Up-skilling and encouraging staff to pursue their best

NOSIPHO Gumede joined Jackpersad & Partners Inc in 2014 as a project administrator at Medicentre, where she assisted the project manager with administrative tasks. Her tasks included compiling the asset register and collecting information about each asset at each venue.

“A radiology department, by its nature, is highly capital intensive. I scheduled quality assurance and preventative maintenance services for all our radiology equipment, and ensured that all necessary parts required were ordered and delivered on time for the service. This led to business continuity at all our branches.

“Our department relocated in 2016 to Durban Medical Centre and I worked as a manager’s assistant to the projects, marketing and radiographic managers. This is where I gained a tremendous amount of admin experience, as well as time and priority management, supporting three different portfolio managers at the same time.

“Shortly after, I resigned from the practice, but rejoined the company in 2019.

“I rejoined the practice as an HR assistant on a fixed-term contract for three months. I was given the opportunity to join on a permanent basis as a HR administrator and the practice funded a three-month online course to support my admin skills in HR.

“I assisted the HR manager and staff members with admin work for their company benefit activations as well as checked the billing for the practice, adding inputs for payroll, and completing UIF/Department of Employment and Labour documents required by staff.

“In 2022, I was promoted to my current role of payroll officer.”

Nosipho Gumede Payroll officer at Jackpersad & Partners Inc