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MELISSA L E BAKER

MELISSA L E BAKER

Northampton,PA

Summary

Administrative Professional with more than 20 years of department management experience. Provide Administrative assistance and event planning/coordination. Especially skilled at communication, organization, motivating people. Proven ability to work well with others in a supervisory capacity. Proven ability to balance priorities, meet tight deadlines, and produce superior quality. Strong accuracy with Financial Record keeping and Accounting. Familiarity with Medical Terminology. Expertise in Microsoft Office Programs. Interpersonal, customer service, organizational and leadership skills.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

Administrative Assistant / Event Organizer

Bethany Wesleyan Church
Cherryville, PA
10.2006 - Current
  • Oversee Events involving over 2000 attendees, organizing more than 150 volunteer staff, as well as outside vendors resulting in the largest event held in the community
  • Recruit personnel to hold various short term and long term volunteer roles within church that maintains a weekly attendance of over 900 people
  • Effectively communicate with teens and parents on a regular basis about upcoming events, financial accounts, volunteer opportunities, and various other issues that impact families
  • Organize domestic and international travel arrangements and maintain financial accounts for volunteers
  • Recognized as a respected and integral team member for church Pastors and fellow leaders.
  • Inventoried and ordered supplies for office.
  • Answered phone calls and emails to provide information, resulting in effective business correspondence.
  • Provided secretarial and office management support while building cooperative working relationships.
  • Created spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel for record-keeping and reporting.
  • Initialized background checks for volunteers and new hires.
  • Handled sensitive and confidential employee information with complete discretion.
  • Processed onboarding insurance paperwork for new hires and rehires.

Medical Records Transcriptionist

Lehigh Valley Health Network
Laury, PA
08.2003 - 05.2006
  • Accurately processed confidential doctor audio recordings into MS Word Documents that became part of the patient's official medical records
  • Maintained a 24hr - 48hr turn-around time.

Executive Assistant

Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Fogelsville, PA
02.1997 - 04.2003
  • Quickly recognized as a valuable member of the engineering department team and was hired as a direct employee after starting through a staffing agency
  • Organized work flow system throughout Engineering Department resulting in an increase of team communication and efficiency
  • Created high level, confidential, documents at the direction of the Sr. Vice President which were used for upper management meetings
  • Organized travel arrangements for senior staff including overseas trips
  • Handled various secretarial responsibilities as needed supporting more than 10 engineers including the Sr. Vice President.

Personnel Coordinator

Allied Personnel Services
Allentown, PA
08.1994 - 08.1996
  • Interviewed, hired, and placed administrative personnel in temporary and permanent positions at prestigious Lehigh Valley Companies including, Guardian Insurance, B.Braun Medical, and Air Products Inc
  • Developed and Maintained strong business relationships and trust with Lehigh Valley businesses to secure job opportunities that grew Allied’s business while meeting the employee and the client’s staffing expectations.

Education

Course in Medical Terminology -

Lehigh Carbon Community College
07.2003

B.A - Communication

Roberts Wesleyan College
05.1991

Minored - Social Sciences and Telecommunication

Skills

  • Sensitive Material Handling
  • Timeline Planning and Management
  • Workers' Compensation Knowledge
  • Excel Spreadsheets
  • Document and File Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Special Event Coordination
  • Administrative support experience
  • Administrative expertise
  • Overseeing events

Work Availability

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Quote

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer

Timeline

Administrative Assistant / Event Organizer

Bethany Wesleyan Church
10.2006 - Current

Medical Records Transcriptionist

Lehigh Valley Health Network
08.2003 - 05.2006

Executive Assistant

Lehigh Portland Cement Company
02.1997 - 04.2003

Personnel Coordinator

Allied Personnel Services
08.1994 - 08.1996

Course in Medical Terminology -

Lehigh Carbon Community College

B.A - Communication

Roberts Wesleyan College

Minored - Social Sciences and Telecommunication

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