Victoria Barrier

As a manager, I have over 29 plus years of Federal Government experience. I am a respected leader of many creative teams. Committed to team building, with excellence in communications to accomplish the desired goals. Seeking a position where my skills and experience are required to improve the performance of an organization. To impart quality, quantity, integrity, and meet the necessary targeted goals of the organization in an expeditious manner. Meeting current, intermediate, future objectives, and goals. Formalizing projects, work plans, and consolidating data, to ensure the agency’s visions for excellence in customer service.

• Excellent communication (oral and written) skills: I display excellent written and verbal communication skills. I am confident, articulate, and I have great professional speaking abilities (and experience). I am an empathetic listener and persuasive speaker, creative writer, or factual, speaker in public, to groups, or via electronic media. I also have excellent presentation and negotiation skills. Planning, budgeting, goal setting or scheduling are my proven leadership and organizational abilities. Furthermore, I am strongly committed to team building and staff development; As well as well versed in all aspects of customer conversion. Monitoring, motivating, observing physical phenomena, human behavior, or changing situations are amongst my strong suits. I am also equipped with excellent common sense, judgment, decision-making abilities, interpersonal and analytical skills, liaison and troubleshooting skills. Being fully committed to providing the highest possible standards of customer service and support means that I have a consistent and strong work ethic. My solid interpersonal skills result in exceptional rapport with the internal and external customers. I have proven successful in initiating, promoting, and maintaining strong interpersonal relations. I display deal courteously, professionally, and tactfully with the public in a variety of circumstances.
• Event Coordinator /Planner-duties: I organized and managed all aspects of special events. Examples include management, conference & meeting planning, and fundraisers. I have planned birthday parties and celebratory events. During the woman’s conference, I was the co-lead. My Responsibilities Includes: Meeting with customers to discuss the specifications of the events, calculated estimated cost, and budgeting & cost controls. I maintained liaison with caterers, florists, photographers, and other professionals. I also made sure that all events were professional and started on time. In addition, I sought feedback from attendees and coordinators. I utilized strong time management skills, a proactive approach, excellent logistic skills, and the ability to handle a budget and meet customers’ expectations. It is my strong belief that leadership and people management skills are required, in conjunction with proficiency in computer skills.
• Motivational Speaker/ Public Speaker/ Life Coach: As a motivational speaker, I delivered motivational speeches to live audiences in a variety of conferences and events as requested. I planned, and currently still, deliver self-development and religious speeches. In addition, I have also delivered motivational and inspirational speeches. This has made me capable of advising, and ultimately utilizing my talents to be a life coach. During my motivational speeches, I highly promoted setting life goals. Short and long-term goals are the key to succeed in life. I have experience speaking on radio blogs, which included diverse topics in personal transformation: developing character, mentoring and coaching. I am a dynamic speaker with the ability to maintain audience attention in presentations.
• Leadership-duties: I am detail-driven with a strong history of fulfilling and exceeding established goals and tasks. I have strong analytical skills in the areas of studying, researching, and communicating information. My methodology includes locating and obtaining materials, evaluating, and qualifying sources, and analyzing information. I also excel in making logical and innovative deductions, summarizing, outlining, organizing materials, and communicating conclusions in written and presentation form. Well, acquainted with library resources and electronic databases makes me highly proficient in leadership methods and generational learning styles. I also have advanced discernment. Applying appropriate methods for desired results comes with no difficulty. I work well under authority, in one-on-one relationships, and in groups. I train other leaders in the areas of interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, business results, and team building. I am highly dependable, adaptable, and self-motivated with excellent work ethics. I am eager to develop and practice new skills. I constantly go beyond what is expected.
• Excellent Interpersonal skills: I am an attentive listener. I practice involving eye contact, nodding, having good posture, and mirroring the speaker’s body language to show genuine interest in what they are saying. In addition, to being mindful of nonverbal cues, I allow the speakers to finish their thought in its entirety to ensure I understand the message and task. I can maintain professional relations with all. I have demonstrated the ability to greet customers and respond quickly to their inquiries. I practice decision making by focusing on the resolution for all individuals involved. I utilize conflict resolution strategies effectively to consistently resolve concerns with empathy. My experience in creating and conducting high-level briefings to present recommendations and training data shows that I am mindful of how I present information. I also have experience developing leadership written instructions, guidelines, and other related materials. This has made me proficient in being a leadership course writer, material writer, and inspirational writer.