Lesedi Tau
Community Development Practitioner
Taung Station
Summary
To excel and pride in any organization that offers a challenging work environment and growth in the areas of Community Liaison and Development.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
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Work History
Community Development Practitioner
Department of Social Development
07.2010 - Current
- To implement an effective Community Development regulatory framework (NPO Act, Cooperative Act, PFMA, SLA, MOU & Community Development Management Guidelines)
- Monitoring viable and sustained Department’s funded projects (Monitoring & Compliance)
- Facilitating the integration of all relevant key developmental stakeholders at the grass root level, public sector departments and private institutions i.e. stakeholder mobilization and Identification
- To facilitate and co-ordinate the Capacity Building & Support for Non-Profit Organizations, Cooperatives and SMME’s in the Service Point through liaising & referral trainings &capacity building, skills auditing, feasibility study report compiling and resource mobilization
- Compile Household Profiles, Community Profiles, Community Based Research & Planning, Ward Profile and Mobilization of Communities in deprived wards and status analysis report
- To facilitate community meetings and community-based organisations intervention plan, compile monthly and quarterly reports of monitored projects and project business plan facilitation
- To mobilize communities in terms of the NPO Act, Cooperative Act and SMME’s registrations
- To resolve any identified conflicts in all the established community development projects
- Ensuring the implementation of corporate services and financial management in line with Departmental Policies, Prescripts and Legislative Mandates
- Ensuring the Human Capital Management i.e. supervising the Assistants Community Development Practitioners as well as the contracted EPWP’s and youth on learnerships.
- Provide assistance and relevant support in projects identification and establishment
- Facilitate and coordinating the extensive support to the viable local NPO Forum in the entire municipality.
Education
Practical Labour Law relations
University of Cape Town
06-2020
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Management
University of Cape Town
04-2020
Basic Project Management - undefined
SA College
01-2014
Integrated Development Planning Certificate - undefined
Siyakhula Trust ETD Institute Pty Ltd
01-2013
BA - Land Reform and Rural Development
North West University
Mafikeng campus01-2008
High School - undefined
Bathlaping High School
01-2002
Skills
Research and Report Writing skills
Socio Economic and Enterprise Development analysis facilitation skills
Integrated Development Planning skills
Community initiatives and liaison skills
Intervention needs analysis skills
Stakeholder mobilization and identification skills
Supervisory and coordinating skills
Negotiation and conflict resolution management skills
Presentation and problem-solving skills
Risk identification and management skills
Intensive Project Management and implementation skills
Communication and good Interpersonal skills
Self-motivated and the ability to work in a team
Data analysis and report writing skills
Financial and budget management skills
Asset Based Community Development Plan skills
Resource mobilization skills
SMME’s Business Plan Facilitation skills
References
- M., Malekanyo, Supervisor: Community Development, 079 881 5927, 053 9948932
- T., Magodyo, UCT Registry, 021 447 7565
- T., Boisa, Mocwedi Witpan Community Led Forum Spokesperson, 0672843976, 0780715892
Interests
Participating in Community Development initiatives and activities, Local Economic Development & Growth Coordination, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Processes Facilitation, Integrated Development Planning Coordination and Facilitation, Performance Management Systems Coordination, Labour and dispute related issues facilitation
Areas of Expertise and Skills
- Socio Economic Development
- My community development experience’s emphasis is based on the sustainable livelihood programme coordination where the primary facilitation is on the sourcing and monitoring of service providers that facilitates a thorough skills development and trainings to our less disadvantaged members of the community.
- Through my community needs analyses tools and skills I facilitate a thorough initiation, planning, implementation and the monitoring of the community based organisations such as Local Economic Development Projects, Infrastructural Development and Poverty Alleviation Projects, NPO’s, Cooperatives and SMME’s according to the prescribed community development guidelines, procedures and the municipal area prioritized IDP.
- Stakeholder Identification and Management
- I have been working as a Mocwedi Community Led Forum Advisory steering committee member for the past 6 years at which the support I was rendering was on LED content implementation and the resolving of conflicts and disputes amongst the communities, clients and other relevant key stakeholders.
- I have also been chairing the War on Poverty Programme for the entire municipality which is an integrated service orientated programme for all government sector departments and other external key stakeholders – the programme is meant to speed up the community needs intervention processes to our deprived wards and communities.
- Local NPO Forum Coordinator
- My primary responsibility on this programme is to ensure a thorough capacity building sessions to the established community CBO’s, liaising and referral, compliance and resource mobilization to these entities for possible funds and sponsoring and other any kind of support.
- Project Management – Infrastructural Development Projects
- Mothutlo More Bridge – Served as an advisory committee steering member to this successfully R28 million 7, 5 Kilometres bridge on 2017.
- Marota Community Resource Centre – Also served as an advisory steering committee member to this 3.7 million budgeted community based resource centre that was also successfully completed and handed over to the beneficiaries on 2019.
- Community Based Sustainable Livelihood Projects
- Rekopantse Primary Sewing Coop, Botshelo Food Plot Coop, Readira Primary Youth Leather Supply Coop – These are one of my very best cooperatives that have been established and well implemented with my intensified support and facilitation from the Department of Social Development Funds. I have also been giving an intensified support to service orientated NPO’s and SMME’s across the municipality.
COMPUTER LITERACY
Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Timeline
Community Development Practitioner
Department of Social Development
07.2010 - Current
Practical Labour Law relations
University of Cape Town
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Management
University of Cape Town
Basic Project Management - undefined
SA College
Integrated Development Planning Certificate - undefined
Siyakhula Trust ETD Institute Pty Ltd
BA - Land Reform and Rural Development
North West University
High School - undefined
Bathlaping High School