University of Pretoria/Universiteit van PretoriaProgramme and Partnership Manager
Oct. 2019 - Aug. 2024Pretoria Area, South Africa• Wrote concept notes, memoranda, summaries and minutes of meetings, publicity articles, letters of nominations, invitation, and support, and drafted and edited programmes for various summits/forums/colloquiums and symposia. Responsible for financial reporting, procurements, diary management, and communications in the Office of International Strategic Partnerships.
• Composed documentation including summary reports and position papers for Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) related to grant proposals and inter-institutional academic partnership agreements (Cornell University). Managed documentation repositories for inter-institutional research projects. Substantive and copy- editing, proofreading of reports.
• Responsible for liaising with national, continental, and international multi-sector colleagues. • Recent highlights
- Editor: UP Sustainability Report 2019 and UP Sustainability Report 2020 and Cornell-UP US Embassy joint-proposal “Future Food through Innovation” (FuFI) - Writing team: ARUA-ACU-UKRI Communiqué on the Future of UK-Africa Research Partnerships
- Researcher: DHET-subsidised EBIT 1st-year student success and attrition scoping review • Additional responsibilities at UP:
- ARUA Biennial Annual Conference 2021 local organising committee
- UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Communications Coordinator for SDSN National Host secretariat
- UKRI GCRF FSNet-Africa project ,Financial Officer: Procurement and Reporting • Strategic Writer, Gauteng Research Triangle
- Written communication of meetings and quorum; secretariat functionalities