Experience

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  WaterAid

  • United Kingdom
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Country Director

    • Oct 2023 - Present

  • Regional Funding Manager - Southern Africa

    • Jan 2021 - Oct 2023

    Member of the Regional Office Senior Management Team and the Regional Senior Leadership Team leading business development and grants management across six countries (Eswatini, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia).• Coordinates stakeholders at country, regional and global level to ensure effective and efficient resource mobilisation and donor fund management in the region.• Leads fundraising in the regional office and supports countries from identification of opportunities; proposal development to; donor contract negotiation and; project setup• Oversees contracts compliance in the region ensuring commitments with donors and organisational systems and processes are honoured at all stages of project cycle.•Manages donor and member country relationships• Networking and strategic representation• Contributes to policy, leadership and risk management in the region

  • Acting Regional Funding Manager - Southern Africa

    • Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

    A secondment role focusing on regional funding coordination, contract management, capacity building and business development. Reported to the Regional Director whilst coordinating and working collaboratively with funding and other technical teams at regional, country, as well as funding and technical leads member countries. Worked with one direct report, the Regional Business Development Coordinator who continues to lead in opportunity identification and bid development support in theregion. Led contracts management working closely with country funding leads to ensure compliance to donor and organization requirements. Convened regional funding team meetings; consolidated country input for contract tracking to monitor progress and ensure timely flagging and response to risks. Represented the region to funding in teams in the United Kingdom and other member countries. Coordinates country inputs for consolidation in global funding processes.

  • Head of Resource Mobilization and Grants

    • Oct 2017 - Dec 2020

    Member of the country Senior Management Team and Regional Management Team, led efforts to raise and manage income from a variety of donors and leverage partnerships with institutions, philanthropies, trusts, corporates and individuals to advance WaterAid’s mission in Malawi. This included coordinating and working collaboratively with country team as well as funding and technical leads in the region and member countries to understand the funding landscape; identify opportunities for strategically aligned funding and partnership for immediate and subsequent years; develop bids; negotiate and setup agreements/contracts; foster strong relations with donors and; ensure that contract teams (with local partners) understand and have the capacity and support to comply with donor and organization requirements. Represented WaterAid at various events in and outside of Malawi; hosted donor visits as well as; providing support and motivating team members. Worked with colleagues across functional teams in different organization processes including, risk management, reporting and systems management for restricted income.

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  Plan International

  • United Kingdom
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Grants Compliance Coordinator

    • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

    Member of business development unit ensuring that all projects comply with donor requirements as well as set organization systems and processes.• Facilitated effective communication channels across country teams implementing projects, national offices and donors.• Responsible for fostering productive relationships with donors and National Offices• Support project start up processes and ensure projects adhere to Plan’s procedures for grant management at all stages of project cycle.• Systematic review of project delivery to ensure commitments with donors are met in line with contract/agreement terms and conditions• Timely flagging of risks related to project compliance and performance for remediation with donors and/or National Offices.• Development and/or dissemination tools as well as capacity development initiatives for Plan staff and partners in grants management• Conduct routine field visits and review project documentation and implementation by Plan and partners to ensure alignment with partnership contracts and donor funding agreements;• Contribute to periodic country reports on the status of grants and; participate in Extended Country Management Team.

  • Project Manager

    • May 2014 - Jun 2017

    Member of extended country management team leading planning, implementation, monitoring, review and compliance of €2.6Million Water Demand Management Project in Mzuzu City. Led 6-member project team and coordinated 4-member public private partners which included Mzuzu City Council, Northern Region Water Board and Vitens Evides International to successfully deliver project.• Coordinating capacity development of public sector partners to enhance their service delivery clarify their roles and responsibilities in execution of their services.• Leading on complex project monitoring, documentation and reporting, consolidating inputs from partners achieving successful submissions• Ensuring all partners complied to donor requirements including procurement procedures.• Providing oversight and backstopping in construction/infrastructure activities in the project.• Coordinating project planning and oversaw timely and quality implementation of all project components by the different partner leading to achievement of complex project results.• Leading on recruitment of consultants for assignments led by Plan and supported others by partners including review of city council bylaws and mid-term evaluation.• Performance management and personal development of project implementation team• Ensuring compliance to organizational policies/standards as well as systems and process including child projection, programme quality procedures and SAP.• Hosted exceptional donor visits.

  • Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

    • Jan 2014 - May 2014

    Member of project management team leading on monitoring, evaluation and learning of project.• Develop and establish data collection tools• Established a system of tracking projects inputs against results that would provide valuable information for decision making, learning and adaptation of the project.• Populating key performance indicators for periodic reports using templates provided by the donor.• Reviewing data in technical reportsKey achievements include1. Enhanced coordination within project implementation by facilitating project reviews and introducing a team approach to implementation2. Strengthened collaboration with district stakeholders and communities through participatory project monitoring and review methods.3. Optimized data collection by developed tools that harmonized donor requirements with national government standards

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  Management and Organisational Development Associates

  • Lilongwe

  • Associate Consultant

    • Mar 2011 - Mar 2012
    • Lilongwe

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  Lilongwe District Health Office

  • Lilongwe

  • Environmental Health Officer (Intern)

    • Feb 2010 - Feb 2011
    • Lilongwe