Manager Engineer
Resume:
Jimmy Nuwelnu Nyanwapolu
Charlotte, NC 28213
DOB: 06/28/1964
*************@*****.***
Professional/Career Objective: Result-oriented performance, with strong administrative and program management competence, driven by innovation and motivation that is sustained by a work environment guided by interpersonal relationship, open communication, transparency, and endurance.
Education
Institution Degree/certificate Major Graduation Date
Cuttington University MBA Management June 29, 2008
University of Liberia BBA Management May 28, 2003
Liberia Institute of Public Administration Diploma Project Design & Management Oct –Nov 2002
Booker Washington Institute Certificate High School Dec 15, 1984
Booker Washington Institute Diploma Electricity Dec 15, 1984
Work Experience
Aug 2008 – Aug 2011: Program Manager with the U.S. Peace Corps, Monrovia, Liberia
RESPONSIBILITIES
a) Program/Project Development & Management
• Develop and maintain contacts in sectors(ministries, NGOs, and others involved with Peace Corps (PC) Liberia activities
• Actively identify issues relevant to sector and PC programs, and communicate
regularly with Country Director (CD), Administrative Officer (AO) and Peace Corps Medical Officer (PCMO) on impacts of these issues
• Prepare and update program documentation for PC Liberia’s projects in cooperation with Liberian officials and citizens, PC staff, volunteers, collaborating development partners, etc
• Plan and conduct sites development for viable assignment
b) Volunteer Support
• Assist the Country Director in planning, developing, coordinating, and evaluating
orientation programs and provide technical support, assessment and feedback on regular basis to volunteers and counterparts
• Support volunteers with personal and cultural counseling and with various PC
Administrative functions at both field and Monrovia Office
• Visit volunteer sites as appropriate to discuss with volunteers, site supervisors, and co-workers regarding job viability, admin interest, etc
c) Monitoring & Evaluation
• Design and implement effective project monitoring and evaluation systems with host institutions and volunteers for goal achievement
d) Security
• Uphold and abide by all PC and Post standard and guidance for ensuring safety and security of all staff, volunteers, equipment, property, etc
E Administrative Support
• Develop, track and update volunteers files and records on regular basis, and write
Letters of recommendation for volunteers or others as appropriate
• Plan and share with Administration volunteer orientation budget, and periodically review and advise on program budgetary allotment
2006 – 2008 Deputy Program Manager with the Ministry of Health & Social Welfare’s
National Leprosy & TB Control Program, Monrovia, Liberia RESPONSIBILITIES
• Oversaw Program’s administrative planning and control as it relates to personnel, logistic and finance
• Supervised Program’s Finance and Logistic Officers in the execution of their functions to ensure budget implementation compliance
• Assisted with planning and budgeting both Government and donors funded program activities
• Attended intersectoral and interagency meetings relative to program collaboration and coordination
• Attended the regular Technical Coordinating Committee meeting of the Global Fund’s Liberia Coordinating Committee (LCM) on program implementation reviews
• Assisted with project proposal development, program management, monitoring & evaluation
2004 – 2006 Assistant Minister for Social Welfare with the Ministry of Health & Social
Welfare, Monrovia, Liberia
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Coordinated the technical team of the Social Welfare Bureau to of the Ministry to plan, implement and evaluate social welfare services for orphans, people with disabilities, disadvantaged and street children as well as the marginalized population
• Collaborated with social welfare services providers to design policies and regulations that protect the rights of under-privileged through the provision of basic welfare services
• Planned and coordinated training workshop to upgrade the performance capacity of social workers in the Bureau
• Assisted with budgeting and managing funding for social services providers with the Ministry
1997 – 2000 Assistant Manager for Administration with the Rural Electrification,
Department of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC)
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Handled all administrative services of the Rural Electrification Department with emphasis on personnel and logistic budgeting to resuscitate Liberia’s rural isolated power stations
1994 – 1995 Deputy Hospital Administrator, Ganta United Methodist Hospital, Nimba
County, Liberia
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Coordinated with Non-Governmental and humanitarian Organizations for the availability of drugs and medical supplies during the Liberian Civil crisis
• Assisted with Hospital administrative services
1989 – 1990: Production Supervisor with Liberia Resources Corporation, Careysburg,
Liberia
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Supervised factory production personnel and equipment to meet raw rubber processing targets
• Made production shift reports to supervising Factory Manager
• Supervised maintenance and services of electrical failures on production machines
1986 -1988: Electrical Supervisor with now the Salala Rubber Corporation (formerly called
Alan L. Grant, Weala, Mragibi County Liberia
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Supervised the maintenance and repair of factory electrical installations
• Prepared electrical installation blueprint for engineer’s review and approval
• Made operation and servicing schedules for plant’s power generators
• Made periodic reports to Chief Engineer
Other qualifications
Skills
• MS words, Ms Excel, MS Power point and internet
• writing and composition of the English Language
Conferences & Seminars attended
April 2004: A member of Liberian delegation to the 2nd Session of the Labor and Social
Affairs Commission of African Union in Cotonou, Benin
Sep 2004 A member of the Liberian delegation’s Technical Team to African Union’s
Extraordinary Submit of Heads of State on “ Employment Creation and
Poverty Alleviation in Africa” held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
April 2005: A Member of the Liberian delegation to the third session of the Labor and
Social Affairs Commission of African Union, held in Johannesburg, South
Africa
February 2009: Attended Peace Corps ICT-HIV integrated training workshop in Dakar, Senegal
December, 2009: Attended Peace Corps organized Food Security Conference in Dakar Senegal
September 2010: Attended Peace Corps organized African Post-conflict Countries workshop for
Peace corps posts in Entebbe, Uganda
January 2011: Attended Peace Corps’ first Africa Oversea Staff Programming training in
Dakar, Senegal
Experience with Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria (GFATM) programs
June, 2006: Participated in the development of GFTAM Round 6 TB proposal for Liberia
Coordinating Mechanism (LCM), which was considered in GFTAM Technical
Review Panel (TRP)’s Category 3 (meaning to resubmit)
June 2007: Participated in the GFTAM Round 7 TB proposal for the LCM application, which
was considered in the TRP’s Category 2 (meaning proposal approved, but with
conditions submitting some outlined clarification in six weeks)
December 2007: Coordinated the TB Program Technical Team in providing the TRP’s
requested clarifications in collaboration with the LCM’s Secretariat , upon
which the GFTAM TB R-7 proposal got final approval in January 2008 from
Geneva
January 2008 : Coordinated the TB Program planning session for a joint development of the
GFATM R-7 Procurement & Supply Management (PSM) plan, Monitoring &
Evaluation (M&E) plan and the Budget & work plan carried out by the TB
Program and UNDP
April 2008: Participated in the grant negotiation and defense of PSM plan, M&E plan,
and Budget & Work plan before GFATM-Geneva and its Local Funding
Agency, Price Water House from Ghana
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