MBALENHLE MKHIZE
Partner Liaison And Development Officer
DURBAN
Summary
Talented professional considered knowledgeable leader and dedicated problem solver. Brings 9 years of valuable expertise to forward organizations objectives. Attentive to detail with experience in managing and coordinating projects, programs and improvements. This experience is coupled with an advanced stakeholder engagement expertise, monitoring and evaluation, research, conceptualizing concepts for workshops and conferences and report writing.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Partner Liaison and Development Officer
Democracy Development Program
06.2018 - Current
- Reporting and documenting conferences, forums and workshops
- Documenting DDP conferences and forums
- Submitting reports for claims
- Overseeing and coordinating DDP Associate Facilitators/DDP Outreach team’s work
- Coordinating associate facilitators reporting of their work
- Following up on any issues of concern relating to organizational relationship with them
- DDP stakeholder’s quarterly satisfaction survey
- Design electronic survey for DDP stakeholders
- Collate and analysis data
- Write comprehensive reports
- Monitoring and evaluation support including tracking and collecting stories of change
- Capturing relevant program data for reporting
- Develop data collection tools
- Prepare M&E reports and presentations
- Tracking relevant stories of change
- Informing communications officer to liaise with individuals and organizations from whom stories should be documented
- Head Youth-In-Democracy and Politics Program and Women’s Program
- Formulating conference concept note and program for two conferences Youth Indaba and Women’s Conference
- Securing relevant speakers and all coordination for assigned conferences
- Conceptualizing and strategic planning for assigned programmes
- Conference report writing
- Coordinating and execution of student dialogues and women’s dialogues
- Progress reports of student dialogues and women’s dialogues
- Knowledge management and production
- Research paper to be included in DDP’s compendium
- Complete archive record of books in office of Executive Director
- Partnership Strengthening – DDP CSO network & other external partners relevant to DDP
- Stakeholder engagement and Developing New Relationships Beneficial to DDP
- Liaise between DDP and DDP CSO network regarding mutually agreed upon activities
- Representing DDP in some of their activities (that are relevant to organization)
- Reporting – regular updates about these interventions in monthly reports
- Representing DDP at any engagement as directed by Executive Director.
Project Manager and Coordinator
Open Society Foundation Youth
11.2021 - 12.2022
- Project conceptualization and strategic planning
- Activity and resource planning
- Coordinating project activities and Radio Engagements
- Media Liaison
- Monitoring and Evaluation of project activities
- Managing and Oversee OSF team’s work
- Stakeholder Management
- Report writing Quarterly and Project Closeout report
- Managing reports and necessary documentations for projects
Graduate Work Exeperience Program
eThekwini Municipality
DURBAN
01.2017 - 06.2018
- Collections management
- Inventory: handling and preserving of museum artefacts
- Capturing and recording of artefacts information on Microsoft Excel spreadsheet on municipal system
- Administration
- Responsible for taking and typing minutes
- Photocopying, scanning, sending invitations, emailing and compiling and printing registers as requested by Senior Curator
- Education component
- Responsible for museum education and tours
- Hosted international visitors and involved in planning and compiling of their itinerary
- Assists in planning and execution of Passbook Competition project (doing school outreach, liaise with educators concerning competition, project committee member, hosting of Educators workshop, exhibitions, Abasha Bash, prize giving ceremony and digitally capturing process)
- Assisting with LHM projects
- General projects of museums from different sites
- Registration during events
Volunteer - Project Manager
Inkanyezi Social Enterprise
04.2016 - 08.2017
- Project planning and management
- Monitoring and Evaluation of project
- Data Capturing
- Report Writing
- Research and compiling of reading materials for organization projects/ programmes
- Community mobilizing for projects
- Running a holiday program for community leaners
Project Assistant
Democracy Development Program
06.2016 - 12.2016
- Data Capturing
- Report Writing and Minutes Writing
- Administrative duties
- Liaise with Project manager, co-ordinators, financial manager and claims administrator
- Communicate and send out invitations to stakeholders, political leaders and youth leaders
Volunteer
Zoe-Life
02.2016 - 05.2016
- Project Facilitation
- Assisting a local school and orphanage (Organising Spelling BEE Competition and Speech and Drama Competition)
- Teaching Computer classes to the community
- Running a holiday program for community leaners
Volunteer – Project Coordinator
Youth
06.2015 - 02.2016
- Project planning and management
- Radio interviews
- Report Writing
- Representing organization in eThekwini District Aids Council
- Match Research Community Advisory Board representative for the organization
- Community engagement and facilitation
- Drafting of invitations
- Community mobilizing for projects
Education
National Senior Certificate - Matric -
Inanda Seminary
Durban 01.2005 - 12.2009
Bachelor of Social Science - History and Political science
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban 02.2011 - 11.2013
Bachelor of Social Science Honours - Public Policy
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban 02.2014 - 11.2014
Skills
Knowledge of how to carry out independent applied researchundefined
Affiliations
2015 Activate Change Drivers Youth Network
2015 US Consulate Generation Next Youth Committee
2023 Chairperson of Inanda Crime Prevention Youth Desk
Timeline
Project Manager and Coordinator
Open Society Foundation Youth
11.2021 - 12.2022
Partner Liaison and Development Officer
Democracy Development Program
06.2018 - Current
Graduate Work Exeperience Program
eThekwini Municipality
01.2017 - 06.2018
Project Assistant
Democracy Development Program
06.2016 - 12.2016
Volunteer - Project Manager
Inkanyezi Social Enterprise
04.2016 - 08.2017
Volunteer
Zoe-Life
02.2016 - 05.2016
Volunteer – Project Coordinator
Youth
06.2015 - 02.2016
Bachelor of Social Science Honours - Public Policy
University of KwaZulu-Natal
02.2014 - 11.2014
Bachelor of Social Science - History and Political science
University of KwaZulu-Natal
02.2011 - 11.2013
National Senior Certificate - Matric -
Inanda Seminary
01.2005 - 12.2009
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