Dickens Matutu
Social Cohesion Regional Coordinator
Harare Province
Summary
Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Head of Field Office
World Food Programme
Harare Province
01.2015 - Current
Southern Region Coordinator
Tree of Life Trust
01.2015 - Current
- Providing Management and Coordination roles of all the Organisation functions in the Region
- Coordination and design of Social Cohesion in the UN-World Food Programme (WFP) led consortium to create Resilience Livelihoods for the poor and perennially food insecure communities
- Social cohesion initiatives to help violence torn communities to come together, work together and find organic peace and sustainable peace initiatives, integrate survivors and perpetrators, promote collaborations and reconciliation efforts at community level and well as at Strategic levels
- This was done through the Trauma Healing and Empowerment activities that create the inner strength and power to engage and refocus on moving forward
- Formulate, plan, budget and supervise project staff and carry out monitoring and evaluation activities to ensure attainment of set objectives and indicators
- Participate in research and continuous improvement of the organisation interventions
- Attend Strategic meeting and spearhead advocacy and networking initiatives at various levels
- Help establish, capacitate and empower Community Based Organisations (CBOs) in all the communities of operations
- This was meant to build ownerships of processes and sustainability of the same
- Representing the Director on Mission visits, partner meetings and other as assigned
- Managed to helped the organisation to co-create community initiatives with government Line Ministries for improved sustainability and support beyond funding of these activities
- Successfully crafted and implemented novel youth programming in the organisation
- The project has since been running for the past 10 years (2015 to date) and has impacted lives of young people as shown by the external evaluations that were instituted by the funding partner (Germany Church- Bread for the World)
- Led the implementation of a new social cohesion project which was adapted to Livelihoods projects and produced resounding impacts following the external evaluation conducted by an independent evaluator
- This was a USAID-UN-WFP Led Resilience Livelihood Initiative project implemented by 4 consortium partners
- Another one was support by the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), WHH for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Chimanimani following Cyclone Idai
- Through stakeholder engagements, managed to established a number of partnerships and learning platforms in the region
- Helped expand the organisational reach in line with the Strategic Plan
- Participated in the development of Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and these have sustained and some grown into established organisations
- Participated in the Longitudinal Study conducted by the International Evaluator, on the long-term impact of Tree of Life Social Cohesion and Trauma Healing interventions on survivors of Political violence, post and present violence
- (USAID)
Education
Master of Science - Sociology and Social Anthropology
University of Zimbabwe
Harare Zimbabwe 02.2020 -
Master of Arts - Sociology
University of Zimbabwe
Harare Zimbabwe 08.2018 - 03.2022
Diploma in Marketing - Sociology
Institute of Marketing Management of South Africa
Harare Zimbabwe 01.2018 - 01.2025
Executive Certificate - Project and Programme Monitoring and Evaluation
U Z
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Strategic Management
National University of Science and Technology
Skills
Leadership and Management skills
Project Coordination
Group dynamics training
Facilitate peer reviews
Team player
Motivator
Advocacy
Networking
Problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Adaptability
Cultural diversity
Information technology skills
Computer skills
Other
- Centre for Victims of Torture (CVT) PATH programme on the job skills development (Making the most of Clinical supervision), working with victims/ survivors of violence and Torture.
- CAPACITOR- Self-care for survivors of violence.
Education And Professional Development
- Master of Science in Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Zimbabwe
- Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Sociology, University of Zimbabwe
- Diploma in Marketing, Institute of Marketing Management of South Africa- IMM
- Executive Certificate in Project and Programme Monitoring and Evaluation, U Z
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management, Pending completion of Dissertation, National University of Science and Technology -NUST
Interests And Passions
- Passionate about interacting with people from different walks of life
- Motivated by positively transforming and impacting the vulnerable people lives.
Personal Information
- ID Number: 03-099139D03
- Citizenship: Zimbabwean
- Date of Birth: 04/03/78
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- Religion: Christianity
Timeline
Master of Science - Sociology and Social Anthropology
University of Zimbabwe
02.2020 -
Master of Arts - Sociology
University of Zimbabwe
08.2018 - 03.2022
Diploma in Marketing - Sociology
Institute of Marketing Management of South Africa
01.2018 - 01.2025
Head of Field Office
World Food Programme
01.2015 - Current
Southern Region Coordinator
Tree of Life Trust
01.2015 - Current
Executive Certificate - Project and Programme Monitoring and Evaluation
U Z
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Strategic Management
National University of Science and Technology