Michael Sims Limited

My professional skills, abilities and competencies include '
â?¢ Writing, editing, proof reading - all documents,
â?¢ Good communication ' oral and written, good telephone manner,
â?¢ Computer literate ' all Office and IT systems,
â?¢ Organisation ' systems, self and others, planning and control,
â?¢ Administration ' diary management, office administration,
â?¢ People ' managing, motivating and coaching,
â?¢ Financial ' control and management, invoicing, funding and costs,
â?¢ Risk ' analysis and management.

My personal skills include '
â?¢ A calm, logical, practical approach,
â?¢ Energy and enthusiasm, friendly but firm,
â?¢ Cheerful, personable, outgoing and open with good sense of humour,
â?¢ Organised and systematic, reliable with quiet determination,
â?¢ Mature and sensible, trustworthy and honest,
â?¢ Flexible and imaginative, able to work on my own initiative,
â?¢ Creative and innovative.

I operate through a Limited company so there are no HR responsibilities involved.

I am happy to work part time, flexibly or to whatever schedule suits the task.
I am an experienced office administrator with proven organisational skills.

Need an extra pair of hands? Not enough hours in your day? Paperwork and emails taking over?
I can help.

I can assist with any administrative and organisational roles where I can utilise the office skills developed over my forty years career in finance. I can help with project work, regular tasks, invoicing, complex or mundane jobs.

I am a writer, editor, and proof reader.
My work can be seen at www.maynard-sims.com

I can offer experience, skill and passion to a business to help all communications be first class. I have been working in these fields for forty years.

I am a professional writer of stories, novellas, novels and screenplays as well as essays and reviews. I have had 8 story collections, 5 novels and 4 novellas published as well as numerous stories in magazines and anthologies. I have also written essays, blogs and reviews, as well as web material.

I have edited several publications which has involved reading material, selecting and rejecting material, editing the accepted works, proof reading, setting out the publication and sending to print.

I have run a small press which successfully published a quarterly magazine, a series of novellas and an online anthology. We successfully applied for Arts Council funding for part of our income and won several awards.

I am experienced and efficient in finance.

I can help prepare a borrowing application so that it stands a good chance of being sanctioned.
I can advise start ups and micro enterprises to help ensure business success.
Business plans, cashflows, finance requests, network contacts ' I can help.

Working for a large bank for 40 years I know what a business needs to do to get finance from a lender ' be it a bank or other institution. I know what advice and support start ups require.

• writing
• editing
• proof reading
• administration
• organisation
• business advice

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