Experience

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  College of the transfiguration

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Guesthost

  Organising for the National Arts Festival, and arranging/booking accommodation for the people who visited Grahamstown for the festival in 2010, 2011, and 2012

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  Rhodes university

  Mar 2011 - Oct 2011

  Tutor

  Tutoring Sociology 1 students

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  Rhodes university

  Feb 2012 - Nov 2013

  Teaching assistant

  Involved in the preparation, facilitation, assessment and evaluation for Industrial Sociology 2.

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  Consultancy africa intelligence

  Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

  Rights in focus, intern

  Internship entailed researching, monitoring and writing on key issues on Africa, specifically related to current human rights issues on the continent. I was expected to write a minimum of one 3-5 page discussion paper each month. As part of the internship, I was also required to assist with CAI's social networking initiatives. This involved a small amount of time each week uploading diverse material relating to African affairs to CAI's leading social networks, creating discussion topics, and brainstorming about other developments. Show less

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  Consultancy africa intelligence

  Feb 2013 - Dec 2017

  External consultant: industry and business unit

  i was involved in tailored research and analysis; development of brief ad-hoc discussion pieces which are distributed via CAI fortnightly newsletter, shared with content partners and published on CAI website.

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  Trade and industrial policy strategies (tips)

  Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

  Gggi intern

  Involved in the green economy project; provides economic research under the guidance of line manager/ research team leader; provides data analysis and economic input; preparation of background information/documents on issues discussed in the workshops (DD). Produces independent research to expand TIPS research; assists in tasks related to TIP’s work. Started developing a training course on sustainable development and, the green economy.

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  Foundation for professional development

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  Project coordinator: process evaluation

  Coordinated and conducted Monitoring and Evaluation frameworks for the truck driver and sex workers project. Developed M&E plans, and project trackers. Managed the data collection process. Reported on project progress. Participates in data analysis, as required. Wrote articles; involved in data management and administration of the projects. Worked on systematic reviews

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  The wits reproductive health and hiv institut​e (wits rhi)

  May 2015 - Jan 2017

  Monitoring and evaluation technical officer

  Worked with the Technical Head: Monitoring and Evaluation in the implementation of the RHI technical strategy. Participated in the development and implementation of M&E plans. Contributed to grant proposals, protocols and ethics application in order to fund and carry out studies. Contributed to publication, report and presentation development. Managed research projects. Participated in relevant internal and external meetings.

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  Centre for social development in africa (uj)

  Feb 2017 - Jun 2017

  Researcher

  Employed on a temporary basis by the Centre for Social Development in Africa. Involved in a systematic overview of research, policy and interventions relating to youth (un)employment. We brought together and synthesising relevant and reliable pieces of evidence on the drivers of youth unemployment, the policies designed to increase youth employability, as well as various interventions and their success rates.

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  Public service accountability monitor (psam), rhodes university

  Aug 2017 - Jun 2020

  Education researcher
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  University of fort hare

  Mar 2022 - now

  Involved in Human Rights researchWriting peer-reviewed papersFacilitating modules for the Master of Philosophy in Human Rights and Postgraduate Diploma in Human RightsLecturing the Legal Skills moduleLecturing the Numeracy Skills moduleSupervising students' research work Heading-up the Chair;Source funding;Research;Lecturing

  • Senior Researcher/Lecturer: UNESCO ‘Oliver Tambo’ Chair of Human Rights

    Jul 2020 - now

  • Acting Head: UNESCO ‘Oliver Tambo’ Chair of Human Rights

    Mar 2022 - Dec 2022