Kulani Mathebula

Experience

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  HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council)

  Apr 2016 - Mar 2017

  Research Intern

  Projects involved / Experiences RIAT Project ( Department of Science and Technology) Duties ▪ Fieldwork in terms of scoping visits in the targeted areas ▪ Participating in Municipal meetings in integrating the idea with various stakeholders such as the IDP Manager, LED Manager,cogta, and LeDet( stakeholders engagement) ▪ Writing research reports and feeds back from the project ( power points)▪ Conducting interviews through questionnaires for the identified enterprises ▪ Quantitative data capturing (Microsoft word, Excel)▪ Admintrative work for the projects▪ Attending research seminars▪ Demarcate and map route for day-to-day visit IRDP Project ( HSRC) in Mpumalanga PronvinceProject CoordinationCoordinating household to household interviews through questionnaires (data collection). Responsible for identification of potential problems and solutions. Instrumental in creating and maintaining a team work environment. Co-ordinate , oversee and dispatch complete documents, equipment and consumables to fieldworkers. Responsible for reports, collecting different reports from team leaders and consolidating them for the main report that is sent to the client. Ensuring that travel arrangements are well withing the company standards and any diviations are reported back to the Travel bookings department. Dealing with teams’ daily challenges by offering meetings, and brainstorming sessions on way forward and doing follow ups to see if solutions are well implimented. Living Labs Project ( HSRC-DST) Understanding the objectives and aims of a developmental projects through community engagement. Conducting focus groups a with the participants, beneficiaries and holding interviews with key informants. Decoding the data capturing (solidate data by reports). Presenting of the clients’ requirements on the functioning of the living lab to the community and checking the viability of the lab in that current community. Show less

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  HSRC (Human Sciences Research Council)

  Jul 2017 - Jun 2018

  Professional Freelancer

  Impact Assessment Study Project ( HSRC-DEA EPWP) Carry out an external impact assessment that will assess the socio-economic, environmental and economic impact of selected EPWP programmes within the Environmental Programmes Branch of Department of Environmental Affairs across South Africa.Duties ▪ Conducting focus groups with participants who were involved in the EPWP DEA-Project ▪ Conducting HHQS for participants using Red-cap app programme ▪ Facilitating Blinded focus groups for the nearby / beneficiaries ad non-beneficiary community ▪ Doing assets verification through digitals to gather the information ▪ Conducting community entry and community key informant interview as well as key stakeholders Includes Municipal stakeholders, community leaders, ward committees ▪ Conducting entity owner interview by recordings ▪ Transcription of recordings and Data CapturingStakeholder engagement with various Actors involved in the project. Show less

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  South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)

  Feb 2018 - Dec 2019

  Agricultural Economist

  working under the Mafisa funding scheme, for smallholders farmers across SA.

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  African Bank

  Apr 2019 - Sept 2019

  Sales Consultant

  familiarizing yourself with the company's mission, vision, and goals.Working closely with sales and marketing staff to conceptualize marketing campaigns and strategies.Educating customers, retailers, and distributors about our products.Building rapport with customers and vendors.Monitoring customer feedback and escalating complaints to the marketing department.Recruiting clients for my world account openingsserves as the reception of the African bank clients

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  University of the Free State

  Jun 2020 - now

  Masters Candidate (M.Devs) NRF scholarship holder

  Proposed titleStakeholder Perceptions of University-Community Engagement for Sustainable Development in the Sol Plaatje Municipality: a comparative study at two South African universities

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  Hlanganisa Institute of Development Southern Africa

  Mar 2021 - Jun 2022

  Capacity enhancement coordinator
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  International Youth Alliance for Family Planning

  Jun 2021 - May 2022

  Research Consultant

  I was, responsible for engaging the South African Women on Economic Justice and Rights in South Africa based on the commitments made by the South African government at the Generation Equality Forum (SDGs) by producing research activities under this programme: Theme the power of Youth Led-Advocacy &Accountability.

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  Foundation for Human Rights

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2024

  Gender Project Officer

  Addressing the lack of accountability for gender-based violence and Femicide (GBVF) in 18 selected communities in South Africa a community based model approach

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  UN Global Compact Network South Africa

  Sept 2024 - now

  Program Coordinator