Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Christine Dimon

Christine Dimon

Bradenton,FL

Summary

Social services professional experienced in tackling challenges and applying conflict resolution to achieve positive outcomes. Brings skills in helping others, knowledge of services and background with intervention plans. Looking to put knowledge and abilities to good use in supportive position focused on helping others.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Secretary

Manatee County School District
Bradenton, Florida
08.2014 - 07.2018
  • Responded to emails and other correspondence to facilitate communication and enhance business processes.
  • Transcribed phone messages and relayed to appropriate personnel.
  • Handled scheduling for executive's calendar and prepared meeting agenda and materials.
  • Interacted with vendors, contractors and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities and communicate instructions.
  • Produced accurate office files, updated spreadsheets and crafted presentations to support executives and boost team productivity.
  • Organized and updated schedules for executives.
  • Updated executives on changing business needs by thoroughly documenting internal and client meetings.
  • Orchestrated successful conferences and associated travel for speakers and attendees.
  • Managed mail and both incoming and outgoing correspondence, mail, email and faxes.
  • Took notes and dictation at meetings.
  • Screened personal and business calls and directed to appropriate party.
  • Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity.
  • Wrote reports, executive summaries and newsletters.
  • Worked with senior management to initiate new projects and assist in various processes.
  • Upheld strict timetables by maintaining accurate, balanced calendars.
  • Streamlined operations and prioritized tasks, allowing senior staff to increase productivity.

Principal's Secretary

Cooperstown Middle/High School
Cooperstown, New York
11.2011 - 06.2013
  • Managed phone and email correspondence and handled incoming and outgoing mail and faxes.
  • Assisted coworkers and staff members with special tasks on daily basis.
  • Built and maintained excellent customer relationships through timely response to inquiries and going above and beyond to accommodate unusual requests.
  • Managed paper and electronic filing systems by routing various documents, taking messages and managing incoming and outgoing mail.
  • Answered multi-line phone system and transferred callers to appropriate department or staff member.
  • Interacted with vendors, contractors and professional services personnel to receive orders, direct activities and communicate instructions.
  • Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity.

Administrative Assistant

SUNY At Oneonta
Oneonta, New York
08.2007 - 11.2011
  • Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
  • Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management.
  • Scheduled office meetings and client appointments for staff teams.
  • Sorted and distributed office mail and recorded incoming shipments for corporate records.
  • Handled client correspondence and tracked records to foster office efficiency.
  • Monitored supervisor's work calendar and scheduled appointments, meetings and travel.

Executive Director

Hopkinton Cultural Arts Alliance
Hopkinton, Massachussetts
09.1998 - 05.2000
  • Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to strategically affect operational direction.
  • Exercised appropriate cost control to meet budget restrictions and maximize profitability.
  • Drove strategic improvements to enhance operational and organizational efficiencies.
  • Supervised writing of all grant applications and checked information for accuracy prior to submission.
  • Created promotional materials and provided insightful information to social media, websites and print media to educate public.
  • Updated and maintained membership database on consistent basis.

Grant Coordinator

Monmouth County Arts Council
Red Bank, New Jersey
12.1991 - 01.1997
  • Established and maintained electronic files for grant-funded projects for tracking and reporting.
  • Monitored and re-classed errors in grant charges, accounting and close outs.
  • Answered questions from staff about grant funded programs for fiscal and programmatic compliance matters.
  • Managed post-award services and oversaw state and federal grant awards for compliance with uniform guidance and grant-specific requirements.
  • Conducted routine compliance reviews of grant programs.
  • Composed grant proposals and fundraising newsletters to raise capital for non-profit organizations.

Education

BSW - Social Work

University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
05.2023

Associate of Arts - General Education

State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, Bradenton, FL
07.2021

Skills

  • Family Guidance
  • Relationship Issues Management
  • Case Records Management
  • Staff Meetings
  • Confidential Case Documentation
  • Best Practices and Standards
  • Case Notes

Timeline

Executive Secretary - Manatee County School District
08.2014 - 07.2018
Principal's Secretary - Cooperstown Middle/High School
11.2011 - 06.2013
Administrative Assistant - SUNY At Oneonta
08.2007 - 11.2011
Executive Director - Hopkinton Cultural Arts Alliance
09.1998 - 05.2000
Grant Coordinator - Monmouth County Arts Council
12.1991 - 01.1997
University of South Florida - BSW, Social Work
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota - Associate of Arts, General Education
Christine Dimon