As an Industrial Psychology and Communication graduate I have acquired a vast experience in leading the teams for over 10 years; from having weekly meeting where issues of planning, setting goals and developing solutions where there are challenges. Recruitment, selection, orientation, training and development. Management of resources through performance monitoring, coaching, identifying risks and accountability.
Facilitation of Employee Wellness Programmes planned for the financial year throughout the province and writing monthly, quarterly and annual reports. Counselling and referring employees for professional help so that they may be productive in their work and balance they work-life when at home. Assisting the referred employee with after-care services and develops tools to monitor and develop sustainable behavioural change. Identifying gaps and need for improvement for individuals and groups. Planning of quarterly Health Screening, monthly Financial Management Talk, Healthy Living, and Chronic Management in the workplace; which improved the wellness of employees. Conducting trainings of line managers, organised labour representatives, Peer Educators, OHS officers, First Aiders, Fire Fighters, Gender Focal Persons; which improved information sharing within the organisation
Working in a unionised environment balanced the continuous engagement with the employee in terms of policy, procedures and circulars that at times needed to be interpreted in vernacular language, where I was much involved. As a Committee Member for both Gender Forum and Health and Safety Committee; one have a responsibility of capacitating and update roe players and stakeholders with continuous engagement in achieve set goals or completing planned tasks. The issues of sexual harassments in the workplace, balancing gender powers in employment, removing of stigma to people living with HIV, health and safety of employee formed one of my strengths in presenting these issues to both employee and management.
Using Project Planning methodologies from brainstorming activities, to developing Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) with planned timeframes and resources (financial & human), designing a Gantt Chart; developing Communication Plan, developing a Risk Management Plan from the SWOT analysis. Integration of all Project Management elements. Visiting sites to be hands on with field workers; facilitating and coordinating the engagement with horizontals. Developing and or aligning policies and procedures in the workplace. Problems solving; quality management, cost and analysis; presentation and reporting writing.
