Abubakar Mutoka
Dar es Salaam
Summary
Reliable Technical Advisor with 7 years of experience in Psychosocial Support and Youth Empowerment. Adept at providing guidance to organizations working with Children and Youth, with a focus on life skills development, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and youth economic empowerment. Organized and reliable with outstanding facilitation skills, and a certified solution-focused counselor, trainer and coach.
Dedicated management and NGO consultant and trainer. Mostly adept in Organizational development and design, Project planning and management, strategic planning, project monitoring and evaluation, Theory of Change, Leadership and team coaching.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Advisor - Psychosocial Support and Youth Participation (PSS/YP)
Terre des Hommes Schweiz
Dar es Salaam
04.2017 - 12.2022
- Monitor and assess partners' projects implementing psychosocial support and youth participation methods and strategies
- Conduct training on PSS and YP to partner organizations
- Document success and best practices in implementation of PSS and YP methods and strategies
- Facilitate country platforms for exchange of experiences and learning.
Program Manager
Women's Promotion Center
Kigoma
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Coordinate overall planning, implementation, and reporting, and provide technical accompaniments for all projects
- Provide technical leadership in design, planning and implementation of M&E system for the projects
- Train and supervise project teams of staff and community volunteers to support and ensure good implementation of M&E activities
- Facilitate master training in life skills, SRHR and the Solution-Focused Counselors and trainers
- Work with project teams to capture success, learning and document best practices
- Coordinated the planning, implementation and reporting of project monitoring, evaluation, baseline and end-line studies.
Program Manager
KIVIDEA
Kigoma
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Coordinate overall planning, implementation, and reporting, and provide technical accompaniments for all projects
- Provide technical leadership in design, planning and implementation of M&E system for the projects
- Train and supervise project teams of staff and community volunteers to support and ensure good implementation of M&E activities
- Facilitate master training in life skills, SRHR and the Solution-Focused Counselors and trainers
- Work with project teams to capture success, learning and document best practices
- Coordinated the planning, implementation and reporting of project monitoring, evaluation, baseline and end-line studies.
Chief Academic Officer
Newman Institute of Social Work
Kigoma
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Overall coordination of academic calendar and programs at ordinary and Advanced Diploma levels
- Teaching of social work core courses and practicum
- Monitoring of tutors and students, supervision of fieldwork placement and dissertation writing
- Coordinating a technical team in Belgium and Tanzania for market analysis, curricula development and review for Certificate, ordinary and advanced Diploma programs for accreditation.
Director of Programs and Senior Consultant
SF Capacities Ltd
Dar es Salaam
01.2023
- Initiate and lead all consultancy projects
- Develop project write-ups and coordinate field delivery of outputs
- Provide staff mentoring, capacity building and technical accompaniment for all projects
- Prepare project reports and communication with key stakeholders.
Education
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
Ndejje University
Kampala, Uganda08-2013
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
Newman Institute of Social Work
Kigoma, Tanzania05-2004
Skills
- Networking Knowledge
- Training and Mentoring
- Problem-Solving Aptitude
- Effective Communication
- Goal Setting
- Continuous Improvement
- Team Collaboration
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Self Motivation
- Interpersonal Communication
- Team Building
- Decision-Making
- Problem-Solving
- Project Leadership
- Problem-Solving Abilities
- Organizational Skills
- Agile Work Processes
- Project Coordination
- Active Listening
- Project Planning
- Budget Control
- Relationship Building
Languages
Swahili
First Language
French
Advanced (C1)
C1
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Accomplishments
My presentation was titled: “Youth Left Behind: How to Include Most Vulnerable Youth in GBV Projects”.
Paper in Medicus Mundi Bulletin #147 (2018):
https://www.medicusmundi.ch/en/advocacy/publications/mms-bulletin/gender-based-violence-organisations-for-international-cooperation-must-take-responsibility/the-activities-in-the-communities/how-youth-participation-and-solution-focused-approaches-empower-young-people-in-addressing-gender-based-violence-in-tanzania
Timeline
Director of Programs and Senior Consultant
SF Capacities Ltd
01.2023
Technical Advisor - Psychosocial Support and Youth Participation (PSS/YP)
Terre des Hommes Schweiz
04.2017 - 12.2022
Program Manager
Women's Promotion Center
01.2014 - 01.2016
Program Manager
KIVIDEA
01.2013 - 01.2016
Chief Academic Officer
Newman Institute of Social Work
01.2007 - 01.2010
Master of Arts - Counseling Psychology
Ndejje University
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
Newman Institute of Social Work
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