Hi, I’m
Maphosa Xongile
Social Scientist
Giyani
Summary
Dedicated Social Scientist with experience in social science research, monitoring and evaluation, community development, organizational management and governance.
Overview
7
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education
1
English
Work History
Department of Social Development Giyani
Researcher (Community Development)
06.2022 - 03.2023
Job overview
- Facilitate community mobilization.
- Facilitate Household profiling.
- Facilitate Institutional capacity Building and Support.
- Facilitate Poverty Alleviation and sustainable livelihood.
- Facilitate funding of community base organizations (CBO).
- Data collection, Analysis and Report writing.
- Ensure safe keeping of research data collected
- Facilitate Community based research and planning
- Youth Development and Woman empowerment awareness
Mopani South East TVETPhalaborwa
Career Guidance
06.2018 - 05.2019
Job overview
- Performed general administrative duties.
- Provided career guidance to internal and external
students. - Assisted with planning and coordination of
HIV/AIDS awareness and testing campaigns. - Worked with individuals to help understand and
overcome personal, social or behavioral problems
affecting educational or vocational situations. - Helped students develop organizational, time
management and study skills. - Coordinating and facilitating all campus activities
and student inductions. - Identified issues that hindered student academic
achievement. - Assisting students with registration process.
- Maintaining and keeping student records.
- Resolving and attending to all student queries
professionally and promptly.
Health and Welfare SETAJohannesburg
Researcher, Monitoring and Evaluation
08.2016 - 09.2017
Job overview
- Monitoring and Evaluation Health, Department: Research Project Planning and
- Coordination of Bursary
- RIME key objectives, research n evaluation projects
- Research on skills programmers, bursaries, work integrated learning and success stories
- Monitor and evaluate projects
- Monitoring and evaluation of HWSETAS projects and programmes such as learnerships, bursaries
- Application of monitoring and evaluation standards and log framework to evaluate programmes offered by HWSETA
- Designing research tools for data collection (questionnaires and in-depth guide)
- Data collection and data capturing
- Data analysis, Manual and Software
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis, using SPSS Excel and Content Analysis
Human Sciences Research Council Mpumalanga
Data Collector (GBV)
03.2021 - 05.2022
Job overview
- Conduct face to face interviews with domestic violence victims
- Provide assistance / referrals to individuals in need of counseling
- Assist in project planning
- Do quality assurance
- Collect and capture data
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Education
Risinga High SchoolGiyani, South Africa
High School Matric
01.2008 - 05.2008
University of LimpopoPolokwane, South Africa
Bachelor of Arts from Social Sciences
02.2011 - 05.2013
University of LimpopoPolokwane, South Africa
Bachelor of Arts Honours from Sociology
02.2014 - 05.2014
University of VendaVenda, South Africa
Psychology Honours Degree from Psychology
01.2021 - Current
Skills
Assessing the effectiveness and impact of the funded Department of Social Development Residential care facilities
The South African National Survey on Health, Life Experiences and Family Relation (GBV)
Profiling Success stories of individuals funded by HWSETA: Focus on, Kwazulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Gauteng
The impact of immigrants in South Africa: Case of Giyani Township
Accomplishments
- Ms NB Mhaule Mopani TVET College: 0157811377/8/ 0793433941
- Mr R Netshidzivhani Department Social Development: 0720883941
- Mr Mthethwa M HWSETA: 011 607 6900 / 0731725235
Timeline
Researcher (Community Development)
Department of Social Development
06.2022 - 03.2023
Data Collector (GBV)
Human Sciences Research Council
03.2021 - 05.2022
University of Venda
Psychology Honours Degree from Psychology
01.2021 - Current
Career Guidance
Mopani South East TVET
06.2018 - 05.2019
Researcher, Monitoring and Evaluation
Health and Welfare SETA
08.2016 - 09.2017
University of Limpopo
Bachelor of Arts Honours from Sociology
02.2014 - 05.2014
University of Limpopo
Bachelor of Arts from Social Sciences
02.2011 - 05.2013
Risinga High School
High School Matric
01.2008 - 05.2008