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Front Office Service, Administrative Assistant, Travel Consultant

Location:

Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa

Salary:

R13 000

Posted:

April 13, 2021

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Resume for Gcobisa Duna Siziba

My name is Gcobisa Siziba, born on 7 August 1983. I studied my high school in Hector Petersen High School and matriculated in 2001 with an Exemption.

I studied further and completed my National Diploma in Tourism at Tshwane University of Technology in Nelspruit. I am now in the process of completing my Btech in Tourism Management, I have 2 outstanding subjects.

OBJECTIVES

I see myself working for a big or small company that is goal driven and promotes excellence in service delivery. I work well under pressure, not that I like but I manage. My working experience has enabled me to:

−adapt to the working environment of a large organization,

−get on with a wide variety of people,

−improve my theoretical and practical knowledge of management

−I am computer literate and am able to use the following programmes competently:

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Publisher

MS Power Point

MS Project

During my tertiary studies I had external courses that I did and obtained the following certificates:

CERTIFICATES OBTAINED:

Institution: Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Basic First Aid Certificate - 2006

Institution: Tshwane University of Technology:

Opera PMS Certificate - 2009

Tourplan: (Production Lookup, Operations Fastbook, Operations Group Book) - 2010

HIGHEST QUALIFICATION OBTAINED: NATIONAL DIPLOMA TOURISM MANAGEMENT

WORK EXPERIENCE

RECENT JOB MEDIA24- DRUM MAGAZINE

Address: 69 Kingsway, Auckland Park. Johannesburg

Job Title: Editorial Assistant

Responsibilities: - provide general administrative support to the relevant

Department (DRUM)

-Provide support in connection with the preparations, collation and distribution of documents,

-Data capturing,

-Create purchase orders when required,

-Take receipt of and send faxes, emails on behalf of the department,

-Book flights, accommodation, car rentals for Management,

-Organizing the Editor’s diary and making appointments as requested, and also make follow up for meetings,

-Book meeting venues for video conferences etc.

-Handle telephonic queries on behalf of the department and screen phone calls for the Editor,

-Responsible for filling of all documentation, as well as maintenance of the filing system.

Reason for leaving: Retrenchment

Period of employment: 15 January 2015 to March 2017

PREVIOUS JOB Mpumalanga Service Providers

Address: Plot 53 Touyz Road

Agricultural Site

White River

Job Title: Front Office/Reservations Consultant/Secretary for Quantum Leap Investments 88 Pty Ltd

Responsibilities: Check in/out Guests; Capture invoices; Help guests with their queries; planning, quoting and booking guests.

●Recording minutes for meetings and also plan the next meeting

●Booking accommodation, flights, car-rental for the clients who are self-driving.

●Processing Invoices on Pastel

●Controlling emails, diary for Mr Mncube (Quantum Leap Director)

●Filing documents for both Mpumalanga Service Providers and Quantum Leap Investments 88 Pty Ltd as well as organizing Office Files for both Quantum Leap and Mpumalanga Service Providers

●Receive and make calls

PREVIOUS JOB

Employer: Mfafa Safaris

Address: 38 Kiaat Street

White River

Job Title Travel Consultant

Responsibilities: Booking Tours e.g Accommodation, Game drives, Excursions for the clients.

Also prepare an Itinerary for the guides and give them details for transfers/pick ups, drop offs for the following day and also I inform them of their duties. Apply for Cross Border Permits if we have vehicles leaving the country to pick up clients maybe in Mozambique, Swaziland. Also book Guide's accommodation for overnight transfers as well as their meals when doing long tours like the Panorama

Reason for leaving: Internship for a year

PREVIOUS JOBS

Employer: Go Tourism (Inbound Tour Operator)

Address: 40 Breda Street

Orangezicht, Gardens

Cape Town, 8000

Telephone number: 021-***-****

Job Title: Travel Consultant - FIT Department

Responsibilities: Book tours for clients- dealt ONLY with French Clients.

Period of employment: Oct 2007 - Mar 2008 (Inservice Training)

Reason for leaving: Inservice training

2.Employer: Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Address: P O Box 652

Cape Town

8000

Job Title: Call Center Consultant

Responsibilities and tasks: Answer calls, give out info about the institution, assist students with registration and other academic related queries

Period of employment: January-February 2007

Reason for leaving: Temporary Job (during registration)

3.Employer: Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Address: P O Box 652

Telephone number: 021-***-****

Job title: IEC official

Responsibilities and tasks: Assisting students with voting and counting votes

Period of employment: September 2006

Reason for leaving: Temporary job

4.Employer: Pick ‘n Pay

Address: Sea Point, Cape Town

Job Title: Stock Controller

Responsibilities: Counting stock that is coming in and the one in the store, also rotate around the store to help with cashiers as well as at the Deli

Period of Employment: Every time Pick ‘n Pay workers were on strike or stay away and when they needed extra people to do stock taking we would be asked from our school residence to go and help out.

Reason for leaving: Temporary Job

REFERENCES

1.Mrs Noluthando Mthethwa

Former EDITOR: DRUM Magazine

69 Kingsway, Auckland Park

Johannesburg

Tel: 011-***-**** – work

084-***-**** – mobile

2.Noleen Mendace

Office Manager: HUISGENOOT/YOU/TV PLUS

69 Kingsway, Auckland Park

Johannesburg