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Ethiopia

South Sudan

-Lead country program development and donor partnership strategy.- Provide guidance and leadership in quality program implementation and integration in DRC South Sudan.- Ensure compliance in donor and organizational policies and procedures in program and financial resource management.- Ensure effective learning and knowledge management within the country program.- Effectively manage technical, grants and MEAL team of international and national managers with an emphasis on excellence, collaboration, learning, innovation and impact.- Represent DRC with donors, government authorities, UN and humanitarian agencies and other partners.-Support the development of key advocacy and communication materials.

-Lead the development of Northern Ethiopia Crisis Response Program and Resource Development Strategy.-Ensure and facilitate the smooth coordination and collaboration across national and global technical program leads and support units for effective humanitarian program development and management.-Lead donor engagement strategy and relationship for the national office humanitarian response program.-Ensure quality assurance, accountability and information management of the northern Ethiopia humanitarian response program. -Lead local program partnership management and capacity building strategies.-Effectively manage program team who are working in under stressful and complex situation.

Afghanistan

Lead country humanitarian and development program design, implementation and managementDesign country funding strategy, lead grant acquisition and ensure high standard grant management. Ensure quality program implementation and adherence to Core Humanitarian Standards. Networking and coordination with donor, government, implementing partners and other coordination entities.

Iraq

Led country strategy development and program resource acquisition for child protection and education sectors. Provided overall leadership to the country protection and education quality program implementation and ensured proper financial planning and management. Developed protection training manuals and toolkits for the government on case management, social work and child protection system strengthening. Served as acting Program Development and Quality Manager with a focus to manage the multicultural team of technical advisors, business development and monitoring evaluation.

Afghanistan

Provided strategic leadership in the development and resource acquisition of education and child protection programs. Led the quality program development and management of $68 million USD portfolio area programs. Developed assessment and monitoring tools to ensure result-based program. Managed external engagement with donor, cluster and partners.National level advocacy and policy influence in protection system strengthening and education.Capacity building on protection case management, child and adolescent life skill development, child safeguarding policy, behavior change communication approach to harmful social norms, advocacy and strengthening system for child protection.

Addis Ababa

Innovative program development Resource acquisition and management in multi-sector program design and quality implementation.Evidence based programming for humanitarian emergency response and development. Build capacity on child protection, safeguarding and education

Addis Ababa

Strategic leadership and program management on child protection and educationNational capacity building resources developmentManaged a team of five Child Protection and Education national technical leads and 15 field Education Officers Technically supported the project design, proposals, training manuals, monitoring tools for more than 68 million USD projects across the country. Led the development of child protection policy, national strategy for child protection and education, Monitoring and evaluation assessment and monitoring tools

Ethiopia

Led multi-sector and multi-year program design for Health, Agriculture, Education, WASH, economic empowerment of agro-pastoralist communities. Managed multi-sector project leads and field level staff. Ensured quality implementation and accountability of with the focus on well-structured and standardized monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning tools. Had developed and provided capacity building training on project management, child development and protection for staff and external stakeholders.

Oromia Region, East Shoa Zone

•Taught and provided counseling and psycho-social support for adolescent students, teachers and parents.In addition, provided training on reproductive sexual behaviors and life skills.

M.A Degree, Developmental Psychology

B.A Degree, Educational Psychology