Personal Assistant Office
Resume:
CURRICULUM
VITAE
Benine Geldenhuys
*. GENERAL INFORMATION:
SURNAME : Geldenhuys
CHRISTIAN NAME : Benine
IDENTITY NUMBER : 590-***-**** 08 9
NATIONALITY : South African
LANGUAGES : English - fluent
Afrikaans - fluent
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS : 4 Hobson Crescent
Southridge
Kimberley
CONTACT NUMBER : 076-***-****
ALTERNATIVE CONTACTS : 083-***-**** [Ben - husband]
[053] 838 3231 [Ben – husband]
AVAILABILITY : 3
rd
June, 2019
REMUNERATION EXPECTATIONS: R 17 000,00 (to be negotiated) 3
2. EDUCATIONAL PROFILE:
HIGHEST STANDARD PASSED : Std 8 [1975]
Girls High School, Kimberley
TERTIARY QUALIFICATION &
OWN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT : Diploma in Personnel & Training
- Damelin, Kby [2000]
I.C.D.L. Diploma [95331]
- NC Urban FET College, Kby
[Incomplete – 4 subjects passed
– 3 subjects still to be written]
Silver Diploma in Conveyancing
Practice - Centre for Conveyancing
Practice, Jhb [2006] – Gawie Le
Roux
Commissioner of Oaths
(registration no. 9/1/8/1 – 24/2010)
COMPUTOR LITERACY : Windows & Microsoft Office Suite Lexpro [legal docs & fees]
Coral [WordPerfect 8]
SearchWorks
GhostConvey [transfers only]
OTHER SKILLS : Dictaphone typing
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENCE : Code A1 [motor cycle]
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3. CHARACTER PROFILE:
- Honest, diligent and hard worker;
- An excellent and passionate personal assistant and/or secretary;
- Reliable and resourceful;
- Focussed and goal orientated;
- An excellent organiser and/or co-ordinator;
- Excellent communicator;
- Love a challenge;
- Innovative;
- Committed to any task undertaken – start to finish;
- Able to deliver excellent work, even when under pressure;
- Diverse and easily interacts with people of all different cultures, religions and levels in life, especially within the work place [superiors, peers and subordinates];
- Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels;
- Assertive – but readily accommodates the view points of others;
- Hobbies include travelling, reading, music, the Arts, cooking … 5
4. EMPLOYMENT PROFILE:
LAST EMPLOYER : Nico Gouws Incorporated
EMPLOYMENT PERIOD : 01/09/2016 – 28/02/2019
POSITION HELD : Conveyancing Secretary [low cost housing] REPORTING TO : Gert Swanepoel, Nico Gouws
& Ilse van der Westhuizen
SUMMARY OF DUTIES :
I provided full legal secretarial support to my Bosses, which function consisted of the following:-
- Assisting clients and general public with
queries;
- Conveyancing [drafting of Deeds of Transfer,
Applications [Regulation 68’s, Section 68[1],
Section 4[1][b], Section 17[4], Section 10A[3],
Section 16 and Section 45[1] & bis], Municipal
Bond Cancellations, FICA requirements and all
documents relevant to this field – opening of
townships, obtaining diagrams/general plans
from Surveyor General, liaising with Surveyors,
etc;
- Prep and attend to lodgement of relevant
deeds/applications/cancellations;
- Drawing Conveyancer Certificates and Tax
Invoices for Clients, etc;
- Litigation [High Court & Magistrate’s Court -
minimal];
- Filing and opening of new files;
- Assisting at Reception, switchboard and taking
of new instructions from new Clients [private
sale of RDP properties – cash & subsidies],
Searchworks, etc;
- Control of and responsibility for the “petty cash” and the “petty cash register”, the purchase of
Office requirements [stationery, furniture,
grocery list], reporting faults on equipment, etc; 6
PREVIOUS EMPLOYER : Roux Welgemoed & Du Plooy
EMPLOYMENT PERIOD : 01/04/2006 – 31/07/2015
POSITION HELD : Personal Assistant
REPORTING TO : Renita Du Plooy [Sole Practitioner] SUMMARY OF DUTIES :
I provided full personal assistance and legal secretarial support to Ms Du Plooy, which function consisted of the following:-
- Screening of all calls for Ms Du Plooy;
- Setting up of appointments and control of diary;
- Assisting clients, general public and/or
correspondents with legal enquiries;
- Assisting candidate attorneys, professional
assistants and other staff members with their
queries and assisting with day-to-day
administration of a law office;
- Conveyancing [drafting of Deeds of Transfer
and Applications, FICA requirements and all
documents relevant to this field] – FICA Officer;
- Commercial Law [drafting of Contracts, Lease
Agreements, CC docs, etc];
- Trusts [drafting Trust Deeds, attend to
lodgement thereof for the successful
registration, etc]
- Litigation [High Court & Magistrate’s Court];
- Preparation of documents for Trials [High Court
& Magistrate’s Court] – drafting of Indexes, etc
- Translation and drafting of numerous
documents, correspondence and the proof
reading thereof (Afrikaans to English and vice
versa);
- Filing and opening of new files;
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- Screening and taking new instructions from
Correspondents and new Clients;
- Debiting of fees on bookkeeping program
[Lexpro];
- Drafting of Bills of Cost;
- Control and responsibility of the “petty cash”
and the “petty cash register”
- Payment of all creditors [stationery account,
sheriff bills [countrywide], registrar of deeds
account, Lexis Nexis, Juta, etc;
- Control and ordering of stationery
- Banking of trust money [daily basis];
- Attending to the personal needs of Ms Du
Plooy [travel arrangements, medical
appointments, dental appointments, breakfast,
lunch, pet duty, response to Security System at
Office and home, etc]
REASON FOR CHANGE : Retrenchment
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PREVIOUS EMPLOYER : Mjila & Partners
EMPLOYMENT PERIOD : 24/01/2005 – 31/03/2006
POSITION HELD : Personal Assistant to Snr Partner
REPORTING TO : A V Mjila
SUMMARY OF DUTIES :
I provided full personal assistance and legal secretarial support to Mr Dali Mjila, which functions consisted of the following:-
- Setting up appointments and control of diary;
- Screening of all calls to Mr Mjila;
- Assisting clients, the general public and/or
correspondents with queries & new
instructions;
- Attending to travel requirements and
accommodation arrangements, both nationally
and internationally;
- Attending to the travel and accommodation
needs of Clients and Advocates nationally;
- Attending to all additional travel and
accommodation requirements whilst Mr Mjila
held a seat on the CLS Disciplinary Council,
Cape Town - twice a month;
- Arrangement of regular meetings for the BLA
Chapter in Kimberley, of which he was
President – arrange venue and sending of
invites;
- Arranged and co-ordinated a provincial
“Women’s Day” function in Galeshewe for
L.S.S.A. – arranged venue, snacks, flowers,
dispatch of invites, advertisement of event,
confirmation of the speakers and/or guests,
prepared hall for event, welcomed guests and
speakers, etc;
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- Assisted the BLA Secretary, with the
2005 BLA Banquet at the Flamingo Casino –
acted as Hostess and arranged ushers for the
guests, which included the Premier;
- Attended to all arrangements [travel,
accommodation, menus, etc] regarding a week
long pre-trial conference near Upington for a
prominent NC Politician, which included Senior
Counsels [Advocates] from Pretoria, etc;
- Assisted the other partner, professional
assistants and other staff members with their
queries, typing and the general day-to-day
administration of a law office;
- Conveyancing [drafting of all documents
relevant to this field];
- Labour Law [pleadings, etc]
- Commercial Law [drafting of Contracts, Lease
Agreements, CC docs, etc];
- Litigation [High Court & Magistrate’s Court];
- Preparation of documents for Trials [High Court
& Magistrate’s Court] – drafting of Indexes &
pagination, etc
- Translation of certain documents and
correspondence and the proof reading thereof
REASON FOR CHANGE : Improved salary
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CHARACTER REFERENCES:
- Gert Swanepoel
- Ilse Van Der Westhuizen
- Nico Gouws
- Renita Du Plooy
- Alfred Pegram [COGHSTA]
- Nolan Van Der Merwe
- Dali Mjila
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