Michelle Maree

Experience

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  Provincial Government of the Western Cape

  May 1997 - Oct 2001

  Development Planner

  As a Strategic / Scenario Planner I was responsible for the compilation of one of the five chapters of the Provincial Strategic Plan as part of the Provincial Integrated Development Planning Framework; participated in facilitating the development and drafting of a Provincial Growth and Development Strategy; thee management of the provincial Cluster workgroup on Governance that dealt with transversal multi-sectoral corporate research, planning and training; facilitate Scenario Planning Process in workgroup cluster; ensure the integration of the plans of other Spheres of Government into the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy.1997-1999: Assistant Planner/ Development Planner (Provincial Government of the Western Cape)Facilitating corporate transversal (multi-sectoral) planning for the Province of the Western Cape; responsible for the facilitation of the Integrated Development Planning Frameworks on regional/ district level and working on the compilation of the Provincial Strategic Plan; doing research on social developmental issues, drafting of regional profiles and determining development needs in the Western Cape with the aim to address it through the Integrated Development Planning process. Show less

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  Cape Peninsula University of Technology

  Oct 2001 - Mar 2014

  Responsible for facilitating Teaching and Learning activities in the faculty, Staff Development, Teaching and Learning Research and Curriculum Development across the largest faculty of the institution. I served on the institutions' Curriculum Officer Forum and represented my department and the faculty at the Senate Teaching and Learning forums. Other responsibilities included quality assurance functions, programme and subject reviews preparation and serving as panel member on audit review panels. I have presented papers on various Teaching and Learning research topics at local, national and international conferences. Show less I have been working as a Lecturer at the Cape Technikon since November 2001 in the Public Management department. I have been lecturing to first, second, third, B Tech and M Tech students, with success and managed to obtain my Master degree qualification during this time. I taught a variety of subjects in the Public Management programme over the last 11 years, including: Public Human Resource Management 2, Governance and Politics 3, Local Government Management 3, Public Resource Management 1, Public Information Services 1, Public Information Practice 2, Fundamentals of Research 2, Management of Information 3, Intersectoral Collaborations 3, Policy Studies 3, Governmental Relations 4, Public Accountability 4, Public Policy Management 4, Policy Studies 5 and Cooperative Governance 5. I taught on the B Tech Project Management course for two years and taught the subjects Project Resource Management 4, Project Management Quality 4, and Project Management Process 4. Show less

  • Teaching and Learning Coordinator

    Sept 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Lecturer

    Oct 2001 - Mar 2014
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  Geostrada (Business Unit of Aurecon)

  Jul 2014 - Feb 2016

  Administrative Manager at Engineering Laboratory

  I am responsible for capturing and reporting test results; Dealing with Client requests and relaying test results to clients; Acting as quality controller for results and test reports; Managing the Petty Cash of the Laboratory; Performing of invoicing and pre-invoicing of all jobs; Tracking the site visits and results for tests at the various test sites; Human resource Officer and Health and Safety Representative,This is a temporary position, as my passion is Teaching and Learning, Curriculum Development, Training and Development studies. Show less

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  NAMCOL

  Jan 2015 - Feb 2022

  Tutor/Marker

  I am a Tutor and Marker for the subject Regional and Local Government Management that forms part of the Certificate in Local Government Studies. This includes having contact sessions with the larger class 4 times per year (120 students), extra classes with students on Saturdays, marking assessments and assisting students one-on-on as this is a distance education course.

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  Namibia University of Science and Technology

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2022

  Developing and Lecturing on the Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (for NUST staff) as well as mentorship and support for Lecturers at the institution.

  • Associate Dean Teaching and Learning

    Jun 2018 - Feb 2022

  • Professional Development Consultant in the Teaching and Learning Unit

    Feb 2016 - Jun 2018
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  Namibia Univerity of Science and Technology

  Mar 2017 - Feb 2022

  Lecturer

  I Lecture Contemporary Issues to Bachelor students in various programmes at this institution and to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Bachelor of Public Management and Bachelor of Public Management Honours courses. My PhD studies focuses on the importance of PPPs for the Namibian Development Agenda.

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  Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)

  Jul 2018 - Feb 2022

  Representing the Faculty on a number of forums such as the Associate Dean Forum on teaching and learning, Faculty Strategic Steering Committee, Faculty Management Committee, Faculty Higher Degrees Committee, Faculty Evaluation Committee etc.; Share challenges facing the faculty on issues related to teaching and learning and address these challenges through various interventions; Advise the faculty on students learning challenges and how they are handled; Provide individual teaching and learning support to academic staff members. In March 2020 when the Corona Virus impacted Namibia, I was appointed as the Chairperson of the University’s Online Implementation Committee reporting directly to the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic and the Acting Vice Chancellor, Show less

  • Lecturer

    Mar 2017 - Feb 2022

  • Associate Dean Teaching and Learning Faculty of Human Science

    Jul 2018 - Dec 2021
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  NUST Namibia

  Mar 2022 - Jul 2023

  Instructional Designer
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  Cape Peninsula University of Technology

  Apr 2023 - now

  Lecturer

  Lecturing to undergraduate and post graduate students in Orientation to Government Studies, Fundamentals of Research and Strategic Public Management. Further, supervising master's students, the Recognition on Prior Learning (RPL) coordinator and PhD student.