About

I am a qualified development professional, self-driven, organized, honest and a team player with a good sense of attention to details while executing tasks. I have more than ten years of experience in multi-sectoral community development work and programming gained from working in high pressure and strenuous situations, leading to an outstanding level of self-discipline, adaptability and cultural sensitivity. In the last three years, I have been implementing maternal and new-born child health and adolescent sexual reproductive health and rights both in development and in emergency situations. Accordingly, I have developed interest in shaping my career in that direction.

Skills

  • Planning and scheduling.
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  • Budget/cost management
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  • Risk Management
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  • Reading and understanding consepts
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  • Communication
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  • Time Management
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  • Critical thinking and analysis
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  • Flexibility and adaptability to situations
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  • English
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  • Luo
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Experience

Abara Geoffrey

Education

Abara Geoffrey

Work experience
  • Timely and quality project planning, design, implementation and evaluation in line with the program quality themes and priorities in the organization’s country and global strategies.
  • Quality implementation of SRHR program activities in the Program Area in line with the MOH National guidelines for implementing VHT and Peer Education strategy.
  • Proper and up-to-date documentation of program interventions in the Program Area in line with the organization’s guidelines on documentation of program interventions.
  • Adherence to Child Protection/Safeguarding policy, Code of conduct and general Terms & Conditions of service and dissemination Children & Young People’s Safeguarding Policy to partners, associates, children, their families and the communities.
  • Strengthening program/sponsorship alignment with the project in line with the child sponsorship commitments 1 – 5 within the Plan supported communities/sub-counties.

Abara Geoffrey

Work experience
  • Delivery of the Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights & Livelihood components in Bidibidi Refugee Settlements
  • Strengthening equitable access to and utilization of integrated quality health services for refugees and host communities
  • Ensuring adherence and compliance to Safeguarding Children & Young People Policy and guidelines by all staff, associates, visitors and all people doing business with the organization.
  • Maintaining cordial working relationships with health implementing stakeholders at district, health sub district, community levels including in refugee settlements.

Abara Geoffrey

Work experience
  • December, 2015 - February, 2021
  • Fulltime
  • Program/project management (annual designing and planning projects, implementing, monitoring, reporting and end of project evaluations)
  • Managing Child Sponsorship programs (aligning sponsorship activities to program and maintaining cordial relationship between sponsors & their sponsored children)
  • Community empowerment and sustainability of program interventions (tackling root causes of exclusion and fostering inclusion, building capacity of community-based organizations, establishing relationship with community leaders based on trust and mutual respect)
  • Supervising Community Managed Projects (supporting community development structure (PDCs) in planning and implementing community projects; ensuring funds advanced for community managed projects are properly utilized and properly accounted for as per the guidelines, developing training modules for capacity building training for parish development committees).

Abara Geoffrey

Work experience
  • Officer responsible for managing and facilitating area program development work
  • Compiled accurate and timely monthly, semi-annual and annual management reports and submitted to donors using electronic mail.
  • Prepared detailed implementation plans (DIPs), including financial cash flows on annual and quarterly bases to guide systematic program activity implementation and submitted them to donors using electronic mail.
  • Facilitated key M+E processes such as baseline survey and periodic project monitoring at output and outcome levels. The latter informed several reflections and learning meetings leading to documentation of best practices for replication or otherwise.
  • Successfully managed implementation of 4 projects annually in the last four years with combined annual budgets ranging from $300,000 to $ 500,000.
  • Successfully facilitated, supervised and periodically appraised program staff who directly report to me.
  • Established functional working relationships with local governments, NGOs and CBOs throughout planning, implementation and monitoring processes.

Abara Geoffrey

Work experience
  • October, 2009 - September, 2010
  • Fulltime
  • Officer directly responsible for the design of the first 5-year phase of an Area Development (Program ADP).
  • Identified and trained 30 community resource persons called ‘Starter Group Members’ (SGM) and used them to collect relevant data necessary to inform the design process.
  • Mobilized and consulted a cross section of the vulnerable groups in the community and ensured the design was relevant to their needs and aspirations.
  • Developed a five-year program design tailored to addressing the priority needs of the children and their communities (currently being implemented).

Abara Geoffrey

Work experience
  • September, 2008 - April, 2009
  • Fulltime
  • Managed and supervised the overall project activities to ensure ultimate realization of the project goal.
  • Built an effective network for collaboration with local government officials at the district, international agencies, NGOs and other partners and ensured successful implementation of the project activities.
  • Compiled timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports and submitted them to donor/support office using electronic mail.
  • Effectively & efficiently managed project resources and assets according to World Vision policies.

Abara Geoffrey

Work experience
  • o Provided technical support to sub-grantees (CBOs) in the area of comprehensive OVC care and service delivery
  • o Worked with partners-Pathfinders International & district line departments and provided timely technical support to 15 CBOs in the project area in OVC programming.
  • o Worked with the district line departments & strengthened linkages & relationships between community OVC care & support groups & relevant district departments
  • o Reviewed proposals & concept papers from 15 sub-grantees (CBOs) and accordingly recommended them for award as sub grantees.
  • o Guided & supported 15 sub-grantees (CBOs) in selecting & training OVC caregivers with basic OVC care skills
  • o Guided 15 CBOs in developing appropriate work plans & budgets in line with the USAID grant policies.
  • o Technically monitored the implementation of the CBOs' planned activities to ensure they were in line with the grant’s agreement.
  • o Prepared & submitted timely monthly, quarterly, semiannual & annual reports using electronic mails.
  • o Overall, a total of 6,752 OVC were reached with at least three core program areas (CPAs) as prescribed in National Strategic Program Plan of Intervention (NSPPI).

Abara Geoffrey

Work experience
  • February, 2007 - September, 2008
  • Fulltime
  • o Officer tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the conduct of a community needs assessment to inform the design of a long-term development program.
  • o Successfully mobilized local community involvement in the assessment exercise
  • o Successfully trained and managed a team of volunteers (fresh graduates from colleges) in data collection and analysis
  • o Developed work plans (detailed assessment plan and cash flows) and competently managed project finances and other project resources
  • o Successfully conducted the assessment and compiled a comprehensive assessment report highlighting the community's structural problems (cause-effect analysis) strengths and opportunities. The report convinced the donors to commit funds for a long-term development program in the area
  • o Successfully developed terms of reference & budget to guide the program's design phase.

Abara Geoffrey

Education
  • August, 1999 - September, 2002
  • Fulltime

Abara Geoffrey

Education

Abara Geoffrey

Education
  • January, 1990 - November, 1992
  • Fulltime
 

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