Gemma Mestre

• Engaged with children on individual basis to build positive relationships and promote learning.
• Actively encouraged children to develop their communication, problem-solving and social skills.
• Continuously updated knowledge on best practices through professional development workshops and training sessions for consistent improvement in teaching methodologies.
• Developed strong relationships with families, maintaining open communication channels to support each child.
• Creating and recording stories on our app- Storkpark to communicate with families about their child's day.
• Helping organise special events such as Mothers day, Easter etc.
• Researching new activities through a variety of differnt media such as Pinterest,facebook and Canva.
• Organized and supervised large and small group activities.
• Ensured the health and safety of children by consistently monitoring their activities both indoors and outdoors.

I started at Peakhurst Early Centre in December 2017 as a casual, filling in when someone was sick or on holidays. I was then offered four months of three days per week as holiday relief that I did in June to August 2018, rotating shifts. I love helping children learn through both play and routines. Since having my own children, I have a greater understanding of how important a child’s early years are to their learning and love that I have the ability to help children to develop new skills.

• Planned and executed activities to stimulate physical, social and intellectual growth.
• Implemented developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum for children, creating positive, and safe classroom environments.
• Engaged with children on individual basis to build positive relationships and promote learning.
• Collaborated with parents to address individual child needs and discuss progress reports regularly.
• Ensured the health and safety of children by consistently monitoring their activities both indoors and outdoors.

• Managed inventory control, cash control, and store opening and closing procedures.
• Used MYOB for purchases,reporting and tax
• Used Zero accounting software for invoicing.
• Updated website
• New Staff training
• Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
• Reported issues to higher management with great detail.
• Rotated merchandise and displays to feature new products and promotions.
• Reconciled daily sales transactions to balance and log day-to-day revenue.

I first started at Macquarie in 2003 as a cashier then in June 2005 applied and was successful in moving into the Internal relief officer role in client services. This involved covering for staff in six different teams, I learnt a lot in this time.

I was in the IRO role for one year and then applied and successfully received a promotion to Associate Manager - Team leader. I was responsible for three teams Payments, AML and Merchant support. This included coaching and training staff, leading projects, authorising payments and overall ensuring staff resources were fulfilled on a day to day basis.

• Mentored team members to enhance professional development and accountability in workplace.

• Procedure writing and authorising other team members

procedures

• Checking and authorising loan documents
• Led team meetings regularly to discuss progress updates, identify challenges or roadblocks, and provide guidance towards successful project completion.
• Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
• Collecting and graphing team productivity targets.
• Used a variety of different computer systems and think I am a quick learner for new systems and apps.

Highlights:

• Three promotions over 8yrs

• Working in lots of different teams and the many different

skills acquired in both people and computer skills.

I really enjoyed my time at Macquarie bank, I became a versatile team player and loved all the opportunities that arose.