Experienced Multilingual Legal Assistant Seeking New Opportunity
1. Aikaterini Tsaousi
+30 6976 901 320
sandreri@gmail.com
CAREER SUMMARY
Motivated and hard working professional with a capacity to deliver high-quality work, excellent
customer satisfaction and a strong attention to detail. I have been recognized throughout my career
for my leadership, focus, accuracy in performing my jobs and for my proven abilities to deliver high-
quality results within the following areas:
• Administrative
Support
• Documentation
• Multi - Tasking
• Monitoring &
Reporting
• Translating
• Languages
• Training/Management
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Presentations
• Integrity & Honesty
• Cultural Diversity
KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a capacity to deal with cultural
diversity and communicate effectively with people of different ages and backgrounds in the
workplace
• Team orientated and results driven with exceptional organisational and time management
skills
• Strategic thinker with strong decision-making, problem solving and analysis skills
• Recognised for intelligent leadership, people management skills and an ability to drive
collaborative team efforts
• Proven ability to take initiative in completing projects with exceptional quality and attention
to detail
• Ability to meet and exceed targets and KPI’s working individually and within a team-based
environment
• Honest, eager individual with a genuine passion for achieving goals for self and others
• Languages: Greek native speaker,
English (fluent), French (well), German (well), Italian (beginner), Turkish (beginner).
• Highly Proficient in Computer Operations including:
o MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
George Tsaousis Law Office: Salonica, Greece October 2002 – August 2014
Lawyer linguist /Translator
Responsibilities and Achievements:
• Translate official documents and texts
• Specialize in translating legal texts due to expertise in legal terminology including medical
texts
• Ability to translate 4 languages:
o Greek, English, French and German
• Capable of translating from Italian to Greek
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2. • Skilled in working as an interpreter including when a notary has a foreign client and needs
an interpreter for legal documents such as a will or contract
• Perform proofreading for a translation agency (Correct the Greek texts that come out of
translation)
• Ability to multi-task between office administration and translation duties including:
o Reception duties
o Answering incoming calls
o Responding to emails
o Data entry / Filing
o Meeting and greeting customers
Organization for Football Matches Predictions, Lotto etc: Salonica, Greece
November 1994 - May 1996
Telephone Operator
• Provided first call resolution and responded to customer inquiries and requests efficiently
and professionally
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal communication skills with customers
• Identified customer needs and solutions including providing information on connecting
phone lines
• Effective and timely resolution of customer inquiries and questions
Sugar Factory, Plati Imathias, Greece September 1987 - January 1988
Administrative Assistant
• Assistant at the special accounting department for the weight and sugar percentage of raw
canes
• Recognised as a proactive communicator with a can-do attitude, adept at quickly learning
and grasping new ideas and concepts and the drive to ensure the highest standards of
service are delivered
International Fair of Salonica, Greece September 1986
Assistant / Secretary
• Various secretarial work at the Convention Center during international conventions during
the Fair of Salonica
VOLUNTEER WORK
• Volunteer at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games at the Olympic Hotel in Salonica as a Sports’
Information Assistant
o The Olympic Hotel in Salonica hosted many men and women football teams, referees,
FIFA officials and VIPs during the whole period of the Olympic Games (August 2004)
• Volunteer at the recent EURO 2008 in Salzburg, Austria as a Protocol Volunteer and
Volunteer at the Welcome Services of EURO 2008 at Salzburg Airport and Sheraton Hotel Salzburg
• Volunteer at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Transport Team of the Aquatics Centre
• Volunteer in an Animal Rescue
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
• University Degree in Law (September 1988 - November 2000)
o Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
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3. • Certificate of attendance (April 2012)
Comparative analysis for professional use of legal texts of the Greek and English legal
systems
o Aristotle University of Salonica, Greece
• Certificate of Attending: (October 2009 - December 2009)
30 hours of French Legal Terminology lessons
o Bar Association of Salonica, Greece
• Certificates of Attending (May - June 2007, February - April 2008)
30 hours of German Legal Terminology lessons
o Bar Association of Salonica, Greece
• Certificate of Attending: (May 2007 - June 2007)
30 hours of English Legal Terminology lessons
o Bar Association of Salonica, Greece
• Certificat de langue francaise : (July 1996)
Summer course for foreigners in French Language and Civilisation
o University of Sorbonne, Paris, France
CERTIFICATES
• Certificate of proficiency in English (University of Cambridge)
• Certificat de langue française (Institut Français de Thessalonique)
• Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Goethe Institut Thessaloniki)
• Certificates of following computer courses in Word, Excel, Internet, Outlook and Powerpoint
• Certificate of volunteer participation in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games
• Certificate of volunteer participation in EURO 2008 Austria – Switzerland
• Certificate of volunteer participation in the London 2012 Olympic Games
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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