Petra Showemimo
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Petra Showemimo

Housing AssistantLondon, United Kingdom
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Petra Showemimo
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Petra Showemimo

Housing AssistantLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I am a hard-working and proactive individual with excellent communication skills that have been built up from working in various client focused roles. I am comfortable working under pressure and always maintain a positive and helpful attitude even when faced with adversity. Naturally confident and always willing to share ideas and recommendations that can make busy teams more efficient.
Work history
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    Customer Services AssistantMortgage Brain Limited
     - Croydon, United KingdomFull Time
    • Providing exceptional customer service over the phone, via email and face to face; offering detailed advice and solutions • Diffused issues and complaints and appropriately escalated problems when necessary • Improved workflow within the team, sharing feedback with management and implementing new processes
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    Housing AssistantElmbridge Borough Council
     - Esher, United KingdomFull Time
    • Provided essential administrative support to officers within the Homelessness Prevention and Advice team, Housing Options Unit and Rent Support team. • Indexing all correspondence that came into the unit. • Handling routine enquiries for the service area including rental support and housing options as directed • Invoice processing for the unit and monthly processing of information on the unit’s financial commitments in respect of temporary accommodation. • Assisted in procedures for Bed and Breakfast placements, which includes setting up accounts, monitoring and income recovery, preparing cases for write off where necessary • Generation of statistical reporting on the units’s performance on a monthly basis. • Significant contribution to the Housing Register annual review process. • Supporting applicants who required assistance in completing the Councils two-part on-line Housing Options and Housing Register application • Providing exceptional customer service over the phone, via email and face to face; offering detailed advice and solutions • Diffused issues and complaints and appropriately escalated problems when necessary • Improved workflow within the team, sharing feedback with management and implementing new processes
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Skills
  • Client Services
  • Problem Solving
  • Time Management
  • Communication Skills
  • Microsoft Offic
  • Leadership
  • Teamworking
  • Accounting
  • Marketing
  • Google Docs
Education
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    Public Health and Community StudiesCoventry University
     - Coventry, United Kingdom
    • Explored core fundamentals of modern public health, developing practical insight into health inequalities. • Examined social factors and their implications on daily life. • Enhanced existing knowledge on research methods and processes that underpin health and social studies. • Able to directly analyse the effects of substance and alcohol misuse, damage to health infrastructure and vital needs of the affected population. • Performed in-depth research into contemporary public health risks, advising on appropriate priority inventions. • Monitored global trends, analysing social determinants of health and impact on incident management including identifying inequities and gaps in health service delivery.