About

A humanitarian professional with over thirteen years of practical experience in project management, project development, monitoring & evaluation and education in emergencies. Highly adaptable and dedicated professional, due to extensive work experience in both Kenya and Somalia regions. A strong effective communicator in complex multi-stakeholder contexts and as an empowering professional with strong teamwork skills and leadership abilities. Aiming to utilize my resilient commitment and experience with implementing gender mainstreaming and sustainable education programming to support humanitarian initiatives across Africa.

Skills

  • Administration
  • Education
  • Management
  • Teaching
  • English and Kiswahili and Somali
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Experience

Abdikadir Bare Abikar

Work experience
  • Provide the project staff with overall technical direction and guidance in line with the program expected outcomes.
  • Lead the review and refinement of the numeracy, literacy and life skills curriculum and training manual as necessary.
  • Lead the development of facilitator training, work plans and ensure consortium adherence to work plans to ensure consistency of intervention delivery and quality at the district level.
  • Lead the development of the Life Skills mentor training and TOT work-plans, and ensure consortium adherence to work-plans to ensure consistency of intervention delivery and quality at the district level.
  • Lead the development of the Safeguarding training (ToT) for the mentors and Headteachers’ coaching facilitator and monitor implementation.
  • Co-facilitate training of Consortium partners’ district-level Designated Safeguarding Officers to ensure implementation of safeguarding mechanisms, including prevention and reporting.
  • Lead the development of coaching and professional development model for the project concerning the BLN component.
  • Lead the completion of the Teaching and Learning self-assessment tool and its use into routine programming.
  • Manage the coordination and review process of curriculum deliverables with the Consortium partners and the Ministry.
  • Work with field team and partners across the various outcome areas to ensure that children are safe in school and on their way to schools/safe spaces
  • Support the development and any revisions of the evaluation and monitoring plan regarding the curriculum outcomes/outputs. This includes supporting the development of the tools in close collaboration with the Consortium M&E Coordinator.
  • Conduct regular monitoring of partners’ safeguarding mechanisms and handling framework.
  • Review and approve partner technical reports.
  • Conduct regular monitoring and technical support visits across all districts.
  • Proactively build strong working alliances with partners and government partners in the relevant ministries.
  • Organize periodic meetings with the Consortium partners and educational ministry in order to discuss progress, discuss challenges and solutions, and follow up on the execution of agreed action points.

Abdikadir Bare Abikar

Work experience
  • September, 2021 - March, 2022
  • Fulltime
  • Support BAB in monitoring and verification and update the project team on the progress in the field.
  • Collect and report the data that is beyond the scope of partner using appropriate data collection tool.
  • Supervise the data collection for effectiveness survey for pre- and post-test for each cohort, and other research and studies under the project.
  • Enter the data in appropriate database including MS Excel as well as online MEL database.
  • Ensure data quality by applying multilayer verification, validation and proper checks of evidences.
  • Immediately intimate any issues or challenges faced or noticed that may hamper smooth program implementation in the office.
  • In close coordination with the partner, monitor the distribution TLMs and other activities in the field.
  • Where assigned by the supervisor, provide support to the implementation of activities in the field.
  • Perform any other relevant mission-essential activities as assigned.

Abdikadir Bare Abikar

Work experience
  • February, 2021 - August, 2021
  • Fulltime
  • Leading the development of quality results and outputs from fields through providing high-quality project implementation and management inputs to district Facilitators and NGOs
  • Ensuring regular support, follow-up, and monitoring of the planning, development and implementation of project activities with a focus on disadvantaged groups and gender issues
  • Managing, mentoring and coordinating district facilitators to ensure successful accomplishment of district level targeted activities, pieces of training, events and overall performance of village courts services
  • Providing strategic suggestions on decisions related to program implementation, ensuring they are made in a participatory and collective manner
  • Coordinating technical and administrative support for the organization and the management of the activities in close cooperation with all the stakeholders
  • Maintaining partnership management and fund disbursement through certification of contracted coordinating with the Program Specialist
  • Developing contextual reports for policy advisory papers and briefing notes including research and analysis
  • Supervising NGOs to ensure deliverables are met and staffs are recruited following appropriate rules and policies
  • Strengthening the management skills of the project team, including their abilities to develop effective financial, administrative, and managerial procedures for project implementation
  • Developing project progress reports, annual work plans, and budgets with the coordination of monitoring component team members

Abdikadir Bare Abikar

Education
  • Research, teaching, and Culture

Abdikadir Bare Abikar

Education
  • Human Geography