Eleanor Osman

Executive Assistant

Eleanor Osman

Eleanor works in an efficient, structured manner and enjoys working as part of a team. She is an advanced user of MS Office 2003 and an intermediate user of 2010. She provides project and administrative support to the Information Management & Technology (IMT) and Strategy and Public Policy (S&PP) practice areas in Melbourne.  Eleanor is the Executive Assistant to Norm Pidgeon, Ric Lamont, Marcus Harvey, Sandy Forbes and Sarah Hall.

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Project experience

Practice support

  • scheduling, preparing and documenting team meetings
  • scheduling and assisting meetings with clients
  • finance and project reporting.

Executive assistant

  • executive assistant duties for Dr Norm Pidgeon, Simon Lancaster, Dr Tony Marxsen and members of the Nous Melbourne IMT and S&PP team.

Project assistant

NFP Benchmarking project

This project will run for three years starting in 2010, with 14 not for profit organisations benchmarked in the areas of ICT, compliance, fleet, finance, HR and payroll. As project support Eleanor:

  • coordinates workshops
  • manages the website; nfpbenchmarking.com.au
  • tracks expenses and invoicing.

CIOG Workforce Plan

  • coordinates travel
  • tracks expenses and invoicing.

Evaluation of housing and support demonstration

  • a three year evaluation into the investment into the enhanced supported housing model, its effectiveness and outcomes.

Education / accreditation / board membership

  • MS Project, RMIT
  • MYOB, MYOB training, Melbourne
  • Sybiz, Edwards College (now St Martin's College), Perth
  • Certificate III in office studies, Edwards College, Perth
  • Certificate III fashion and textiles, Bentley TAFE, Perth
  • Certificate IV Apparel (small business), Bentley TAFE, Perth.

Past employment

Prior to working at Nous, Eleanor worked in a variety of administrative and accounts roles. Her last role, with a boutique corporate communications and recruitment firm required bookkeeping, office management and PA work, organisation and distribution of the internal monthly newsletter and website maintenance.

Interests

Eleanor enjoys challenges and solving problems. Away from work, she has many interests such as reading, making jewellery, sewing and catching up with friends. She often spends time at local parks, stealing the affection of canines from their owners.