Director/CEO - REVIVE-Empowering Emotional Change
(2016-01 - 2020-12)
Provide strategic and operational leadership for a well-established non-profit organisation delivering community-based interventions, including large-scale GBV prevention and response projects.
- Provide overall organisational leadership, guiding vision, strategy, and operational effectiveness.
- Lead, manage, and support multidisciplinary teams, ensuring staff wellbeing, accountability, and professional growth.
- Oversee all Human Resources functions, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, staff discipline and policy implementation.
- Conduct staff performance appraisals, development planning, and corrective interventions where required.
- Lead conflict resolution processes, applying mediation and trauma-informed approaches to foster healthy workplace relationships.
- Apply a democratic leadership style, encouraging participation, transparency, and shared decision-making across teams.
- Model transformational leadership, motivating staff through mentorship, trust-building, and values-driven leadership.
- Manage organisational budgets, donor compliance, and financial accountability.
- Oversee project design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting in partnership with funders such as DSD, GIZ and the National Development Agency.
- Ensure compliance with governance, labour legislation, and donor requirements.
Executive Assistant to the Director - REVIVE-Empowering Emotional Change
(2015-01 - 2018-12)
- Provided administrative and operational support to senior leadership.
- Supported project coordination and reporting processes.
- Assisted with staff coordination, scheduling, and internal communication.
- Compliance and Policies.
Executive Projects Assistant (Project Manager) - Spec-Savers
(2012-09 - 2015-12)
- Supported project administration and operational coordination.
- Managed documentation, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
- Small Project Management under (R1million)
- SHEQ
Project Manager(small projects) - Zingisa Civils and Construction
(2010-01 - 2012-12)
- Coordinated and supported end-to-end project administration for civil and construction projects, ensuring smooth execution from planning through to completion.
- Assisted in project planning and scheduling, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and milestones to support on-time project delivery.
- Managed project documentation, including contracts, quotations, progress reports, invoices, and compliance records.
- Acted as a central coordination point between directors, site managers, contractors, suppliers, and administrative staff.
- Supported resource coordination, including workforce scheduling, allocation of duties, and administrative oversight of site staff.
- Assisted with budget tracking and cost control, monitoring expenditures and supporting financial reporting processes.
- Administered HR-related project functions, including staff records, attendance tracking, and coordination of personnel documentation.
- Maintained confidential employee and project records, ensuring accurate filing and compliance with company standards.
- Provided executive administrative support to directors, including diary management, correspondence, meeting coordination, and reporting.
- Supported conflict resolution and issue management at an administrative level, escalating operational risks and concerns where necessary.
- Ensured compliance with internal controls, organisational procedures, and construction project documentation requirements.
Executive Assistant to Directors - Zingisa Civils & Construction
(2006-03 - 2009-08)
- Managed executive administration and office operations.
- Coordinated schedules, documentation, and internal processes.
- SHEQ
