CURRICULUM VITAE

Name

Karen Henn

Date of Birth

** **** ****

Secondary Qualification

Matric – Queensburgh Girls’ High School – 1992

Tertiary Qualification

National Diploma (Business Administration), Natal Technikon, 1995

Merit Certificate of Excellence in Final Exams of 1995

Cell Phone Number

073-***-****

E-Mail

adl2fh@r.postjobfree.com

Driver’s License

Code 08 – Owner of a reliable vehicle

KEY EXPERIENCE

I am a Secretary with experience as a Legal Secretary. Over this period, I worked for various Attorneys as a Legal Secretary and Personal Assistant to attorneys and directors of legal companies.

I have also worked for a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Company working directly with the engineers as a personal assistant.

I am able to work independently as well as a member of a team.

I have excellent interpersonal skills on all levels.

While working for Rob Askew at Askew & Associates, I was appointed as a Commissioner of Oaths to assist when professional staff were not available to do so.

January 2021 - April 2021

August 2020 - January 2020

September 2019 - July 2020 -

1 April 2019 –

30 August 2019

December 2018

September, October & November 2018

26 June 2018 –

4 August 2018

Volunteer work at Toughlove NPO as support to Chairlady. Building databases, whatsapp marketing, social media support, online event management. Clean Warehouse shop management, invoicing, assessing targets, liasing with customers, database development and management, direct marketing.

Unemployed due to health challenges

Intermittent temp position Alistair Hamilton

Daly Morris Fuller

Legal Secretary to director. Dictaphone typing. General secretarial duties. Reason for leaving. Contract ended.

Shepstone & Wylie – Temporary assignment. Dictaphone tying.

Hamilton Attorneys – Temporary intermittent days for Alistair Hamilton at Hamilton Attorneys. Dictaphone typing.

Batchelor Attorneys

Temporary assignment for John Batchelor. Dictaphone typing. Diarising files. Answering telephone and taking messages. Screening calls. Advertising debtors and creditors for deceased estates. Capturing time on LegalSuite.

June 2018

Hamilton Attorneys – Temporary intermittent days for Alistair Hamilton. Dictaphone typing.

June 2017 - May 2018

Stimela Consulting

Personal Assistant to Director.

Administration of Trusts. Registered companies, reservation of names for new companies, annual returns etc on CIPC. Making accommodation reservations and flight bookings. General office duties including dictaphone typing. Reason for leaving - retrenched.

September 2016 - December 2016

Werksmans Attorneys in Stellenbosch, Cape Town

Temporary position - Dictaphone typing and general office duties.

11 July 2016 - 11 August 2016

Appeal Document Services in Milnerton, Cape Town

Reason for leaving - mutual understanding that the position was not suitable for me.

Nov 2015 – June 2016

During this period I worked for Warrick de Wet Attorneys as well as an Advocates Group in Durban. My responsibilities included dictaphone typing of e-mails and High Court documents. My reason for leaving was to relocate to Cape Town.

Feb 2013 – Nov 2015

Pearce, du Toit & Moodie– Litigation - Third Party Insurance

Legal Secretary / Paralegal

Duties Drafting Summons and Particulars of Claim in third party insurance matters and Pre-Trial Notices and other Court documentation. Drafting Indices and collating supporting documentation. Drafting correspondence to agents, opposing attorneys and institutions to obtain supporting documentation to matters. Telephonic queries with correspondent attorneys, police, traffic studies, brokers, insurance companies etc. Attending to written and telephonic queries and attending to solve same where possible. Drafting Acknowledgement of Debt, Letters of Demand and Settlement Agreements, arranging consultations for debtor’s, obtaining instructions from clients. Drafting reports to clients. Taking the “next step” independently in specific matters when necessary. Drafting tax invoices. Submitting accounts for payments. Reason for leaving : Retrenchment.

cont 2011 – Dec 2012

WorleyParsons RSA (Pty) Ltd

Secretary / Personal Assistant

(WorleyParsons acquired 70% of the shareholding of KV3 Engineers on 14 January 2011. As a result of the acquisition KV3 Engineers changed its name to WorleyParsons RSA (Pty) Ltd.)Reason for leaving : Retrenchment.

June 2010 – 2011 cont

Kwezi V3 Engineers (Pty) Ltd

Secretary / Personal Assistant

Duties: Secretarial duties, dispensing of office stationary, managing of outgoing documentation, placement of tender adverts, collating tender documents project filing as well as registration of proposals with finance department and on Proman. I work for Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Environmental department.

Jan 2008 – June

2010

Barkers Attorneys

Legal Secretary and Personal Assistant

Duties: Dictaphone typing of agreements and attending to amendments and formatting same; drafting correspondence, Court Notices, taking and screening of calls, attending to clients' queries, travel arrangements, setting up of meetings and general secretarial duties. Time capture for fee purposes. Drafting tax invoices. Reason for leaving : To explore a different avenue to law.

Feb 2003 – Nov 2007

Askew & Associates

Legal Secretary and Personal Assistant

Duties: Consult with clients, drawing simple summons relating to Road Accident Fund claims, attending to correspondence and queries with other Attorneys and Correspondent Attorneys, SAPS, hospitals and doctors as well as the Road Accident Fund. Appointed as Commissioner of Oaths. Reason for leaving : Financial

1998 – 2003

Various temporary positions as a legal secretary

1997 – 1998

Chicago, USA - Au Pair

1995 – 1997

Shepstone & Wylie

Legal Secretary

Duties: Dictaphone typing, filing and general office duties.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet

COURSES, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

1995

Life Assurance Course:Technikon Natal

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Language Speak Read Write

English Home Language Home Language Home Language

Afrikaans Fair Fair Fair

REFERENCES

Rob Askew – Askew & Associates – (031-***-**** / 082-***-****

Mike Richmond – WorleyParsons (now known as IX Engineers) – 082-***-****

Kelvin Moodie – Pearce, du Toit & Moodie – (031-***-****

Alistair Hamilton – Hamilton Attorneys – 082-***-****

John Batchelor – Batchelor Attorneys – 082-***-****

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