Experience

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  Merand corbett & associates

  Jan 2005 - Feb 2009

  Prince2 project manager

  British American Tobacco SA - PMO PRINCE2 Ambassador

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  Forum properties africa

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2015

  Administration manager

  Provided executive-level support to the CEO, including calendar management and strategic coordination of key business functions.Travelled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to resolve HR-related challenges, ensuring compliance and improving staff productivityLed general administration management, optimizing workflows and reducing operational costs.Directed office management activities, overseeing administrative functions to maintain high levels of efficiency across departments

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  Effective ops consulting

  Feb 2015 - Jan 2020

  Founder: consultant and facilitator

  • Guided start-up founders in strategic business development, achieving growth for clients.• Delivered business acceleration workshops, empowering participants with actionable insights and operational frameworks and increased employee engagement strategies.Client testimonials: “Evelyn's diverse skill set and understanding of workflows and operational administrative touchpoints meant working with her was slick, uncluttered experience.” Jay Thomson, Founder, MasterCraft (Pty) Ltd“Evelyn facilitated light bulb delivering workshops for my clients that helped them distil their business goals and plot achieving them through their human capital.” Belinda Peddie - MD, Infusion Consulting (Pty) Ltd"I approached Evelyn to help me 'see' my business through new eyes by defining my business vision and discovering the potential for expansion and growth. She helped me streamline my business by creating goals and achievable business plans. Working on my business with her revitalised my passion for a business I have been running for 12 years by drilling down and defining WHY I do what I do. This has now become my core focus. Evelyn is focused and dedicated, and I am extremely grateful for her input in clarifying the road ahead" Jan Lewis, Design Union."Evelyn has been instrumental in identifying key elements in our business that required attention. More importantly, she articulates ideas and converts them into common goals and action plans. Her experience and insight into different aspects of the business have been of great value while we worked on planning for the success of our operation,” Yaron Ben Oved, Director—Code Workshop. Show less

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  Pwc south africa

  Feb 2020 - Apr 2021

  Instructional designer, senior associate

  Developed learning materials for PwC’s business skills curriculum, streamlining the learning process and boosting participant engagement.From needs analysis initiatives, successfully identified content gaps and developed tailored learning experiences that aligned with business objectives.

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  Vsls human capital consulting

  Feb 2021 - Jul 2024

  Project manager | instructional designer

  Designed and delivered high-impact digital learning solutions, significantly enhancing staff proficiency and operational performance across the financial sector.Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create comprehensive system and process training modules, leading to improvement in employee skill acquisition.Championed the development of assessment frameworks to evaluate training effectiveness and ROI.

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  Africa remembered pty ltd

  Jan 2024 - now

  Co-founder and partner

  Contemporary African-themed eco fashion jewellery design, manufacture and supply to the tourism retail trade. We also make custom jewellery accessories.

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  The idea connection (pty) ltd

  Feb 2024 - now

  Founder

  I founded The Idea Connection (Pty) Ltd to do all the things I enjoy and to see where it leads. Currently I am designing digital learning experiences in a freelance capacity for Sand Technologies. https://www.sandtech.com. I'm assisting with the design and development of a virtual onboarding course for new hires to ALX (https://www.alxafrica.com). Both companies are part of The African Leadership Group (https://algroup.org/). The most mind-blowingly awesome social entrepreneurship venture I have ever come across - I would say it is Divinely inspired. It's so big. So bold. Transforming so many young lives on the African continent - providing quality education at scale that impacts lives, families, communities, industries and Africa - transforming communities, families, industries. God is good! Show less