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Dr. Chris Khulu

Dr. Chris Khulu

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Manager: Workforce Planning Department at Toyota South Africa || Researcher at UKZN || Founder/CEO at MAS Foundation (NPO) || Advisory Committee Member at UNIZULU

  • Education

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal

      2010 - 2013
      Bachelor’s Degree Operations Research 70-79

      Activities and Societies: Tutor SI leader I have obtained my degree in 2013.I was expose to applied mathematics and statistics.

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal

      2015 - 2016
      Master's degree Statistics 70-79

      My research was basically attempting to identify key determinants of poverty in Zimbabawe using demographic healthy survey data. I had to first create an index of which was ranging between 0-1, where households having a score between 0-0.5 were classified as poor and 0.51-1 non poor. Most research studying poverty tend to define household status using income however in my research I defined it using assets. Controlled variables employed include age of household head, level of education of… Show more My research was basically attempting to identify key determinants of poverty in Zimbabawe using demographic healthy survey data. I had to first create an index of which was ranging between 0-1, where households having a score between 0-0.5 were classified as poor and 0.51-1 non poor. Most research studying poverty tend to define household status using income however in my research I defined it using assets. Controlled variables employed include age of household head, level of education of household head, number of household members etc. Various statistical methods were used in analyzing data including survey logistic regression, general linear mixed model etc. Findings showed there is association between household status and level off education of household head, number of household members and type of residence. Show less

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal

      2014 - 2014
      Bachelor’s Degree Statistics 60-69

      Activities and Societies: Tutor I obtained honours degree in statistics in 2014.I was exposed to theory of sampling, probabilities, epidemiology, and risk management

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal

      2019 - 2022
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Statistics

      The thesis was aiming at investigating areas of concerns on children development. This was achieved through the utilisation of three African countries DHS data which collected the under five years children data.Statistical methods such as Copula model, joint model and the standard generalised model were used. The results provided insightful information and highlighted the need of collaboration.

  • Experience

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal

      Feb 2014 - Oct 2015

      My responsibility include leading, mentor-ship, assisting students, punctuality/ time management, and be professional. I have been working at the University of KwaZulu-Natal for almost 3 years now as a tutor for mathematics and statistics. UKZN school of mathematics, statistics and computer science appointed me as Supplementary Instruction leader for first year mathematics and statistics.

      • Tutor

        Feb 2015 - Oct 2015

      • Mathematics Tutor

        Feb 2013 - Oct 2015

      • SI leader

        Feb 2014 - Jun 2015

    • The Small Entreprise Foundation

      Jan 2016 - Apr 2017
      Compliance Officer

      Responsibilities:- Financial statement analysis- Data analysis - Highlight risk areas and recommend solutions- Present the finding based on the analysis to management

    • Toyota SA

      May 2017 - now

      Responsibilities:- understand current workforce and produce simulation in anticipation for attrition and other labour demands.- understand organisation Hoskins, key strategic initiative and business expansion with perspective of resource supply.- understand the Future World of Work Trends and skill requirement for the business to survive long term.- Employ the gap analysis to identify any risk and propose countermeasures.- champion the cost reduction for HR and Training Department.In a nutshell, the role have a variety of interesting responsibilities. This entails the forecasting of workforce to support the demand, coming up with strategic initiatives to keep the company competitive, optimising current processes or operations to fit in the future world of work.More than the technical responsibilities, the role has developed my soft skills such is people’s management, collaboration, clear communication, development of the people etc. Show less

      • Workforce Planning Manager

        Jun 2022 - now

      • Specialist: HR Data Analytics

        Aug 2018 - May 2022

      • Graduate

        May 2017 - Aug 2018

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal

      Mar 2023 - now
      Researcher

      Responsibilities:- understand the gap in literature in Public Health sphere.- Design the research, calculate the sample size, use accurate sampling technique and collect the data.- Perform analysis using statistical methods. This is achieved through the utilisation of SAS, SPSS, R and WinBugs.- Recommend interventions to policy makers- Publish papers to the high rank journals.

    • MAS Foundation 289-441 NPO

      Jun 2023 - now
      Founder

      Develop strategies, facilitate workshops, identify opportunities for organisations growth and targeted impact and engage with different stakeholder.

    • University of Zululand

      Jul 2024 - now
      Advisory Committee Member

      Identify world of work aligned opportunities for students, share and support new developments in the space of mathematics and statistics, assist in designing new programs that are the best fit to the corporate work etc.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Golden key

      Golden Key International Honour Society

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Dr. Chris Khulu
      Certificate of appreciation UKZN Nov 2014 I was awarded a certificate of appreciation by UKZN for being an SI leader.
    • Awarded to Dr. Chris Khulu
      Scholarship NRF Feb 2014 I was awarded scarce skill scholarship of R40000.00 by NRF when I was doing my honours.
    • Awarded to Dr. Chris Khulu
      Certificates of merit UKZN Feb 2013 I received certificate of merit for both mathematics and statistics when I was doing my final year undergraduate.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • mathematics tutor

      Issued by Golden Key International Honour Society on Feb 2014
      Golden Key International Honour SocietyAssociated with Dr. Chris Khulu