nellavstaden

Aspirant Candidate Attorney
26 November 1988

About Candidate

With a steadfast commitment to excellence, the team at North-West University benefits from my expertise in office administration and organizational skills, honed over five years in academic administration. Adept in coordinating with multiple committees, my role ensures the smooth operation of the Faculty of Education’s higher degree programs.

Our success in administrative efficiency is a testament to the collaborative efforts we have put into systematizing processes and maintaining comprehensive databases. My dedication to professional growth is reflected in the pursuit of an LLB Law degree, augmenting my capabilities to support the academic community with legal acumen and a structured approach.

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Education

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LLB Law 2025
UNISA

2012 – 2025 (LLB LAW) Currently registered with UNISA: - First year (NQF 5): Completed all credit requirements (120) - Second year (NQF 6): Completed all credit requirements (120) - Third year (NQF 7): Completed all credit requirements (120) - Fourth year (NQF 8): Completed most credit requirements (96) Expected completion: June 2025 (Academic transcript can be provided upon request)

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Senior Certificate (Matric) 2006
Gelofte Skool

HG – Business Economics A SG – Computer Typing A HG – English (1st Language) B HG – Afrikaans (1st Language) C SG – Mathematics C HG – Economics C The candidate has complied with the minimum statutory matriculation requirements for admission to bachelor's degree study at a university in the Republic of South Africa Matriculation certificate can be provided upon request.

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Debt Counsellor 2009
The Association of University Legal Aid Institutions

Successfully completed the Debt Counsellor Training Course and passed the examination prescribed by the NCR. Certificate of completion can be provided upon request.

Work & Experience

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Legal Secretary February 2008 - October 2010
Naeema Gabru Attorneys / Jean Jordaan Attorneys

• Debt Collection: Manage and pursue the collection of outstanding debts, ensuring timely recovery while maintaining legal compliance and customer relations. • Diarizing: Maintain and manage an organized system for tracking important dates, deadlines, and appointments to ensure all activities are carried out on time and according to schedule. • Aid with Bookkeeping and Reconciliation of Trust and Business Accounts: Assist in maintaining accurate financial records, including the reconciliation of trust and business accounts, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. • Debt Counselling: Provide debt counselling services to clients, offering solutions for managing debt. A Certificate of Completion for the Debt Counselor’s Course is available upon request to demonstrate proficiency in this area. • Road Accident Fund Administration: Handle the administration of claims for road accident victims, ensuring that all necessary documentation is submitted and processed according to the Road Accident Fund guidelines. • Filing of Documents with the Magistrate’s Court: Responsible for the accurate filing and submission of legal documents with the magistrate’s court, ensuring all deadlines and procedural requirements are met for legal proceedings.

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Legal Secretary February 2011 - July 2011
Badenhorst Attorneys

• Bookkeeping and Reconciliation of Trust and Business Accounts: Oversee the management of financial records, ensuring that trust and business accounts are accurately maintained and reconciled, in compliance with relevant regulations and financial standards. • Conveyancing: Handle the legal processes involved in property transactions, including the drafting and registration of deeds, facilitating the transfer of property ownership, and ensuring all legal requirements are met in accordance with property laws. • Contracts: Draft, review, and manage contracts, ensuring they are legally sound, clearly outline terms and conditions, and are in compliance with applicable laws. Provide advice on contractual obligations and resolve any legal issues that arise. • Rentals: Manage rental agreements and property leasing processes, including drafting lease contracts, ensuring compliance with rental laws, handling tenant disputes, and maintaining records for all rental transactions.

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Legal Secretary August 2011 - September 2012
Du Toit, Swanepoel, Stuyn & Spruyt Attorneys

• Handling of Confidential Information: Safeguard sensitive and confidential information, ensuring it is securely managed, stored, and accessed only by authorized personnel in accordance with privacy laws and organizational policies. • General Office Administration: Oversee general office functions, including organizing schedules, managing supplies, handling correspondence, and ensuring efficient office operations to support the legal team and clients. • Maintenance of an Extensive Filing System: Develop and maintain an organized, comprehensive filing system for legal documents, correspondence, and case files to ensure quick and easy access and compliance with legal record-keeping requirements. • Faxing, Sending, and Retrieval of E-mails: Manage the communication flow by faxing, sending, and retrieving e-mails, ensuring timely responses and efficient handling of legal correspondence and documentation. • Dictaphone Typing in Respect of All Aspects of Litigation: Accurately transcribe legal dictations related to various litigation matters, ensuring that all documents are prepared with attention to detail and in accordance with legal standards. • Collection of Outstanding Debts, Handling of All Collections, Instructions, and Matters: Oversee the process of debt collection, including issuing instructions, managing collection efforts, and resolving outstanding payment issues in a timely and professional manner. • Drawing up Summonses for Magistrate’s Court, High Court, and All Courts: Prepare and draft summonses and other legal documents required for proceedings in Magistrate’s Court, High Court, and any other relevant courts, ensuring all legal procedures are followed. • Drawing up of Wills, Contracts, Lease Agreements, Antenuptial Contracts, Divorce Summonses, Particulars of Claims, and More: Draft a variety of legal documents, including Wills, contracts, lease agreements, antenuptial contracts, divorce summonses, and particulars of claims, ensuring accuracy, compliance with the law, and meeting the specific needs of clients.

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Legal Secretary October 2012 - March 2014
Kampherbeek, Twine and Pogrund Attorneys

• Handling of Confidential Information: Ensure the secure management, storage, and handling of confidential and sensitive information, adhering to privacy laws and organizational protocols to maintain confidentiality. • General Office Administration: Oversee the smooth functioning of office operations, including managing daily tasks, coordinating schedules, maintaining office supplies, and supporting the team in various administrative functions. • Maintenance of an Extensive Filing System, Minute Keeping, and Scheduling of Meetings: Organize and maintain a comprehensive filing system for easy retrieval of documents, record minutes of meetings accurately, and schedule meetings, ensuring all deadlines and appointments are met. • Faxing, Sending, and Retrieval of E-mails: Manage communication by handling faxing, sending, and retrieving e-mails in a timely and organized manner, ensuring that all correspondence is appropriately filed and followed up. • Dictaphone Typing in Respect of All Aspects of Litigation: Accurately transcribe legal dictations related to various aspects of litigation, preparing necessary documentation while ensuring precision and compliance with legal standards. • Collection of Outstanding Debts, Independent Handling of All Collections, Instructions, and Matters: Independently manage debt collection processes, for body corporates, and businesses, handling all aspects of collections, issuing instructions, and taking necessary actions to resolve outstanding debts efficiently. • Drawing up Summonses for Magistrate’s Court, High Court, and All Courts: Draft and prepare summonses and related legal documents required for proceedings in various courts, ensuring all legal formalities are met for successful submission. • Drawing up of Wills, Contracts, Leases, Antenuptial Contracts, Divorce Summonses, Particulars of Claims, and More: Draft a variety of legal documents, including Wills, contracts, lease agreements, antenuptial contracts, divorce summonses, and particulars of claims, ensuring all documents are legally sound and tailored to the client’s needs. • Writing of Fees in Own Fees Book: Record fees for legal services rendered in a personal fee book, ensuring accurate tracking and management of billing, and maintaining transparency and accountability in financial matters.

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Research Assistant (Temporary/Contract Appointment) 01 October 2014 - 30 September 2016
North West University

1. Minute keeping and scheduling of meetings. 2. Secretary/personal assistant to the Chief Editor of an accredited research journal at the DHE, Yesterday&Today. 3. Secretary/personal to the Chief Editor of research journal Transformation in Higher Education. 4. The handling of confidential information. 5. Administrative assistant to the Administrative Manager at the Faculty of Education Sciences, research division 6. Conference administrator for the ISHD-SASHT International History Conference 13-15 September 2017, Vanderbijlpark. 7. Traveling and accommodation arrangements for various international conference attendees as well as international keynote speakers

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Administrative Assistant (Temporary/Contract Appointment) 01 October 2016 - 30 September 2017
NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY

1. Minute keeping and scheduling of meetings. 2. Secretary/personal assistant to the Chief Editor of an accredited research journal at the DHE, Yesterday&Today. 3. Secretary/personal to the Chief Editor of research journal Transformation in Higher Education. 4. The handling of confidential information. 5. Administrative assistant to the Administrative Manager at the Faculty of Education Sciences, research division. 6. Conference administrator for the ISHD-SASHT International History Conference 13-15 September 2017, Vanderbijlpark. 7. Traveling and accommodation arrangements for various international conference attendees as well as international keynote speakers

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Administrative Assistant (Permanent) 01 October 2017 - 31 October 2019
NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY

1. Secretariat for two Scientific Committees and one Executive Committee 2. Minute keeping for two Scientific Committees and one Executive Committee 3. Diary co-ordination of Scientific Committee members and Executive Committee members in respect of the scheduling of meetings. 4. Administrative assistant to the Snr Faculty Administrator (Faculty Education) 5. The handling of confidential information 6. Managing the core activities of related to higher degree administration at the faculty level 6.1. Managing all administrative activities at faculty level for as far as the following activities that are pertinent to higher degree administration are concerned: o Applications o Admissions o General HD administration o Records and filing o Examination processes 6.2. Implementing a best process dealing with student inquiries and ensuring compliance of higher degree students to relevant A Rules and F Rules. 6.3. Implementing the postgraduate student management system (PGSMS) at faculty level. 6.4. Implementing and managing the organization of the student file at faculty level (Electronic or hard files) to have all relevant information (application forms, other information such as correspondence, completeness about transfer of marks). 6.5. Managing the optimization of logistical process in all instances where student files need to be transported or made available to other parties involved in the HD student academic lifecycle administration. 6.6. Managing the liaison at faculty level with the relevant office at campus level and with study leaders/promoters, and examiners about the implementation of all relevant policies and procedures at faculty level as these pertain to the areas mentioned in 1.1 above. 7. Ad hoc tasks in agreement with Faculty Administrator: 7.1. Responsible for the completion of ad hoc tasks as requested from time to time by the Snr Faculty Administrator and Deputy Dean

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Higher Degrees Administrator (Permanent) 01 November 2019 - Current
NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY

1. Managing the core activities related to Higher Degrees Administration at Faculty level in respect of the life cycle of MEd and PhD students. 1.1. Managing and coordinate all administrative activities at Faculty level as the following activities are concerned with HDA: • General Higher Degree Administration. o Student/supervisor enquiries. o Student/supervisor aid and guidance. o Ensuring that administrative procedures are dealt with and sent to Higher Degrees for record capturing. • Records and Filing o Keeping student folders up to date. • Examination Processes o Nomination of examiners reminders. o Notice of Intention to send reminders. o Feedback to supervisors on appointment of examiners completion. o Record keeping of students intending to submit. o Ensuring administrative matters are completed for student submissions. o Examination queries (students/examiners/supervisors) o Examination follow up (students/examiners/supervisors) o Examination feedback (supervisors) o Examination reports follow up (examiners) o Assistance to Higher Degrees relating to examination reports and o communication with examiners. o Releasing finalized marks to supervisors upon approval of the final marks o by the Executive Dean. • Graduation o Drafting of and sending a preliminary graduation list to Higher Degrees Administration o Important liaison with Higher Degrees to ensure that the Graduation lists are aligned, and that all graduates are added to the Graduation list. o Drafting of and sending final graduation lists to Executive Dean for approval. o Sending finalized and approved graduation list to Finance. 1.2. Important Coordinating function across campuses. 1.3. Administrative assistant to the Snr Faculty Administrator (Faculty Education). 1.4. The handling of confidential information. 1.5. Managing the core activities of related to Higher Degree Administration at the faculty level. 1.6. Implementing a best process dealing with student inquiries and ensuring compliance of Higher Degree students to relevant Academic Rules and Faculty Rules. 1.7. Implementing the postgraduate student management system (PGSMS) at faculty level. 1.8. Implementing and managing the organization of the student file at faculty level (Electronic files) to have all relevant information (application forms, other information such as correspondence, completeness about transfer of marks). 1.9. Managing the optimization of logistical process in all instances where student files need to be transported or made available to other parties involved in the Higher Degree student academic lifecycle administration. 1.10. Managing the liaison at faculty level with the relevant office at campus level and with study leaders/promoters, and examiners about the implementation of all relevant policies and procedures at faculty level as these pertain to the areas mentioned in 1.1 above. 2. Secretariat for the Scientific Committee meetings as well as the Research & Innovation Executive Committee and in respect of appointment of examiners and finalization of marks. 2.1. Responsible for all meeting administrations. 2.2. Execute all tasks and decisions resulting from meetings. 2.3. Contact role players on regular basis. 2.4. Supply regular feedback on meetings. 2.5. Apply strictly to policy and procedures. 2.6. Complete all Administrative functions. 2.7. Ad hoc tasks where applicable. 3. Ad hoc tasks in the Faculty of Education with regards to MEd and PhD programmes. 3.1. Providing the necessary support to the faculty: • General Administration. • Student inquiries. • Records and filing. • Examination process. • Graduation. 3.2. Important Coordinating function across campuses. 4. Ad hoc tasks in agreement with Faculty Administrator: 4.1. Responsible for the completion of ad hoc tasks as requested from time to time by the Snr Faculty Administrator and Deputy Dean (Research & Innovation). 5. Creating and updating of e-Fundi page for all personnel and registered students in the Faculty of Education with regards to MEd and PhD programmes.