Experience

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  Management Systems International

  • Deputy Chief Of Party

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  Management Systems International

  • Juba, South Sudan

  • Deputy Chief of Party

    • Feb 2023 - Present
    • Juba, South Sudan

    Integrity Global and Management Systems International (MSI) are implementing the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Support activity (MELS) to support USAID/South Sudan in implementing its Strategic Framework (2020-2024). MELS serves as the Mission’s primary mechanism for monitoring, evaluation, learning and adaptive management. In a dynamic operating environment, MELS provides USAID/South Sudan with flexible, demand-driven, technical, analytic, and advisory support to strengthen collaboration, learning, and adapting (CLA); promote institutional memory through tailored information products for monitoring, evaluation, and learning; and strengthen knowledge management and organizational learning (KMOL) and data-driven decision-making through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other innovative spatial analyses.

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  Integrity

  • Juba, South Sudan

  • Acting Deputy Chief of Party/Monitoring & Evaluation Director

    • Jan 2022 - Feb 2023
    • Juba, South Sudan

    Responsible for oversight and management of monitoring and evaluation technical work. Leading and overseeing the review and updating of performance management plans (PMPs) and project level M&E plans, and developing plans for the collection of data for PMP and PPR indicators; Designing and supporting Data Quality Assessments (DQAs) to ensure the reliability and validity of performance data; Overseeing and advising on data collection, reporting methodologies and instruments used by USAID to develop and improve data collection systems; Designing and supporting baseline assessments to establish initial status on program performance indicators; Assisting in the preparation of evaluation and assessments requested by the Mission; Assisting in training USAID staff and Implementing Partners on monitoring and evaluation tools and policies; Responsible for the design, quality, development, and completion of all assessments, analytical reports and evaluations.

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  Management Systems International

  • Juba, South Sudan

  • Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

    • Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
    • Juba, South Sudan

    The Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project (MESP) provided USAID/South Sudan with flexible, demand-driven technical, analytic, advisory, training, monitoring, evaluation, and related support services for performance measurement. The project included monitoring and evaluation technical support to the Mission for performance management at all levels as well as support to assessments, analytical research, and related services required for new project designs, sector strategies, and broader strategic revisions.

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  International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI)

  • Baghdad, Iraq

  • Deputy Chief of Party/Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

    • Jul 2018 - Jan 2020
    • Baghdad, Iraq

    IBTCI supplemented the monitoring and program management efforts of USAID/Iraq to verify, monitor and support USAID program performance evaluation in Iraq. Information gathered and program support services provided by IBTCI assisted the Mission to make informed decisions and better manage Implementing Partners’ (IP) performance throughout the reporting of USAID/Iraq activities and projects. Services IBTCI provided to the USAID/Iraq Mission included supporting the development and implementation of USAID/Iraq’s Performance Management Plan (PMP), providing independent monitoring of the implementation of USAID/ Iraq’s programs and activities and progress in achieving intended results, and providing evaluation services. IBTCI always integrated gender considerations, mitigation of environmental impacts, and future sustainability of results into its work.

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  PAE

  • Kabul, Afghanistan

  • Senior Technical Lead (Monitoring & Evaluation)

    • Mar 2016 - Nov 2017
    • Kabul, Afghanistan

    The US DoS/INL funded Afghanistan Justice Sector Support Program (JSSP) is the world’s largest Rule of Law program which seeks to build the capacity of Afghanistan’s criminal justice sector institutions by improving professional staff’s ability to deliver fair and effective justice services to the country’s citizens in line with the Afghanistan Government Democracy and Governance Strategy and the US Government Rule of Law Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. JSSP activities include mentoring justice officials, providing legal training, and restructuring criminal justice institutions through organizational capacity building, legislative reforms, promotion of gender justice, and integration of civil and criminal cases into the Afghanistan Case Management System (CMS). My role in JSSP was to design and implement performance management systems, build local capacity for M&E, support JSSP advocacy efforts, communication and reporting.

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  Creative Associates International

  • Kabul, Afghanistan

  • Senior Associate (Monitoring & Evaluation)

    • Oct 2014 - Jul 2015
    • Kabul, Afghanistan

    USAID funded Afghanistan Workforce Development Project (AWDP) sought to address the challenges of high unemployment caused by the gap between the limited number of Afghans who possess technical and business skills and the market demands for skilled labor, business administrators and managers. My role in AWDP was to design and implement the program M&E framework, build local capacity for M&E, advocacy, communication and reporting.

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  Ministry of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

  • Afghanistan
  • Government Administration
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Senior Technical Advisor (Monitoring & Evaluation)

    • Jan 2014 - Oct 2014

    USAID funded Civilian Technical Assistance Program (CTAP) aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIROA) to effectively implement the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) by providing technical assistance for both institutional and human capacity building in core-functional areas of Public Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Procurement and other specialized technical functions. My role in CTAP was to design and implement the project M&E framework, build local national capacity for M&E, advocacy, communication and reporting. In this program I successfully redesigned CTAP and secured USD19.5 million from USAID Afghanistan.

  • Technical Advisor (Monitoring & Evaluation)

    • Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

    Designed and implemented CTAP M&E framework; designed and implemented M&E frameworks for various urban development programs in the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MUDH) of the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIROA); led M&E capacity building in MUDH

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  Concern Worldwide

  • Lilongwe, Malawi

  • Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

    • May 2011 - Dec 2011
    • Lilongwe, Malawi

    USAID funded Malawi Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Advisory Services (CAS) Project was implemented under the purview of the Ministry of Health and sought to institutionalize CMAM into the primary health care system of the Malawi Government. My role under CAS was to ensure data quality for program management through regular data quality audits and lead nation-wide capacity building for data collection and reporting. In addition, I was the national focal point on CMAM indicators for the Food and Nutrition Policy Technical Working Group of the Malawi government.

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  Malawi Government

  • Economist (Trade & Market Policy Analysis, Monitoring & Evaluation)

    • Jan 2002 - Feb 2011

    Designed and implemented various M&E frameworks for agricultural programs and projects; led M&E capacity building for Ministry of Agriculture; conducted various agricultural policy reviews

  • Economist (Social Policy Analysis, Monitoring & Evaluation)

    • Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

    Designed and implemented various M&E frameworks for social and community development programs; led M&E capacity building for social and community development; conducted various social policy reviews

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  African Development Bank

  • Horticulture and Food Crops Development Project (HFCDP), Lilongwe, Malawi

  • Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

    • Mar 2003 - Sep 2005
    • Horticulture and Food Crops Development Project (HFCDP), Lilongwe, Malawi

    HFCDP sought to contribute to food security in Malawi by increasing agricultural productivity and farm income of the smallholder target group through better access to small-scale irrigation, horticulture and marketing development. My role under HFCDP was to design and implement the project M&E framework, build capacity for M&E, advocacy, communication and reporting.