Tracey L.

Background

About Tracey L.

I have 20 years of working experience within various industries. I started out in the Jewellery Manufacturing Industry where I managed an SMME for 10 years. The basic responsibilities and skills i learnt are based on the following but is not limited to: Creating work packages for all incoming work (i.e. grading of work), Ensuring work is completed and delivered on time, Liaising with clients, Procurements and payments, Creating study guides, Managing the budget, Pay-roll, Managing employee’s files, Invoicing (QUICKBOOKS), Fielding telephone and email queries. Processing of necessary business requirements regarding: Jeweller’s licensing, accreditation, leasing of business premises. Liaising with trade union and bargaining council in the Jewellery industry with regards to pension funds, subscriptions of members, pay increases for employees I then worked at the University of the Western Cape in two different departments. The first was the Science Faculty where I was the administrator for the extendend curriculum programme. I then moved over to the office of the Dean in the same faculty where i became the liaison officer between the department and the university's HR department. I stood in as the personal assistant of the Dean for a brief period of time. I then moved over to the Department of Post Graduate Studies and was the administrator and personal assistant to the Director of the division within the university. My experiences and skills built up includes the following but certainly not limited to these: Diary Management, Handling and overseeing budgets (using excel), Fielding telephone and email queries, Typing up minutes of meetings, Typing up mathematics question papers, Carrying out payments using Masterpiece (procurement system) for multiple accounts. Procurement, Liaising with Lecturers and Management, Liaising with visitors, external examiners, travel agent. Helpdesk duties for students’ enquiries, Liaising with Human Resource Specialist regarding employment contracts within the Faculty, Attend to administrative requirements of the office as required, Maintain a level of confidentiality, Administer budgets and oversee expenditure to ensure budgets are not overspent. Responsible for bursary administration. Liaising with Human Resource specialist regarding employment contracts. Thereafter I worked at a transport and logistics company managing the staff, and a bit of payroll. I was in charge of the budget. This company is a family business therefor up until December 2023 I was still involved withon an adhoc basis.