Acken Kubetta
Mbeya
Summary
I am a monitoring and evaluation expert with over seven years of experience in donor-funded projects. I have worked in various sectors such as health, nutrition, gender, project planning, project management, social behavior and communication change, monitoring and evaluation, data collection and data analysis. I have a strong academic background with a master's degree in public health and a bachelor's degree in rural development. I am also proficient in computer skills and have extensive knowledge of Microsoft package, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. I am familiar with different data analysis software such as Power BI, Excel, SPSS and Stata. In my previous role as a monitoring and evaluation officer, I designed and managed the monitoring system of the project and conducted baseline surveys, data collection, data analysis, reporting and data visualization. I also shared the results and recommendations with the relevant stakeholders and partners. I am passionate about improving the quality and impact of development interventions through evidence-based decision making and learning. I have excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills and I can work effectively in a team or independently.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Integrated Rural Development Organization
Mbeya
11.2015 - Current
- Created daily process reports to reflect accurate and up-to-date data.
- Collaborated with program and senior teams to develop critical qualitative and quantitative data collection methodologies.
- Liaised with management to learn and align company's strategies and values.
- Completed special projects under manager guidance.
- Assisted with coaching and leading team to meet sales and service goals.
- Attended meetings and educational webinars to attain knowledge and competency to succeed in evolving market landscape.
- Delegated work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Reviewed completed work to verify consistency, quality and conformance.
- Recruited and trained new employees to meet job requirements.
- Assigned work and monitored performance of project personnel.
- Produced thorough, accurate and timely reports of project activities.
- Evaluated individual and team business performance and identified opportunities for improvement.
- Reviewed employee performance and provided ongoing feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.
- Interviewed prospective employees and provided input to HR on hiring decisions.
- Organized team activities to build camaraderie and foster pleasant workplace culture.
- Created and managed budgets for travel, training and teambuilding activities.
- Acted on training and mentoring opportunities to set team members up for success.
- Maintained inventories through spot checks, complete physical inventory and reordering.
- Supported staff training, development and evaluation.
- Learned company processes, procedures and employee role functions.
- Identified the M&E training needs of the M&E team and worked with the team and other collaborators
such as the Organizational Development Manager to plan and implement trainings that meet the staff
needs. - System Development; Led M&E system and process development, creating a framework and
procedures for the monitoring and evaluation of project activities; Defined and implemented key project
performance indicators (KPI) as well as monitored them throughout the duration of the projects. - Managed M&E Officers while they created and revised tools and data collection procedures under the
supervision of the Senior M&E Officer (eg. logical framework, project performance tracking, indicators,
data flow chart, M&E manuals) - Reviewed the performance of existing management information systems to help identify potential
modifications of resources.
Project Coordinator
Hossana Ows Center
Songwe
05.2013 - 10.2015
- Assessed, monitored and reported on work progression.
- Collaborated with internal teams to develop project solutions resulting in on-time execution.
- Assisted project manager in drafting schedules and related documentation.
- Prioritized needs and delegated assignments to simultaneously handle multiple projects.
- Produced status reports for customers and senior management.
- Liaised with project managers to evaluate project scope and define milestones and deadlines.
- Developed and implemented project tracker or calendar to meet and maintain standards.
- Managed portfolio of projects to drive on-time deliverables within scope and budget.
- Introduced change improvement plans to achieve goals, methodologies and initiatives.
- Allocated resources and materials to respective departments to accommodate needs.
- Served as point-of-contact to support order management, testing and reporting.
- Used control tools to update and monitor project schedules.
- Drove communication within high-performance, cross-functional organization to meet aggressive goals.
- Created and maintained project documentation to drive transparency with stakeholders.
- Established and maintained quality performance metrics to meet objectives.
- Troubleshot and resolved non-technical issues using support documentation and training.
- Handled portfolio of initiatives to support organization's goals.
- Increased product knowledge by staying up to date on product offerings, features and functionality.
Internship Coordinator
Baylor College of Medicine
Mbeya
02.2012 - 04.2013
- Organized program development events emphasizing individual donor and corporate cultivation.
- Developed and implemented instructional programs.
- Collaborated with supervisors to examine effectiveness of program and instruction.
- translated different manual training used to facilitate training to adolescent and young child
- Participate in preparation and designing camp for children
- Constructed supplemental materials for disabled, at-risk, disadvantaged, talented and gifted HIV children .
- Facilitated coaching rounds for department volunteers to enhance delivery or lessons.
Internship Student(Monitoring and Evaluation)
Red Cross Society Tanzania
Shinyanga
07.2011 - 12.2011
- Participated on preparing and monitoring performance indicators using simple data collection and
collation tools in line with the program’s performance monitoring plan - Tracked the project inputs, activities, processes, outcomes and impact measures of the program
- Participated on preparing monthly and quarterly data indicator reports
- Participated on monitoring visits to the project sites to support implementation of M&E Primary role &
responsibility - Ensured that quality data for Project are collected and reported by specified deadlines
- Contributed to development and/or revising PT M&E documentation, tools, policies and procedures
- Participated on Training 120 volunteers and 5 project staffs to relevant data collection tools and
procedures
Education
Master of Science - Publish Health Leadership
Uganda Christian University
Uganda 12.2014
Bachelor of Science - Rural Development
Sokoine University Of Agriculture
Tanzania08.2008
Skills
- Project Coordination
- Relationship Building
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Team Building
- Team Management
- Planning & Organizing
- Supervision & Leadership
- Computer Skills
- Training & Development
- Flexible Schedule
- Microsoft Office
- Data Management
- Problem Resolution
- Conflict Resolution
Languages
Swahili
First Language
English
Advanced
C1
Accomplishments
- Promoted to Monitoring and Evaluation Manager due to my capacity to manage various project Organization implemented and dedication to work and commitment that achieved to Provided (or updated) the organization with a vision, framework and strategic plan for its M&E unit; Led all M&E initiatives within IRDO
- Led team to achieve Goals , earning recognition from upper management and financial reward.
- Recognized as best Employee of the organization for outstanding performance and team contributions.
Certification
- Data quality assess,ment , Pact Tanzania - 2013
- Data Quality , Global Health - 2016
- Antenatal Care , Global Health - 2016
- Nutrition , [Global Health ] - 2016
- Data quality Management Training - 2014
- Data collection Training - 2013
Timeline
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Integrated Rural Development Organization
11.2015 - Current
Project Coordinator
Hossana Ows Center
05.2013 - 10.2015
Internship Coordinator
Baylor College of Medicine
02.2012 - 04.2013
Internship Student(Monitoring and Evaluation)
Red Cross Society Tanzania
07.2011 - 12.2011
Master of Science - Publish Health Leadership
Uganda Christian University
Bachelor of Science - Rural Development
Sokoine University Of Agriculture
- Data quality assess,ment , Pact Tanzania - 2013
- Data Quality , Global Health - 2016
- Antenatal Care , Global Health - 2016
- Nutrition , [Global Health ] - 2016
- Data quality Management Training - 2014
- Data collection Training - 2013
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