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Overview
Work History
Education
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Nonhle Portia Mkhize

Nonhle Portia Mkhize

Medical Science Graduate
Bishopsgate Flat,Durban Central

Summary

Self-driven, hardworking, excellent communicator with negotiation and persuasion skills. Has call center experience in customer service and cold calling sales experience.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Demonstrator/Tutor

Durban University Of Technolog
07.2023 - 12.2023

I was a tutor for first year Anatomy and Physiology module. My duties included recapping content learnt in class, setting tutorial tests, preparing specimens for practical sessions, invigilating tests and exams.

Retention Customer Service Representative

Talksure-SA
7 2023 - 12.2023
  • Call customers who have requested to cancel their subscription
  • Ensure that client understands the product and benefits
  • Build rapport
  • Upsell on other products
  • Ensure commitment to FAIS and FSCA requirements
  • Process the cancellation still wishes to terminate their services.

Sales Agent:DSTV MultiChoice Funeral cover campaign

Talksure-SA
06.2022 - 07.2023
  • Spoke to more than 50 customers per day
  • Convince potential clients
  • Achieve daily, weekly and monthly targets
  • Ensure that all sales are in line with financial services compliance standards
  • Ensure that call quality standards are maintained
  • Accurately capture data provided by clients.
  • Retain and upsell more products

Field Operations Officer

Statistics SA
01.2022 - 04.2022
  • Assist with recruitment of fieldworkers
  • Conduct training of Fieldworkers, CATI Clerk Enumerators and Fieldwork Supervisors on Census 2022 Methodologies, processes and procedures
  • Assist Fieldwork Supervisor (FWS) and Fieldworkers (FWs) with admin logistics, technical support and intervene where there is no access
  • Monitor Progress of FWs and make follow-ups where FWs are lagging behind
  • Return inconsistent work to FWs for enumeration and enumerate where necessary
  • Use maps to know the boundaries of the EA’s within the allocated FOO unit
  • Identify EAs that require splitting
  • Identify Special dwelling Institutions (SDIs) and obtain their contact details within the FOO unit
  • Identify hotspots related to crime, service delivery protests, homeless, transient etc.
  • Verify list of Gatekeepers within the FOO unit
  • Assist with Stakeholder engagements
  • Assist with coordination of outreach programme
  • Ensuring that all points have been unpacked in selected EAs according to methodology
  • Conduct control visits to a randomly selected sample of two DUs per EA for the duration of enumeration
  • Follow up on refusals, try to convert al refusals
  • Conduct any other duty assigned by the DCC
  • Keep your tablet and other Census 2022 materials secure at all times
  • Issue all specified materials during the training and date collection and update on Field Logistics system
  • Return all specified materials at the end of data collection and update on Field Logistics System
  • Sign off work completed for FWs and FWS at the end of enumeration.

Outbound Sales Consultants(AVBOB campaign)

CCI-SA
08.2020 - 01.2022
  • Selling Avob cashback funeral covers
  • Meeting compliance and quality scores
  • Dialing cold, hot leads
  • Generating own leads through referrals
  • Meeting daily and monthly targets.

Snr Sales Associate

WNS Global Services
10.2019 - 02.2020
  • Marketing AIG funeral cover
  • Being able to prospect for new clients through cold calling
  • Applying insurance product knowledge to sell a funeral cover
  • Ensuring that all calls are high quality by capturing the correct details and reading the policy’s terms and exclusions verbatim before binding the policy
  • Achieving targets consistently.

Contact Centre Sales Agent

Ignition Group
02.2018 - 08.2019
  • Selling a Multi Choice DSTV explorer
  • Represent the company, with a comprehensive understanding of the product offerings
  • Maximize the sales performance by establishing strong relationships and gaining insight to the needs and lifestyle of the client
  • Meet daily, weekly and monthly sales targets.

Examination Assistant

Kwazulu-Natal Department of Education
11.2015 - 12.2015
  • Flipping through the entire question paper to check if all the questions are marked
  • Deleting the rough work
  • Checking if the ticks tally with the sub-totals
  • Ensuring that marks are transferred correctly to the mark sheet.

Pre-Authorizations Consultant

Discovery Health
05.2010 - 11.2013
  • Required to be logged on the queue for more than 7 hours per day
  • Managing inbound telephone queries and requests
  • Verify memberships
  • Accurately obtain and capture information to confirm correct funding
  • Ensure that the reason for admission is appropriate
  • Understanding ICD, BHF and CPT codes
  • Capture comprehensive remarks on Paradigm and the discovery care system
  • Confirm benefits according to set protocols and funding rules
  • Provide product information to all Discovery and In house members in line with the standards and protocols
  • Transfer calls not related to Pre-Authorisation, to the relevant departments
  • Liaise with other internal departments to resolve queries on first contact
  • Resolving a query on the initial contact
  • Maintain confidentiality
  • Send communication via discribe to members
  • Follow up on urgent queries and enquiries
  • Assist with e-authorisation as and when required
  • Maintaining acceptable performance in the following areas: member perception scores, quality and average handling times of call.

Independent Quality Auditor

Millward Brown
08.2009 - 12.2009
  • Making calls to our consumers to confirm their details and asking them to rate the quality of the service of our Field interviewers
  • Doing surveys on customers’ needs back checking questioners for any discrepancies and accurate data capturing.

Research Laboratory Assistant

University of Pretoria
01.2008 - 11.2008
  • Prepare plant samples for post graduate students
  • Ensure that the sample is representative of the population you are analyzing
  • Divide the plant it into separate parts and record the fresh weight of each separate
  • Reduce the sample fractions by cutting into smaller parts for drying in an oven at 70oC to constant mass
  • Record the fresh weight sample before drying and the oven dry weight in the cold after drying
  • Calculate the percentage dry matter for each fraction, from which the total dry matter can be calculated.

Education

Senior certificate pass with merit -

Kwa-Makhutha Comprehensive High School
01.2002 - 04.2005

Bachelor of Medical Science Honours in Human Physiology - undefined

University of KwaZulu-Natal
01.2017 - 04.2017

Mycobacterial genetics course - undefined

SANTHE/UKZN
07.2017 - 05.2017

Bachelor of Medical Science (Anatomy) - undefined

University of KwaZulu-Natal
01.2014 - 04.2016

Customer Service Management - undefined

Unisa
01.2009 - undefined

Introduction to Computer programming - undefined

Intec College
01.2009 - undefined

Skills

  • Computer Skills: MS Word,MS Excel,MS Outlook and MS Powerpoint

  • Laboratory Skills:Gel elecrphoresis,chromatography, mass spectrometry,extraction,cell culture,ELISA and PCR

  • Languages:English,IsiZulu,IsiXhosa,Sotho,Ndebel,Tswana and Sepedi

References

Miss Tracy Khuzwayo, Programme Manager,The Umkhumbane Schools Project tkhuzwayo@umkhumbane.org,0782084552

Timeline

Demonstrator/Tutor

Durban University Of Technolog
07.2023 - 12.2023

Sales Agent:DSTV MultiChoice Funeral cover campaign

Talksure-SA
06.2022 - 07.2023

Field Operations Officer

Statistics SA
01.2022 - 04.2022

Outbound Sales Consultants(AVBOB campaign)

CCI-SA
08.2020 - 01.2022

Snr Sales Associate

WNS Global Services
10.2019 - 02.2020

Contact Centre Sales Agent

Ignition Group
02.2018 - 08.2019

Mycobacterial genetics course - undefined

SANTHE/UKZN
07.2017 - 05.2017

Bachelor of Medical Science Honours in Human Physiology - undefined

University of KwaZulu-Natal
01.2017 - 04.2017

Examination Assistant

Kwazulu-Natal Department of Education
11.2015 - 12.2015

Bachelor of Medical Science (Anatomy) - undefined

University of KwaZulu-Natal
01.2014 - 04.2016

Pre-Authorizations Consultant

Discovery Health
05.2010 - 11.2013

Independent Quality Auditor

Millward Brown
08.2009 - 12.2009

Customer Service Management - undefined

Unisa
01.2009 - undefined

Introduction to Computer programming - undefined

Intec College
01.2009 - undefined

Research Laboratory Assistant

University of Pretoria
01.2008 - 11.2008

Senior certificate pass with merit -

Kwa-Makhutha Comprehensive High School
01.2002 - 04.2005

Retention Customer Service Representative

Talksure-SA
7 2023 - 12.2023
Nonhle Portia MkhizeMedical Science Graduate