Nerissa Roberts

Nerissa Roberts

Photojournalist

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Consultant at Vera Solutions 6x Salesforce certified

  • Education

    • Rhodes University

      1997 - 2000
      B.Journalism cum laude Journalism, philosophy, German
  • Experience

    • The Citizen News

      Jan 2001 - Aug 2004
      Photojournalist

      Starting up the Pretoria Bureau's photography department. This entailed taking quality news photographs, writing stories and making contacts with relevant industry figures.

    • Media24 (Pty) Ltd

      Aug 2005 - Jun 2007
      Photojournalist

      Working as a photographer, journalist and sub-editor at various daily newspapers, such as Beeld, Nova and Daily Sun

    • Gallo Images

      Jul 2007 - Dec 2012
      Editorial Content Manager

      Sourcing, preparing and uploading editorial content (consisting mainly of news photographs) into the Gallo Images Collections.

    • Forgood

      Aug 2013 - Mar 2022
      Cause / Community Manager

      Responsible for the management of the forgood nonprofit ecosystem of 450+ organisations. This includes business process creation, compliance strategy, quality control, data management, training, education, communications and digital engagement. In addition, this team collaborates with marketing and digital advertising to build the forgood brand and engage our community across multiple channels.I also fulfill a tech support role and as such am familiar with SQL and basic HTML. I have vast experiencing in logging tech tickets via Github and assisting Developers with fixing.Forgood is the largest volunteering platform in South Africa, responsible for connecting over 100 volunteers a week. The nonprofit ecosystem is also exposed to 14 corporate employee volunteering programmes. Forgood connects people who want to make a difference - to the Causes that need their help. Show less

    • Rare Diseases South Africa

      Jan 2019 - Mar 2022
      Patient Voices Ambassador

      Shaping the policy and advocacy work for all vulnerable health communities in South Africa with a special focus on Haemophilia

    • Vera Solutions

      Apr 2022 - now
      Consultant

      I am currently working as an Analyst at Vera Solutions. Vera Solutions is a social enterprise and Certified B Corporation® providing cloud and mobile solutions that help social sector organizations better track their impact, streamline their operations, and create feedback loops that put data in the hands of those who need it. Learn more at www.verasolutions.org.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Newsletter and social media content creator

      Issued by Central Haemophilia Foundation on Jan 2013
      Central Haemophilia FoundationAssociated with Nerissa Roberts
    • Volunteer Translator

      Issued by eduSOIL Consultancy Pty.LTD on Feb 2017
      eduSOIL Consultancy Pty.LTDAssociated with Nerissa Roberts
    • Freelance Translator

      Issued by Optimystic Bikers against Abuse MCC on Dec 2016
      Optimystic Bikers against Abuse MCCAssociated with Nerissa Roberts
    • Blogger

      Issued by Tales of Turning on Nov 2017
      Tales of TurningAssociated with Nerissa Roberts
    • Administrative

      Issued by Barnswallows Swift Academy on May 2017
      Barnswallows Swift AcademyAssociated with Nerissa Roberts