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Tara Watts

Hillside,Australia

Summary

I am a hardworking employee with strong customer service, communication skills, and an excellent work ethic. I am devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Accounts and Administration

Frais Farms Pty Ltd
Hillside, Victoria
03.2023 - Current
  • Company Overview - Vegetable Growing Industry - Horticulture.
  • Business partner - Frais Farms Pty Ltd.
  • Administration officer - answering phones, data entry and managing business accounts.
  • Liaising with staff, suppliers and customers.
  • Processing invoices using Reckon Accounts, processing purchase orders and other financial paperwork.
  • Generating customer invoices, submitting payments, and updating accounts.
  • Live Farmer - data entry of chemicals used in the business, including herbicides and pesticides. Monitoring the correct storage of chemicals.
  • Ordering office supplies
  • First Aid Officer - current First Aid training completed.
  • Maintaining OHS operations are adhered to.
  • Managing archiving and filing system

Corporate Administration Assistant

Workways Australia Pty Ltd
Bairnsdale, Victoria
01.2021 - 01.2023
  • Company Overview: Employment Services, Bairnsdale Head Office
  • Workways Call Centre directs calls across Victoria, ACT, and Queensland, providing customer service, as well as internal staff connections and assistance.
  • Data entry - working with Excel spreadsheets.
  • Finance, coding and data entry for invoicing and billing
  • Marketing - events management, setting up and implementing the events management database, managing merchandise for Workways events and employment conventions. Assisting with employment leads and communicating with Jobs Victoria, Workforce Australia and Envite on potential employment candidates.
  • Finance, coding, and data entry for invoicing and billing.
  • GEM Program - administration role for the Gippsland Engaged Mentoring (GEM) program which connects youth with role models to encourage and promote healthy relationships.
  • Fit2work officer - completing Fit2work applications for potential employment candidates.
  • Organising Mail and Courier for Head Office Bairnsdale, Victoria, Queensland and ACT staff. Excel database entry tracking all posts sent and received.

Temping

Workforce Extensions
Bairnsdale, Victoria
07.2021 - 12.2022
  • Temping - King & Heath Lakes Entrance, administration at front reception, one day. Answering phones, updating queries database and customer service.
  • Temping - Workways Australia Pty Ltd. Corporate administration assistant in Bairnsdale, which led to casual and then part time employment obtained through Workways Australia. Role including, call centre operation, customer service and data entry.

Food Handling and Service

Paper Cranes Sushi House
Bairnsdale, Victoria
02.2021 - 01.2022
  • Company Overview: Hospitality
  • Food preparation including, sushi, salads, drinks and hot food.
  • Customer service and sales.
  • Cleaning and daily sanitisation of the store.
  • Maintaining safe food handling practices.
  • Ensuring OHS safety practices are adhered to.
  • Fast-paced environment, ensuring excellent time management skills.

Assistant Manager, Retail Sales Assistant, Store Merchandiser, Floor Manager

Karls Megasports and Inland Surf
Bairnsdale, Victoria
01.2004 - 01.2011
  • Company Overview: Retail Industry
  • Responsible for managing floor staff including senior and junior casual staff.
  • Responsible for all store Merchandising, including designing store layout, stock management, coordinating and implementing merchandising in the store.
  • Creating window displays.
  • Customer Service including selling stock and helping with customer clothing fittings.
  • Conducting staff training on store policies, stock knowledge, warranties and OH&S safety practices.
  • Working with the Store Manager and staff in the day to day running of the store.
  • Developed strong relationships with customers by providing knowledge and advice about products
  • Maintaining OHS practices and safety procedures in the store.
  • Performed daily opening and closing duties including cash handling and reconciliation.

Education

Certificate of Completion - Visual Merchandising

ARAV Retail Institute
09.2005

Diploma in Natural Resource Management - Coastal and Catchment Aquatic Management, Project Management, Cultural Resource Management, Managing Finance, Catchment and Land Management

East Gippsland Institute of TAFE
Kalimna West
01.2003

VCE -

Orbost Secondary College
Orbost
01.2001

Skills

  • Data entry
  • Office administration
  • Communication skills
  • Invoice processing
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Strong Customer service
  • Accounts management
  • Event management
  • Friendly
  • Reliable
  • Hard worker
  • Perfectionist
  • Dependable and responsible
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Motivated
  • Responsible
  • Dedicated

Affiliations

East Gippsland Soccer League - Team Manager - SAP - Skills Acquisition Program. Volunteer
  • Support role to coach, including communication with team and parents and assisting coach wherever needed.
Girl Guides Victoria - Bairnsdale Unit Helper - Volunteer

2025 - Role - Unit Helper, Volunteer

  • Support role to Guide Leaders.
  • Fit2work check completed and currently Nationally Coordinated. Criminal History Check approved - 2025.
St Marys Primary School, Bairnsdale — Advisory Board Committee Member - Volunteer

July 2019 - July 2021

  • Advising with the day to day running of the school.
  • Listening to the school community and taking any ideas or concerns to meetings.
  • Input with decisions that will help our school run smoothly and safely.
St Marys Primary School, Bairnsdale - Parents and Friends Committee - Volunteer

February 2016- 2021

  • Attending regular meetings during the school year.
  • Working with the principal, assistant principal, teaching staff, and parents to coordinate organized fundraising events for the school
  • Icy Pole Day coordinator. Ordering icy poles, picking up and delivering stock to school on a weekly basis, and organizing the roster for parent helpers
  • Planning and helping with running the school disco and Mother's and Father's Day stalls
  • Attending and helping with hot food days and icy pole days.
Lindenow and District Preschool - Lindenow - Committee Member - Volunteer

February 2020-December 2020

  • Attending monthly committee meetings.
  • Organising fundraising for the preschool.
  • Input into the running of the preschool, including financial and educational decisions, staff requests and general day to day decisions that arise.

References

  • Kim Martin, Frais Farms Pty Ltd, Director, kim.martin@fraisfarms.com.au, 0408 986 870
  • Robyn Savige, Workways Australia Pty Ltd, Finance Operations Manager, rsavige@workways.com.au, 0427 889 059

Timeline

Accounts and Administration

Frais Farms Pty Ltd
03.2023 - Current

Temping

Workforce Extensions
07.2021 - 12.2022

Food Handling and Service

Paper Cranes Sushi House
02.2021 - 01.2022

Corporate Administration Assistant

Workways Australia Pty Ltd
01.2021 - 01.2023

Assistant Manager, Retail Sales Assistant, Store Merchandiser, Floor Manager

Karls Megasports and Inland Surf
01.2004 - 01.2011

Certificate of Completion - Visual Merchandising

ARAV Retail Institute

Diploma in Natural Resource Management - Coastal and Catchment Aquatic Management, Project Management, Cultural Resource Management, Managing Finance, Catchment and Land Management

East Gippsland Institute of TAFE

VCE -

Orbost Secondary College

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