Melanie M. Quinto

Secretary II

Administration and secretarial services; coordination and clerical assistance…

As a Division Secretary, Lanie ensures timely and efficient flow of communication and information among the units at IRRI Training Center and other offices in the Institute. She has been with IRRI since 1992, first as Statistical Clerk providing services in encoding, analysis, and preparation of statistical report on salary administration, job evaluation, and performance appraisal report.

In 1994, she became Office Assistant at the Human Resources Department (HRD). She assisted and supported the unit in preparing and implementing training programs as well as in preparing award letters for nationally recruited staff sent abroad. She was in-charge of the accommodation and placement of on-the-job trainees, documentation, and filing of records. She then became HRD Assistant and provided general administrative and clerical assistance in support of the HRD-Employee Services Section on benefits administration, job evaluation, and performance management system, administrative cases, employee relations, and awards program.

She studied Computer Technology and earned units in Computer Science and is well adept in MSWord, Excel, Powerpoint, and Foxbase.

: mquinto@cgiar.org