Alice Parounakian, Management Assistant to the Programme Manager

Alice Parounakian

Management Assistant to the Programme Manager

GIZ - ecbp

Location
Ethiopia
Education
Diploma, Secretarial Science and Office Management
Experience
22 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 11 Months

Management Assistant to the Programme Manager at GIZ - ecbp
  • Ethiopia
  • My current job since November 2009

• Draft and write letters of the Program Manager,
• Facilitate in organizing seminars, workshops and international conferences for the Program Manager,
• Request payments on behalf of the Program Manager
• Arrange appointments and manage the calendar of the Program Manager.
• Act as the HR Support unit until end of 2011
• Work with the Gender focal person
• Manage the leave days of the international staff
• Facilitate travel arrangements for program staff and the Program Manager
• Proof read letters and documents of the Program Manager

Program Assistant / Assistant to the country director at Institute for Security Studies (ISS),
  • Ethiopia
  • May 2009 to September 2009

• Draft and write letters of the Office Director,
• Facilitate in organizing seminars, workshops and international conferences for the Program Heads and the Office Director,
• Request payments on behalf of the Office Director
• Request Visas from various embassies abroad for visitors coming to Ethiopia
• Arrange appointments for the Office Director.
• Facilitate travel arrangements for program staff and Office Director

Project Administrator at SOS Children's Village
  • Ethiopia
  • September 2008 to March 2009

• Follow the association's administrative policies and procedures,
• Perform and coordinate the activities of processing the decisions of personnel recruitment, placement, transfer, promotion, performance appraisal, disciplinary measures, leave and other personnel decisions
• Administer and provide general services such as transport, custody and maintenance of property, small local purchases, supply of stationery and other materials
• Follow up on the timely preparation of regular plans and reports by functional units and compile and submit to the Village Director on time
• Follow-up the timely dispatch of reports to the NO and concerned government institutions

Administrator/Finance Officer at GTZ / Capacity Building in Governance Program
  • Ethiopia
  • January 2004 to October 2006

• Set up and maintained plans for bookkeeping activities
• Managed bank accounts and letter of credit for the program
• Prepared checks and bank transfers
• Submission of accurate invoices
• Ensured that bookkeeping is kept in accordance with GTZ guidelines and that it is processed in PACCS (GTZ’s international electronic accounting system)
• Assisted the program coordinator in budget management, including regular submission of statements of costs/expenditures
• Kept the program inventory updated and prepared financial statements of the program and its components

Senior Project Administrator at GTZ / Federal Governance Development
  • Ethiopia
  • April 2000 to December 2003

• Managed the office by organizing any and all maintenance requirements
• Provided bookkeeping assistance by preparing minor budget estimations
• Organized workshops
• Coordinated international conferences
• Provided administrative support including writing letters and editing reports and other documents
• Assisted the head of the Office with travel plans, including scheduling travel and making hotel reservations
• Assisted with translations of Amharic documents to English for the Project Manager
• Assisted in publishing documentations
• Managed the inventory system

Assistant Office Manager at Ernst & Young Management Consultancies
  • Ethiopia
  • June 1999 to March 2000

• Purchased and maintaining stocks of office supplies
• Planned and organized project logistics
• Acted as office manager by organizing any maintenance requirements in order to ensure that the office equipment was fully functional
• Provided travel planning assistance to the Project Manager and consultants
• Kept full list of contact information in order to ensure that backup support was able to be provided in the absence of regular staff
• Assisted the Project Manager with administrative support including typing, formulating reports, drafting letters, maintaining accounts and other tasks as required

Education

Diploma, Secretarial Science and Office Management
  • at Addis Ababa Commercial College
  • June 1996

Specialties & Skills

Event organising
Interactive Personality
Team oriented
Drafting letters

Languages

Armenian
Expert
Amharic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Association of Women in Business (AWiB)
  • Member
  • May 2012