Lesetja Masehela
Programme Coordinator, Education Professional
About
Dedicated and highly experienced education professional with over 15 years of experience in teaching, lecturing, academic administration, and programme coordination within the higher education sector. Currently serving as a Program Coordinator, responsible for coordinating academic programmes, supporting curriculum implementation, monitoring student performance, ensuring compliance with institutional policies, and facilitating communication between students, lecturers, and management. Possesses extensive knowledge of the South African higher education system and regulatory frameworks, including experience working with the Council on Higher Education (CHE) in matters relating to programme compliance, quality assurance, accreditation processes, and academic standards.
Skilled in learner support, staff coordination, training, stakeholder engagement, and fostering effective learning environments. Recognised for strong leadership, organisational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a commitment to academic excellence and continuous improvement.
Experience
Programme Co-ordinator - Alpvest Institute for FutureTech (Glenwood Campus) - Glenwood Campus
- Oversees the daily administration, logistics, and planning of specific initiatives to ensure they meet goals on time and within budget.
- Managing project schedules, coordinating team activities, communicating with stakeholders, and evaluating program performance to make improvements.
- Supporting staff, organizing meetings, and identifying opportunities for program growth or improvement.
- Coordinate academic programmes for a private higher education institution ensuring effective delivery of teaching and learning and support curriculum implementation and ensure alignment with accreditation and regulatory requirements.
- Manage academic timetables, lecturer allocations, and programme administration, also monitor student academic progress and provide academic support coordination.
- Ensure compliance with Council on Higher Education (CHE) and institutional quality assurance standards and participated in the CHE Council audit process for accreditation of the Higher Certificate in any qualification also facilitating communication between management, lecturers, and students to enhance programme effectiveness.
- Support preparation of accreditation documentation and institutional reports.
Lecturer - Tshwane University of Technology - Department of Business and Information Systems (BIMS)
(2008-08 - 2022-10)
- Creating learning objectives and providing constructive feedback to students.
- Create and modify course materials and train and coach other teachers or faculty as needed.
- Develop and implement assessment strategies and evaluate students' coursework and progress, also developing, implementing and maintain policies and procedures within the institution and enforce school policy and regulations.
- Provide feedback to instructors, staff, students, and administrators to improve teaching effectiveness and assuring that the development, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of all educational programs presented on site are aligned with the requirements of program participants and in consideration of the institution's mission.
- Develop, prepare, organise, and evaluate curricula for all onsite educational programs, ensuring appropriate standards and mission are met and teach (or schedule others to teach) all on-site educational programs as well as all on-site teacher training/professional development.
- Modules taught from level 1 to level 4 were Business / Office Administration, Business Management, Project Management, Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, Business Communication, Economics, Accounting and Fundamentals of Accounting.
IT Technician - IT Answer
- Desktop technician configuring, maintaining, and repairing an organization's computer hardware, software, and network systems.
Educator - Lindelani School
(1990-01 - 2002-02)
- Subjects taught were Mathematics, English, Geography, Life Science, Physical Science – (Grade 6 – 10)
Education
M-Tech - Business Administration - University of South Africa (2014 - 2016)
B-Tech - Business Administration - Technikon Northern Gauteng (2001 - 2002)
B-Tech - Educational Management - Technikon Northern Gauteng (2000 - 2000)
Senior Primary Teachers Diploma (S.P.T.D) - Education - Transvaal College of Education (1987 - 1990)

