Gertman Ndamba

GERTMAN NDAMBA

Office Administrator | Research Assistant | Executive Personal Assistant | Data Capturer
Address: Clayville X13, Midrand 1666 Mob: 074 563 0924 | Email: gertmanandzani@gmail.com

 

Gender: Male
Date of birth: October 1991
Nationality: South African
Race: African
Languages: English, Xitsonga, IsiZulu, and Sepedi

 

PERSONAL SUMMARY

An honest, proactive, and strategic thinker with valuable experience and on demand skills in various corporate environment like healthcare services and administration. Skilled in decision making, with the ability to apply excellent problem-solving skills and good judgement. Adopts a holistic approach to work, develops and encourages innovative solutions. Highly reliable, and able to work independently and as a team. Can work under pressure with a sense of urgency. Self-driven and willing to learn.

 

CORE COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

·         Verbal and written communication skills

·         Maintaining filing and database systems

·         Ability to multitask and set priorities

·         Strong interpersonal and communication skills

·         Ability to concentrate for lengthy periods and perform accurately with adequate speed

·         Excellent knowledge of MS Office Word and Excel

·         Effective time management

·         Report writing skills

·         Strong administrative skills

·         Attention to detail and accuracy

·         Project management abilities

·         Planning and organizing

·         Proficient touch-typing skills

·         Good command of English

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

PYEI Graduate Intern – Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)                 Jun 2021 – Nov 2021

Duties and responsibilities:

●         Working remotely, or when periodically required to report in-person to a HSRC offices.

●         Participating in various stages of the research process using the appropriate tools.

●         Support the management of the projects and administration functions as allocated by the division.

●         Ensuring quality work by following the correct policies, processes, procedures as outlined.

●         Managing assets and tools of trade as allocated and provided by the HSRC.

●         Strictly adhere to HSRC policies and procedures, and risk management processes.

 

RIME Administrator – Health and Welfare Seta (HWSETA)                           March 2021 – May 2021

Duties and responsibilities:

●         Carried out ad hoc functions and provided administrative support to the RIME division.

●         Assisted in planning and implementation of the HWSETA PG Research bursary programme.

●         Checked applications and learning programme registrations to ensure requirements match.

●         Liaised with stakeholders on outstanding documents necessary for application processing.

●         Stored hard copies of data in an organized manner to optimize retrieval.

●         Generated and distributed the student approval lists to SDP for payment processing.

●         Compiled reports such as minutes, progress, training, and assessment reports.

●         Corrected errors and organized the information in a manner that will optimize swift and accurate capturing.

●         Gathered invoices, statements, reports, personal details, documents and information from students, other divisions, and clients.

 

Research, M&E Intern – Health and Welfare Seta (HWSETA)                            Nov 2018 – Nov 2019

Duties and responsibilities:

●         Provided administrative support such as scheduling meetings, minute taking, answering incoming phone calls in a polite and professional manner and accurately record messages.

●         Managed electronic and hard copy document filing systems for applications and others.

●         Created accurate spreadsheets, entered, and updated information into relevant databases.

●         Assisted M&E officers with data validation and analysis thus improve reporting outcome.

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

●     B Psych (Bachelor of Psychology Degree (Hons) – University of Limpopo                                          2018

●         Matric (Grade 12) Bachelor Pass – Masiza Secondary School                                                             2010

●         Advanced End-User Computing – Delight Computer Training                                                          2010

Licenses and Certificates

●         HPCSA Registered Counsellor Private Practice/Independent Practice                                             2020

●         TRREE – Introduction to Research Ethics, Ethics Evaluation & Informed Consent                     2021

●         LinkedIn Learning – Certificate in Project Management & Working with angry clients               2020

 

REFERENCES

Ms Yolande Shean: PYEI Project Manager | HSRC | 072 325 9564 I yshean@hsrc.ac.za

Mr Menzi Mthetwa: Research & Info Manager | HWSETA | 073 172 5235  menzim@hwseta.org.za

Dr Sipho Buthelezi: Former Supervisor | HWSETA | 084 548 6379 I sipho.buthelezi@webmail.co.za