Experience

code.ngo

• Canada
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Program Manager - West Africa

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Working alongside our partners in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia to design, innovate and implement high quality literacy and education programming.Providing oversight and leadership to the West Africa Programs team to develop country strategies and programming. Working alongside our partners in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia to design, innovate and implement high quality literacy and education programming.Providing oversight and leadership to the West Africa Programs team to develop country strategies and programming.



Mbūyū Consult (mbuyu.ca)

• Program Design, Innovation and Management

  • May 2019 - Present

  Sharing my 25 years of leadership and program management experience with other NGO's and non-profits. Providing various services and skills as follows:- Development Program/Project ideation, adaptation, innovation and design.- Program strategy development and change management- Participatory appraisal and analysis- Program and Organizational (E)valuation.- Operational systems design.- Group process facilitation and training.My experience and skills support my capacity to develop both innovation and consensus. I have generated a unique approach to the analysis and understanding of complex systems and applying adaptive management approaches. I am an experienced facilitator of group processes and experiential/discovery method adult learning. My experience and skill set is broad enough to encompass the variable nature of organizational and program needs but is deep enough to get to the root of both opportunity and obstacles that are being encountered.



Children Believe

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director Grants Acquisition

  • Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

  Supporting teams in 7 country offices to develop and design plans and proposals for institutional donors globally. Supporting teams in 7 country offices to develop and design plans and proposals for institutional donors globally.



Canadian Feed The Children

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Programs

  • Nov 2016 - Apr 2019

  Leading an international team of highly motivated, professional and entrepreneurial Country Directors in 5 different countries and a team of Program and Technical Advisors in Canada to help CFTC realize its mission of reducing the impact of poverty on children while working with local partners internationally and in Canada to enhance the well-being of children and the self-sufficiency of their families and communities. Leading an international team of highly motivated, professional and entrepreneurial Country Directors in 5 different countries and a team of Program and Technical Advisors in Canada to help CFTC realize its mission of reducing the impact of poverty on children while working with local partners internationally and in Canada to enhance the well-being of children and the self-sufficiency of their families and communities.



World Renew

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Southern Africa Team Leader

  • Mar 2012 - Sep 2016

  Provide oversight for World Renew's programs and partnerships in Southern Africa. With a focus on Livelihoods, Food Security and Maternal and Newborn Health I work to support our local team and our portfolio of local partners to increase income/assets, increase farm yields and improve maternal and child health. Provide oversight for World Renew's programs and partnerships in Southern Africa. With a focus on Livelihoods, Food Security and Maternal and Newborn Health I work to support our local team and our portfolio of local partners to increase income/assets, increase farm yields and improve maternal and child health.



World Vision Canada

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Africa Regional Program Manager / Team Leader

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2012

  Initially worked as a Grant Manager and a Regional Program Manager. Moved to the Regional Team Leader Position in 2009.Roles and Tasks included:Oversight of the completion of a 5 year CIDA funded Capacity Building Grant and development & implementation of second 5 year Grant called Governance-Ecosystems and Livelihoods (GEL).Developed, hired and led a program team of up to 13 interns, Regional/Country Program Managers, and Sector Specialists.Responsible for all programs supported by World Vision Canada in 19 countries across Africa.Collaborated internally with resource development, advocacy, sector specialists and Emergency Response teams.



The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee

• Uganda Country Team Leader

  • Aug 1997 - Aug 2004

  Roles and Tasks Included:Oversight of all of the organization’s activities in Uganda including developing organizational strategy, planning, implementation and evaluation.Developed a new decentralized, church-based approach and structure for community engagement and development with the Anglican Church of Uganda and the Pentecostal Assemblies of God.Forged new partnerships with many new local partners.Developed resources and donor relationships to support the strategy and plans of the country program.

• Service and Training Intern

  • Jul 1994 - Aug 1997

  Worked with a local Maasai pastoralist NGO to develop programs in several rural areas.Spent two years in a small village working with Maasai communities to develop locally driven agriculture, literacy and health programs.One year working from a small regional town to scale up the work of the local partner to other regions in Tanzania