CAROL MEWSE

Company Overview: Landscaping and Garden Service Business

• Garden maintenance, soft and hard landscaping, pruning
• All functions involved with small business ownership.
• 21 Staff split into 8 teams

Company Overview: Non profit organisation supporting parents, educators and those affected by ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)

• Overseeing the organisation's overall performance and functions
• Employee and volunteer HR functions
• Overseeing and ensuring the financial stability of the nonprofit organization.
• Creation and implementation of strategic planning
• Launch of Facebook Peer Support Group in 2017 (6000+ members).
• Printing Sponsorship – Konica Minolta. ECD Training Grant for 2019 – AECI. Introduction of 2-hour accredited Educator Training workshops.
• Developed an 8-module training manual for volunteers and branch coordinators.
• Successfully applied for and won a position within the Henley Business School’s Executive Education Programme that provides free consulting for Non-Governmental Organisations and Public Benefit Organisations
• Development of an Early Childhood Development Practitioners training programme for learners with special educational needs
• ADHASA is currently dormant, however the Facebook Peer Support Group is still operational and has 8.3k followers.

• Design, manage and implement all activities and administrative functions of the National Office under the guidance of the Board of Directors.
• Design, coordinate, promote and host of on average, 2 - 3 HPCSA and SACE accredited conferences / workshops per annum for ADHASA. The income from which raised more than 55% of total income generated by ADHASA in 2017 and 2018.
• Launched Regional Conferences in 2017 (Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth)
• Design, coordinate and implement all awareness, marketing and advertising material for ADHASA activities on Facebook, mailing list, website and to the media.
• Secured 2 additional 3-year grants for the ADHASA Soweto Help Desk.
• Wrote and coordinated all proposals and reports and managed all donor interactions.
• Provided the concept and proposal to secure an initial 1-year grant to provide training and awareness to Early Childhood Development practitioners and Mobile Clinic staff in 3 previously disadvantaged mining areas in Gauteng (2019).
• Provide email, telephonic and face to face counselling, referrals to specialists and other support to people contacting ADHASA.
• Secured a printing sponsorship from Konica Minolta to print all ADHASA print material (2018)
• Secured R120 000 in endorsement fees for 2019. A 50% increase on 2018.
• Conducted television interviews and numerous radio interviews on behalf as ADHASA, and in my personal capacity as a parent of a child with ADHD. Liaise with the media to facilitate all print, radio and television interviews for ADHASA.
• Coordinated training for over 1000 educators as part of the GDE Focus Weeks held in 2015 & 2016. This included submission of all tender documents, reporting and development of training material.
• Provide support to and promotion of volunteer regional bodies as needed.
• Applied for and secured LOTTO funding in 2012

Company Overview: Retail Pharmacy

• Manage the administrative components of the family business
• Accounts Payable and Receivable
• Banking
• HR

Company Overview: Development of Training Material, Standard Operating Procedures and Skills Programmes.

• New Business Proposal and Tender Writing
• Development of Induction Training Programme
• Project Manage project, including HR Function, Budget Compliance and Reporting
• Development of new Health & Safety training material and convert existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) into paper and Computer-Based training material according to Skills Programs and Unit Standards
• Photograph various operational procedures on site to include in training material. (Underground and Opencast Mines
• Cross-reference Skills Programme and Unit Standards with existing SOP’s to ensure compliance
• CBT Software - Train the Trainer
• Development of Skills Programme – Safety Representative and Exploration Drilling
• Development of 360 Toolbox Talks

Company Overview: Hotel Industry, Frequent Guest Department

• Data capture
• Guest query resolution
• Office administration

Company Overview: Field Marketing

• Clients: Total South Africa, SA Breweries, Albany Bakeries
• Complete Ownership and Management of All Accounts
• Proposal & Budget compilation and Presentation
• HR Functions, staff briefing & training
• Servicing outlets in the absence of an FME
• Planning and Co-ordinating Call Diaries
• Questionnaire/Call Report Design & Development
• Database Design, management, mining and manipulation
• Client Liaison, including initial presentation, relationship management and close-out presentations.
• Additional Responsibilities: Compile and Design Training Modules
• Creation of procedure manual
• Editor - Company Newsletter & Emerging Market Account Newsletter

Company Overview: In-store Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Promotions Company

• Co-Ordinate In-store Promotions nationally
• Compile Job Card from Client Brief, and assist in budget compilation
• Brief 12 Regions on promotion and provide support where needed
• Present confirmed promotional calendar to client
• Co-Ordinate Freight of promotional material to regions - ex Client and warehouse
• Ensure Area Manager adherence to Job Card, Calendar and Budget
• Pre-empt & Resolve Red Flag Issues
• Client Liaison
• Compile and Present Weekly Status Reports to Client
• Compile Questionnaires and Call reports
• Quality Assurance supervision of Promotions

Company Overview: Guest House

• Guest relations
• Front of house
• House keeping
• Small conferencing and events

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