Ruby Russon has over 20 years of experience in business administration and project management. She is currently the Project Manager at the Institute of Commerce and Management SA, where she oversees project proposals, quality assurance, and management of projects and staff. Previously, she was the Project Coordinator at SPL Communications, where she managed learnerships and internships, conducted site visits, wrote reports, and sourced training providers. She has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and certificates in Personnel Management and Administration.

1. RUBY B RUSSON
CURRICULUMVITAE
Name: Ruby Russon
Date of Birth: 21 July 1968
Contact: 072 888 4510
Nationality: South African
Gender: Female
Profession: Business Administration
Current Position (Jan 2016 to date): Project Manager – Institute of Commerce and
Management SA
Duties:
Project proposals
Quality Assurance
Management of Projects and project staff
Reporting
Previous Position (2008-2015) : Project Coordinator - SPL COMMUNICATIONS
Duties:
Managing Learnerships for ICT learnerships and Internships
Conducting monthly and quarterly site visits
Monthly and quarterly site visits
Monthly and quarterly report writing
Assisting in sourcing suitable training providers
Monitoring Training Providers on a monthly basis to ensure that they are still training
according to the project plan
Managing learners attendance and stipends
Working and meeting with the funders quarterly to discuss progress and improvements
Managing learners’ database
Monitoring drop outs and sourcing replacements
Recruiting learners for the learnerships
Managing Project Administrators who I was working with on site
Main stakeholders on this project were MICT SET (main funder), Department of Labour
(UIF online), GCRA, Department of Education, various Training Providers and various
host employers

2. Marketing for learners’ employment after completion of workplace training
Accountable for all the projects in the various provinces e.g. North West, Mpumalanga
and Gauteng
Managing Project Steering Committee meetings on a quarterly basis in the various
provinces and reporting on progress
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Key Competencies
 Development projects in the public sector.
 Donor funded project facilitation and management
 Knowledge in research methodologies
 Research, collation and analysis data
 Managing of project budgets
 Financial management and forecasting programme expenditure
 Project management
 Logical framework approach
 Technical assistance provision
 Procurement
 Office Administration, co-ordination and organisation of stakeholder meetings
and workshops
 Logistics, travel and accommodation arrangements
 Training
 Workshop facilitation
 Communication, presentation and liaison skills
 Computer literate
Educational Qualifications
2001, Bachelor in Business Administration Degree. Thames Valley University with
Milpark Business School
1997, Certificate in Personnel Management, Raandse Afrikaans University
1988, Diploma in Administration, The Lan-Grove Training Centre, Sydney, Australia
1985, Cambridge O’Level Certificate (matric), St. Marks High School, Swaziland
Professional Experience
 Assistant Project Director: Integrated Provincial Support Programme, Charles Kenda
 Partners-iSeluleko Consulting Pty. Ltd, September 2003 to date

3.  Project Accounts Officer & Project Assistant: Integrated Provincial Support
Programme, Charles Kendall & Partners-iSeluleko Consulting Pty. Ltd, April
2002 – August 2003
 Business Development Consultant: Institute of Commerce and Management,
January 2002 – March 2002
 Area Coordinator: Xcel Information Technologies with Statistics South Africa,
October 2001
 ResearchConsultant, Facilitator: Institute of Commerce and Management,
January 1999 – July 2001
 Projects Appropriation Status Report Administrator: Procter & Gamble South
Africa, April 1994 – November 1998
 Personnel Assistant: G.E. Hudson, Isando, September 1993 - March 1994
 Administrator: The National Housing Forum, November 1992 – February 1994
Organisations and Job Descriptions
Charles Kendall & Partners-iSeluleko Consulting Pty. Ltd.,: Assistant Project Director
 Providing support and administrative coordination
 Liaison with stakeholders and reporting
 Refining Terms of Reference
 Managing the selection and contracting process for three provinces
 Contract negotiation and drafting of contracts
 Contract implementation
 Budget management for three provinces
 Administrative support through assistance with preparation of evaluation reports
and overseeing pre-tender briefing sessions and tender evaluation processes
 Desk-top tender evaluations
 Preparing half yearly validation reports and programme partners’workplans and
output plans
Charles Kendall & Partners-iSeluleko Consulting Pty. Ltd., (CKP): Project
Accounts Officer/Project Assistant. CKP-iSeluleko Consulting is the Procurement
Service Provider for the Integrated Provincial Support Programme appointed by
the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).
 Responsible for the financial/administration and management of project
budgets for all the Integrated Provincial Support Programme Partners,
Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and 5 provinces
 Processing of consultants invoices
 Liasing with Charles Kendall & Partners London with regards to payments
 Prepare financial projections / forecasts for DFID
 Assist in compiling financial reports for monthly operations meetings
 Keeping an electric and manual filing system for all contracts and
financials

4. Institute of Commerce and Management (ICM), Business Development Consultant:ICM
– a consulting and training institution
 Sourcing new business opportunities
 Assisting in preparation and writing up of project proposals for prospective bids
 Training in office administration
XCEL Information Technologies in association with Statistics South Africa, Area
Coordinator
 Recruiting of administrators
 Administering and training personnel on research methods and setting priorities
within projects to ensure that deadlines are met
 Participate and advise in conducting surveys
 Collation and analysis of data
 Writing up of the final report
Institute of Commerce and Management (ICM), Research Consultant & Facilitator
 Conducting research on various projects
 Facilitation of workshops
 Involved in projects done for the Public Sector, i.e. the South African Police Service
remuneration and comparative study
 Involved in a project conducted for the Office of the President, a comparative study
 Designing of questionnaires for the study
Procter and Gamble (Pty) Ltd, Project Appropriation Status Report Administrator.
Procter and Gamble is an international Fast Moving and Consumable Goods (FMCG)
organisation
 Managing project budgets
 Processing and payments of invoices
G.E. Hudson: Personnel Assistant. G.E. Hudson is a steel manufacturing organisation
 Managing the office of the CEO
 Providing administrative support
The National Housing Forum (NHF): Administrator. NHF was an institution set up by the
South African Government as part of the RDP programme.
 Office administration
 Co-ordination and organisation of trustee meetings and workshops

5.  Assisting in preparing monthly reports for trustees
REFERENCES
SPL Communications – Mantombi Dlamini 073 405 9396
074 448 9396
Cbarles Kendall
Ms Fikile Kuhlase 082 312 7957
Dr Raynauld Russon – Expectra and Institute of Commerce and Management
0810101415