Project Management Food Security, Agricultural finance, Agric Economic

Fred Mutenyo

BSC Agriculture, MSC Agric Economics, MME in Monitoring and Evaluation, MSC

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Over 20 years of experience in management and leadership working with different non-governmental organizations in Africa.

Practical knowledge in areas of Project Management, investment analysis, and knowledge in agricultural and agribusiness

Worked with 160,000 underprivileged children and over 50,000 families to access water, education, and food through cultivation.

8 years of Senior Program Management experience gained while working with several Non-Governmental Organisations, such as United Nations World Food-WFP, Child Fund International, Mercy Corps, Voluntary Services overseas-VSO, Action Against Hunger International, and ForAfrika.

Able to foster new partnerships with governments, Humanitarian, and development agencies, in Food security and livelihood, Nutrition and Health, Education, Water, Hygiene and Sanitation, and Emergency Response., in terms of project/ Program Design, implementation, Monitoring, and evaluation.

Worked with program and finance departments, in the development of program proposals, development of work plans, procurement plans, budgets, and budget monitoring in line with the organization and Donor Requirements.

Participated in technical advisory working groups and international consultations like the Food Security and Livelihood Cluster, Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation Clusters.

Managed the Development of the ForAfrika-Uganda Country Strategy 2022 to 2024 and its implementation.

Supported 300,000 Refugee and Host community members by training them in aspects of food production, and marketing and supported them with inputs like seeds, and farm tools to enable them to produce their own food for consumption.

Effective communication skills were essential when interacting with multiple stakeholders including international and local academic researchers, government officials, NGO partners, enumeration teams, and study participants.

Strong IT Skills: MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Analytical software - SPSS, STATA, Nvivo Education

2023 – 2024 NATIONAL COLLEGE OF IRELAND Master of Science in Management 2.1-Second Class Honours. Modules: Business Models, Strategy and Tactics, Economics of Management, Financial Management, International Business, Leading, Managing and Planning, Marketing in The Global Environment, Research Methods, Dissertation. 2016 – 2022 Uganda Technology and Management University-UTAMU MME in Monitoring and Evaluation 4.59: 5.0 Modules: Monitoring and Evaluation Paradigms, Principles, and Concepts, Evaluation Capacity Development and Change, Evaluation of Development Policies, Programs, and Projects, Designing, Conducting, and Managing Evaluations, Project Management Theory and Practice, Result result-oriented monitoring and Evaluation, Communication Skills in Evaluation, Data Analysis in the Field of Evaluation, Organisation Knowledge and economic Evaluation, Organisation Change and Development, Legal and Ethical Issues, Consultancy skills and Development, Dissertation.

2001– 2004 Makerere University MSC Master of Science in Agricultural Economics 4.25: 5.0 Modules: Applied statistics and Biometrics, Advanced Micro-Economics, Advanced Macro-Economics, Quantitative Methods, Applied Agricultural Production Economics, Advanced Farm Management and Agribusiness, Research Methodology, Investigative Project Analysis and Planning, Econometrics, International Trade, Agricultural Marketing and Finance, Resource Economics, Dissertation. 2001– 2004 Makerere University BSC (Hons) Bachelor of Science in Agriculture 3.7: 5.0 Modules: Agricultural Extension Education, Animal Science, Soil Science, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Research methods, Food science and technology, dissertation. Work Experience

06.2021 - Present ForAfrika- Uganda Country Office as the Country Manager

Leading the strategic positioning, development, and implementation of medium to longer-term strategies ForAfrika in collaboration with local governments and other stakeholders in 12 districts.

Managing partnerships with 4 Community-based organizations (CBOs), 12 local governments and non-governmental institutions, bilateral and multilateral financing institutions, and civil society organizations.

Working with 4 Global teams and the Knowledge Centre in managing the utilization of the allocated resources worth 1.5 million Euros to implement country-level programs that resulted in uplifting the livelihoods of targeted Households and Communities.

Supporting the management of human resources of 43 staff, contracting goods and services, and financial management.

Overseeing annual budget preparation, management, and monitoring of expenditures in line with the organization's policies.

Coordinating with 7 affiliate global offices, based in the UK, Germany, SWISS, USA, Canada, South Africa, and Norway 06.2020 – 06.2021 Action Against Hunger as Head of Department Food Security and Resilience ACF-Uganda Country Office

Promoted and supported the integrated programming based on the Action Against Hunger Nutrition Security framework and Country strategy across 2 departments of food security and resilience and nutrition.

Provided guidance in Program Proposal development, and implementation, and organizational support to 4 field level offices in terms of capacity building of the FSLR team and Action Against Hunger and internal and external representation and coordination.

Acted as the deputy country director and head of operations for six months, as the organization was looking for a replacement for the Deputy Country Director.

06.2019 – 06.2020 Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) As Program Manager Resilient Livelihoods

Led the implementation of 14 resilient livelihood projects across the country funded by different donors in ensuring that procurement plans and reports were submitted on a timely basis, as required by VSO standard operating procedures.

Developed realistic project plans and budgets for the 14 projects under the food security and resilience programs and ensured that volunteers, staff, and funding were allocated appropriately and achieved value for money. 12.2018 – 06.2019 Mercy Corps as Program Manager for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs) Development:

Provided an oversight role to 8 staff and program management, in terms of coordinating the team, and implementing the program activities, in line with the program budget and within the agreed time frame.

Established and maintained 4 productive working relationships with local government officials in 4 districts to monitor project activities in the target areas.

Coordinated 2 departments - operations to ensure operational systems are in place to support field activities including logistics

(transport, warehousing, and asset management); and finance - procurement, administration, and human resources. 09.2014 – 07. 2018 Child Fund International; Uganda Country Office Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Knowledge Management Specialist

Supported the development of project reporting templates, work plans, and impact evaluation of the project activities in 4 areas of health (Including HIV/Aids and Malaria), households economic livelihood strengthening, child protection, and social service provision to children and their families.

Other Previous experiences

07.2011 – 07.2012 United States Agency for Development (USAID-Uganda Program Manager Policy, Trade and Enabling Environment.

02.2009 – 02.2011 United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Program Officer Agricultural Market Analyst in the Department of Agriculture and Market Support (AMS) Unit under the Purchase for Progress (P4P), project. 02.2008 – 02.2009 Bishop Stuart University Mbarara Faculty of Sciences and Part Time Teaching Assistant Makerere University Department of Natural Economics and Agribusiness Management. 03.2005 – 02.2007 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Program Assistant Under the Strategic Criteria for Rural Investments in Productivity (SCRIP) project.

Scientific Publications

Mutenyo, F., Machingaidze, S., Okello, W., Otai, M. and Asekenye, M., 2020. Multistage processes of identifying children at risk or out of family care: A case of DOVCU project methods in Uganda. Global Social Welfare, 7(3), pp.201-213. Professional Associations

Member of Uganda Evaluation Association. Presented my thesis titled Implication of Access to formal financial markets on the asset location and savings behaviours of Households at the international conference in 2004.

Class representative for the MSc in Management Jan Cohort 2023, and a member of the Academy of management

Worked part-time at the SPA, in Dublin as an assistant Sales manager-Ireland Experience.

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