Skills

  • Microsoft Office

Experience

Yousuf Mahdi

Work experience
  • I was responsible to:
  • Project design, planning and implementation
  • Contextualize/adopt design guidelines and utilize at the Area Development Program
  • Ensure accurate and quality in Program Development Designs based on the partnership approved Program Managements
  • Provide technical support, guidance and trainings for the establishment of the Savings Groups, Business Facilitation Groups and Local Value Chains Developers, Farmer Groups, Community Animal Health Workers, Community Based Organizations and Village Development & Relief committees
  • Establish linkage between Micro-Finance institutions and community economic development groups including saving groups, Business Facilitation Groups and Local Value Chains Developers, Farmer Groups, Community Animal Health Workers, Community Based Organizations
  • Organize community meetings with the target communities at the beginning of projects and utilize bench marks of information sharing & participation of target communities
  • Develop quality project Annual work plans with clear targets, budgets and 4D matrices
  • Provide field-level technical implementation leadership on program interventions of Economic Development, Food Security and Livelihoods
  • Ensure proper and timely implementation of the interventions in the Projects as per approved World Vision Somalia standards and donor requirements
  • Ensure effective integration of Economic Development and Livelihood interventions with other projects in the program
  • Track, in liaison with project manager, project implementation expenditure levels and manage work plans and budgets;
  • Liaise directly with communities, elders and local authorities as well as other Agencies operating in target FSL program sites regularly to ensure coordination and effective implementation of activities
  • M&E, Reporting & documentation
  • Conducting Gender-sensitive Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (G-CVCA) assessment through the development of the Community Adaptation action plans (CAAPs) and facilitate Participatory Monitoring Evaluation Reflection and Learning PMERL with reports.
  • Engage community leaders and partners in the planning of the monitoring activities in an appropriate manner
  • Develop monitoring plan with communities and partners agreeing on the required standards for monitoring
  • Build the capacity of communities and partners on monitoring including using Savings Groups Management Information System, Micro Finance Institutions, Business Facilitation Groups, Agribusiness and Local Value Chain Developers on data collection forms and Community feedback machanisms
  • Analyze and utilize Economic Development Program Managements data including SGs MIS, MFI, BF and LVCD data and take appropriate programming measures as may apply;
  • Ensure participatory monthly data collection (involving community groups and partners);
  • Support the utilization of DME and Economic Development Program Managements software for accurate data entry and analysis using the standardized tools;
  • Develop quality reports (Child Well Being, Annual, Semi-annul and Monthly Management Reports) in-line with World Vision reporting guidelines;
  • Monthly monitor project expenditure and level of implementation and report on any variances to Project Manager and NO Technical advisor for decision making;
  • Advocacy, Engagement and Networking
  • Ensure that the key laws, polices, regulations and government service delivery standards in Economic Development/Empowerment are shared, interpreting and explained to communities
  • Effectively represent of WVS in Economic Development/Empowerment stakeholder meetings.
  • Work with the Ministries of Agriculture, Trade, Social Services, Planning, and Enterprise Development for technical directions and leveraging of resources to support Economic Development/Empowerment interventions in the Project.
  • Facilitate community members to advocate on Economic Empowerment issues to relevant stakeholders;
  • Work with Private sector, other NGOs, MFIs, CBOs , FBOs, Committees and Groups with related objectives for synergy and sustainability and;
  • Support community level forums that facilitate identification of hindrances to effective economic empowerment interventions.
  • Work with community groups and other CSOs to develop Memorandum and/or petitions for engagement.

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