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Kabelo Hlabangaan

Gaborone

Summary

I am a seasoned and self-driven administration professional with more than 18 years of industry-leading expertise in the management of corporate information resources. Promotes good corporate governance through the development of policies and procedures for accountability, efficiency and effectiveness, risk management, business continuity and compliance management. Also experience in processes development and re-engineering. I have been in the forefront in data protection compliance management since 2018 following the enactment of Data Protection Act,2018. Partook in quality management systems certification project management. A qualified ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor, skilled in building and working with diverse cross-functional teams, making critical decisions and demonstrating good communication skills.

Records management professional with proven track record in organizing, maintaining, and safeguarding critical information. Strong focus on team collaboration and adaptability to changing needs. Skilled in data management systems, compliance, and digital archiving. Renowned for reliability and achieving results in high-pressure environments.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Records Manager

Botswana Accountancy College
01.2018 - Current
  • Develop College wide records information management and data protection governance strategies, policies, and procedures
  • Develop and implement records retention and disposal schedule
  • Manage the provision of information services for employees and clients.
  • Provide information management training to staff to achieve compliance to information governance policies, procedures, and standards.
  • Monitor and enforce compliance to records management policies and procedures.
  • Act as the custodian of college wide information resources
  • Create awareness on records and information management, including data protection.
  • Identify and mitigate records and information management risks.
  • Supervise records management and messenger personnel
  • Manages budget for the records management function
  • Identifies records and information management risks and mitigates them.
  • Monitoring the performance of the Unit and reporting on the same.
  • Designated data protection custodian

Records and Information Management Consultant

Leverage Point Pty Ltd
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Part-time records and information consultant
  • Development of business proposals for potential clients.
  • Conducted a Records Management Survey for the Local Enterprise Authority.

Assistant Registrar- Records & Search

Companies and Intellectual Property Authority
01.2016 - 12.2017

Captured Companies’ and Business Names’ records

  • Managed more than 350 000 company records
  • Statutory provision of access to all companies and business names files, including certification of duplicate company records.
  • Developed policies and procedures governing the management of companies’ records
  • Assisted law enforcement offices with investigations on companies and Business Names
  • Maintained records in accordance with the Companies Act ensuring companies and Business Names were complying.
  • Trained company directors and secretaries on the management of company records.
  • Management of Companies Records & Search Unit
  • Reporting on the performance of the Companies Registry Department, including Records and Search Unit.

Resource Centre Coordinator

Local Enterprise Authority
08.2007 - 12.2015
  • Established and managed a robust records and information management program that supported LEA’s Quality Management System.
  • Acquired business related information resources for fourteen Resource Centers for use by small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) owners.
  • Provided access to information resources to employees and SMMEs

Consultant

Institute of Development Management
01.2008 - 01.2015
  • Lecturing on Records and Archives Management (on part-time basis)

Records Manager

Botswana National Archives
01.2003 - 01.2006
  • Automated records management processes at the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning.
  • Appraised records and transferred them to the Botswana National Archives and Records Services Department for permanent preservation.
  • Trained public officers on the adequate management of public records
  • Supervised junior information and records management staff

Education

MA - Archives and Records Management

University of Botswana
Botswana
01.2006

ISO 9001 auditor -

Douglas Management Services
Botswana
07.2022

Privacy Management Program -

International Association of Privacy Professionals
United States Of America
01.2020

Post Graduate Diploma - Education

University of Botswana
Botswana
01.2000

Master of Arts - Humanities

University of Botswana
Botswana
01.1999

Skills

  • Audit preparation
  • Business analysis
  • Retention scheduling
  • Compliance monitoring
  • Electronic records management
  • Information management
  • Document control
  • Records classification
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Customer service
  • Reliability
  • Organizational skills
  • Decision-making
  • Analytical thinking
  • Continuous improvement
  • Quality assurance
  • Process improvement
  • Policy development

Accomplishments

  • Setting up Records Management Units for both corporate and students records at the College.
  • Records and information governance policies have been approved by the College’s Board.
  • Created awareness on both records management and data protection as part of information and data governance regime.
  • Development a Data Protection Policy for the College to address the Data Protection Act’s requirements. Also developed privacy notices to alert data subject how the College as a Data Controller in terms of the Act process their data.
  • Development of Terms of Reference for the acquisition and implementation of an Electronic Document and Records Management System.
  • Established and chairs the Corporate Service Policy Committee which reviews all policies and procedures emanating from all functions falling under the Corporate Services portfolio.
  • Part of Quality Management System Project Management Team that Championed ISO 9001 Certification.
  • Qualified as an ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor
  • Successfully managed a P500 000.00 companies and business records backlog eradication project at the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority. The object of the project was to file company records which had not been filed over a period of five (5) years and this hindered access to records as prescribed in the Companies Act.

Affiliations

  • International Council on Archives
  • Records and Information Management Association of Botswana

Timeline

Records Manager

Botswana Accountancy College
01.2018 - Current

Records and Information Management Consultant

Leverage Point Pty Ltd
01.2016 - 01.2018

Assistant Registrar- Records & Search

Companies and Intellectual Property Authority
01.2016 - 12.2017

Consultant

Institute of Development Management
01.2008 - 01.2015

Resource Centre Coordinator

Local Enterprise Authority
08.2007 - 12.2015

Records Manager

Botswana National Archives
01.2003 - 01.2006

MA - Archives and Records Management

University of Botswana

ISO 9001 auditor -

Douglas Management Services

Privacy Management Program -

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Post Graduate Diploma - Education

University of Botswana

Master of Arts - Humanities

University of Botswana
Kabelo Hlabangaan