Lynne Thackeray

Responsible for: Administration and many similar work tasks as during my previous time of employment with them - please see below.

Responsible for: Maintaining existing donor relationships, cold calling and canvassing for new potential donors and all  related administrative tasks in a call centre environment. 

It was an interesting learning curve to experience the passages of a political party. 

Responsible for: Personal Assistant, Public Relations, Marketing, Social Networking, Fundraising, Proposals and Progress Reports, Supervision of Administrative Staff, HR, IT, Manage and maintain the website, newsletters/publications, Counselling and Statistics.These functions ebbed and flowed as the organisation required.

An interesting and exciting portfolio at an organisation doing sterling work in communities where dementia is still a disease unknown by many.

Responsible for: Executing the mission and vision of the organisation as directed by the Operational Plan and Budget; Compiling budgets, Operational plans and strategies; Finances and assets as directed by the organisation constitution; Administration oversight including finances, members, staff, sponsors, donors and other stakeholders; Fundraising and Sponsorships; Social networking with members and all other stakeholders; Overall vision and strategic direction of the organisation in conjunction with the Management Committee and stakeholders; Public Relations; Marketing & Branding; Liaison with: Management Committee, Government Departments, Sponsors and Donors, other NGOs and Voluntary Orgnanisations, Media and all other Stakeholders.

An interesting work year and an eye opener as to how easily Joe and Jane Public get roped in by scammers and fraud targeted at them.

Various Sectors & Companies. Hotel trade, Manufacturing, Engineering & Government

During this period I worked almost 8 years in the hotel industry.I cut my teeth in the trade working at 2 star hotels in the late 70s and early 80s. Training whilst working in all aspects of the business taught me how to manage a restaurant, kitchen, bedrooms, reservations, front office – basically all aspects of the day-to-day operation of a small hotel.I spent two years in the furniture manufacturing and retail industry and two years for the government at the Department of Public Works (tenders, contracts and quotations).

Responsible for: Fundraising: Effective planning and control of development strategies and plans to achieve fundraising targets; monitor other fundraising efforts in the sector; proposals and progress reports coordination (deadlines); relationship building - existing and potential donors; research for new donors and explore partnership possibilities; Contracts (grants).

PR & Marketing: Production of all marketing materials; corporate publications such as annual report, internal/external newsletter; art brochures; stationery (letterheads/business cards; banners/signage); management and maintenance of website; stock levels of marketing materials; external stakeholders; public relations (donors, media and other stakeholders)

Special Events and National Campaigns: National Art Competition (Prison Art); National Safety campaign (Blow the Whistle Against Crime); National Essay competition (Write for a safer South Africa). The campaigns and competition ran multiple years. All of the events included the following: media campaign, fundraising campaign; administrative systems, logistics etc. Direct Mail Campaign -between June and December 2008. Every second year logistics of the Biennial General Meeting for approximately 120 people (logistics, co-ordination and oversight of).

Finance & Administration: Annual budget and plan; monitor budget; implement and monitor internal processes, systems and procedures, Electronic filing system (development and maintenance).

Database Management: Developed and managed key contacts database

Training: Within own area of expertise

Trade marking: Trade marking of logos, classes etc from 1996 till 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018.

The early years at NICRO: Travel arrangements; arranging seminars and board meetings (full function – flights, accommodation, venue); confidential matters; taking of minutes at board meetings; all admin tasks related to appointments and resignations; media clipping records; public relations; reconciling of subsidies from state departments; salaries for Head Office staff; PAYE; UIF; all cheques and cheque requisitions; creditors; pettycash for Head Office and four branches

2009-03-19

To whom it may concern

Lynne's sense of humour, and sense of urgency (when necessary) are a great balance. Lynne is supportive, strong, competent and great fun to work with. In the time she and I worked on the fundraising at NICRO, a large, national non-profit, we increased the income more than ten-fold, and fine-tuned the public image of the organization. This included working with provincial directors on funding and on a national biennial campaign.

Lynne is the most organised person I have worked with. If I thought of something that needed doing, it had already been done. Her attention to detail often saved the day in a busy and challenging work environment. It was Lynne's belief in the cause, commitment to the task at hand, and capacity to really tackle the here and now that I will most remember about those excellent years of working with her.

I highly recommend Lynne to anyone who is smart enough to contract her services.

Kind regards

Rosemary Shapiro-Liu

Owner

Making Things Work

Sydney, Australia

Telephone   +61 2 9716 7843

Mobile           +61 405 392827

Former Director: Marketing, Media and Fundraising - NICRO

February 2009

Ms Thackeray has spent eighteen years of her career with NICRO and was employed from January 1991 to January 2009. She contributed to the vision of NICR0 with passion and enthusiasm.

Ms Thackeray was a responsible worker who understood her duties with passion and creativity.

She displayed good leadership skills and her performance was always of a high standard. She was one of those staff members that could be asked to undertake any task as she has a range of skills. These include skills that could be used at various levels within an organisation.

Ms Thackeray’s strengths are so varied that she would be able to fit into any job in an organisation. This ability was evident in her long history with NICRO as she was asked to fulfil various roles and tasks. Her strong organisational, administrative, marketing, donor acquisition, planning, editing, writing and management skills will impact on any company that will employ her.

Please contact me should you require further information.

Soraya Solomon

Former CEO - NICRO