Erna van der Westhuizen

MMEG is a nonprofit, public charity whose mission is to improve the lives of women and children by supporting the higher education of exceptional women from developing countries who will catalyze change.

Mixed-method studay: The role of an online Parent Network and the Let’s talk Parents tool in the lives of South African families of children with disabilities and its future contributions.

https://tekano.org.za/tekano-fellow/erna-van-der-westhuizen/

• Co-CEO
• Conceptualised & Designed the components of a well-functioning ecosystem for inclusion
• Designed & operationalised intra-disciplinary organisational process flow through change management process
• Conceptualised & operationalised the social impact process & metrics (incl building and maintaining of data flow, visualisation, technical backend, fieldoperations-impact process flow)
• Maintain 200 outcomes & outputs
• Strategic & operational input into the Compass Operations

• Directed, on average, ten simultaneous projects to value of R 5million
• Orchestrated smooth and efficient program development by collaborating across departments
• Monitored the progress of programs, using and applying programming documents,
  program directives and other program material (including design)
• Coached team members on productivity strategies, policy updates, and performance improvement plans to accomplish challenging goals
• Addressed and resolved technical, financial and operational concerns by working with team members and directors
• Monitoring & Evaluation

• South African Development Consultancy: Research project rollout, design & quality control
• Inclusive and Affirming Ministries: Fundraiser and donor liaison
• Social Change Assistance Trust: Screening new grantees
• Baphumelele Children's home Khayelitsha: Workplace mentor and facilitator (Youth and childcare work)
• Student International Positive Psychology Association: Chair Membership & Recruitment

• Hands-on Community Development, facilitation, empowerment, communication, emotional and spiritual mentoring and support, teaching, coaching
• Key areas of work covered: Local economic development, HIV/AIDS, gender, access to justice, refugee rights, fundraising and donor management, governance, and institutional capacity building
• Design and development of training materials
• Service funding relationship between SCAT and Local Development Agencies by ensuring effective project management and optimal utilization of funding allocations through effective monitoring, reporting, support, and capacity building
• Maintaining effective Donor relationship
• Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement
• Compiled budgets by reviewing past budgets, evaluating performance and suggest future funding needs to Programmes manager

• Collaborated with Director to achieve sustained HIV awareness outreach projects
• Oversaw daily operations to ensure high levels of productivity
• Managed on-site outreach clinic evaluations
• Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork
• Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations

• Directed on average 10 simultaneous projects to value of R5million
• Orchestrated smooth and efficient program development by collaborating cross- functionally across departments
• Monitored progress of programs, using and applying programming documents, program directives and other program material (including design)
• Coached team members on productivity strategies, policy updates and performance improvement plans to accomplish challenging goals
• Addressed and resolved technical, financial and operational concerns by working with team members and directors
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Project management, Fundraiser

• Establishment of Local Economic Development (LED) desk
• Actively listened to community needs, offered support and referral to funding and business support agencies
• Handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to Municipal Manager
• Raised R1.2Million successfully to implement LED projects, including monitoring & evaluation, reporting, sit visits and project recommendations, See some of my work & collaborations:
• Various reports & other outputs