Benjamin Elijah Email & Phone Number

Damaturu, Yobe, Nigeria

As a Program and Admin Associate, I provide comprehensive programmatic and administrative support across TAConnect’s program in Yobe State.

Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria

I am responsible for providing technical support and oversight to TB and HIV programs, ensuring effective implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of program activities, and facilitating capacity building and collaboration with stakeholders to enhance program outcomes and compliance with national guidelines.

Jalingo, Taraba, Nigeria

As Project Assistant I supported the Project Manager (PM) in the day-to-day management of the EU-funded PROSELL Project. I worked closely with the PM and other project team members to plan, implement, monitor, and report all project activities. Specifically, I:• Coordinated delivery of agreed-planned strategies in the project communities, enhancing the achievement of project objectives and goals with significant impact on vulnerable farming households.• Maintained effective partnerships with NGOs, government line ministries, and relevant stakeholders for the long-term sustainability of the project.• Integrated the organization's core values of Equality, Inclusiveness, and Accountability in target communities while aligning the project interventions with community needs.• Documented and shared project impacts, lessons learned, case studies, and success stories with relevant stakeholders for improved decision-making. • Prepared and reviewed project activity, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual project reports in line with donor requirements.• Participated in the development of project work plans, updating of the project logical framework, and overall tracking of project achievements, disaggregated by age and gender.• Participated in project monitoring and evaluation activities including routing monitoring visits, Distribution and Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM), Mid and Endline Project Evaluation, and Household Economic Analysis (HEA) among others.• Performed routine data quality assessments for the Savix Management Information System (Savix MIS), conducting quarterly data cleaning exercises and refresher training for community field offices and project supervisors, resulting in a 17% improvement in data VSLA quality. • Conducted comprehensive assessments of community food security situations, and proposed effective strategies to enhance food security and economic resilience among 40,000 vulnerable households including 50% women.

Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria

As LGA Project Supervisor on the PROSELL Project, I was responsible for the planning, implementation, and supervision of all project activities in the target communities of my assigned LGAs. I managed community and LGA advocacy activities, interfaced with both state and non-state actors, and ensured the quality implementation of all activities at the LGA level. The team I managed comprised 13 field officers and 13 extension agents. Specifically, I;• Led the planning and implementation of all project activities in the designated LGA and leveraged networks to mobilize resources for impact.• Coordinated and Oversaw data monitoring and evaluation activities in the LGA including Baseline survey, Community Selection, and Household Selection, and ensured compliance with monitoring and reporting requirements.• Established and strengthened an enabling work environment that eased knowledge sharing, and enhanced communication and collaboration, leading to the establishment of 114 Food Reserves and 254 VSLAs.• Mobilized, sensitized, and oriented community local leadership and traditional institutions, engaging a wide range of stakeholders.• Conducted livelihood assessments to facilitate a community-led approach to building resilience and improving livelihoods for both household and community levels.• Coordinated with stakeholders and partners in training project participants on small-scale business, income-generating activities, VSLA, and livestock production and management.• Facilitated effective collaboration with the LGA technical and management teams, identifying critical LGA-specific project activities, processes, and outcomes. • Efficiently coordinated team, optimized project delivery, and fostered a culture of accountability, responsiveness, and innovativeness within the team.

Nigeria

I provided technical support and worked with principal program officers to execute research projects, tracked and monitored project progress. conceptualized and managed projects; prepared and scheduled meetings and presentations.

Jalingo

I provided technical support to staff across departments within the organization. I was also involved in registering clients and dispatch of clients' diagnosis results.

Muri Emirate, Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria

My job function included tutoring Biology in Senior Secondary classes and Mathematics in Primary classes. I prepared the final year students for final exams and achieved 75% pass rate.

Along Old Jalingo Air Strip, Mayo-Dassa, Jalingo

I tutored Biology to Students in the Senior Secondary classes and Basic Sciences in the Junior Secondary classes. The curriculum included practical and experimental classes as well as field works. I prepared both junior and senior class finalists for final exams and achieved a 70% pass rate.

Masters Of Science, Parasitology

Activities and Societies: Research, Diagnosis and Publications Masters of Zoology in Parasitology and Public Health involves studies.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Zoology/Animal Biology