Overview
Work History
Education
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Avelina T. Lereu

Dar Es Salaam

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Admin &HR Assistant

Habitat for Humanity Tanzania
04.2024 - Current
  • Purchase requested material and ensured that all purchases related to program activities and specific events comply with HFHT or HFHI's policy
  • Plan to obtain and manage venues, finalize menus, and arrange transport for meetings organized by the HFHT, including Board meetings
  • Link up with Internet service providers and always ensure connectivity
  • Order, stock, and control office supplies
  • Petty Cash Management: Handle petty cash requests and manage transactions
  • Facilitate daily payment: Prepare daily payment processing, including uploading transactions to the system and writing cheques or online payments
  • Managing preliminary procurement processes, including quotation collections, analysis, and reporting
  • Origination of business process documents: in compliance with policy budget and accounting principles, generating required business process documents for review as needed to support the organizational accounting process
  • Plan, develop, and set up document and filing systems, including document filing, records management, communications (telephone, correspondence), supplies, and Program documentation management
  • Managing office asset register
  • Acting as safeguarding focal person for HFHT/Ensuring safeguarding policies are implemented in an organization and helping staff on how to report safeguarding-related issues
  • Ensure safer recruitment/ recruitment process complies with HFHT policy
  • Support new staff onboarding and offboarding processes for staff leaving the organization
  • Maintain staff files and HR database, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality
  • Provide administrative support for HR processes and initiatives, such as performance reviews, training, and employee engagement activities
  • Assist in benefits administration, such as leave tracking and medical scheme management, and work closely with service providers to address any concerns raised by staff
  • Maintain compliance with HR policies and procedures
  • Manage the records for travel, passports, permits, pictures, travel preferences, and more
  • Support the National Director in preparing documents for the organization

Administrative Officer

Control Union - Tanzania
01.2022 - 03.2024
  • Coordinating domestic and international travel arrangements
  • Ensure all staff are recharged with airtime and internet monthly
  • Oversee filing systems, document management and maintain employee records
  • Providing administrative support to the events, meetings, and conferences (handling logistics, including venue selection, catering, materials, etc
  • Ensure all office assets are properly recorded
  • Managing office supplies, equipment, and inventory and coordinating with the administration team to ensure a consistent supply of necessary items
  • Managing payments and reimbursements for field staff
  • Ensure relevant correspondence and documents are filed and kept properly
  • Oversee administration-related activities, including statutory compliances, business licenses, etc

Administrative Assistant

Project Concern International (PCI)
09.2020 - 10.2021
  • Coordinates travel authorizations, accommodation, and transport logistics to support the implementation of projects
  • Manage invoices and payments submitted by vendors
  • To ensure procurement requisition request for office items are submitted on time
  • Receiving and issuing office items/equipment
  • Contact vendors for returning damaged supplies
  • Managing inventory for generally used items and preparing monthly reports
  • To ensure all office assets are registered
  • Managing office supplies, equipment, and inventory
  • Assisting the Country Director in office management duties
  • Maintaining the filling system as per PCI policy

Program Assistant - Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP)

US Peace Corps- Tanzania
05.2012 - 03.2015
  • Supplies Management
  • Logistical Support and coordination of travels
  • Prepare a Budget for the training
  • Management of invoices and payments submitted by GHSP Volunteers and follow-up with relevant offices
  • Provide support and guidance to GHSP Volunteers on accessing various forms required for submission to the Peace Corps Tanzania office
  • Facilitate pre-training preparations such as identifying training venues, training resources, etc
  • Develop and actively maintain organized filing systems for the program activities
  • Support the Program Coordinator and ensure Licensure procedures are done by volunteers prior to arrival and follow up the process with the relevant councils
  • Maintains medical inventory by recording all dispensed medicines and receiving reports, and prepares reports quarterly
  • Support Peace Corps Volunteers in different aspects

Administrative Assistant

US Peace Corps- Tanzania
05.2012 - 03.2015
  • Maintaining administrative filing systems for all Pre-Service Training (PST)
  • Filling of volunteers and other admin documents
  • Provision of administrative assistance to the Training Manager
  • Serve as a point of contact with the Pre-Service Training (PST)- Field team
  • Preparation of Training materials
  • Budgeting and preparing salaries and stipend payments for trainers, counterparts, etc
  • Processing of all travel costs and reimbursements for volunteers
  • Prepare payments for vendors/service providers
  • Plan and manage all PST logistical arrangements
  • Establishing and managing suppliers
  • Planning and arranging venues, meals, accommodation, field transport/visits, etc
  • Planning and coordinating deliveries of various personal stuff to volunteers
  • Chaperone for volunteers during training

Call Centre -Customer Care Representative

Airtel Tanzania
11.2011 - 05.2012
  • Handling customer questions, complaints, billing inquiries, and resolving customer issues with one call resolution
  • Customer retention through offering alternative solutions where appropriate
  • Handling business transactions in connection with activation of new customer accounts
  • Training new employees in the customer care department

Internal Auditor (Practical Training - Field Work)

CRDB BANK
06.2009 - 09.2009
  • Auditing different loans provided to customers in different branches
  • Customer deposits
  • Auditing company's assets in different branches

Education

BBA - Business Administration

Collage of Business Education
Dodoma
11-2010

Skills

  • Administrative skills
  • Office administration
  • Maintaining files
  • Communication skills
  • Scheduling
  • Team player
  • Conflict management
  • Employee relations
  • Microsoft office

Timeline

Admin &HR Assistant

Habitat for Humanity Tanzania
04.2024 - Current

Administrative Officer

Control Union - Tanzania
01.2022 - 03.2024

Administrative Assistant

Project Concern International (PCI)
09.2020 - 10.2021

Program Assistant - Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP)

US Peace Corps- Tanzania
05.2012 - 03.2015

Administrative Assistant

US Peace Corps- Tanzania
05.2012 - 03.2015

Call Centre -Customer Care Representative

Airtel Tanzania
11.2011 - 05.2012

Internal Auditor (Practical Training - Field Work)

CRDB BANK
06.2009 - 09.2009

BBA - Business Administration

Collage of Business Education
Avelina T. Lereu