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Penny joined my team at Oxford University Press many years ago and has worked with me in other organisations since. In all the roles and through all the...
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Penny is the ultimate Personal Assistant. She is highly intelligent, pays exceptional attention to detail, exercises superior judgement and does it with a...
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Penny was my PA for several years in my post as Warden of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. She is a terrific problem-solver who grasps the key...
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As my PA Penny helped me by doing both the routine tasks – from managing my diary and correspondence – and the unusual ones such as dealing with tricky...
Expertise
- Transcription
- Proofreading
- Copywriting and editing
- Administration
- Inbox and Diary Management
- Minute Taker
- Invoicing
- Typing service
- Expenses
- Lifestyle Management
- Event Coordination
- Formatting
- Scanning
- Research
Summary
With more than 20 years as a “company-based Personal Assistant” – with over 15 at boardroom level. I took redundancy in September 2018 when my then-boss decided that he didn’t need a full-time PA. After six-plus months of looking for the “right” job, as opposed to a job for “right now”, and after lots of research, I decided to start my own Virtual Assistant business, and officially launched in September 2019.
I’ve always believed that being a Personal Assistant means two things…
- You’re there to make your boss’s life as easy as possible and
- To make him or her look as good as possible!
And that applies equally if you’re a Personal Assistant or a Virtual one. Small businesses – especially start-ups – often don’t need or can’t afford to have a conventional set-up, which often includes having a dedicated PA sitting at her desk with computer, telephone etc, on a full-time salary and benefits, and all the other costs that that involves – plus expensive office space. If you only need a couple of hours, a couple of times a week, then a Virtual Assistant is perfect for you. But, of course, I’m available to work for longer periods of time!
If you think you could benefit from my years of experience, do please get in touch for an informal chat.
I’m based in South Oxfordshire, and I love dogs (I adopted a rescued lurcher, Bella in October 2019), Scotland, classical music, reading and – the best stress-reliever for me! – baking: bread, biscuits, cakes – you name it (I will even – on occasion – bake for you). And I love organising people, too!
Experience
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Virtual Ms Friday
Virtual Assistant
- Current
Interests and Hobbies
- Walking Bella the Lurcher
- Visiting Scotland
- Classical music
- Reading
- Baking
