Shana-Michelle Rabonda
Vice President of Operations (ALX & The Room) at African Leadership Group- Claim this Profile
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Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor
Shana-Michelle Rabonda is the epitome of Project Management at the African Leadership University. Her skills set are varied, impressive and incredibly efficient in delivering within the organization; including as one of our stellar faculty members at the Mauritius campus. Shana-Michelle approaches her work with a timely efficiency that is world-class. Even as she explores a legal degree and delivers on our clients projects relationships; she demonstrates who a professional is and should be. She helps make all of us better at our jobs, it is indeed a privilege to be on a faculty team with her.
Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor
Shana-Michelle Rabonda is the epitome of Project Management at the African Leadership University. Her skills set are varied, impressive and incredibly efficient in delivering within the organization; including as one of our stellar faculty members at the Mauritius campus. Shana-Michelle approaches her work with a timely efficiency that is world-class. Even as she explores a legal degree and delivers on our clients projects relationships; she demonstrates who a professional is and should be. She helps make all of us better at our jobs, it is indeed a privilege to be on a faculty team with her.
Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor
Shana-Michelle Rabonda is the epitome of Project Management at the African Leadership University. Her skills set are varied, impressive and incredibly efficient in delivering within the organization; including as one of our stellar faculty members at the Mauritius campus. Shana-Michelle approaches her work with a timely efficiency that is world-class. Even as she explores a legal degree and delivers on our clients projects relationships; she demonstrates who a professional is and should be. She helps make all of us better at our jobs, it is indeed a privilege to be on a faculty team with her.
Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor
Shana-Michelle Rabonda is the epitome of Project Management at the African Leadership University. Her skills set are varied, impressive and incredibly efficient in delivering within the organization; including as one of our stellar faculty members at the Mauritius campus. Shana-Michelle approaches her work with a timely efficiency that is world-class. Even as she explores a legal degree and delivers on our clients projects relationships; she demonstrates who a professional is and should be. She helps make all of us better at our jobs, it is indeed a privilege to be on a faculty team with her.
Credentials
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ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
AXELOS Global Best PracticeApr, 2015- Nov, 2024
Experience
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African Leadership Group
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President of Operations (ALX & The Room)
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Jul 2023 - Present
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Vice President - People (ALX & The Room)
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Oct 2021 - Aug 2023
Promotion from Director of People Strategy to Vice President of People.
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Director of People Strategy (ALX & The Room)
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Oct 2019 - Dec 2021
Responsible for building and managing the end-to-end People function for a global and diverse staff body at ALX & The Room, encompassing recruitment, operations, L&D, experience and culture. Drove growth from ~25 to ~180 staff while managing strong operations and experience for our staff at scale. Managed organisational change management initiatives, including the transition from on-site working to fully remote with staff based in almost 30 countries while maintaining high staff engagement.
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Special Projects Lead (ALX & The Room)
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Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
Chief of Staff to the Head of ALX, supporting operations and various business functions.
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The African Leadership University
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Education Administration Programs
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300 - 400 Employee
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People Operations Manager
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Aug 2018 - Feb 2019
Responsible for managing employee-related operations for Mauritius, Rwanda and Kenya.
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Leadership Core (First Year Academic Program) Lead
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Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
Managed the first year academic program (Leadership Core), where students complete a set of courses in their first year focused on quantitative reasoning, problem solving, entrepreneurial leadership and academic and professional writing. Managed a team of 9 facilitators to ensure successful delivery of the first year curriculum and student experience at ALU in Mauritius.
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Faculty: Projects
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Jul 2016 - Aug 2018
Facilitation:- Supporting student learning through facilitating classroom sessions, providing students with targeted 1-on-1 feedback, review of student assignments, and curriculum design.Project management:- Forming and managing relationships with project clients- Identifying and scoping projects - Assisting students in project execution
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Mobius Consulting South Africa
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South Africa
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consultant
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Jul 2015 - Jul 2016
Creating project deliverables;Conducting project research;Assisting in the facilitation of client workshops;Relationship management (both internal as well as with clients) to facilitate delivery of projectactivities;Research, innovation and actively participating in the generation of knowledge material;Mentoring interns and graduate joiners;I have experience in IT governance, Risk management, Information Security, Business process improvement and Project management.
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Associate Consultant
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Jan 2014 - Jun 2015
Creating and assisting in the development of project deliverables;Creating and assisting in the creation of knowledge material (internal and client-focused);Conducting project research;Assisting in the facilitation of client workshops;Experience in IT governance,Information security, Business process improvement, Risk management and Project Management.
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Education
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2013 - 2014
Rhodes University
Bachelor of Science Honours (BScH), Information Systems -
2017 - 2017
HBX | Harvard Business School
CORe: Credential of Readiness, Pass -
2010 - 2012
Rhodes University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Information Systems
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