NKWAPA BENEDICT KOLA
PRETORIA
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Administrator in Campaign Management Unit
Road Accident Fund
Pretoria
03.2026 - Current
- Currently holding two positions: administrative assistant and marketing officer, as stipulated in my job description
- Provide administrative support, including the creation of PRs in the SAP system and office coordination.
- Assist with planning and execution of marketing campaigns and in-house activations.
- Coordinate promotion materials, branding, and stock for field activations.
- Monitored and controlled office inventory, ensuring adequate supply levels, timely product ordering, and efficient management of company resources. Made sure that RAF campaigns were well and fully supported by setting up branding.
- Created PR for the upcoming campaigns and travel for the team
- Managed inventory in the marketing storeroom
- Attended activations and made sure that there was brand visibility of the organisation.
- Executed APP Target as outline on the organisational policy.
Marketing Coordinator
Road Accident Fund
Pretoria
01.2004 - 03.2026
- Organised and maintained logistics schedules to ensure timely delivery of goods to various destinations.
- To coordinate promotions and activation events.
- Conduct site visits for feasibility studies.
- Develop a plan for approval and execution.
- Execute marketing events according to the plan.
- Arrange ad hoc events.
- Coordinate and attend to branding at all RAF events by liaising with regional Marketing Officers.
- Deliver or courier branding collateral as required.
- Do activation throughout the whole country when required to do so, in particular where RAF is invited to participate.
- Update stock inventory and coordinate distribution of marketing collateral.
- RAF MOBILE OFFICE
- Manage Mobi RAF
- Drive the mobile office in all 9 provinces
- The mobile tasks are as follows:
- Ensure proper setup and functioning of ICT equipment before operations.
- Manage ICT scanners during operations.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute the Mobi RAF Calendar together with the regions.
- Quality post-analysis reporting of all events attended by the Mobi RAF.
- Upload mobile stats to SharePoint for audit purposes.
- To ensure security cameras are linked to the H\O control room or record the incidents.
- Ensure that the mobile generator is in working condition at all times.
- Budget planning for Mobi RAF to improve services and direct claims to customers.
Executive Amin Assistance
Road Accident Fund
Pretoria
04.2001 - 11.2003
- Oversaw the day-to-day functioning of Executive tasks and managed board members' packs by making sure they were delivered on time to their respective places.Making sure that the boardroom was set up and all logistics were in place for the meetings.Also assisting the CEO PA to send out invitations to the stakeholders.
Sales and Customer Service Representative
Makro Wholesales
Pretoria
03.1999 - 03.2001
- Increased sales targets by developing and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing customers.Making sure that promotional item prices are displayed on the shelves a day before the promotion starts.
Despatched officer
Lebo TV Repairs
Pretoria
02.1997 - 12.1998
- Prepared detailed reports for senior management, outlining operational performance and strategic recommendations. Also ensured that customers' equipment and TVs were delivered on time and in good condition.
Sales Agent
Zumba State Agency
Pretoria
02.1996 - 08.1996
- Selling houses to potential customers and advertising them with better offers.
Education
Certificate of Higher Education - Project management in marketing
Stellenboch University
Stellenbosch, WC01-2019
Certificate of Higher Education - Biology, Geography.English,Afrikkaans and Tswana
HL Setlalentoa High School
Pretoria, Ga-Rankuwa01-1992
Certificate of Higher Education - Personal branding
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, GPSkills
- Mobile office operations
I am passionate about turning ideas into scalable, nationwide executions, as demonstrated by leading the end-to -end development and rollout of the Mobi Blitz brand activation across all nine provinces
- Branding and marketing strategy
I have built an in-house branding team for the Comrades Marathon from the ground up and other activations nationwide Conceptualized and launched the Mobi Blitz brand activation across all nine provinces, driving national brand visibility and engagement
- Team leadership
Spearheaded research and proposed a strategic mobile office initiative for nine provinces, significantly expanding operational reach
- Training and facilitation
Delivered significant cost savings by eliminating reliance on external service providers and managing all branding requirements internallyDeveloped and facilitated a professional branding workshop to train and upskill colleagues to do branding and operate the mobile office, fostering internal expertise and team growth
Timeline
Administrator in Campaign Management Unit
Road Accident Fund
03.2026 - Current
Marketing Coordinator
Road Accident Fund
01.2004 - 03.2026
Executive Amin Assistance
Road Accident Fund
04.2001 - 11.2003
Sales and Customer Service Representative
Makro Wholesales
03.1999 - 03.2001
Despatched officer
Lebo TV Repairs
02.1997 - 12.1998
Sales Agent
Zumba State Agency
02.1996 - 08.1996
Certificate of Higher Education - Project management in marketing
Stellenboch University
Certificate of Higher Education - Biology, Geography.English,Afrikkaans and Tswana
HL Setlalentoa High School
Certificate of Higher Education - Personal branding
University of Pretoria