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- 1. RUBY B RUSSON CURRICULUMVITAE Name: Ruby Russon Date of Birth: 21 July 1968 Nationality: South African Gender: Female Profession: Business Administration Current Position (Jan 2016 to date): Project Manager – Institute of Commerce and Management SA Duties: Project proposals Quality Assurance Management of Projects and project staff Reporting Previous Position (2008-2015) : Project Coordinator - SPL COMMUNICATIONS Duties: Managing Learnerships for ICT learnerships and Internships Conducting monthly and quarterly site visits Monthly and quarterly site visits Monthly and quarterly report writing Assisting in sourcing suitable training providers Monitoring Training Providers on a monthly basis to ensure that they are still training according to the project plan Managing learners attendance and stipends Working and meeting with the funders quarterly to discuss progress and improvements Managing learners’ database Monitoring drop outs and sourcing replacements Recruiting learners for the learnerships Managing Project Administrators who I was working with on site Main stakeholders on this project were MICT SET (main funder), Department of Labour (UIF online), GCRA, Department of Education, various Training Providers and various host employers Marketing for learners’ employment after completion of workplace training
- 2. Accountable for all the projects in the various provinces e.g. North West, Mpumalanga and Gauteng Managing Project Steering Committee meetings on a quarterly basis in the various provinces and reporting on progress ___________________________________________________________________ Key Competencies Development projects in the public sector. Donor funded project facilitation and management Knowledge in research methodologies Research, collation and analysis data Managing of project budgets Financial management and forecasting programme expenditure Project management Logical framework approach Technical assistance provision Procurement Office Administration, co-ordination and organisation of stakeholder meetings and workshops Logistics, travel and accommodation arrangements Training Workshop facilitation Communication, presentation and liaison skills Computer literate Educational Qualifications 2001, Bachelor in Business Administration Degree. Thames Valley University with Milpark Business School 1997, Certificate in Personnel Management, Raandse Afrikaans University 1988, Diploma in Administration, The Lan-Grove Training Centre, Sydney, Australia 1985, Cambridge O’Level Certificate (matric), St. Marks High School, Swaziland Professional Experience Assistant Project Director: Integrated Provincial Support Programme, Charles Kenda Partners-iSeluleko Consulting Pty. Ltd, September 2003 to date
- 3. Project Accounts Officer & Project Assistant: Integrated Provincial Support Programme, Charles Kendall & Partners-iSeluleko Consulting Pty. Ltd, April 2002 – August 2003 Business Development Consultant: Institute of Commerce and Management, January 2002 – March 2002 Area Coordinator: Xcel Information Technologies with Statistics South Africa, October 2001 ResearchConsultant, Facilitator: Institute of Commerce and Management, January 1999 – July 2001 Projects Appropriation Status Report Administrator: Procter & Gamble South Africa, April 1994 – November 1998 Personnel Assistant: G.E. Hudson, Isando, September 1993 - March 1994 Administrator: The National Housing Forum, November 1992 – February 1994 Organisations and Job Descriptions Charles Kendall & Partners-iSeluleko Consulting Pty. Ltd.,: Assistant Project Director Providing support and administrative coordination Liaison with stakeholders and reporting Refining Terms of Reference Managing the selection and contracting process for three provinces Contract negotiation and drafting of contracts Contract implementation Budget management for three provinces Administrative support through assistance with preparation of evaluation reports and overseeing pre-tender briefing sessions and tender evaluation processes Desk-top tender evaluations Preparing half yearly validation reports and programme partners’workplans and output plans Charles Kendall & Partners-iSeluleko Consulting Pty. Ltd., (CKP): Project Accounts Officer/Project Assistant. CKP-iSeluleko Consulting is the Procurement Service Provider for the Integrated Provincial Support Programme appointed by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). Responsible for the financial/administration and management of project budgets for all the Integrated Provincial Support Programme Partners, Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and 5 provinces Processing of consultants invoices Liasing with Charles Kendall & Partners London with regards to payments Prepare financial projections / forecasts for DFID Assist in compiling financial reports for monthly operations meetings Keeping an electric and manual filing system for all contracts and financials
- 4. Institute of Commerce and Management (ICM), Business Development Consultant:ICM – a consulting and training institution Sourcing new business opportunities Assisting in preparation and writing up of project proposals for prospective bids Training in office administration XCEL Information Technologies in association with Statistics South Africa, Area Coordinator Recruiting of administrators Administering and training personnel on research methods and setting priorities within projects to ensure that deadlines are met Participate and advise in conducting surveys Collation and analysis of data Writing up of the final report Institute of Commerce and Management (ICM), Research Consultant & Facilitator Conducting research on various projects Facilitation of workshops Involved in projects done for the Public Sector, i.e. the South African Police Service remuneration and comparative study Involved in a project conducted for the Office of the President, a comparative study Designing of questionnaires for the study Procter and Gamble (Pty) Ltd, Project Appropriation Status Report Administrator. Procter and Gamble is an international Fast Moving and Consumable Goods (FMCG) organisation Managing project budgets Processing and payments of invoices G.E. Hudson: Personnel Assistant. G.E. Hudson is a steel manufacturing organisation Managing the office of the CEO Providing administrative support The National Housing Forum (NHF): Administrator. NHF was an institution set up by the South African Government as part of the RDP programme. Office administration Co-ordination and organisation of trustee meetings and workshops
- 5. Assisting in preparing monthly reports for trustees REFERENCES SPL Communications – Mantombi Dlamini 073 405 9396 074 448 9396 Cbarles Kendall Ms Fikile Kuhlase 082 312 7957 Dr Raynauld Russon – Expectra and Institute of Commerce and Management 0810101415