Duncan Mnisi

Currently employed at a full-time basis at the Institute for Security Studies as a programme assistant for the Justice, Violence Prevention and Prosecution Reform (JVPP) which is a donor funded research institution. Where I assist the project manager and project officer of the Prosecutorial reform project. Daily tasks include the managing of the schedule for the JVPP, Overseeing the budgeting monitoring tool for the programme and advising seniors accordingly in order to reach the objective of the programme, stakeholder, service providers management and general information management and administration. Also noting the role of being a research assistant when required by the project manager.

Prior the above I was employed at University of Pretoria as an academic programme administrative officer since January 2018 - February 2020. The core duties include: overseeing and coordination a second, third and fourth year teaching practice modules where I coordinated more than 3500 teaching Work Integrated Learning students process also dealing with more than 50 mentor lectures who assess the university’s student teachers and external stakeholders namely school principals and teaching practice school coordinators, SACE and Department of Education.

I was an WIL administrative assistant in May 2017 also employed at the University of Pretoria Teaching Practice office.

Possess strong solid Microsoft suite knowledge (word and excel advanced functions) and SPSS. Project planning and event coordination is a skill that I have acquired. 

I hold a bachelor’s degree in international relations and sociology from the University of Pretoria. Thus, I am currently seeking for an opportunity in programme coordination, willing to start as an assistant therefore in order to gain the skills that I might be lacking. Seeking for an environment that will allow independent learning contributing to team cohesiveness.