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About Candidate

Location

Education

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Masters in In Peace and Conflict Studies Human Security and Development (in progress) In progress. Completion in 2026
The Copperland University, Zambia

Completion in 2026

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Post – graduate Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation 2007
Regenesys School of Public Management, South Africa

Online and face-to-face learning

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BA Social Sciences 1998
University of Eswatini (Swaziland)

Majors: Public Administration and Sociology

Work & Experience

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Grant Acquisition Manager September 2023 - To-date
World Vision International Myanmar

• Lead Grant Acquisition unit, inform strategy and annual business plan on resource targets on grant acquisition and diversification of funding streams.
• Lead development of high-quality program designs in collaboration with technical leads, MEAL, Finance, Procurement units among others
• Facilitate nurturing of existing and potential relationships with key stakeholders; donors, partners and networks including managing donor portals.
• Lead strengthening of program development internal business processes and documentation using online portal including funding matrix tracking
• Identify and retain grant acquisition talent including building internal capabilities.

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Senior Program Officer -Moldova & Romania August 2022 - August 2023
World Vision International Ukraine Crisis Response (UCR)

• Lead tracking of and development of competitive grant applications, driving partnerships and innovations
• Inform annual resource development targeting and lead development of high-quality program designs (same as above)
• Cultivate/ influence good partnerships / alliances with peer organizations for potential programming/ funding opportunities
• Lead strengthening program development and documentation using online portals including funding matrix
• Identify and retain grant acquisition talent including building internal capabilities
• Lead quality and timely reporting to donors

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Resource Acquisition Lead February 2022 - August 2022
World Vision Eswatini

• Lead the Grant Acquisition unit, inform strategy development and annual business planning on resource targets and diversification of funding streams.
• Cultivate/ influence good partnerships / alliances with peer organizations for potential programming/ funding opportunities
• Lead strengthening program development and documentation using online portals including funding matrix
• Lead quality and timely reporting to donors

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Grant Acquisition and Management Coordinator / Program Officer June 2010 - January 2022
World Vision Eswatini

• Track opportunities and in collaboration with technical leads, MEAL, Finance, Procurement units among others
• Lead strengthening program development and documentation using lead development of high-quality program designs online portals including funding matrix
• Manage and update office’s online donor portals accounts; UN Partner Portal, EU, USAID
• Lead quality and timely reporting to donors
• Coordinate organizational capacity assessment sessions by donors; e.g. UN and Global Fund

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Area Program Manager (2 programs) July 2007 - May 2010
World Vision Eswatini

• Lead field programming in adherence to office strategy and the project management cycle (initiation to closure)
• Manage and update online project management platform to ensure information accuracy and effective management
• Supervise program staff to ensure program effectiveness
• Document and share best practices and lessons learnt, and actively participate in sector – led learning events
• Forge partnership with regional level government, CSOs and CBOs for effective and impactful programming

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Design, Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator World Vision Eswatini June 2006 - June 2007
World Vision Eswatini

Lead 5- year program designing and redesigning of Area Programs in reference to Assessment results or/ and Program Evaluation results, lessons and best practices in adherence to country Office Strategy

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Area Program Manager (one program) June 2001 - May 2006
World Vision Eswatini

• Lead field programming in adherence to office strategy and the project management cycle (initiation to closure)
• Manage and update online project management platform to ensure information accuracy and effective management
• Supervise program staff to ensure program effectiveness
• Document and share best practices and lessons learnt, and actively participate in sector – led learning events
• Forge partnership with regional level government, CSOs and CBOs for effective and impactful programming

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August - December 2021 Program Officer August 2021 - December 2021
World Vision Iraq (remote deployment)

• Lead project management processes in relation to donor regulations compliance, trouble – shooting bottlenecks for effective delivery of project interventions.
• Lead due diligence for partnership engagement, facilitate local partner sub- granting process, onboarding and coordinate partner capacity strengthening plan roll - out.
• Update documentation archiving using online portals including funding matrix

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Program Officer - COVID-19 Emergency Response (remote deployment) April 2020 - June 2020
World Vision International - Global Office

Coordinate initiation of COVID-19 response in 9 East African countries; Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi (response plans, resource acquisition, reporting, managing online funding matrix)

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Program Officer to Southern Africa Floods and Cyclone Emergency Response 3rd October 2019 - 30th November 2019
World Vision Mozambique

• Lead development of high-quality program designs in response to the needs and guided by the Response Strategy
• Coordinate effective project management in compliance to donor regulations and lead quality and timely reporting
• Liaise with donors as primary point of contact on behalf of WV Mozambique