Tahira Martin

A highly experienced and versatile graduate PA, office manager and project manager (property management, logistics management, alumnae management and carer recruiter). Skills gained within a multi-national corporation, military, small businesses, in education support and live-in carer recruitment. Proficient in French. Key career highlight working for a VIP foreign diplomat (UHNWI) managing one of the UK’s top value historic estates and his other high-end properties in the UK and France and managing his highly valuable private antiques and fine arts collection. Key skills: - Graduate PA with completed staff work skills gained in early career and delivered in all areas of presented work and in engagement with clients, customers, contractors and the public - Effective and efficient communication and collaboration, with a warm personality - Researching and writing relevant and engaging articles and reports for websites and publications and accurate minutes-taking - Budget, asset management and cost saving practice - Experience in preparing tendering documentation and carrying out regular reviews of services - Driven by excellence of service, proactively and promptly finding solutions, highly organised and resourceful - Rising to challenges, relishing diversity and unusual problems and am always ready to learn and expand skills - Combining overview with attention to detail - Self-driven and motivated, working efficiently on own but with regular team and staff liaison for comfort and assurance of client, alumnae and customers. - Very hands-on taking on a wide range of jobs that need doing, demonstrated by mucking out and deep cleaning stables for storage and empty warehouse on leaving - Loyalty, discretion, diligence, willingness, reliability, consideration, and clear-thinking - Very security, confidentiality and GDPR aware