Employment History

Lisa Gordon-Davis

SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation)

HITT Country Programme Leader: Cambodia and Vietnam.

Managed the HITT project in Cambodia and Vietnam. Duty Station: Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Responsible for project managing country teams to deliver training to informal sector beneficiaries, including women and youth, targets of 1 300 beneficiaries in Cambodia and 1 500 beneficiaries in Vietnam in diverse occupations such as homestay operator, local guide, tourist driver, housekeepers, waiters, and room attendants.
Technical support in materials development and design, and delivery of training of trainers as Global Master Trainer.

South African Tourism Institute (SATI)

Executive Officer

National Tourism Educational Development Project funded by Spanish Development Agency: AECID Managerial duties:

Strategic planning, financial management, staff management, project development and management
Liaison with Embassy of Spain (Donors: AECI)
Liaison with Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT)
Liaison with Department of Education
Public relations, stakeholder management and relations

Project planning and operational management:

Operational skills training for tourism SMEs: tour operators, B&Bs, and caterers
Development of Provincial Tourism Officials on Responsible Tourism Planning and Development
Teacher Training for FET Subjects: Travel & Tourism, and Hospitality Studies (including curriculum development for teacher development and for FET subjects)
Careers Education Project to FET institutions
Development of National Resource Centre for Tourism
Establishment of Loan and Bursary Scheme for tourism and hospitality through NSFAS
Development of trainers and assessors

Board Member: Higher Education Quality Committee

Academy for the Tourism Industry (ATI)

Director

Development of training modules for Local Government Officials on Responsible Tourism Planning
Delivery of Responsible Tourism modules
Client Liaison, general management, marketing, and business development.

Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Education and Training Authority (THETA)

Manager: Hospitality Chamber

Manager: Gambling & Lotteries Chamber

Manager of both chambers, ensuring that training and development needs from both sectors were brought to the attention of THETA.
Approving Skills Development Facilitators, advising on Workplace Skills Planning, evaluation of Workplace Skills Plans
Contribution to Sector Skills Plans for THETA.

Evaluation of Higher Education institutions and programs for the Hospitality industries through Sertec, SAQA and HEQC.

Facilitating curriculum development within formal education (Technikons and High Schools) for these chamber
Networking and liaison with both industries, including addressing conferences, and writing journal articles.
Advising Industry and training providers, both private and public, on training needs and requirements, as well as quality assurance and accreditation matters.
Other duties as required by THETA and the Skills Development Act.
Contributing to standards generation and learnership development.
Member of SGB for Tourism, Hospitality and Gaming.
Vice Chairman of the Council: Free State Technikon.

Hospitality Industries Training Board

National Advisor: Training Provision.

Contributed to the development and implementation of National Qualifications of competence in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework. This included framework development, assessment development, training of assessors, assessment, and quality assurance of NQ Assessors nation-wide within the Hospitality Industries.
Other duties included contribution to the evolution and development of the NQF.

Cape Technikon (now Cape Peninsula University of Technology)

Lecturer

Initially in the post of food technician, then becoming a lecturer at the Cape Technikon School of Hotel and Catering Studies.
Subjects taught included: Food Service Management II and III, Nutrition and Hygiene, Food Practical and Theory II and III, Food and Beverage Theory and Practical.