About

PROGRAMME COORDINATION/MANAGEMENT Professional in Projects Coordination (PC) offering 9-years Project Management and Coordination career distinguished by commended performance and proven results. Master of Science in Project Management (MSC PM) with Extensive background in Community-based affairs, including experience in mediation, conflict resolution, benefits and compensations, advocacy and accountability, Team work and development coupled with legal compliance. Demonstrated success in negotiating win-win compromises, developing teambuilding programs, and creating wider networking for the success of project cycles, management reports, including quality project proposal writing and development with commendable experiences working/networking with potential donors, partners and stakeholders. MANAGEMENT SKILLS DEVELOPED  Staff mentorship and development  Finance Interpretation  Mediation & Advocacy  HR Policies & Procedures  Staff Recruitment & Retention  Employee Relations  Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)  Benefits Administration  Orientation & On-Boarding  Training & Development  Performance Management

Skills

  • Communication
    9
  • Teamwork
    9
  • Problem-Solving
    10
  • Creativity
    10
  • Leadership
    8
  • Project Management
    10
  • English and kiswahili
    10
  • Luo (Acholi
    10
  • Lango and Alur)
    10
  • Luganda
    7
  • Italian
    5

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 3/7/2023
10

"Good connection"

Experience

Leonard Okello Louis

Work experience

Leonard Okello Louis

Work experience
  • East Achol Cooperative Union Limited is a Union of 108 Primary Societies across East Acholi Sub Region that comprise of Kitgum, Pader, Agago and Lamwo. One of its mandates is to develop and build
  • the capacities of its member cooperative organizations, including promoting bulk marketing of members’ produce.
  • Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Assisting the Secretary Manager in planning, designing and developing effective agricultural production, marketing & value addition strategies and activities for the benefit of co-operators
  • Growing female and youth membership of supported cooperatives.
  • Conducted participatory sessions on household land use agreements for 108 Primary Societies, engaging with household members and local authorities
  • Supporting cooperatives to become more gender inclusive in their governance, management and operations.
  • structures and operations inclduding memberships.
  • Participating in National Stakeholders meetings to share findings from project studies/evaluation and to champion women and youth in the cotton and sesame sectors development.
  • Ensuring that planned activities are delivered in accordance with the implementation timetable and within the agreed budget.
  • With support from the Secretary Manager, I am coordinating and supervising implementation of environmentally sustainable agricultural activities with the affiliate cooperatives.
  • Planning, organising and providing marketing & value addition support trainings and other capacity building initiatives for cooperatives under the GIZ-CUSP Change project.
  • Facilitating co-operators to identify and exploit value-adding upon, processing opportunities that promotes and facilitates contract farming, bulk commodity transactions and warehouse receipt system among members of cooperatives
  • Facilitating Primary Society cooperatives to develop and implement marketing & value addition strategies for improved marketing and agro-processing
  • Facilitate cooperators to identify, develop and consolidate diverse income and funding sources for their marketing and gin-processing activities
  • Play a key role in facilitating co-operators to identify, develop and maintain partnerships with private sector players who can promote their interests
  • Provide back-up support to field staff while ensuring adherance and compliances.

Leonard Okello Louis

Education
  • September, 2017 - August, 2019
  • Fulltime
  • Project Planning and Management

Leonard Okello Louis

Work experience
  • January, 2015 - December, 2018
  • Fulltime
  • GOAL Uganda in partnership with Wagwoke Wunu (WW) Agago District, works in the areas of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion, through applied skills and technologies. Recruited to help Provide leadership and guidance to WW project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, administer and monitor policies and coordinate with organizations and carry out Over-all Programming and fund raising/sourcing for the organization including guiding the startup, and management of a full spectrum of operations, systems and programs in Agago District.
  • Key Results:
  •  Provided leadership and guidance to project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, administering and monitoring policies, coordinating with other organizations/partners and carry out fund raising/sourcing for the local partner organization (WW)
  •  Provided technical support to the implementation team to ensure efficient and effective use of resources and delivery of CLTS programmes
  •  Particpated in CLTS activities in the communities including Sanitation and hygiene triggering exercise and community health educations
  •  Actively participated in ODF verifications exercise in close collaborations with DHOs and District Water departments of Agago District Local Government.
  •  Identified and made recommendations for either Water Points repairs/rehabilitations and/or provision of the Water Points/drillings in some hard to reach areas.
  •  Initiated and made successful fundable proposals to the development of programmes and the methods of delivery and implementations.
  •  Supported project staff on provision of technical and quality services.
  •  Ensured effective budgetary control and maintain them in line with agreed financial limits and requirements.
  •  Monitored everyday working and ensured interpretation of all departmental policies for individual caseworks.
  •  Administered services provided to clients and their families, prepared service provision contracts and ensured compliance to all beneficiaries’ needs.
  •  Coordinated with various Local Goverment departments and independent agencies while ensuring fulfillment of all users.
  •  Wrote reports of all administrative and program management activities including financial reports, and submitted to donors
  •  Ensured optimal quality of services provided to clients.
  •  Provided services to all children and families and ensured compliance to all legislations and child care policy that supports Child Protection Frameworks.
  •  Ensuring staff adherence to professional code of conduct

Leonard Okello Louis

Work experience
  • January, 2012 - September, 2015
  • Fulltime
  • Key Results:
  •  Supported the scheme awareness, promotional and outreach plans in Lango Sub-region in the promotion of the use of Energy Saving Stoves to reduce the rate of usage of Wood Fuel and reduction of smoke related illness.
  •  Marketed Environmental eligible activities and contributed to the absorption rate of the use of Energy Saving Stoves by the local communities
  •  Oriented new employees by providing orientation information packages; reviewing organizational policies; gathering withholding and other payroll information; explaining benefit programs.
  •  Supported the field monitoring functions of the scheme by undertaking the required due diligence on prospective clients.
  •  Networking with other organizations, government sectors and individuals, including the promotion of electronic bulletin boards, electronic mailing lists, blogs etc
  •  Coordinated the formulation of project proposal for collaborative inter-country exchange in the areas of Livelihood development, environmental health and management, and healthcare, including completion of proposals for funding
  •  Managed designated projects rising result-based management and prepare reports for donors and other external agencies in conjunction with the Journal Programme Manager and other team mambers

Leonard Okello Louis

Work experience
  • January, 2010 - December, 2012
  • Fulltime
  • Recruited to fulfill a broad range of Community development and management functions; including Case Management, training ToTs on Participatory Development Management (PDM), Cultural Worldviews on Development, and Managing project financial records. Co-chaired annual regional coordination meetings, resolved conflicts between employees and stakeholders, coordinated numerous programs that promote community development and sustainability
  • Key Results:
  •  Created awareness of Government and local authotiries, opinion leaders and religious leaders through avocacy models in the program areas of the importance and modalities of Participatory Development Management (PDM)
  •  Mobilized and sensitised the youth and women on issues concerning cultural worldviews and their effects on development
  •  Assessed the training needs of the youth and women with regard to worldviews/mindset transformation and PDM, and; Organize trainings of the leaders, teachers, students and communities
  •  Follow-up trained youth groups, giving them support and guidance to facilitate the identification, planning and management of development programs
  •  Developed an effective Participatory Development Management manual to facilitate different trainings in different methologies
  •  Cordinated/supervised field staff and volunteers involved in the PDM and cultural worldview interventions
  •  Organized and conducted planning meetings with the district officials and local leaders to get feedback and forge wayforwards
  •  Prepared data and reports on all program activities and conducted any other duties that were assigned by my supervisor

Leonard Okello Louis

Work experience
  • January, 2009 - December, 2010
  • Fulltime
  • Conducted close identification of vulnerable youth that are in need of support
  • Condcuted follow up visits with psychosocial care for youth re-united with their families
  • Conducted LIFE SKILLS education, group dynamics and business skills management trainings.
  • Gathered and shared information pertaining to the child’s psychological, physical and social needs with parents/guardians in order to facilitate reintegration of vulnerable children
  • Designed with community members community-based development activities and economic recovery projects in order to provide long-term support to reintegrated children and especially the high-risk groups (child mothers, born in captivity, PLWDs and OVCs).
  • Actively participated in preparing weekly and monthly activity work plans and responsible for implementation, supervision and monitoring of the activities.
  • Worked as an active member of the psychosocial/child protection department, taking on additional duties as necessary, and willingly assisting other members of the team in their works.
  • To provide monthly reports on the above activities.

Leonard Okello Louis

Work experience
  •  Assisted in the coordination and monitoring of the Sponsorship Programme in Uganda of more than 47 local partners and over 10,000 Orphans and Vulnerable children (OVCs) whole over the country.
  •  Liaised and worked together with the developers of the grants application so as to correct the weakness of the system and come up with a complete system of integrity.
  •  Did data cleaning and validation from time to time so as to have a database of up to date and valid data that can be useful for program analysis
  •  Participated in the analysis of this data, from time to time with the Monitoring and evaluation team and other consultants especially PEEP Consult
  •  Generated various reports on quarterly and semester basis or when required by my supervisors and/or donors
  •  Representing the programme at various meetings and workshops trainings at national and regional levels.
  •  Ensure safe custody of the received data and protection of these data from the people who should not have access to i.e. for confidentiality and data security.
  •  Carried out checks and correctness and completeness of these data entry to ensure that the deadline is beaten.
  •  Developing work plan, planning and designing information gathering tools for the project with full support from MEAL Team.
  •  Registering and cross checking a number of application forms for new applicants for completeness and approval.
  •  Supported Collection of Data Analysis (Baseline Survey) for project evaluation.
  •  Management and accounting for financial and physical resources of the DSP/OVCs USAID funded project.
  •  Ensuring effective and efficient development of quality Education infrastructures at all levels in the selected districts.
  •  Liaising with other stakeholders in support of education and other sector for effective delivery of related services and leverages.

Leonard Okello Louis

Education
  • September, 2003 - August, 2007
  • Fulltime
  • Bachelor in Social Work and Social Administration

Leonard Okello Louis

Education
  • September, 2001 - August, 2003
  • Fulltime
  • Diploma in Social Work and Social Administration

Leonard Okello Louis

Education
  • February, 1997 - November, 1999
  • Fulltime
  • Grade III Teaching Certificate

Leonard Okello Louis

Education
  • February, 1992 - November, 1995
  • Fulltime
  • Ordinary Level (O'Level)

Ocen Richard

 3/7/2023
10

"Good connection"