CV. Nicole Gerber
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Gerber
Nicole
South African-
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Cape Town
Female
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English & Afrikaans-
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Date
Institution/Organisation
2005
Hoërskool Florida
2013
Progressive Dynamics
Degree/Diploma/Certificate
Senior Certificate (Grade 12 / Matric / High School Diploma)
Project Administration
CERTIFICATES/COURSES/TRAINING
- Discovery Health Certificate
- Resolution Health Certificate
- Secretarial Certificate
- Short Term Insurance in‐house training
- Project Administration Level 1 internal exams and in-house studies passed
- AFIswitch Fingerprinting Certificate
- AFIswitch Trainer Certificate
- Experience in the following:
o MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Ubuntu and all Microsoft related programmes.
o Grail System | Cacoo - Diagrams | Jira | Assembla | Bitbucket | Google AdWords | Wunderlist
o AdDynamo | Todeloo | Trace | Google Docs | Pastel | Slack | Evernote | Toggl | Umbraco | Asana
o Glassfrog | Keynote | Smartsheets | Zoom | Google Drive | Holocracy | Remote working | .net |
Javascript | Inbrowser | Wordpress | CSS | Umbraco Admin Platform | Wordpress Admin Platform |
API Integrations | Software development
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
December 2018 - Current
The KPI Agency (US based international company – remote working)
Digital Project Manager / Resource Manager
Responsibilities/Contributions:
- Project Owner. Scrum Master. Project co-ordination.
- Project manager to 16 running projects, that includes Media, SEO, Paid Search, Web development, Client
recruitment, Resourcing, planning, scoping and costing
- SLA client management. Project management. Project Manager to SLA clients. Client handovers.
- Ongoing media campaign project management.
- Jira ticketing / Sprint. System management / reporting. Running daily stand ups. Client reckons.
- Asana project setups
- Glassfrog process creations
- Assisting Client Partner in administrative duties (client coms). Content loading. Copy review. Design reviewal.
- Scope creation, Cost estimation, project plan creation
- RFP and New business proposal creations and management
- Client facing meetings
Reason for Leaving: Company is closing down SA branch due to Financial reasons
Reference to call: Bianca Waterberg (MD of SA branch):-
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2015 – December 2018
Liquid Thought (Pty) Ltd.
Digital Project Manager
Responsibilities/Contributions:
- Project Owner. Scrum Master. Senior project administration. Project co-ordination.
- SLA client management. Project management. Project Manager to SLA clients. Client handovers.
- Jira ticketing / Sprint. System management / reporting. Running daily stand ups. Client reckons.
- Assisting PM in administrative duties (Timelines, client communication, etc.). Content loading.
Reason for Leaving: Looking for a new career challenge.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
November 2014 - June 2015
Golden Dividend 409 (Pty) Ltd.
Executive PA to the MD | Office Manager
Responsibilities/Contributions:
- MEIBC. Procurement. Client accounts, Invoicing, statements, orders, deliveries, Stock order.
- Client support. Project management. New credit applications, lease documents, FICA etc.
- Bank accounts, payments. Managing diaries, booking appointments.
- Travel ‐ booking of flights, international and local, accommodation, arranging visa’s, planning itineraries.
- Managing the office, staff, staff leave, stock, etc. Screening of phone calls.
- All responsibilities relating to personal assistant and office management. Liaising with international clients.
- All administrative work in office i.e. (minutes of meetings, typing documentation, filling documentation).
- Planning and executing of events (year end functions, anniversary of company, etc.).
- Managing all personal business for MD’s - require disclosure and high trust and confidence.
- PA position was sorting out to the highest of privacy of documentation, etc. for the MD’s, managing his bank
account and making payment out of business and private account on behalf of MD as well as the company.
Reason for Leaving: Employment contract and what I ended up doing was not what was agreed upon.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
March 2014 - October 2014
Vida e Caffe Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
Executive PA to the 2 Joint CEO’s
Responsibilities/Contributions:
- Managing diaries. Booking appointments. Travel ‐ booking of flights, accommodation, arranging visa’s,
planning itineraries, etc. Managing the office, staff, stock, etc.
- Minutes of meetings screening of phone calls. Managing vacancies and applications.
- All responsibilities relating to personal assistant and office management and office administration.
- Liaising with international clients. Typing documentation, filling documentation.
- Arranging fleeting and fleet cards for vehicles on road. Lease documents, FICA, etc.
- Planning and executing of events (year end functions, anniversary of company etc.).
- Arranging international and local travel / accommodation for clients and directors.
- Managing all personal business for CEO’s - require disclosure and high trust and confidence.
- Arranging and managing financing for vehicles.
- PA position ranged from sending flowers, to house sitting, booking holidays, financing for vehicles, sorting out
groceries to the highest of privacy of documentation etc. for the CEO’s.
Reason for Leaving: Needed a more stable position.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
April 2013 - March 2014
Cape Synergy Outsourcing T/A FraudCheck
Assistant to Business Development Manager | Head of Client Support Department | Office Manager | Project
Administration | Travel Manager | Cape Town Sales | AFIswitch Training
Responsibilities/Contributions:
- Manage support department (Includes client purchases, new registration, pending opt-ins, pending
registrations, client defaults, client cancelations and all responsibilities falling under Client Support
Department.). Cape Town sales of FraudCheck.
- Marketing, expos, advertisement, etc. Administrative assistance to Business Development Manager.
- Arranging local travel / accommodation for directors and staff. Maintaining visual progress of the projects.
- Manage, author, maintain and create Project documentation processes.
- Assure that all ad campaigns are running, add and remove ad campaigns target sites as well as site specific
words advertisement bidding and research.
- Sales research and arranging of events for publishment on radio and expo’ s. Client take‐on, this includes
integration via the API as well as consumer client creation and business client creation.
- Trainer on both our systems as well as AFIswitch (Fingerprinting system) managing employment into the
company.
Reason for Leaving: Company relocated to JHB.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
December 2009 - April 2013
Progressive Dynamics Consulting (Pty) Ltd.
Responsibilities/Contributions:
Project Administrator | Company Process Author
- Ensuring that projects are run in compliance with the organisation’ s requirements.
- Providing guidance to project teams. Maintaining and integrating project plans.
- Tracking & reporting overall progress. Administering the project budget.
- Planning & scheduling resources for a group of projects.
- Monitoring resource utilisation. Performing quality reviews.
- Establishing and maintaining the project documentation library. Maintaining visual progress of the projects.
- Manage, author, maintain and create project documentation processes.
PA to MD | PA to Financial Director / Director | Office / Travel Manager
- Booking appointments. Managing diaries. Booking of flights, accommodation, arranging visa’s etc.
- Managing the office, staff, stock etc. Managing petty cash. Minutes of meetings. Screening of phone calls.
Managing vacancies and applications as well as screening and posting on web pages.
- All responsibilities relating to personal assistant and office management liaising with international clients.
- Planning itineraries. Typing documentation. Filling documentation. All administrative work in office.
- Planning and executing of events (year-end functions, anniversary of company etc.).
- Arranging international and local travel / accommodation for clients and Directors.
Reason for Leaving: Company closed down
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
June 2009 - December 2009 (Contract)
Dux Solutions
Medical Aid Sales | Office Administration | PA to MD / Financial Director / Life Insurance Broker
Responsibilities/Contributions:
- Managing medical aid. Office administration. Last will and testament.
- New life insurance clients. Booking appointments. Servicing clients. Managing diaries.
Reason for Leaving: Contract completed successfully.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Previous Roles
Duration
Institution/Organisation
ITC Travel
Mar 2009
Assistance to Financial Manager
(Contract)
Reason for Leaving: Contract completed successfully.
Afken Financial Services
Short Term Insurance Sales | Medical Aid Sales | Office Administration
Jul 2008 Responsibilities/Contributions:
Feb 2009
- Broking short term and commercial insurance. Managing medical aid. Office administration.
(Contract)
- Last will and testament. New life insurance clients. Booking appointments. Servicing clients.
Reason for Leaving: Contract completed successfully.
MPL Brokers
Sales Manager / Representative | PA to MD
Responsibilities/Contributions:
Mar 2008 - Broking short-term insurance personal lines, commercial lines and medical aid. Presenting
Jul 2008
medical insurance products on board level. Office administration. Arranging events.
- Liaising with clients and staff on behalf of the Managing Director.
Reason for Leaving: Company amalgamated causing job insecurity.
Resolution Insurance Company
Office Administration | PA to MD / COO / CEO
Jan 2007 Responsibilities/Contributions:
Feb 2008
- Reception. Personal assistant to MD COO and CEO.
- General office administration. Data capturing on Grail system. Arranging events.
Reason for Leaving: Retrenched.
Victor & Partners
Receptionist | PA to Director
Oct 2006 Responsibilities/Contributions:
Dec 2006
- Reception. General administration. Personal assistant and junior secretary.
Reason for Leaving: Career growth.
Tour Vest Retail Travel
Scanner & Data Capturing Clerk (BSP department)
Jan 2006 Sep 2006
Responsibilities/Contributions:
- General administration. Data capturing.