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Overview
Work History
Education
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Major Highlights
Summary Of Other Roles
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Core Competences Skills
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NOZUKO GYSMAN

Pinetown

Summary

Dedicated community development professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing manufacturing employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Manager, Education Cannot Wait and GAP

Islamic Relief South Africa
Durban
10.2023 - Current
  • Ensure that the project is implemented according to plan from the beginning to the end, and that agreed objectives have been met.

• Ensure implementation of the agreed-upon funding proposal, assist with revising the proposal and budget over time if required, based on input and feedback from key stakeholders.

• Work closely with individuals and groups supporting the delivery of any activity, while determining roles and responsibilities based on activity requirements and timeframes.

• Work Ensure that relevant indicators are recorded, tracked and reported.

• Draft and Manage project MOUs, contracts and agreements to ensure good project governance.

• Creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence

• Establish practices, templates, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization.

• Oversee the efficient administration of the project in terms of finances, consultant contracts, keeping of records/minutes and other administrative tasks as required.

• Provide timely and high-quality finance reports to the Line Manager on the results of the process.

• Communicate progress, risks, expectations, timelines and milestones to appropriate stakeholders.

• Establish and maintain a usable and well-communicated schedule for all phases of the projects, ensuring effective Monitoring and Evaluation system.

• To provide quarterly and monthly narrative reports to the Islamic Relief Programmes Department.

Development Facilitator

World Vision, South Africa
08.2022 - 05.2023

Project Coordination

  • Prepared and trained staff and/or community for project planning, implementation, and transition to ensure sustainability of all projects
  • Development of detailed implementation plan and procurement plan in partnership with finance and supply chain departments for Education, WASH, Child Protection, Economic Recovery and Livelihoods, Health projects
  • Capacity building for communities and schools in rural areas in WASH, Child Protection, Emergency preparedness and support communities to establish child protection and education forums.
  • Ensure development programs meet minimum quality standards and supports program improvement, reflection, learning and community participation and ownership in World Vision-supported communities.
  • Monitored employee progress, offering feedback to management on additional training requirements.
  • Devised and coordinated learning and development activity, aligned with key priorities and objectives.
  • Project Coordination through preparation and training staff and/or community for project planning, implementation, and transition to ensure sustainability of projects.

• Capacity building for women led coops in rural areas in sewing and business management skills.

• Managed implementation of social development strategies and plans that address WV strategic goals and humanitarian standards to meet humanitarian needs.

• Project coordination by ensuring that all projects are implemented timely and in line with World Vision South Africa's technical program approach and models.

• Initiate resourcing mechanisms and ensure financial resources are managed according to WV standards, and donor and support office agreements.

• Ensure inclusion of most vulnerable groups including people leaving with disabilities, children and elderly in designing and implementation of all development activities.

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Establish and foster conducive working relationship with local and provincial government administrations.

• Collaborate and network with local communities, Government Departments, Faith Leaders, CBOs, and NGOs to ensure transition and sustainability of programs as well as continued partnership and sharing best practices in various fields.

  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other humanitarian actors, government representatives, and World Vision stakeholders.

Leadership and Management

  • Manage implementation of response strategy and plans that address WV strategic goals and humanitarian standards to meet humanitarian needs.
  • Develop and plan for emergency responses to achieve response strategy goals and objectives.
  • Oversee security function, planning, and implementation to ensure staff and organizational safety and security.
  • Implemented health, safety and well-being programmes to drive productivity and high-quality services.
  • Created and implemented best practice policies and processes to aid operational performance.
  • Completed duties to deliver on targets with accuracy and efficiency. Facilitate sub-agreements with partners and community-based organizations.
  • Monitored employee progress, offering feedback to management on additional training requirements.
  • Proposal development and Multi grant management.

Accountability, monitoring

  • Observe mission and core values of World Vision, demonstrate quality of spiritual life that is example to others and communicate World Vision's Christian ethos.

• Account to donors and community served by World Vision through community feedback mechanisms and reporting.

•Reporting and maintaining paper trail for outcomes. Participate in Monthly Financial Reports meetings and Operation's meetings to provide feedback on progress and challenges at Area Program level.

  • Working together with the core programmes/operations teams, organize and conduct routine monitoring and evaluation of the programme/projects and work closely with community members, implementing partners and beneficiaries to improve attainment of program/project goals. S/he will conduct monthly, quarterly monitoring and evaluation facility and field visits.
  • Support programs in designing and conducting baseline surveys, mid-term evaluations, specialized studies and final evaluations to include sampling methodologies, data collection instruments, analysis and report development.
  • With the guidance and support from the MEAL & Evidence and Learning Coordinators, support implementation of a comprehensive organizational MEAL and knowledge management system to enhance impact monitoring, quality control and evaluation in order to improve internal processes and results delivery.

Response Manager

World Vision, South Africa
07.2019 - 07.2022
  • Understanding of humanitarian standards including SPHERE, Core Humanitarian Standards and Humanitarian Inclusion Standards.
  • Ensuring mapping of inclusive emergency response projects in close cooperation with network members and country office.
  • Project coordination and management by ensuring that all projects are implemented timely and in line with World Vision South Africa's technical program approach, models and donor requirements.
  • Led interventions in emergencies (social development in emergencies, economic development, food security/livelihoods, income generating activities, protection and psychosocial interventions for elderly, children and people living with disabilities, Education in emergencies).
  • Lead and where appropriate (or required) provide technical support, capacity development and engage with the country office/partners/network members to design and deliver an appropriate humanitarian response which are in line with WV humanitarian approach.
  • Supporting development and implementation of emergency response projects for World Vision field offices, network members and implementing partners.
  • Collaborated with local communities, Government Departments, Faith Leaders, CBOs, donors and NGOs to ensure successful implementation of projects.
  • Represent World Vision with the host Government, both at local, provincial and national , highlighting key issues of concern impacting on children, women and people living with disabilities.
  • Manage implementation of response strategy and plans that address WV strategic goals and humanitarian standards to meet humanitarian needs.
  • Operational Support – provide supervision of operational support functions, including working within country Security Manager to monitor the security situation, develop appropriate guidelines and standard operating procedures.
  • Administration, Finance and Human Resources - Ensure that administrative support functions are established and maintained in accordance with World Vision administrative policies and procedures
  • Participated in monthly financial reports meetings, operation's meetings to provide feedback on progress and challenges at Area Program level.
  • Information Management - Ensure timely dissemination of situation reports and fundraising material to World Vision National and Regional office.
  • Fundraising - ­ Develop an appropriate grant pipeline in collaboration with National Offices.
  • Leading project and programme monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting in collaboration with country, network members and/or implementing partner staff.
  • Monitored and evaluated annual business plans in consultation with MEAL, Regional Advisor in community development management to meet set targets.

First One Thousand Days Facilitator (FOTD)

Ubuntu Pathways, Port Elizabeth
11.2018 - 06.2019
  • Conduct needs assessment, identify strengths, and collaboratively develop case plan to help mothers define goals and engage mothers in ongoing follow-up and motivation to support their goals
  • Provide intense Case Management including assistance with employment, education, child-care, medical and other services
  • Connect mothers to prenatal and post-partum health education workshops on variety of related topics
  • Conduct home visits for sponsored children to ensure vouchers received are spent as per sponsors requirements
  • Link mothers to employment opportunities.

Lay Counsellor

Health Systems Trust, Flagstaff, South Africa
04.2018 - 10.2018
  • Promote HIV/AIDS counselling and condom use for males and females promote couples and partners to facilitate group therapy sessions.
  • Refer and link clients to appropriate STI care.
  • Prepare medical follow-up for cases that are at high risk of HIV infection, tracking of patients identified as through the department system.
  • Provide information about all kinds of family planning methods and help couple decision about future pregnancies.
  • Assist mothers to recognize health risks presenting before, during, and after delivery.
  • Facilitate support group on breastfeeding for pregnant women, and provide counselling education on women who want to continue breastfeeding whilst in employment.
  • Submit monthly statistical report required by program supervisor after every client is properly on time

Student Social Worker

Department of Health, Infectious Disease Clinic, Mthatha
01.2016 - 09.2016
  • Assess clients' needs, sit and support networks to goals and develop plan for wellbeing
  • Research and refer client resources, such as food social grants and health
  • Respond to crisis situation of abuse and domestic violence
  • Advocate for and help clients that would improve their follow-up with clients to situations that have improved
  • Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of services provided
  • Liaised with other professionals in health and social care to coordinate holistic support.
  • Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of services provided. Provide individual, and group couples therapy, develop change behaviour coping mechanisms for different situations.
  • Assist clients to understand and make necessary their lifestyle, and housing or provide information on s home health care or sup clients manage their illness.
  • Support doctors and other professionals understand diseases and illnesses and how affect clients' mental and emotional well-being.
  • Maintain and update client files and ensure statistics are up to date. Guaranteed client safety by providing emotional support and crisis intervention.
  • Drove continuous improvement of service by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of referral sources throughout the community.
  • Ensured client satisfaction, maintaining inventory of local community resources and linking with appropriate support services.
  • Optimized client outcomes by engaging clients and caregivers in active care planning.
  • Maximized client independence, providing education and self-management support based on client preferences.

Education

Masters in Project Management -

John Moores Liverpool University
02.2024

Bachelor of Arts in Social Work -

University of South Africa
01.2018

Certificate in Human Resource Management -

Port Elizabeth College
01.2006

Skills

Presentation skills and workshop facilitation skills

Project Management

Community mobilization

Financial management

Computer literacy

Client and stakeholder engagement skills

Planning and Coordination

Stakeholder analysis

Office administration

Donor Engagement and Multi Grant Management

Communication Skills

People Management and Development

Emergency and Recovery interventions

Protection and psychosocial support interventions in disaster

Coaching and mentoring

Major Highlights

  • Successfully led World Vision SA KZN Response office and reached a total of 40000 beneficiaries for a projects financed by Gates Foundation and Lego. All projects were executed within timelines, scope and budget.
  • Effectively managed entrepreneurship projects in four communities directed at families affected by floods funded by Gates Foundation. Families attended training and supported to establish businesses and referred for further support from relevant stakeholders. A total of 100 families was reached.
  • Successfully capacitated families affected by floods in Savings for transformation and helped to establish savings groups with the shelters accommodating them.
  • Successfully partnered with relevant government departments and capacitated women and youth led coops in Nkonkobe area and supported them with resources for their businesses.
  • Successfully led WASH interventions in KwaZulu Natal and Nkonkobe areas, reaching over 60 000 beneficiaries.
  • Successfully engaged stakeholders within the various government department and private funders and linked women and youth led coops to access funding opportunities.
  • Successfully established community grievance mechanism whereby community members can raise complaints or concerns, or issues identified within and around our assets, and have them addressed timeously.

Summary Of Other Roles

  • Financial Advisor, Liberty, 03/2013 - 11/2014
  • Customer Service Consultant, Foschini Group, 05/2011 - 02/2013

Training And Professional Development

  • Project Management, Disaster Ready
  • Gateway to Grants, World Vision Central
  • Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, World Vision Central

Core Competences Skills

  • Presentation and facilitation skills
  • Project Management
  • Community mobilization
  • Financial management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Computer Literacy
  • Planning and Coordination
  • Office administration
  • Donor engagement
  • Multi grant management
  • Communication
  • Emergency and Recovery interventions
  • Protection and psychosocial support interventions
  • People Management

Cover Letter

Dear Sir/Madam, RE: APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT I am applying for the above-mentioned position as advertised on Impactpool. I have experience in program design, Multi Grants management, capacity building on protection as my CV shows. I have held roles in management, coordination for economic recovery projects, setting up for child protection forums, stakeholder engagement and management. The skills I have gained throughout my career include managing programs in economic recovery, emergencies, volunteer recruitment and management, capacity building for local churches and schools in child protection, humanitarian response management, advocacy for most vulnerable including people with special needs, report writing, networking and maintaining a good relationship with relevant stakeholders, planning, monitoring and evaluating projects, project implementation and context analysis, contributing to proposals for donors, and multiple grants management. I have previously worked in projects and collaborated with the finance and supply chain department to develop budgets, detailed implementation plan and procurement plans. I have collaborated with HR on new hires as well as development of staff members. I have contributed towards monitoring of various projects including engaging various stakeholders both internally and external to collect feedback on projects. Representing World Vision in various forums such the government meetings at local and provincial level to address issues affecting children, women, elderly and people living with disabilities in the local area. I have vast experience in capacity building in grants management which includes budget tracking, quality and timely reporting. I have vast experience in managing different donor projects that includes (UNICEF, Gates Foundation, Lego Foundation, Absa Bank, Nedbank, Exxaro). Yours Faithfully

References

  • Eddie Palula, SARO Disaster Management Advisor, +260 962062591, eddie_palula@wvi.org
  • Noqobo Betela, Case Worker Supervisor, +27 63 6426678, noqobo@indlela.org.za
  • Gcinumazi Sicwetsha, Social Worker Supervisor, +27 83 5052055, lawsicwetsha@gmail.com

Certification

  • Project Management
  • GESI - Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
  • G2G- Gateway to Grants

Languages

Xhosa
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Afrikaans
Intermediate (B1)
B1

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Project Manager, Education Cannot Wait and GAP

Islamic Relief South Africa
10.2023 - Current

Development Facilitator

World Vision, South Africa
08.2022 - 05.2023

Response Manager

World Vision, South Africa
07.2019 - 07.2022

First One Thousand Days Facilitator (FOTD)

Ubuntu Pathways, Port Elizabeth
11.2018 - 06.2019

Lay Counsellor

Health Systems Trust, Flagstaff, South Africa
04.2018 - 10.2018

Student Social Worker

Department of Health, Infectious Disease Clinic, Mthatha
01.2016 - 09.2016

Masters in Project Management -

John Moores Liverpool University

Bachelor of Arts in Social Work -

University of South Africa

Certificate in Human Resource Management -

Port Elizabeth College
NOZUKO GYSMAN