CURRICULUM VITAE
DAVID MBEHA
P.O Box *****, Pioneerspark, Windhoek
Email: **********@*****.***
Mobile: +264-**-*******
PERSONAL PROFILE
Surname: MBEHA
First Names: DAVID MWIYA
Date of Birth: 05/04/1995
Place of Birth: NGOMA
Citizenship: NAMIBIAN
Identity Number: 950********
Sex: Male
Over 5 years of professional experience in media, economic research.
Social Media management
Experience in multi-stakeholders coordination;
Experience working with government high level officials (i.e. Cabinet Ministers and International Diplomats) at a national and international level
Experienced public speaker and MC of events
Professional Speech Writer
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current
Aug 2020
Office of the Judiciary
Windhoek, Namibia
Jan 2019- Dec 2020
Communication Consultant/ TV
Host/MC/Brand Influencer
Windhoek, Namibia
Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
- Liaising with the Supreme, High and Magistrate Courts in Namibia
- Managing the Office of the Executive Director
- Acting as an advisor to the Executive Director
- Managing the day to day activities of the Managing Director
- Liaison for the Southern African Judicial Administrators Association
- Cabinet Liaison.
Freelancing events MC, TV Host and Brand influencer Brand influencer:
- Using social media to bring brand awareness to customers, including social media management TV Host/MC:
Working with different brands on TV shows and brand activations; Multichoice Africa, WB Supermarket, Simply You Magazine and Lifestyle Awards, Namibia Theatre and film awards, Skorpion Zinc U /17 Cup.
- Brand spokesperson and ensuring brand engagement with customers
- Manage brand activations.
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June 2018 – Dec 2018
Ministry of Information and
Communication Technology (MICT)
Windhoek, Namibia
Jan 2017 –Nov 2017
University of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Aug 2017
University of Namibia(UNAM)
Windhoek, Namibia
July 2017
Multichoice Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Jan 2016 – Apr 2018
Simply You Magazine
Executive Assistant to Deputy Minister (Grade 6)
- Deputy Minister’s Programme: Coordinate with the Ministers and prepare daily programme including appointments and functions held during official and after working hours. Formatting and preparing of Minister’s speeches folders.
- Correspondence and Records: Open mail, record and pass to Deputy Minister, type letters, memos, correspondence and confidential documents, speeches, cabinet papers and reports, print out, send faxes, take photocopies and file correspondence as directed.
- Cabinet and Parliament Meetings. Prepare papers and present in an ordered manner prior to meetings of all types, especially cabinet and parliament meetings.
- Filing. Filing of personal and confidential documents.
- Support Services. Answering telephones, taking messages, making appointments, make accommodation bookings and travel arrangements both locally and internationally, preparation of documents before international travel and arranging meetings. Making arrangements for lunches and dinners hosted by the Minister. Organize gifts for the Ministers for overseas appointments.
- Manage various policy issues, projects and processes on behalf of the Deputy Minister;
- Coordinate briefing material to respond to emergent issues, and report and provide advice to the Deputy Minister on program, policy and administrative issues;
- As a member of the senior management committee, work closely with senior managers on various initiatives and issues;
- Represent the Deputy Minister's Office on Ministry projects and committees, resolving issues that span the full range of the Ministry’s mandate and priorities;
- Participate in the preparation and maintenance of the Ministry’s performance plan and annual report, while ensuring appropriate follow through on executive decisions. Economic Research Trainee
- Assisted with the research on the Adequacy of Foreign Exchange reserve; a case for Namibia.
- Co-Authored a Journal paper published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business law.
- Provide findings to Senior Economist.
- Analyse and interpret findings.
Exam Invigilator
- Assisted in the setting up of examination rooms.
- Ensure all candidates receive appropriate examination question papers and Answer paper.
- Be aware of any needs that candidates may have during the examinations.
- Ensure answer scripts are collected in candidate number order and are supervised as required until they are delivered to the Exams Office.
- Ensure candidates obey the regulations of an examination room as laid out in the examination guidelines.
- Maintain security and confidentiality.
- Ensure no inappropriate items are brought into the examination room, such as mobile phones and other devices, revision notes or other paperwork
Official Host of Multichoice Namibia’s 25th Anniversary.
- Conducting media interviews.
- Interacting with Multichoice Namibia officials.
- Speaking on the impact of Multichoice Namibia and the power of entertainment.
- Events MC
EXECUTIVE Assistant to General Manager
- Data management and record keeping.
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Windhoek, Namibia
- Diary Management.
- Data entry and analyses (including with spread sheets) and draw conclusions.
- Event coordination
- Minute taking
- filing
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
First African TLC Presenter ( DSTV)
Johannesburg, South Africa
TV Host and Brand Representative in Africa
- Media and stakeholder engagement.
- Writing articles for the TLC entertainment website.
- Brand spokesperson across Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Brand activations and customer interaction.
- Social media engagement.
- Host of TLC TOP 10 show on DSTV.
EDUCATION
2014 - 2017: University of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia
Honours Degree in Economics.
2009-2013: Grootfontein Secondary
School
Grootfontein, Namibia
Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) – Grade 12 SKILLS AND ADDITIONAL INFO
Languages
Subia (mother tongue)
English (fluent/native)
Afrikaans (fluent/native)
IT Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Publisher), SPSS, Skype, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome,
REFERENCES
Mrs. Louise Shixwameni
Ministry of Public Enterprise
Deputy Executive Director
Mobile: +264-*********
Email: ******.**********@***.***.**
Mr. Lee Hobbs
Discovery Networks CEEMEA
Vice president
Mobile: +41-208*******
Email: *********@*********.***
Mr. Ervine Simataa
Skorpion Zinc
General Manager
Mobile: +264-**-*******
Email: ********@****************.**.**
Mr. Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology Permanent Secretary
Mobile: +264-***-******
Tel: +264-*********