Dr Alice Ncube holds a PhD and Masters in Disaster Management, a Postgraduate Diploma in Gender Studies, a Diploma in Development and Disaster Management Studies, a Certificate in Personnel Management, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in African language and philosophy.
Dr Ncube has worked as a High School Educator and Curriculum Developer in the Ministry of Education and culture, Zimbabwe. She was also a Senior Designated Agent within the Industrial Relations Portfolios and in the Commercial and Transport Sectors of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Dr Ncube also worked as a Human Resources Officer at Innscor Africa Limited, Zimbabwe. She was then appointed as a Research Assistant at the Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa, University of the Free State, and rose through the ranks to Junior Lecturer, Short Learning Programme Coordinator, Lecturer and currently serving as a Senior Lecturer and Program Director.
Dr Ncube has published more than 10 peer-reviewed articles in International and DHET accredited journals. She also has one published book chapter. She has supervised and graduated more than 40 Master`s students and co-supervised and graduated 2 PhD students. She serves as an external examiner and moderator of universities in South Africa, that have disaster (risk) management component in their curriculum at postgraduate and doctoral levels.
Dr Alice Ncube is a Disaster Management Professional registered with the Disaster Management Institute of Southern Africa (DMISA), Southern Africa Society for Disaster Risk Reduction (SASDiR) member, Gender and Disaster Network (GDN) member, and a member of the Women in Migration Network(WIMN). She is also an Accredited SPHERE Trainer of Trainer (TOT) and Trainer. Dr Ncube has experience in working with non-governmental organisations such as UNU-EHS, UNICEF, World Vision International, Troicare ADRA, Save the Children and OXFAM. As part of community engagement, she is a volunteer at the Red Cross Free State. Dr Ncube has also been actively working with migrant communities in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, particularly in Bloemfontein resulting in her and two compatriots establishing a Non-Profit Organisation they named Africa Advanced Network for Development ( AAND). Their NGO worked with migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With more than 15 years of experience in disaster (risk) management, her research interests are social vulnerability and climate change, international forced migration, gender issues, climate change and adaptation resilience and sustainable livelihoods of disadvantaged communities.
Dr Ncube a mother of 3, enjoys sports and is passionate about rugby, soccer, hockey, skateboarding, netball ( She played in the varsity netball team back then), tennis, F1, and cricket. She is multilingual and speaks English, Ndebele, Shona, Zulu, Xhosa, and understands elementary Sotho, Afrikaans, Tswana, Nyanja and Portuguese.