Management Project Manager

Curriculum Vitae for Courage Chirobe

Phone: +211-***-***-***

E-mail: ********@*****.***

Enthusiastic humanitarian worker with fourteen years of practical and specialized program management experience with a history of successful and traceable quality programming, proved by completed and clean audited programs and projects. My program management history has a strong bias towards Disaster Response (particularly Food aid with various modalities including General Food Distribution, Productive Assets Creation, Cash transfers and E-voucher), Livelihoods and Protection of Orphans and Vulnerable Children. I am strong in building relationships with international donors by quality planning, project implementation and reporting. I have managed to effectively engage and build lasting relationships with government, local stakeholders and communities. I have a passion for result oriented action, a team player and a self-starter who requires no supervision and regards high quality standards in the delivery of service as motivation for success.

1. Education and Professional Qualifications

- B.A. degree; University of Zimbabwe, 1988.

- Post Graduate certificate in Education; University of Zimbabwe, 1990.

2. Work Experience

2.1 Programme: General Food Distribution

Organization: Samaritan’s Purse, South Sudan.

Position: Program Manager – Food assistance

Experience: Present Position

Responsible for the overall management and smooth implementation of Samaritan’s Purse’s Food Assistance Program in Mayndt, Unity State in South Sudan. I am the budget holder thus being in charge of budget control and disbursement approvals. My other key roles include engagement and coordination of Stakeholders (including donors, other players, community leadership and beneficiaries). I am also in charge of staff training, supervision and performance evaluation. The work also includes project planning which includes production of the project DIP, reports reviewing, consolidation and submission to organization’s top management, the donors and relevant stakeholders.

2.2 Programme: General Food Distribution

Organization: ADRA South Sudan

Position: Commodity Officer

Experience: 7 months (2015)

Team leading in managing a food aid program in one of South Sudan’s most difficult States, insecure and highly inaccessible. This is the South Sudanese community most affected by the ongoing civil war. Food is delivered by means of water and air drops. Job involves planning, needs assessments, stakeholder coordination, staff supervision and reporting.

2.3 Programme: Conditional Lean Season Assistance, funded by World Food Programme

Organization: Adventist Development and Relief Agency – (ADRA) Zimbabwe

Position: Project Manager, in Zimbabwe

Experience: 4 years (2012-2015)

Responsible for project cycle management, technical support to the project staff, focusing as well on stakeholder coordination, sitting in the district and provincial disaster working groups and meetings, planning, project monitoring, commodity tracking, distributions, resource allocation (budget control) and reporting for three districts with a total beneficiary target of 87 000.

2.4 Programme: USAID (OFDA) funded water and Hygiene Promotion Programme.

Organization: ADRA Zimbabwe

Position: Project Manager

Experience: 2 years (2009-2011)

Managed a staff component of eleven to mobilize communities into Health clubs, School Health clubs through which campaigns would be carried out in the districts to promote appropriate hygiene practices. Provision of technical assistance in the achieving a target of water harvesting tanks, 200 x 10000L in the community and 60 x 30000L at schools, water quality testing and hygiene competitions. Was also responsible for stakeholder coordination and linkages with relevant line ministries.

2.5 Programme: National Action Plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, funded by UNICEF.

Organization: ADRA Zimbabwe

Position: Field Supervisor

Experience: 4 years (2006-2009)

Worked with vulnerable children, offering school fees assistance, psychosocial support, birth registration, training in children’s rights, linkage to referrals such as health facilities, legal centres and child protection structures. Capacity building of caregivers, support of caregivers’ livelihoods, creation and strengthening child protection committees at village, ward and district levels. Planning, project implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation. Coordination and liaising with key stakeholders and the donor.

2.6 Programme: Vulnerable Groups Feeding, funded by World Food Programme.

Organization: Christian Care- Zimbabwe

Position: Regional Emergency Coordinator – Manicaland Region of Zimbabwe.

Experience: 4 years (2002-2006)

Responsible to lead a team in designing of the proposal for Food Aid funding, collaboration with World Food Programme in the designing of the distribution modalities, beneficiary targeting and feedback systems. Carrying out post distribution monitoring, report consolidation and warehouse management as per WFP standards. The Programme was implemented in three districts targeting a total of 155 000 beneficiaries and a further 3500 school children receiving wet feeding at schools.

2.7 Programme: Integrated Food Security Programme, Funded by Christian Aid and UNICEF.

Organization: Care- Zimbabwe.

Position: Project Officer

Experience: 2 years (2000-2002)

Tasked to implement the integrated programme with the components of Irrigation schemes, community gardens, environment protection, training in Income Generating activities, training in empowerment and gender. As Project Officer I was also in charge of staff supervision, performance evaluation, resource allocation and budget control. In the field was also responsible for stakeholder coordination and report reviewing and compilation for submission.

2.8 Programme: Ministry of Education, Gvt of Zimbabwe.

Positions: Class teacher, Head of Academic Department, Acting School Head.

Experience: 12 years (1987-1999) – 4 years primary level and 8 years secondary school level.

After obtaining my degree and post graduate training, I first worked as a Primary school teacher and moved to the secondary school level. Having been degreed and completed post graduate training in education I acted as school head, in charge of classroom management, school programmes planning, parent coordination. Key areas included working with Parent Teachers Associations in the participatory approaches of coming up with school development plans.

3. Capabilities

- Excellent training needs assessment and training facilitation skills

- Monitoring and evaluation of projects in the areas of Disaster management and Child Programmes.

- Project Cycle Management.

- Staff motivation and leadership.

- Negotiation for funding and stakeholder support.

4. On-the-Job Capacity Building Trainings and Workshops

4.1Gender mainstreaming in Programming CARE International 2000

4.2Project Cycle Management - Institute of Public Administration- Harare 2000

4.3Prevention of Sexual Abuse and sexual Exploitation in Programming.(WFP/ECHO) 2000

4.4HIV/AIDS programming - Zimbabwe AIDS Council 2002

4.5Training in Finance Management for non-Finance Managers. CARE 2005

4.6SPHERE training in Disaster Management-Free State University (SA) and the National University of Science and Technology. 2006

4.7 Topflight training in Facilitation. - DED 2007

4.8 Interactive Leadership training. - British Council - Zimbabwe 2007

4.9 Value Chain Approach in food Security – ADRA International, Nairobi, Kenya 2008

4.10 Security and Risk Management –ADRA International, Nairobi, Kenya. 2008

4.11 Orphans and vulnerable Children Programming. - UNICEF – Zimbabwe 2009

5. Other Programme related Skills:

5.1 COMPUTER: MS Word, Emailing and Browsing, Excel, PowerPoint

5.2 Holder of a Class (4) Four Zimbabwean Driver’s license- 24 years driving experience.

6. Key Professional Assignments

6.1 Chairperson of the Christian Care Job Evaluation team, 2001.

6.2 A member of the ADRA Zimbabwe Strategic Planning team, 2007.

6.3 Opened the midlands Regional office of ADRA Zimbabwe, 2007.

6.4 Drafted the adopted Child Protection Policy of ADRA Zimbabwe, 2010.

7. Professional Membership

7.1 A member of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NANGO) Forum.

7.2 A member of the Zimbabwe Adventist Professionals Association.

8. Interests

Reading, listening to church music, watching soccer.

9. Personal Details

Date of Birth: 18 January 1960

Languages Known: English (fluent), Shona (Fluent) and Ndebele (Fluent speech but poor in writing)

National ID Number: 22-024625-J-22

Passport Number: BN617727 (Zimbabwe)

Religion: Christianity

Address: House 613, Chivi, Zimbabwe (Private Bage 567, Nyaningwe, Zimbabwe)

10. Referees Contacts:

10.1 Judith Musvosvi

Country Director at ADRA Zimbabwe – Former Supervisor

ADRA Zimbabwe

Tel. +263-*-******/8/93

E-mail: **@************.***

Skype: judithmusvosvi

10.2 Ronald Mashapa – Professional associate

District Engineer at Chivi Rural District Council

Tel. +263-********* or +263337627

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

10.3 Pastor Felix Chisvo.

District Pastor

Tel. +263*********

E-mail: ***********@*****.***

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