Alison (Ali) Fourie Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, South Africa

A Virtual Office providing Typing, Word Processing, Office Administration, Social Media Services, and Transcription Support/Services.

Braamfontein, Johannesburg

• Office Management• Document Management• Function Organisation• Office Administration• Telephone Management• People Liaison• Secretarial Support• Database Management• Project Administration comprising of maintaining schedules for management, writing and preparing correspondence for signature by management, manage supply inventory, provide management with current schedules, prepare news articles/current event summary sheet, distribute mail for management and perform facsimile and copying as needed.• Schedule travel for management, complete and manage expense reports upon return from travel, manage travel accommodations. • Plan and schedule meetings and conferences.• Answer phones and forward to appropriate party.• Maintain filing system.• Manage time and attendance for management.

bought out Prudential in 1988, all staff transferred up to Liberty, moved from the Word Processing department into the Secretarial Field as a Junior Secretary, working for an AGM, 3 Team Managers in total 63 staff in the team. Responsibilities included, general office duties etc. Over the years stayed as a Secretary but quickly made promotions to finally Senior Secretary. I have an excellent reputation of being able to handle working for a large group of people using Time Management, Prioritisation and People Management Skills.Over the years I was given the opportunity to type lots of different types of documents and learn lots of different software, from Flow Diagrams to Desk Top Publishing and various Word Processing packages e.g. MultiMate, Wang, Word Perfect, MS Office etc. I have experience in:Office ManagementDocument ManagementFunction OrganisationOffice AdministrationTelephone ManagementPeople LiaisonSecretarial SupportDatabase ManagementProject Administration comprising of:Maintaining schedules for management.Writing and preparing correspondence for signature by management.Manage supply inventory.Provide management with current schedules.Prepare news articles/current event summary sheet.Distribute mail for management.Perform facsimile and copying as needed.Schedule travel for management.Complete and manage expense reports upon return from travelManage travel accommodations.Plan and schedule meetings and conferences.Answer phones and forward to appropriate party.Maintain filing system.Manage time and attendance for management.

HR Secretary - My responsibilities were:· Creating/maintaining databases, Data Entry· Recruiting/Staff Management· Compiling Stats· Internet Research· Proof Reading· Maintaining Staff/Contractor Database· Creating/Documenting/Publishing Policies for HR procedures· Prepare Database for Salaries; assisting with compiling/formulating salary increases via Excel.· Budget management/forecasting· Performance Management· Web Design: creating/maintaining HR Department and Liberty Life Secretarial web sites · Project Administration· Liaise with Staff etc.· Taking Minutes at Meetings.· Stand in for Executive Secretary working for CEO while she took leave or was absence from the office.

in 1986 as a Copy Typist in the Word Processing department, promoted up to Word Processor doing copy typing, typing of reports, spreadsheets, general typing etc.

in 1986 as a Copy Typist in the Word Processing department, promoted up to Word Processor doing copy typing, typing of reports, spreadsheets, general typing etc.