About

As a program Associated, I am a result-oriented person with excellent experience in community development, child protection, gender based violence and nutrition programs working with displaced persons and malnourished children in Somaliland. I have great experience working with displaced persons, good knowledge dealing with pregnant lactating women and children, with great experience in counselling practice and community engagement. Excellent experience working with vulnerable traumatized war victims and street kids. I also exhibit good knowledge in information management, capacity building and mentoring initiatives. I am a positive person with a solid background in social work, with a proven track record in punctuality, dependable service, and a reputation for client’s confidentiality. I work hard to help clients remain as independent and as active participants as possible in their personal and community affairs.

Skills

  • -Conducting outreach activities
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  • English
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Experience

Stella Ayaa

Work experience
  • January, 2020 - December, 2022
  • Fulltime
  • Identifying program funding opportunities and guide proposal development teams. Develop concept notes and full applications and submission to institutional and private donors. Developing new programs and projects to support the strategic direction of the organization. For example child protection projects, nutrition projects, education and more. Liaising with development partners and stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding funding and grant management related issues. Liaise with donors and identify linkages between ANPPCANSOM objectives and donor strategies by monitoring, research and analysis into donor strategies. Ensure all key components and deadlines of funding proposals are identified, understood, and incorporated from beginning of proposal development to submission. Maintain grant opportunity tracking spreadsheet and update with current opportunities, updating team as directed. Maintain complete and updated proposal development and project activity files in both digital and hard copy format. Development of concept note for child protection. I support planning discussions for the child protection monitoring and evaluation reference group (CPMERG) by providing a brief explanation of the prospects for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) efforts in child protection systems. Tracking child protection implementation programs. Making sure that child protection programmes engage actively with the community, to identify excluded children who may need assistance. Coordination with stakeholders on child protection programs, attending coordination meetings and review meetings with government officials in different ministries of health and gender, and civil society organizations. Designing and implementation plan for child protection program regions. Designing child protection services to be as decentralized as possible. This approach has been taken to community activities at neighborhood level, Centre-based programmes, and activities that link with services in other sectors such as education, nutrition, and health. Participation in program implementation, baseline, midterm and end line evaluation research surveys. Ensuring that needs assessments are carried out, project monitoring and evaluation are conducted and making sure that projects implemented materialized.
  • Preparation of programs reports, progress report, end project narrative report. Ensuring that project progress report are compiled and submitted and end implementation report is given to inform partners, beneficiaries and donors on the outcome of the project which was implemented. Fund raising resources for implementation of gender sensitive projects, child protection and nutrition projects and business development, through proposal development, partnering and coordinating with other partners. Implement the SGB child protection policy and procedures. Encourage good practice by promoting and championing the child protection policy and procedures. Raise awareness of the Club Child Protection Officer role to parents/careers, adults, and children involved in the club.

Stella Ayaa

Work experience
  • Developed, implemented and monitored quarterly, monthly and weekly activity plans to achieve expected results. This includes planning of activities, budgets and procurement.
  • Ensured that all planned activities such as those for Child Friendly Spaces, Community based CPC, community awareness raising, and case management are implemented on time, to quality measures and within budget as per the monthly plan. Where challenges arise, ensured that these are flagged early, communicated to the Protection Advisor and addressed in an appropriate way.
  • Technically lead all CP program activities especially and ensured that they are being implemented within national and international quality standards.
  • Prepared periodic project work plans and budgets in conjunction with the section heads, the Sub Program Manager and Accountant and ensured appropriate utilization of project resources;
  • Technically supported the identification and documentation of vulnerable children including separated and unaccompanied minors, violence survivors, children with disabilities as well as children at risk.
  • Provided technical support for community awareness on identification of vulnerable children, child rights and general child protection.
  • Conducted community consultation on alternative care arrangements / foster care of unaccompanied and separated children.
  • Referred cases with specific needs to the competent service providers, follow up and document referred cases.
  • Ensured that follow-up visits are conducted for children in alternative care arrangements /fostered quality of activities at the CFS and other settlement-based activities.
  • Reported violation of the child protection Code of Conduct in line with the LWF’s policies.
  • Worked with cultural sensitivity and respected the dignity of vulnerable children and families and members of the host communities at all times.
  • Conducted focus group discussions with boys and girls, according to age-groups to understand the different gender roles and preferences of activities to inform interventions. Conduct focus group discussions with beneficiaries (parents and children) on the delivery of activities.

Related persons

Godwin MwesigyeUniversal Banker at PostBank Uganda Limited