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AdministrativeAssistant

ANGELA PAKATA CHILINDA

NYIMBA,ZAMBIA

Summary

- Analytical and detail-oriented Office Administration Assistant with 9 years 6 months' experience in coordinating, planning, and supporting daily operations and administrative functions to excel a management support staff role.

Hardworking Assistant familiar with excel and project management. Passionate about business success and talented at supporting executive, team and customer needs.


- Organized and dedicated Administrative Assistant with proven track record of providing exceptional customer service in fast-paced environments. Offering keen attention to detail and strong decision making skills to manage multiple, concurrent tasks. Self-motivated work ethic with ability to perform effectively in independent or team environments.

- Energetic, results-oriented team-player eager to bring strong administrative skills to growing company in need of top-level support.


- Detail-focused professional with solid business acumen and problem-solving abilities. Adaptable and high organized confidently navigates new technologies and systems.

Methodical Assistant both in projects and administration with attention to detail and strong software skills. Experienced in office environments and adaptable to changing policies, procedures and requirements. Seeks opportunities to improve workflows and eliminate recurring problems.


- Resourceful employee with outstanding knowledge to develop and maintain healthy customer pipeline. Consistently works to attract new business opportunities. Talent in administrative oversight, recruitment processes and customer service improvements.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Administrative assistant

World Vision INTERNATIONAL ZAMBIA LIMITED
NYIMBA, ZAMBIA
06.2014 - Current
  • Received, sorted and distributed incoming mail.
  • Kept and maintained accurate filing system for preservation of office information.
  • Provided printing, photocopying scanning support to colleagues.
  • Dealt with routine enquiries at reception or by telephone and referred more complex matters to appropriate members of staff.
  • Assisted managers in compiling and organising materials for meetings.
  • Established improved workflows to maximise communication and efficiency.
  • Took initiative to self-assign administrative tasks in line with company policy to maximise impact.
  • Organised travel and accommodations arrangements within assigned budgets.
  • Created and maintained logical and orderly digital filing system for impeccable record keeping.
  • Helped staff to maximise efficiency by providing clerical and secretarial support.
  • Organised tasks by level of urgency and importance to make best of use time and resources.
  • Planned and scheduled meetings, creating agendas and minutes as needed.
  • Contributed to harmonious and productive office environment by building positive relationships with coworkers.
  • Influence strong multitasking skills to manage community and government partner service needs including partner's payments, invoicing, inventory control and purchasing using some ERP application such as coupa/Pro-vision, concur Solutions system as part of supply chain.
  • Facilitated developmental operations of office and trained the community volunteers and partners ways of handling organization property such as bicycles, phones, cameras and other items such as Gift-In-Kind (GIK) and facilitated the distributions following World Vision policy and contracts - Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs).
  • Managed physical and digital correspondence while keeping information private and secure.
  • Ordered stock and supplies from trusted and cost-effective suppliers to meet office needs. As a field procurement staff, i manage all purchases of Area Program procurement in Coupa system and receive the goods procured using physical Goods Receive Note (GRN), received and process payment with invoices in Pro-Vision -coupa system
  • Acted as main contact for staff and clients.
  • Assisted with financial tracking and budget enforcement by approving financial expenditures.
  • Handled and managed the usage of petty cash, supervised security personnel and cleaners for the office.


Project research assistant

CARE INTERNATIONAL ZAMBIA
KATETE, ZAMBIA
01.2010 - 12.2011
  • Scheduled and conducted interviews, obtaining permission from all participants.
  • Implemented new testing procedures and monitoring results for continuous improvement.
  • Analysed data using various statistical methods to obtain accurate results.
  • Maintained quality standards to preserve integrity of data and findings.
  • Coordinated and collected research tools and materials before start of project.

Education

Bachelor of Science - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY
ZAMBIA
01.2016 -

Higher National Diploma - SOCIAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL WORK

THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA
ZAMBIA
06.2011 - 06.2014

Skills

  • Inventory control
  • Memo preparation
  • Report writing
  • Microsoft Office
  • Answering incoming calls
  • Supplier liaison
  • Accounting support
  • Travel administration
  • Meeting planning
  • Developing slide presentations
  • Invoicing and billing
  • Advanced MS Office Suite knowledge
  • Office management
  • Operational processes
  • Dedicated team player
  • Office cleanliness
  • External communications
  • Office supply management
  • Stationery control
  • Self-directed

Languages

English
Fluent
French
Beginner

Timeline

Bachelor of Science - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY
01.2016 -

Administrative assistant

World Vision INTERNATIONAL ZAMBIA LIMITED
06.2014 - Current

Higher National Diploma - SOCIAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL WORK

THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA
06.2011 - 06.2014

Project research assistant

CARE INTERNATIONAL ZAMBIA
01.2010 - 12.2011
ANGELA PAKATA CHILINDA