GOODNESS SINDISWA BOQO
Akasia
Summary
Dedicated Personal assistant with excellent experience in industry. Maintains professional appearance and demeanor and expertly completes assigned tasks with focus on quality. Dependable and quick-learning team player with effective communication and organization skills.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Personal Assistant
Strong Christian Church (Lighthouse Chapel international)
Pretoria
04.2016 - Current
- Provide administration support to the executive director of the Dag Heward Mills Ministries (SADC office)
- Organize national book conferences for Dag Heward-Mills Ministries
- Procure publicity material like Posters, fliers and banners
- Organize pastors conferences (100+ delegates)
- Organize camps for different groups of the congregation (for 1000+ delegates)
- Schedule and make logistical arrangements for meetings: send out invites and agenda, book venues, catering, take and circulate approved minutes and facilitate the implementation of meeting resolutions
- Coordinate calendars between the executive director and the Bishop in charge for seamless scheduling of meetings
- Make travel arrangements for the executive director and or international delegates (flight, accommodation bookings, visa applications and organize airport pick-ups)
- Provide general secretarial support i.e
- Draft memos, emails and letters
- Submission of weekly finance and church attendance report to the heard office using Powerapp
- Maintain a database of Healing Jesus Partners, draft letters to acknowledge their contributions, compile and submit monthly financial report to the heard office
Assistant Director: Forest Sector Analysis
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)
Pretoria
08.2007 - 03.2016
- Production of Forestry reports and assessment of the Forest Sector
- Liaise with various stakeholders and compile the South Africa State of the forest Report (SoF) guided by the legislation, national policies that have an impact on forests as a way of providing high level intelligence on the state of and trends in the forest sector, including early warning on emerging and potential risks
- Prepare presentations for the Executive committee (EXCO)
- Draft submissions for approval of the report by the minister
- Facilitate printing and distribution of the report once approved
- Compliance with Regional/ International Conventions, Agreements and Processes
- United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF): Draft travel submissions for the minister and delegates attending the UNFF as per its cycle of meeting
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders (i.e
- Africa Group, Dept
- Of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and draft a country position paper for the UNFF
- Prepare briefing notes and speaking notes for the Minister in preparation for the High Level ministerial segment at the forum
- Put together Minister’s programme whilst in New York and confirmed meeting times and venues in close liaison with the Minister’s office, Department’s attaché based in Washington DC and delegates accompanying the Minister for effective coordination
- Attend to logistical arrangements i.e
- Confirming and providing delegate list to DIRCO, accommodation reservation and ground transport provision
- Monitor the implementation of the Non-legally Binding Instrument (NLBI-Forest Instrument) with a view to compile a national (country) report on the progress made to the UNFF
- Compile and submit to United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat through DIRCO, a country voluntary Report on the International Day of Forests, as input to the Report to the 70th General Assembly as per the resolution on the International Day (A/RES/67/200)
- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO): Compile the South African Forest Resource Assessment report towards the Global Forest Resource Assessment 2010 and South African State of the Forest Genetic Resources as an input to the 2013 State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources as a national corresponded to FAO
- Compile the Annual Joint Forest Sector Report to the FAO
- Provided secretariat services to the XIV World Forestry Congress Local Organizing committee (LOC) chaired by the Director General
- Drafted minutes which were duly approved with zero or minor corrections
- LOC played a crucial role to the success of the XIV World Forestry Congress held in September 2015
- Further provided administration support to the SG during the Congress
- Coordinate the analysis of raw data from information systems in the department, Commercial Timber Statistics, Criteria & Indicators reports by sector role-players and other statistics held by natural resource management agencies, to produce responses to strategic questions on bio-physical and commercial issues
- Subsequently, write articles on strategic forest issues to raise awareness and share knowledge and information
- Participate in national, regional & international forestry related engagements and initiatives as appropriate
- Reason for leaving: Resigned due to unavoidable personal circumstances
Assistant Director: Indigenous Forests
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF)
Pretoria
04.2006 - 07.2007
- Maintain technical expertise in indigenous forest management
- Coordinate the development of standards for the achievement of Sustainable Forest Management, disseminate knowledge on, and monitoring and evaluation of indigenous forest management
- Support Clusters and other entities and bodies where indigenous forest technical knowledge is required
- Guide, inform and support periodic audits of the management of State forests
- Manage research projects pertaining to indigenous forests
Senior Forestry Scientist
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
Pretoria
05.2001 - 03.2006
- Develop participatory monitoring guidelines
- Assist in all social aspects of environmental management
- Assist in monitoring of forest management through the use of criteria, indicators and standards
- Assist with the implementation of legislative provisions for the protection of trees and to ensure their proper implementation
- Maintain a reliable, coherent database of issued licences for research purposes and keeping trends of what is being used from the forest and ensure compliance of the licence holders to licence conditions
- Maintaining a database of access to state forests for recreational, educational and spiritual purposes
Data Capturer (Part Time Job)
Church Land Programme
Pietermaritzburg
08.1999 - 12.2000
- Company Overview: Non-Governmental Organisation
- Data capturing, do a deeds search to verify and find properties owned by different denominations with an aim to provide the poor with land from churches
- Non-Governmental Organization
Research Assistant
School of Psychology (University of Natal)
Pietermarizburg
08.1998 - 09.1999
- Data capturing, helping to analyse data and doing general administrative work
Education
120 Hour Advanced Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL /TESOL) Certificate -
TEFL UNIVERSAL
United Kingdom-online 10.2024 - 11.2024
Bachelor of Philosophy - Information and Knowledge Management
University of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch 01.2012 - 12.2012
Master of Environment and Development -
University of Natal
Pietermaritzburg 01.2000 - 04.2001
Bachelor of Social Science Honours - Psychology
University of Natal
01.1999 - 04.2000
Bachelor of Social Science - undefined
University of Natal
01.1996 - 01.1998
Senior Primary Teacher’s Diploma - undefined
Bensonvale College of Education
01.1993 - 01.1995
Senior Certificate (Matric) - undefined
Lourdes High School
01.1989 - 01.1991
Skills
- Good report writing skills
- Good Presentation Skills
- Good Communication skills
- Project Management
- Project Implementation
- Research skills
- Organisational and Planning skills
- Time management skills
- Administrative skills
- Problem solving
- Enthusiastic
- Hard worker
- Goal oriented
- Ability to work independently under pressure
- Ability to work in a team
- Good Interpersonal skills
Microsoft Office,Microsoft Power App
Ability to use Zoom and Microsoft Teams
Skillssummary
Good report writing skills, Good Presentation Skills, Good Communication skills, Project Management and Project Implementation, Research skills, Organisational and Planning skills, Time management skills, Administrative skills, Problem solving, Enthusiastic, Hard worker, Goal oriented, Ability to work independently under pressure, Ability to work in a team, Good Interpersonal skills, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerApp, Google, Ability to use Zoom, Microsoft Teams
Othershortcourses
- Outcomes-based Monitoring and Evaluation Implementation, University of Pretoria, 2014
- Advanced Management Development Programme, University of Pretoria, 2013
- Basic Course in Information & Knowledge Management, University of Pretoria, 2010
- Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Bonang training & Development, 2008
- Writing creatively for corporate publications, The Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, 2004
- Implementing Environmental Management systems (SANS/ISO 14001:1996), Potchefstroom University, 2004
- Social, Cultural and Heritage Impact Assessment, North-West University, 2004
- The logical framework Approach to Project Preparation for Participatory Forest Management, Olive Organisation Development and Training, 2004
- Research Design Decision course at people - environment - education interface, Rhodes University, 2003
- Building Successful partnerships in Participatory forest management, Professional Training and Facilitation services, 2004
- The new Environmental Law Course for Environmental Managers, Potchefstroom University, 2002
- Project planning and management course, Natal University, 2000
- Database Management, In-house training
- Computer literacy, Natal University and through Department’s in-house training
Extramuralactivities
- Reading magazines, newspapers, watching news so as to keep abreast of what is going on around the world.
- Listening to gospel music.
- Meditating on the Word of GOD.
- Helping other people.
Stateofhealth
Excellent
Personal Information
- ID Number: 7512080556084
- Ethnicity: African
- Criminal Offences: None
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: South African
- Driving License: Code 08 (EB)
Timeline
120 Hour Advanced Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL /TESOL) Certificate -
TEFL UNIVERSAL
10.2024 - 11.2024
Personal Assistant
Strong Christian Church (Lighthouse Chapel international)
04.2016 - Current
Bachelor of Philosophy - Information and Knowledge Management
University of Stellenbosch
01.2012 - 12.2012
Assistant Director: Forest Sector Analysis
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)
08.2007 - 03.2016
Assistant Director: Indigenous Forests
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF)
04.2006 - 07.2007
Senior Forestry Scientist
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
05.2001 - 03.2006
Master of Environment and Development -
University of Natal
01.2000 - 04.2001
Data Capturer (Part Time Job)
Church Land Programme
08.1999 - 12.2000
Bachelor of Social Science Honours - Psychology
University of Natal
01.1999 - 04.2000
Research Assistant
School of Psychology (University of Natal)
08.1998 - 09.1999
Bachelor of Social Science - undefined
University of Natal
01.1996 - 01.1998
Senior Primary Teacher’s Diploma - undefined
Bensonvale College of Education
01.1993 - 01.1995
Senior Certificate (Matric) - undefined
Lourdes High School
01.1989 - 01.1991
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