

NPTCBC
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Word Processing II Part 2

NPT College
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Numeracy

NPT College
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Communication in Business Stage II

NPT College
09.1997 - 06.1998

RSA - Text Processing III Part 1

NPT College
09.1997 - 06.1998
NICOLA HEADON