Ruth Jenkins

30+ years of administrative/receptionist work including show booth duty experience. Balanced budgets, arranged & took minutes at meetings, technically savvy, gained confidence of all my employers. Team player and can work alone. Organized two 1st ever 10k races for volunteer organizations (MADD Ottawa and Ottawa Humane Society). Volunteered on Boards of Directors, Children’s Aid Society, General Burns Comm Association, Ottawa West Nepean Electoral District Association, and volunteered with the Ottawa Police Service. I am self confident and feel I can perform the duties outlined in the job description. 

30+ years in administrative/receptionist work. Wrote letters, arranged multiple meetings (local, national, international). Balanced budgets. Did reception and floor booth duties at huge conferences. Answered phones, dealt with general public inquiries. Initiated innovative ways to meet deadlines for grant applications. Heavily participated in volunteer Boards of Directors initiatives. Studied rules for and putting into place the outlined procedures to bring in international PhD doctors and students to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Responsible for U of O Hrt Inst Research Centre budget. Prepared paper for intellectual property submission. 

On the job learning experiences initiated by myself, 4 year BA program sociology/psychology, Memorial University, 6 month Executive Assistant training at Heritage College Ottawa.