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TSEBELETSO MAUREEN Makhetha

Retired Social Work
Johannesburg

Summary

Dynamic leader with a proven track record at the South African Social Security Agency, excelling in team management and customer service. Adept at maximizing performance and resolving conflicts, I foster collaboration and adaptability while ensuring effective budget management and stakeholder relations. Committed to enhancing social assistance services and community impact.

Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

General Manger SASSA Gauteng Region

South African Social Security Agency
05.2007 - 09.2023
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
  • Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
  • Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment, ensuring that all the regional strategic targets and operations are met as per the SASSA strategic objectives
  • Managed various portfolios and positions at higher level where I was seconded to lead a region as a regional manager in the Northern Cape for 3years from 2017- 2020.
  • Managed and monitored effective and fruitful spending of allocated regional budget for the administration of social grants.
  • Ensured maintenance of good relations with all the stakeholders within the social grants administration , both in government and private sector.

District Manager for Durban Social Development

Department Of Social Development
10.2003 - 01.2007

Managed the Durban district by ensuring that all social services are rendered as in the following services and functions within the Social Assistance Act:

  • child cares services;
  • family and youth care
  • drug awareness and counseling services
  • assisting the homeless and people living in the streets with family reunification
  • managing the social security division by ensuring that all customers ands stakeholders needing social assistance services

Deputy Director Social Security: Gauteng

Department of Social Services and Population Devel
03.1995 - 09.2003
  • Resolved customer complaints with empathy, resulting in increased loyalty and repeat business.
  • Managed high-stress situations effectively, maintaining professionalism under pressure while resolving disputes or conflicts.
  • Managed and monitor payments of grants within the province.
  • Monitored adherence by the service provider responsible for the payments of grants throughout the province, to the service level agreement and payment contract.
  • Managed adherence and management of social grants processes as well as disasters , within the social assistance Act .

Education

Masters in Public Administartion

University of NW
Potchefstroom, South Africa
04.2001 -

BA SOCIAL WORK

University of Zululand
KWA-DLANGEZWA: EMPANGENI
06-1983

Skills

Friendly, positive attitude

Accomplishments

25

  • Supervised team of 50[Number] staff members.
  • Achieved numerous projects and new policy implementations such as the introduction of the Child Support Grant [Result] by completing additional roles as in representing the agency at International conferences with ISSA and workshops [Task] with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Collaborated with numerous teams of projects different fields as in 10 [Number] in the development of [Project name].

Affiliations

International Social Security Association


Pitseng Farmers Association

Timeline

General Manger SASSA Gauteng Region

South African Social Security Agency
05.2007 - 09.2023

District Manager for Durban Social Development

Department Of Social Development
10.2003 - 01.2007

Masters in Public Administartion

University of NW
04.2001 -

Deputy Director Social Security: Gauteng

Department of Social Services and Population Devel
03.1995 - 09.2003

BA SOCIAL WORK

University of Zululand
TSEBELETSO MAUREEN MakhethaRetired Social Work