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RUTH BAILEY

Hereford,Herefordshire

Summary

Dedicated professional with experience in Higher Education and student-facing roles, offering tailored advice and sign-posting to relevant services. Highly adept with administrative and project management tasks. Manages complex data with excellent organisation. Motivated to achieve outstanding success through effective communication and the ability to work with both academic and professional staff across departments.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work history

Nutritional Therapist

Self-Employed
Hereford, Herefordshire
2021.10 - 2026.07

Self-employed Nutritionist and Health Coach

  • Website creation using Wordpress Full Site Editing
  • Managing client base via 1:1 Consultation
  • Overseeing business marketing and advertising
  • Administrative oversight of Practice Management System
  • Social Media management via Facebook and Instagram
  • Managing clients' programmes of support over 12 week periods
  • Managing finances and bookkeeping, taking payments via Stripe.
  • Supporting people to implement sustainable lifestyle and nutrition changes leading to meaningful improvements in health.

Enterprise Officer

University of Bristol
Bristol, Avon
2017.05 - 2021.10
  • Promoted services and expanded mentor network by attending and participating in industry events.
  • Coordinated design and print of event promotional materials for Start-up Week
  • Frequent organisation of daytime, evening, weekend and week long events - Hack Challenges, Start-up Challenges, Start-up Week creating the full programme.
  • Fostered relationships with fellow universities, external stakeholders and mentors and talk providers
  • Launched and managed Facebook campaign to promote Start-up events for student community
  • Managed the Graduate Entrepreneurship Scheme holding 1:1 consultations with applicants providing information, advice and support.

Executive Assistant

University of Bristol
Bristol
2015.10 - 2017.05
  • Minuting Secretary - Responsible for quality, accurate meeting minutes for 6 high-level faculty committee meetings
  • Personal Assistant and secretary to the Faculty Manager of Engineering
  • Coordinated travel arrangements and itineraries for management excursions overseas
  • Supervision of two Faculty Administrators - Responsible for training and first point of contact for concerns or support.
  • Responsible for smooth running of day-today operations within the faculty - Keeping facilities running and ordering sufficient stocks of paper, ink supples, stationary etc.
  • First point of contact for assistance and support for all professional and academic staff within the faculty.
  • Organised and coordinated all meetings and conference calls
  • Maintained databases and filing systems to boost team efficiency.
  • Welcomed arriving visitors and directed them to appropriate meeting rooms.
  • Organised catering for meetings fulfilling dietary needs.
  • Responsible for managing Faculty Emails and replying in good efficient time

Customer Service Coordinator

The Natural Dispensary
Stroud, The Cotswolds
2013.02 - 2015.09
  • Answering email and telephone enquiries from direct customers and practitioners
  • Stock count and ordering new stock
  • Managing backorders and making sure they are dispatched efficiently when product comes back in stock
  • Providing cheerful, professional customer service, offering a can-do attitude to all requests.
  • Resolving customer complaints efficiently and escalated issues when necessary for timely resolution

Education

Higher National Diploma - Naturopathic Nutrition

The College of Naturopathic Medicine
Bristol

Graphic Design - Arts

The University of Bristol
Bristol

A-Levels - Art, English Literature and Communication Studies

Aylesbury High School
Buckinghamshire

GCSEs - 10 GCSEs

Aylesbury High School
Buckinghamshire

Skills

  • Operations administrative experience
  • Finance administrative experience
  • Staff training and development
  • Email marketing
  • Customer service & Front of House
  • Business administration
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Minuting Secretary for meetings
  • Preparing reports, documentation and presentation slides
  • Managing calendars, appointments, meetings and events
  • Maintaining database records

Affiliations

  • Gardening, handwork, music, food

Timeline

Nutritional Therapist

Self-Employed
2021.10 - 2026.07

Enterprise Officer

University of Bristol
2017.05 - 2021.10

Executive Assistant

University of Bristol
2015.10 - 2017.05

Customer Service Coordinator

The Natural Dispensary
2013.02 - 2015.09

Graphic Design - Arts

The University of Bristol

A-Levels - Art, English Literature and Communication Studies

Aylesbury High School

GCSEs - 10 GCSEs

Aylesbury High School

Higher National Diploma - Naturopathic Nutrition

The College of Naturopathic Medicine
RUTH BAILEY