Samson Latest CV, 2016

CV, Samson Kacha, Tel. 251-911-747606, [email protected], [email protected]

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Samson Kacha Folle Tel. 251-911-747606(Cell) Ethiopia

email:[email protected], [email protected], skype manofgod752 M.Sc Development Study (Rural Development), over 14 years of experience. A humanitarian relief, emergency and development Program Manager with a wide range of experience in Integrated Community Development which focused highly on ensuring better livelihood for targeted partner community using different program aspects of food security, agriculture, disaster risk reduction, health and nutrition, water and sanitation, advocacy and development programs. Expert in Program designing, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation at grass root level and regional level. Besides, successfully managed various grant projects funded by USAID, CIDA, UNICEF, EU, OFDA and World Bank. Personal ambitions and principles highly embedded in such values as integrity, trust, and commitment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1) Country Program Manager, Integrated Community Development Food

for the Hungry International Ethiopia, January 1, 2013 up now. Supervise 4 Project Managers and Program Development Officer at Addis Ababa

Program Planning and Development

Manage the overall program of Country Integrated child focused Community transformation development Programs by developing the detail action plan, and monitoring and evaluation system.

Conduct need assessment and design new project proposals for all Country Integrated Community development and child focused projects in order to scale up the ongoing community Development projects and new intervention areas.

Develop and execute strategic and operational plans and tactics, aligned with corporate strategy, vision and values.

Ensure that the Integrated Community development project is operating in accordance with the annual plan of actions, project proposal document and also to the standard required by donors and partner government agencies.

Make follow up on their implementation capacity through field visit and asses post training impact in close consultation with the respective Area project manager and project coordinators.

Coordinate for any changes occurred during the implementation and report to the Program Director.

Make sure that donor’s grant conditions are adhered to and deadlines for different reporting due dates. If there is any deviation from the agreed plan, notify the program director on time.

Prepare Impact and success story on livelihood and agricultural input projects for the targeted Community.

Actively seek funding opportunities in collaboration with the Program Director, Operations Director and Country Director, liaise with donors and prepare proposals and budget to relevant donors.

Program Communication

Represent the organization in different meetings held at the country level for integrated community development programs and report on issues that need higher-level management attention in time.

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Staff management:

Conduct staff training need assessment and develop annual training plan in close collaboration with Training and Knowledge management department.

Promote positive interaction and collaboration among the project staff as well as partner community.

Closely work with the people and culture department in staffing of the project with appropriate or qualified staff committed to the organization’s Vision, Mission and Values.

Resource Management

I. Financial Management Responsible for effective and efficient financial management and accounting for all incomes and

expenditures pertaining to the project. Conduct discussion with the project manager/finance and administration manager on the status of financial utilization of the project and explanations for variances.

Ensure cash flow request for the year by breakdowns for each quarter based only on the fund pledged.

Ensure not only cost effectiveness but also, as much as possible, cost efficiency in all the processes of project implementation.

Make sure that the budgets and activity plans have got written approval before implementation. II. Material management

Ensure that effective and efficient management of all project physical/fixed assets. Make sure that custodial responsibilities are always separated from the controlling for the sake of

good commodity/fixed assets management. Monitoring and Evaluation Design appropriate monitoring and evaluation methodology based on the nature of the

programs in consultation with the monitoring and evaluation unit. Develop user friendly program quality assurance tools and ensure their applicability.

Reporting Responsible for the on-time submission of the monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual project

progress reports in accordance with the format and the deadline set by donors’ and government offices.

Prepare any extra report as required by the donor or stakeholders and submit on time to the concerned body.

2) Job Title: Area Project Manager September 1, 2010 up December 31, 2012, FHE (Food for the Hungry Ethiopia) Zeway Project East Shoa Zone Oromia Regional State. Supervise Project Coordinators and Project Officers (Education, Health, Transformational Development and Liaison, Infrastructure/Site Engineer, Livelihood, Finance and Admin)

Decision-making Makes decisions, lead and manage all teams in projects effectively to ensure response to most vulnerable, community based development and emergency response associated programs and ensures the team works are effectively managed. Coordinate the creation of communications and relay information/ ideas across the work group. Coordinate networks and seek opportunities to work with others for mutual and work-group

benefit. Advocate own ideas, probe issues and opinions, and anticipate challenge. Coordinate the review of issues affecting the work group and support the implementation of

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Ensure programmatic budget monitoring and management of outputs against spending but also ensure smooth implementation of project activities.

Responsible for project documentation Actively seek funding opportunities in collaboration with the Program Manager and Support

Manager, liaise with donors and prepare proposals and budget to relevant donors. At operational level work closely and hold regular meetings with the Project Officers (Education,

Livelihood, WASH, Health and Nutrition, Infrastructure/Site Engineer, Finance and Administration Officer) in order to improve program integration and cooperation at all levels.

Coordinate effective implementation of clear security protocol for Food Distribution for OVCs and any Emergency Cases.

Ensure all project activities are conducted in accordance with agreed work-plan and proposal/agreement documents.

Make sure that all project staff members prepare and submit a monthly action plan within one week before the new month starts for their activity.

Submit monthly and quarterly reports to National Office including activity summary, progress against objectives, commodity distributed, beneficiary caseload data, achievements to date, issues faced, impact stories and financial expenditure.

Timely update HR /Human Resource/ records for all project staff in the district area of operation, logistic matters, leave and contractual changes as they arise.

Establish clear strategy and direction for Orphan and Vulnerable Child Development, Child Headed and Emergency Projects in the area of operation in collaboration with the National Programs Operations Unit.

Ensure the preparation of detail implementation plans (DIP) for all Approved Projects based on the Agreement Documents.

Enforce stewardship by ensuring efficient and effective utilization of project resources for the intended purpose.

Make sure that programs’ evaluation by partners (community, co-project signatories, and donors) is done at the project site and all the stakeholders are satisfied in consultation with the Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator.

Manage overall base camp situation of the project area.

3) Job Title: Project Manager, November 1, 2008 up to October 31, 2009 FHI(Food for the Hungry International/Ethiopia) Tach Gayint Project South Gondor Ethiopia Major Responsibilities

As Project Manager Manage Projects of MYAP/PSNP (Multiyear assistant program of USAID development food aid programs). Program Management and coordination of 58 staff under Tach Gayint Project of South Gonder zone. The rest responsibility is similar with the previous project manager post.

4) Job Title: Regional Grant and Relief Program Officer World Vision Ethiopia, November 1, 2006 up to October 31, 2008. Major Responsibilities

Participate in World Vision Ethiopia’s Grant and Relief Program development capacity building activities among the Government of Ethiopia and Ethiopian non-governmental and community-based partner organizations within an expanded and comprehensive response.

Assisting World Vision Ethiopia senior program manager in establishing, functioning, monitoring and evaluation of the community based integrated humanitarian relief, advocacy and development programs and support network activities


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Assisting program staffs in operational activities such as strategic designing, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and development of organizational rules and procedures as well as partner membership service delivery

Assisting the senior program manager maintaining databases and contact addresses of the partner organizations (governmental, non-governmental and other informal local organizations) for effective social network development

Monitoring the activity plan implementation of sponsorship and development projects Developing concept paper & proposals for sponsorship grant funding Providing technical advice for the ADP manager & net working with community, government

& concerned line offices for smooth implementation of the projects. Conducting crop & livestock survey & writing its final report and Compiling early warning

report by following the disaster situation Oversee project staff in participatory needs / capacities & vulnerability assessments, situation

analysis, project design and proposal / budget preparations for institutional and private donors Mentoring of Grant and Relief staffs, at project level to ensure effective performance and

compliance with World vision and Donors procedures. Monitor Emergency Response Disaster Mitigation Projects Ensure that stakeholders at all levels plan integrated Emergency Response and Disaster

Mitigation development programs that affect the lives of children in the ADP areas in line with the new WVE’s directions.

Support the ADP in the implementation of integrated development activities towards the attainment of transformational development.

Develop data collection checklists and conduct the data collection; Conduct the household survey and PRA and Validation of collected information

As team leader, coordinated and carried out five programs’ feasibility and need assessment as well as baseline survey prior to program design. Eventually, prepared their five years’ design documents for the five program areas under Nekemte Program Office.

5) Job Title: Cash Grant and Relief and Agricultural Facilitator/Expert (World Vision Int. /Ethiopia) Period: (November 2003 to November 2006) Place of work: Hmbo and Shone Area Development Program (ADP) Southern Region Major Responsibilities

Technically facilitated Agricultural and Emergency Response related activities of the project. Guiding, coordinating and carrying out anthropometrical data collection, data coding and its

analysis using EPI Info Microsoft dos and window program and reporting of anthropometrics so as to monitor the food security situation of the program area and to analyse the impact of relief aid projects after its implementation at grass root level in southern regional state.

Carrying out local level crop and livestock assessment and marketing situation of the program area twice per annum in relation to early warning and disaster prevention mechanism in southern regional state.

Prepared and presented regular activity accomplishment reports as required. Provided technical advice for the project manager. Managed USAID funded Cash Grant and Relief Program. Design ways of building the capacities of stakeholders engaged in agricultural and

environment development. Define and facilitate the establishment of proper and functional community networks for the

agricultural development. Facilitate and support the ADP to prepare plans and programs that improve soil conservation,

afforestation and the environment development as a whole. Facilitate and support the ADP to prepare plans and programs that improve livestock health

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Technically facilitating and coordinating development of cash grant and relief projects in the ADP (Area development program)

Facilitating annual plan preparation for grant and relief projects of the ADP. Facilitating implementation, monitoring and reporting of cash grant and relief projects of the

ADP. Acting as delegate of Area Development Program Manager for so many times.

6) Job Title: Collage Lecturer (Alage and Wolayita Soddo Agricultural Technical Vocational Educational Training Collage) Place of work: Near Zeway, Oromia Region, and Wolyita Soddo Southern region Period: October 2001-November 2003 Major Responsibilities

Agricultural Extension and communication; Farm Management; and Cooperative Courses lecturer.

Develop socio-economic researches.

TRAININGS ATTENDED: PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) training which is organized by Farm Africa

and World vision ethiopia, February 14-27, 2007,Nazareth, Ethiopia Transformational Development Indicator and EPinfo Analysis January 2-

4,2007,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia LFA (Logical Frame Work Analysis) organized by World Vision Ethiopia July 31-

Auguest 5, 2006 Addis Ababa LEAP (Learning through Evaluation Accountability and Planning) at World Vision

Ethiopia.

Security Management Training, organized by redruk in Kenya, Nairobi from May 6-10,2013.

Early Warning system Training organized by FHI and USAID, Bahir Dar from March 22-25, 2009.

Business Plan Preparation Training organized by FHI and USAID, Bahir Dar from March 26-27, 2009.

SPHERE Project, Oct.18-20, 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that covers: The Humanitarian Charter; Minimum standard in disaster response, SPHERE and the project Cycle and; SPHERE and Disaster Preparedness.

Emergency Response and Disaster Risk Reduction (Track 1,2 and 3) Management

and program feasibility assessment approaches and its analysis. Community Initial Disaster Preparedness Planning (CDPP), Dessie Ethiopia November 19-24, 2007.

Training on Leadership Development, Change Management and team Building

QUALIFICATIONS: Master of Science Degree specialized in Rural Development, from Rural Development

and Agricultural Extension Department, Haramaya University in January 2012, Ethiopia.


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Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Extension/Rural Development in 2001 from Alemaya University, Ethiopia.

OTHER PERSONAL SKILLS: Strong knowledge of emergency; advocacy; transitional and development program concepts,

frameworks, strategic and components. Adaptable to all weathers and cultures beside this excellent interpersonal, leadership, and staff

development skills. Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, sensitive to HIV/AIDS Able to work under considerable pressure Able to meet tight deadlines Excellent Computer skill

MS- Word Ms- Excel PRS (Program Reporting System) and other applications

Familiar with PRA and Logical Framework Analysis programming tools Familiar with non-formal and formal research methods Familiar with basic gender analysis tools Well-organized different skill trainings, panel discussions, workshops and experience sharing visits. Project proposal writing skill Case study, and story writing skill Photographing/Digital Imaging First and Second grade Level driving license with well experience of driving in field level. Alemaya University student’s Council president; in the whole year of 2001. Senate member of Alemaya University; senior management team in the whole year of 2001.

PERSONAL DETAILS: Date of birth: 09 August 1979, Adama Nazareth Marital Status: Married Nationality: Ethiopian

REFERENCES: Craig T.Jaggers, Country Director Food for the Hungry International Ethiopia, [email protected] Debebe Taye, Program Director South Sudan CAFOD, [email protected] +251911227086 Girma Deressa, Program Director CRS South Sudan [email protected] telephone

+251911676324 Daniel Gebeyehu, Program Director DRR Food for the Hungry Ethiopia, [email protected]

I attest the fact that the above statements are true to the best of my capacity and competence. Signature: Samson Kacha



