Bandile Sililo

RESUME OF: BANDILE NOMBUSO THEMBALETHU SILILO- ZULU Mobile: - Email:-Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bandile-sililo-04695b105/ BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Surname: Sililo- Zulu Full names: Bandile Nombuso Thembalethu Date of birth: 11/09/1994 Citizenship: South African Gender: Female Willingness to relocate: Yes (National/ International) Years of experience: 4+ Years EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Year:- Institution: Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School Highest grade passed: Matric TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS: Year: 2022 Institution: Wits Business School/ University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Qualification: Certificate: Energy Value Chains, Grid management and stability, Energy transition in South Africa Year: 2019 Institution: University of KwaZulu Natal Qualification: Bachelor of Agriculture Honours, Agricultural Extension and Rural Resource Management Year: 2019 Institution: KPECTA Training Academy Qualification: SHEMTRAC- Safety Officer Year: 2019 Institution: TBM Consulting and Projects Qualifications: Quality Management System and Auditing Course- ISO 9001:2015, ISO 19011:2019 Year:- Institution: Dalum Landbrugsskole (Academy of Agricultural Business, Denmark) Qualification: Diploma, Livestock Management and Sustainable Agricultural Production Year:- Institution: University of KwaZulu Natal Qualification: Bachelor of Agriculture, Agricultural Extension and Rural Resource Management ______________________________________________________________________________________________ BNT Sililo- Zulu: Resume- Agriculture Page 1 of 5 CORE SKILLS: ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System); ISO 19011:2019 (Auditing), Internal Auditing, Project management, Tender management, Office Management, Client Relations Management, Personal/ Executive Assistance, Administration management, Administration assistance, Meeting minutes taking, Recording of information, Data collection and analysis, Occupational Health and Safety Act, National Environmental Management Act (NEMA), Compensation of Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA), Safety Officer, Legal Liability, Hazard Identification and Risk Management (HIRA), Accident/ Incident investigation, Basic Firefighting, Basic First Aid , Just Energy Transition, Animal Production, Crop Production, Agricultural Extension, Community Development, Sustainable Development, Rural Resource Management, Capacity building, Staff training, Report writing, Planning and coordination (local and international), Recruitment, Facilitation, Coordination, Human Resources, B-BBEE Compliance and monitoring, Monitoring and Evaluations, Staff Management, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Fleet management, Liaison, Report writing, Compliance officer, Ad hoc functions. COMPUTER LITERACY: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Quantum GIS, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), MS Sharepoint, MS Teams, Adobe Photoshop INVOLVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES: Year: 2022 Achievement: Just Energy Transition (JET) Skills Development Program, AWEaP, Power Africa & USAID Year: 2017 Achievement: Eventyrlobet, Denmark ACHIEVEMENTS: Year: 2022 Achievement: Led team which reached target for sales/ tendering targets within the first two quarters of the year resulting in company obtaining work from Platinum client at Siphiwumusa Trading Enterprise. Year: 2021 Achievement: Led team which received a qualified clean audit for IMS system ISO 45001:2018, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 9001:2015 with ISOQAR at Siphiwumusa Trading Enterprise. Year: 2019/2020 Year: Led department which saw increase in sales/ tendering- targets set for year were met at Impande Consulting Engineers Year: 2020 Achievement: Lead team which received clean audit for the 2019/2020 Financial Year for QMS system ISO 9001:2015 with SABS at Impande Consulting Engineers Year: 2019 Achievement: DUX- Agricultural & Dietetics Programmes, University of KwaZulu Natal Year: 2015 Achievement: Merit Certificate: Outstanding performance during semester one in module: EXTN372 Participatory Extension, University of KwaZulu Natal ______________________________________________________________________________________________ BNT Sililo- Zulu: Resume- Agriculture Page 2 of 5 Year: 2015 Achievement: Merit Certificate: Outstanding performance during semester two in module: EXTN 373 Extension Placement, University of KwaZulu Natal Year: 2013 Achievement: Merit Certificate: Outstanding performance during semester one in module: EXTN 161 Rural Wealth Creation, University of KwaZulu Natal WORK EXPERIENCE: October 2016- February 2017 Company: Mosengaard, Denmark Position: Agricultural Student Intern Duties: Cleaning of diary pens, ensuring target of milking is met for the day, assisting with production of feed for the animals (calculation of feed). Monitoring of milking trends and produce outcome. 07 September 2017- 30 November 2017 Company: Silalele Consultants cc Position: Agricultural Facilitator/ Educator Duties: Practical training of learners (agricultural crop production), Assisting learners with establishment of portfolio of evidence, facilitation and compiling reports weekly about the daily progress of training, monitoring and establishment of practical learning, data capturing and reporting, capacity building of learners 01 August 2018- 31 October 2018 Company: Farmer Support Group Position: Agricultural Student intern Duties: Assisted and facilitated youth group projects in rural communities to realize development through participatory methods. Was also involved with report writing and formulation of on field activities that are aligned to the company and project objectives. Data collection and analysis from farmer groups. Encourage of sustainable development methods. Report writing and submission. Executing Agricultural extension methods. Achieving set goal targets for production for rural women in target communities. 14 March 2017- Current Company: Dreambig Concepts (Pty) Ltd Position: Agricultural extension officer/ advisor (Contract part time contract basis) Duties: Assisting farmers In remote areas (villages and rural areas) with crop production methods, farmer and stakeholder liaison in representation of the farmer, implementation of agricultural extension methods, assisting farmers with development of agribusiness plans, council and mentor to subsistence farmers in remote locations, extension service in sustainable agricultural production with intent for biogas production. 01 March 2019-31 August 2021 Company: Impande Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd Position: Office Manager Duties: Management of directors diaries, personal/ executive assistant to EXCO members , tender management , office planning and management, coordination of meetings (internal and external) Staff management, Fleet Management, internal auditor (ISO 9001:2015), client relations management, Management of professional staff registrations, stakeholder liaison, customer management, OHS Representative/ Officer, Compiling and submitting reports to Operations Director, Staff KPI management and monitoring, internal auditor, compliance officer, Project ______________________________________________________________________________________________ BNT Sililo- Zulu: Resume- Agriculture Page 3 of 5 stakeholder engagements and coordination, Renewal and compliance of Company statutory documents. Coordination of holding groups companies. Human Resources assistance (recruitment of talent) interview panel, Staff training coordination and management, Ad hoc functions. 06 September 2021 - Current Company: Siphiwumusa Trading Enterprise (Pty) Ltd Position: Office Manager Duties: Management of directors diaries, attending to tender documents (tender management) , office planning and management, coordination of meetings (internal and external), Fleet Management, internal auditor and quality management systems implementer (ISO: 9001: 2015), client relations management, stakeholder liaison, customer management, OHS Representative/ Officer, Human resource management, Staff KPI formulation and management, internal auditor, compliance officer, Project stakeholder engagements and coordination, Renewal and compliance of Company statutory documents, Lead Recruitment for projects, Staff management, Ad hoc functions. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ BNT Sililo- Zulu: Resume- Agriculture Page 4 of 5 Language Proficiency: READ WRITE SPEAK ENGLISH EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT ISIZULU EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT REFERENCES: Contact name Mr Erik Jespersen Mr Maxwell Mudhara Position International Coordinator/ Lecturer Director Mrs Sphe Chonco Project manager/Director Mr Ntuthuko Jula Human Resources Manager Mrs Nonhlanhla Nkosi Director Mr Thubelihle Zulu Director Company Dalum Landbruggskole Contact Details Tel: - E:-Farmer Support group Tel: - E:-Silalele Consultants cc Tel: - E:-Impande Consulting Engineers Tel: - E:-Siphiwumusa Trading Enterprise Tel: - E:-Dreambig Concepts Tel: - E:- ______________________________________________________________________________________________ BNT Sililo- Zulu: Resume- Agriculture Page 5 of 5