Maysoun AlTabbaa
Vienna,VA
Summary
Dynamic professional with excellent organizational and managerial skills seeking long-term growth with a world class organization.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Assistant
Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain
01.2021 - Current
- Managing the Ambassador’s office team members, which includes proper training, supervision, and task delegation
- Prepare engagement, political, quarterly and annual reports
- For the quarterly and annual reports, tasks include compiling data received from all departments, and then providing both an overall summary as well as an executive summary for each specific portfolio of Ambassador and Diplomats engagements throughout the year with different Government, Political, Think Tanks, Trade and Non-Government entities in the U.S., Canada, and all the other countries under the Embassy’s purview
- Translate documents, memos, and reports from English to Arabic, and Arabic to English
- Managing the Ambassador’s calendar: which entails organizing, scheduling meetings, events, conferences, business and official trips for the Ambassador
- Preparing Memos for both the Ambassador and the diplomats, managing and archiving all correspondence received from Bahrain on multiple platforms, and ensuring response in a timely manner
- Preparing minutes for the weekly meetings with Diplomats for the Ambassador
- Prepare official letters for the Ambassador
- Support in arranging meetings for Delegations coming from Bahrain
- Implementing the ISO Quality Management System Standards to the consulate section, and continuously managing the ISO quality management team to make sure all the standards are held, and all action items have been addressed.
Assistant to the Ambassador
Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain
05.2019 - 01.2021
- Preparing reports for multiple portfolios including trade, economic, political, think tanks, non-government and other engagements for the Ambassador
- Compiling, coordinating and preparing executive summaries for quarterly and annual reports for the Embassy’s activities for all Diplomats and Attaches
- Preparing and translating reports, documents and memos
- Scheduling meetings for the Ambassador
- Managing the Ambassador’s correspondence
- Preparing meeting minutes for the Ambassador’s weekly meetings with Diplomats
- Social media: preparing and posting activities, editing/compiling videos.
Showroom Manager
Altabbaa Kitchens
03.2015 - 03.2017
- Set up the first Dubai branch for the Saudi based kitchen cabinet supplier
- Representing the Italian Veneta Cucine brand, the company customized and installed modern and traditional kitchens
- Responsibilities included setting up the business, from hiring salespeople and other admin staff, to managing contractors to design and build out the showroom, also arranged training for local staff from our international supplier.
Teacher
Universal American School
09.2013 - 05.2015
- Teaching Islamic studies in English to 4th and 5th grade students
- Using their curriculum “I love Islam”, I taught using innovative, modern and interactive techniques
- Also taught Tajweed using the “The Nuraniya” method to grades 3, 4 and 5.
Teacher
Sh Muhammad Center for Cultural Understanding
01.2002 - 09.2016
- Teaching Quran with Tajweed and Islamic values for weekend classes
- Students were of varied nationalities, with boys ages 7 to 12 and girls ages 7 to 16
- Skill activities include memorization practice, pronunciation practice, explaining the meaning of Quranic verses, and narrating the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh)
- Also participated in coordinating, and training children for extracurricular activities such as bazaars, plays and Islamic holiday festivities.
Customer Service Manager, Events Manager
SitesPower Institute
01.2007 - 03.2016
- Managing customer service and admin staff at the center
- Handling customer complaints, supervising and training customer service staff
- Managing the major exhibitions including stand setup, interviewing, hiring and training temporary staff for the exhibitions, and managing the staff during the shows
- Exhibitions include GITEX from 2007 through 2016, Dubai Careers Exhibition 2007 & 2008, Sharjah Careers Exhibition 2008, Sharjah Education Exhibition 2007.
Marketing Executive
SitesPower Institute
10.2002 - 12.2006
- At major exhibitions each year, this role was to inform the exhibition visitors about the institute’s services and courses, as well as helping to train the staff
- Exhibitions include GITEX Exhibition, Gulf Education Exhibition, Dubai Careers Exhibition, Sharjah Careers Exhibition, and Sharjah Education.
Receptionist
- Supported the customer service department and reception on a part time basis
- This included answering phone calls, registering students for exams, conducting post-course evaluations, arranging catering for corporate venues.
Education
3rd year in progress through correspondence - English – Arabic Translation
Damascus University – Open Learning Department
Skills
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Social media account management, Fluent in speaking, reading and writing, Fluent in speaking, reading and writing
Personal Information
- Place of Birth: Riyadh, KSA
- Date of Birth: 02/02/81
- Nationality: Saudi Arabia
- Marital Status: Married
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Executive Assistant
Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain
01.2021 - Current
Assistant to the Ambassador
Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain
05.2019 - 01.2021
Showroom Manager
Altabbaa Kitchens
03.2015 - 03.2017
Teacher
Universal American School
09.2013 - 05.2015
Customer Service Manager, Events Manager
SitesPower Institute
01.2007 - 03.2016
Marketing Executive
SitesPower Institute
10.2002 - 12.2006
Teacher
Sh Muhammad Center for Cultural Understanding
01.2002 - 09.2016
Receptionist
3rd year in progress through correspondence - English – Arabic Translation
Damascus University – Open Learning Department
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