Experience

Global Communities

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Multipurpose Cash Transfer Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  • Provide strategic direction and overall management of the project in consultation with RIPA Senior Leadership and Global Communities’ technical advisors. • Lead the development of beneficiary selection criteria for vulnerable households and ensure the high quality of the data collected during the assessment. • Liaise with local authorities and NGOs in the field to avoid duplication and exclusion/inclusion errors and guarantee the continuous cross check of beneficiary list, as well as capture best practices and lessons learned from previous interventions in target area. • Lead the design and implementation of the Rapid Market Assessment in collaboration with the RIPA MEL team and MEL Technical Advisor • Ensure the provision of safeguarding protections through the entire cash disbursement process. • Enhance referrals pathways and ensure communities knowledge about the project purpose. • Prepare and organize the cash distributions in liaison with the relevant GC staff and the selected Financial Service Provider (FSP) • Provide program reports that are timely and meet institutional and donor requirements. • Represent GC at the Cash Working Groups and other stakeholder or coordination meetings, as needed, and maintain a positive, continuous, and visible presence for GC. • Ensure that gender, environment, and other important cross-cutting concerns are taken into account; ensure that assistance is delivered to highly vulnerable families with specific needs e.g., elderly, pregnant women, children, and people with disabilities. • Development and monitoring of feedback and response mechanism during cash disbursement • Facilitate and conduct post-distribution monitoring visits with MEL team and completion of post-distribution monitoring reports. • Completion of report detailing best practices and lesson learned following MPCA Crisis Modifier. Show less



Save the Children International South Sudan Country Office

• Jonglie State, Bor

• Commodity Logistics Manager, Resilience and Food Security Program (RFSP)

  • Feb 2016 - Apr 2022

  • Responsible for overseeing all logistical operations and providing strategic and tactical support to the program's operation and coordination unit. This included working closely with the prime organization, CRS, on logistic operations of food commodity and NFI resources from the port to the primary and secondary warehouses and distribution sites. • Involved in planning, directing, and overseeing all activities related to the sourcing and logistics of food commodity, including planning and ordering food commodities based on adequate commodity pipeline analysis in compliance with SC and CRS established standards and best practices, as well as USAID requirements. • prepared and submitted various commodity reports, oversaw commodity management, warehouse capacity strengthening, and supervised warehouse activities. • Designed and executed commodity prepositioning plans, dealt with all commodity logistics management issues, and ensured an adequate balance between commodities, financial value, and beneficiary target. • Ensuring the efficiency, accountability, and transparency of the program's commodity logistics management processes. Show less



Save the Children International Ethiopia Country Office

• • Mar 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Participated in program proposals and worked closely with the finance department to prepare ITSH and other commodity-related budgets.• Ensured timely requests for the Woreda commodity management budget in the cash call for the month.• Developed standard commodity management tools, including monitoring tools such as registration monitoring, performance monitoring, post-distribution monitoring, distribution point monitoring, warehouse monitoring, beneficiary accountability standards, etc.• Ensured monitoring took place at the highest standards during all commodity management steps.• Supported internal and external auditors in conducting audits and/or reviews and conducted documentation audits once a year.• Was well conversant in Generally Accepted Commodity Accountability Principles (GACAP).• Understood the need for the warehouse premises to be secure and for an access control mechanism, such as keeping custody of one set of warehouse keys and introducing the warehouse open and close register or visitor register to minimize chances of fraud and/or theft.• Carried out periodic physical inventories and reviews of warehouse records.• Conducted warehouse spot checks on off-hours/weekends/holidays to ensure that there were no discrepancies between physical stocks and book balance (stack card/ledger balance).• Knew USAID and USDA requirements on proposal submission, commodity accounting, and reporting like Annual Estimate of Requirements.• Actively participated in grants opening and closing meetings and grants review meetings to provide effective support to programs, ensuring all required documents were prepared in advance, and key issues were constructively addressed. Show less

• • Jun 2006 - Feb 2014

  Beneficiary Management:• Identified, verified, and registered beneficiaries for the project.• Established a beneficiary tracking mechanism to ensure effective distribution of commodities.• Set criteria for selection of final distribution points and established memorandum of understanding.• Formed distribution committees and ensured on-site/end-use monitoring and reporting.• Established a community feedback/complaint mechanism to address any issues.Commodity Management:• Ensured the security of commodities at distribution points during storage and distribution.• Planned and directed the disbursal of food to project beneficiaries in line with government, SC/US, and donor requirements.• Monitored commodity movements, transportation, and distribution as per the set standard of monitoring requirements of the organization.• Collaborated with Woreda Food Security Task Force (WFSTF) to monitor the commodity of SC/US project.• Ensured timely and appropriate distribution of food to both direct support and Labor base public works beneficiaries identified by the WFSTF.• Assessed the training needs of commodity management staff at sub-offices and sub-grantees level.Proposal Contributions:• Participated in the preparation of different project proposals, mainly on food requirements and cash budget part.Commodity Accounting and Warehousing:• Ensured that the commodity warehouses were up to standard with acceptable compliance rate by USAID.• Tracked the budget utilization associated with commodity transport and handling (ITSH).• Produced periodical reports on food distribution.• Facilitated annual inventory count of the food commodity at secondary warehouses. Show less



Ministry of Agriculture,Government of Ethiopia

• North Wolo Meket Woreda

• Food security and disaster prevention team leader

  • Oct 2003 - May 2006

  Workshops and Evaluations: • Facilitating workshops for NGOs and government experts. • Evaluating and monitoring food security programs operating in the woreda. • Participating in project monitoring and evaluation. • Facilitating and promoting a team management system. Assessments and Planning: • Conducting crop loss assessment studies and providing findings to different organizations. • Monitoring, evaluating, and supervising various local and international non-governmental organizations working in the area. • Participating in PSNP beneficiary targeting and project planning. • Compiling early warning data and market analysis. • Working in agro ecology study and identifying major production constraints (like pests) and providing local solutions. • Providing practical field support in package planning and implementation for Development Agents. Reporting and Promoting Improved Practices: • Reporting and documenting important events of agronomy on farming practices, major pests, and major crops expected products loss and causes. • Promoting the application of improved agronomic practices and technologies to boost production in the area. Show less