Ronel van Schalkwyk

Produced, edited, and translated content in Afrikaans and English for blogs, articles, documents and six chapters of a published book; reviewed and refined text for grammar, style, and readability while meeting tight remote deadlines.

Annotated and categorized social media and image-based data across projects (Project Peppermint, Stonecoal, Megataxon) to improve search quality and platform functionality.

Coordinated staff schedules, curriculum planning and payroll; interviewed and managed staff, handled parent communications, addressed student behaviour, and served as Head of Art Department.

Organized community events, maintained member databases and records, managed communications and social media, produced flyers and performed transcriptions for meetings and speeches.

Managed daily operations, supervised staff, handled stock control, bookkeeping, payroll, and customer service while overseeing quality control and supplier ordering.

Managed summons procedure and legal file preparation, liaised with attorneys, drafted legal correspondence and municipal adverts, and performed debt collection and account reconciliations.

Managed cafe operations including staff supervision, stock and quality control, bookkeeping, event organisation and handling customer service and complaints.

Supervised staff on a 12-month contract, managed payroll, stock control, spreadsheet reporting, and ensured correct truck loading and departmental query handling.

Operated a 77-line switchboard, handled member queries, bookings, debtors and access card issuance while assisting sales and on-floor member support.

Studied BA Socio-Legal Studies (not completed) and completed coursework across law and psychology modules between 1997 and 2000.

Completed Matric with full exemption in 1995.

Enrolled in B.Proc studies (not completed); completed related modules including Legal English and Criminology.

Completed a Full Microsoft Office course in 2001.