CV Camp Manager, Accommodation Manager, Warehouse Coordinator

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CV/Resume ID no.: 90597
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2009

I am interested in the above position as I have experience of managing a camp of plus/minus 240 personnel from various cultures.

have 16 months experience as a Camp Manager with PAE Government Services Inc on their AMIS Project in Darfur, Sudan. I was responsible for the overall management of the camp which included all the administrative work e.g. keeping of petty cash, fuel and time sheet records as well as supervision over the local and third country national staff. The camp that I managed consisted of plus/minus 240 personnel of the African Union Peace Keeping Forces and came from various cultures.

All of our supplies, spares and food had to be flown in as the camps were located some distance from our supply camp. This needed very careful planning to enable me to have at least a week worth of food and supplies in case there was no flights due to various reasons.

An experienced Camp and Camp Services Manager with extensive experience in the overall management of a camp entailing all administration and financial record keeping; human relations issues; ordering of supplies and supervision of subordinates, catering subcontractor as well as overall cleanliness of the camp, ablutions, kitchen and mess halls.

Work experience Self-employed
(November 2007 to date)
Manager: Building site, overseeing builders, painters, tillers and carpenters.
PAE Government Services Inc (USA)
(July 2005 to November 2007)
Positions: Supply Chief on their AMIS (African Mission in Sudan) project. The job title was later changed to Camp Services/Administrative Chief in January 2006. Stood in as Acting Detachment (Camp) Manager on various occasions and was given own camp in September 2006 as Acting Detachment Manager. Was promoted to Detachment Manager in December 2006 running a camp of plus/minus 240 African Union Peace Keeping Forces and 4 Third Country Nationals which was culturally diverse.
Supervision
 Was responsible for the hygiene of the camp and kitchen as well as ensuring that food was prepared, handled and stored in the prescribed way.
 Seeing that sufficient food was ordered for the camp to give a week emergency stock.
 Seeing that food was rotated on first in, first out basis.
 Ensuring that sanitation standards were maintained i.e. burning of rubbish on a daily basis and pumping out of grey water.
 Supervised emergency evacuation and security drills for local and third country nationals with the assistance of the African Union Supervision over camp cleaning staff of 19 and 4 third country nationals.
 Supervision over camp cleaning staff of 19 and 4 third country nationals.
 Supervision of store.
 Supervision over catering company and that their contractual standards were met and maintained.
Administration and training
 Planning and setting of work priorities and seeing that these deadlines were met.
 Assisted with maintenance and construction within and around the camp.
 Trained staff and African Union members in the use of firefighting equipment on an ongoing basis.
 Location and mapping of alternative evacuation pickup points for the pick up of third country nationals in an emergency.
 Trained staff in the use of emergency equipment e.g. basic fist aid and survival..
 Prepared and kept financial and fuel records.
 Keeping of time sheets.
 Assisted with monthly make of pay for local national staff.
 Closing and balancing of financial and fuel records on a weekly and monthly basis.
 Sending of weekly situation reports to our central Operations Office.
 Authorized payment to local suppliers within my authorized limit.
 Saw that third country nationals handed in reports on time.
 Oversaw that camp rules and regulations were maintained.
 Iimposed water restrictions and kept a daily usage record of water consumption within the camp.
 Ordered spares, supplies and fuel as required and followed up on these.
 Dealt with human relations issues of local national and third country national staff, including disciplinary action and hearings.
 Motivation of colleagues and cleaning staff.
 Oversaw that ablutions, kitchen, mess halls, cold and dry storage areas were kept clean and free of rodents.
 Arranged accommodation for new force members and guests and ensured that beds and linen were ordered in time.
 Ensured that safety, health and environmental standards were maintained.
 Back loading of equipment that needed to be repaired.
 Receipt of repaired equipment.
 Receipt of supplies and spares.
 Ensured that water for the camp met with set health standards by doing by-weekly tests.
 Negotiated with well and borehole owners for a regular supply of water on a continual basis during the dry season.
 Ensured that ongoing maintenance work was carried out on vehicles and well as being responsible for plus/minus 18 vehicles.


Self-employed (2002 – 2005)
Managing member of Closed Corporation. Obtaining of birth, marriage and death certificates.
 Sourcing of new clients and following up on leads.
 Keeping of soft and hard copies of financial records
 Reconciliation of banking
 Collection of and delivery of documents


Holt, Durham Migration Agents (2001 – 2002)
Personal assistant
 Assisted with correspondence, client liaison and case files.
Australian High Commission (2000 – 2001)
Immigration Officer:
 Assisted at front visa issuing counter during busy times; receiving of visitor visas; entering of applicants details onto data base and issue of visa if all the requirements have been met or refusal of visa if the requirements have not been met.
 Handled their bulk visitor visa applications and reduced this from a 5 day to a 1 day turn around; entering of applicants details onto data base and issue of visa if all the requirements have been met or refusal of visa if the requirements have not been met.
 Sorting out of outdated information brochures in store and removal thereof from store.


International Immigration Alliance (2000)
Operations Manager
 Sell Assisted with their permanent visa application case files to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
 Assistance at seminars.
 Redoing of CV’s into international format.
 Answering of emailed enquiries.


Australian High Commission (1996 – 2000)
Immigration Officer
 Assisted with their permanent visa applications.
 Assisted at ceremonial function for ex-president Nelson Mandela and the Australian Prime Minister hosted by the High Commissioner.
 Assisted at front visa counter as required.
Real Estate Agent (1993 – 1996)
 Selling of houses, farms, small holdings and factories.
 Letting of properties.
 Sourcing of new properties for sale and letting.
 Drawing up of lease and sale agreements.
 Following up with bond attorneys.
 Liaising with landlords and property owners.
 Visual inspection of properties on expiry of lease agreements.


Store Man (1988 – 1993)
Worked for Rustenburg Platinum Mines, T-Craft International and Moss
Gas Project (Oil Platform – Mossel Bay South Africa)
 Ordering, receipt and issuing of goods.
 Completion of relevant documentation.
 Expediting of goods.
 Ordering of food for mine hostels.
 Sourcing of alternate food at short notice due to late delivery.
 Follow up on food orders.
 Supervision over staff as required.
Prior to 1988 I worked as a Water Affairs Senior Clerk at the Department of Water Affairs; at WP Cellars as an Assistant Manager; at Rebel as a Trainee Manager and a Trainee Horticulturist, under contract with the Department of Public Works while doing my National Service.
Skills Bank reconciliation
Wages and salaries journals
MS Word
MS Excel
MS Outlook
Certificates SAMSA Approved Seagoing Familiarization Course
Seafarer’s Medical Certificate
Senior Certificate
Inventory Control and Systems
Introduction to Materials Management
Materials Handling
Stores Management Diploma

SAMSA Course

MS Word
Excel
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