HR, Analyst, Evaluator, Sales and Marketing and Administration

Location:

Columbus, GA

Salary:

$60,000

Posted:

May 22, 2023

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name

Melanie Swales Fonmanu

Birth Date

18.09.91

Gender

Female

Religion

Christian

Nationality

Fijian

Marital Status

Married

Driving License

WDL171N9D93B

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-Mail

*********@*****.***

Mobile

253-***-****

Country

America

Address

4350 Wilson Street, Columbus GA 31907

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Designation

Assistant Lecturer (School of Management- CBHTS): From August 31st 2020 till January 31st 2021

Organization name

Fiji National University, Fiji

Company Industry

Tertiary Education

Job Role

Conduct tutorials for all 3 units taught

Provide support to reporting Principle Lecturers in Nasinu Campus

Mark projections and presentations

Location

Namaka

City

Nadi

Work Description

Key Responsibilities as an Assistant Lecturer:

Administration of all activities that are related to the specific duties listed above, including attending meetings and representing the Department/School/College/University in meetings and forums to which the staff is sent

General responsibility is to undertake all other duties as directed by the supervising officer, the Head of School, Dean, or the Vice Chancellor

Teaching and Programme Development- including research, preparing and designing of programmes and courses; teaching a number of courses/units in the academic programmes, administering the courses/units taught; participation in the complete administration of the course/units/programmes; and student counselling and guidance

Evaluating student performance through examinations, short tests with assignments, projects and presentations, and set and/or maintain academic standards to meet training requirements through assessment, evaluation and reporting of student performance

Developing measures to promote student learning in the Department/School through regular discussions with senior academic staff and the section head(s) on approaches to tertiary teaching

Designation

Part Time Marker/ Tutor (Semester 1 & 2 (2018) Full Time Teaching Assistant (Semester 1 & 2 (2019) and from Semester 1 2021 till August 17th 2022.

Organization name

School of Management and Publics Administration – USP (Fiji)

Company Industry

Tertiary Education

Job Role

Conduct 100, 200 or 300 level tutorials for the Discipline of management.

Attend to student enquiries for those students that are registered under the units that I tutor in

Take additional classes for students if advised and requested by my supervisors

Do various unit assessments like presentations, debates, and projects

Marking of assessments

Supervision of Final Exams and MST’s

Location

Laucala Bay

City

Suva

Work Description

Key Responsibilities as a Tutor/ Marker:

Create an environment that is conducive to learning for the students by putting them in groups and mixing them up to socialize with students of other ethnicities

Conduct additional research for tutorials and not depend solely on the provided solutions for units taught.

Provide relevant and local examples as solutions for tutorials for better understanding of students especially in the IR and ER system that we have in the Pacific.

Take tutorial attendance and update it regularly for those that were absent but provided medical certificates

Conduct the relevant assessments for students- debate and presentations

Mark assessments on a timely manner before the deadlines and to continuously provide feedback to my supervisors

Assist my supervisors in any way that I can

Designation

Volunteer

February 2nd- April 2nd 2018

Organization Name

RTU/ RIA Department- Ministry of Productivity, Employment and Industrial Relations- Fiji

Company Industry

Public Sector

Job Role

Conventional Administration Duties

Be well Equipped with the ERA 2007

Attend to enquiries

Registration of Industrial Associations and Trade Unions

Location

Level 5 Civic House Victoria Parade

City

Suva

Work Description

Key responsibilities as volunteer:

Thoroughly vet Master agreements and ensure that they are in line with the labor laws

Endorse the registration of master agreements and minutes of meeting for trade unions and industrial associations.

Once applications are received and thoroughly vetted, photocopy and print and then bind them. Once done re-arrange in alphabetical order and upload them on the ministries website and also manually store them in different files and folders that have to be correctly labelled.

Ensure that financial statements of registered trade unions and industrial associations are being brought in before deadlines.

Thoroughly vet financial statements and ensure that it is also in compliant with the relevant requirements.

Send out reminders to the respective trade unions and industrial associations when deadlines of submissions are approaching and conduct follow-up checks.

Certify that documents are well in order with the relevant information being enclosed before submission to the Permanent Secretary for approval.

Upon Approval inform the respective trade unions and industrial associations and print the registration certificates. Once done inform the entities for pick up or for mail delivery.

Attend to enquiries regarding Industrial associations and trade unions via front desk, phone calls and email.

Assist my supervisor when the need arises.

Continuously update information on industrial association and trade unions files.

Also provide the relevant documents that is requested by the permanent secretary especially the ones that may assist her attain more knowledge on the respective trade unions. This is useful for mediation or arbitration and having any meetings with the trade unions and employers.

Designation

Human Resources officer

13/06 – 09/09/2016

Organization name

Sun (Fiji) News Limited- Fiji

Company Industry

Newspaper Publishing Company

Job Role

Recruitment and selection

Staffing, training and development

Performance monitoring

Employee Discipline

Payroll and

Employee counseling

Location

12 Amra Street, Walubay

City

Suva

Work Description

Key responsibilities as a human resource officer:

Provide Support to supervisors and to staff to develop the skills and capabilities of staff

Monitor staff performance

Co-ordinate staff recruitment and selection process in order to ensure a timely organized and comprehensive procedure is used to hire staff

Monitor staff attendance activities

Maintain staff files

Payroll process

Updating Annual, sick and bereavement leave

Conduct pay analysis reports and submit it to the general manager, finance manager and group HR consultant

Provide information and assistance to staff and supervisors on human resources and work related issues inclusive to disciplinary measures

Provide quarterly HR Reports on the 5th day of the first month of each quarter

Attend tribunal in absence of group HR Consultant

Assist the Group HR Consultant with matters that may be referred to the employment tribunal

Provide acceptance letter of resignation once resignation is approved by departmental manager

Ensure staff departure forms are completed and exit interviews are conducted before the departure of employees

Issue certificate of service to employees on the last day of employment

Provide reports to internal and external auditors when requested and only upon prior approval the Group HR Consultant.

Designation

Prospecting agent and Sales Consultant

15/07/2013 – 25/11/2014

Organization

Bluewater Real Estate Fiji- Fiji

Company Industry

Real Estate

Job Role

Prospecting credible leads

Listing, renting and selling land or houses

Administration Duties

Location

87 Gordon Street

City

Suva

Work Description

Key responsibilities as a prospecting and Sales Consultant

Door-knocking every home at targeted locations

Cold-calling different residents at specific places

Listing of properties (land and houses)

Renting and selling these properties

Meeting a clientele loop and developing loyalty amongst customers with a long- term friendship i.e. before and after the sale has been completed

Using both bargaining and negotiation skills to ensure that both the vendor and purchaser agree to the terms and conditions of the agreement

Attending to enquiries about the different properties listed under the real estate company.

Front office of reception duties and run errands for the company

Designation

Student Assistant

23/01/12 – 15/04/13

Organization

Student Administrative Service, University of the South Pacific- Fiji

Company Industry

Tertiary Institute

Job Role

Attend to Student Enquiries via the call center and at the front desk

Administration work i.e. data entry into the database system, photocopying.

Dispatch student mails.

Provide assistance also to senior staff of different departments when needed during peak periods.

Location

Laucala Bay

City

Suva

Work Description

Key responsibilities as student assistant:

Receive calls from current, former of interested students wishing to gain more information regarding student affairs at the University

Serving students at the respective counters that need assistance in filling respective forms and financial matters

Preparing respective letters for students

Preparing and printing student ID’s on the IT System

Provide students with clarification with regards to the University’s regulations and its application

And update students on new or latest information provided by the respective bodies of the University.

Update student mails on the database system and dispatch them when being picked up by students.

QUALIFICATION

Secondary

2008-2010 Saint Josephs’ Secondary School, Waimanu Road, Suva, Fiji

2006-2007 Jai Narayan College, Rewa Street, Suva, Fiji.

Qualifications:

2010- Fiji Seventh Form Examination

2009- Fiji School Leaving Certificate Examination

2007- Fiji Junior Certificate Examination

Undergraduate

Completed Bachelor of Commerce Program, majoring in Human resource Management and International Business Marketing at the University of the South Pacific

Member of the School of Management debate team from the faculty of business and economics (USP) for semester 2, 2015 that qualified to the finals

Participated in the UU200 (Ethics’ unit) skit night competition

ELSA test with an overall band of 3

Postgraduate

Completed The Post Grad Diploma in Commerce (Management and Public Administration)- Semester 1 2018

Completed Post Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching (PGCTT)- Semester 1 2022

Masters

Completed Master of Commerce (Management and Public Administration- Course Work)- Semester 1 2019

Completed a DRP (mini thesis). Titled: Exploring the effectiveness of training and development in 2 private sector organizations. Pending corrections prior to publication.

Business Proposals and projects

1)Business proposals and projects Project title: Energy, Technology and Improving for Rural Production in Nigeria

Synopsis: Energy, Technology and Innovation for Rural Maize Production is a project for the rural farming sector. The project will involve small scale company and individual holding crop production in Nigeria, a West African country. This project intends to involve most farmers and youth into maize production to increase their income and skills development. This project is designed to help the farmers and youth in Africa to consistently upgrade their farming skills in a bid to enhance their income, food security, create jobs for the youth, reduce poverty and increase the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a result of exporting the produce.

2)Project title: Lifewire Health App in Fiji

Synopsis: The app - Lifewire is a healthcare consultation app that allows people to access medical help from home. Lifewire will enable its users to access a wide range of knowledge and advice including a live chat with a medical professional and access to re-newel of prescriptions without the heavy price. Users will also be able to privately store their medical records and only people who the user has allowed access to will be able to view them. The app will have high security so users ‘dossier’/account information should not be hacked as this is very private information. Users will be able to download the app for free and it will be available on both Apple IOS and Android to increase customers' ability to access it. Users will be charged an annual fee covering chatting with a medical professional, requesting a prescription and other services which require the assistance of a medical professional at an affordable rate when compared to face to face consultations with a medical practioner.

3)Project title: Return to Fresh (social entrepreneurship organization based in Fiji)

Synopsis: Return to Fresh is a market intermediary social enterprise that buys deformed fruits and vegetables (that cannot be sold in stores and are usually thrown away) from local farmers and sells them cheaply as a subscription box service to boarding schools. The schools sign up for the service on our website, choose their subscription model and pay. Return to Fresh then delivers 5kg boxes of assorted fruits and vegetables to the schools every week in eco-friendly cardboard boxes. The schools can manage their subscriptions and customize the contents of their boxes their personalized dashboard on the website.

OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION AND MEMBERSHIP

Professional

Currently a researcher and mentor for school of management debate team. For semester 2 2017 and semester 2 2018 (Both teams that won the semi-final and finals).

Effective Teaching Workshop for Teaching Assistants 2019 (Attended both workshop 1 & 2)

Affiliated member of the Fiji Human Resources Institute

Evaluator for the Fiji Business Excellence Awards Program in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022

Participated in the Global Enterprise Competition 2019, 2020 and 2021

Public Sector Recruitment and Interview Skills Work shop 2018

Real Estate Seminar 2017

FHRI Workshop 2016

Sports

Member of the Tacirua and Rovers Netball Team

Hobbies

Reading- documentaries- stories based on historical events

Traveling- exploring new things about cultures and the fast pace of technology

Social networking and socializing via: Community work, Church Activities, Volunteer Work

Public speaking and conducting presentations

Cooking and gardening

SKILLS

Team Player- go out of my way to assist colleagues and provide collegial support to supervisors. Thus doing additional work by providing assistance to the school when needed

Leadership and development- providing additional assistance to students, outside the consultation hours to aid them in terms of excelling academically in their studies

Great Communicational Skills- both amongst staff and students from dissimilar cultures across the Pacific

Ability to Work under Pressure- especially when there are a number of things that are due at one time

Time Management- during intense periods of work and having to meet deadline, prioritization and organization of work is being thoroughly engaged

Rigorous Evaluation and Assessment- Ensuring that the assessments provided are in line with the learning objectives found in the course and tutorial outline and that such assessments are reasonable and attainable by students

Self-motivation with a positive attitude- first keeping myself positive and then by taking this positive energy to class to keep students motivated

Thinking skills in terms of conflict Resolution- if a conflict is being identified, investigate and find out the root cause of it before mapping out an amicable solution

Adaptability and willingness to learn- teaching is something not where students learn from what we teach, but we as teachers we learn from our students as well. Outside from what I do I am also enthusiastic to learn new things at work to expand my current knowledge horizon.

Language

Exceptional English and Fijian: Written and Oral

Computer

Proficient: Outlook, MS Word, Excel and PPT

REFEREES

Referees

Dr. Buriata Tofinga

Designation: Senior Lecturer

School: School of Business and Management

Discipline: Management and Public Administration

Mobile: +679-*******

Landline: +679-******** / +679-*******