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Yvonne Benson

Yvonne Benson

Benoni,Gauteng

Summary

Promoting employee motivation and keeping department operation aligned with goals by leveraging proactive management style.

Encouraging with employees and diplomatic in mediating conflicts to enhance satisfaction and team collaboration. Excellent relationship-builder with good communication, time management and multitasking skills focused on boosting business short- and long-term success. I am an ambitious individual equipped with high-level business acumen and history of leadership. I was Deputy principal for 8 years. I was responsible for IQMS, SASAMS, technical workshops and management of the technical departments,. I was also responsible for our Agricultural subjects and it planning.

I was responsible to set the school timetable. We had 3 streams of educations: academic, technical and agricultural. Works collaboratively with teams to achieve goals and improve performance. Thrives in fast-paced environments with strong time management and prioritization skills.

I am a driven business leader who offers strong operational oversight and team management capabilities. Addresses escalated concerns with diplomacy and commitment to swift and long-lasting solutions.

I am a proactive communicator with exceptional collaboration skills. Hardworking brings proven success in overseeing administrative areas. I was the SASAMS coordinator for high schools in our district.

Knowledgeable about best methods for managing resources, schedules and personnel to achieve objectives. I was responsible to assist with the compliling of the school budget as well as the planning of the Whole School Evaluation.

I am tech-savvy and always looking for improvement .opportunities.

Administrative leader experienced in school operations and team oversight. I always seek opportunities to improve processes, procedures and practices. Excels with minimal supervision and decisively approaches problems.

I am a loyal employee with solid understanding of training and mentoring employees. Dedicated team player, proactive and hands-on in task completion.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Head of Department

Hoërskool Elspark
Boksburg, SA
06.2020 - Current
  • Recruited and trained department staff to boost employees productivity.
  • Managed inventory and receiving operations to maintain optimal stock levels and meet expected demands.
  • Reduced waste and pursued revenue development strategies to keep department aligned with sales and profit targets.
  • Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
  • Kept employee workloads fair and balanced to achieve objectives while maintaining high job satisfaction.
  • Delegated tasks and reacted to changing workloads to maintain efficient operations.
  • Set daily priorities and communicated targets, motivating teams to achieve them.

Deputy Principal: Academics/Technical

Hoërskool Carel De Wet
Vanderbijlpark, SA
01.2010 - 03.2019
  • Defined and enforced student academic achievement standards in line with goals and objectives.
  • Monitored student behaviour and enforced discipline policies.
  • Administered personnel policies and procedures, approving any professional staff additions.
  • Collaborated with SGB and SMT to develop functional budgets within allocated funds.
  • Oversaw schedule management, orientation and registration protocols and other administrative functions.
  • Helped educational programmes achieve greater performance objectives and standards.
  • Verified adherence to regulatory funding sources across programmes and outcomes.
  • Built productive relationships with parents of students facing difficult situations at school or at home.
  • Encouraged interdepartmental collaboration to develop and support student activities, programmes and lessons.
  • Performed classroom evaluations to assess teacher strategies and effectiveness.
  • Coordinated yearly budget, tracked expenses and documented actions.
  • Instructed small groups of teachers and students.
  • Modelled excellent leadership skills to promote positive interaction between teaching staff and students.
  • Performed diverse human resource activities, including hiring, training, disciplinary and termination in compliance with legal guidelines and requirements.
  • Led meetings to convey policy changes, gather information and assess employee thoughts.
  • Established instructional practices driven by statistical performance data.
  • Developed subject and grade leaders to advance oversight and improve instruction.
  • Expanded quality curriculum training to facilitate continued educated for teaching staff.
  • Administered standardised tests to evaluate student performance and progress.
  • Trained teachers on effective teaching techniques, classroom management strategies and behaviour modification.

Education

HOD - Commerce and GET

University of Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom, North West
01.2002 - 08.2003

Bachelor of Arts - Psyhology and Pedagogics

University of Pretoria
SA
01.2002 - 11.2005

Skills

  • Staff development
  • Conflict resolution
  • Departmental staff supervision
  • Department appraisals
  • Project scheduling
  • Departmental budget management
  • Policy and procedure adherence
  • Strategies and goals
  • Recruitment and hiring
  • Business development and planning
  • Performance management
  • Employee management
  • Staffing
  • Operations coordination
  • Key Performance Indicator monitoring
  • Database management
  • Interdepartmental relations
  • Departmental delegation

Languages

English
Advanced

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team and successfully hosted an inter-high at our school
  • Was responsible for various functions from the arrangements to the work-load distribution
  • I organizer the SSIP program for the school
  • I was the liaison with the DCES and acting principal for 1 year
  • I was an active member of the SGB for 5 years
  • I was responsible for the stocktaking and assisted in the maintaining of the centrums and vehicles
  • I worked out the school timetable and yearly planning
  • I was trained in safety protocol's like evacuations, first-aid and fire-marshal.

Section name

Mrs Joan Skelton

Principal: Hoërskool Suiderlig

083 577 4007


Mrs Tanya Du Toit

Subject SES

0833787744


Mrs A Botha

Former Deputy Principal

0824163978

Timeline

Head of Department

Hoërskool Elspark
06.2020 - Current

Deputy Principal: Academics/Technical

Hoërskool Carel De Wet
01.2010 - 03.2019

HOD - Commerce and GET

University of Potchefstroom
01.2002 - 08.2003

Bachelor of Arts - Psyhology and Pedagogics

University of Pretoria
01.2002 - 11.2005

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