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Palesa Seheri

Administration
Johannesburg

Summary

Palesa Seheri has extensive experience in office administration, reception, and recruitment. Her competencies include excellent communication skills, the ability to work on her own initiative, and the ability to build effective working relationships. She is proficient in various computer applications and has successfully completed multiple training programs to enhance her professional skills.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Office Manager

Partners in Performance SA
9 2023 - Current

· Replenish kitchen refreshments.

· Office equipment: new purchase if required; propose new options. (compare prices and value of quality over quantity.)

· Coordinate Bi-monthly meeting: prepare agenda, correspond with all parties, compile a pack and provide calendar updates if necessary.

· Coordinate office gatherings.

· Assist with visa andSA permit coordination, e.g. Submissions, tracking, collection, and delivery.

· Payment requests/approvals for office-related expenses.

· Assisting with contact’s search

· Ad hoc duties – Typing, shredding, receiving Amex cards, Scanning, printing, and binding.

· Managing the cleaning lady.

· PGS Safety lead

· Summer camp committee member

· Venue search and site visits

· Lanyards – design and orders

· Handling the first-day admin desk.

· Sourcing gifts idea

· Finance reporting: support the team with pulling monthly and weekly expense reports from Concur and following up with colleagues to submit any outstanding expense reports.

· Create a concur report for office expenses (this includes uploading receipts and allocating expenses). I also assist consultants that do not have capacity to complete their expenses.

· Assist with payment requests and approvals for office-related expenses, e.g., Office suppliers, visas, car rentals, etc.

Office Administrator

Partners in Performance SA
01.2015 - 01.2023

· Phones & Reception:

  • Answer the main line number, deal with inquiries, and forward calls and messages.
  • Receive and distribute main line number voicemails.
  • Greet and direct visitors.
  • Set up teleconferences and meeting rooms.
  • Maintain a tidy office, including common areas and meeting rooms.
  • Organize handyman when needed (electrician, change lights, fix blinds)
  • Replenish kitchen refreshments (supermarket purchases)
  • Order stationery and equipment monthly or as needed.
  • Assist with workstation setup for new joiners.
  • Monitor online meeting room systems.
  • Prepare refreshments for meetings.
  • Help coordinate logistics for events and training days.
  • Contact search.
  • Clear and sort PIPSA post box
  • Coordinate sending and receiving all courier mail.
  • Maintain equipment and call the service center when required, including monthly meter readings.
  • Assist with general office administration (preparing documents on Word, Excel, or PowerPoint)
  • Provide administrative support for BBBEE document requirements.
  • Take meeting minutes (e.g., EE forum, team meetings)
  • Basic data input and retrieval on PIP systems
  • Organize printing (e.g., business cards, training manuals)

Perform other administrative and support tasks as requested

Receptionist / Recruitment Administrator

Human Communications
09.2011 - 12.2014

Recruitment Admin Duties:

· Attend to telephonic queries or refer to relevant departments.

· Typing CVs for Senior Consultants

· Prepare weekly and monthly reports.

· Typing of CVs and monthly minutes

· Filing, sorting

· Faxing, scanning

· Data capturing

· Opening post

Reception Duties:

· Answer all calls promptly and professionally (including for other small companies: Kone Solutions and PMSA)

· Manage boardroom bookings.

· Manage logistic queries.

· Stationery management

· Welcoming company visitors and candidates

· Preparing refreshments for visitors

· Keeping the front office clean and running smoothly

· Receiving hand-delivered CVsand signing proof of delivery notes

· Record all hand-delivered applications.

Receptionist

CADIZ
12.2010 - 01.2011

· Answer all calls promptly and professionally.

· Screen incoming and outgoing calls.

· Welcome clients and visitors telephonically and in person.

· Render other admin duties as required (faxing, scanning)

· Maintain an updated filing system for the office.

· Handle petty cash.

Reason for Leaving: Temporary assignment

Receptionist

IT Web
03.2009 - 11.2010

· Screen incoming and outgoing calls.

· Run a switchboard with 10 lines and 80 extensions.

· General office admin

· Arrange meetings.

· Data capture of writers' costs for all print publications.

· Compile monthly telephone bills.

· Manage logistics queries.

· Order kitchen stock.

· Handle petty cash.

Recruitment Administrator/Response Handling Officer

Human Communications
01.2006 - 02.2009

Response Handling Officer Duties:

· Receive applications and CVs for different positions via email, postal mail, and hand deliveries.

· First-line capture of applications to send SMS confirmations to candidates.

· Data capture of applications on Excel spreadsheets post-shortlist.

· Filing in categories: Recommended, Possible, and Not Recommended candidates.

Education

High School Diploma -

Sir John Adamson High School
Johannesburg, South Africa
04.2001 - 04.2003

Skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues

Excellent communication skills

Customer care

MS Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Sales Force, Concur

  • Excellent Communication
  • Travel Coordination
  • Document Management
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Administrative Support
  • Multitasking
  • Relationship Building

Training Programme

  • Advanced Reception and Frontline Training Programme
  • Telephone Etiquette
  • Customer Service
  • Professional Business Etiquette
  • Effective Communication Skills
  • Stress Management
  • Time Management
  • Assertiveness
  • Problem-solving
  • Decision Making
  • Leadership Skills
  • Anger Management
  • Defusing Hostile Client
  • Communication in a Business Environment
  • Manage Work Time Effectively

Home Address

2253 Dlamini Ext 5, PO Chiawelo, 818

Contact Details

073 188 2691, titi.seheri@gmail.com, 071 775 0557

Personal Information

  • ID Number: 840215 0881 084
  • Gender: Female (Black)
  • Nationality: South African

References

  • Human Communications, Genevieve Mohamed, Team Leader, 011 257 8054
  • Cadiz, Nadia Wilds, Office Manager, 021 657 8305
  • IT Web, Guillaume Morgan, Financial Manager, 011 807 3294
  • Partners in Performance, Nicolene Van Vuuren, BDEA, 083 446 6009

Timeline

Office Administrator

Partners in Performance SA
01.2015 - 01.2023

Receptionist / Recruitment Administrator

Human Communications
09.2011 - 12.2014

Receptionist

CADIZ
12.2010 - 01.2011

Receptionist

IT Web
03.2009 - 11.2010

Recruitment Administrator/Response Handling Officer

Human Communications
01.2006 - 02.2009

High School Diploma -

Sir John Adamson High School
04.2001 - 04.2003

Office Manager

Partners in Performance SA
9 2023 - Current
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