Malusi Cele

Dedicated Community Engagement and Development Practitioner with experience in NGO, public health, and government sectors. Skilled in community mobilization, monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder engagement, research, and project coordination. Proven ability to support large-scale community programmes, strengthen partnerships with local stakeholders, and improve service delivery through data-driven strategies.

Community Engagement Project Officer at Interactive Research and Development (Kuyakhanya Project) (2024-11 – Present)

• Coordinate community outreach and engagement activities
• Support implementation of engagement strategies
• Prepare reports and documentation for stakeholders
• Coordinate field teams
• Maintain partnerships with community organisations
• Collect and analyse community feedback
• Facilitate planning meetings and provide technical support to field staff

Project Communicator (Demand Creation) at Douglas Murray Trust (Keready Mobile Health Clinic) (2022-11 – 2024-09)

• Coordinated stakeholder networks
• Led community mobilisation initiatives
• Conducted outreach through community radio and schools
• Facilitated community dialogues
• Supervised community mobilisers
• Maintained programme registers
• Supported supply chain and captured programme data using TIER.Net

District Project Communicator at Douglas Murray Trust (Ilembe Health District) (2021-10 – 2022-05)

• Coordinated district stakeholder engagement
• Facilitated COVID‑19 vaccine demand creation campaigns
• Supported health outreach activities
• Documented programme activities and success stories

Junior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer at DramAidE (2020-12 – 2021-09)

• Supported programme monitoring and evaluation
• Managed data collection and reporting
• Conducted Routine Data Quality Assessments
• Captured programme data in Salesforce
• Trained field workers on data collection and reporting processes

Intern Community Development Practitioner at Department of Social Development (2019-01 – 2020-11)

• Supported poverty alleviation and food security projects
• Facilitated community mobilisation and profiling
• Assisted youth and women development initiatives
• Monitored project budgets and resource allocation
• Supported monitoring and evaluation of development programmes

Research and Programs Administration Intern at Ditsela Workers Education Institute (2018-01 – 2018-12)

• Provided administrative and research support
• Coordinated training programmes
• Researched labour market issues
• Captured participant data and assisted with programme reporting

Honours Bachelor of Social Science in Development Studies – North-West University (2017)

Bachelor of Social Science in Development Studies – North-West University (2015)

National Senior Certificate in Grade 12 – Sunnydale High School (2012)