Orban Tersugh

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Programme Manager at Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa (GHIV Africa)

since January, 2021

em***45@gmail.com

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ORBAN TERSUGH PROFILE. Introduction. Tersugh Orban is a philanthropist, a humanitarian, who works in the humanitarian sector for over 6 years, and is competent in managing Programs/Projects, and good in MEAL and Research work in both emergency response, and developmental contexts. Orban Tersugh studied at Benue State University Makurdi, Nigeria, where he obtained a bachelor of art (BA.) degree in Linguistics in 2016. In 2017, Tersugh Joined Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) as REACH Research field assistant in Maiduguri, Borno State. Later in 2018, joined Goal Prime Organization Nigeria (GPON) as M&E Assistant in Maiduguri, Borno State, worked with Equal Access International (EAI) as Research Assistant also in Maiduguri, Borno State in the same year 2019 just 3 months. In 2020, he joined Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa (GHIV Africa) Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer where he install the MEAL structure at the organization while the organization was just starting at the time. In 2021 he was promoted to the position of programs Manager where he is currently managing the implementing department and is saddled with organizational-level managerial responsibilities as one of the key management staff and a member of the executive management team. Tersugh is highly proficient in coordinating, leading, developing, and managing the program/projects teams, managing budget, and logistics of the organization, and proficient in planning, conducting, and implementing monitoring, research, post-distribution monitoring (PDM), and Third Party Monitoring (TPM) activities in developmental, and emergency context. He is now working with Global Village Healthcare Initiative GHIV-Africa. In addition, has Masters (M.sc) in view with Federal University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). ORBAN TERSUGH’S COMPETENCIES  He has competence in coordination, staff management, and organization-level skills  He has competence in team building/bonding, and career coaching  He has competence in coordinating, leading, and offering technical/programmatic directions to program/project teams  As a budget holder, he is good at managing budgets, and has Strong project administration skills for the effective implementation of projects.  He has expertise in managing project life cycles.  He has good insight at gender, disability, and social inclusion during project development and budgeting, and monitoring their implementations through the project implementation  He is good at MEAL dynamics for effective implementation, Accountability, and sustainability  He is Proficient in resource mobilization (proposals writing, negotiating with donors to extend, and scare ups of projects)  He is good at interacting with external partners, donors, secondary beneficiaries, and Government stakeholders.  He is good at dispute resolution among staff/project teams/subordinates, beneficiaries, and stakeholders.  He is strong at managing time and dealing with workload to deliver before deadlines.  He is good at data analysis and can use data analytical tools (information management systems) like PowerBI, Tableau, and Pivot-chart in excel program.  He is good at developing questionnaires on data collection tools like Kobo toolbox, and Google forms. ORBAN TERSUGH’S PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS  He has attained Humanitarian Information Management Training Course Advance Level (iMMAP and OCHA in collaboration with Uni. Maid)  He has attained Humanitarian Information Management Training Course; Basic Level (iMMAP and OCHA in collaboration with Uni. Maid)  He has attained Training Course on Gender in Humanitarian Action (UN WOMEN  He has attained Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Data Analyst (IPC Nigeria FAO, Nutrition Sector North East Nigeria, UNICEF Borno State Health Agency)  He has attained Internship: Graduate Research in International Development (Institute for Development Research)  He has attained Building a Better Response  He has attained Logistics and Procurement  He has attained Healthcare in Danger (ICRC)  He has attained Basic First Aid and Training (NRC) As a passionate, kind, and generous personality, I want to pivot in my career to save lives, relieve suffering, and maintain human dignity through my honesty, and hard work, with a reputable humanitarian organization in one of the most important capacities where I can make positive and life-saving decisions. Secondly, my long-term hopes and ambitions as a humanitarian worker are to grow in my career and reach a position where the humanitarian community will not want to lose me in a hurry. Being an expert as a programs person is what I always look forward to, therefore, for me to see that happening, I learned to be “down to earth’” I also, subject my safe to learning from my colleagues and improve by learning on my own too, as well as accepting my mistakes, weaknesses and avoiding them in future dealings.

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4/25/2023

"He is a great team member,dedicated to his Job"

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4/13/2023

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Orban Tersugh

Work experience

Programme Manager at Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa (GHIV Africa)

2021 -
Fulltime

START DATE: January 2021 till date.
Reference: Programs Manager (PM).
The Programming Manager at GHIV Africa is to coordinate, lead, develop, and manage the program team to achieve the aspirations of GHIV Africa’s country Strategy through Programme Development, effective coordination, consolidation, technical support, and guidance by ensuring a cohesive team spirit, and motivation to perform. My position aspiration here is to manage and ensure resource mobilization, prioritization, allocation, and work plan coherence to deliver GHIV Africa Strategy on the country level. My other responsibility at GHIV Africa is also working with GHIV Africa’s Partners Allies, and donors to foster long-term relationships to successfully deliver the GHIV Africa program strategy and goals.
Key Responsibilities:
Support in the start-up and implementation of the projects with a good and adequate understanding of the terms and conditions of the Project agreement.
Ensure that the staff hired by the organization under projects have adequate education and work experience.
Develop job descriptions for project staff
Support the organization to find long-term solutions to the challenges and barriers related to program implementation.
Introduce better integration of gender and child-safeguarding-related aspects of programming to program staff of the organization.
Ensure that projects are implemented, recorded, reported, and analyzed to improve the living conditions of the beneficiaries.
Undertake regular field trips to the project sites with the purpose of performing monitor projects; develop reports and make a follow-up on recommendations.
Make sure action plans based on capacity assessment are prepared by each sector within GHIV Africa and findings are addressed in a regular manner.
Conduct semiannual performance and/or capacity assessment of GHIV Africa programs staff which is required
Provide leadership in the development of strategic plans and budgets for all programs in the country.
Provide leadership to the Programme Team toward achieving the objectives of the Country Strategy of GHIV Africa.
Review and ensure alignment of program priorities, strategies, and plans to programs and the broader strategies, plans, and campaigns for the organization.
Support the Executive Director in the development of both strategic and operational plans in accordance with GHIV Africa planning guidelines.
Ensure GHIV Africa program activities are grounded, strongly interlinked, and consolidated at the national level in line with GHIV’s programmatic document (policy).
Ensure quality implementation of all projects of GHIV Africa.
Ensure learnings are documented by the program team in the most effective way demonstrating value for money

Orban Tersugh

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Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer at Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa (GHIV Africa)

January, 2020 - December, 2020
Fulltime

START DATE: January 2020.
Reference: Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer.
MEAL Officer at GHIV Africa, the role was to carry out the implementation of Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) to ensure program quality and accountability through efficient and effective collection, input, and review of information relating to GHIV Africa's Programs, I handled the responsibilities of conducting and administering field related activities to field locations. I was responsible for Designing M&E tools use for surveys and interviews for child protection, PSS, MHPSS, SRH, WASH, GBV, and livelihood interventions in Maiduguri in line with the organizational strategies, policies, and the MEAL framework as well as the project design. I worked in hand with the program/project teams to ensure standards as outlined in the organization’s MEAL framework, and the project documents to ensure implementation outcomes, project successes, and sustainability.
Key Responsibilities:
Routine communication of all field activities, Projects implementation progress, and other key findings to management in a timely and effective manner.
Effective participation in and implementation of needs assessments, base, mid and end-line assessments.
Provide field information for documenting learning for program quality improvement, and support the preparation of program performance reports
To ensure that beneficiaries, community members, and other stakeholders are fully informed of the M&E processes being implemented
Ensure the accuracy and quality of information collected by the M&E and program teams, and assist with the efficient processing and analysis of data
To work as part of a team; providing support where necessary in other administrative, information management, or M&E tasks.
Provide technical support and oversight on monitoring and evaluation of the project
Ensure that the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities are in line with the project’s implementation plan and meets the donor and project’s M&E needs.
Represent and make appropriate presentations to stakeholders at various levels for program achievements and deliverables and other M&E activities
Support the development and design of the M&E framework, tools, project M&E plans, and guidelines and ensure efficient data management processes
Provide continuous technical lead to the project team on data management and regularly analyze state data, highlight important programmatic gaps and coordinate with program management and others in addressing these gaps
Conduct routine monitoring and supportive supervisory visits to project sites, including the conduct of data verification and validation and data quality assessments using standard checklists
Ensure regular maintenance of database/information system, project’s training database, and programmatic progress updates that documents achievements on a regular basis
Support monitoring activities to project sites, collation/analysis of monitoring reports for program feedback and decision making
Conduct operational research activities, and participate in project assessments, evaluations, and design teams as applicable
Facilitate the preparation/production of project reports, journal publications, proposal writing, assessment reports, human success stories, and quarterly fact sheets
Provide technical support to the project, FMOH, SMOH, and other Government of Nigeria entities in the conduct of surveys for Family Planning programs, including the development of survey instruments, survey implementation, data analysis and report writing under the guidance

Orban Tersugh

Work experience

Research Assistant at Equal Access International (EAI)

April, 2019 - January, 2020
Fulltime

Reference: Research Assistant.
The project is Borno Adamawa Radio Listenership Study; Carried out in Montuno, Dikwa, Damasak, Biu, and Mubi. Here the responsibility is to support in ensuring a close working relationship between IDPs, host communities, and relevant government stakeholders as well as implementing partners to achieve desired objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities we work are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner.
Ensuring communities are adequately consulted and informed about EAI program objectives, activities, beneficiary selection criteria, and methodologies.
Ensuring seamless community entry to internally displaced persons camps, and host communities.
Conducts assessments and surveys in communities to identify trends and needs.
Participation in the design, planning, and input of the work plans, based on identified trends and needs.
Implementation of community mobilization activities including hard-reaching areas to reach out to the needed population.
Compile a weekly summary of community mobilization activities.
Responsible for recruitment, training, leading and supervising field volunteers in field locations.
Responsible for identifying and organizing respondents (Participants) for focus group discussions (FGDs), facilitating or co-facilitating the discussions, and recording the results.
To be responsible for Quantitative Data collection on Kobo Collect/ODK tools using GPS devices using smartphones.

Orban Tersugh

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Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Assistant at Goalprime Organization of Nigeria (GPON)

July, 2018 - March, 2019
Fulltime

Reference: M&E Assistant
Key Responsibilities:
Support the capture of program M&E plans to capture project performance and results, including data reporting, assessments, and all monitoring and evaluation activities. Support the development of data flow pattern for project that will ensure timely data collection and reporting
Ensure high-quality implementation, in close collaboration with the M&E Officer. Utilize the data collected to inform strategic decision-making and project planning
Support targeted evaluations and operations research, including design, data collection, management and analysis
Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audits
Support to ensure that relevant data (5Ws) are entered into organization-wide data management system designed to capture, analyze, and disseminate project data
Collect and authenticate all information sheets (beneficiary lists, registration forms, distribution lists, and others) for delivery of education and psychosocial support intervention services.

Orban Tersugh

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REACH Research Field Assistant at REACH Initiative

July, 2017 - June, 2018
Fulltime

Reference: REACH Research Field Assistant.
As part of initializing operations in northeast Nigeria in response to the ongoing IDPs crisis in Borno State, the activity is to contribute to improved Humanitarian Emergency response and enhance evidence-based decision-making by providing support to the Operational actors with localized and operational response Planning.
Key Responsibilities:
Establishing a relationship with local authorities like the first- and second-class chiefs in local and rural communities to get eligible information from them.
Collection of Field data through direct contact with IDPs in Camps and in host communities.
To conduct one-on-one interviews with respondents (IDPs).
Be responsible for ensuring the households are accurately targeted in accordance with the directions given by the supervisors, and that data meets the maximum quality standard.
Responsible for identifying and organizing respondents for the focus group discussions, and KII, facilitating or co-facilitating the discussion and recording the results.
To be responsible for Quantitative Data collection on Kobo Collect/ODK tools using GPS devices using smartphones.
Any other duty(s) that is require of me.