Hi! I am a technical writer focused on making complex scientific and technological information accessible. With a background in Biology and Biotechnology, experience in a software company, and three years of experience writing over 350 SR&ED reports, I simplify many STEM concepts for diverse audiences. 

I have built strong relationships through interviews with over 180 SR&ED claimants and collaborate with scientists and programmers to present information clearly, helping STEM professionals secure non-dilutive funding for their projects.

On my profile, you will primarily encounter information on careers for STEM grads and STEM professionals because I'm also passionate about informing STEM grads about their career options (while navigating my own career).

Kundai Mufara

If you have a PhD, MSc, or more certifications than a small university…
And you still feel stuck?

You're not the problem.

The truth is, many credentials are optimized for institutions, not the market.

They teach rigour, not revenue.

They value prestige, not positioning.

And when it's time to actually build a career?

You realize:
Credentials don't help, unless someone pays for the outcome.

It's not too late.

You just need a different game plan.

Here's where to start:

1️⃣  Translate your expertise into outcomes people pay for
Stop leading with degrees. Start with the problems you solve and the results you deliver.

2️⃣ Build visibility around your insights, not your résumé
Share what you know in public. Write, speak, teach. Credentials get you in the room, thought leadership keeps you there.

3️⃣ Learn the language of value creation
Academic language impresses peers. Business language closes deals. Bridge the gap.

4️⃣ Position yourself at the intersection
Your unique edge isn't your Master's or PhD alone, it's how you apply specialized knowledge to real-world challenges others can't solve.

The credentials weren't wasted.

They're just the foundation, not the finished product.

Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) Consultant | Science and Tech Innovation Funding Consultant | Visual Artist

The best job board on LinkedIn isn't the Jobs tab.
It's the "People Also Viewed" section on profiles.

When you view someone's profile, LinkedIn's algorithm shows you other people with similar roles, industries, and career paths.

It's basically a curated list of your potential next job targets.

Here's how to use it:
→ Find someone in your dream role at a company you like
→ Check their "People Also Viewed" section
→ Discover other people in similar positions at similar companies
→ Build a target list of companies you didn't know existed

This works incredibly well for niche science and healthcare roles.

Looking for a biostatistician position? Find one biostatistician, and LinkedIn shows you dozens more across different companies.

Want to break into regulatory affairs? Same strategy.

You'll discover competing companies, see hiring patterns, and identify skills that appear consistently across these profiles.

This will help you to find companies you never would have thought to apply to.

Small biotech firms, niche medical device companies, specialized consulting groups.

All because LinkedIn's algorithm does the heavy lifting.

What role are you going to explore first?

I Track Where STEM Grads Actually End Up. Here's the Pattern.

📉 Some pivot early
📈 Some rise in adjacent fields
🔁 Some re-skill completely

Not because they failed, but because they adapted.

Degrees launch you.

But decisions evolve you.

I'll keep sharing what I find. 

Because if you understand the patterns, you stop feeling behind and start getting strategic.

Everyone told STEM students the big lie:
 “You’ll always have job security.”

But the real lie went deeper:

 That there’s only one right path
 ➡️ Get the degree
 ➡️ Get the job
 ➡️ Climb the ladder

In reality?

STEM grads are switching industries, building businesses, learning design, going into policy, and becoming creators.

Not because they failed, but because the ladder was never built for them.

The new system isn’t about degrees (even though they have good benefits for those who wish to stay in academia).

 It’s about leveraging your skills to facilitate change in the industry. 

Most people don’t need a new degree.

They need to redefine their paths.

Let's be honest:
"Just apply more."
"Tailor your resume."
"Use the right keywords."

This advice fails because it assumes the market is fair.

But the real world is messy.
✖️ Closed networks
✖️ Biased filters
✖️ Hiring based on vibes > value

It's not about playing harder.

It's about playing differently.

So what does that actually look like?

1. Build visibility before you need it
Post about your work. Share insights from projects. Comment on industry trends. When opportunities arise, you want decision-makers already familiar with your name.

2. Access the hidden market
80% of roles never see a job board. Reach out to people doing the work you want. Ask about their challenges. Offer value first. Relationships unlock doors that applications can't.

3. Create your own proof
Can't get experience without a job? Build it anyway. Side projects. Spec work. Case studies. Show, don't tell. Make hiring you the obvious choice.

4. Stop waiting for permission
The people who win aren't always the most qualified. They're the ones who showed up, added value, and made it impossible to ignore them.

The system isn't fair.

But you're not helpless.

What's one move you can make this week that doesn't rely on fairness?

PJ Mufara Consulting

Recent Assignments:

Hand in Hand Zimbabwe

Programme Capacity Assessment of Hand in Hand Zimbabwe and Pre-feasibility study for a possible future Accelerator Project in Zimbabwe
•	analyzing the existing programme portfolio, covering 7 districts1, against Hand in Hand Zimbabwe’s vision, mission and mandate, as well as the as well as the organization’s programming capacity.
•	Study to provide Hand in Hand the required knowledge on target group, feasibility, potential market niches and value chains, approach and required resources including budget for proceeding with the design of the ‘Accelerator for Youth’ project.

DevLearn UK 

Systems Labour Market Assessment in Zimbabwe (SLMA) commissioned by Mercy Corps
•	Expert consultancy carrying out system labour market assessment (SLMA) for off and non-farm rural and related urban jobs through evaluation of selected markets in 8 Zimbabwe districts, with particular emphasis on youth and women employment.
•	Developing field assessment plans and tools as well as carrying out interviews, surveys and focus group 
labour market assessments (SLMAs) aimed to support environmentally friendly jobs across connected urban and rural parts of Zimbabwe.
•	Providing input into the Zimbabwe labour market assessments (SLMA) guidance document for implementation including analysis of potential results in specific selected markets.
•	Market Selection, Reporting and recommended Interventions Design

Consultant

Imani Development

Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund (MICF) –Grant Financing Innovative Inclusive Business 

•	providing support to the fund management team to effectively manage the MICF program 
•	providing technical support in the review of business concept notes and full proposals 
•	providing support during the due diligence assessments on the companies
•	development of logic models, a framework for monitoring individual projects
•	supporting development of implementation milestones and budgets with successful MICF applicants
•	Monitoring the progress of individual projects against the UNDP agreed targets
•	providing support in undertaking baseline surveys for each individual project within the MICF portfolio
•	working with the grantees to complete milestone reports and provide assistance to the fund to distil the key lessons from each project at the close of project 

Business Innovation Facility: Market Systems Development – Innovative Inclusive Business

•	assessment of market constraints that prevent market systems from working efficiently and agreeing on action plans with market players using the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach. 
•	designing intervention plans and activities for each selected market or value chains together with the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) mechanism
•	implementing rice sub-sector management services in Malawi and supporting similar activities in pigeon peas market
•	engaging market players who have innovative ideas that have the potential to sustainably address market constraints 
•	providing support to market players in developing and implementing their innovative ideas in the rice market
•	supporting consultants to deliver the technical support to market players
•	supporting the integration and linkages of smallholder farmers and small rural enterprises to structured market. 
•	contracting inclusive businesses players 
•	general administration to manage the intervention delivery teams that include employees and consultants.

Consultant/Senior Manager

Self

.       Private Sector Development (PSD) 
-      Market Systems Development (MSD)
-      System Labour Markets Assessment (SLMA)
-      Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) design, implementation & consulting
-	Inclusive Business Models
-      Smallholder Agricultural Value Chains Development (VCD)
-	Multi-Stakeholder Processes (MSPs)
-	Financial Inclusion, inc. Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) facilitation
-	Warehouse Receipting Systems (WRS) design and implementation
-	Policy support frameworks facilitation
-	Contract Farming/Outgrower Schemes facilitation
-       Social Business Models Development and facilitation
-	Governance and empowerment in value chains (social inclusion and accountability)
-	Gender, Environment, Youth group, HIV/AIDS mainstreaming in business
-       Small to Medium Enterprises (SMES) promotion

Selected Assignments

Swedish Cooperative Centre, Hand in Hand Projects

.    Enterprise Development Programme Design & Facilitation in 10 Zimbabwe District covering all relevant sectors, with target to create 75,000 jobs, targeting women and youth entrepreneurs 

Chongwe Enterprise and Skills Development Project
•	Designing Enterprise and Skills Development (agribusiness) Project

COMESA Regional Agricultural Inputs Programme (COMRAP), EU 
.    conducting the mid-term review

Consultant - Busines and Private Sector Development (PSD) Expert

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

-	Designing and implementing programmes to build capacity in membership organizations that offer business development services to SMEs.
-	Applying the value chain development approach to facilitate business development amongst actors and stakeholders through SNV designed methodologies
-	Provide couching and team leadership to colleagues in private sector development and  leading thematic groups in the identification of best practices 
-	documenting internal and external knowledge developed for use in capacity building programmes 
-	Team leadership of the private sector advisers and  the rice value chain development in SNV Zambia
-	SNV, Private Sector/Economic Development focal point person for Zambia
-	Coordination and networking with PSD stakeholders internationally
-	Administration, Finance and HR duties for a provincial portfolio

Senior Private Sector Development (PSD) Adviser

Art Corporation - Fleximail and Eversharp Division

-	Drawing up and implementation of overall export marketing strategy
-	Managing and ensuring profitability of branches in MALAWI and ZAMBIA
-	Managing Administrative, Human Resources, Financial, and Marketing issues in the Branches
-	Managing the Export Marketing Portfolio at Harare Head Office level
-	Regional and International markets development
-	Negotiating Dealership, Distributorship and other customer relationships
-	Product Promotion in regional and international markets

General Manager – Regional Markets and   Exports:

Hastt Zimbabwe

-	Export marketing strategy formulation and implementation
-	Development of new markets
-	Negotiating Dealership, Distributorship and other customer relationships
-	Product Promotion in regional and international markets
-	Team leadership of the export department
-	Market Research and product development

Exports Manager

ZimTrade

-	Promotion of Zimbabwean exports in international markets
-	Identifying New Exporters Needs and Opportunities as well as  training them in all aspect of penetrating foreign markets
-	Organize trade fairs inward missions, outward missions and other trade promotion activities
-	Managing disbursements of export promotion funds from donors

Market Adviser – New Exporters/SMEs

Business Extension & Advisory Services (BESA – Mutare)

-	Entrepreneurship Development and Entrepreneurship Motivation Training
-	Market Surveys and Environmental Scanning
-	Technical assistance to entrepreneurs in all Management fields
-	Assisting with Preparation and Analysis of Business Proposal Plans
-	Collecting data and assessing the success of Small Businesses

Regional Manager Manicaland, Zimbabwe

I have wide experience in private sector, quasi government and non-governmental organisation management. My experience over the year has taught me to employ the interdependence  between business and economic development goals as platforms for social change. In addition I have discovered that application of this knowledge gives greater impetus to the achievement of all-inclusive goals; be they business, economic, social or otherwise. As a consultant, I have therefore adopted a versatile approach to identification of challenges and providing solution paths  that are meant for the satisfaction of all even where goals seem to be competing.

I have worked in Southern & East Africa in wide-ranging development programmes and projects with major experience in application of specific approached such as Value Chain Development (VCD) and Market Systems Development (MSD) I also have higher education and experience in marketing management (local and international) at senior level, as well as MSME development expertise. I have worked in the administration of business grants and providing business management support services and entrepreneurship training to private companies in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia.

My latest consultancy work include expert leadership in Programme Capacity Assessment and Pre-Feasibility Study for Hand in Hand (Zimbabwe) for a possible Accelerator Project and a Systems Labour Market Assessment (SLMA), targeting off-farm green jobs for Mercy Corps.


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