Liezl Myburgh
Keysborough,Australia
Summary
With more than 12 years of experience across various sectors of Education, I have strong communication, leadership and creative thinking skills. Being a Senior Education Specialist for more than six years, I led a team of specialists, where we focused on data analysis, database management, data cleanup and data visualization to provide exciting storytelling to the National Department of Basic Education. I am excited to become a full-time data analyst, and I believe that my unique experience in Education brings valuable skills and knowledge I can use to contribute towards realizing the goals and vision of the team and company.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Education Specialist
CSPID Eden Karoo
06.2018 - 09.2024
- I Worked for the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) 2013 - 2024 in various roles across the Education Sector.
- Team leader of a specialist team (2021 - September 2024)
- Evidence-based reporting coordinator (EBR), leading data-collection, aggregation, wrangling and analysis to write detailed reports for National Department of Education.
- Collaboration with various stakeholders and using data-driven decision making to ensure best practise implementation.
- Project management: Procurement, logistics and supervising of staff.
- Monitored expenditures to remain within budgets and improve forecasting accuracy.
- Developing and presenting training seminars.
- Developed assessments and user polls to evaluate course effectiveness, altering content and delivery to achieve training goals.
Education
Master of Education - Support strategies used by Foundation Phase teachers to enhance the social skills of learners with High Functioning Autism
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town, South Africa11-2019
B.Ed Honors - Inclusive Education
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town, South Africa01.2015
B.Ed - Intermediate and Senior Phase
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town, South Africa01.2012
Skills
- Strategic Development
- Creative problem-solving
- Data Analysis
- Team management
- Dedicated Work Ethic
- Strong Interpersonal Communication
- Strong Skills in Data Analysis Using Excel
- GitHub
- Microsoft Office
- SQL
- ETL processes
- Report writing
- Data storytelling
- Data visualization and presentations
- Python and
Certificates and courses
- IBM Data Science Professional Certificate, Coursera (9 courses and Capstone Project: Python, Databases, GitHub and SQL, Automation)
- IBM Data Analysis & Visualization Foundations Specialization, Coursera (3 courses: IBM Data Visualization, & Dashboards with Excel and Cognos)
- IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate, Coursera (7 courses and Capstone Project: Python, ETL, GitHub, Data Lake and Warehouses)
- IBM Data Science Foundations Specialisation, Coursera (5 courses: Statitics with Python, SQL, AI, Machine Learning)
- Qlik Sense Certification - The Complete Practical Course, Udemy
- Statistics for Data Science and Business Analysis, Udemy
- The complete Python course, Udemy
- Data Analysis Essentials using Excel, Udemy
- Google Marketing Analytics and Measurement, Udemy
- The complete Business Analysis Fundamentals, Udemy
- Assess for Success: Marketing Analytics and Measurement, Coursera
- Introduction to Statistics, Stanford University
- Data Science Math Skills, Duke University
- AI Applications in Marketing and Finance, University of Pennsylvania
Certification
- DevOps Beginners to Advanced with Projects, Udemy (Course overview: AWS, Linux, Scripting, Jenkins, Ansible, GitOps, Docker, Kubernetes, & Terraform.)
- Microsoft Azure - Beginner's Guide + AZ-900, Udemy
- Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate with Power BI, Udemy (Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI)
Career Overview
Teacher at Special Needs Schools, 4.5 years, Learning Support Educator for Educational District Office, 6 months, Senior Education Specialist, 6 years, Training and Professional Outreach to Special Needs Centres, Development, training and implementation of programmes for district officials, advisors, teachers, facilitators and parents.
Golden Key for Academics and National Teachers Award.
I obtained a Golden Key International Honour Society award for the academic achievement of being top in my class for my B.Ed Honours degree. Further, I was also nominated and won a National Teachers Award for excellence in teaching and best-practice group implementation.
Timeline
Senior Education Specialist
CSPID Eden Karoo
06.2018 - 09.2024
- DevOps Beginners to Advanced with Projects, Udemy (Course overview: AWS, Linux, Scripting, Jenkins, Ansible, GitOps, Docker, Kubernetes, & Terraform.)
- Microsoft Azure - Beginner's Guide + AZ-900, Udemy
- Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate with Power BI, Udemy (Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI)
Master of Education - Support strategies used by Foundation Phase teachers to enhance the social skills of learners with High Functioning Autism
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
B.Ed Honors - Inclusive Education
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
B.Ed - Intermediate and Senior Phase
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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