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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Achievements
Timeline
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Wanda Barnard

Personal Assistant
Boston
Wanda Barnard

Summary

Personal Assistant to 3 Directors / General Office Assistant supporting senior leadership with diary management for 4+ executive calendars per day, travel coordination for 6–12 trips per month, and confidential secretarial work. Drafts 9+ documents per month, including offers and lease agreements, prepares PowerPoint presentations, and keeps office operations moving through errands, purchasing, and event planning. Supports the Financial Director and asset managers when priorities shift.

Overview

2
Languages
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Dorpstraat Development Management Services

Personal Assistant
01.2014 - 12.2025

Job overview

  • Day-to-day errands
  • Travel arrangements
  • Diary management
  • Personal errands
  • Secretarial tasks (typing of resolutions, letters, etc.)
  • General office needs (Grocery & Stationery orders, maintenance, etc.)
  • Power Point presentations
  • Planning of office events & year-end functions
  • Drafting of Offers and Lease Agreements for our Western Cape shopping centres
  • Assistant to Financial Director, regarding Secretarial work
  • Assistant to Asset Managers when needed
  • Current Employment

Logista Inc.

PA to the Director
06.2012 - 12.2013

Job overview

  • Managing the Director’s diary
  • Organising of transport and accommodation for worldwide conferences
  • Debt collection
  • Drafting of proposals for potential new clients
  • Invoicing/Statements
  • Daily banking/receipts
  • Personal errands
  • Petty Cash

Alliott Andersen Nell
Cape Town

Secretarial Assistant
06.2011 - 05.2012

Job overview

  • General Admin & CIPC Annual Returns

P2Life
Cape Town

Office & Public Relations Assistant
01.2010 - 04.2011

Job overview

  • Daily Admin
  • Switchboard
  • Sales
  • Exports
  • Advertising (translation of advertisements)
  • Public Relations

Education

Zwaanswyk High School

No Degree from Grade 12
01-2004

University Overview

Matriculated at Zwaanswyk High School in 2004

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Certificate from Professional Make-Up Artistry
01-2006

Don MacKenzie School of Photography

Certificate from Photography
01-2005

Skills

Calendar management

Travel coordination

Meeting preparation

Executive correspondence

Office administration

Document drafting

Invoice processing

Event coordination

Vendor liaison

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Document management systems

Contract administration

Front desk operations

Facilities coordination

Confidential information handling

Achievements

Victrix Ludorum – 1999 & 2000, Honours for Academics – 2003, Netball 1st Team – 2000-2004, Language & Communication Award – 2000, (Highest overall marks in the school for Afrikaans & English)

Timeline

Personal Assistant

Dorpstraat Development Management Services
01.2014 - 12.2025

PA to the Director

Logista Inc.
06.2012 - 12.2013

Secretarial Assistant

Alliott Andersen Nell
06.2011 - 05.2012

Office & Public Relations Assistant

P2Life
01.2010 - 04.2011

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Certificate from Professional Make-Up Artistry

Zwaanswyk High School

No Degree from Grade 12

Don MacKenzie School of Photography

Certificate from Photography
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