CURRICULUM VITAE OF
CHEREEN NIEUWENHUYS
CHEREEN NIEUWENHUYS
Contact
Phone:
Email:
chereennieuwenhuys@gmail.c
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Personal
Information
D.O.B
Status:
Single
Dependents:
1
Location:
Cape Town
Languages
English – Native
Afrikaans – Native
Sign Language – Good
Summary
Energetic, goal-oriented and presentable individual, eager to bring innovative skills to a company. Excellent organization, communication, and relationship- building skills. Articulate and friendly with a professional demeanor, intuitive and willing to learn. Always up for a challenge.
Skill Highlights
• Well Organized
• Industrious
• Problem solving
• Confident
• Team player
• Initiative
• Computer literate
• Bilingual: English and Afrikaans
• Attention to detail
• Creative
• Innovative
• Interpersonal skills
• Punctual
• Prioritizing
• Focused
• Strong written/verbal
communication
• Willingness to learn
Experience
Office Manager- 02/2018 to 10/2019
Pest control Hygiene and cleaning, Polokwane
- Keith Terrence (Owner/Director) 074-***-****
• HR responsibilities
• Supervision of cleaners
• Marketing
• Building inspections
• Controlling bookings and travel arrangements
• Develop project concepts and maintain optimal workflow.
• Work with Director to manage large, projects for corporate clients.
• Payroll and month end reports
• Tenders Preparing
• PowerPoint presentations
• Minutes of meetings
• Cold calling
• Extensive use of excel, E-tenders, wave invoicing, Manager, Microsoft
• Acting as first person in case of an emergency.
Head administrator - 05/2016 to 03/2018
Cedar crest study center- Polokwane
- Liza Spruyt (Principle) 076-***-****
• creating reports
• General clerical and administrative support.
• Facilitating students
• Ensure that the school operates in a consistently organized manner.
• Maintain all recordkeeping for students and staff.
• Prepare accounts payable documentation.
• Capturing data and processing information
• Corespondence with students and parents
• Managing diaries and scheduling appointments
Personal assistant - 05/2016 to 03/2018
GoMetro: cape Town
- Justin Coetzee (CEO) 084-*******
• Acting as a face of the company
• Dealing with correspondence and phone calls
• Managing diaries and organizing meetings and appointments
• Controlling access to the manager/executive booking and arranging travel
• transport and accommodation organizing events and conferences
• reminding the manager/executive of important tasks and deadlines.
• Using networking system for office communication.
• Data capturing and analyzing
• Attend to bulk mailing
• Minutes of meetings
• Setting up of meetings and functions where necessary ensuring all the details big and small have been attended to
Receptionist - 01/2014 to 12/2014
Ph4Life- Polokwane
- Carina Voster (Owner) 073-***-****
• Receiving visitors at the front desk by greeting, welcoming and directing them appropriately
• Booking appointments
• Handling large amounts of cash
• Use of Teller system
• Stock taking and selling of stock
• General administration. (Filing, emailing, faxing etc.)
• Patient assessments (weighing, taking blood pressure, filling in questioners)
Availability
Immediately
Receptionist- 02/2013-11/2013
Sureslim/Homeopath
- Rina Spruyt (073-***-****)
- Sashni Naiker (072-***-****)
• Welcoming clients and directing them accordingly
• Assisting with weigh ins
• Medical aid authorization and claims
• Perform clerical duties such as, filing, answering phones, faxing, photocopying, using credit card machine, using pastel, and providing customer service.
• Scheduling appointments
• Cold calling
• Keeps patient appointments on schedule by notifying provider of patient's arrival.
• Patient confidentiality
• Update databases
• Preparing PowerPoint presentations
Education
• Grade 12: PHS – 2012- POLOKWANE (English, Afrikaans, Math, Geography, tourism, hospitality, life orientation.
• First aid training level 1- CMS- 2017
• Amanuenses – Impaq – 2017
• TEFL- 2017
• Montessori training (NQF 5) – 2020
Thank you