Program specialist

MARYAM MAINA ATSEWE

Address: No. **, Bassa off Bill Cliton Drive, Airport Road, FCT, Abuja.

Mobile Cell: +234**********, 080********

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

EXPERTISE/SKILLS

•Community mobilization

•Entrepreneurship and leadership skills

•Strong interpersonal and communication

•Organizing, Coordinating workshop and seminars

•Qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis

•Direct Marketing and Relationship management skills

•Fund Raising and Budget management

•Advocacy

Interest:- Being a voice to the voiceless and transforming hopelessness to hope for the marginalized especially youths and woman in our society.

EXPERIENCE:

Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC) ; April 2014 – May 2016

project consultant (Central Bank of Nigeria Project Yola, North East Nigeria. Conduct a comprehensive entrepreneur skill development training for 1,500 internally displaced persons (IPD). Facilitate startup and soft loans for IDP trainees through individual philanthropies and microfinance banks in Yola Northeast.

Ensure effective monitoring of community facilitators and making sure that the step down training for IDP camps participants was successful and meet the CBN set criteria and policy frame work.

Women for Health Programme (W4H):

National consultant (Gender Audit of Health Inst.)

Northern Nigeria

Conduct a comprehensive gender audit of health institutions in Katsina, Zamfara and Jigawa States, the research was in relation to access the level of facilities obtained in the institutions.

Conduct a depth interview with the principles of the schools, focus group discussions with the teachers, individual interviews with some selected teachers, and a transect walk discussion round the hostels and school premises with some female student was equally conducted.

Oversee the complied report by the team of national consultants and discussed within 2 day meeting with the international consultants in Abuja and a final report was produced by the team.

National Consultant (Midwives Motivation) April 2013 - June 2013

Carry out a second consultancy work on qualitative research on midwifery motivation and attitude. Oversee and monitor a qualitative research conducted by a team of national consultants to find out more on midwifes motivations and attitude towards rural posting in Jigawa, Katsina and Zamfara states.

Selected nurse from comprehensive health care centers, general hospitals were Interviewed and a conclusive report was compiled during a 2 day interactive session with the international consultants in Abuja.

Opportunities Industrialization Center International ( OICI): June 2011 to

March 2013

Program Specialist

Katsina state o Totally responsible for setting out implementation strategy for the EDC Project in Katsina State.

oSourcing mobilizing and training of future entrepreneurs (Fes) in Katsina State o Coordinating field mission, co- facilitating in training of over a 1,000 participants

Fes

oActively participated in marketing the EDC project in Katsina state and local government areas

oInitiated a policy framework on collaboration with individuals, agencies, societies and banks to raise funds to sponsor FEs for EDC trainings.

oDevelop an all- encompassing framework with team members to seek for sponsorship for FEs

Fidelity Bank Plc

Relationship Officer – (marketing sector) February 2009 – MARCH 2010

Kano Nigeria

Initiated the establishment of a standard COT concept for Internally Generated

Revenue (IGR) Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) revenue collection in my branch.

Develop key marketing concept that lead to mobilized over N500 million in revenue collection for the branch. Generated and mobilized over 200 accounts with almost N1billion naira turnover annually.

Skye Bank Plc

Marketing officer (marketing sector) AUGUST 2006- JANUARY 2009

Kano Nigeria o Maintained a balance sheet size of over N500million in current, savings, and revenue collections accounts annually

Developed a strategic framework that generated over 250 accounts with over

N100 million naira monthly in collections o Liaise with various government agencies and academic institutions, to promote bank products.

Promoted from Teller 3 to Teller 2 within 2 years and received several recommendations from MD of the bank, regional Manager with several cash awards from the Head office.

Sustainable Development Initiative Center (SUDIC) JANUARY 2005 AUGUST 2006

Project Assistant

Kano Nigeria o Provided financial and budgetary support to the project manager

Provide technical assistance to the project manager in making sure that trainings in six communities in 3 local government areas in Kano state were well organized and covered.

Supported the project manager to in monitoring the community facilitators and making sure that the step down trainings for the community volunteers in the various communities was successful.

Facilitate travels with team members to Tudun Wada, Rogo and Karaye local government areas of kano state and made sure that the community volunteers were giving practical support.

Play active role and participated in monitoring the community volunteers with the international team members (PATHS)

Also provided support in report writing

Community Health and Research Initiative ( CHRI) JULY 2004 –SEPTEMBER 2005 Assistant Project Coordinator

Kano, Nigeria o Addressing sexual and Reproductive Health Problems in Kano through an online and one on one counseling with support and funding from Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center, Lagos and Ford Foundation respectively.

Facilitate the second phase of Mc Arthur Foundation which over research works development of information, education and communication materials (Almanac, Stickers and table Calendar). Actively participated in the dissemination of the research findings to diverse stakeholders.

Took minutes and coordinated other staff of CHR work activity towards the overall success of the project mission.

Contributed in sourcing for funds for the organization through project supports from NGOS and private sectors.

John Hopkins University Health Communication Partnership (JHU/HCP) JUNE 2004 – JULY 2004.

Project support secretary

Kano, Nigeria.

Provided logistics and secretarial support to John Hopkins University Health Communications Partnership funded program on capacity building for Journalists on PMTCT.

Facilitated the workshop conduct, assisted the training team and liaise with participants Train 25 journalist representing 17 media houses in Kano and empowered on correct reportage skills for PMTC.

EDUCATION

Institution:

Bayero University, Kano 2010 – 2011

Qualifications:

Masters in Development Studies (MDS)

Institution:

Bayero University Kano (Nigeria) 2007 – 2008

Qualification:

Post Graduate Diplomas in Management

Institution:

Kano State Polytechnic, Kano (Nigeria) 1996 – 1999

Qualification:

Higher National Diploma (HND) in Marketing

Institution:

University of Jos (Nigeria) 1991 – 1994

Qualification:

National Diploma in Marketing

WORKSHOP ATTENDED:

•Workshop on strategic communication in designing documents and script writing for Radio Drama on HIV/AIDs, Organized by IRNS – Jan. 24 – 29, 2005.

•Capacity building and IEC development working for NGOs/CBOs organized by MINPREH in collaboration with AHIP and supported by DFID- Feb. 28-march 5, 2005.

•Integrity Institute Workshop organized by LEAP Africa with support from UK Government Global Opportunities Fund .

•Conflict Management Workshop organized by Democratic Action Group (DAG), supported by Heimlich Olla Foundation (HBF)

•Empowering Youths to become active participants in building sustainable democracy in Nigeria, organized by Young Star Foundation International, Jos

•How to Publish Presentation, organized by British Council, kano

•Measure Evaluation Baseline Health and Education Survey 2005 by CRERD, supported by COMPASS

•7-day TOT on Increased Access to Maternal Emergency on the Safe Motherhood Project by PATHS, supported by DFID.

Date of Birth 1st October 1975 Marital Status: Married.

REFEREES:

DR. SADIQ D. GARBA

Registrar,

Kano state Polytechnic

Central Administration

BUK Road, Kano

Email: ************@****.*** Tel: 080********

MR BULUS SAMCI DABIT

Director,

National Orientation Agency

Old Federal Secretariate, Garki,

Abuja

Email: *******@*****.*** Tel : 080*********

USMAN KABIR MUSA

Intervention Manager

DFID- Propcorn Maikarfi Project

No.20 Port Harcourt Crescent, Area 11, Abuja

Email: *****@****************.***

Tel : 080********

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