Brilliant Bhebe is a monitoring and evaluation practitioner who is dedicated to creating positive change through providing implementers of socio-economic development projects with performance-related evidence. She holds an MPhil. In Programme Evaluation from the University of Cape Town, a BA (Hons) Degree in Development Studies from the Midlands State University (Zimbabwe), a Special Honours Degree in Monitoring and Evaluation from Lupane State University (Zimbabwe) amongst other professional qualifications. She is currently working as a Consultant at Southern Hemisphere and has in-depth knowledge of evaluation research including qualitative and quantitative methodologies. She also has experience in using participatory evidence-gathering techniques such as outcome harvesting and most significant change (MSC). Prior to joining Southern Hemisphere, Brilliant worked in the social accountability and human rights advocacy sector in Zimbabwe. Her work involved community mobilisation on pressing human rights issues and creating platforms of engagement between local communities and duty bearers in Bulawayo and the Matebeland region at large.
Below is a list of some of her most recent work at Southern Hemisphere
- Project Manager and Consultant for the 12- Year Review of the Youth@SAIIA programme implemented by the South African Institute of International Affairs (2023)
- Consultant and Project Coordinator for the Mid-term Review of Integrity Action’s SIDA Grant (2022-2023)
- Consultant and Project Coordinator for the Mid-term Review of the ‘Advancing Women’s Engagement: Strengthening Opportunities to Mobilise for Equality’ (AWESOME) in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
- Project Evaluator for the Evaluation of the Hewlett Foundation’s Transparency, Participation and Accountability strategy and grant-making practice for 2015–2020
- Facilitator for the Forum for Education Research in/for/by Africa hosted by the Imaginable Futures, Echidna Giving, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Porticus (2022)