General Manager Program Coordinator
Resume:
NDOMBELLAH SIKWATTAH
PROFILE
I am a passionate General Manager with a 3+ years experience in running a center of its kind. We take care of more than 5,000 children with disabilities and approximately 2400 families in Tanzania. I have managed to develop and implement new programs with a success record of 95%. In the past three years, the number of children registered at the center has increased rapidly by 45%. I strive for quality and apply processes and discipline towards optimizing performance. I am respectful, sociable and always apply logical and methodological approaches in achieving tasks and objectives. I have high personal integrity and am able to relate and create trust. I am very dependable and reliable in supporting and enabling team effort to achieve exceptional performance. Strong planning efficient time management, good organizational and monitoring abilities. WORK EXPERIENCE
General Manager; Sibusiso Foundation - Center for children with mental disabilities, Arusha, Tanzania — Jan 2019 - present Key Responsibilities:
• implementation & running of the new program; the Knowledge Center, in collaboration with the government and ministry of education
• successful travel to all regions of Tanzania, training all special needs and social welfare officers on issues disabilities and inclusion, and afterwards running over 50 trining sessions for over 2,000 different special needs professionals; therapists, teachers, social workers, caregivers, parents amang others. (Trainer of trainees) developing new programs to support the strategio direction of the organization
• organizing programs and activities in the accordance with the mission and goals of the foundation
• creating and managing long-term goals
• developing an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identity areas for improvernent
• developing and managing the annual budgets
• overall supervision of both centers; treatment and Knowledge Center as well as managing the daily programs
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Ocotber 8, 1988
Bungoma- Kenya
female
Kenyan
P.O. BOX 14408
Arusha- Tanzania
• training of employees
• planning and supervising meetings with various stakeholders
• ensuring and guarding the quality and relevance of cata and reports
• evaluation of staff
• coordinating the various projects
Program Coordinator; Sibusiso Foundation, Arusha, Tanzania — Jan 2017
- Dec 2018
Key Responsibilities:
• smooth running of the program
• motivate and supervise the Therapy, Outreach and School teams (T.O.S)
• plan and supervise schedules for the T.O.S teams and different T.O.S programs
• ensure lEPs for every child in the program are developed and followed
• coordinate the nutrition programs
• ensure and safeguard the quality and relevance of the data in the database and workflow system
• evalucition of T.O.S staff
• play an active role in the development and implementation of T.O.5 protocols
• monthly and annual reports
Special Needs Consultant/Professional Volunteer; IPSE De Druggen, Waddinxveen, Netherlands — Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
Key responsibilities:
• Assessment of clients
• Ensure development and use of I.E.Ps for each client
• classroom management and close supervision of clients
• monitoring and evaluation of development progress
• Daily reports
• G Hockey coacher( hockey for the disabled)
• support other staff in the day to day routine
Project Manager; vsO International, Taita Taveta, Kenya — Mar 2015 - Dec 2016
Key responsibilities:
• identification of local partners
• collaborate with partners and project managers to identity appropriate stakeholders and work with them as well as lorig term volunteers to ensure program delivery is achieved
• work with recruitment specialists to plan and recruit national volunteers and team leaders
• together with team leaders, provide necessary support to host homes and placement organizations to promote cross cultural engagement and relationship building
• gather and produce reports in accordance with the M&E framework - provide adequate guidance, supervision and support of volunteers through team leaders • organize and manage logistics for trainings in the community • manage the project budget effectively
Special Needs Teacher, Paolos Home, Nairobi — Jan 2124 - Sep 2015 Responsible for teaching groups of students with severe, mild or moderate disabilities. Modifying existing curriculum on basic subjects (e.g. math, writing) to meet each student's learning requirements and build individual lesson plans tailored to their specitic needs. Discussing with parents and support staff about important matters that might impede students' progress. Ultimately, Thelped and inspired children to achieve important learning milestones.
Key Responsibilities:
• Assess students' abilities and craft teaching plans
• Adapt learning materials to students' needs
• Keep track of and reflect on students' progress • Monitor children's behavioral patterns and arrange appropriate interventions if needed
• Find engaging activities to teach skills (e.g. drawing and theater dramo)
• Manage classroom crises and resolve conflict
• Prepare students for transition to the next grade
• Inform parents about their children's performance and potential problems
• Coach/mentor other professionals who work with children with disabilities. Collaborate with the support staff (eg. school counselors and speech therapists) to create holistic intervention plans EDUCATION
University Of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom — MA Inclusion (Social Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties), Jul 2017 - present Specialist pathway that provides you with an opportunity to develop an understanding of inclusive educational practices by focusing on the distinctive learning needs of people with social, emotional and behavioral difficulties. It enables you to develop knowledge, understanding and critics of research, educational policy and practise as well as the opportunity to investigate historical and cultural aspects of disability. Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya — Diploma in Behavioral Psychology and Special Needs, Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion Kenyatta University, Nairobi exploring policies and practice, in different educational, cultural and social settings, promoting appreciation for the need for Inclusive, relevant and ever changing teaching strategles to meet diverse learning needs. Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya — Bachelor of Education Special Needs (English & Literature), Aug 2007 - Dec 2011
Educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs, additional support, and/or adaptive pedagogical methods in order to participate and meet learning objectives in an educational program.
SKILLS
daily operations supervision, staff evaluations and training programs, promottional campaign development, leadership and delegation, planning and scheduling, communication, budget control, employee recruitment and training, budget development, operational analysis and supervision, project generation and progress reporting, risk analysis and manangement, time management and group collaboration, networking, staff development
QUALITIES
great interspersonal skills, initiative, self drive and determination, willingness to learn, attention to detail, team worker, great leadership skills, problem solver, ability to work under pressure, flexible, listener, sociable
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVIES
Field Hockey(Kenya National team) golf, tennis, Volunteering, Mentoring, writing, hiking, strategic games, travelling, reading ACHIEVEMENTS
Won an UNDP proposal pitch during the International Youth week 2015 Recognized by USAID in association with VSO Jitolee two years in a row as the inclusive Education Champion 2019 &2020
Travelled all regions Of Tanzania in 3 months educating special needs Education and social weltare officers on Inclusive education and disability issues Played Field Hockey for the national team
REFERENCES
Sander Hammer Sibusiso Foundation, Arusha +255*********, ****@********.***
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