Youth Development Project Management

EMAH MACHARIA_NDENGO

NDENGO, PMP® MS, PYD

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Kigali, Rwanda

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Professional Summary

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Professional Development Coach, with over 15 years of expertise in global health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and Youth development. A passionate advocate for Positive Youth Development (PYD) and a skilled trainer, has led critical health and livelihood programs in Rwanda. Recognized for strategic leadership in programs like DREAMS, empowering adolescent girls and young women, and pioneering innovative national HIV programs. Award-winning mentor and GBV prevention leader, excels in program design, stakeholder engagement, monitoring, and policy implementation, making a lasting impact on global health outcomes

Experience

1.FSN Fellow Office of HIV/AIDS (OHA) Priority Populations, Integration and Rights (PPIR) Division

September - November 2023. Washington DC, USA

Providing support to OHA PPIR Division to strengthen HIV programming for priority populations, including a focus on HIV Prevention and community programming.

Main Duties Include:

●Review and provide input on Youth Engagement and Leadership planning.

●Mapping USAID/PEPFAR prevention support to Adolescent Boys and young Men (ABYM) and identifying priority gaps.

●Reviewing USAID’s evidence of norms change interventions for ABYM tied to HIV/DREAMS enabling environment.

●Developing mentoring support/guidance (webinar, PPT, resources) for interagency DREAMS Coordinators

●Providing input on DREAMS/Sustainability planning.

2.PEPFAR Dreams Program Coordinator United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

May 2021 – Current. Kigali, Rwanda

Dreams is an initiative aimed at reducing new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa. In Rwanda, DREAMS empowers young women (15-24) through comprehensive interventions. It includes reproductive health care, violence prevention, HIV testing, community mobilization, and support for families.

Main duties Performed:

●Providing overall strategic direction for the program, keeping abreast of global policies and priorities. Advise Senior Management and leadership based on this knowledge.

●Advancing ongoing direction and leadership for program operations, ensuring efficient and effective program implementation.

●Managing program design, planning, monitoring, reporting, and communications activities while addressing technical, financial, and operational concerns by collaborating with team members and program managers and directors.

●Leading engagement with the Government of Rwanda (GOR), development partners, civil society, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and coordination of DREAMS program activities with national HIV program priorities.

●Coordinating USG PEPFAR support to GOR efforts related to AGYW, GBV prevention, norms change and multi-sectoral gender-based violence prevention response.

●Monitoring and analyzing data trends, refining programs based on local and global evidence, and documenting and disseminating program successes.

USAID Mission Youth Working Group co-chair

●Coordinating mission-wide advancement of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and policy implementation.

●Adviser to the USAID Implementing partners PYD Community of Practice on policy and PYD framework implementation

Grants and Cooperative Agreement Officer’s Representative (AOR),

●I oversee and monitor awards, ensuring compliance with acquisition regulations and objectives.

●Provide technical guidance, performance monitoring, budget oversight, and facilitating communication between the implementing partner and USAID while ensuring alignment with program goals

●Approve deliverables and provide input on project implementation and reporting.

Interagency Prevention Technical Working Group chair and AGYW Lead PEPFAR Coordinating Office

●Providing leadership and coordination to the organization HIV Prevention technical working group ensuring effective interagency collaboration and coordination in program planning, execution, and reporting in the five main HIV prevention domains

●Providing technical advice to PEPFAR Senior Management (SMT) on PEPFAR and National AGYW programming.

●Co-Chairing and coordinating with the national HIV prevention technical working group on implementation and monitoring of HIV prevention programs.

●Spearheading development of a first ever national AGYW HIV prevention program in coordination with Ministry of Health, Global fund and Civil society organization.

●Preparing and presenting program analytics and briefs at COP planning and on quarterly basis to (SGAC) GHSD.

Key Achievements:

●Pioneered the first ever private partnership between DREAMS implementing partners and Bank of Kigali to advance sustainability and economic opportunities in TVETs for vulnerable youth.

●For the last five consecutive National Country Operation Plan (COP) planning sessions – Led the Interagency Technical Prevention Team delegation

●Designed a USD $75 million Orphans and Vulnerable and HIV prevention Program for Adolescents and young women (2022-2026), implemented in five districts in Rwanda.

●Certified USAID global Positive Youth Development Trainer – Conducted two International trainings and several local trainings to USAID staff, Government and Implementing Partners.

●Provided key technical advice for creating the first-ever National Adolescent Girls and Young women program guide. (now embedded in the National HIV strategic Plan)

●Received the PEPFAR program Gender-Based Violence Prevention Award at the PEPFAR AIDS 2022 Awards Ceremony in Montreal, Canada.

●National HIV program pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Trainer – Conducted multiple trainings for Implementing partners

3.Program Manager - Public Health Specialist Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

June 2017 – May 2021. Kigali, Rwanda

As a Program Manager - Public Health Specialist at the CDC, my role was to oversee and manage the implementation of the HIV Prevention program.

Main duties Performed:

●Monitored progress of programs, using and applying programming documents, program directives, funding documents and other program resources and tools.

●Coached team members on new PEPFAR strategies, policy updates and performance improvement plan to accomplish project goals.

●Oversaw project Grants Management while addressing and resolving technical, financial and operational concerns by working with team members and funded partners.

●Monitored grants awardees budget execution against targets, approved work-plans, reviewed progress reports while implementing course correction.

●Met with different host Government and civil societies, implementing partners and other stakeholders on a regular basis to assess progress and adjust.

Key Achievements:

●Launched new HIV prevention activity in 19 Health Centers and gathered functional and business requirements to support program and mitigate risks leading to national program scale-up.

●Led the development and rollout of a nationwide HIV Index and Partner Notification services program, training over 350 healthcare providers.

●Co-led the implementation and development of the pilot Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) program, leading to country-wide scale-up.

4.Grants Management Officer Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

February 2015 – June 2017. Kigali, Rwanda

Grants Management Officer at the CDC, my role was to oversee the management and administration of grants within the organization.

Main duties Performed:

●Provided Budgetary, Financial and Administrative oversight and leadership in the management of the CDC funded awards of $31.1 million in Cooperative Agreements, direct Grants and Contracts ensuring effective and productive partnership and quality deliverables.

●Maintained close watch on financial and operational performance of different funds and made proactive adjustments to keep portfolios in conformance with approved plans benchmarks and targets.

5.Research and Evaluation Assistant Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

June 2012 – February 2015. Kigali, Rwanda

Research and Evaluation Assistant at CDC, my role was to support research and evaluation activities related to public health programs.

Main duties Performed:

●Prepared and submitted science protocols and compliance documents, tracked IRB research renewal deadlines, collected and maintained research records, provided training to staff and implementing partners on regulatory requirements.

●Worked with principal investigators to coordinate qualitative research into a number of HIVAIDS management care and treatment studies.

●Helped team meet regulatory requirements by coordinating documentation and filings.

●Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.

●Developed reports and communication products, fact sheets, graphs and tables to analyze and summarize study data.

6.Program Management Assistant Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

February 2009 – June 2012. Kigali, Rwanda

Program Management Assistant at CDC, my role was to provide support in the management and administration of public health programs.

Main duties Performed:

●Built and maintained excellent customer relationships through timely response to inquiries and going above and beyond to accommodate extra requests.

●Composed and proofread memos, letters and reports to verify error-free communication.

●Organized logistics and materials for each meeting, arranged spaces and took detailed notes for later dissemination to key stakeholders.

7.Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Aphia Nyanza USAID Funded Project

February 2006 – November 2007. Nairobi, Kenya

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the Aphia Nyanza USAID Funded Project, my role involved overseeing and conducting monitoring and evaluation activities to assess the project's progress and impact.

Main duties Performed:

●Served as Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer and Head of the M&E unit, responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating HIV/AIDS related studies and health systems strengthening surveys.

●Provided scientific leadership for the M&E unit, analyzing public health issues and their impact on project operations.

●Collaborated with the Ministry of Health and implementing partners to develop protocols, data collection tools, and reporting mechanisms.

●Led strategic information collection and reporting processes for USAID funded M&E activities.

●Analyzed, synthesized, and disseminated findings, outcomes, and results of M&E activities.

CONFERENCES

Africa Bureau Health State of the Art (SOTA) conference South Africa. April 2024

Role: USAID Rwanda representative

Output: Presented on “The Time is Now: Youth, Operationalizing USAID’s youth in development policy

AIDS 2020 Conference Montreal, Canada July/August 2022

Role: DREAMS Expert in the Ask the PEPFAR Experts Session on DREAMS (Programming and Partnership) at the PEPFAR Booth.

International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) Kigali, Rwanda. December 2019

Role: Poster Presenter and exhibitor

CONSULTANCIES

UNAIDS HIV Response Sustainability Roadmaps Peer-Learning Workshop South Africa. December 2024

Role: USG Country Technical Expert

Output: Workshop Report with guidance and recommendation. The workshop served as an important checkpoint and opportunity for countries to advance the development and improve the quality of their HIV Response Sustainability Roadmaps Part A and to learn from other countries’ experiences.

Children, Adolescent, Youth and Families in the Epidemic (CAFYE) Washington DC. September, 2024

Role: Positive Youth Development Expert

Output: Presented lessons and models on Economic strengthening, Private partnerships and youth empowerment from Rwanda program implementation

Facilitated week-long PYD training for USAID staff from across 12 countries

Country Operational (COP) Approval Meeting South Africa

March 01 2020 –March 07 2020

Role: USG Country Technical Expert presenting HIV Prevention portfolio.

Output: Approved COP

USG Interagency Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PREP) Implementation Exchange Visit

Uganda Kampala, Uganda

May 2019

Role: CDC Country program Youth representative.

Output: Gained enhanced participants’ ability to implement PrEP programs to scale and fidelity while adapting country specific demand creation and messaging strategies, service delivery models and retention, good practices on the PrEP stakeholder engagement with (policy makers and community).

External Quality Evaluation of the Zambia PEPFAR Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision program Harare, Zambia

June 16 2019

Role: Program External Evaluator.

Output: External program report shared with MOH and Interagency team

Gender and Youth HIV prevention workshop Atlanta, GA

August 2018

Role: CDC Country program DREAMS and Youth representative.

Output: Developed PEPFAR Rwanda pilot implementation framework for the Key Population program that was implemented in FY19

Professional Certification

●Project Management Professional (PMP)® Institute: Project Management Institute

●Leadership Performance Coaching Certificate (LPCC)

●https://www.credly.com/users/emah-macharia-ndengo

Education

●Master of Science in Public Health Management - James Lind Institute, (JLI) Geneva Switzerland - Ongoing

●Master of Science in Project Management - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Nairobi, Kenya – Thesis titled Sustainability of Water Project in Nairobi

●Bachelor of Arts Human and Social Sciences, Community Development - University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

●Certificate of HIV Care and Counselling - University of South Africa Pretoria, South Africa

●Certificate of Feminist Leadership for Justice, Equity and Ecology – St Francis Xavier University Coady Institute, Halifax, Canada

●Certificate of Integrated HIV Prevention Care and Management- AMREF training Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

●Higher Diploma in Management of Information Systems (IMIS) – The Institute for management of Information Systems, Kent, UK

Professional Training

•Foreign Service Nationals (FSN) Leadership Development Empowerment Program at the USAID – October 2023

•USAID Positive Youth Development (PYD) - Trainer, 2023

•USAID COR Level 2 certification, 2022

•Feminist Leadership for Justice, Equity and Ecology, 2022

• Gender and Sexual Diversity Training, 2021

• Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence across Sectors, 2021

• Inclusive Development Training, 2021

• Positive Youth Development Four-Day Training, 2020

• Women in Leadership: Moving Beyond Gender Roles as a Leader, 2020

• Women in Leadership: Building Your Infrastructure for Leadership, 2020

• Women in Leadership: Mastering Key Leadership Competencies, 2020

• Conflict management and resolutions training, 2020

Skills

●SharePoint

●Tableau Dashboards

●Mapping software: ArcGIS and QGIS,

●Project Management software: MS Project

Select awards and milestones - US Embassy Kigali Mission

USAID On the Spot Award, January 2024

For thoughtful and technically sound approach in designing and Co-facilitating the first ever USAID AOR and Implementing partners Positive Youth Development Training

USAID Bureau for Global Health, November, 2023

For extraordinary technical and strategic contributions and strong engagement in USAID Global Health Fellowship program

US mission Eagle Award, June 2023

For promoting and advancing meaningful youth engagement in the reduction of new HIV infections and violence prevention for adolescent girls and young women.

PEPFAR program Gender-Based Violence Prevention, July 2022

Awarded the first ever PEPFAR program Gender-Based Violence Prevention Award at the PEPFAR AIDS 2022 Awards Ceremony in Montreal, Canada. The award recognizes a team or person doing critical, life-saving work to respond to and end GBV, especially for those who remain disproportionately impacted by violence.

USAID On The Spot Award, May 2022

On The Spot Award for thoughtful and technically sound approach in designing the new USAID OVC\DREAMS 75 million USD program

US mission honor award, August 2021

For outstanding technical leadership and exemplary support to CDC Rwanda PEPFAR HIV Prevention program

US mission honor award, December 2020

For exceptional technical leadership and contribution during the PEPFAR Country Operation Planning 2020 in-person planning meeting in support of the PEPFAR Rwanda HIV program

US mission honor award, May 2019

For exceptional dedication and outstanding performance in accelerating HIV case-finding strategies (Index testing) resulting in finding more HIV positive people and linking them to treatment

US mission Eagle Group award, December 2018

In recognition of exceptional technical leadership and support to the capacity building of the Ministry of Health and Rwanda Biomedical Centre to implement surveillance of recent HIV infection in Rwanda towards epidemic control

US mission Eagle award, November 2016

For outstanding teamwork in achieving results in the Business Accountability Review

US mission Group Award, November 2015

For extraordinary ability to expeditiously respond to high level data request for critical PEPFAR supported activities occurring concurrently

Languages

• English Fluent

• Swahili Fluent

• French Basic

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