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Skills keywords: personal assistant, secretary

Short Bio:

I have been a secretary/personal assistant for just over 10 years. I took a break in between to pursue a modelling career, which lasted about 3 years.

Currently I am managing drivers, cleaners, receptionist. In charge of all administration, which includes property maintenance, office maintenance, typing.

Current location:  Harare, Zimbabwe - View on map

Nationality: Zimbabwe

Preferred Sector of Employment:  Admin and Clerical

Spoken languages: english

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

TRAINING

Secretarial Course – 2002
Pitmans: Book-Keeping Level 1 First Class Pass
Intermediate Typing First Class Pass
English in Business Communications Level 1 Pass
English in Business Communications Level 2 Pass
Internals: Advanced Typing First Class Pass
Office Procedures First Class Pass
English in Business Communications Level 3 Pass

ACHIEVEMENTS

Top of my class in Grooming and Etiquette 2002

MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook (Internet & Email) 2003

WORK HISTORY

September – To Date
Chips Enterprise Solutions Zimbabwe – Pastel (Accounting Software)
Administrator

Duties: Typing of minutes or any documents given from General Manager & Managing Director; Managing a fleet of 20 cars – organizing services and any faults reported on the cars; Organizing fuel on a monthly basis for the fleet; Travel arrangements and accommodation for staff, clients and suppliers; Ordering of stationery, order books, job card books, leave form books, etc;  Organizing board meetings, seminars, Christmas parties etc; Dealing with any other issues bought to my attention on a daily basis; Filing; Maintenance of office buildings & grounds

January 2012 – December 20
Model Management Zimbabwe – Modeling Agency
Model (13)

Duties: Photoshoots; Hostessing for South African Ambassador, Brands Africa; Runway shows – modeling for local and international designers

Promoting for Brands Africa, Bull Dog energy drink, Patron, Heineken etc; Advertising; Spray Action – advertising perfumes and sprays to the public

Reason for Leaving: Pregnant

March 2007 – August 2008
Thomas Meikles Stores Head Office – Clothing & Grocery Store & Hotel
Personal Assistant to Group Financial Controller ()

Duties: Typing letters, memos, circulars etc, scanning documents, and emailing; Answering all calls and taking messages

Dealing with the General and Office Managers for Barbours, Greatermans, Meikles Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare and Masvingo

Filing, making travel arrangements and organizing luncheons; Sending out monthly fuel invoices; Typing and sending out of weekly treasury minutes and monthly board minutes; General admin work for the Chief Accountant and the Financial Planning Manager

Jan 2007 – Mar 2007
Motor Torque – Tyre Supplier
Sales Representative and Cashier (Temporary position)

Duties: Working in Pastel and invoicing customers; Dealing with customer queries; Quoting customers on tyre prices, prices of fitting and balancing and wheel alignment; Making sure the right consignment of tyres were delivered; Stock-taking and writing out cheques; Cashing up at the end of the day and backing up of work done in Pastel; Filing and sending and receiving faxes

Feb 2004 – Mar 2006
Realtime Technology Alliance Africa – Computer Software & Hardware
Executive Secretary

Duties: I reported to the Chairman, Managing Director, Marketing Director, Sales Director, Salaries Officer and CEO; Dealing with our Regional Directors- Zambia, Botswana, South Africa; Dealing with our Sister Companies – Hire IT, Alpha Systems; Organizing monthly board meetings and weekly management meetings; Organizing staff parties – Christmas party

Taking and typing out minutes and typing of memos, letters, circulars, personal documents etc; Making sure all water and electricity bills were paid for all directors; In Charge of reception, drivers and messengers and licensing and maintenance of all company vehicles.

May 2003 – Sept 2003
Oregon New Products (Now known as Barlows) – Plastic Supplier
Receptionist and Data Entry Clerk

Duties: Answering the switchboard; Receiving and organizing incoming and outgoing mail; Writing out cheques and typing letters and memorandums when necessary; Data-capturing in a software program called MYOB; Dealing with customers and their queries

Dec 2002 – Feb 2003
Atherstone & Cook – Law Firm
Secretary to Lawyer

Duties: Typing of legal documents, sending and receiving faxes; Sorting out incoming and outgoing mail; Filing and answering calls and taking messages