Jandre Demas

Company Overview: Fire and Rescue Centre

• Assists the Emergency Centre Officer with Supervisor duties
• Controls the administrative processes of the Fire and Rescue Services
• Initiates cross-functional collaboration between departments to address complex safety challenges holistically.
• Coordinates with various departments for emergency communications
• Provides training to junior staff on disaster risk management and fire and rescue operations
• Promotes a culture of continuous improvement in safety performance through ongoing communication and feedback mechanisms.
• Maintains compliance with OSHA regulations by ensuring proper documentation, reporting, and recordkeeping.
• Develops emergency response plans to ensure organisational preparedness for various types of incidents.

Company Overview: Cape Town Regional Civil Court

• Supervised a team of junior staff, ensuring adherence to administrative protocols
• Oversee EPWP and SASSETA interns.
• Managed court administrative processes, contributing to the efficient operation of legal proceedings
• Coordinated with various teams and stakeholders
• Drafted professional correspondence on behalf of senior staff members, adhering closely to established style guidelines and formatting standards.
• Performed regular audits of office supplies inventory, proactively addressing potential shortages or inefficiencies in stock management.
• Customer facing public services
• Reduced errors in data entry tasks through diligent attention to detail and thorough verification procedures.

Company Overview: Provincial EPWP

• Supervised a group of EPWP data capturers
• EPWP Coordination and reporting
• Monitored and reported project progress to stakeholders, ensuring project goals and objectives were met within budget
• Prepared and submitted project status reports ensuring timely and accurate communication of project progress
• Ensured efficient EPWP compliance monitoring and evaluation of projects
• Financial Monitoring of EPWP projects
• Expedited document processing times by utilising advanced software tools for scanning, indexing, and archiving purposes.
• Reduced errors in EPWP data entry tasks through diligent attention to detail and thorough verification procedures.

• Assisting with conciliation and arbitration cases
• Engaging in human resource administration
• Negotiated successful settlements of disputes through mediation, arbitration, or other alternative dispute resolution methods.
• Monitored changes in labour laws to ensure ongoing compliance with relevant regulations affecting company operations.
• Reduced potential conflicts with proactive communication between management and employees.
• Facilitated training sessions on topics related to labour relations such as workplace harassment prevention or navigating difficult conversations.
• Advised management on best practices in employee relations, fostering a positive work environment.
• Strengthened labour-management relationships by effectively addressing grievances and resolving disputes.
• Answered management and employee questions, interpreted contracts and resolved issues.