Nosipiwo Matiwane

Learning and Development professional with 8+ years’ experience designing, coordinating, facilitating, and evaluating training and skills-development programmes for diverse youth and student cohorts. Experienced in managing learner journeys from onboarding through training, assessment, support, and progression, including coordinating facilitators, schedules, learning materials, attendance, learner communication, records, and evaluation processes. Skilled in identifying learner-support needs through participation data, feedback, assessment outcomes, and qualitative reflections; implementing responsive support interventions; and using evidence to improve learner readiness and programme outcomes.

Programme Coordinator - FVZS Institute, Stellenbosch University

(2023-03)

• Lead the strategy, research, renewal, design, coordination, and delivery of leadership and skills-development programmes, reaching 3,500+ enrolments from 2023-2026
• Manage multiple concurrent hybrid programmes, including six masterclasses, two student conferences, and two customised leadership offerings annually; maintain delivery plans, schedules, communications, materials, stakeholder coordination, and evaluation processes
• Maintain programme plans, action logs, delivery schedules, stakeholder communications, and evaluation records across concurrent workstreams; identify operational risks and dependencies early and resolve or escalate issues to protect delivery quality and timelines
• Develop and refresh programme materials, facilitator guidelines, purpose statements, graphics briefs, participant communications, and activation resources for #MatiesLead, serving 1,000+ student leaders
• Design and deliver a mentor-mentee programme for 20+ students per semester; recruit, train, coordinate, coach, and support student mentors to strengthen skills development, peer learning, and participant experience
• Conduct structured needs analysis using feedback, enrolment trends, session outcomes, stakeholder input, and qualitative evaluation data; translate findings into practical programme improvements
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, subject-matter experts, facilitators, students, and institutional partners
• Prepare concise programme updates, presentations, funding inputs, and reporting materials that translate complex delivery information, participant insight, and evaluation findings into clear actions for stakeholders and decision makers
• Maintain accurate participant, facilitator, programme, and evaluation records; consolidate data into clear reports and decision-ready updates for leadership, funders, and internal stakeholders
• Compile funding proposals and consolidate expenditure, programme data, and outcomes for annual and donor reporting

Interim Programme Manager - FVZS Institute, Stellenbosch University

(2025-03 - 2025-08)

• Managed end-to-end online learning design, content development, quality assurance, administration, and delivery of two semester-long short courses serving 127 students
• Led content review, refinement, facilitator briefings, and participant communications for the Leadership for Social Justice Programme with Christopher Newport University students, aligning materials with inclusive and global-learning outcomes
• Coordinated resources, timelines, schedules, communication, administration, and participant support for the Leadership in Education and Leadership in Law short courses
• Provided operational oversight for registration of 2025 short courses and leadership programmes, clarifying documentation, priorities, and deadlines with the Administrative Officer
• Managed facilitator and vendor payment processes, ensuring timely submission, follow-up, and accurate documentation.
• Led monitoring and evaluation through written and verbal participant reflections, synthesising findings to strengthen programme delivery and learner readiness

Researcher - Race, Human Categorisation, and Science Workstream, CIRCoRe, Stellenbosch University

(2023-05 - 2023-07)

• Conducted interdisciplinary research for a literature review on race in anthropology, psychology, science, and the South African education system
• Wrote and edited a literature review for presentation to an institutional committee, translating complex research into clear, actionable insights for decision-makers

Research Consultant - Learning 2 Unlearn

(2022-04 - 2022-11)

• Researched, wrote, edited, and reviewed a 200-page research project examining race, racism, gender, class, ethnicity, culture, and social change across South Africa, the UK, and the USA
• Analysed qualitative, cultural, narrative, social-media, and social-network data to identify patterns and inform socially responsive learning and social-change interventions
• Produced accessible, research-informed content that supported critical public understanding, inclusion, and equitable social-change work

Programme Administrator - FVZS Institute, Stellenbosch University

(2021-03 - 2021-11)

• Coordinated, curated, and designed online learning content for 3 semester-long short courses supporting 300+ students per semester through Moodle
• Managed enquiries, applications, participant and facilitator communication, and programme administration to support registration, onboarding, and learner experience
• Helped develop objectives, outcomes, assessment frameworks, course materials, and online learning activities; evaluated and moderated assessments for 3 short courses
• Designed and administered online surveys, analysed participant feedback, and contributed data and evidence for continuous improvement and annual reporting
• Facilitated discussions for short course programmes, and conceptualised online learning content for the Critical Engagement Portfolio

Academic Tutor - Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University

(2018-02 - 2023-04)

• Facilitated undergraduate tutorials in social theory, sociology, and social anthropology for 30-50 students per class
• Prepared research-informed teaching materials and guided critical discussion of social inequality, institutions, identity, power, and social change
• Supported learners with academic writing, argument development, citation practices, and independent inquiry

Facilitator - Transformation Office, Stellenbosch University

(2019-08 - 2019-10)

• Facilitated interactive workshops for 100+ Engineering Faculty students, using visual and textual materials to support critical learning and reflective dialogue

MA (in progress) - Social Anthropology - Stellenbosch University

BA Honours (cum laude) - Social Anthropology - Stellenbosch University (2020)

BA - Development and Environment, Public and Development Management; Social Anthropology; Minor: Geography and Environmental Sciences - Stellenbosch University (2017)

Graduate Programme Short Course (NQF 6) - FVZS Institute, Stellenbosch University (2016)