Experience

City of Cape Town

• South Africa
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Government Affairs Specialist

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  This role includes key outputs in the form of: Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, Strategic Support, Media management and Communication, Crisis management, Policy and Bylaw Development as well as Stakeholder relations. This role includes key outputs in the form of: Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, Strategic Support, Media management and Communication, Crisis management, Policy and Bylaw Development as well as Stakeholder relations.



South Africa-Washington International Program (SAWIP)

• South Africa
• Non-profit Organizations

• Alumni

  • Jan 2016 - Present

• Fellow

  • Mar 2015 - Jan 2016

  This fellowship included leadership and career development among 20 top students from South Africa. We met weekly for seminars and workshops on transformation, diversity, democratic leadership etc. the course included a 1 month career internship in America as well as multiple community engagement programmes.



Dept of Science and Technology - NRF - Flagship for Critical Thought in African Humanities

• Fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research

  • Feb 2016 - 2017

  This role involved active participation as a researcher for the University. The research tasks included preparing and presenting conference papers to an international and local audience for example, at the University of Toronto in Canada. It also included preparing publishable works which are cited further down in this document. This role involved active participation as a researcher for the University. The research tasks included preparing and presenting conference papers to an international and local audience for example, at the University of Toronto in Canada. It also included preparing publishable works which are cited further down in this document.



Department of English

• Professional Tutor

  • Feb 2016 - 2017

  English tutor for students in English Literature and Community and Health Sciences. The primary function of this role was to apply my field of study into transferable knowledge through teaching University student’s literature, language and research. It also involved monitoring and evaluating the tests and assignments given to students.

• Research Assisstant

  • Feb 2015 - Mar 2016

  This role required me to provide assistance in the form of library and online research and report writing to lecturers at the English department.



WritingThreeSixty - Graduate Journal

• Editor in Chief

  • Mar 2015 - 2017

  Literary Journal for Research and Creative Works. This role gave me a broad range of experience working as a social media manager, content producer and eventually, Chief Editor for a University Journal for research and creative works. I did everything from reaching out to artists and peer reviewers to editing the final version of the journal in the 3 years that I worked for WritingThreeSixty. Literary Journal for Research and Creative Works. This role gave me a broad range of experience working as a social media manager, content producer and eventually, Chief Editor for a University Journal for research and creative works. I did everything from reaching out to artists and peer reviewers to editing the final version of the journal in the 3 years that I worked for WritingThreeSixty.



Centre for Humanities Research

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Feb 2016

  This role involved doing research in order to assist senior professors with editing their work. It was detail-oriented and required many hours of reading, editing and review. This role involved doing research in order to assist senior professors with editing their work. It was detail-oriented and required many hours of reading, editing and review.



CBS News

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special events intern

  • Jun 2015 - Jul 2015

  This role included on the job training in research, communication, writing and networking from a media perspective. I worked alongside well established journalists who assigned events for me to attend and required a written piece summarizing and highlighting key moments of the events. This role included on the job training in research, communication, writing and networking from a media perspective. I worked alongside well established journalists who assigned events for me to attend and required a written piece summarizing and highlighting key moments of the events.



English Department

• University Teaching Assisstant

  • 2014 - Jul 2015

  This job involved administrative support to the department in the form of consulting with students and lecturers, processing test and exam scripts and point of contact for all student queries. This job involved administrative support to the department in the form of consulting with students and lecturers, processing test and exam scripts and point of contact for all student queries.



SayHelloDesign

• Content Editor & Communications Coordinator

  • Apr 2015 - 2015



University Orientation

• Peer Facilitator

  • Feb 2014 - Mar 2014