Tamara Lightbourne

TAMARA K.K. LIGHTBOURNE 8 Sargasso Avenue, Harbour View Kingston 17, Jamaica, W.I. Tel: - / - Email:- CAREER OBJECTIVE: To obtain a suitable position in a dynamic organization where I can develop my background and interpersonal skills. EDUCATION:HEART Trust/NTA2006 – 2008(Evening) Course: Commercial Food Preparation / Entrepreneurial Skills Justice Training Institute2006 – 2008 Course: Court Reporting (160 wpm)/Entrepreneurship Alpha Business College1992 – 1993 Course: Typing (80wpm) Alpha Academy High1987 - 1992 CXC Examinations Passed (3 subjects) Alpha Primary School1984 - 1988 (Common Entrance Examinations – Pass) QUALIFICATIONS: Diploma in Court Reporting – Justice Training Institute (J.T.I.) School Leaving Certificate (High School) Certificates from HEART Trust/NTA SUBJECTSCXC English Language3 English Literature3 Mathematics4 Spanish3 WORK EXPERIENCE: Supreme Court of Jamaica (2009 – 2012) Public Building East, King Street Kingston, Jamaica, W.I. Position: Court Reporter (Stenographer) Job Included: Writing/Transcription of notes from Court; Proof-reading; Editing; putting of complete cases together; assisting with minor IT services Jamaica Observer Limited (1999 – 2003) 40 Beechwood Ave, Kingston 5, Jamaica, W.I. Position held: Secretary/Receptionist; Typist Job Included: Answering Switchboard, Typing documents; Assistant to Editor-in-Chief Jamaica Racing Commission (1998 – 2002) 8 Winchester Road; Kingston 10, Jamaica, W.I. Position: Secretary; Receptionist, Typist Job Included: Answering Switchboard; Typing; Assisting Customers; Filing; Assisting in IT Department HOBBIES:Reading, listening to music, singing, sign language, dancing. OTHER SKILLSPublic Speaking; Organisational Skills; Typing; Proficient in Computer Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Spreadsheet) AWARDS: Duke of Edinburgh (Gold Awardee) – Mentorship Programme for children to young adults Line Leader (Youth Choir) – Co-ordinating and teaching songs /music and conducting songs; Youth Choir Leader Sign Language – Attended Jamaica Association for the Deaf; Sign Language Teacher at my church Entrepreneurship - Learnt how to own your own business and the steps taken to run that business (HEART Trust/NTA (Skills Training School); Justice Training Institute) REFEREES: Pastor John-Mark Bartlett Pentecostal Tabernacle Tel:- /- Mr. Carl Ferguson 44 Drake Avenue, Old Harbour Rd. Tel: - Minister Gary Cunningham Pentecostal Tabernacle 66-71 Wildman Street, Kingston Tel:- /-