Estelle Miller
Auckland
Summary
I am a PhD Candidate in Pharmacy at the University of Auckland. I am hard-working, reliable, and trustworthy, and am constantly looking for opportunities to put these qualities to good use and to gain further professional work experience. My conscientiousness and self-motivation mean that I place a high standard on both my quality of work and meeting deadlines. My friends and colleagues know me as an out-of-the-box, creative, and analytical thinker, as well as empathetic and loyal. I will bring dedication, a smile, and a professional attitude to whatever role I embark on.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Casual Assistance With Student Exams
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
06.2022 - Current
- Script adherence for patient acting, timekeeping, student ushering, and exam invigilation. Worked well with coworkers in team settings during busy exam sessions.
Second-year Social Psychology Tutor
University of Auckland
07.2021 - 11.2022
- Taught multiple tutorials to University students studying social psychology, answered student emails warmly and quickly, ran office hours where students were able to drop in and ask questions, and marked exam papers, providing in-depth feedback to encourage student learning.
Service Coordinator
Nurse Maude
12.2019 - 03.2021
- Scheduled support worker client visits, involving ensuring critical cares were prioritised.
- Communicated with clients and support workers, solving feedback and special requests.
- Regularly used an online scheduling tool and client database.
Homecare Support Worker
Nurse Maude
10.2019 - 12.2019
- Visited clients in their homes to assist with daily living needs, such as showering, dressing, medication adherence, meal preparation, housework, hosiery, catheters, and transporting clients to grocery stores to assist with shopping tasks. Kept track of visit completion and client well-being on a mobile application.
Front-of-house Staff Member
Plunge Café Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre
10.2017 - 10.2019
- Greeted customers with warmth and friendliness when taking orders, worked quickly and efficiently in a busy environment, and prepared food and drinks for customers.
- Trained as a barista and regularly made coffees for customers.
- Trained new staff members.
- Opened and closed the premises, including cashing up.
- This role also included solo operation of a coffee car and snack stand at Waltham Summer Pool.
Mystery Shopper
HOED
01.2016 - 09.2017
- Shopped competition regularly to identify value offerings, and recorded accurate and efficient records in an electronic database.
Casual Contracts Assistant
Ryman Healthcare
01.2016 - 09.2017
- Scanning documents and labelling and storing these correctly on an electronic database, organising and labelling outgoing mail, and assisting coworkers with various tasks.
Front-of-house Staff Member
Café 218
02.2015 - 03.2017
- Greeting customers warmly and taking orders quickly and efficiently, helped guests at tables when in need of assistance, reset tables between customers by restocking low items and wiping down surfaces, and maintained a high quality of food and drinks made for customers.
Education
Ph.D. - Pharmacy
The University of Auckland
Auckland, NZ12.2024
Online certificate of proficiency in Abnormal Psychology -
Massey University
Online01.2020
Bachelor of Science -
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, CAN11.2019
Bachelor of Arts -
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, NZ11.2018
NCEA levels 1, 2, and 3 with excellence endorsements -
Cashmere High School
Christchurch, CAN11.2015
Skills
- Kind and empathetic
- Open-minded
- Reliable, honest, and trustworthy
- Great time-management
- Self-motivated, conscientious, and great initiative
- Creative, critical, and analytical thinker
- Academic and creative writer
- Presentation skills
- Confident with technology
- Trained to use electroencephalogram (EEG) headsets
Scholarships And Awards
- Received a travel grant for the AWBCR Queenstown Conference (2023)
- Received the University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship for my PhD (2021)
- Invitation to the Golden Key Society, top 15% of the academic year University-wide (2019)
- PSYC200 Level Psychology Prize (2017)
- UC Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship (2016)
- Arts Scholars Scholarship (2016)
- Top in Mathematics 202 (2014)
- Top in Health Education 201 (2014)
Voluntary Work/Group Involvement
- Advanced aerial silks classes (present)
- Volunteer for CVS (Christchurch Vegan Society) (2019-2023).
- Care crew volunteer at Something Else Music Festival (2018).
- Anonymous for the Voiceless, an animal activism group, participating multiple times in their “Cube of Truth” (2018-2019).
- Class representative for third-year History of Philosophy class (2018).
- Executive member of the Veg Club of the University of Canterbury (VCUC). Event aid and public speaking about plant-based eating (2017-2018).
- Completed the 3 week Outward Bound classic course (2017)
- Voluntary work preparing food for the men’s night shelter at the Christchurch City Mission (2016-2017).
References
- Dr Rhys Ponton, Senior lecturer - Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Current primary supervisor. Email: r.ponton@auckland.ac.nz. Phone: +6493737599 Ext.87084
- Vicki Brenssell, Retail worker, Family friend, v.brenssell@xtra.co.nz, +64 021 933 370
Timeline
Casual Assistance With Student Exams
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
06.2022 - Current
Second-year Social Psychology Tutor
University of Auckland
07.2021 - 11.2022
Service Coordinator
Nurse Maude
12.2019 - 03.2021
Homecare Support Worker
Nurse Maude
10.2019 - 12.2019
Front-of-house Staff Member
Plunge Café Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre
10.2017 - 10.2019
Mystery Shopper
HOED
01.2016 - 09.2017
Casual Contracts Assistant
Ryman Healthcare
01.2016 - 09.2017
Front-of-house Staff Member
Café 218
02.2015 - 03.2017
Ph.D. - Pharmacy
The University of Auckland
Online certificate of proficiency in Abnormal Psychology -
Massey University
Bachelor of Science -
University of Canterbury
Bachelor of Arts -
University of Canterbury
NCEA levels 1, 2, and 3 with excellence endorsements -
Cashmere High School
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