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Yahjaira Feliciano

Meriden,CT

Summary

Organized and dedicated Administrative Assistant and Human Resource Assistant with proven track record of providing exceptional customer service in fast-paced environments. Offering keen attention to detail and strong decision-making skills to manage multiple, concurrent tasks. Self-motivated work ethic to perform effectively in independent or team environments. Organized office professional with experience with various administrative tasks such as preparing agendas, scheduling meetings and providing customer assistance. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registrar

Lincoln Technical Institute
04.2024 - 07.2024
  • Organized, reviewed, and filed paperwork for secure recordkeeping.
  • Greeted every guest with personable approach and provided knowledgeable service.
  • Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages for distribution to office staff.
  • Ensured accurate student records by diligently maintaining and updating information in the database.
  • Resolved student registration issues to reduce acceptance, enrolment and payment delays.
  • Improved data integrity by conducting regular audits of student records and making necessary corrections.
  • Enhanced student satisfaction by addressing concerns promptly, providing solutions, and offering guidance on registration matters.
  • Collaborated with academic departments to ensure course availability, meeting student needs and institutional goals.
  • Prepared balanced course schedules, student rosters and class lists.
  • Updated computer system with latest information to keep records current and accurate.

Administrative & Bookkeeping Support Coordinator / Human Resource Assistant

Torrison Stone & Landscaping, LLC
01.2020 - Current

Translating – English & Spanish

  • OSHA Training – Spanish & English
  • New Hiring Processes, Paperwork, Interviewing, Pay Rate and Firing Process – Exit Interviews.
  • Payroll Hours
  • Adjust missed hours, Vacation, PTO hours, Update and Submit (Paychex System)
  • Track time off for all workers in office and crews
  • One to One with workers, keep them in compliance with Medical Cards and Liability Insurance
  • Workload Sheets, Invoices, Billing and ordering of materials (POs) and work with vendors.
  • Track hours, materials for jobs – Job Costing
  • Create Financial Reports, Excel Reports.
  • Completed bi-weekly payroll for 78 employees.

Administrative Assistant/Paralegal

Williams, Walsh & O'Connor
01.2017 - 01.2020
  • Provide legal and administrative support to 5 attorneys.
  • Prepared legal documents including pleadings, motions, briefs, interrogatories, responses, litigation reports, trial notebooks and subpoenas.
  • Review and edit data, plan, schedule and summarize depositions and expert reports.
  • Performed legal research, organized trial preparation, handle multiple case management responsibilities through the entire litigation cycle.
  • Recorded and monitored court appearance, scheduling and filing requirements.
  • Tracked and recorded billable hours for each case.
  • Inventory and ordering supplies.
  • Reception work and answered calls and processed all inbound and outbound mail.
  • Shipping when needed.
  • Coordinated office supply inventory management, proactively ordering necessary items before depletion to avoid workflow disruptions.
  • Optimized calendar management for executives by scheduling appointments strategically while considering priorities and minimizing conflicts.

Family Development Specialist / Energy Intake Specialist / Grant Coordinator

New Opportunities of Greater Meriden
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • rocessed energy applications for clients and provided customer service.
  • Processed Low Budgets/Operation Fuel/Matching Payments/NuStart and shutoff notices and working on budgeting programs using different companies' portals.
  • Help clients in the Security Deposit Program / Eviction Foreclosure Prevention Program
  • Scheduled appointments and did home visits when needed to procure the client's need.
  • Processed DSS applications and budget letters from the state
  • Worked with other agencies, such as DCF, State of Abercrombie's office, Dept
  • Of Housing, DSS, Rushford, Columbus House and Wheeler Clinic and more
  • Collaborated with interagency
  • Worked on the EMS, HUT and CMS system
  • Monthly and quarterly reporting, six month narrative, case noting and maintained confidential files
  • Worked on grants, such as Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), City Block Grant (CBDG), FEMA and many more.
  • Case management in all different levels of interventions and follow-ups.
  • Drew up contracts, mergers, did mediation between clients and landlords.
  • Inventory and ordering of all the supplies that are needed in the company
  • Provided consistent support for families through regular home visits, phone calls, and follow-up meetings.
  • Implemented creative problem-solving techniques to address unique challenges faced by families, resulting in tailored solutions that led to positive outcomes.
  • Provided ongoing support to families during times of crisis or transition, offering compassionate guidance and connecting them with appropriate resources.
  • Documented data and completed accurate updates to case records.

Medical Supply Coordinator / Certified Nursing Assistant / Office Assistant

Meriden Center / Apple Rehab Nursing Home
01.2009 - 01.2015
  • Managed inventory and stocked all supplies and shipped and received all shipments.
  • Worked with vendors and other resources to effectively make sure that the products that were needed for specific clients and their needs were on time
  • Kept a budget for all departments within the building
  • Ordered all the supplies that were needed for the facility and residents
  • Organized daily meeting and schedules
  • Helped out with scheduling and accounts payable
  • Reception work and answered calls
  • Computers, emails, outlook and other programs to do everyday expenses and maintained confidential files

Administrative Assistant/Human Resource Assistant

Fosdick Fulfillment/Speed Staffing LLC
01.2009 - 2010
  • Prepared payroll
  • Interviewed clients and hired personnel to meet their needs
  • Did their background checks
  • Set up accounts for new clients and determined pay rates
  • Prepared the application process for new employees
  • Managed new accounts for all employees
  • Updated all their personal and confidential files
  • Worked with different state departments concerning hiring and termination of employment
  • Purchased and invoiced new inventory and supplies

Teacher Assistant / Planning Aide / Driver

ACES
01.2000 - 01.2005
  • Organized and chaperoned student events including class trips and proms
  • Designed and helped write yearbooks and its productivity
  • Scheduled and planned daily activities and wrote lesson plans for educational purposes
  • Worked with students to provide variety of life skills, vocational skills and one to one training
  • Translated scheduled meetings for parents, school staff and city members
  • Translated paperwork for academic purposes
  • Taught Microsoft Excel and Power Point
  • Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
  • Provided one-on-one support for students with learning disabilities, enabling them to excel in their coursework.

Marketing Coordinator

Midsun Group, Inc.
01.1996 - 01.2000
  • Designed pages for business catalogs and magazines
  • Set up and managed all arrangements for Expos, World Trade Shows and Fairs worldwide
  • Worked with various types of computer programs including QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Microsoft Publisher
  • Shipping Manager
  • Worked with various shipping companies to make arrangements for pickup and delivery of Merchandise in and out of the country
  • Processed paperwork for domestic and international shipping and receiving, including processing customs and hazardous material documentation
  • Maintained all records of inventory on receiving and shipping throughout the company
  • Worked in the warehouse for material and product handling and packaging
  • Did monthly reporting
  • Office Manager
  • Managed the office on a daily basis and assisted in product and application sales and marketing to fulfill existing accounts and procure new customers
  • Interfaced with product development for overseas recipients
  • Worked with clients from around the world to setup travel arrangements
  • Prepared legal documents and mergers for clients and maintained confidential files
  • Documented all accounts receivables and payables
  • Made daily bank transactions
  • Planned and executed internal and external marketing events.
  • Managed workflow between staff, coordinating documents, and creative material distribution.

Customer Service

Fosdick Fulfillment/Speed Staffing LLC
01.2009
  • Staffed a call center for inbound and outbound calls
  • Worked with customers to ensure their accounts were in order
  • Trained new employees to provide customer service

Education

Associate of Business Administration - Business Administration

Middlesex Community College - Middletown
Middletown, CT
12.2025

GED -

Francis T. Maloney High School
Meriden, CT
1993

Skills

  • Complete projects and jobs in a professional and timely manner I am willing to learn new skills to improve my department's efficiency and productivity
  • Work well with others and my peers; I help people troubleshoot their work and manage their schedule daily I have good social skills with higher and lower ranked coworkers
  • Can work independently and with deadlines
  • Fluent in both English and Spanish linguistics Proficient in QuickBooks and ArborGold Proficient Microsoft Suits (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Etc Proficient in various designing and marketing programs; CANVAS, ADOBE
  • Executed and Oversaw projects and request for permits, CBYD, OSHA Training Compliance and Insurance Compliance…
  • Can work Independently or on teams Recognized for the ability to work at tasks in a timely manner
  • Time Management
  • Scheduling
  • Invoice Processing

Certification

  • Certified Paralegal, Hartford Business Institute - 1995
  • OSHA Training - 2023

Qualifications / Certifications

  • 2016, Family Development Credential Training / Received Certification / CMS Training
  • 2016, ROMA Training / Case Management Training / CT Coalition to End Homelessness Training
  • 2016, State of CT Department Mental and Substance Abuse
  • 2014-Present, General Studies / Business Administration / Human Services - Middlesex Community College
  • 2009, CNA Certification - Educational Training of Wethersfield
  • 2009, CPR Renewal - Maxim Healthcare
  • 2008, CPR Certification and Public Service License Renewed
  • 2000-2005, Completed various Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for ongoing courses that were completed for Special Education. Received a Public Service License-ACES Hamden
  • 1998, Seminar for Filing and Seminar for Accounts Payable / Receivables - AMA
  • 1998, QuickBooks Programs and Computer Literacy - Middlesex Community College

Hobbies

On my time off I love to paint, read and spend time with family.

Love doing walks for charities that I really believe in.

Timeline

Registrar

Lincoln Technical Institute
04.2024 - 07.2024

Administrative & Bookkeeping Support Coordinator / Human Resource Assistant

Torrison Stone & Landscaping, LLC
01.2020 - Current

Administrative Assistant/Paralegal

Williams, Walsh & O'Connor
01.2017 - 01.2020

Family Development Specialist / Energy Intake Specialist / Grant Coordinator

New Opportunities of Greater Meriden
01.2015 - 01.2017

Medical Supply Coordinator / Certified Nursing Assistant / Office Assistant

Meriden Center / Apple Rehab Nursing Home
01.2009 - 01.2015

Administrative Assistant/Human Resource Assistant

Fosdick Fulfillment/Speed Staffing LLC
01.2009 - 2010

Customer Service

Fosdick Fulfillment/Speed Staffing LLC
01.2009

Teacher Assistant / Planning Aide / Driver

ACES
01.2000 - 01.2005

Marketing Coordinator

Midsun Group, Inc.
01.1996 - 01.2000

Associate of Business Administration - Business Administration

Middlesex Community College - Middletown

GED -

Francis T. Maloney High School
  • Certified Paralegal, Hartford Business Institute - 1995
  • OSHA Training - 2023
Yahjaira Feliciano