Experience

Students and Youth Working on Reproductive Health Action Team (SAYWHAT)

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

• Head of Business Development and Partnership Management

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  • Providing technical support for proposal development, including formative research and program design rationale, budgets, log frames, work plans, and other programmatic components.• Conducting an environmental scan and provide donor intelligence (Focus areas, modalities of engagement, entry points, forecasts etc.)• Successfully managed an average of 10 projects from 10 different funding partners annually.• Developed the Big Sister Young Sister Mentorship Model and Toolkit under the DREAMS Innovation Challenge targeting adolescents, girls, and young women on SRHR, HIV, education, and other related issues.• Oversaw the establishment of national-level engagement platforms such as the Forum of College Authorities on SRHR (FOCASS) to support ethical decisions and SRHR agendas for students in institutions of higher learning.• Led the establishment of the 577 Call Center on Youth SRHR Issues for SAYWHAT.• Successfully coordinated the hosting of flagship interventions under SAYWHAT, such as the National Students Debate and Quiz Competitions, National Students Conferences on SRHR, and SARSYC, among other interventions.• Managed an alliance of 10 organizations in Southern Africa called the GEAR Alliance. • Led over 20 grants and funding partners for SAYWHAT.• Successfully initiated the Web for Life Movement, which is a network of female students and young women in the Southern African Region for SAYWHAT.• Headed the membership structures for SAYWHAT in 42 institutions of higher learning.• Initiated the successful innovation of the ‘Studio of Choice," which is a state-of-the art recording and broadcasting studio constructed and set up at SAYWHAT targeting young people.• Led long-term partnerships and program management for SAYWHAT with partners.• Successfully led change and adaptation in program management by expanding the organizational scope of work to cover TB, mental health, drug and substance abuse, climate change, and autism, among other issues. Show less

• Deputy Director

  • Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

  • Managed the GEAR Alliance which a Regional Consortium and promoting Transnational Advocacy and Policy Influencing.• Convened the Southern African Regional Students and Youth Conference on SRHR (SARSYC) which is a Bi-Annual Conference of Youth SRHR convened by SAYWHAT.• Successfully led a team of youth employees in the Provinces to coordinated the implement SRHR related interventions in 42 Institutions of Higher Learning in Zimbabwe • Offered strategic and technical guidance to the office of the Executive Director.• Managed SAYWHAT key leadership structures such as the Advisory Board and National Coordinating Committee.• Provided technical oversight on organizational financial procedures and management, fundraising, building and maintaining organizational resource base and donor support.• Developed strategic networks and partnerships for the purposes of building alliances and shaping the organization’s goals.• Developed, maintained and managed relationships with funding partners, board members and strategic and collaborative stakeholders.• Coordinated and managed institutional governance issues such as development of institutional policies.• Led the development of the Right Here Right Now Zimbabwe Advocacy and Policy Influencing proposal and supported its implementation.• Established and Coordinated the GEAR Alliance which is a regional network of 10 implementing partners in Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.• Led the successful proposal development and grant awarding of the Big Sister Young Sister Initiative Show less

• Programmes Manager

  • Apr 2014 - Jul 2021

  • Successfully led strategic planning, designing and implementation of programmes, projects and key interventions for SAYWHAT and its partners.• Developed Proposals, Budgets, Work Plans and Results Based Frameworks.• Provided technical oversight on Organizational financial procedures and management.• Led the strategic planning, designing and implementation of programmes for the realization of rights of the marginalised communities and Rights Holders.• Designed, managed and coordinated projects funded by international donors.• Provided technical oversight on organizational financial procedures and management.• In charge of program and project supervision; proposal development & resource mobilization; research priority setting, documentation.• Led Monitoring & Evaluation; program design and review; Theory of Change Review.• In charge of Advocacy, Campaigning and Policy Influencing; and Life skills and leadership development and mentorship. Show less

• Gender Officer

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2014

  • Overall management of all gender related projects and implementation of the organization’s gender initiatives.• Initiate and coordinate programmes that address gender disparities within the SAYWHAT structures in order to address HIV and AIDS challenges.• Built very strong networks with gender based organizations locally and internationally.• Transformed the gender perspective within SAYWHAT.• Strengthened the capacity of students from all SAYWHAT structures to link gender inequality to HIV and AIDS.• Mobilised female students in tertiary institutions to actively participate in the planning and implementation of the SAYWHAT activities within the colleges.• Coordinated a young women’s network called the ‘Web for Life’ Network.• Successfully led the team that hosted the 7 Billion Commemorations in partnership with UNFPA in 2010. Show less