Social Management

Bundie Kabanze

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(202) 909 - 6667 adk3xe@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Development and humanitarian professional with more than 7 years of experience advancing the rights of vulnerable populations especially children, girls and women. Deeply motivated to address lack of opportunity, discrimination, and inequality through a vision based on equality, social justice and innovation. High degree of cultural sensitivity and adaptability and ability to thrive in and learn in diverse environments.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Program management Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Strategic Thinking and Management Program Design Stakeholder Collaboration and Partnership Building Grant Administration

EDUCATION

MBA Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Management - Dec, 2021

Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University- Waltham, Massachusetts

MPhil Multicultural and International Education - 2012

Oslo Metropolitan University (Formerly Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences), Oslo, Norway

Bachelor of Arts with Education - 2004

University of Zambia, Lusaka

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Africa Program Officer June 2018 - Ongoing

Global Fund for Children – Washington, D.C.

Major Tasks

Identify and monitor country and regional patterns, trends and themes and designing responsive interventions

Coaching and providing technical assistance to the 30+ organizations working on a cross-section of issues in 13 African countries for growth, sustainability and deeper impact.

Collaborating with grantee partners to co-identify programmatic and organizational capacity gaps and developing capacity building plans

Facilitating dialogue between grantee partners and power brokers to cultivate networks that drive collective visioning for social change.

Leading the design and management of grantee partner convening aimed at creating space for reflection, sharing of practical knowledge among peers and acquisition of new knowledge from experts in the field.

Contributing to regional strategic thinking and grantmaking that aligns with the overall organizational priorities

Supervising regionally based staff in Africa and supporting their professional growth as well as ensuring team connectivity

Provide oversight to locally-based consultants for special projects to ensure adherence to TORs

Provided, prepared and supported program management briefings, presentations along with other detailed documents and reports.

Collaborating with the development team in donor prospecting, cultivating new leads and managing existing relationships ensure a continuous flow of funds to achieve regional objectives.

Curating and compiling reports that summarize the work that GFC is doing as well as showcase the growth and impact of grantee partners in the Africa portfolio to donors

Representing GFC to external audiences through communicating its position at conferences as well as through knowledge-pieces, blogs and articles

Key Achievements

Reduced the number of grantee partners in the portfolio from more than 100 to just over 30 and increasied the grant size by more than 100% to ensure sufficient engagement for trust-based relationships.

Suggested business process improvements to reduce grant cycle times.

Led the design of a Reducing rate of Violence against Women and Girls project involving 8 partners in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Designed 5 partner convening in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia that brought together partners and stakeholders to share knowledge and created long lasting mutually beneficial relationships.

Africa Program Associate March 2016 – June 2018

The Global Fund for Children – Washington, DC

Major Tasks

Identified, selected, scouted and vetted prospective partners that fit new initiatives for the Africa portfolio

Tracked and analyzed grant making processes for efficiency

Tracked grantee partner compliance with the terms of the grant and reporting requirements.

Conducted site visits to grantee partners to see their achievements and identify opportunities for capacity building support.

Managed logistical aspects of grantee partner convening including designing booklets and booking flights and hotel to ensure smooth execution of the events.

Contributed in identifying, capturing, and sharing lessons from grantee partners for institutional learning.

Reviewed and highlight grantee partner work to support preparation of technical reports and facilitate learning

Researched other possible sources of funding for grantee partners

Keys Achievements

Visited over 25 grantee partners in 9 countries and curated capacity building plans that tangibly transformed the organizations’ programmatic and organizational capacities

Accompanied 4 grantee partners in Liberia and Sierra Leone through part of the 4 year partnership with GFC

Achieved 98% of grantee partner compliance

Billing and Cash Collections Specialist August 2014 – March 2016

Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Arkansas

Major Tasks

Maintained the relationship between the US and Canada Finance offices to ensure synchronicity between the two teams in the finance records of the suppliers with a monthly net value of over $100 million.

Gathered information and wrote monthly reports for suppliers who were in a debit balance to remind them of outstanding bills

Worked with suppliers with aged debit balances and working with them to get them cleared as well as resolving disputes where conflict arose as a result of miscommunication

Tested existing workflows and suggested possible improvements to rid the system of process inefficiencies.

Keys Achievements

Achieved an 88% monthly resolution/recovery record of debit balances in my portfolio.

Maintained 100% report compilation and submission

Design, Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Officer April 2008 – June 2010

World Vision International, Lusaka, Zambia

Major Tasks

Managed a broad range of Design, Monitoring and Evaluation functions including holistic appraisals and assessments for new projects

Setup, implemented, and managed of a comprehensive participatory project monitoring and evaluation system for a $1,2 million (annual budget) program that improved planning, performance monitoring, accountability, and reporting of projects and led to an estimated 25% increase in program approval rating by the recipient community and 15% increase in donor funding

Designed and started implementation of a 15 year Area Development Program that consisted of WASH, education, agriculture projects

Monitored, together with the finance department, expenditure against project implementation that reduced significant variances

Implemented resource and facility mapping using Geographical Information Systems and facilitated development of a training program for staff on the usage of the data base and utilization of data for project planning

Compiled reports that highlighted achievements for institutional learning and donors

Supervised a cadre of 8 community development workers

Geography Educator June 2005 – March 2008

Durban Day Private Secondary School, Durban, South Africa

Major Tasks

Formulated curriculum-based objectives and plans to improve student knowledge in accordance with set education standards

Managed a diverse classroom population of children with troubled backgrounds

Established and maintained positive relationships with students, parents and colleagues, fostering an environment of open communication and support

Counseled students when adjustment and academic problems arose and conferred with parents as appropriate

Increased class attendance by about 18% by the end of my contract.

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