Donna Kirchner

Experience

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  Prairie Rose School Division #8

  Oct 1998 - Oct 2004

  School Board Trustee

   - Collaborate with the PRSD executive team as an elected official to set direction and ensure fair governance is provided to the school district  - Work toward ensuring policies were in place to meet the needs of students, schools and provincial requirements  - Work with local schools and shareholders to represent their concerns at the board table - Attend provincial Alberta School Board Association & Public School Board Association meetings to both represent and gather information to guide the direction of Prairie Rose School Division No. 8 - Sat on numerous committees including Building & Maintenance, Transportation, Support Staff Negotiations and ATA Negotiations - Communicate appropriately with stakeholders (including parents, communities, municipalities and provincial governments) in a broad range of situations (from celebrations of success to emotional, difficult and potentially volatile situations) Show less

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  Best Babies/Building Blocks

  Nov 2000 - Apr 2002

  Program Coordinator

   - Present program results to stakeholders including Health Canada, Health Connections, Palliser Health Speech & Language Department and Best Babies Building Blocks Standing and Management Committees  - Liaise with program partners, community agencies and service providers  - Supervise and support four staff members  - Complete quarterly financial and progress reports to Health Canada, including monitoring the quality and quantity of services being provided  - Evaluate programs to measure outcomes to determine future program direction  - Facilitate training for staff with the Evaluation Consultant from Health Canada  - Development and implementation of a complete Program Policy and Procedures Manual (This was an extensive and collaborative project that involved gathering resources and input from various levels of management, program stakeholders and team members)  - Monthly expenditures, purchasing and financial responsibilities  - Writing Grant proposals including applying for one time funding to Health Canada  - Collaborate to improve communication, expand resources, refine program documents, plan training, set quarterly team goals, enhance existing programs, coordinate programs for participants as well as work towards improving the day to day functions of a busy office - Supervise the operation and delivery of these programs in both Medicine Hat and Brooks Show less

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  HIV/AIDS Network of South Eastern Alberta Association (HANSEAA)

  Apr 2002 - Dec 2003

  Finance & Operations Coordinator

   - Responsible for all financial matters including payroll, accounts payable, grant applications, petty cash and fundraising  - Organize major fund raising events - General operation of the office, ensuring staffing was available for business hours, ordering supplies, booking service personnel and supervising volunteers - Complete work unsupervised and report to a Board of Directors

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  KCR Services Ltd

  Jul 2002 - Nov 2015

  Business Administrator

   - Responsible for all financial matters including payroll, accounts payable, invoicing, record keeping, service orders and data inputting - Extensive use of Excel, Microsoft Word and Simply Accounting. Designed presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint  - Hire and supervise employees  - Design all stationary, invoices and operational forms  - All aspects of safety coordination, development and reporting including undergoing Safety Audits - Office management: ordering supplies, scheduling repair work etc.  - Customer relations - Budget preparation - Management of Master Service Agreements Show less

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  Prairie Rose School Division

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2022

  Off Campus Administrative Assistant

   - Record keeping and data entry  - Document creation and distribution for a very successful and fast paced Off Campus Program - Database creation  - Coordination of information with various levels of government including program audits  - Provide training (PRSD employees, MHSD #76 employees) - Connect with stakeholders (i.e. employers, “CAREERS”, Green Certificate, Safe Gen, parents, teachers, students)

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  Youth Careers

  Jan 2018 - Sept 2021

  Field Director
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  CAREERS

  Jan 2018 - now

  Program Coordinator & Provincial Agriculture Lead

  Work with high School students to secure paid internships in the Skilled Trades, Agriculture, ICT, Health and Forestry.Provincially grow the Agriculture Internship Program within CAREERS