Chale Sammy

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Policy & Budgets Advocacy Coordinator at Save the Children International

since January, 2022

ss***le@gmail.com

About

I’m a self-determined Health and Nutrition Projects Programs Coordinator with a global perspective. An graduate and expert in Adolescent Reproductive Health and Rights with over 10+years. I'm a seasoned project manager, researcher, capacity development expert and Advocacy and Campaigns manager for health and nutrition related programs . I have offered strategic leadership to CSOs and networks to design and implement advocacy strategies in the area of Family Planning, Sexual Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Gender Equality and Child Protection in Kenya and parts of East Africa. My major achievements have been in improvement of maternal and child health as well as policy and budget allocations for reproductive health , nutrition derived from evidence generation, engagement and advocacy knowledge production.

Skills

Project Management
10
Advocacy & Campaigns Manager
10
Leadership & Project Management
Critical thinking and problem solving
Analytical Skills
communication skills
IT
• Monitoring and evaluation skills •
Knowledge management
Capacity Building
Financial analysis and reporting
report writing
Teamwork
English and Kiswahili
10

Recommendations

Timothy Thondu

4/6/2022

"Sammy is knowledgeable on project/program management - conscious of time and is results oriented. "

Experience

Chale Sammy

Work experience

Programme Coordinator- Violence Against Women and Children at International Justice Mission

January, 2022 - July, 2021
Fulltime

Programs Coordinator – Violence Against Women and Children (Children Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Project)
International Justice Mission
January, 2021 - 30 June, 2021
Support the design, implementation, and evaluation of partner advocacy strategies and programmatic work plans.
Tracked donor Programme and advocacy deliverables and ensure conformance and compliance with the grant contract in the implementation;
Guide and advise implementing staff, develops programmatic and advocacy activity budgets and tracks team expenditures, reviews budget discrepancies with the Manager and provides support during the annual planning & budgeting and revision processes;
Work with MERL team in monitoring of the implementation of the programmatic and advocacy work plans by conducting a monthly review of plans versus results and documenting the variance;
Works closely with the MERL Coordinator to track program data and results for advocacy and programmatic and link this to project deliverables updating the project management tools and providing this information to technical and operational teams;
Identifying program and advocacy priorities for sexual exploitation and protection of children and women in the legal and policy context.
Development of knowledge productions and SOPs to develop the capacities of the investigative and legal agencies of the government in providing access to justice to victims of sexual and gender based violence.
Capacity support plan for Justice Centers and Human rights defender on activism and advocacy practices to support rescue, reporting, investigations and prosecution of cases with an aim of getting justice for the poor as well as advocate for justice for the child sex trafficking issue

Chale Sammy

Work experience

Policy & Budgets Advocacy Coordinator at Save the Children International

2022 -
Fulltime

Ensured quality project implementation through work planning, results tracking and activity /quarter reporting
Managed two County networks BCCRN & TCCRN with not less than eighteen (18) Civil Society Organizations to develop advocacy work plans , discuss policy issues e.g. CIDP,CFSP, Children’s Bill and holistic skills development in education curriculum
Prepared and submitted of project work plans, activity reports, quarterly, semi- annual, and annual narrative results based reports.
Engaged powerful County Assembly Parliamentary Committee/decision makers on budget allocations for holistic Skills Development and learning through playing the education system with a special focus on gender and children disability.
Support Budget study/ analysis to create evidence to advocate for gender responsive teacher training, pedagogy, and age appropriate and play infrastructure, learning facilities to enable easier and more effective holistic skill development.
Supported Research, evidence collection and collation highlighting on how best to incorporate gender & children with disability responsiveness in holistic skills development into the national curriculum
Lead advocacy activities in meetings with the Ministry of Education, Teachers Service Commission on policy and budget allocations with the view to incorporating holistic skills development into the curriculum and budgets
Support budget analysis on current and potential allocations supporting incorporation gender responsive of holistic skills development in national and county Education budgets.
Reviewed the CIDPs and Children’s bill , made memorandums to integrate key recommendations targeting the interests of children
Review inception reports , to ensure they are in tandem with the TORs and the project deliverable , taking note of the various indicators tracked in the project to produce key findings that address the policy and advocacy needs for the project.
July 2021—December 2020
Programs Advocacy Coordinator
Safe Community Youth Initiative – Family Planning , Adolescent & Youth Reproductive Health , Gender Equality, Child Health and Nutrition ,Child Protection Programs
Designed and led advocacy strategies in the organization ; Developed three (3) project work plans, supervised implementation, and reporting Child Protection and Violence Fund Project(CPVRF), Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights Project, Gender Policy Project and Education Mentorship Programs in schools.
Provided strategic leadership to all the advocacy projects in the organisations in collaboration with partners and program staff for its effectiveness.
Developed Learning agenda which helped in adaptation of best and bad practices in advocacy projects.
Engaged the Members of County Assemblies in Kilifi County to pass budget allocations that favor Youth Friendly Services
Monitored the County's budgetary cycle, as well as legislative and policy reform initiatives to improve youth and children development agenda.
Supported two (2) research initiatives that provide evidence for advocacy including baseline and end line surveys and Kilifi Youth Friendly Study Report
Designed with partner’s advocacy strategies that suited the current situations
Develop SMART advocacy messages tailored as per evidence and call for action targeted to specific beneficiaries with appropriate advocacy tools including memos, petitions, policy briefs etc.
Advise on legal and policy environment surrounding Child protection and family planning and reproductive health and rights issues
Resource mobilize, design, implementation, and evaluation of partner advocacy strategies.
Capacity build partners and community advocacy to support advocacy work.
Programs Coordinator – Violence Against Women and Children (Children Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Project)
International Justice Mission
January, 2021 - 30 June, 2021
Support the design, implementation, and evaluation of partner advocacy strategies and programmatic work plans.
Tracked donor Programme and advocacy deliverables and ensure conformance and compliance with the grant contract in the implementation;
Guide and advise implementing staff, develops programmatic and advocacy activity budgets and tracks team expenditures, reviews budget discrepancies with the Manager and provides support during the annual planning & budgeting and revision processes;
Work with MERL team in monitoring of the implementation of the programmatic and advocacy work plans by conducting a monthly review of plans versus results and documenting the variance;

Chale Sammy

Education

Masters in Project Planning and Management at University of Nairobi

January, 2019 - March, 2022
Fulltime

Project Management & Monitoring ,Evaluation, Research and Learning

Chale Sammy

Work experience

Regional Programme Coordinator at Deustche Stiftung Welvebekerung (DSW)

June, 2016 - December, 2020
Fulltime

Using AFP SMART advocacy concept, I developed smart advocacy materials including the National Adolescent SRH Policy brief 2015, Media releases, and held advocacy dialogues across Kilifi and West Pokot counties
Strengthening Local Advocacy Leadership in East Africa, aimed at developing the Advocacy capacity of partners of six (6), Civil Society Organizations and County Health Government to prioritize SRHR and HIV/AIDs services to young people and child protection issues including child sexual violence.
The Holistic Action Project for Adolescents and Children aims to improve the policy and budgets for school and educational well-being of 7,000 boys and girls aged 1014.
Engaged the county government executive and members of the county assembly in legislative and policy processes, influencing them to prioritize the allocation of 85 million for reproductive health in Kilifi County.
Conducted a quick win power mapping, allowing us to engage key influencers in the County in order to increase resource allocations.
Built formidable alliances and county networks/ coalitions and develop sustained critical numbers during advocacy
Engaged the Media, print, visual and social media to reach to decision makers to make impactful decisions on child and youth development policies and legislations
and West pokot counties through improved Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR including HIV/AIDS) by 2022
Securing Health Through Peoples Empowerment- DSW advocates for the alignment of national and sub-national health budgets, Budget lines and overall increase in budgetary allocations for SRHR
Oversaw the monitoring and evaluation of six sub grantees' advocacy-related projects, as well as the mapping of key opportunities and events in the counties' budget and policy environments.