Nqaba Mpofu
Consultant
Nqaba is passionate about the magic of collaboration and alternative forms of learning as a framework to seeing the world anew. He believes in the power of participatory community practice.
Qualifications and language skills
- Accredited Facilitator (Talent Management Solutions)
- Language Skills: English, IsiZulu (fluent) and IsiXhosa (spoken good, written good), SeSotho (understanding fair, spoken fair)
- Currently studying towards a BComm in Industrial Psychology through the University of South Africa (UNISA)
- Language Skills: English, IsiZulu (fluent) and IsiXhosa (spoken good, written good), SeSotho (understanding fair, spoken fair)
- Currently studying towards a BComm in Industrial Psychology through the University of South Africa (UNISA)
Background and experience
- Worked as a social justice campaigner for a multi-issue, multi-lingual campaign organisation focusing on amplifying the voices of those affected by injustice
- Worked as a facilitator on a nationwide youth programme and impacted thousands of youth over 3 years
- Founded and runs a translation practice focusing on IsiZulu and English
- Client portfolio includes inter alia: The Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert (FVZS) Institute at the University of Stellenbosch, Educo Africa, Transforming Traditional Leadership Role in South Africa, Legal Resource Centre,and Cape Town
- Employment positions previously held: Campaigner at amandla.mobi, Facilitator at Activate! Change Drivers, Intern at the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development.
- Worked as a facilitator on a nationwide youth programme and impacted thousands of youth over 3 years
- Founded and runs a translation practice focusing on IsiZulu and English
- Client portfolio includes inter alia: The Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert (FVZS) Institute at the University of Stellenbosch, Educo Africa, Transforming Traditional Leadership Role in South Africa, Legal Resource Centre,and Cape Town
- Employment positions previously held: Campaigner at amandla.mobi, Facilitator at Activate! Change Drivers, Intern at the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development.
Skills and expertise
- Cross-cultural group facilitation:
design, organisation and facilitation of knowledge and change management
- Training, mentoring, personal and leadership development: once off trainings in facilitation methods and systemic change leadership, including mentoring of participants in the application of the acquired skills and tools in their own events or transfer projects.
- Participatory and experiential curriculum development: development of facilitation toolkits and training manuals;
- Project Management: experience with design, proposal writing, budget drafting and oversight, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Training, mentoring, personal and leadership development: once off trainings in facilitation methods and systemic change leadership, including mentoring of participants in the application of the acquired skills and tools in their own events or transfer projects.
- Participatory and experiential curriculum development: development of facilitation toolkits and training manuals;
- Project Management: experience with design, proposal writing, budget drafting and oversight, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Projects Nqaba Mpofu has worked on