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.
• 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.
Project Coordination
• 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
• 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.
Leadership and Management
Accountability, monitoring
• 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.
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
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