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Veronica Wambui Ng'ang'a

Executive Assistant /Human Resource
His Will. His Way. My Faith.
Jeremiah 29.11
Veronica Wambui Ng'ang'a

Summary

I am an organized executive assistant / human resource professional with over 9 years' experience working in both corporate,entertainment and NGO settings in office administration, human resource and customer service. With foundational training in hospitality management, administration and human resource complemented by experience in sales, I am additionally able to add unique value to any team I am part of.

Work History

THE SUMMER HOUSE
Nairobi

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER/HEAD OF EVENTS
08.2022 - 12.2022

Job overview


  • Design hiring plans for all hotel departments based on seasonal needs
  • Interview and assess job candidates
  • Manage compensation and benefits plans
  • Oversee employee attendance and working schedules, including paid time off, overtime and breaks
  • Onboard new hires
  • Report on employee turnover rates
  • Organize employee records, like contracts, paying special attention to work permits/ food conducts e.g.
  • Implement employee retention programs (like end-of-season bonuses)
  • Co-ordinate accommodation, catering and transport for our staff when necessary
  • Schedule trainings for all hotel employees (for example, customer service skills training)
  • Act as the point of contact when employees have queries or job-related issues
  • Ensure hotel staff complies with relevant health and safety regulation.

HEAD OF EVENTS:

  • Development of general event management policies
  • Make sure that staff and work personnel at the event adhere to the management policies that were put in place to minimize hiccups during the course of the event
  • Ensuring that all staff members are trained on their responsibilities and are familiar with the venue where the event will be held
  • Maintaining communication with all team members throughout the planning process to ensure the best possible outcome of the event
  • Ensuring that vendors, caterers, casuals, and other service providers are hired and scheduled appropriately
  • Managing the flow of operations during an event to ensure that everything runs smoothly, including setup, breakdown, activities, and tear down
  • Overseeing the marketing and promotion of an event to ensure that it is well attended by the target audience
  • Overseeing all aspects of event planning, including finances, sponsorship, contracts, timelines, staffing, budgets, permits and vendors
  • Scheduling and managing staff hours, including setting up work schedules, ensuring that employees have appropriate breaks, and checking in with staff on the status of an event's progress
  • Coordinating with outside vendors, such as security companies or catering services, to ensure they arrive on time and have what they need to perform their jobs effectively
  • Making sure that all events run smoothly by keeping an eye on attendees to make sure they are having a good time without causing problems.

BETTY KYALO CREATIVES
Nairobi

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCE
04.2020 - 12.2022

Job overview


  • Devising and maintaining office systems, including data management and filing
  • Arranging travel, visas and accommodation and occasionally travelling with brand C.E.O to provide general assistance during presentations
  • Screening phone calls, inquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate
  • Organizing and maintaining diaries and making appointments
  • Dealing with incoming email often corresponding
  • Carrying out background research and presenting findings
  • Organizing and attending meetings and ensuring the brand C.E.O is well prepared for meetings
  • Liaising with clients
  • Carrying out specific projects and research
  • Responsibility for accounts and budgets
  • Taking on some of the brand C.E.O responsibilities and working more closely with management
  • Deputizing for the brand C.E.O, making decisions and delegating work to others in the C.E.O's absence; and
  • Being involved in decision-making processes

HUMAN RESOURCE:

  • Provide operational HR support to the brand and project leadership
  • Lead HR programs for designated projects of; Learning and Development, HR Change Management, Dynamic Development, Compensation and Benefits, Talent Management and any other HR initiatives
  • Review and approve Employment Administration requests
  • Coordinate project recruitment for new projects; assist with the development of Job Descriptions, posting, responding to applicants, short listing, interviewing and complete the full cycle of recruitment and selection
  • Support in coordinating activities such as due diligence, performance management, employee training and benefit reviews
  • Review, disseminate and ensure full compliance of HR policy guidelines and country employee handbooks, benefit summaries, salary scales etc
  • And ensures they are in tandem with local labor laws, values, ethics, procedures and strategies; effective implementation of the internal control frame work and proper functioning of the HR policy framework
  • Prepare budgets by department and outlets
  • Measure the effectiveness of our benefits programs and recommend improvements

KENYA ASSOCIATIONS OF PHYSICIANS
Nairobi

HEALTH BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR
09.2021 - 05.2022

Job overview


  • Assist the onboarding of doctors with ensuring they understand the different international insurance policies and receive the right onboarding information at the right time
  • Routinely validate transitioning new member's data for accuracy
  • Manage and communicate the client information session calendar and webinar event logistics
  • Routinely monitor new member onboarding dashboard while raising awareness to members that have outstanding tasks to complete
  • Update request, update new member and transfer onboarding portal content
  • Update and administer customer satisfaction/ feedback surveys
  • Align program content to business outcomes engagement
  • Administer quarterly progress reports outs
  • Validate consistency of new membership paperwork, verify delivery and records retention of the documentation
  • Partner with the enterprise legal team to ensure the onboarding process remains compliant with local and federal regulatory requirements
  • Ordering and managing supplies for onboarding events
  • Facilitating client Onboarding sessions.

ARCHDIOCESE OF NAIROBI
Nairobi

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/PARISH & SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
12.2015 - 03.2020

Job overview


  • Initiated a face lift that improved ambience of the offices and board room
  • Employee of the year 2019
  • Best team player 2018
  • Responsibilities include:
  • Calendar Management:
  • Managing diaries on behalf of the Parish Priest, Archdiocese of Nairobi) and Assistant Parish Priest
  • Information Management:
  • Preparing and producing the weekly Parish/School newsletter
  • Processing correspondence, emails, telephone calls, and ensuring all matters are dealt with in a timely manner
  • Maintaining documentation and record keeping of Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages and Funerals, School Admission and Staff Records
  • Back-office Accounting:
  • Receive and verify invoices and requisitions for goods and services
  • Data entry invoices for payment
  • Maintain listing of accounts payable
  • Maintain updated vendor files and file numbers
  • Verify pay amounts, hours of work, deductions, etc
  • Verify coding and obtain signatures
  • Batch pay sheets for data entry
  • Data entry of payroll and information
  • Human Resource:
  • Records Management: Personnel data entry and records maintenance
  • Recruitment
  • Staff Orientation and on-boarding
  • Advice on Human Resource administration function and the different Human Resource processes
  • Coordinate staff meetings
  • Draft letters and respond to staff calls and emails
  • Implement and review the benefits scheme (medical, pension, life cover, other cash and non-cash benefits)
  • Ensure the leave program is efficiently managed and accurately tracked
  • Provide line managers with leave balances to facilitate leave approval or rejection and guide on requests as per policy
  • Adjust employees' leave days balance as of a specific date
  • Update time earned, time taken and time remaining for each employee
  • Manage and evaluate the staff exit programme (conduct exit interviews etc.)
  • Coordinate receipt of applications and organize for interviews and short-listing of candidates
  • Coordinate job adverts and ensure wide dissemination
  • Prepare offers of employment and employment contracts
  • Plan induction programmer for new staff within different departments
  • Ensure all new employees are well inducted and are given proper insight into the company
  • Prepare employment and consultancy contracts
  • Ensure all staff contracts are signed and up to date
  • Contract with vendors to provide employee services
  • Maintain all personnel records and ensure they are filed and updated accordingly
  • Compile and maintain Human Resource records
  • Ensure current and historical human resource records are filed and are easily retrievable
  • Review and update the annual staff appraisal system tools
  • Provide advice to staff and managers with respect to performance management issues
  • Identifying and applying best practices and tools to help the company improve its performance

MAWANDA TRADERS

ASSISTANT MANAGER & CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT
01.2015 - 11.2015

Job overview

  • Customer Service:
  • Help customers by providing information; answering questions; obtaining merchandise requested; completing payment transactions; preparing merchandise for delivery
  • Demonstrating merchandise and products to customers
  • Inventory Management:
  • Purchase inventory by researching emerging products; anticipating buyer interest; negotiating volume price breaks; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt
  • Maintain inventory by checking merchandise to determine inventory levels; anticipating customer demand
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:
  • Evaluate competition by visiting competing stores; gathering information such as style, quality, and prices of competitive merchandise
  • Prepare sales and customer relations reports by analyzing and categorizing sales information; identifying and investigating customer complaints and service suggestions.

Overview

9
years of professional experience
7
years of post-secondary education

Education

College of Human Resource Management
Nairobi

Diploma in Human Resource from Human Resource Management
01.2019 - 11.2020

College of Human Resource Management
Nairobi

Certificate in Human Resource Management
01.2018 - 12.2018

International Hotel And Tourism Institute

Higher National Diploma from Hospital Management
01.2012 - 11.2015

College of Human Resource Management

Executive Certificate in Human Resource Management Information Systems (HRMIS)

College of Human Resource Management

Executive Certificate in Training of Trainers (TOT)
11.2021 - 12.2021

Skills

Staff orientation and on boarding

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Additional Information

  • AWARDS , Best team player 2022. Employee of the year 2021. Best team player 2021. Employee of the year 2019. Best team player 2018.
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Timeline

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER/HEAD OF EVENTS

THE SUMMER HOUSE
08.2022 - 12.2022

College of Human Resource Management

Executive Certificate in Training of Trainers (TOT)
11.2021 - 12.2021

HEALTH BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR

KENYA ASSOCIATIONS OF PHYSICIANS
09.2021 - 05.2022

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCE

BETTY KYALO CREATIVES
04.2020 - 12.2022

College of Human Resource Management

Diploma in Human Resource from Human Resource Management
01.2019 - 11.2020

College of Human Resource Management

Certificate in Human Resource Management
01.2018 - 12.2018

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/PARISH & SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR

ARCHDIOCESE OF NAIROBI
12.2015 - 03.2020

ASSISTANT MANAGER & CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT

MAWANDA TRADERS
01.2015 - 11.2015

International Hotel And Tourism Institute

Higher National Diploma from Hospital Management
01.2012 - 11.2015

College of Human Resource Management

Executive Certificate in Human Resource Management Information Systems (HRMIS)
01.2018
Veronica Wambui Ng'ang'aExecutive Assistant /Human Resource