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Jacob Nyarwati

Programmes and Operations director

Phone: +254722989358

  • Location:
  • Nairobi Area, Kenya
  • Sector:
  • Climate Change & Environment
  • Profile Created:
  • 4 months ago

About me

Jacob Mang’ondi Nyarwati is a consulting expert in Programme design, development, Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Management, with gender, human rights, disability and climate change mainstreamed. He excels in proposal writing, resource mobilization, fundraising and networking, supply chain management, budget development and management, budget control & audit support, and implementation of audit recommendations, Programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian and development Programmes and projects, stakeholder’s engagement and partnership, reporting and documentation, Capacity building, Humanitarian research and Innovation. He has expert experience of supporting humanitarian and development gender-responsive programmes in Kenya, Somalia in Mogadishu and Jubaland, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan, and Zambia while in AAH-I and Kenya. Malawi, Guinea, Liberia, South Sudan and Sierra Leone while working with Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). His mission is to support humanitarian and developmental gender-responsive programming in both emergency and non-emergency situation.

He has more than 10years experience in Program Leadership and Direction, Program Management, Program Design and Development, Program Representation, Reporting, Documentation, and Information Sharing focusing on livelihood and financial inclusion, Climate Smart Agriculture, Menstrual Hygiene Management, Gender Based Violence (GBV), Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Child Safeguarding. He worked with AAH-I for 5 years in Livelihood and financial inclusion, supply chain management, WASH and Climate Smart Agriculture as the Head of Programme in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Somalia and Djibouti. Worked with Kenya Red Cross Society for 3years as their Logistics manager in Kenya, and Supported Emergency response missions in South Sudan crisis in 2014, Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, and Floods in Malawi 2015. Currently working in KESYDO as Head of programmes, specializing in carbon credit programming on clean cooking and Agriculture, forestry and other Land Use (AFOLU) since January 2022, where gender equality, disability and human rights have been mainstreamed in all aspects of design, development, implementation, Monitoring and evaluation and reporting. He excels in policy and regulations development in PSEA, Supply Chain, GBV, Livelihood, developing risk matrix and register, Monitoring and Mitigating risk.

Over 15+ years, Jacob Mang’ondi has worked with different, funders, donors, and organizations (UNHCR, UNDP, UNICEF, UNWOMEN, WFP, UNHABITAT, ERC, FAO, GIZ, DFID, DANIDA, SWISS CONTACT, UKAID, PRM, USAID, Global Fund, WSTF, Eco Act, Bread for the world, Triple Jump, SNV, Enabel, OFDA, IGAD,WHO, Imperative and MRI) to conduct feasibility studies, design, develop, implement, monitor, evaluate and manage programmes, carry out financial due diligence and develop financial models, and design investment plans that would attract private funding to economies and value chains. I have also successfully supported hundreds of SMEs in emerging markets with fundraising, including dozens of renewable energy companies throughout humanitarian terrain, more especially in refugee camps (solar home systems, clean cooking, biomass fuels, independent power producers, e-mobility, productive uses of energy companies, mini-grids, etc.)

In addition to the above experience’s, Jacob Mang’ondi, brings PDD development expertise along with him in carbon projects such as:

  • ENGIMA cookstove project, Narok County in Kenya. Registered with Gold Standard. Distribution of 20,000 improved efficient wood cookstoves. Being financed by Ecoact. Being Implemented by AAH-I.
  • Obomo cookstove project, For Kisii County in Kenya. Registered with Gold Standard. Being financed by Ecoact. Distribution of 25,000 improved efficient wood cookstoves starting in 2024 and being Implemented by KESYDO.
  • Great Lakes Region cookstove project, For Kisii, Nyamira, Bomet and Migori Counties in Kenya. The project is under development and will be registered with VERRA. Distribution 500,000 improved efficient wood cookstoves. Currently KESYDO has signed an NDA and MoU with Imperative to implement this project. To be implemented by KESYDO in 2024.

 

Skills

Budget and Finance Planning and Management: Excellent understanding of Forest Carbon Projects and Forest Landscape Restorations (FLR) Partnerships, Resource Mobilization, Fundraising, Donor and Corporates management, &Proposal writing Programme Leadership and direction; Research, Supply chain, Procurement and Logistics, Value Chain, Production

Education

Experience

  • Kenya Slum Youth development Organization (KESYDO) East Africa 2022 - Present

    Programmes and Operations Director (Climate Change Specialist)

     Achievements: KESYDO was voted as the Best Forestry & Ecosystem Conservation Organization 2023 - Kenya; Most Sustainable Carbon Credit & Climate Change Project 2023 - East Africa in Africa excellence Awards 2023 under my supervision as Head of Programmes. KESYDO was also accredited to attend UN-Habitat Assembly 2023.  Developed carbon credit projects, carry out baseline and LSC, have the projects registered by Gold Standard on clean cooking and Nature Based Projects for Kisii, Nyamira, Bomet, Migori and West Pokot Counties. This work has been done in coordination with the County ministries of Energy, Environment and Climate Change in collaboration with KESYDO project development representatives. Duties and Responsibilities  Technically leading and backstopping ecosystem restoration projects during the whole project life cycle  Identify opportunities and conduct feasibility studies to assess the viability of new carbon emissions reduction projects, as well as on behalf of clients.  Managing the pipeline of existing and new Carbon Development projects to ensure issuance of Carbon Credits on VERRA and Gold Standard, against potential or existing contracts.  Independently developing and writing carbon project scoping and feasibility reports, project management and implementation plans, project risk management plans, carbon and co benefit monitoring plans and reports, carbon project cost and returns spreadsheets.  Leading and writing documents that are compliant with VERRA/Gold Standard methodology rules including Project Baseline Design and Project Design Documents, Project Information Notes, Monitoring Plans, Risk Matrices, Sampling Design, Audit design, and lead the end to end process with VVBs to provide them the required data to ensure carbon credits get issued for the projects.  Providing overall project management, ensuring effective implementation of project activities, preparation of annual work and financial plans communication, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), reporting and ensuring carbon project validation and verification is conducted.  Providing scientific/technical support to the project team and effectively coordinating all partners in the delivery of project activities, ensuring that partners adhere to quality standards in the course of project implementation.  Leading finance and budgets, work-plan development, technical, and programmatic staff to ensure fiscal integrity, quality, and timing of deliverables.  Supporting training of sub-county coordinators, Field Officers and climate change ambassadors in the use of digital tools to collect, analyze, monitor & report carbon data, and ensuring quality control of carbon monitoring system for clean cooking and NBS.  Building and maintaining relationships with the public sector, private sector, civil society, community-based organizations, local communities, local government, and donors.  Overseeing the production of effective written reports and oral presentations on the program, including preparing periodic reports, providing updates on challenges facing the program, and articulating the program’s success in meeting deliverables.  Assessing climate risk and climate change mitigation co-benefits in agro-forestry systems and estimation of net carbon removal and gender-specific capacity development on climate impacts with key farmers and local partners.  Supervising staff as assigned, including providing regular professional support and coaching to supervisees, assessing their performance and recommending improvements they can make to achieve their annual objectives and the project's goal in general

  • Action Africa help International (AAH-I) 2017 - 2021

    Head of Programmes (Kenya, Djibouti, Uganda, South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and Zambia)

    Strategic and thought leadership and representation  Provide overall strategic and technical leadership in the design, development, planning, budgeting, and implementation of the Programme Strategy.  Lead programme integration, creating a one programme approach and team culture for sharper impact.  Shaping future of AAH-I through the execution of AAH-I’s Strategic Goals.  Initiating, coordinating and leading AAH-I’s programming, ensuring it delivers on AAH-I’s vision and objectives and championing the innovative ways of working envisioned in AAH-I’s business strategy.  Manage AAH-I’s relationships with various stakeholders and participating in regional initiatives  Participating fully in the annual budget process, leading the program budgeting process, and providing ongoing oversight and management of program budgets Lead program development and delivery  Ensuring the delivery of a program with demonstrable impact and is accountable for overall programme quality and learning.  Developing, implementing and embedding, acknowledge management system that will ensure the sharing of knowledge across the program, in the region.  Overseeing the development of program and project improvement plans, to ensure effective and timely implementation of the projects and program  Working closely with the country program managers, identifying opportunities for funding to ensure the financial sustainability of country programmes in the region.  Directing and coordinating external program engagement and Overseeing the partner portfolio, with specific reference to the identification of strategic partners, and building and maintaining these relationships  Building and developing an approach to program quality, knowledge production and dissemination.  Developing learning and knowledge management on programs and encouraging innovation across the organization.  Ensuring good levels of affiliate engagement in programming through meeting affiliates ’needs in donor reporting, marketing, involvement in country strategy and making use of affiliate knowledge and subject expertise.  Leading, embedding and using Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and Social Accountability work. People management and development  Providing high quality leadership and support to Programme Managers ,project and campaign leads  Managing the program teams to deliver on the programme strategy, providing leadership and guidance and ensuring that the management of the team is in line with AAH-I’s HR policies and procedures.  Managing the life cycle of individuals with support from HR, within the team from pre-recruitment to exit, including performance management processes, and working with HR on issues such as disciplinary matters.  Ensuring that staff members are given opportunities for development and training, as discussed and agreed, and provide support to the capacity building planning for programme positions.  Ensuring an efficient and relevant staffing structure and lead structural change processes when necessary.  Building a high-performance culture in the programmes team.

  • Health and Development Innovations (HDI) Consultancy 2015 - 2017

    Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist East Africa & Southern Africa

     Providing guidance and recommendations to develop and tailor approaches and strategies for supply chain strengthening in our clients Country, organizations and companies.  Developing interventions to strengthen and improve health commodities supply chains in our client countries in East and Southern Africa.  Managed suppliers to develop capabilities and bargained assigned contracts with vendors.  Supporting the design and implementation of information systems to allow for improved data collection and usage, to promote improved decision making, planning, and procurement.  Training procurement team and other junior staff in client country

  • Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) 2013 - 2015

    Logistics Manager

     Designed and provided capacity building and training initiatives which improved supply chain, logistics and procurement functions in KRCS.  Planned, designed and coordinated the Kenya Red Cross medical logistics team to Ebola outbreak areas in Sierra Leone and Liberia in 2015, Malawi Floods 2015, South Sudan Conflict relief response 2014/2015 and Camp set-up & logistics planning for Burundi refugees in Tanzania 2015.  Strengthened and fostered enabling environments for supply chain staff through improved governance and leadership, health commodities financing, and human resources development.  Ensured establishment of effective supply chain and logistics support to all KRCS branches, regions and programs and supported the establishment and maintenance of field site facilities and team life support.  Imparted performance measurements and ministered Contract Management System.  Ensured logistics support to EMT assessments, set up and ongoing programming.  Prepared and presented the Supply Chain Management budget and plans for 2014 and 2015.  Supply Chain Management taskforce representative for 2010-2015 KRCS strategic plan review and 2016-2020 KRCS strategic plan development  Developed and finalized Warehousing, procurement and fleet policy 2015 and was approved.

Expertise

Strategic Programme Leadership and direction
Resource Mobilization, Fundraising, Donor and Corporate management, Grants Management and Partnerships
Comprehensive Planning, Team Leadership and development
Resource, Budget and Finance Management
Programme Monitoring, Evaluation and Sustainability
Risk Management and Organizational Change Management
Performance Management
Collaboration and Stakeholders management
Communication Management and Governance

Languages

English
Proficient
French
Proficient
Kiswahili
Proficient

Honors & awards

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