Tacey Watkins
Cottonwood,Ca.
Summary
To obtain a permanent position where my experience and versatility may be beneficial for growth within the organization as a whole
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Administrative Assistant
Early Childhood Services
Redding, California
08.2025 - Current
- Managed communication between families and administrative staff regarding enrollment processes.
- Assisted in preparing educational materials for classroom use and parent workshops.
- Answered phone calls and emails to provide information, resulting in effective business correspondence.
- Maintained office supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level.
Assistant Lead Cook
Cascade Unified School District
12.2025 - 03.2025
- Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients
- Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes
- Handle, store ingredients and food
- Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
- Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment and utensils
- Execute opening and closing procedures
- Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment
- Check the quality and freshness of ingredients
- Monitor station inventory levels
- Accommodate special requests (allergies)
- Operate kitchen equipment
Business Development Specialist
Express Employment Professionals
05.2024 - 11.2025
- Contacting potential clients to establish rapport and arrange meetings
- Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives
- Researching organizations and individuals to find new opportunities
- Increasing the value of current customers while attracting new ones
- Finding and developing new markets and improving sales
- Attending conferences, meetings, and industry events
- Developing quotes and proposals for clients
- Developing goals for the development team and business growth and ensuring they are met
- Training personnel and helping team members develop their skills
- Collects information about potential clients (leads) through social media, local chamber directories, news articles, events, community marketing and networking.
- Maintains weekly lists of prospects, documents contact with clients (residential/commercial) and other industry partners.
- Serves as liaison between the community and the Industry.
- Implement and facilitate team meetings, trainings and workshops.
- Markets programs to prospective clients
- Knowledge of local economy
- Work with minimal supervision
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with employees, members of other agencies, affiliates and the general public
- Public relations and marketing/community involvement
- Provide excellent interpersonal communication skills, ability to get along and work effectively with co-workers and members of the public
Cook/ Kitchen Assistant
St. Anthony's Retreat
Three Rivers, Ca.
10.2019 - 04.2024
- Prepare and cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner for large groups
- Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods
- Present, garnish and arrange final dishes
- Occasionally serve food
- Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes
- Handle and store ingredients and food
- Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
- Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment and utensils
- Execute opening and closing procedures
Education
High School Graduate -
West Valley High School
Customer Service Academy -
Shasta Community College -
Mater Graduate of Leadership Rapport -
Leadership Redding Graduate -
Sandler Sales Training -
Skills
- Community Connections
- Training/ Education
- Record / Reports Tracking
- Staff/Partnership liaison
- Office Equipment Knowledge
- Mentoring
- Project management
- Standard Bookkeeping
- Creating procedures and policies
- Problem Solving
- Ability to work with the diversity of individuals and groups
- Microsoft Office
- Data Entry
- Calendar Management
- Customer Service
- Market Research
- Client Relationship Management
- Event Coordination
- Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Team Collaboration
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
- Employee Training
- Public Speaking
- Multi-line Phone Systems
- Budget Tracking
- Writing Reports
- Mail Management
- Strategic planning
- AP/AR proficiency
- Team bonding
- Client relations
- Prioritization
Other Experience
- Human resources/interviewing/scheduling and conducting training
- Office Management (AP, AR, Payroll, Safety Trainings)
- Administrative Duties
- Budgeting
- Strategic Planning
- Recruiting
- Screening applicants
- SHRM
- Scheduling Appointments
- Project Job Management
- Marketing/Sales/Social Media Platform knowledge
- Inventory/Ordering/Quotes
- Property Management/Restoration Work
- Supports Management Team
- Answer emails and phone calls professionally and in a timely manner
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Assistant Lead Cook
Cascade Unified School District
12.2025 - 03.2025
Administrative Assistant
Early Childhood Services
08.2025 - Current
Business Development Specialist
Express Employment Professionals
05.2024 - 11.2025
Cook/ Kitchen Assistant
St. Anthony's Retreat
10.2019 - 04.2024
High School Graduate -
West Valley High School
Customer Service Academy -
Shasta Community College -
Mater Graduate of Leadership Rapport -
Leadership Redding Graduate -
Sandler Sales Training -
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