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Abigail Wasimin

Paramaribo

Summary

Dedicated administrative professional with successful experience in fast-paced office settings. Hardworking team player with expertise in completing various clerical tasks and offering staff support. Responsible, punctual and productive professional known for reliability, attention to detail, and strong interpersonal skills.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Consular Assistant

Embassy of the United States
05.2022 - Current
  • Enhanced consulate services for American citizens abroad by providing accurate information and timely assistance.
  • Maintaining detailed records of visa issuance, allowing for accurate reporting and analysis of trends in migration patterns.
  • Prepare reports on consular activities regularly shared with supervisors for performance evaluation purposes.
  • Provide exceptional customer service to foreign nationals, addressing their inquiries and concerns effectively.
  • Liaise with other government agencies when required, facilitating interagency cooperation on complex cases or issues related to consular affairs.

Management Assistant

Embassy of the United States
10.2019 - 04.2022
  • A full range of office management duties
  • Supporting the Management Officer in all official and unofficial communication
  • Provide administrative oversight for the E-Country Clearance.
  • Collects and analyzes data to inform the Management Officer of areas for
    improvement.
  • Supports the management officer in drafting and reviewing Mission Policies and Management Notices
  • Tracks and archives all policies and advises when they need to be updated
  • Manages and ensures the necessary logistics are coordinated with regards to official visits
  • Coordinates across all Management section the development and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures
  • Maintains Management Intranet sites, travel and emergency action applications
  • Assist newly arrived American employees in complying with all requirements of Government of Suriname
  • Liaises with the Consular section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Timekeeper for certain sections
  • Back up travel arranger

Management Assistant

EFS College COVAB
04.2019 - 09.2019
  • Monitoring the ISO quality standards at Management level within department Education
  • Agenda Management for the manager of higher education
  • Organizes the cluster meetings and attends those meetings and takes care of the minutes
  • Performing substantive support activities for the education manager
  • Planning, organizing and facilitating events such as International Nurses Day, World Teachers day, DACUM meetings.
  • Supporting the training coordinators in monitoring student progress in the
    final phase of their studies (tracking theses)
  • Support with planning and conducting exams

Secretary to the Supervisory Board

EFS College COVAB
02.2019 - 04.2019
  • Liaison of the board within the organization
  • Assist in day to day communication between the managing board and the board of directors
  • Plan board meetings and provide the minutes
  • Drafting letters
  • Dealing with confidential documents
  • Keeping the archive

Freelance Administrative Assistant

Self Employed Services
06.2018 - 02.2019
  • data processing and organization
  • email correspondence
  • handling orders
  • prepare letters and memos
  • prepare advertisements

Management Assistant

N.V. Energie Bedrijven Suriname
01.2013 - 06.2018

General task
Supporting the IT manager and department heads with various activities, including confidential matters. As well as thinking along with organizational and policy issues.


HR related tasks

  • Taking care of personnel administration including registration of sick leave and leave administration.
  • Keep track and archive of all personnel related documents
  • Prepare memos and other documents for HR related requests
  • Assisting with requests for promotions Drawing up job descriptions for the redesign of the IT department and attracting new employees (under the supervision of the IT manager)
  • First point of contact for the department regarding CAO or HRM related questions

Administrative tasks

  • Support for all department heads and lead officers in the IT department.
  • Keeping the mobile file of the entire organization and other information regarding the IT division.
  • Processing and checking invoices from external service providers and suppliers
  • Administrative support for, among other things, ERP project.


Facility tasks

  • Manage the availability of the conference room and ERP training facilities
  • Prepare meetings and take care of the minutes.
  • Prepare training and other project activities.
  • Arranging other facilities and purchasing office supplies.


Communication tasks

  • Ensure internal communication at divisional level
  • Maintaining contacts with other divisions as well as external parties.


Supporting tasks

  • Active participation within the IT management team.
  • Provide support for projects within the IT division as well as other divisions and various workgroups.
  • Assisting with the preparation of the IT Services budget
  • Logistical support for, among other things, ERP project


Reporting tasks

  • Assisting in compiling the reports from various divisions such as HRM, Executive Secretariat.
  • Collecting, checking and managing division information and taking care of the processing into management information at the direction of the
    manager.


Application Management

  • Managing the Service Management application TOPdesk
  • Provide advice on the implementation of TOPdesk service management modules in various departments.
  • Setting up TOPdesk for the various departments and giving work instructions.

ICT Servicedesk Coordinator

N.V. Energie Bedrijven Suriname
11.2011 - 01.2013
  • Coordinate activities of ICT Servicedesk and Servicedesk employees.
  • Progress monitoring of all registered tickets.
  • Monitor the purchasing process and all requests.
  • Handle escalation cases.
  • Checking all finished tickets for correct information, correct handling.
  • Design ICT Servicedesk processes according to the needs of the organization
  • Implementation of the TOPdesk service management tool and the management thereof.
  • Responsible for purchasing material according to the applicable purchasing procedures.

Education

No Degree - Business Administration

University of Applied Science And Technology
Paramaribo, Suriname

No Degree - Information & Communication Technology

Polytechnisch College Suriname
Paramaribo, Suriname

Certificate - LSSO Certifications

IMKB Suriname (Instituut Voor Midden- En Klein Bed
Paramaribo, Suriname

High School Diploma -

Ewald P. Meyer Lyceum
Paramaribo, Suriname
08-2008

Skills

  • Research and analysis
  • Conflict resolution techniques
  • Cross-cultural sensitivity
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Customer service
  • Problem-solving
  • Attention to detail
  • Relationship building
  • Public speaking prowess
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Cash handling

Timeline

Consular Assistant

Embassy of the United States
05.2022 - Current

Management Assistant

Embassy of the United States
10.2019 - 04.2022

Management Assistant

EFS College COVAB
04.2019 - 09.2019

Secretary to the Supervisory Board

EFS College COVAB
02.2019 - 04.2019

Freelance Administrative Assistant

Self Employed Services
06.2018 - 02.2019

Management Assistant

N.V. Energie Bedrijven Suriname
01.2013 - 06.2018

ICT Servicedesk Coordinator

N.V. Energie Bedrijven Suriname
11.2011 - 01.2013

No Degree - Business Administration

University of Applied Science And Technology

No Degree - Information & Communication Technology

Polytechnisch College Suriname

Certificate - LSSO Certifications

IMKB Suriname (Instituut Voor Midden- En Klein Bed

High School Diploma -

Ewald P. Meyer Lyceum
Abigail Wasimin