Mandah Sephora Wodie Epse Ncho

-Secured office supplies.

-Supervised bookings of meeting rooms and utilization.

-Coordination of events: catering provision.

-Managed switchboard activity.

-Office general support.

-Managed breakroom provision (coffee, snacks, sodas, etc.).

-Carried out administrative formalities for new employees

-Managed the SVP's calendar: understanding of meetings and anticipating needs, potential challenges, or issues, and taking necessary action in advance.

-Point of contact between the SVP/employees and customers.

-Travel management.

-Expense Report.

-Communicated with others on ideas and needs for meetings.

-Sought opportunities to contribute beyond assigned duties.

-Coordinated purchase orders, invoicing, and supplier liaisons for office supplies and related services.

-Supervised bookings of meeting rooms and utilization.

- Managed and coordinated internal office services, including equipment and supplies.

- Supervised reception and switchboard activity (through receptionist).

- Managed employees' food/cafeteria provision.

- Managed catering provision for meetings and events.

- Maintained a file and archives management system.

- Carried out administrative formalities for new employees, setting up and maintaining personnel files.

Achievements: Proactively improved the furniture and signage at the office reception.

-Administrative management.

-Simplified accounting management.

-Project of creation and animation of website and social network.

-Academic Program with ESATIC (African Advanced School for Information Communication Technology).

-Bimonthly review of OHADA and other legal updates in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Senegal, in priority areas: HR, Cloud, Intellectual Property, and Taxation.

-Followed up on execution to support the CELA Lead in implementing HR regulatory requirements in the three countries.

-Wrote the quarterly newsletter: 'La Revue'.

Achievements:
- Designed and updated a table of law firms specialized in Telecoms/IT/Intellectual Property Rights in the top three countries.
- Attended training for 4Afrika interns.
- Member of the Youth Newsletter team (articles published every month).
- Responsible for the quarterly newsletter: 'La Revue'.

- Assisted in the organization of the Microsoft/ESATIC roundtable and worked closely with the marketing team, with 82% participation.

-Analyzed cases to identify applicable statutes and regulations.

-Attended court proceedings to observe attorneys in action.

-Participated in client meetings with attorney supervision.

-Assisted attorneys in preparing for hearings, trials, mediations, arbitrations.

-Drafted and edited client correspondence, demand letters and legal memoranda.

-Drafted correspondence, documented data and submitted materials to appropriate parties.

-Assisted in analyzing legal issues and proposing potential solutions to attorneys.

-Analyzed legal statutes, codes and previous court decisions to determine optimal course of action.

-Gathered data for research projects and analyzed findings to make recommendations.

-Contributed ideas during brainstorming sessions to generate creative solutions.

-Supported senior staff members in the completion of complex projects within deadlines.

-Assisted with event planning, support and execution of virtual and in-person engagements.

-Organized client meetings to provide project updates.

-Set specific goals for projects to measure progress and evaluate end results.

In the context of the project's implementation: 'Teaching Respect for All', I did assist the Country Representant and the Education Program
Administrator in the activities planning, the mobilization of stakeholders and the follow-up of the project execution. The aim of this project
was to fight against discriminations towards the albino, people living with HIV and AIDS, and the disabled in Ivory Coast.

-Supported the preparation of projects for resource mobilization, through conducting research on socio-economic and cultural contexts of targeted areas.

-Identified a theme relating to human rights in Ivory Coast and proposed a draft of a project.

-Contributed to the development of training modules related to peace education and human rights.

-Attended meetings and took notes to provide drafts of reports.

- Translated documents (English and French).

Member of the legal assistants' team, responsible for preparing the attorneys' work.