I am a social development, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research enthusiast. I have experience in community development and monitoring and evaluation ranging from food and nutrition management, Project Management, Grant Assessment, CSI budgeting, conducting community needs assessment, stakeholder management, assisting in conducting social return on investment study, creating monitoring and evaluation systems, research and report writing for the Socio Economic Development (SED) team, planning and executing all SED events, employee volunteerism, ongoing monitoring of SED projects and report on them quarterly. In my role at Tiger Brands I am responsible for monitoring and evaluation and I have recently completed all the requirements for my Masters in Monitoring and Evaluation (University of Witwatersrand) and awaiting results. I am adept in framework design, data collection and storage, data processing and analysis, reporting. Further, I have solid experience and understanding of the research methods both the quantitative and qualitative methods as well as systematic reviews. In my current role I am responsible for commissioning research studies within the communities that Tiger Brands operate. I assist provide support to projects in design, data collection, data analysis and report writing. As part of my master’s program together with my work experience I have had the opportunity to create monitoring and evaluation framework for the Tiger Brands CSI program. I have acquired various skills in M&E such as developing of theory of change, creating logic frameworks, creating monitoring systems, conducting evaluation research etc. This has given me a great edge in that I have solid theoretical and practical experience. In order to upskill myself within the field of M&E, I recently completed a short course in outcomes-based monitoring & evaluation at the University of Pretoria. In this course we covered the following: concepts of monitoring and evaluation; Problem analysis; Results-based management; M&E readiness assessment; Frameworks; Selecting indicators; Outcome statements; Data-related considerations; Techniques for monitoring and analytical categories of evaluation. I have extensive knowledge of MS Office programs, data collection, quality assurance, processing and statistical analysis (SPPS. Nvivo, ATLAS). This also includes creating reporting templates and application templates. My personal skill include being a highly motivated self-starter who constantly takes initiative and requires very minimal supervision; I am very organized, enthusiastic and dedicated to excellence and professionalism. Dependable and committed, my work is characterized by resourcefulness and a solid work ethic. I am comfortable working independently and as part of a team to carry out tasks and projects. I am adaptable and an eager learner accustomed to hard work; but most of all, I am simply passionate about people and enjoy serving them.