About me
A seasoned humanitarian professional with over 15 years of experience in Program Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Partnership management, Education, and Strategic Planning. Proven track record in Managing large-scale Emergency Responses. Highly skilled in Data Management and Visualization, Reporting, Capacity Building, Community Engagement and Representations.
Skills
Education
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University of OMDURMAN 2001 - 2005
Batchelor of Arts in Communications
I have a Batchelor of Art in Communications, Major, Public Relations from Omdurman University, Sudan
Experience
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United Nations World Food Programme 2023 - Present
Programme Policy Officer
• Support the scale-up of the Sudan emergency response through the Chad corridor, facilitating rapid response and rationalizing the deployment of vital resources to crisis areas; achieve a prompt response, ensuring timely assistance to affected populations. So far, it has reached 1.3 M of life-saving food assistance in West and Central Darfur (Cash/In-Kind). • Assist with strategy development for cross-border programming, including participating in the relevant cluster coordination cross-border meetings with other international organizations, needs assessment, and programmatic reviews that facilitated internal and external engagement and planning. • Assist in preparing the relevant reports highlighting the key achievements and bottlenecks contributing to informative decisions. • Coordinate the partnership management-related tasks, including technical and operational support for implementing WFP’s Corporate NGO Guidance. This includes Calls for Proposals, selection processes, partner induction, invoice management, performance monitoring, and ensuring the standardization of templates and formats is appropriately disseminated and used.
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United Nations World Food Programme 2022 - 2023
Programme Policy Officer/Activity Manager
• Provided strategic project management support as activity manager for General Food Assistance, ensuring a coordinated approach with more comprehensive programs that comply with WFP standards and procedures, including enhancing the WFP emergency response intervention across the region through well-coordinated mechanisms with other sector relevant agencies and stakeholders. 1.2 million has been reached in West and Central Darfur statues through the two modalities (Cash& In-Kind). • Provided project management support to the school feeding program in close coordination with the government, key stakeholders, and partners, ensuring adherence to WFP standards and procedures and improved coordination and program efficiency. Reached 306,884 primary school students in West and Central Darfur states. • Coordinated the integration of standardized emergency preparedness measures, facilitating rapid response and rationalized deployment of vital resources to crisis areas; achieved a prompt response, ensuring timely assistance to affected populations. • Developed and executed robust data gathering and monitoring protocols, maintaining strict quality standards, reducing discrepancies, and improving data integrity for effective reporting and analysis. • Performed a data-driven reporting framework, resulting in accurate and timely reporting of program activities, enabling informed decision-making, and fostering consistency in the information presented to stakeholders. • Fostered effective collaboration and communication across departments, ensuring alignment and driving successful project execution; monitored and tracked progress on two projects, increasing on-time project delivery. • Spearheaded efforts to identify and cultivate strategic partnerships, resulting in collaborative working relationships with eleven organizations/partnerships and enhanced food assistance packages for vulnerable communities (Five for General Food Assistance and Six for School Feeding). • Enhanced learning initiatives for WFP staff, partners, and national government by providing comprehensive project management support; bolstered capacity-building efforts and strengthened readiness for food assistance needs.
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United Nations World Food Programme 2017 - 2022
Programme Associate
• Provided specialized project management support to the General Food Assistance Activities and ensured the activities were performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures. • Coordinated the downstream pipeline operations for the West and Central Darfur Area Office, including devising annual food projections plans, tracking CO-allocated food movement, and organizing monthly pipeline meetings to ensure seamless coordination and documentation. • Assessed project proposals from cooperating partners, providing comprehensive feedback and recommendations to optimize alignment with organizational goals and improve project outcomes. • Conducted comprehensive monitoring of WFP food assistance activities, identifying bottlenecks and implementing process improvements that reduced delivery challenges and increased program impact. • Headed the coordination and leadership of the West and Central Darfur Area Office weekly performance report, leveraging analytical expertise to consolidate inputs from various programmatic interventions; delivered technical support to staff, optimizing reporting strategies and ensuring data integrity for informed decision-making. • Led the coordination of annual review workshops involving cooperating Partners and staff, enabling the identification of best practices and challenges in interventions. Developed and implemented corrective measures to enhance intervention outcomes and inform future strategies. • Established a comprehensive tracking system to monitor project activities from formulation to completion, improving data accuracy and accessibility for management briefs, profiles, and related decision-making purposes.
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United Nations World Food Programme 2013 - 2017
Monitoring Assistant
• Verified the planned movements and distribution of cash-based transfers, food or non-food items, reporting issues or discrepancies to the supervisor for timely problem resolution and ensuring that the quantity distributed, and the quality of the operation are in line with WFP standards. • Maintained information records and monitoring plan documentation, such as records of commodity movements, program checklists, and monthly monitoring plans (planned vs. actual visits), to assist in effectively delivering and distributing cash-based transfers, food items, and non-food items. • Collated assistance program (s) data in accordance with clear direction to support program reviews and informative decision-making. • Liaised with partners (CP, government) and internal counterparts (supply chain, program) to gather feedback and comments to support program reviews and improve services. • Received and collated comments and feedback from partners and beneficiaries to support identifying programmatic issues and fostering efficient operations. • Guided partners on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools, and methods to support them in completing self-monitoring tasks and contributing to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas. • Conducted surveys, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews at the community level and with government partners, including training facilitation, data collection supervision, and note-taking. • Prepared field mission reports documenting program implementation and M&E bulletins
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United Nations World Food Programme 2012 - 2013
Assistant Field Monitor
• Coordinated and monitored the implementation of WFP food assistance programs at the Field level, in close collaboration with the Cooperating Partners. • Conducted monitoring and evaluation activities for various WFP food assistance programs (General Food Assistance, Nutrition, Resilience, and School Feeding) at the field level in more than 80 food distribution points. • Performed rigorous monitoring and evaluation strategies, including Distribution Monitoring (DM), Food Basket Monitoring (FBM), and Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM), resulting in improved program performance and increased accountability throughout the project lifecycle. • Supervised the efficient distribution of food items at the site, ensured proper entitlement distribution, verified appropriate entitlement distribution, and provided feedback to the Head of the Sub-Office and others. • Monitored and reviewed the overall commodity movements such as food deliveries, storage, transport, and distribution at the site and verified if the amounts received had been appropriately recorded, damaged, or suspected to be damaged. • Assist in regular meetings with beneficiaries and cooperating partners on the commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements, food entitlements, and other relevant issues. • Conducted rigorous assessments related to food security, emergency rapid needs assessment, Education, camps profile, and market monitoring. • Prepared comprehensive field visit reports and ad hoc updates on all field activities, outlining actionable insights and recommendations for process optimization and increasing programmatic efficiency.
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HelpAge International UK 2011 - 2013
Project Officer
• Provided Project management support for implementing nutrition project/s in line with existing HelpAge programming, operational policies, frameworks, and donor regulations. • Established and maintained effective work plans, program reporting, monitoring, team leadership, and evaluation (lessons learned) systems for internal and external use. Driving successful project completion within established timelines. • Ensured that the supply pipelines for food and drugs for facility-based interventions were set up without breakage through solid coordination with relevant units, especially (Supply Chain and Finance), which improved the delivery processes, reduced project supply costs, and improved on-time delivery performance. • Developed and implemented a robust monitoring framework for the project site, enabling real-time tracking of project activities and beneficiary data; contributed to increased project efficiency and streamlined reporting processes. • Developed and maintained positive working relationships with staff, local authorities, international and national organizations, and the state nutrition cluster team. • Administered the systematic collection and compilation of monthly reports from supported sites; implemented standardized templates and improved reporting efficiency; enabled data-driven decision-making and supported Organization growth initiatives. • Ensured close participation of older persons and relevant community organizations in developing nutrition projects. • Participate in overall strategic planning for the HelpAge- Sudan program where needed.
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Catholic Relief Services 2010 - 2011
Education Assistant Project Officer
• Organized the execution of a Community Participatory Planning Approach in 17 communities in West Darfur State, leveraging active engagement and collaboration to identify community needs, prioritize projects, and foster local ownership. • Conducted comprehensive need assessments for 62 targeted schools, identifying specific educational requirements and challenges, resulting in tailored distribution of education kits to meet their needs and enhance learning outcomes. • Led end-to-end monitoring of construction and hand-over of 35 classrooms, rehabilitation of 42 classrooms, and distribution of 10,000 shade and fruit trees to targeted schools. Collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to enhance the community’s educational infrastructure and environmental sustainability initiatives. • Conducted comprehensive workshops for 62 teachers, Parents and teachers associates, and community stakeholders on effective peacebuilding strategies, decreasing student conflicts, and fostering a more harmonious learning environment. • Pioneered the creation of 62 school-based peace clubs in West Darfur, successfully engaging over 1,500 students in peacebuilding activities, leading to increased inter-ethnic collaboration and a decline in violent incidents.
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HelpAge International UK 2009 - 2010
Data Base Officer
• Supervised Programme staff in adopting harmonized and standardized data collection tools, ensuring consistent and reliable data across all projects, leading to enhanced decision-making and improved outcomes. • Implemented efficient data entry practices, ensuring accurate program data recording across multiple project sectors and empowering program and field staff and senior management with critical information for strategic decision-making and program evaluation. • Developed and delivered monthly quantitative data reports to Program staff and senior management team, showcasing key performance metrics and facilitating informed decision-making processes. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) and develop customized dashboards, enabling real-time tracking and analysis of business metrics. • Crafted compelling data-driven presentations, utilizing statistical analysis and visual storytelling techniques, empowering program staff and management to make data-informed decisions that increased overall program effectiveness. • Headed corrective action initiatives to improve data collection processes, decreasing discrepancies and ensuring high-quality data for analysis.
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Terre Des Hommes Organization/(tdh) - Swaziland 2007 - 2009
Community Mobilizer
• Conducted comprehensive registration in 12 IDP camps in West Darfur and maintained detailed documentation of camp populations, ensuring meticulous documentation of camp settlement and community composition records. • Collaborated with various service providers to establish a comprehensive information-sharing network in the camp and organized regular meetings and workshops that improved access to vital resources, improving service provision within the tarted internal displacement camps. • Established and led community services committees in the targeted IDP camps, fostering collaboration and inclusivity and empowering IDPs to participate actively in decision-making, increasing community engagement and adequate information-sharing capacity. • Led the implementation of 24 free-friendly spaces for youth and teenagers in 12 targeted camps, increasing participation and engagement in center activities; provided recreational kits, educational resources, and life skills education programs, positively impacting young individuals’ well-being and personal development.