Melanie Hans has over 25 years of experience working in administrative and secretarial roles in Germany and the UK. She is currently a legal secretary for Irwin Mitchell LLP in London, providing support to partners in corporate and employment law teams. Prior to this, she held secretarial positions at other law firms and companies in London, Frankfurt, and elsewhere in Germany. She has strong computer, organizational, and language skills and holds a Realschulabschluss secondary school qualification equivalent to 11 GCSEs from Martin-Buber-Schule in Groß-Gerau, Germany.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Melanie Hans, nee Raiß
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Date and place of birth: 26th
February 1973 ● Groß-Gerau (Hessen) ●Germany
Address: 9 Hill Close,Benfleet,Essex,SS7 1HN
Phone (mobile): +44 7884 002306
Email: hansmelanie@aol.com
Nationality: German
An experienced German Secretary and Personal Assistant
- personable and reliable -
CAREER PROGRESSION:
February 2010 – present Irwin Mitchell LLP (incorp. Thomas Eggar LLP in December 2015),London
Legal Secretary/Team Assistant
 Responsibilities presumed as below;butnow working for three Partners of the
Corporate/Tax team and two Partners (former Heads of the department) ofthe
Employmentteam
Maternity Leave - February 2009 to October 2009
July 2008 – October 2009 Pritchard Englefield (changed to Thomas Eggar LLP incorp.Pritchard Englefield in
May 2013),London
Legal Secretary
 Personal Assistantto two of the Partners of the Corporate team (one of which is
also specialised in Employmentlaw):Involving, among other tasks managing
extremely busy calendars and inboxes,travel organisation (Europe and
international),liaising with clients,contacts and Counsels,correspondence (also
transcribing,translations,formatting documents and amending presentations),
assisting with monthlybilling, organising internal seminars and external
clients/speakers and various other day-to-day administrative duties (sometimes to
deadlines) and in line with office procedures and in compliance with legislation
August 2004 – July 2008 Telekurs (U.K.) Ltd. (now SIX Telekurs UK Ltd), London
Administration Assistant
 Personal Assistantto Management:Involving, among other tasks extensive travel
organisation (Europe and international),managing the extremely busycalendar
and inbox of the CEO and other Members of Senior Management,taking the
minutes in Senior ManagementMeetings,assisting the HR departmentwith
administrative duties
 Office organisation ofthe company,involvement in Marketing processes and
Sales Administration,translations (German to English),logistics planning
(preferred hotels and other suppliers/contractors),as well as general office
administration
 Also first point of contact for visitors
February 2000 – July 2004 Allianz Group and Advance Finanzplanung,previouslyAllianz Finanz- und
Vermögensplanung (the financial planning partofthe Allianz Group), Frankfurt/M.
(Hessen)
Official in Charge
 Administrative department:Processing all the data from different insurance
departments – creating the policy, data capture and data processing;responsible
for the smooth running in this area,data quality check of all the records before
processing
Team Assistant
 Personal Assistantto Management:Involving, among other tasks
correspondence,scheduling,travel organisation,statistics,organisation,
preparation and review of customer events,business entertainment,internal
seminars and external clients
 Office Management, Switchboard operation, firstpointof contact for visitors,
administration

2. CURRICULUM VITAE
Melanie Hans, nee Raiß
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January 1996 – January 2000 Volksbank im Harz eG, Clausthal-Zellerfeld im Harz(Niedersachsen),after a merger
in Osterode am Harz (Niedersachsen)
Secretaryfor the Credit and Execution departmentas well as for the Board of
Directors
 Assistantto the Board of Directors:Correspondence,scheduling,organisation of
meetings and business entertainment
 Assistance in office organisation ofthe Credit and Execution department
 Switchboard operation
June 1994 – December 1995 Rechtsanwälte Tham & Tichy (solicitors),Bad Lauterberg am Harz (Niedersachsen)
Legal Secretary
 Correspondence,scheduling,business entertainment
February 1992 – May 1994 AmtsgerichtLangen (Local Court),Langen (Hessen)
Court Clerk
 Office organisation in the Civil section;responsible for correspondence (also
signing) and following the correct processes - directcontact with the Judges and
the Judical Officers, on-call duties
 Taking and signing the minutes attrials and other legal documents for the Civil
section
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
September 1989 – February 1992 AmtsgerichtDarmstadt (Local Court),Darmstadt(Hessen)
Apprenticeship as a Court Clerk
 Work experience in each departmentof a Court
 Training regarding the organisation ofcourtprocesses
 Specialised seminars in each area of German law
EDUCATION:
August 1983 – August1989 Martin-Buber-Schule,secondaryschool,Groß-Gerau (Hessen)
Realschulabschluss: Equivalent to 11 GCSEs
Subjects Level Grade Equivalent GCSE
German Advanced 2 A
Mathematics Advanced 2 A
English Advanced 3 B
French Advanced 4 C
Sociology 1 A+
Physics Advanced 3 B
Food Chemistry 3 B
Chemistry Advanced 2 A
Biology 1 A+
Art 1 A+
Physical Education 3 B
Pastthe entrance level requirementin order to enter the 6th
form (Gymnasium) for further education (i.e. to sitthe Abitur exam
equivalentto A-Level)
August 1979 – July 1983 Erich-Kästner-Schule,primaryschool,Klein-Gerau (Hessen)
Language skills: Native German speaker – Fluent spoken and written English,school French
Other skills: Advanced computer skills on the MS-Office-products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
with the computer applications Lotus-Notes and Outlook and also the Internet, basic
knowledge SAP-uses (personnel travel-costs),working with ELITE/3e and EFS in
Citrix, T-Line English Shorthand (50 words/minute) test – passed,typing (70+
words/minute)
Further training: Pitman Training – Executive PA course with Shorthand – in self-studyfor one year
in 2005/2006
Interests: Reading and travelling
Clean driving licence