Howsoun Semega-Janneh , Administrative Assistant

Howsoun Semega-Janneh

Administrative Assistant

Discovery Tours

Location
Gambia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business and Languages
Experience
16 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 9 Months

Administrative Assistant at Discovery Tours
  • May 2018 to December 2019

Worked in the Finance, Operations and Administrative Departments for Discovery Tours, a ground-based tour operator in The Gambia that does touristic excursions.

Key Responsibilities:
•Managed social media pages and company site.
•Managed company’s online taxi service platform.
•Prepared logistics for tours, excursions and roundtrips (within and outside The Gambia).
•Communicated with suppliers to facilitate and improve service and goods provided to customers on their arrival.
•Supported management to improvise new methods to better market products and attract more local clientèle.
•Helped Finance Department in bookkeeping and the provision of information regarding payments made/received.

Online Manager
  • January 2016 to March 2018

Association pour la Protection des Enfants

Provided office and outside assistance to the Manager of Association pour la Protection des Enfants, an NGO created with the sole purpose to end the child begging/beggars and help involve homeless children in a healthier social, academic and emotional lifestyle.

Key Responsibilities:
•Searched/contacted potential sponsors looking to aid homeless children via donations (food, clothing, school fees).
•Helped homeless children (usually adolescents) to find odd jobs around their respective areas.
•Found foster homes for younger children via social & traditional media.
•Monitored reports on background checks on potential adoptive/foster families
•Managed ingoing/outgoing correspondence for the Association.
•Key member of Marketing Team for the Association.

Manager
  • June 2015 to December 2015

Serigne Saliou Immobilier

Provided office and on-the-grounds support for Serigne Saliou Immobilier, a Real Estate company located in Dakar, Senegal with affiliates all the way in Saint-Louis.

Key Responsibilities:
•Daily bookkeeping for the company.
•Communicated and networked with the company’s immediate and potential partners,
•Managed the social media accounts and email accounts of the company.

English Teacher at VOLUNTEERING
  • Norway
  • January 2014 to November 2014

Collaborated with other students to organize group and individual study sessions for adults looking to learn English.
Started a program to help teach English in primary schools in the community of Ouest Foire, Dakar (Senegal).

ACHIEVEMENTS
•Co-Founder of AGIEPRO-DAKAR, an import-

at High School
  • China
  • October 2003 to July 2011

, Kanifing/The Gambia
Baccalaureate in arts
MAIN SUBJECTS
GRADES /20
FRENCH
12
ENGLISH
18
SPANISH
14
PHILOSOPHY
14

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business and Languages
  • at Université Dakar Bourguib
  • July 2016

Specialties & Skills

ACADEMIC
BOOKKEEPING
MARKETING
MICROSOFT OFFICE
REAL ESTATE
ADMINISTRATION
BUDGETING
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Spanish
Expert