Tara Hopkins

Dynamic and results-oriented professional with extensive experience at Edgar County Soil & Water Conservation District and Jones and Jones Law Office. Excelled in office administration, project management, and customer service, enhancing workflow efficiency and client satisfaction. Skilled in Microsoft and fostering team collaboration, I successfully managed large-scale events and streamlined legal processes, achieving a significant improvement in operational productivity. Experienced with administrative coordination, office management tasks, ensuring seamless operations and field activities. Utilizes organizational skills and attention to detail to manage schedules, file documentation, and facilitate communication. Knowledge of administrative software and procedures to enhance productivity and maintain well-organized office environment. Experienced Office Management and Administration Professional experienced optimizing productivity, efficiency and service quality across various environments. Highly dependable, ethical and reliable support specialist and leader that blends advanced organizational, technical and business acumen. Works effectively with cross-functional teams in ensuring operational and service excellence. Work with other districts in Illinois training new employees. I was the Co-Chairman of the Illinois Soil and Water Employee Association and have helped plan the Association of Illinois Annual Conference for the last 6 years., along with working with the Association in planning the booth for the Farm Progress show.

I was the President of the Military Family Readiness group and help planned trainings for family and parties for military families.

• Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
• I have had my training to be a Conservation Planner.
• I received Employee of the year
• My district received the District group award, I was the only employee in the office for 2 years and kept the SWCD and NRCS office going and still kept numbers up.