Tiyanjeni Lipenga

Contact Kozaracka 5A, Subotica. - (Mobile)- www.linkedin.com/in/tiyanjenilipenga-b- (LinkedIn) Top Skills Research Sales Microsoft Office Languages English (Native or Bilingual) Serbian (Elementary) Chichewa (Native or Bilingual) Publications THE USE OF "THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT CHANGE DRAMA" AS HIV/AIDS PREVENTION COMMUNICATION TOOL AMONG RURAL AND URBAN AREAS THROUGH PARTICIPATORY THEORY Tiyanjeni Lipenga Owner/ Business Manager at TIA Pletenice - African Braids Serbia Summary Holds a Bachelor's of Art in Humanities Degree from University of Malawi; Chancellor College. Self-starter, capable of working under minimum supervision. Ambitious and driven professional committed to outstanding performance in execution of various roles undertaken at any given time. Experienced in Real Estate; property valuation, selling (marketing), advisory services, letting, inspections, cultivating client portfolios and retention. Worked as a Field Research Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant for UNC Project Malawi and Malawi Oil Seeds Sector for Transformation (completing questionnaires). Acquired Strong expertise in data management, analysis, interpretation and visualization. Vast experienced in Project Management; writing project’s proposals, writing implementation plans, monitoring and evaluation, project analysis, writing monthly and completion reports. Experienced in working with Legal department and Procurement department regarding due-diligence compliance forms (for transparency reasons with third party selections and all interactions), as well as Finance departments regarding payments (cheques) and signatory approvals. Handled all phases of Social responsibility projects’ work with departments’ Operational Managers, projects Sponsor’s, Third parties, Field Area Coordinators, Field Technicians and Projects’ Beneficiaries. Among other areas, I was involved in the selection and training of the beneficiaries on the use, care and benefits of each project beforehand. Skilled in, Sales and Marketing Executive responsibilities for solicitation of new business and account management of existing customers, securing new customers, developing and maintaining targeted accounts, facilitating service excellence to meet customer’s needs. Experienced in giving English Language Private Lessons. Malawian National Table Tennis player. Love a good challenge and enjoy overcoming different complex situations through reasoning, teamwork and past experiences. Experience Page 1 of 4 TIA Pletenice - African Braids Managing Director September 2018 - Present (3 years 2 months) Serbia Hair Salon business operations manager and online marketing director. Tiyanjeni Shopping Centre Sales and Marketing Executive (Remote Position) June 2007 - September 2019 (12 years 4 months) Lilongwe Malawi  Solicitation of new business and account management of existing customers, securing new customers, developing and maintaining targeted accounts, facilitating service excellence to meet customer’s needs. WATT CONSULTANCIES (2010) Malawi. State Agents’ Administration Operations Manager April 2016 - November 2017 (1 year 8 months) Lilongwe, Malawi.  Property valuation, selling (marketing), advisory services, letting, inspections, cultivating client portfolios and retention.  Planning, directing and coordinating all organization’s operations.  Improving performance, productivity, efficiency and profitability through the implementation of effective methods and strategies. University of North Carolina (UNC) Project-Malawi DATA Entry & Field Research Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant January 2016 - March 2016 (3 months) Lilongwe, Malawi.  Conducting Linkages program’s healthy research; monitoring HIV/AIDS prevention measures among Sex Workers and Men Sleeping with Men (MSM). Malawi Oilseed Sector Transformation (MOST) Page 2 of 4 Field Research Consultant & DATA Entry April 2015 - December 2015 (9 months) Lilongwe, Malawi.  Monitoring the effect of inoculants chemical application on Soybean production with an aim of increasing the income of poor women and men working in Malawi's soybean markets. Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Social Responsibility Programme Administration Officer (Agronomy Department (Acting Manager)). December 2012 - December 2014 (2 years 1 month) Lilongwe, Malawi.  Allocating resources to be used on identified projects with a guide on the area of concentration, identifying projects, writing proposals, identifying service providers, obtaining quotations, allocating projects per area, identifying beneficiaries, agreeing contracts, purchasing orders, delivering goods to operating areas, paying projects, monitoring projects progress, auditing projects, financial monthly reporting and writing completion report.  Working with Legal department and Procurement department regarding duediligence compliance forms (for transparency reasons with third party selections and all interactions), as well as Finance departments regarding payments (cheques) and signatory approvals.  Handled all phases of Social responsibility projects’ work with departments’ Operational Managers, projects Sponsor’s, Third parties, Field Area Coordinators, Field Technicians and Projects’ Beneficiaries.  Among other areas, I was involved in the selection and training of the beneficiaries on the use, care and benefits of each project beforehand.  Worked on a lot of Social responsibility projects concerning health, education (books, school kits and desks), infrastructures (schools construction, hospitals supplies, bridges construction, village dams construction and tobacco rocket barns and brick burley barns construction. Supplied bamboo clips, wire clips, afridev pumps, transplanting machines, hand carts, treadle pumps, ram Page 3 of 4 pumps, walking tractors, lime, draft power (ploughs, ridgers and chains), ox drawn Irrigation (ox carts, oxen, drums), kurt reaping machines, CPA cages, drinking bottles, cows, fertilizer, medical supplies and other smaller projects that promotes environmental health care and gives local farmers the right tools for agriculture use such as tree planting, mosquito nets and face mask. DZUWA MEDIA Sales And Marketing Representative (Promoter) October 2009 - September 2012 (3 years) Lilongwe, Malawi  Promoting Airtel products, TNM products, Carlsberg products and modelling. Education University of Malawi; Chancellor College Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (B.A.H), Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General · (2007 - 2011) Likuni Girls Secondary School Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE)- "O" Level Equivalent · (2004 - 2005) Likuni Girls Secondary School Malawi Junior Certificate (JC) · (2002 - 2003) Page 4 of 4