Tinashe Chikwasha

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PERSONAL DETAILS

Marital Status: Married

Sex: Male

Religion: Christianity

Date of Birth: 07 July 1988

National ID: 45-180408N45

Nationality: Zimbabwean

Languages: English and Shona

Driver’s License: 99604DK (Class 4)

CAREER SUMMARY

An accredited and registered M&E Officer with excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical, IT and problem solving skills. I am bringing five years of relevant expertise in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS, Food and Nutrition, Disaster Risk Reduction and Livelihoods development projects. I am a champion of giving guidance in conducting baseline, midterm and end of term evaluation surveys through the use of DHIS2, KOBO, SCCOPE, ODK and GIS tools. I retain wealthy of experience through implementation of Gender Policy and partial utilization of ZINASP 3 and I believe I am the exact candidate you are looking for.

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Master of Arts in Development Studies, (degree class: Merit), Midlands State University (2022)

Masters in Monitoring and Evaluation, (degree class 2.1), Lupane State University (2022)

Special Honors in Monitoring and Evaluation (degree class 2.1), Lupane State University (2021)

Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Accountancy, (degree class: 2.1), Chinhoyi University of Technology, (2014)

Registered Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.

OTHER CERTIFICATES

Fraud Awareness, (PSEA) by UNICEF July 2022

Bookkeeping and Accounting level 1 and 2 (2008-2009)

by UNICEF July, 2022

I Know Gender: An Introduction to Gender Equality (PSEA) by UNICEF April, 2021

Innovation against gender based violence, UN Women Zimbabwe, June 2021

Prevention of sexual exploitation (PSEA) by UNICEF, Agora, 2021

On the job formal training and achievements

Innovators against Gender-Based Violence Training Programme, 2019 (ZIPAM Training Centre).

Gender Action Learning System Training (GALS), 2020 (LGDA Training Centre).

Village Savings and Lending (VS&L) Training, 2021 (La Rchelle Hotel, Mutare)

Selection, Planning and Management of income generating projects (SPM), 2021

Management Information Systems (MIS), 2022 (Training-Holiday Inn Mutare)

Sexual violence training and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Childline 2019

Providing First-line Support for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in HIV Settings “LIVES” Training, Childline 2020

Research Papers

An assessment of the social effects of climate change on gender based violence, (Midlands State University,2022)

Sexual harassment of females in Mbire Communities, (Lupane State University, 2021).

An examination on the use of social corporate responsibility as a marketing strategy: A case study of Econet

Zimbabwe, (Chinhoyi University of Technology, 2013)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

1.Employer: ADRA ZIMBABWE

Position: Assistant Accountant

Period: March 2022 to December 2022

Responsibilities:

Enhancing, Recovery and Resilience in Communities (ERRIC) funded by USAID, Mbire District.

•Conduct pre-award assessment exercise to determine capacity to implement ERRIC2 by checking on the financial system

•Conduct site visits to ensure compliance with the USAID, rules, regulations and requirements to safeguard donor funds against fraud, waste and abuse

•Conduct onsite or offsite training and capacity building, reviews partner financial and inventory management systems on site and recommendations necessary adjustments.

•Review sub grantee records management systems and recommendation for improvements where necessary.

•Verification of sub grantee indirect costs share ratios, basis and client fees management

•Reporting and producing of action items on monitoring plans

•Follow ups, documentation and reporting of monitoring and evaluation items and plans

•Compilation and negotiation of Memo for sub-Grantees and reviews partner budget submissions for accuracy.

•Ensuring that Sub Grantees Operating Advance Request is in line with the budget

•Checking that partner operating cash flow requirements and disburse funds accordingly and checks and ensures that the amount requested is in line with program scope of work

•Processing of Sub Grantee Operating Advance requests in QuickBooks and ERP system

•Ensuring proper filling of Sub Grantees and manage Donor files, documents and correspondence both soft and hard copies

•Reviewing and maintaining of Asset Accounts

•Collection of necessary assets acquisition documentation like invoices, GRNs and purchase orders from procurement and finance departments

•Analyzing the nature of add on expenditure like freight, clearing, improvements to determine the class of such costs as either CAPEX or revenue for capitalization purposes

•Maintain of proper filling of Sub Grantees

•Preparing of assets acquisition, processes assets releases and records assets movement in QuickBooks to update the change in location for tracking purposes

•Communicates with users on assets in transit and observes state of assets during verification exercises

•Preparing of disposal forms for all qualifying assets as per the Asset Policy and entering all disposals in QuickBooks

•Tracking and preparing of aging reports for Sub Grantees operating advances, receivables and liabilities

•Preparing of asset reports including acquisition notices and disposal documents for review

•Preparing of assets sub-ledger to general ledger reconciliations on monthly basis

•Preforming of final assets verification for discontinued sites

•Providing audit documents samples as requested by supervisors and or audit coordinator

2.Employer: UN Women Zimbabwe

Position: Assistant Accountant

Period: January 2019 – November 2021

Responsibilities:

SPOTLIGHT Project

•Conduct pre-award assessment exercise to determine capacity to implement Spotlight by checking on the financial system

•Conduct site visits to ensure compliance with the UN Women Zimbabwe, rules, regulations and requirements to safeguard donor funds against fraud, waste and abuse

•Conduct onsite or offsite training and capacity building, reviews partner financial and inventory management systems on site and recommendations necessary adjustments.

•Review sub grantee records management systems and recommendation for improvements where necessary.

•Verification of sub grantee indirect costs share ratios, basis and client fees management

•Reporting and producing of action items on monitoring plans

•Follow ups, documentation and reporting of monitoring and evaluation items and plans

•Compilation and negotiation of Memo for sub-Grantees and reviews partner budget submissions for accuracy.

•Ensuring that Sub Grantees Operating Advance Request is in line with the budget

•Checking that partner operating cash flow requirements and disburse funds accordingly and checks and ensures that the amount requested is in line with program scope of work

•Processing of Sub Grantee Operating Advance requests in QuickBooks and ERP system

•Ensuring proper filling of Sub Grantees and manage Donor files, documents and correspondence both soft and hard copies

•Reviewing and maintaining of Asset Accounts

•Collection of necessary assets acquisition documentation like invoices, GRNs and purchase orders from procurement and finance departments

•Analyzing the nature of add on expenditure like freight, clearing, improvements to determine the class of such costs as either CAPEX or revenue for capitalization purposes

•Maintain of proper filling of Sub Grantees

•Preparing of assets acquisition, processes assets releases and records assets movement in QuickBooks to update the change in location for tracking purposes

•Communicates with users on assets in transit and observes state of assets during verification exercises

•Preparing of disposal forms for all qualifying assets as per the Asset Policy and entering all disposals in QuickBooks

•Tracking and preparing of aging reports for Sub Grantees operating advances, receivables and liabilities

•Preparing of asset reports including acquisition notices and disposal documents for review

•Preparing of assets sub-ledger to general ledger reconciliations on monthly basis

•Preforming of final assets verification for discontinued sites

•Providing audit documents samples as requested by supervisors and or audit coordinator

•Ensuring that the Office maintains Statistical data contributing to monthly collation of statistics and targets using EXCEL and SPSS.

•Stakeholder engagement through working in the field of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment, child protection, making, receiving, and following up on referrals.

•Conducting awareness raising activities in the community on issues of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment, child abuse, child protection and children’s rights.

•Supporting the organization fundraising activities through Research proposal writing and other local community initiatives

•Responsible for the reviewing of budgets

3.Employer: CIVIC FORUM ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Position: Assistant Accountant

Period: February 2018 – December 2018

Responsibilities:

Disaster Preparedness of Muzarabani Communities Project Funded by WFP

•Conduct onsite or offsite training and capacity building, reviews partner financial and inventory management systems on site and recommendations necessary adjustments.

•Review sub grantee records management systems and recommendation for improvements where necessary.

•Verification of sub grantee indirect costs share ratios, basis and client fees management

•Reporting and producing of action items on monitoring plans

•Follow ups, documentation and reporting of monitoring and evaluation items and plans

•Compilation and negotiation of Memo for sub-Grantees and reviews partner budget submissions for accuracy.

•Ensuring that Sub Grantees Operating Advance Request is in line with the budget

•Checking that partner operating cash flow requirements and disburse funds accordingly and checks and ensures that the amount requested is in line with program scope of work

•Processing of Sub Grantee Operating Advance requests in QuickBooks and ERP system

•Ensuring proper filling of Sub Grantees and manage Donor files, documents and correspondence both soft and hard copies

•Reviewing and maintaining of Asset Accounts

•Collection of necessary assets acquisition documentation like invoices, GRNs and purchase orders from procurement and finance departments

•Analyzing the nature of add on expenditure like freight, clearing, improvements to determine the class of such costs as either CAPEX or revenue for capitalization purposes

•Maintain of proper filling of Sub Grantees

•Preparing of assets acquisition, processes assets releases and records assets movement in QuickBooks to update the change in location for tracking purposes

•Communicates with users on assets in transit and observes state of assets during verification exercises

•Preparing of disposal forms for all qualifying assets as per the Asset Policy and entering all disposals in QuickBooks

•Tracking and preparing of aging reports for Sub Grantees operating advances, receivables and liabilities

•Preparing of asset reports including acquisition notices and disposal documents for review

•Preparing of assets sub-ledger to general ledger reconciliations on monthly basis

•Preforming of final assets verification for discontinued sites

•Providing audit documents samples as requested by supervisors and or audit coordinator

•Ensuring that the Office maintains Statistical data contributing to monthly collation of statistics and targets using EXCEL and SPSS.

•Stakeholder engagement through working in the field of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment, child protection, making, receiving, and following up on referrals.

•Conducting awareness raising activities in the community on issues of gender equality, women and girls’ empowerment, child abuse, child protection and children’s rights.

•Supporting the organization fundraising activities through Research proposal writing and other local community initiatives

•Responsible for the reviewing of budgets

4.Employer: KAMPCO RESOURCES MINE

Position: Administration Accountant

Period: May 2015 – December 2017

Responsibilities

•Development of Budget and Finance annual plans.

•Ensuring competitive and transparency procurement process and compliance with Government, rules and regulations are followed

•Monitoring the execution of budgets while ensuring adequate allocation and proper utilization of funds

•Ensure timely and accurate payment of expenses on the basis of appropriate approvals

•Prepare and file disbursement applications in compliance with applicable disbursement procedures and processes.

•Maintain up-to-date accounting records for the organisation

•Conduct physical check-up on all assets in the register, fuel movements, assets insurance and service conditions in time.

•Present recommendations for asset replacement and disposal and ensure proper disposal procedures are followed

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

Competent in using Microsoft excel, SPSS, KOBO, ODK, DHIS2, GIS, log frames and spreadsheets.

PROFESSIONAL REFEREES

Simbarashe Moyo Shungu Nyandori Pelvin Mupandani

IAG Coordinator Budget Holder Accounting Manager

Spotlight UN Women WFP UN Women Zimbabwe (LGD)

Zimbabwe

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