Ms Rhiyana Bassier

Administrative assistant, South Africa

Ms. Bassier joined HIGENES Africa in May 2020 as an administrator. The main purpose of the role is to provide support to the PI/Director of HIGENES Africa with the financial and general administration of the research project. Rhiyana manages the project expenses, including P-card payments and clearances, purchasing, payment of the sub-awardees in different countries, payment of student bursaries, courses and events. She also monitors the budgets of the projects and ensure expenses are in line with the grant budget. She assists with the logistical organisation of events and other administrative duties. In addition, Rhiyana assists with logistics relating to patient recruitment and community engagement activities and supports other projects within GeneMAP as needed. Prior to this, Rhiyana was employed at the Graduate School of Business (GSB) as an Administrative Officer & Programme Coordinator. She has completed the Associate in Management Programme (AIM) in 2013 and the Post Graduate Diploma in Management Practice at the Graduate School of Business (2017).