Experience

SADC

• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Policy Advisor

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  The job entails: - Leading the design and implementation of policy research in the main areas of regional cooperation and integration with a focus on poverty reduction and sustainable development, in line with the main priority intervention areas defined in SADC’s Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP); - Lead in routine poverty mapping exercises and provide baseline for regular monitoring of poverty and economic development in the SADC Member States; - Coordinating with public and private research institutions, think tanks, universities, within and outside the region on poverty and development; - Developing partnerships with state and non-state stakeholders to ensure the implementation of the SADC Regional Poverty Reduction Framework; - Initiating and developing policy papers and briefs on the poverty reduction dimensions of regional integration activities. It also demands liaising with other regional groupings in the African continent and elsewhere to identify better policy research approaches for poverty and development at regional level; - Organising preparatory multi‐stakeholder brainstorming and consultative convenings to strengthen harmonization and institutionalization of the SADC Secretariat’s stakeholder engagement functions, and organizing and coordinating further research and information exchanges between the SADC Secretariat, civil society groups and other non‐state actors on the implementation of the Summit decisions on poverty and development; - Coordinating the strengthening of the SADC Regional-National linkages; - Coordinating the work of the SADC Platform for the National Planning Entities to assist in the effective implementation of the SADC Revised RISDP 2015-2020 and its Implementation Framework, as well as the Industrialisation Strategy and the Roadmap, among other SADC policies. Show less



Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malawi

• Lilongwe

• Director of International Cooperation

  • Mar 2014 - Nov 2014

  - In charge of setting up a functioning International Cooperation Division and provide direction and coordinate development cooperation activities and programmes, as well as in dealing with international and regional economic integration and development institutions and agencies. - Coordinate other Bilateral and Multilateral Development Partnerships; - Participate in various regional developmental activities such as the Spatial Development Initiatives (SDIs) and the Corridor Initiatives; - Participate in the Common Approach Budgetary Support (CABS) Meetings and liaising with International cooperating Partners; - Participate in Trade Negotiations, through the Trade Negotiating Forum and the National Working Group on Trade Policy and represent the Ministry in the ESA EPA negotiations, WTO Doha Development Round, and such other important fora. - Take the leading role in analyzing sectoral policies for consistencies between the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy, and regional and international development agenda; - Undertake evidence-based research and programmes implementation; - Lead in Poverty and Social Impact Analysis Studies such as “A Poverty and Social Impact Analysis of Compliance to the SADC Free Trade Area Commitments”; - Take a leading role in review of the existing sectoral and regional integration issues and proposing new policy development and orientation strategies, the case in point being the current initiative to ensure that there is proper interface between the National Development Plans and the Regional Integration Development Strategies in addressing issues of sustainable economic growth and development and poverty reduction; - Manage and supervise a multi-disciplinary team of human resource in the Division, and take the leadership in budgeting and proper utilisation of funds, including the resources from the cooperating partners, and being held accountable for the same. Show less



Ministry of Economic Planning and Development

• Malawi

• Acting Director of International Cooperation

  • Jun 2010 - Mar 2014

  - In charge of setting up a functioning International Cooperation Division and provide direction and coordinate development cooperation activities and programmes, as well as in dealing with international and regional economic integration and development institutions and agencies; -Head of the NEPAD and APRM Coordinating Unit in the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development; - Coordinate other Bilateral and Multilateral Development Partnerships; - Participate in various regional developmental activities such as the Spatial Development Initiatives (SDIs) and the Corridor Initiatives; - Participate in the Common Approach Budgetary Support (CABS) Meetings and liaising with International cooperating Partners; - Participate in Trade Negotiations, through the Trade Negotiating Forum and the National Working Group on Trade Policy and represent the Ministry in the ESA EPA negotiations, WTO Doha Development Round, and such other important fora. - Take the leading role in analyzing sectoral policies for consistencies between the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy, and regional and international development agenda; - Take the leading role in Sectoral Policy Analysis; - Lead a team of multi-sectoral officers in the Unit. Show less



Malawi Government

• Lilongwe

• Head of Regional Integration

  • Apr 2000 - Jun 2010

  - Responsible for the coordination of the regional integration initiatives of the United Nations, African Union, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), as well as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) affairs; - Coordination of the activities of the SADC National Contact Point and the SADC National Committee Secretariat at the national and regional levels; - Coordination of all activities of regional and international multilateral institutions, and bilateral relations in as far as issues of economic integration are concerned; - Lead and manage a team of senior and junior Foreign Service Officers in ensuring that the mandate of the Division are achieved, by setting clear benchmarks and time frames. Show less