Betty Sehlola
Agricultural Economist
MarbleHall
Summary
I hold an NQF Level 8 qualification in Agricultural Economics and previously interned in the Directorate of Research and Innovation (DRI), where I gained practical experience in research administration. I bring a strong foundation in research support and community engagement, with a focused interest in grant management and aligning institutional practices with Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) policies and frameworks.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
2040
2040
years of post-secondary education
9
9
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Innovation Champion for LED
Institute for Rural Development, University of Venda
05.2025 - Current
- Build and maintain relationships with municipalities, university staff, and other stakeholders.
- Support the integration of innovation into local economic development plans and strategies.
- Facilitate innovation mapping, and connect municipalities to funding opportunities.
- Coordinate project activities and manage logistics with local teams.
- Compile detailed reports, and keep accurate project records.
Research Administration Assistant
Directorate of Research and Innovation, University of Venda
03.2023 - 03.2025
- Responsible for office administrative support during research workshops
- Responsible for screening research and publications commitee's applications
- Responsible for capturing and updating various databases
- Monitoring and evaluation of conference reports
- Responsible for drafting and issuing grant letters for researchers and students
- Processing of publications, national and international research conferences applications
- Preparation of agenda and minutes taking during meetings
- Consolidating quarterly executive summaries for reporting purposes.
- Capturing the research outputs for preliminary data for DHET submissions.
- Responsible for service related inquiries from researchers and students
Residence Floor Representative (Volunteering)
Residence Administration - University of Limpopo
01.2022 - 11.2022
- Acted as a liason person between students and res managers
- Effectively completing monthly databases for sanitary towels and submitting to res manager
- Distribution of sanitary towels to students
- Managing and maintaining peace in the residence
- Monitoring the neatness of the residence floor.
Community Engagement Scholarship
Rural Development and Innovation Hub _ University of Limpopo
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Co-development of farm intervention strategies
- Development of local economic tools for problem solving
- Conducting ethical community engagement and site visits with farmers to monitor last visits progresses
- Assisting farmers in utilising economic models for their financial record keeping purposes
- Offering extension services to smallholder farmers
- Responsible for presentations and interpretation of site visits findings
Education
Master of Science - Agricultural Economics
North West University
Mahikeng 04.2001 -
BSc - Agricultural Economics
University of Limpopo
Polokwane, South Africa04-2023
Grade 12 -
Tshikanoshi High School
Skills
- Reporting skills
- Advanced Microsoft Office Skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Strong understanding of higher education sector
- Time management
- Problem solving skills
- Organized and workshop planning skills
- Ability to execute task within limited timeliness
- Presentation and reporting skills
- Solid work ethic and dedication
- Proficient numeric analysis
- Team oriented and can excel independently
Certification
2021: University of Limpopo-Intel training course Introduction to computers, internet & email, word processing, spreadsheets, entrepreneurship and business pitching, PowerPoint presentation
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Innovation Champion for LED
Institute for Rural Development, University of Venda
05.2025 - Current
Research Administration Assistant
Directorate of Research and Innovation, University of Venda
03.2023 - 03.2025
Residence Floor Representative (Volunteering)
Residence Administration - University of Limpopo
01.2022 - 11.2022
Community Engagement Scholarship
Rural Development and Innovation Hub _ University of Limpopo
01.2021 - 12.2021
Master of Science - Agricultural Economics
North West University
04.2001 -
BSc - Agricultural Economics
University of Limpopo
Grade 12 -
Tshikanoshi High School
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