Rosebill Satha-Sambo

Experience

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  Sunbird Lingadzi Inn

  Jan 2002 - Mar 2002

  Front Office
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  BLANTYRE BUSINESS COLLEGE

  Mar 2002 - Jun 2005

  ADMINISTRATOR

  Liaising with Examination Bodies, Assisting Guardians/Students withInformation on Examinations, Handling All Office Queries and Complaints, HandlingAll Advertisements & Public Relations, Conducting Career Guidance Talks inSecondary Schools, Keeping Petty cash, Making Travel Arrangements, ArrangingMeetings and Taking Minutes, Issuing & Maintaining Stock, Assisting Accountantwith Salaries.

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  JARDS Products

  Aug 2005 - now

  Founder / Manager

  JARDS Products is a social business in Lilongwe, Malawi that manufactures affordableand quality eco-friendly bamboo furniture and baskets, woodwork as well as beaded jewelryby using locally available materials to be sold locally as well as exported internationally.The social aspect idea came about with the influence of my mother who works for the Ministry of Gender and Children Welfare of Malawi. She worked with disadvantaged women groups in the rural villages and taught them how to make bamboo products so that they are able to enrich their lives economically. JARDS incorporated the same concept but this time with disadvantaged youth and women who are taught the skill of weaving but also might gain employment with the business.JARDS was officially registered in February 2011. There are currently 5 full time employees, 5seasonal workers and 4 volunteers. There are 11 youth who have been trained so far andhave 5 in the process of being trained. JARDS buys its raw materials from 2 nearby localcommunity villages and that is helping to support about 20 families. Show less

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  MALAWI BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE

  Jan 2006 - Aug 2006

  ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

  Handling Transportation Fleet, Typing/Filing Correspondence, Preparing E-Newsletter and Answering All Email Queries, Receiving Visitors, Purchasing andMaintaining Stock and Stationary.

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  Central African Wilderness Safaris

  Aug 2006 - Jan 2009

  Sales/Tours Consultant

  selling wilderness properties as well as properties in Malawi, South Luangwa and Mozambique to prospective guests, quoting & invoicing, making itineraries, receiving payment, taking minutes during weekly meetings, handling managing directors diary and appointments, handling all minor IT problems, local marketing & PR, producing monthly newsletters, procurement & keeping control of stock, Head of Wilderness Safaris HIV workplace taskforce.

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  NYASSA AIR TAXI

  Jan 2009 - Apr 2010

  RESERVATIONS/SALES MANAGER

  handling all flight reservations, quoting, flight scheduling and manifesting, flightfollowing, preparing flight itineraries and minor office administration duties

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  Dekeyser & Friends Foundation

  Apr 2010 - Oct 2010

  Fellow

  Media training in video making, writing and picture taking, blogging, building community centre, trainings and workshops on presentation preparation and oratory skills, co-operatives operations, sustainable agriculture & development workshops.

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  ULENDO TRAVEL GROUP

  Oct 2010 - Jun 2012

  ADMINISTRATION/HR MANAGER & TRAVELCONSULTANT

  Handling all: Staff contracts & personnel records, company's insurance policies& pension schemes, leases for all our properties, immigration issues for expats,procurement, security, maintenance works, press & advertising, vehicle maintenance, IT& communication, and all administration for the Ulendo Travel Group, quoting,invoicing, organizing tailor made itineraries.

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  MicroEnterprise & Training Assistance (META)

  Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

  Community Solutions Fellow

  Provide direct business consulting to clients and assist in developing and conducting small group workshop trainings. Identify new marketing strategies in which to conduct outreach within specific target audiences so as to meet the needs of the emerging and existing disadvantaged entrepreneur communities.

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  Ulendo Travel Group

  Apr 2013 - Jun 2015

  Sales & Marketing Manager

  Handling all: Maintaining websites for Ulendo Lodges, representing company at international and local Travel Shows, Newsletters, Press Releases, Creating Packages and Specials, Brochure Quotes, updating company website, blogging and all social media and inbound & outbound tours sales.

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  Malawi Tourism Council

  Jun 2015 - now

  Executive Director

  The Malawi Tourism Council is a Trust registered under the Trustees Act of the laws of Malawi. It is the Private Sector representative of the tourism industry in Malawi and provides the link between the Private Sector and the Government in promoting the interests of the sector on hand, and a forum for dialogue between the sub-sectors of the tourism industry on the other.