Experience Highlights
February 2005 to present
Executive Assistant, Volunteer & Community Information Centre,
Medicine Hat
www.volunteerinthehat.ca
- Web design and development
- Volunteer management and referrals
- Organizing and planning events and trainigns
- Computer tutoring and workshops
October 2004 - January 2005
Community Access Program Youth Intern, Volunteer & Community Information Centre,
Medicine Hat
www.volunteerinthehat.ca
- Continued working on the Southeast Alberta Regional Directory
- Produced two hard copies from the database, Brimming Hat and Southeast Alberta Regional Directory (both downloadable here in pdf format)
- Volunteer management and referrals
- Updated and maintained the Volunteer Centre websites
- Created a website to reflect Community Capacity Inventory survey results - the website can be viewed here
- Delivering computer tutoring and workshops
Database & Website Designer, Volunteer & Community Information Centre, Medicine Hat
www.infointhehat.ca Worked on a project with the City of Medicine Hat, County of Forty Mile and the Volunteer Centre to create an online directory of community organizations in Southeast Alberta. Hardcopies of the directory will be printed as well.
My duties included:
- Designed the database
- Created a website where the directory can be searched
- Was in charge of gathering all the data for the directory: trained and assisted volunteers with data entry and provided technical help if needed
Community Access Program Youth Intern, Entre-Corp Business Development Centre Ltd, Medicine Hat http://www.entre-corp.com/urbancap
- Helping individuals and community organizations improve their knowledge and effective use of the Internet and related information technologies by delivering computer training and workshops
- Drafting publicity materials
- Updating web sites
- Providing technical support to the 17 CAP sites in Medicine Hat
Volunteer at the Volunteer Centre in Medicine Hat:
- Providing computer tutoring to community members; assisting with email, internet research and word processing as well as troubleshooting computers and printers and installing new hardware / software
- Designing and updating a website for the Volunteer Centre www.volunteerinthehat.ca
- Volunteering with the Volunteer Centre Youth Project. Supervising and helping a group of teens with their volunteer work for the not-for-profit organizations and events around the city
Freelance Translator, MVK Viestintäkeskus, Turku, Finland
- Translating documents from Finnish to English and Swedish
2000-2001
Office Secretary, Vehicle Administration, Helsinki, Finland
- Entering driving license application details to a database
- Translating driving records from Finnish to English
- Customer service (assisting customers with their questions about driving licenses and obtaining a driving records etc.)
- Correspondence with the Police in other European countries
- Filing, billing, and other office duties.
Education
2002-2003 Programmer Analyst /
Internet Solutions Developer
CDI College of Business and Technology - Calgary, Alberta.
1998-1999 International Marketing
Studies
Helsingin Liikennetalouden Ammattikorkeakoulu, Porvoo, Finland
High School Diploma, Alppilan Lukio, Helsinki, Finland