About

Jimmy is an experienced project management professional with over 17 years of progressive experience in the field of programme and project development and management, including 4 years running community development projects in both conflict and post conflict era in Northern Uganda, a sub-Saharan conflict prone region in Africa. Jimmy also worked with and for various Organizations such as DanCurchAid-Uganda, RENA Initiative for Humanity-Uganda, OXFAM Novib-Uganda, UN-WFP Uganda, VSO Ghana/Ministry of Foods & Agriculture Ghana, Action Against Hunger-Uganda/Action Against Hunger UK, USAID Spring Project in Uganda, ACDI VOCA Uganda, CARE Uganda at various capacities. As Programme Policy Officer (PPO), cash-based expansion (UN WFP-Uganda), had also worked as cash transfer specialist with OXFAM Novib Uganda, supported local and national humanitarian actors on preparedness and response to humanitarian crisis. Ministry of food and Agriculture Ghana in partnership with VSO Ghana, implemented a secure livelihood program in Eastern Ghana and also worked shortly as Executive Director for RENA Initiative for Humanity-Uganda. Jimmy is a management specialist with an eye for results and passion for impact. In other roles, He had been, an Assistant Program Manager, Project Coordinator, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Project Officer, Field monitor, Business Skills development trainer, Programme Policy Officer, Executive Director; to mention relevant roles besides other field extension work roles. KEY COMPETENCE AREAS: • Project design, monitoring and management • Cash based Assistance programming (CBA) • Capacity Building in Program & Project Management • Project Management Office Setup, system/policy Implementation/adherence • Financial management and Budgetary controls • Strategic Planning, re-organization and organization development • Procurement planning and execution • Human Resource development • Quality Control/Compliance Management. • Resource Management, i.e., manage the project deliverables in line with the project plan • Quality Reporting & Documentation. • Management of Capacity building. • Organization’s Public Relation Management. • Risk Management, i.e., Support the organization/team members in development and implementation of risk management strategies. • Record Management, i.e., maintain good record of project documents and beneficiaries’ data in compliance with the relevant laws. • Effective Management of Diplomatic Missions.

Skills

  • Communication
    10
  • Teamwork
    10
  • Problem-Solving
    9
  • Creativity
    8
  • Leadership
    10
  • English
    10
  • Luo
    10
  • Kiswahili
    2
  • Twi
    1

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Jimmy Akena

 4/30/2024
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"Daniel is intelligent, committed, hardworking, details oriented, mentor and reliable on the professional arena"

Experience

Jimmy Latigo

Work experience
  • Technical advice and support to implementation of FAO CVA Programmes in Teso & Karamoja Sub Regions.
  • Provide technical assistance (as needed) to FAO implementing partners on the roll-out of CVA through guidance on planning and implementation, routine monitoring of partner activities in the implementation areas.
  • Support the creation, planning, supervision, implementation and monitoring of cash transfers activities as part of the emergency and resilience building.
  • Facilitate CVA knowledge transfers to the implementing partners.
  • Ensure coordination with Internal and external stakeholders.
  • Coordination with CO on CVA and disseminate approved information to the relevant stakeholders.
  • Attend regular meetings with Cash Working Group and Inform FAO about the key issues.
  • Engage with Partners (I/NGOs, UN agencies) for information sharing and coordination.
  • Technically advise the team on the cash transfers project bottlenecks.
  • Support in carrying out key monitoring activities such as PDMs, Field Monitoring visits, Voucher redemptions.
  • In consultation with the CVA Specialist, support the M&E Department to establish CVA-specific methodologies and tools for regular assessment (e.g. market, feasibility) and surveys; data collection, cleaning, analysis and management (e.g. excels modules for data collection, data analysis syntaxes, databases, etc.); and monitoring and reporting (e.g. post distribution monitoring, dashboards, guidelines aligned to SMART indicators, etc.) to assess performance and inform programmatic decisions;
  • Contribute to the interpretation of data analysis results using statistical techniques and support application of such results in project activities, reports, and knowledge products.
  • Support the development of SOPs for FAO Uganda CVA in emergency and development contexts with alignment to, both, the humanitarian principles of ‘Do No Harm’ and ‘Leave No One Behind’, and the UN Code of Ethics and Conduct; building from good practices from the sector; ensuring high operational standards and compliance with FAO corporate rules and procedures (including Manual Section 702 on Cash Transfers)
  • Support the integration of cash transfer modalities in other ongoing activities.
  • Support, in coordination with the Procurement Unit and the CVA Consultant, the development of contractual arrangements with FAO’s implementing partners and service providers, including Financial Service Providers, where CVA will be used.
  • Support stakeholder engagement processes on the roll-out of CVA in partnership with FAO service providers.
  • Provide technical assistance (as needed) to FAO implementing partners (NGOs, private sector, etc.) on the roll-out of CVA through routine monitoring of partner activities in the refugee response programme and other programmes, as required.
  • When needed, represent FAO in the Cash Technical Working Group under the refugee response and other relevant forum and discussions to facilitate learning, information sharing, alignment to national standards and approaches.

Jimmy Latigo

Education
  • August, 2023 - December, 2024
  • Fulltime
  • Thesis pending

Jimmy Latigo

Work experience
  • November, 2021 - August, 2023
  • Fulltime
  • Project Implementation & Management roles:
  • Provide oversight of technical aspects of cash and markets programming in the DCA areas of operation in line with DCA and donor set guidelines and standards
  • Train and develop capacity of first line responders including local partners, District Officials to effectively implement cash and markets interventions should a disaster occur.
  • Empower first responders including the district technical staff to be able to monitor and systematically track market development including markets complaints that are responded to with timely and effective feedback.
  • Train and develop the capacity of first responders including Local partners, district officials so that they can manage post distribution monitoring effectively.
  • Ensure effective identifications, registrations and verification of cash transfer beneficiaries and make sure that all CBT related activities are implemented in accordance with quality standards and agreed implementation plan.
  • Closely monitor the implementation of cash transfer interventions by the consortium partners and if needed, provide effective corrective actions to make sure that cash reaches the target beneficiaries as per the programme design or agreed strategy.
  • Ensure quality of the project out puts through regular supervisions and monitoring exercises to the project locations provided timely and high-quality project progress reports generated and shared.
  • Develop effective relationships, communication and coordination with partners & other stakeholders through close interactions and consultations.
  • Contribute to the development of funding proposals to ensure availability of adequate financial resources for activities beyond the current project.
  • Conduct cash transfers feasibility and markets assessments in the DCA/Consortium operational areas (Lamwo, Arua, Yumbe, Koboko, Obongi, Adjumani and Amuru) Districts.
  • Facilitate CBT related studies (Baselines, end lines, PDMs, market surveys e.t.c ) with support from the M&E team.
  • Document lessons learned, case stories and provide recommendations and show initiatives of the work processes as and when necessary.
  • Leadership Roles:
  • Manage, train and build the capacity of Cash and Markets Assistants/Officers.
  • Participate in regular staff and officers’ meetings.
  • Supervise the performance of the Cash and Markets assistants/officers and provide timely technical and managerial support.
  • Ensure, in liaison with Project Manager that team members operate in a secure environment and comply with security procedures and policies.
  • Ensure optimal use of human resources, including promotion of team work and securing adequate training of staff and promotion of talented staff.
  • Reporting & Accountability Roles:
  • Maintain an open dialogue with the beneficiaries to promote transparency and accountability including contributing to and implementing the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
  • Identify, document and disseminate best practices gained from Cash and Markets interventions in the areas of operation.
  • Share responsibility to maintain refugee community participation mechanisms in the settlement, ensuring that the voices of men, women, boys and girls and groups with specific needs are heard and represented.
  • Representation and coordination roles;
  • Develop and maintain positive working relationships with DCA staff, national and local authorities, international and national organizations as well as technical focal points in food security and Markets development, coordinate all planned projects with other implementing partners (IPs), OPM, and donors to ensure consistency with cluster priorities.
  • Represent DCA and the DPR Consortium Partners in relevant forums e.g. clusters, coordination structures with OPM, donors and NGOs in agreement with the project manager.
  • Participate effectively in the settlement-based cash working groups, West Nile and National Cash Working Group Forum.

Jimmy Latigo

Work experience
  • Project Implementation roles:
  • Coordinate the expansion and implementation of the cash based -transfer in all the settlements in Northern Uganda.
  • Support and promotes financial inclusion and retail engagement strategies
  • Work closely with the financial service providers to ensure effective and efficient cash-based transfer to the persons of concern.
  • Work with WFP contracted financial service providers to ensure rapid scale-up of the cash-based transfer intervention.
  • Pilot Agency banking with the objective of promoting financial inclusion into WFP cash-based transfer programme.
  • Verify that appropriate entitlements are disbursed.
  • Assist in the review of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to identify and document impacts on underlying, processes, systems, people and organizational structure.
  • Provide regular feedbacks to the CBT coordinator at the Country office level regarding the progress of the distributions, including achievements and constraints as well as suggestion of improvement actions.
  • Support organization of regular consultative meetings involving other functional Field and Area office units and external stake-holders coordination meeting such as the field level inter-Agency cash working group meetings.
  • Supervise and provide backstopping on financial literacy trainings to persons of concern in the pilot settlements in Northern Uganda.
  • Generate Cash Release Notes (CRNs) and coordinate with financial services providers for effective cash transfers and disbursements to the persons of concern.
  • Support access to financial services for vulnerable individual (generate, review and coordinate processing of payment documents such as Memo, CRNs, Invoices etc)
  • Support integration of agricultural market support activities into existing CBT, linking AMS, retail engagements and supply chain interventions for wholistic achievement.
  • Contribute to development of and coordinate market facilitation strategies for WFP.

Jimmy Latigo

Work experience
  • Provide support to line staff to conduct cash transfer feasibility and market assessments
  • Oversee the identification, registration and verification of cash transfer beneficiaries.
  • Support the Cash and Markets assistants to prepare requests for cash distribution for beneficiaries in a timely manner, and ensure coordination with service providers for the cash transfers.
  • Ensure all cash transfer activities are implemented in in accordance with donor requirements and as per the quality standard and agreed detail implementation plan.
  • Ensure quality of project out puts through regular supervision and monitoring exercise to the project locations.
  • Together with the M&E team, participate in Post distribution monitoring (PDM) in the zones/areas of operation.
  • Monitor and track all market complaints through the Assistants and empower them to provide timely and effective feedback.
  • Provide timely high-quality project progress reports both for DCA internal and donor and external requirements
  • Collect lessons learned, best practices, cases studies and support knowledge management
  • Share monitoring findings and information with the Livelihoods Officer and Project Manager.
  • Conduct field visits and monitor process and quality compliance with set standards:
  • Provide recommendations and show initiative on improvement of the work process if needed.
  • Coordinate cash transfer digitization’s and financial literacy to the persons of concern in West Nile region settlements DCA operates in. (E-vouchers, Mobile money cash transfers, and banking on wheels service provision)
  • Leadership Roles:
  • Manage, train and build the capacity of Cash and Markets Assistants.
  • Participate in regular staff and officers’ meetings.
  • Supervise the performance of the Cash and Markets assistants and provide timely technical and managerial support.
  • Ensure, in liaison with Project Manager that team members operate in a secure environment and comply with security procedures and policies.
  • Ensure optimal use of human resources, including promotion of team work and securing adequate training of staff and promotion of talented staff.
  • Reporting & Accountability Roles:
  • Maintain an open dialogue with the beneficiaries to promote transparency and accountability including contributing to and implementing the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
  • Identify, document and disseminate best practices gained from Cash and Markets interventions in the settlement.
  • Share responsibility to maintain refugee community participation mechanisms in the camp, ensuring that the voices of men, women, boys and girls and groups with specific needs are heard and represented.
  • Representation and coordination roles;
  • Develop and maintain positive working relationships with DCA staff, national and local authorities, international and national organizations as well as technical focal points in food security and Markets development, coordinate all planned projects with other implementing partners (Ips), OPM, and donors to ensure consistency with cluster priorities.
  • Represent DCA in relevant forums e.g. clusters, coordination structures with OPM, donors and NGOs in agreement with the project manager.
  • Participate effectively on West Nile – Cash Working Group.
  • Professional Experiences

Jimmy Latigo

Work experience
  • Develop a database that can be used to capturing all relevant CTP information
  • Compile database based on member & country office information
  • Create a summary of information based on all the CTP information available
  • Develop the CTP intranet site that will be the place all country office, regional offices, the centre, and members to go for CTP information
  • Compile & upload the CTP related resources available on the intranet site (Tools, Documents, Lessons Learned, etc.)
  • Review the existing training material available (Members, Country Offices, etc.) & Support developing additional training material for the Cash Working group (e.g. Training material for the CTP Operations Manual & the tools contained within the manual
  • Capture Monitoring & Lessons Learn of up to two CTPs
  • Conduct a review of up to two significant CTPs to identify lessons learned. Achievements
  • Coordinate LNHAs cash-based activities and represent OXFAM in cash-based intervention forum in the Country (Local & National)
  • Work with the private sector actors to promote digitalized cash programming.

Jimmy Latigo

Education

Jimmy Latigo

Work experience
  • Coordinate formation, training and development of VSLA groups in line with the methodology.
  • Preparing monthly work plan on the supervision and monitoring of Community support officers, VSLA groups and the partners.
  • Conduct community field visits to supervise, monitor and support program implementation.
  • Under takes periodic monitoring, evaluation and learning documentation.
  • Ensure program activities are delivered on schedules.
  • Ensure proper understanding and application of VSLA methodology.
  • Ensure communities and partners activities meet VSO’s standards.
  • Ensure strong Gender perspectives are mainstreamed into the VSLA.
  • Documenting up to date monitoring, Evaluation and Learning reports.

Jimmy Latigo

Education

Jimmy Latigo

Education

Jimmy Latigo

Education

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Jimmy Akena

 4/30/2024
7

"Daniel is intelligent, committed, hardworking, details oriented, mentor and reliable on the professional arena"