Abdirahman Shire
Garowe
Summary
Community-oriented and comfortable working in high-stress situations and coordinating emergency responses. Seasoned team leader with unrelenting dedication to keeping community safe and secure. Proactive about using proper protocols while on duty and interacting with community contacts.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
EFSVL Officer
OXFAM Novib
09.2022 - 03.2024
- Undertake beneficiaries' registration, verification of seeds and fodder beneficiaries in collaboration with local authorities in the target areas
- Responsible in ensuring routine market mapping including price is collected to inform program review as necessary
- Ensure implementation of livestock support activities is carried out timely and in professional manner that meets minimum standards of the organization
- Training of partner staff and Oxfam EFSL Assistants, enumerators and other casuals on registration and distribution
- Training of seeds distribution committees on distribution modalities and training potential CfW Committees in monitoring and supervision of agreed activities
- Filing of registration, distribution records
- Participate in food security assessments and surveys amongst emergency affected populations to contribute to appropriate EFSL programming and promote effective coordination
- Contribute to response recommendations based on findings in EFSL assessments
- Produce regular reports to line manager and contribute to donor monthly reporting and submit to program manager on unconditional cash transfer, seeds, fodder and other FSL activities
- Represent Oxfam in community meetings involving local leaders as well as clusters
- Supervision of EFSL Assistants (when available), enumerators, community incentive workers, crowd controllers and other casual laborers
- Any other work-related duties assigned by line manager.
FSL Project Officer
Action Against Hunger (AAH)
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Ensured successful planning, coordination, and implementation of FSL activities including market assessments and other interventions
- Responsible for making follow-up of the FSL activities to ensure that FSL program objectives and outputs are achieved
- Ensured that the FSL activities in the assigned area of operation are implemented in accordance with ACF standard rules, regulations, and operational procedures, agreed strategies, implementation plans and requirements
- Organized and support running of all livelihood project activities in the target villages
- Coordinated the preparation of documents for various projects including fund requests (FR), Bills of Quantities (BoQs), and Request for Quotations, etc
- Represented ACF in community meetings, food security or emergency response meetings in coordination with FSL team
- Provided inputs to the design & utilization of project information gathering tools & project activity manuals throughout project implementations
- Worked with the other program team members on cross-learning and beneficiary capacity building initiatives especially in relation to FSL
- Participated in FSL related data collection together with the MEAL team including rapid needs assessment, MSNA and joint assessments
- Worked in close collaboration with other departments including Nutrition, WASH, and Health teams on ensuring field level integration and synergy for resiliency gains
- Built capacity of project staff members in relation to FSL components
- Ensure to adhere to other relevant duties as directed by the PM, DHoD or HOD or Specific responsibilities
- Contributed to the development of viable community mobilization strategies for targeting, registration, and follow-up of FSL beneficiaries
- Planned and executed FSL related capacity building for targeted communities
- Ensured that targeting of FSL beneficiaries is done in a transparent and gender sensitive and conflict sensitive way
- Conducted follow up monitoring of FSL activities in the area of operation in collaboration with MEAL team
- Ensured conduct robust community and beneficiary mobilization and registration as per the procedural standards
- Engaged effectively with community structures including village committees to maintain good working relations
- Prepared and compiled FSL activity project reports on weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and yearly and share with FSLPM
- Developed impact stories to incorporate quarterly, semi-annually, and annual reports
- Ensured the validation and use of project tools both ACF and other donor requisites
- Regular monitoring of project activities and provide timely input and feedback to the FSLPM
- Organized and linked project documentations into the no hunger forum (NHF) for record and follow up.
- Kept senior management well-informed by preparing and presenting project status reports.
- Developed and deepened relationships with key stakeholders.
- Developed and monitored project schedules, budgets and objectives for successful completion.
FSL Project Assistant
Save The Children International (SCI)
03.2018 - 04.2022
- Project assistants will be the key frontline staff of SCI in the field with direct interaction with the communities
- Conducted program awareness through community meetings at the beginning of the project
- Worked with the MEAL to set up project complaint response mechanism
- In collaboration with the project officers or deputy program manager, conduct project awareness activities with local authorities
- Organized community public meetings and facilitate selection of project Village Relief Committee (VRC)
- Conducted beneficiary verification processes for all project activities
- Ensured timely implementation of planned interventions, as per the work plan, budgetary standards, and quality benchmarks for the FSL sector
- Ensured the full implementation of the cash transfer protocol
- Collected project data on registration, assessments, baselines, post distribution monitoring surveys, etc
- Ensured the quality of data provided during the data collection at the field level
- Undertook any other data related duties as assigned by the line manager
- Monitored the day-to-day project activities in the field, as specified in the project plan
- Provided the officers or the Deputy Program Manager with assessment reports
- Provided Weekly Progress Update Report as requested by the FSL officer or manager.
- Completed multiple tasks simultaneously to optimize project completion.
- Maintained a high level of accuracy in all project documentation, ensuring consistency and clarity throughout the lifecycle of projects.
- Worked with senior leadership to complete complex projects on time and under-budget.
Education
Master of Arts - International Corporation And Humanitarian Aid
Kalu Institute
Spain09.2020
Associate of Arts - Diploma of Public Administration
East Africa University
Gardo, Somalia06.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences
Jigjiga University
Jigjiga, Ethiopia06.2015
High School Diploma -
AL Muntada Al Islami
Gardo, Somalia06.2012
Skills
- Profoundly understanding and worked in FSL programs such as Cash for Work, Food for work and Unconditional Cash transfer
- Work diversity ex nationally and internationally with different age groups, writing reports and other materials to various audiences
- Responding constructively to others' ideas and suggestions
- Encouraging active participation and cooperation within the team
- Professional and reliable person with an excellent work record by way of teamwork spirit
- Setting clear, measurable performance goals
- Finding solutions to problems that may impact your performance
- Good management and administration skills with personal integrity
- Sharing your expertise with others
- Listening and responding to questions effectively
- Strong skills and knowledge to the project's implementation
- Good working knowledge of computer packages including word-processing, excel, power-point and access
- Emergency Response
Certification
Core CVA Skill for Programme Staff
IPC Acute Food Insecurity Level 1 Analyst Certified
E-transfers and operationallizing beneficiary data protection
Certificate Introduction to child protection
Certificate of Preventing corruption in Humanitarian Aid
Cash Transfer Programming- The Fundamentals
Remote Food Security monitoring
Certificate of Child Rights Programming
Safeguarding Essentials
Languages
Somali
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Arabic
Proficient
C2
References
Name: Ahmed Ali Yusuf
Organization: OXFAM Novib
Title: FM/Program Manager
Tell: +252907739676
Email: Ahmed.yusuf@oxfam.org
Name: Najib Ahmed Ali,
Organization: Action Against Hunger
Title: FSL Program Manager
Tell: +252907791981
Email: fslpm-pl@so-actionagainsthunger.org or binhersi@gmail.com
Name: Abdiwahab Mohamed Yusuf
Organization: Save the Children International
Title: FSL Coordinator
Tell: +252907759562
Email: abdiwahab.yusuf@savethechildren.org
Timeline
EFSVL Officer
OXFAM Novib
09.2022 - 03.2024
FSL Project Officer
Action Against Hunger (AAH)
05.2022 - 09.2022
FSL Project Assistant
Save The Children International (SCI)
03.2018 - 04.2022
Master of Arts - International Corporation And Humanitarian Aid
Kalu Institute
Associate of Arts - Diploma of Public Administration
East Africa University
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences
Jigjiga University
High School Diploma -
AL Muntada Al Islami
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