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Heidelberg Area, Germany

Responsible for the development and implementation of the annual corporate Professional Development and Training:• Liaise with managers, teams and individuals to identify, develop and assess training and development needs to maximise the benefits to the individuals and the organisation;• Collaboration with the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office in developing and implementing a EDI Strategy and EDI Training Strategy• Collaboration the international PhD, Postdoctoral and Undergraduate programmes provided by the EMBL International Centre for Advanced Training (EICAT);• Work with external training providers in sourcing and securing appropriate development activities;• Identify and procure trainings, considering commercial effectiveness;• Ensure all training requests adhere to the Professional Training and Development policy, including the recording of comprehensive business cases, tracking of financial information;• Liaise with other EMBL sites to ensure that there is consistency in the delivery of professional training and development;• Manage training and development records, providing management information statistics; including budget information, individual training records, evaluation, etc;• Keep a library of training providers and the delivery material used on events;• To create quarterly, annual and ad-hoc reports on training activities;• Capture information on the effectiveness of the EMBL training and development programmes, highlighting any key trends;• Ensure all professional training and development events are evaluated and followed up.

Business Operating Nationally (36 Branches), Head Office In Johannesburg, South Africa

While working at Püre, I was responsible for the people strategy, managing operational HR systems and worked as part of the executive team at this corporate organisation.Responsibilities included:• Human Resources administrative system – recruitment, selection, appointment, training, remuneration, performance monitoring, terminations.• Industrial Relations – Employment contracts, retrenchments, dismissals.• Püre’s Employment Equity Manager in accordance with the Employment Equity Amendment Act, 2014.• Represented Püre at labour dispute hearings at the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (Department of Labour).• Püre’s Skills Development Facilitator in accordance with the Skills Development Act 1999, Department of Labour.• Submission of Püre’s Workplace Skills Plan in accordance with the above Act.• Coordinated legally required skills development and professional development.• Coordinated internal Püre employee training.• Submission of Püre’s Employment Equity Report & Plan in accordance with the above act.

Pretoria, South Africa

Stagedoor, my business with business partner, Pinto Ferreira, provided me with invaluable business development, management experience and professional and personal fulfilment. I worked in an industry which I am passionate about while still operating in the education and training environment. Responsibilities included:• Co-ordinate Training Programmes (theory, practical training and national & international assessments)• Business Manager (Human Resources, Financial Management, Marketing)• Supervise utilisation and maintenance of venues and equipment• Training advisor for Theatre Managers of South Africa (2010-1012)

Pretoria, South Africa

Lectured Academic Literacy, assisted students with study methods development, facilitated practical studies & experiential learning, continuous and final assessment, counselled students re multi-cultural, multi-racial campus experiences, study difficulties, employment opportunities, and personal matters eg financing tuition, language problems in multi-lingual environment etc.

Johannesburg, South Africa

This position required me to be a strategic leader, planner, decision maker, as well as hands-on operational team member. I had to collaborate with university top management and industry role-players on a daily basis. Responsibilities included:• Academic Head (Research and Staff Development)• Co-ordinate Academic Programmes• Co-ordinate Exchange Programmes• Establish and manage Industry/Academic Advisory Boards• Administrative Head (Human Resources and Financial Management)• Establish community projects• Supervise utilisation and maintenance of facilities and equipment• UJ representative: Tourism Educators of South Africa 2005-2007Other work related activities:• Member of National Tourism Research and Knowledge Management Committee (DEAT) till 2010;• Member of the Skills Audit and Development Stakeholder Committee (THETA) during 2010;• Curriculum developer for SA Qualification Authority / National Qualifications Framework aligned higher education programmes;

Pretoria, South Africa

Lectured Tourism related subjects, assessed practical assignments, continuous and final assessment.

Soshanguve, South Africa

Responsibilities included:• Academic Head (Research and Staff Development);• Co-ordinated Academic Programmes;• Administrative Head (Human Resources and Financial Management);• Project Manager: Academic Staff Development: Service Management - A joint project of the Technikon Northern Gauteng and Christelijke Hogeschool Noord-Nederland (Project Phase 1999-2000);• Managed community projects as well as related action research;• Supervised utilisation and maintenance of facilities and equipment; and• Teaching Tourism Development III and Tourism Management III.The 15 years I worked in Soshanguve, a township north of Pretoria, turned out to be extremely valuable in my personal growth. I got exposure to real diversity – culture, language, socio-economic standing and of course politics (having started lecturing there in 1988, politically stormy time in SA during a State of Emergency).I also witnessed the effects of poverty and inequality first hand and learned/experienced that education & skills development are imperative to alleviate these problems.This position impacted strongly on my world view, ie equality in diversity – diversity not as a pc word to use, but as an element of real life and in the ‘real world’.

Soshanguve, South Africa

Department of Language and Business Communication andDepartment of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure ManagementResponsibilities included:• Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences;• Lecturer: BTech Management, Tourism Development III, Tourism Practice III;• Co-ordinator: Diploma in Tourism Management (Since September 1998);• Development of OBE and PBL study material, lecturing, student assessment, moderation research and community service; and• Project Co-ordinator: Community Project - ABET Literacy Training.

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Education And Training, Learning And Development

Certificate In Industrial Relations, Labor Law And Industrial Relations

Master Of Education - Med, Education And Training, Learning And Development

Diploma In Tertiary Education, Education (Two Year Post Graduate Study; Two Year Tertiary Teaching Experience; Research Article.)

Subjects passed: Student Support and Career Counselling Tertiary Education Principles Research Methodology Language Teaching Didactics.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Tourism Management) (2001), Commerce - Tourism Industry, 3 Distinctions

Majors Passed: Marketing (Distinction) Advertising Management (Distinction) Tourism Management Tourism Science Applied Tourism (Distinction)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

Majors passed: Afrikaans History Other subjects passed: Economics Business Economics History of Art Psychology

Senior Secondary Certificate, Highschool, Distinction

Subjects passed: Afrikaans (Distinction), English Accounting (Distinction), Business Administration (Distinction) History (Distinction).