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James Wakiaga

Agricultural Engineer
Kisumu

Summary

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Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Specialist – Food and Cash Assistance

World Vision - Somalia
1 2021
  • Identify gaps in knowledge and skills of staff and partners, and develop and implement capacity building plans to address them; Provide guidance, mentorship, training and technical assistance to staff
  • Coach and mentor staff to adopt best practices and innovative designs; Strengthen linkages between local field teams and partners, learning and research institutions and World Vision Technical Teams for purposes of learning and capacity development; Provide technical guidance to project teams during project implementation to ensure projects meet or supersede established standards
  • Facilitate awareness raising of staff and partners in key humanitarian principles, including Local Capacity for Peace, SPHERE, Child Protection, etc Review M&E tools, ensuring assessment, evaluation and monitoring tools are technically sound and yield useful information for design and implementation purposes; Ensure evaluation results are shared with relevant partners and effectively used for project redesign In close collaboration with Quality Assurance manager, develop evidence base for different sector technical approaches through evaluations, case studies, feasibility assessments, impact reports, pilot approaches and emerging best practices Maintain effective project quality assurance mechanisms, including monitoring system for tracking of project progress against indicators, activities and key project milestones, reporting, evaluation, and communication systems
  • Liaise with relevant government ministries, UN Cluster, WV entities (SomRep & DMT/GC) to ensure that technical approaches align with standards
  • Work closely with the Manager, Food and Cash programs and ensure that the pipeline remains as healthy as possible by constantly following up call Forwards and shipments allocations and schedules with WFP area office and country office
  • Represent World Vision in engagement opportunities with the donor, the State government, UN agencies, clusters, implementing and technical partners and other relevant stakeholders

Acting Food Assistance National Program manager

World Vision Somalia
10.2021 - 03.2022
  • Provide leadership and technical guidance to Food and Cash Assistance and GIK teams to ensure innovative, accountable and compliant programming
  • Ensure WV meets its contractual agreements for projects in the portfolio, including FLAs, Project Agreements, and MOUs
  • This will be done in liaison with Operations Director, PDQA director and DMT advisor for East Africa Region
  • Ensure that the budgets for new project meet the internal set match thresholds In liaison with GIK Officer, coordinate the development of WV Somalia GIK requirements, communication with Support offices and accountability of the items received
  • Integration of cash & food assistance, slow-onset and rapid-onset programming with other WV Somalia operations Provide oversight over project financial issues, including budgeting, budget negotiation, budget tracking and engagement with WFP for liquidation
  • This includes review and guidance on management of burn rate compared to project performance on monthly basis
  • In collaboration with other staff, ensure there is continuous project monitoring and periodic reviews/assessments that leads to quality, compliant and accountable programming Risk register for the department is updated on quarterly basis
  • Updated risk register should be extracted from risckonnect and uploaded in Disaster Grants database (Moses will support you in this) In collaboration with the Design Evaluation and Monitoring Team, ensure that Cash & Food programs are monitored and evaluated as per the plans through ODM, PDM and evaluation
  • Ensure that quality project reports are compiled, reviewed and uploaded in time
  • Ensure that recommendations of monitoring and studies (or surveys) are followed up and implemented

Project Manager – Food and Cash (Somali land)

World Vision Somalia
07.2018 - 12.2020
  • Provide strategic leadership to FFP and WFP food for work projects in Somali land, Somalia
  • Undertake market/trader assessments with focus to understand how well markets are operating and if the market/trader can supply each sectors product specification list (by district / location)
  • Work with financial / technical sectors to ensure safe / efficient payments are made using vouchers and/or local banking systems Support GIK, food and Cash transfer implementation in their designated operation areas
  • Ensure that vendors for FFP projects are selected as per the agreed criteria Facilitate installation and maintenance of data management systems – CTS, LMMS and NTS and ensure that the responsible staff are adequately trained and supervised
  • Ensure proper documentation of project processes is upheld, i.e
  • Distribution plans, beneficiary lists, voucher requisition, distribution reports, working with all stakeholders
  • Prepare and submit timely and period reports (monthly, quarterly), management reports, and other reports as needed
  • Ensure staff support and capacity building
  • Donors and partners engagement
  • Proposal development and fund raising.

Project Manager - Food and cash assistance

World Vision Kenya
04.2013 - 06.2018
  • Ensure that Food aid management standards are installed and maintained in the food program in Kenya as per World Vision standards
  • Supervise Food distributions and management
  • Prepare and submit monthly reports to Food Programming and Management Group (FPMG), Donors and partners
  • Coordination and networking with other agencies and donors Financial resources budgeted and managed in relation to tonnage Take lead in Food aid staff recruitment and training
  • Capacity Build staff and partners on ERDM issues Ensure that created community Food for Assets are within the accepted standards to exhibit positive impact on food security.

Food for Assets Technical officer - EFSP Project

World Vision Lesotho
02.2017 - 04.2017
  • Assessing the identified community assets for their viability and advising accordingly based on available resources
  • Provide technical input to ensure that created assets meet the minimum technical standards
  • Coordinate with the community leaders, constituency leaders and Technical Government officials
  • Ensuring the project documentations are done as per the donor and FPMG standards
  • Compile weekly and monthly reports and share with donors and WVL project leadership
  • Build project staff capacity on projects monitoring and reporting
  • Train community committee members for the EFSP and other safety net grants in WVL.

County FFA Technical Coordinator – Baringo

World Vision Kenya
06.2009 - 03.2013
  • Co-ordinate with, other WVK offices and projects in the, GoK/DSG, WFP, District technical officer and other implementing partners at the district level to enhance effectiveness of the FFA program
  • Review previous activities of rainwater harvesting (including runoff/run-on systems for farming, tree planting, water collection and conservation-based activities in semi-arid and arid lands) that has been carried out in Kenya
  • Working with the DSGs in the district to identify areas that have good potential (based on socio-cultural, land slopes, soils, and rainfall) for rainwater harvesting-based projects
  • Develop clear boundaries of the watershed of the identified areas
  • Consult the community leaders and communities on the most suitable intervention focusing, but not limited to, RWH for the specific areas Develop project proposals for the implementation of the identified projects Develop actionable work plan for implementation of the FFA activities Develop the appropriate partnerships (with GoK, NGOs, CBOs) for the most efficient and effective implementation of the projects
  • Develop and Present the project proposals for approval through the relevant structures Train the communities on the implementation of the technologies Supervise the implementation of FFA projects providing technical support required Compile timely and relevant reports on the project implementation

Field Officer

CARE international in Kenya
01.2007 - 03.2009
  • Responsibilities in TASK project: Mobilizing community members to for farmers’ groups/Association Training farmers on crop husbandry and simple irrigation techniques Linking farmers to input stores Sourcing and linking farmers to markets for their products Collaborating with research and development agencies, line ministries and other CARE Kenya projects in Kisumu and Bondo districts
  • Responsibilities in FFW: Designing and supervising construction of small scale irrigation schemes and water channels Mobilizing and training communities on constructing flood mitigation structures Designing and supervising digging of water drainage canals and retention pans.

Field Supervisor

Gulf Agricultural Developer and Consultants (GADCO)
03.2006 - 01.2007
  • Offering Technical guidance on construction of surface water harvesting structures and economical utilization of harvested water Designing and supervising construction of small scale irrigation systems for communities in Migori district
  • Conducting trainings on crop husbandry Supervising borehole drilling activities and writing completion reports
  • Reticulation of water distribution systems.

Agricultural Engineering intern

CARE Kenya in collaboration with VIRED International
07.2004 - 12.2005
  • Responsibilities: Designing and supervising communities on construction of: Water drainage canals Small scale irrigation units Dams and water retention ponds for agricultural and domestic utilization Rural access earth roads/paths

Education

Bachelor of Science - Agriculture

Nairobi University
Nairobi
04.2001 -

Skills

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Timeline

Acting Food Assistance National Program manager

World Vision Somalia
10.2021 - 03.2022

Project Manager – Food and Cash (Somali land)

World Vision Somalia
07.2018 - 12.2020

Food for Assets Technical officer - EFSP Project

World Vision Lesotho
02.2017 - 04.2017

Project Manager - Food and cash assistance

World Vision Kenya
04.2013 - 06.2018

County FFA Technical Coordinator – Baringo

World Vision Kenya
06.2009 - 03.2013

Field Officer

CARE international in Kenya
01.2007 - 03.2009

Field Supervisor

Gulf Agricultural Developer and Consultants (GADCO)
03.2006 - 01.2007

Agricultural Engineering intern

CARE Kenya in collaboration with VIRED International
07.2004 - 12.2005

Bachelor of Science - Agriculture

Nairobi University
04.2001 -

Technical Specialist – Food and Cash Assistance

World Vision - Somalia
1 2021

Supplementary Courses

  • 06/2021, 10/2021, World Vision international, Certificate in Mobile cash transfer
  • 03/2021, 10/2021, World Vision international (DMT), Cash and Voucher learning program
  • 08/2016, World Vision Kenya, National Disaster Management training
  • 07/2014, World vision Rwanda, Peace building in conflict sensitive programming area.
  • 12/2009, World Vision Kenya, Food Aid Management
  • 07/2009, WFP and GoK, Rainwater Harvesting and Management Technologies for dry land Agriculture and domestic utilization.
  • 09/2005, CARE Kenya and VIRED International, Food commodity management

Cell Phone

+254 (0722 628 977) +252 63 6644909

Skype

Jimmywakiaga

Formal Education Background

1997, 2002, University of Nairobi, B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering, Collected and analysed hydro-meteorological, soil and topographical data then in co-operated them in the design of an earth fill dam in Yatta, Machakos County.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 12/31/76
  • Nationality: Kenyan

References

  • Philip Ndekei, Former Country Program Manager – Food and Cash, World Vision Somalia, Philip_ndekei@wvi.org, +254 721 282137, +254 738 082591
  • Elijah Chiwe, Area Program Manager Marsabit County, World Vision Kenya, Elijah_chiwe@wvi.org, +254 720 395 717
  • Joseph Agunda Aloo, Former Project Coordinator, TASK project, CARE Kenya, agundajoseph@yahoo.com, +254 725 018 194
  • Pastor Kuoyo Kochia, Kuoyo Kochia Seventh Church, +254725343777

Supplementary Courses

  • 06/2021, 10/2021, World Vision international, Certificate in Mobile cash transfer
  • 03/2021, 10/2021, World Vision international (DMT), Cash and Voucher learning program
  • 08/2016, World Vision Kenya, National Disaster Management training
  • 07/2014, World vision Rwanda, Peace building in conflict sensitive programming area.
  • 12/2009, World Vision Kenya, Food Aid Management
  • 07/2009, WFP and GoK, Rainwater Harvesting and Management Technologies for dry land Agriculture and domestic utilization.
  • 09/2005, CARE Kenya and VIRED International, Food commodity management

Cell Phone

+254 (0722 628 977) +252 63 6644909

Skype

Jimmywakiaga

Formal Education Background

1997, 2002, University of Nairobi, B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering, Collected and analysed hydro-meteorological, soil and topographical data then in co-operated them in the design of an earth fill dam in Yatta, Machakos County.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 12/31/76
  • Nationality: Kenyan

References

  • Philip Ndekei, Former Country Program Manager – Food and Cash, World Vision Somalia, Philip_ndekei@wvi.org, +254 721 282137, +254 738 082591
  • Elijah Chiwe, Area Program Manager Marsabit County, World Vision Kenya, Elijah_chiwe@wvi.org, +254 720 395 717
  • Joseph Agunda Aloo, Former Project Coordinator, TASK project, CARE Kenya, agundajoseph@yahoo.com, +254 725 018 194
  • Pastor Washington OkelloSeventh Church, +254725343777 P. OBox 43 kindu Bei

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