1. JENNIFER COTTERILL
BA (Open)
PA/LEGAL EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Email: jennifer.cotterill2@beis.gov.uk Mobile: 07795 251121
EXPERIENCE_________________________________________________________________________________
January 2012 –Present Civil Service Westminster, London
PA to Director of Legal Services
• Extensive Diary Management
• Monitoring of Director’s inbox and flagging up ‘Actionable or Priority’ emails for response.
• Bringing accurate and timely brought forward system for Board Meetings
• Booking Travel for staff across UK LSC offices
• Arranging Security passes for contracted staff
• Handling of sensitive data
August 2007 – December 2011 Temping as PA London
PA to Directors (Various – City/Westminster)
September 2004 - July 2007 Legal & General London
PA to Director of Property Management Services (Supervisor of PA’S - Property Team)
• Providing Board Papers and Quarterly Review papers for PMS Director to tight deadlines.
• Collating monthly FSA compliance returns for Property Department.
• Extensive travel arrangements for UK and overseas travel.
• Diary Management for Director including bring forward system.
• Arranging meetings and conferences for Director/Senior Managers.
• Monitoring workload of other PA’s within the Department and allocating even share of workload.
• Updating HR records for all PMS staff and logging in all annual/sick leave.
• CPD records updated for all Asset Management and PMS.
• Setting up property inspections using Mailmerge on Word 2000.
• Logging of Helpdesk calls for department and providing quick fix solutions to problems.
• Ordering of stationary for Property Department.
• Audio typing and confidential work, Filing, Photocopying &- Faxing.
April 2004 - August 2004 IdEA London
PA to Regional Associates
• Liaising with Chief Executive Offices throughout the UK to arrange meetings.
for ongoing monitoring of Local Government performance.
• Extensive diary management for Regional Associates who were constituency
representatives for MP-s.
• Audio and Copy typing of lengthy documents including track changes.
• Setting up of travel arrangements and meetings throughout the UK.
November 2003 - March 2004 Legal Services Commission London
PA to Senior Barrister and her Direct Reports
• Clearing 2 year backlog of expenses.
• Diary Management.
• Typing of lengthy legal documents including track changes.
• Opening and prioritising emails from/to Senior Government Ministers.
• Collating of information packs for Government roadshow.
September/October 2003 -Temporary Assignments
• PA to Sir Tim Chessells, Chairman, Hermes.
• PA to Mr P Mountford, Trading Director, Moss Bros Group. (ex Versace)
• PA to Dr A Lamb, Deputy Chief Executive, London Clearing House.

2. January 2003 to August 2003 Corporation of London London
PA to Director of Social Services
• Diary Management.
• Confidential/Sensitive Reports for Children & Families.
May 2002 to June 2002 Seddons London
Legal Secretary
June 2002 – July 2002 Allen & Overy London
WP Operator
September 2001 to April 2002 Medical Research Council London
PA to Professor (BSE Unit) and his Office Manager
August 2000 to August 2001 AIG Insurance London
PA to Director of European Personal Lines
• Setting up of new office.
• Diary Management.
• Set up contact meetings/travel throughout Europe.
1999 to 2000 Barclays Private Bank London
PA to MD + 2 Senior Directors
• Diary Management/ secretarial support for 2 Directors.
1995 to 1996: KIAD Maidstone
Team Secretary
• Organising communication leaflets to be left prominently in Art Studios to ensure students aware of daily activities and those
being organized which may be of interest.
• Monitoring of attendance of students.
• Ensuring test results for Arts Foundation Course were recorded correctly and providing Principal with percentage mark.
1984 to 1994: Dyfed County Council Llanelli
PA to Divisional Director
EDUCATION_____________________________________________________________________________________
2006 Legal and General London
• Certificate in Compliance
2005 Chapterhouse Exeter
• Diploma in Proofreading
1997 – 2004 The Open University Milton Keynes
• BA Degree (European History)
2002 Pitmans Secretarial College London
• Legal Conveyancing with Distinction
• Legal Litigation with Distinction
1997 Pitmans Secretarial College Maidstone
• Word for Windows with Distinction

3. • Powerpoint with Distinction
• Touch Typing: 100 wpm with Distinction
• Excel