Classroom practitioner, Branch Manager
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION(Government) ZIMBABWE,TALISMAN HIRE SOUTH AFRICA
Total years of experience :19 years, 11 Months
After I graduated I joined the Ministry of Education in Zimbabwe as a Tutor/ Classroom Practitioner where I taught primary school children between the ages of 12 and 14. My duties were as follows:
-Designing a students curriculum for the year.
-Instructing students in class according to the syllabus
-Designing and planning a Scheme of work for the week/term
-Assessing pupils with learning disabilities and making appropriate recommendations
-Training pupils in various sporting disciplines and other extra curricular activities and these included online and IT courses for minors.
I reported direct to the School Director/Bursar
- I left the education sector and moved to South Africa in 2008 and joined a company in the private sector where i was a Branch manager specializing in:
-Business development and Market research
-Stock control
-Accounting reconciliation
-Achieving sales targets
-Debtors control
-Training and Mentorship of new sales/ Admin staff
-Buyer for the branch I was managing.
-I was in charge of a group of drivers, technicians, sales staff as well as general staff. I was in charge of all the branch
administration IT solutions.
Diploma in Accounting In Business Management British College of Professional Management. I completed this qualification in 2005 through correspondence and achieved a PASS grade in it. The qualification has given me the skills to do budget and allocate them accordingly. It has also equipped me to with skills to manage and work work with people as a team while creating business strategies and steering them towards achieving the goals outlined.
I studied at the University of Zimbabwe for a Bachelor of Arts degree which I completed with an Upper Second degree class in 2004. Major courses covered are: -Development of Economic thought -Development of Historic thought -Economics of the developed world -English Literature -Literary criticism -Social Psychology -Childhood Development Psychology - I enrolled for a Bachelor of Commerce with the University of South Africa in 2008 and have been studying part time. Majors include Accounting. Taxation, Management, Auditing. I also have certification in Project Management that I was awarded for carrying out a work project successfully in 2007