Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, sustainable rural devel

Location:

Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi

Posted:

February 05, 2025

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*. Surname: CHINDEBVU

*. First Name: Enert Nyando

3. Nationality: Malawian

4. Education:

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Institution / Date

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

University of Zimbabwe, 2002 - 2004

Master of Policy Studies

University of Namibia, 1995

Post Graduate Diploma in Fisheries Planning and Management

University of Malawi, 1989 - 1993

Bachelor of Science

5. Membership of Professional Associations:

Fellow of the Leadership for Environment and Development Southern Africa Region (LEAD-SA) Cohort 9 funded by The Rockefeller Foundation

6. Relevant Certificate Training:

Certificate in Advanced writing, 2004 (USAID)

Certificate in Advanced Correspondence skills, 2004 (USAID)

Certificate in Marine Conservation and Policy, 2002 (Duke University, North Carolina)

Certificate of Graduation for the Leadership for Environment and Development, 2002 (Mexico)

Certificate in Championing Sustainable Development, 2002 (Malawi)

Certificate in Steering Development Towards Sustainability, 2001 (Tanzania)

Certificate in International Sustainable Development (Indonesia)

Certificate in Upgrading quality and Safety of Fisheries Projects, 2000 (Malawi)

Certificate in Fisheries Resources Management, 1999 (Japan)

Certificate in Leadership Skills for Women Managers, 1999 (Malawi)

Certificate in Environmental Impact Assessment, 1998 (Malawi)

Certificate in Gender Analysis and Mainstreaming in the project cycle, 1997, (Malawi)

Certificate in Total Project Management, 1996 (Malawi)

7. Key qualifications: (Relevant to the assignment):

More than 20 years of professional experience in programme/project management, fisheries resources management, environment and natural resources sustainable management, strategic planning, results-based monitoring and evaluation (M&E), capacity building, government policy and operations, development of policy/ guidelines and manuals, governance and decentralization, poverty reduction programs, education, health, HIV/AIDS, gender based violence, on and off-farm income generation, micro small medium enterprises, contracts/grants financing and management.

More than 15 years of professional experience in project/ programme management function at senior level working with Department of Fisheries as Project Coordinator, Principal Fisheries Officer, Regional Gender Officer, Fisheries Resources Management Specialist and Environment and Social Safeguard Specialist; USAID/Malawi as Project Development Specialist; and SMEC as Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist.

Solid experience in USAID rules and regulations, contract/grant administration and management, Project Cycle Management and Capacity Development.

More than 12 years of experience in fisheries governance and decentralization and strengthening community structures in co-management approach, fish value chains, participatory governance and ecosystem approach to fisheries management.

Experienced in coordination/collaboration with non-government organizations, donors, private sector players, communities, government ministries and departments in policy dialogue, strategic planning and annual work plans, monitoring and execution, environmental and social safeguards compliance, preparation of progress reports, technical documents, procurement plan, preparation of terms of reference and management of short-term consultants of fisheries and environment activities.

Excellent oral, written communication, analytical, presentation and report writing skills in English language including ability to convey complex ideas through clear and concise reports and effective oral presentations.

Very good experience in advising high-level policy structures in policy dialogue, advocacy institutionalization, operations and management.

Excellent experience in training and staff/community/decentralized structures capacity building: i) organizing and delivering/ facilitation of trainings/ workshops; ii) assessing training needs; iii) implementing training programs.

Solid experience in strategic planning/ country strategy papers, preparation of workplans and budgets, implementation and expenditure management.

Profound practical experience in design and implementation of research/ studies and result-based M&E systems with in-depth mastery in quantitative and qualitative methods, results frameworks, logical framework approach, M&E plans, indicator data collection tools/instruments and procedures, and data quality audits/assessments and analysis and report writing.

Extensive operational experience and working knowledge in human resources management, staff performance and capacity building, management of rural development projects including climate resilient programs.

8. Countries of Work Experience:

Country

Date from - Date to

Malawi

1993-2005; 06/2016 – To-date

Botswana

12/2010 - 05/2016

Namibia

01/2006 - 11/2010

9. Languages: (1 = Excellent, 5 = Basic)

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

English

Chichewa

10. Employment Record

Name of assignment or project:

Sustainable Capture Fisheries, Aquaculture Development And Watershed Management Project

Year:

10/2020 - To-Date

Location:

Lilongwe, Malawi

Client:

Department of Fisheries, Malawi Government; African Development Bank (AfDB); Global Environmental Facility (GEF)

Main project features:

The project aims at improving the fishing and fish farming communities’ resilience, fish and fish products value addition, and infrastructure for increased fisheries productivity and strengthened nutritional security. It focuses on Watershed Management (financed by Global Environment Facility), while AfDB finances Sustainable Capture Fisheries, Aquaculture Development, Fish Value Chain Promotion and Strengthening, and Project Management, Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation. The project area covers all the lakes and major rivers in Malawi.

Positions held:

Fisheries Resources Management Specialist

Activities performed:

(i) Coordinate, train partners and beneficiaries and implement ecosystem approach to fisheries management as a strategy for strengthening integrated management of land, water and living resources in order to promote conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way for the ecological and human wellbeing. (ii) Coordination and technical supervision, planning and annual work programming, fish value chain assessments and strengthening, monitoring and execution, environmental and social safeguards compliance for civil works, preparation of progress reports, technical documents, procurement plan, preparation of terms of reference and management of short-term consultants, of all project activities related to fisheries and watershed management in collaboration with multiple line ministries and departments (Forestry, Land Use, Environmental Affairs, Gender, Youth, Local Government, Trade and Industry), and private sector and donors. (iii) Preparation of African Development Bank (AfDB) environmental and social safeguards planning documents (Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMP)) and ensuring implementation compliance for civil works including the grievances redress mechanisms, preparation of environmental and social safeguards reports, compliant bidding documents, terms of reference for short term consultants, and progress reports related to fisheries/watershed workplan. (iv) Participate in the selection, recruitment, management and quality control of studies and works/ infrastructure, capture fisheries and watershed management service providers. (v) Participate in the project monitoring and evaluation, development of the procurement plan of goods services and works, proper maintenance and good management of project infrastructures and facilities, and identification of beneficiary ownership of project achievements. (vi) Support and train decentralized structures to increase governance of catchment basins and implementation of the environmental and social management framework. (vii) Carryout inspection, licensing and enforcement patrols on lakes Malawi, Malombe, Chilwa and Chiuta during closed season. (viii) Organize multi-stakeholder meetings (e.g. project steering committee) for progress reviews and to harmonize various issues related to resources management and harvesting. (ix) Restore critical spawning grounds for capture fisheries on lakes Malawi, Malombe, Chilwa and Chiuta. (x) Collaborate with FAO Malawi Office to enhance/ secure sustainable small scale fisheries and infrastructure construction and co-management of fish processing, marketing WASH facilities in selected beaches and fish landing sites.

Name of assignment or project:

Development of Kindernothife (KNH) Country Strategic Paper III 2022-2026 for Malawi

Year:

08 - 10/2021

Location:

Lilongwe, Malawi

Client:

A&R Development Consultants, and Kindernothife e. V Germany

Main Project Features:

Development of Kindernothife (KNH) Country Strategic Paper III 2022-2026 for Malawi

Positions held:

Consultant – Child Rights and Gender Expert

Activities performed:

(i) Development of Kindernothife (KNH) Country Strategic Paper III 2022-2026 for Malawi. (ii) Designed and implemented participatory surveys, developed questionnaires and guiding questions for use in interviewing stakeholders using focus group discussions and key informants interviews. (iii) Analyzed survey data and prepared the Country Strategic Paper. (iv) Presented the strategic paper in a workshop to validate the finding, results and the focus areas.

Name of assignment or project:

Baseline Survey of Norwegian Church Aid NORAD Funded Gender Based Violence and Fighting Inequality Projects

Year:

10/2020 – 01/2021

Location:

Lilongwe, Malawi

Client:

Norwegian Church Aid

Main Project Features:

Norwegian Church Aid NORAD funded programmes, namely, the Gender Based Violence (GBV) Programme and the Fighting Inequality (FI) Programme seek to address challenges related to increased economic and gender inequality, the causes and consequences of GBV, as well as the limited capacity of faith-based and civil society organisations to play their roles in these.

Positions held:

Consultant – Gender Expert

Activities performed:

i) Co-designed and conducted a baseline study in Karonga, Dowa, Ntchisi and Mangochi districts; ii) Assessed aspects of GBV and FI, constructed baseline data for key performance indicators for achieving the results; iii) Assessed dominant norms that fuel violence and mapped out the lifesaving and specialized GBV services available for women and girls at risk; iv) Assessed rights holders involvement in resource governance and holding duty bearers accountable, and the institutional capacity strengthening initiatives for partners; v) Developed structured questionnaires and guiding questions for the study; vi) Trained data collectors on the conduct of the study and administering the questionnaires and guiding questions; vii) Analyzed data and prepared the study report.

Name of assignment or project:

Malawi Infrastructure Development Project Resettlement Action Plan – SMEC (Pty) Ltd

Year:

07/2017 – 09/2018

Location:

Lilongwe, Malawi

Client:

Millennium Challenge Account/Malawi Government

Main Project Features:

The objective of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) is to compensate Project-Affected People (PAPs) for assets lost, to provide resettlement assistance and restore livelihoods lost or adversely affected as a result of the Millennium Challenge Account – Malawi Infrastructure Development Project (IDP) that involved construction, rehabilitation and upgrading of electricity transmission lines, distribution lines and sub-stations which required permanent and temporary acquisition of land, leading to physical and economic displacement of people and assets that are located within the wayleave or right-of-way associated with the project.

Positions held:

Consultant - Monitoring and Evaluation Expert

Activities performed:

i) Review all relevant documentation regarding the infrastructure Development Project and the Resettlement Action Plans; ii) Review and internalize the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) Plan for the Resettlement Action Plan; iii) Developing and implementing M&E work program, implementation schedule and resource plan; iv) Monitoring implementation of resettlement action plan in all the three regions of Malawi on how and to what extent the project has affected various beneficiaries (PAPs) including those that received compensation and the vulnerable (young women, children and the elderly); v) Provided guidance to project management and donor - Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)/ Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) – Malawi on utilizing the surveys results/findings for developing livelihoods restoration strategies and implementation action plan to improve and empower young women, children and the elderly vi) Conducted mid-term and end-line household socio-economic surveys country-wide, designed self-weighting sample and sampling, developing questionnaires, training enumerators and pre-testing, implementing data collection and analysis, reports writing and dissemination of the surveys findings; vii) Conducted qualitative studies using focus group discussions, key informants interviews and in-depth interviews to complement the findings of the sample surveys; viii) Prepared progress reports and represented SMEC in progress review meetings with MCC/MCA – Malawi; ix) Staff Capacity Building through training of enumerators, supervisors and data analysts; x) M&E data collection, quality control, data analysis, interpretation and report writing; xi) Prepared the following survey reports: (a) End-line Household Socio-economic Study, (b) Monitoring of Communication Strategy on Use of Compensation, (c) Impact of Sharing Money on Use of Compensation on PAPs – including occurrence of gender based violence, (d) Monitoring of Female Own Construction PAPs, (e) Monitoring use of Compensation for PAPs Who Received MK500,000 or More, (f) Monitoring of Vulnerable PAPs on Use of Compensation, and (g) Mid-term Household Socio-economic Analysis.

Name of assignment or project:

Veld Products Research and Development

Year:

01 – 04/2012

Location:

Gaborone, Botswana

Client:

Veld Products Research and Development

Main Project Features:

Sustainable harvesting and utilization of wild fruits

Positions held:

Volunteer – Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Activities performed:

i) Developing project proposals, Work plans and Budgets, (ii) resources mobilization, (iii) project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, iv) promoting women in use of solar energy for fruit products processing, (v) Developing and implementing marketing strategies to improve market share and profitability of products from wild fruits.

Name of assignment or project:

Capacity Building

Year:

11/2007 – 01/2008

Location:

Windhoek, Namibia

Client:

National University Of Science and Technology (Former, Polytechnic Of Namibia)

Main Project Features:

Capacity Building through development of Training Materials and Manuals for the University’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Development

Positions held:

Capacity Building Consultant

Activities performed:

(i) Developed HIV/AIDS training material for Technical Support Facility (Southern Africa); (ii) Trained, using experiential learning cycle, representatives from different non state actors/organizations in preparing Terms of Reference (ToR) and managing HIV/AIDS consultants/contracts using the ToRs; (iii) Developed a Training Manual for Effective Terms of Reference for Short-Term Technical Assistance for HIV and AIDS Program Technical Support Facility (TSF) – Southern Africa in collaboration with The Polytechnic of Namibia.

Name of assignment or project:

Development of Strategic Plan

Year:

09 – 10/2007

Location:

Windhoek, Namibia

Client:

University Of Namibia

Main Project Features:

Development of University Centre for Consultancy Bureau Strategic Plan

Positions held:

Consultant – Policy Expert

Activities performed:

Writing, Editing and finalizing University Centre for Consultancy Bureau strategic plan

Name of assignment or project:

Project Proposal Development Consultancy

Year:

02 – 03/2007

Location:

Windhoek, Namibia

Client:

Namibia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry; Directorate of Forestry

Main Project Features:

Preparation of project proposal “Investigating the Effectiveness of Jatropha Curcas System as an Alternative Source of Energy in Northern Namibia” for donor funding

Positions held:

Consultant – Planning/ Programming Expert

Activities performed:

i) Used the Logical Framework approach to prepare/develop rural development project proposals for donor funding; ii) Facilitated and prepared/developed a project proposal “Investigating the Effectiveness of Jatropha Curcas System as an Alternative Source of Energy in Northern Namibia” for the Directorate of Forestry in the Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry. This grant application was submitted to Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) for funding under the Competitive Regional Agricultural Research Fund sponsored by the 9th European Development Fund.

Name of assignment or project:

United States Agency For International Development (USAID/Malawi)

Year:

11/2003 – 10/2005

Location:

Lilongwe, Malawi

Client:

USAID/Malawi

Main Project Features:

USAID/Malawi development aid/ assistance supported i) economic growth programmes to increase rural incomes through greater agricultural productivity via development of agricultural input markets, public enterprise reform (privatization), and facilitating small-scale financial lending operations to expand their services to under-served rural areas, private sector job creation and more effective community based natural resources management; ii) Democracy and Governance programmes to improve citizens’ access to justice, increased advocacy in support of rule of law through civil society participation and citizens’ involvement to protect their rights and fully integrate them into the political decision making process, and improve responsiveness of parliament with citizens’ participation; iii) Health programmes - reduced fertility and child morbidity, increase effectiveness of health care systems and community participation to improve the quality, coverage, management of health services, reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS through supporting activities that improve care for orphans, vulnerable children and the terminally ill, reduce new HIV infections through social marketing of condoms, and building capacity of local non state actors to expand coverage and provide quality voluntary counselling and testing services, reliable diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, expand prevention of mother to child transmission activities and community surveillance of tuberculosis; and iv) Education programmes to establish effective schools that improve pupil learning conditions through increased community participation and creative teaching, expanding teacher professional skills, developing and implementing education policy reform programme, and mitigating impact of HIV/AIDS in education sector.

Positions held:

Project Development Specialist

Activities performed:

Responsible for i) due diligence and technical evaluation of project proposals ensuring that projects include gender perspective and that indicators are compliant with USAID policy and M&E requirements to measure the goals, objectives and results; ii) coordinating and facilitating the preparation and discussion of the semi-annual project performance implementation reviews, including collating financial data, review of accounting reports, and analyzing the activity expenditure and mortgages to forecast pipeline to detail and establish whether requested incremental funding is justifiable; iii) coordinating the formulation and finalization of partner projects to be funded by USAID, and smart partnerships (public private partnerships) with stakeholders and grant beneficiaries; (iv) coordinating gender activities for 35 grant beneficiaries; v) organise, manage and deliver trainings and support to staff in 35 grant beneficiaries.

Name of assignment or project:

Lake Malawi Artisanal Fisheries Development Project

Year:

04 – 11/2003

Location:

Lilongwe, Malawi

Client:

Malawi Government, Department of Fisheries; African Development Bank (AfDB)

Main Project Features:

Development and implementation of Malawi Government policies, acts, guidelines, manuals and operations in relation to Fisheries and governance of natural resources in order to ensure sustainable harvesting and utilization while improving their productivity.

Positions held:

Project Coordinator/Manager

Activities performed:

i) Provide overall operational management, execution, implementation, supervision, work plans, budget estimates and expenditures and progress reporting for the project. ii) Overseeing project planning, implementation of work plan and management in collaboration with local, regional and international service providers while ensuring proper logistics, procurement of commodities and services, inspecting/acceptance of goods, verifying use of services and goods, as well as ensuring that procurement procedures guarantee the best value for the project and are compliant with African Development Bank (AfDB) rules and regulations for procurement of goods, services/works and consultants; iii) Managing the day-to-day office operations that include financial/budget expenditure management and operations, staff supervision and performance appraisals, monitoring and evaluation; iv) Facilitating implementation of Fisheries Management Policy through development of appropriate work plan and its implementation and coordination with stakeholders and donor agencies; v) Preparation of progress reports against approved project work plans and objectives to manage for results; (vi) Organizing and managing the project steering committee, project coordinating unit and districts project meetings to review of implementation progress; (vii) Liaison with AfDB, Department of Fisheries and other players/ donors/NGOs/private sector.

Name of assignment or project:

Department of Fisheries

Year:

10/2000 – 04/2003

Location:

Lilongwe, Malawi

Client:

Malawi Government

Main Project Features:

Positions held:

Principal Fisheries Officer

Activities performed:

i) Staff supervision in collecting, processing and analyzing fisheries statistical data for sustainable development and management of fisheries sector; ii) gender mainstreaming and community participation in the co-management of fisheries resources; iii) diversification of income generation and improving the status of women’s roles in the Fisheries Sector; iv) training the fishing communities and officers; v) collaboration with stakeholders, other players and donors in implementing the Government of Malawi decentralization policy, Natural Resource Management and districts work plans; vi) managing the Environmental Management Program and the biological control and socio- economic impact of the Water Hyacinth; vii) Support Community Village Beach Committees participation in enforcement of Fisheries Management Regulations.

Name of assignment or project:

Department of Fisheries

Year:

11/1994 – 10/2000

Location:

Lilongwe, Malawi

Client:

Malawi Government

Main Project Features:

Positions held:

Regional Fisheries Officer

Activities performed:

i) Coordinate fisheries conservation, management, research and extension in Nkhotakota, Salima and Dedza districts; ii) Monitor and supervise District Fisheries Officers in the implementation of fisheries projects; iii) Foster multi-sectoral approach/collaboration with ACTIONAID and Malawi Social Action Fund in aquaculture, and with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Participatory Rural Development 5th Cycle program and involvement of the District Executive Committee; iv) Conduct research in environment and control of pollution and water hyacinth around Dwangwa Sugar Company; v) Development and dissemination of sustainable fisheries resource management policy, strategies and messages; vi) Translation of Fisheries Act and policies into local languages; vii) Spearheading implementation and institutionalization of improved fish handling and processing techniques to reduce post-harvest losses; vi) Promoting gender mainstreaming, community participatory fisheries planning and management; and vii) Under the Fisheries Development Project funded by the World Bank/International Development Association, promoting women participation in fish processing and marketing, access to credit and off-farm income generating activities.

11. Other relevant information (e.g. selected publications): A list of selected papers:

1.A&R Development Consultants, and Kindernothife e. V Germany, 2021 (Sulamoyo, N.B and Chindebvu, E). Kindernothife (KNH) Country Strategic Paper III 2022-2026 for Malawi

2.Norwegian Church Aid, 2021 (Kajumi, M and Chindebvu, E). Baseline Survey of Norwegian Church Aid NORAD Funded Gender Based Violence and Fighting Inequality Projects

3.Chindebvu, E. 2018. End-line Household Socio-economic Study. SMEC International Pty Ltd Lilongwe, Malawi

4.Chindebvu, E. 2018. Monitoring of Communication Strategy on Use of Compensation. SMEC International Pty Ltd. Lilongwe, Malawi

5.Chindebvu, E. 2018. Impact of Sharing Money on Use of Compensation on Project Affected Persons (PAPs). SMEC International Pty Ltd. Lilongwe, Malawi

6.Chindebvu, E. 2017. Monitoring of Female Own Construction PAPs. SMEC International Pty Ltd. Lilongwe, Malawi

7.Chindebvu, E. 2017. Monitoring Use of Compensation for PAPs Who Received MK500,000 or More as Compensation. SMEC International Ltd, Lilongwe Malawi

8.Chindebvu, E. 2017. Monitoring of Vulnerable PAPs on Use of Compensation. SMEC International Pty Ltd. Lilongwe, Malawi

9.Chindebvu, E. 2017. Mid-term Household Socio-economic Analysis. SMEC International Pty Ltd Lilongwe, Malawi

10.Chindebvu, E. 2007. Training Manual for Developing Effective Terms of Reference for Short-Term Technical Assistance for HIV and AIDS Program Technical Support Facility (TSF) – Southern Africa in collaboration with The Polytechnic of Namibia.

11.Chindebvu, E. 2006. Investigating the Effectiveness of Jatropha Curcas System as an Alternative Source of Energy in Northern Namibia and Southern Zambia. Development Proposal for the Namibian Government Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

12.Nyando, E. 2004. Community Participation in Enforcement of Fisheries Management Regulations: An Assessment of Village Beach Committees Around Lake Malombe in Malawi. Unpublished M.Sc. Dissertation. University of Zimbabwe.

13.Nyando, E. 2002. Role of NGOs in Natural Resource Management: The Case of Lake Malombe. Paper presented at the 4th Regional Training Session for Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) cohort 9. Lilongwe, Malawi.

14.Nyando, E. 2001. Sustainable Development: Impact of Traditional Practices on Education in Mangochi. Paper presented at the 2nd Regional Training Session for LEAD Cohort 9. Johannesburg, South Africa.

15.Nyando, E. 1997. Evaluation of the Socio- economic Impact of the Water Hyacinth in the Lower Shire under the Environmental Management Program. Water Hyacinth Control Project.

16.Njaya, F.J. and Nyando, E. 1996. Co-management Study Tour Report to Zambia and Zimbabwe

17.Nyando, E. 1996. Experiences in the Co-Management at Lake Chiuta, Chirwa and Malombe, the Upper Shire River, and Mbenji Island: Basis for Extension of the Co-Management Program to Lake Malawi. Paper presented at the 3rd Malawi Fisheries Research Symposium- Department of Fisheries. Mangochi, Malawi.

18.Nyando, E. 1996. The status of Women’s Roles in the Fisheries Sector for Mangochi District. Paper presented at the review of GOM/UNDP 5th Cycle Program for the capture Fisheries Component. Mangochi, Malawi.

19.Mtunda, M., Nyando, E., Namwaza, A. and Nnesa, A. 1994. Problems Women Face in the Fishing Communities of Nkhata Bay, Salima and Mangochi. Department of Fisheries, Malawi.

20.Nyando, E. 1993. Studies in the Germination of Terminalia Sericea Seeds. Forestry Research Institute of Malawi. Unpublished B.Sc. Dissertation. University of Malawi, Chancellor College.

12. Referees

1.Dr. Friday Njaya

Vulnerability to Viability Project Private Bag 303

Chichiri

Blantyre 3

Tel: 099*******/ 088*******

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

2. Dr. Dick D. Kachilonda

P.O. Box 1013

Lilongwe

Tel: 099*******

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