MOSES GWINYAI MATONDO

Postal: **** Old Highfields Harare Zimbabwe E-Mail: ad40gq@r.postjobfree.com Cell: +263*********/+263*********

Profile:

I am a committed development worker with over 20 years work experience spanning across both government (probation officer) and NGO (development aid worker) sectors. I have worked in various sectors covering SRHR, Water Sanitation Health and Hygiene, Child Welfare and Adult Welfare. I am a registered social worker with Social Work Zimbabwe, registration number 0162/08. I possess experience in child protection and safeguarding, use of the child protection multi-sectoral approach, counselling, and provision of individual and group psycho-social support. I have experience working with diverse segments of the population which include children, adolescents, adults, families, and communities. I have experience, through programming amongst vulnerable peri-urban, urban and rural communities in Zimbabwe, around empowering rural communities exposed to the harsh realities arising out of poverty. Through my work in the department of social services with the government of Zimbabwe, I have extensive children’s court work experience including individual case management. I consider myself a good team player, a self-starter, and fast learner with strong ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.”

POST QUALIFIED EXPERIENCE:

Valid Driver’s license- Valid class 4

Education:

Year- Bachelor’s in Social Work University of Zimbabwe 2001

Work Experience:

July 2020 - Current

Elevation Zimbabwe (Mutare, Zimbabwe)

Voluntary Child Protection Consultant

Leading and facilitating for case intakes (receiving child protection cases and carrying out investigations)

Ensuring proper handling of complex child protection cases

Participate and support in the removal of at-risk children from unsafe environments to places of safety

Leading and participating in the undertaking of interviews and assessments of adolescents and children in need of care and protection

Supporting capacity enhancement for child protection actors in various districts on the SOP for child protection, case management and positive parenting skills

Ensuring high level accountability of the administration of the emergency fund for child protection in coordination with Department of Social Welfare

Leading in the documentation of significant stories of change

Ensuring proper referrals of cases to other agencies or specialists where necessary using the approved referral pathway

Compiling weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the organization

July 2020 – Current

Friendship Bench (Harare, Zimbabwe)

Volunteer Counsellor

Providing counselling services to people undergoing anxiety and depression

Documenting all counselling sessions

Using Problem Solving Therapy in all counselling sessions

Refer cases where the need arises

December 2017 – June 2020

Africa AHEAD (Harare, Zimbabwe)

Health Promotions Officer

Training community health workers on Participatory Health and Hygiene Education (PHHE)

Identifying, registering and distributing NFIs to beneficiaries

Facilitate beneficiary mobilisation and identification

Prepare weekly and monthly work plan and reports

Training and monitoring Water Point Committee

Conducting Cholera and Covid 19 awareness campaigns and distribution of IEC material

August 2014 – December 2017

Africa AHEAD (Chipinge and Chimanimani Districts, Zimbabwe)

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Monitoring and evaluation of community health clubs and waste management group using the Group Maturity Index

Documenting Most Significant Change stories

Mainstreaming cross cutting issues specifically disability, child protection, environmental protection and menstrual hygiene management

Participation in provincial water and sanitation monthly meeting

Generate workshop, monthly and quarterly reports

Design and manage a plan to monitor activities, outputs and impact and adapt the programme as needed

Giving monthly feedback to the Project Manager and stakeholders on the project progress and performance

Revising the project monitoring system

Leading regular monitoring missions and reviews

May 2013 – July 2014

Africa AHEAD (Gutu and Mberengwa, Zimbabwe)

C WASH Project

Project Manager

Transformation Development Indicators, and internationally recognized protocol

Organized for the Training of Trainers of School Based Facilitators (SBFs). Prepared monthly, weekly, quarterly and annual reports for the partner Organisation as well as Senior Management in Zimbabwe A.H.E.A.D.

Handled the project’s cash and prepared acquittals to account for the cash used in accordance with the donor’s standards which was the European Union.

Conducted support visits to the 2 districts of Gutu and Mberengwa overseeing and monitoring organisational activities and also met with the stakeholders at district and provincial level ensuring compliance of Government procedures.

Ensured that tasks laid out in the log frame were completed within the specified periods and reviewed progress against the log frame.

Liaised with Bindura and Chipinge projects in an endeavor to familiarize with urban WASH implementation and compiling the data for the districts.

Organised cross district exchange visits to enable cross learning

Africa AHEAD: February 2012 - April 2013

Position Held: Project Officer

Writing weekly and monthly reports

Training community health workers on Participatory Health and Hygiene Education (PHHE)

Identifying, registering and distributing NFIs to beneficiaries

Facilitate beneficiary mobilisation and identification

Prepare weekly and monthly work plan and reports

Training and monitoring Water Point Committee

Conducting Cholera awareness campaigns and distribution of IEC material

Documenting Most Significant Change stories

Regai Dzive Shiri: January 2010 to January 2012.

Behaviour Change Project

Position held: Support Officer (Bikita District).

Assisting the overall dissemination of the national behavioural change strategy in the district

Using PRA techniques in training traditional, political and faith based organization leaders as well as behavioural change facilitators

Networking with stakeholders in the district to establish strategic partnerships

Recruitment and training of Behavioural Change facilitators in the wards

Preparing budget proposals and maintaining financial and programme records as per NAC-UNFPA financial, accounting and programme rules

Compiling quarterly progress reports as well as detailed reports of all the activities held

Regai Dzive Shiri: February 2004 to December 2010.

Behaviour Change Project

Position held: Survey Team Leader (Mutare District).

Recruitment of Survey Assistants

Training of Survey Assistants to adhere to the ethics and the principles of research in the field.

Developing Standard Operational Procedures for Survey Assistants to refer to in the field

Coordinating the team’s efforts that the set deadlines were met and work was conducted within the specified parameters (Enumeration Area).

Liaising with local leadership within the areas that the team would be working in to enable cordial relations between the team and the community.

Leading the team in baseline survey

Management of team field funds

Preparing weekly field visit reports as well as monthly and quarterly progress reports

Regai Dzive Shiri: August 2003 to January 2004.

Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey

Position held: Support Officer (Mutare District

Administered questionnaire on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights to students

Conducted a cohort study

Conducted Focus Group Discussions SRHR issues

Employer: Department of Social Development: September 2001 to July 2003.

Position held: Social Welfare Officer (Harare, Highfield District Office).

Responsibilities:

Lead and facilitate on undertaking assessments, home visits and support visits for case of children in need and children needing protection.

Convene and chair case conferences on assessments, planning and review of cases of children in need and in need of protection.

Identification and assessment of clients who need social assistance according to respective needs.

Application and compilation of forms for public assistance, Assisted Medical Treatment Orders (AMTO), Harmonized Social Cash Transfers, Pauper Burials, Travelling Warrants through means testing.

Provision of safety nets to victims of natural disasters such as droughts, floods, disease outbreaks and accidents.

Assisting people with special needs:

To provide rehabilitation per persons with disabilities through psychosocial support, vocational rehabilitation, application for assistive technologies and importation of other special assistive technologies and process loans for persons with disabilities.

To provide care to older persons through assessments for food, shelter, health and clothing, provision of residential care for older persons including follow up and monitoring visits.

To provide care and support to chronically ill persons through such interventions that include direct access to medical care and other relevant interventions.

To facilitate provision of medical and residential care for persons with mental health challenges and support and follow up on the rehabilitation process.

Provision of social protection to distressed families through monitoring visits, marriage counselling, family casework to ensure family stability and develop specific plans for improved family well-being.

Assessment and process application for assistance for Heroes dependants through payment of school and health fees.

Participate in the voting process of beneficiaries under ZEPPDRA.

Facilitate registration and supervision of Private Voluntary Organizations in the district.

Lead and facilitate inspection of institutions that care for children, older persons, and persons with disabilities in need of care as places of safety.

Coordinate with relevant stakeholders and other government line ministries in the implementation of district protection plans.

Prepare reports for the children’s court in cases involving children.

Prepare reports that feed into the monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for the district.

Facilitate for the provision of food, shelter, health, and basic education for refugees in camps in district of operation.

Lead and facilitate for the assessment of foreign nationals who voluntarily apply for repatriation.

PRE-QUALIFIED EXPERIENCE:

I undertook field work placements and attachments in the following organization:

April 1998 to May 1998

Institution: Department of Social Services Mutare.

Area of specialty: Child Protection and court work.

Field work focus: Child protection work and child in need statutory work. This involved assessments, planning, advocacy and working with the courts in child protection cases and representation of children in courts.

March 1999 to May 1999

Institution: Highfield Children’ home

Area of Specialty: Rehabilitation juvenile delinquents and shelter for children in need of care.

Field work focus: I was involved in case conferencing mainly. I also did assessments on children including their home and environmental situations. I supported reintegration of children into their homes and communities.

March 2000 to May 2000

Institution: Zimbabwe Aids Prevention Project

Area of Specialty: HIV&AIDS Prevention and Child Protection.

Field work focus: The applicant was involved with case intakes, and conducting pretest and posttest counseling to pregnant women for possible enrolment on the Nevirapine project.

February 2001 to May 2001

Institution: Plan International Zimbabwe.

Area of Specialty: Community Social Work and Child Protection.

Field work focus: I facilitated the undertaking of the Water and Sanitation project. I led assessments for children in need. Participated and contributed to case conferencing with social services and police in Mutoko and Epworth districts. I also compiled reports and support for children in need.

EDUCATION:

1998 – 2001 University of Zimbabwe

BSW Social Work General Degree

1990 – 1991 Christian College of Southern Africa

Advance Secondary Education

1986 – 1989 Mutare Boys High School

Ordinary Level

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

1.Certificate in the National Behavioral Change Strategy (UNFPA-NAC June 2007)

2.Certificate of Merit Intermediate Class Mutare Boys High 1989

3.Becoming HIV/AIDS Free with Deseret International July 2001

4.Good Clinical Practice with UZ-UCSF September 2005

5.Project Planning and Management with Rowa Training Centre September 2005

6.SPSS (2017)

7.GIS (2017)

8.Certificate in monitoring and evaluation (2016)

9.Certificate in ABCD approach (2017)

10.Training for Transformation (for Leadership)

11.Problem Solving Therapy (Friendship Bench 2019)

COMPUTER LITERACY:

Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, SPSS

LANGUAGES:

English, Shona and Bemba

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

Good understanding of child protection and safeguarding theories, practice and legal framework governing the same in Zimbabwe and the UK

Good understanding of adult social work and care frameworks and processes

Commitment to Child protection and adults at risk safeguarding

Committed to displaying cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability

Ability to work with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams

Ability to be creative, innovative and to take the initiative

Good and proven communication skills and ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing,

Good computer applications skills

Good interpersonal skills and ability to engage with and work with multiple stakeholders at both national and sub national levels

Excellent presentation skills and ability to facilitate events

Proven experience and ability to supervise support staff and to manage partners

Knowledge of issues affecting marginalized rural communities and extensive working experience in rural areas of Africa particularly in Zimbabwe

REFEREES

Witness Nkomo Tendai Saunyama

MEAL Manager Director Elevation Zimbabwe

Africa AHEAD

Harare

077******* Mutare

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Donald Chauke

Program Manager

Mercy Corps

Mutare

077*******

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