Marelize van Staden

I am reliable and friendly, self-motivated and focused on completing tasks accurately and efficiently. I work hard, go the extra mile and take pride in my work. I am a mature team worker, adaptable to challenging situations, and able to work in an environment as well as using my initiative.

I am ready to evolve and seek a new challenge in a different environment.

I have been working as an Executive Assistant for 12 years, providing efficient administrative support to the Chief Executive leaders, line managers and team members of the two departments.

My duties include:

• local and international travel arrangements in high volumes, 
• office administration and maintenance of the department office
• Invoicing on SAP
• Event coordinating (Conventions, year-end functions, team lunches), 
• Compiling of quarterly reports, diary management, minute taking, booking of meetings, engaging with external Stakeholders, arranging strategy sessions etc.
• Project administration. 
• I am also part of our ESG communications team where I write blogs for our internal newsletter, and I keep the environment portal up to date on the intranet with latest news, events and articles. 
• Sending of Departmental communication to the business. 
• Handling of general inquiries from external companies to the departments.
• Working in the cloud (Google) 

Professional Secretarial Diploma 

(Intec College 2006 – 2009 - Part-time studies)

Subjects: Management 1, Economics, Business & Office Administration 2, MS Office

Self-Mastery Class

2012 (2-day workshop)

Importance of Effective Communication, understanding barriers.

Marketing and Branding, Understanding Basic Financial Concepts, Fundamental Human Resources, Negotiation Skills, Time and Diary Management, effective meeting preparation, minute-taking, problem-solving, and decision making.

Grade 12

J.G. Meiring High School 1998 – 2002)

Subjects:

Afrikaans First Language HG

English Second Language HG

Business Economics HG

Tying HG

Geography HG

History HG