SIMON ALFRED PALMER

Mission driven learning and development specialist with close to thirty years’ experience in Skills Development training having implemented successful turnaround strategies and interventions for numerous organizations. Skills and expertise in the learning and development space is not theoretical, it is forged from lived experience, where pressure, purpose and performance intersect.

Have completed my M. ED and B. ED degrees (UJ) I have obtained a B.A degree as well as Higher Education Diploma (HED) post. Grad from University of Western Cape (UWC). I obtained a Financial Management Diploma from Damelin. Successfully completed Management Advancement Programme from the Wits Business School. Am an ETDP- SETA accredited Facilitator, Assessor, Moderator, Coach and Mentor. Accredited by numerous SETAs for significant number of Leadership and Management qualifications and accompanying Unit standards. A qualified ODETD practitioner. Recognized as an Organizational Change and Diversity Management Specialist,

Facilitated and participated authoritatively in numerous workshops, conferences and seminars on issues such as Business Optimization, Relationship and Brand Management and Personal Effectiveness. Reputable solid reputation for delivering strategic clarity and operational excellence in a number of organizations. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

THABISO TREVOR, KALANE, Deputy Director: Finance, Gauteng Department of Education, 0714746209

GARETH GRIFFIN, Chairperson, Eldorado Park Principals Forum, 07188740

PREVENTINE WEBSTER, Chairperson of School Governing Body, Eldorado Park Secondary School, 0812323102

Right Reverent Mpho Mohale, Archdeacon, Church of the Transfiguration, Eldorado Park, 011945 3913

• IN TRAINING
• Coordinated the team that set up the eAcademy to be the provider of choice for training in the Film and Television industry.
• Spearheaded training as the Learning and Development Specialist at e.tv
• SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• Chiefly responsible for the formulating and implementing the turnaround strategy at the SOS Children’s Village in Ennerdale
• EDUCATION
• Part of pioneering team that introduced Whole School Evaluation (WSE) in Gauteng Department of Education Schools.
• Facilitated workshops for the Whole School Evaluation Directorate in respect of the roles and responsibilities of the WSE team members.
• Trained and designed material for School Management Teams (SMT) and School Governing Bodies (SGB) for the Mathew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance.
• Facilitator, Assessor and Moderator for the Mathew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance on the Advance Certificate in Education (ACE) programme.
• Assisted the GDE in the identification, training and developing of a turnaround strategy for the non-functional and dysfunctional schools in Gauteng.

• Matriculated at Willow Crescent Secondary School (1983) in the following subjects and passed with exemptions
• English
• Mathematics
• Biology
• Afrikaans
• History
• Physical Science

• Fully Computer literate
• Functional knowledge and experience in: Word 2007
• Excel
• Powerpoint
• Project
• Outlook and Outlook Express
• Internet Explorer
• Access