Mary Garris

Began as a volunteer helpline advocate, then began working with co-director on public relations and internet communications including associations of the non-profit organization on social networks. Later I became the Volunteer Training Coordinator responsible for training new potential advocates to acquire their certification as a helpline advocate for domestic violence.

Monitored administrative projects to expedite work results.Implementing changes to create and revise systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping,forms control, office layout, budgets, and personnel.Resolved administrative problems by coordinating preparation of reports, and analyzing data.

Ensure preparation and quality of scanning documents and document analysis. Updating and maintaining extensive knowledge of document library, and precise scanning of analyzed documents for review by attorneys and paralegals’ review objectives. Edit textual content for new cases including compelling and relevant background information and precise instructions in accordance with legal standardized formats. Work directly with attorneys’ paralegals’, staff, and administrators to address their questions and needs. Work with the paralegal team to assess the feasibility of customization requests. Provide a broad range of documentation support functions throughout the organization. Answer phones, setup appointments, and message details.

Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households and final cleaning for contractors after building completion, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming. Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and/or draperies, using vacuum cleaners and/or shampooers. Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas. Care for children and/or elderly persons by overseeing their activities, providing companionship, and assisting them with dressing, bathing, eating, and other needs. Purchase or order groceries and household supplies to keep kitchens stocked, and record expenditures. Run errands such as taking laundry to the cleaners and buying groceries. Sweep, scrub, wax, and/or polish floors, using brooms, mops, and/or powered scrubbing and waxing machines. Dust and polish furniture and equipment. Keep storage areas well stocked, clean, and tidy. Polish silver accessories and metalwork such as fixtures and fittings. Remove debris from driveways, garages, and swimming pool areas. Replace light bulbs. Replenish supplies such as drinking glasses, linens, writing supplies, and bathroom items. Sort clothing and other articles, load washing machines, and iron and fold dried items. Sort, count, and mark clean linens, and store them in linen closets. Wash windows, walls, ceilings, and woodwork, waxing and polishing as necessary. Assign duties to other staff and give instructions regarding work methods and routines. Request repair services and wait for repair workers to arrive. Hang draperies, and dust window blinds. Move and arrange furniture, and turn mattresses. Plan menus, and cook and serve meals and refreshments following employer's instructions or own methods. Prepare rooms for meetings, and arrange decorations, media equipment, and furniture for social or business functions. Take care of pets by grooming, exercising, and/or feeding them. Wash dishes and clean kitchens, cooking utensils, and silverware. Answer telephones and doorbells.

Monitor and control electronic computer and peripheral electronic data processing equipment to process business, scientific, engineering, and other data according to operating instructions. May enter commands at a computer terminal and set controls on computer and peripheral devices. Monitor and respond to operating and error messages. Enter commands, using computer terminal, and activate controls on computer and peripheral equipment to integrate and operate equipment. Monitor the system for equipment failure or errors in performance. Notify supervisor or computer maintenance technicians of equipment malfunctions. Respond to program error messages by finding and correcting problems or terminating the program. Read job set-up instructions to determine equipment to be used, order of use, material such as disks and paper to be loaded, and control settings. Operate spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports. Retrieve, separate and sort program output as needed, and send data to specified users. Load peripheral equipment with selected materials for operating runs, or oversee loading of peripheral equipment by peripheral equipment operators. Answer telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems. Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use. Recording information such as computer operating time, problems that occurred, and actions taken. Clear equipment at end of operating run and review schedule to determine next assignment. Type commands on keyboard to transfer encoded data from memory unit to magnetic tape and assist in labeling, classifying, cataloging and maintaining tapes. Supervise and train peripheral equipment operators and computer operator trainees. Help programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.