Ms Nosipho Orpah Dube

• Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the SAIIA website, ensuring content is up to date, accurately categorised and optimised for high discoverability.
• Manage local and international media requests for interviews with SAIIA experts and researchers on topical geopolitical issues, and assisting the Communications team to build the media database.
• Assisting the Digital Communications Manager in crafting and scheduling content for various digital platforms, including social media channels, the SAIIA website and supporting G20 and T20 (Think Tank 20) SAIIA websites under South Africa's current G20 presidency and as one of the top think tanks appointed by DIRCO (South African Foreign Ministry).
• Support the Events team in maximising publicity for SAIIA's events, webinars and public engagements.
• Assist the Digital Communications Manager with reporting on digital performance.
• Supporting the execution of SAIIA's overall media communication objectives and providing administrative support to the Digital Communications Manager and wider Strategic Dissemination team

Intern with the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO), a not-for-profit civil society organisation which influences the thinking and debates on foreign policy, especially regarding African crises and conflicts through advocacy, dialogue, policy consensus and research and analysis. Intern tasks performed include:

• Assisting in sorting and organising organisational digital files, spreadsheets, and reports and supporting weekly webinars and in-person events through increased buy-in of inviting DIRCO officials and members of the diplomatic corps to virtually attend crucial webinars.
• Writing and compiling extensive transcription documentation after hosting Zoom webinars to inform policy documentation to be published under the organisation later.
• Participating in in-person and virtual workshops and presentations through taking meeting minutes, giving opening or closing remarks and chairing webinars under Zoom Protocols.
• Writing and compiling Policy Brief reports on pertinent Southern African and SADC related issues and collaborating with seniors in the communications team in creating social media posts, and website and Twitter write ups for the organisation.

• Completed research and assisted in reporting on a collaborative project on the Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP) with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in the Waterberg municipal district in Limpopo
• Partook in physical site visits to Landfills within Waterberg District Municipality
• Attended meetings and presentations to learn project details.

• Assisted media and tops South African cinematographers in conducting research and collecting media data and archival materials for possible use in documentary feature films
• Gathered and organized information for research purposes.

• Conducted telephone operation for wards, medical deliveries for pharmaceutical labs and dispensaries.
• Prepared and maintained master calendar, collecting and disseminating general information for the practice.
• Organised electronic and hard copy filing systems for easy retrieval of documents and information for the Doctor's needs.
• Confirmed appointments, communicated with patients and updated patient records. Responded to inquiries from callers seeking information.
• Executed record filing system to improve document organization and management.
• Received and sorted incoming mail and packages to record, dispatch, or distribute to correct recipients in the hospital.
• Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to the Doctor and greeting visitors and patients.
• Developed strategies to streamline and improve office procedures.
• Established administrative work procedures to track the Doctor's daily tasks.
• Built and maintained excellent patient relationships through timely response to inquiries (via crating a WhatsApp Business line for the Doctor's general practice) and going above and beyond to accommodate unusual requests.
• Managed paper and electronic filing systems by routing various documents, taking messages and managing incoming and outgoing mail.

• Coordinated on issues related to gender equality, inclusion and student engagement and campus-related events on the UN SDGs and UN 2030 agenda and liaised with the CSIR and climate change and waste experts to spearhead UN Earth Day awareness and climate change talks on campus.

• Voluntary receptionist at a Catholic church, convent and frail care centre for the elderly, nuns and priests.