Ezgard Fungo
Manyara
Summary
Experienced Project Manager with 7 years of experience accumulated from both Development and Humanitarian settings. Strong education professional with a Bachelor of Arts in Community Development and Gender from Tengeru Institute of Community Development (TICD). I am very flexible with ability to multi-task. Other areas of my competence include leading teams, Child Protection programming, report writing, handling donor communications, facilitation skills, partnership building and maintaining links with partners and government officials, resources mobilization, budgeting and managing budget, planning logistics, negotiation diagnosing IT related issues, Psycho-social support services including counseling.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Cambridge Education Tanzania
04.2019 - 01.2020
- Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes and operational specifications.
- Led initiatives to identify, document and monitor trends on risks across the company by working with programme thematic leads and regional office managers in the nine regions of Tanzania
- Orchestrated due diligence process to partners (Local Organisations), Suppliers, auditing firms and sub consultants to work with and maintaining good work relation.
- Routinely led monitoring project progress and compliance to financial processes through visiting regional offices in the nine regions of Tanzania and suggesting ways to improve financial and administrative compliance
- Provided surge support to technical teams where necessary, for example developing presentations, drafting policy briefs, supporting Monitoring and Evaluation and analyzing data to inform project progress
Compliance and Reporting Coordinator
Plan International
01.2018 - 03.2019
- Identified programmatic areas with weakness and formulated strategies for improvement which included revisions of financial and operational procedures and capacity building to junior project staff on key systems and tools such as reporting trackers, SAP and DIP to enhance project delivery.
- Liaised between the organization and government authorities such as Ministry of Home Affairs, Police, Migration and local government authorities in the areas of project interventions both in the refugee camps and in the host community.
- Represented Plan International in different coordination forums at the field level such as inter-agency Child protection working group and host community working groups with other humanitarian agencies.
- I managed multi-donor funded projects and handled respective donor communication regarding project performance through effective liaising with other project officers and organisational support departments such as the administration, Human resources, finance, procurement and logistics to ensure quality and timely project implementation.
Project Coordinator
Plan International
06.2016 - 12.2017
- Collaborated with organisational senior team in resource mobilization through concept notes and proposal development to potential donors
- Counseled departmental leaders to determine issues and deliver solutions to individualized problems and concerns.
- Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.
- Coordinated and executed all elements of stakeholder events including logistics, budgets, venue selection, activity planning, transportation and entertainment.
- Communicated with Donor representative in Sweden to keep project on schedule.
Operation Officer
Good Neighbours International
04.2015 - 10.2016
- Kept regular monitoring visit records to the project sites in Mwanza to ascertain programme opportunities and obstacles.
- Steered the community through applying participatory approaches to identify and solve development obstacles using own opportunities in Sengerema districts.
- Delivered programme activities including mobilization of community members for various development projects in Sengerema district. For example class room and borehole's construction, involvement in income generating activities to boost per capital income.
- Establish, built capacities and maintained Community Development Committees which could then sustaining programme best practices and ensure the same is cascaded to down to the rest of community members especially in the areas of education, water and sanitation and income generating activities.
- Facilitated training sessions to communities on various themes such as health promotion, prevention and combating waterborne disease, income generating activities, the importance of education to children and adolescent boys and girls.
Community Coordinator
Plan International
10.2015 - 05.2016
- Collaborated in various inter organizational community needs assessments and offering feedback on overall services provided by humanitarian agencies
- Led a team Social Workers in the daily monitoring and execution of Psycho-social support activities (counseling, recreational game and sport, and channeling children cases through established referral pathway
- Successfully lead initiatives to establish, build capacities and maintain Community based Child Protection committees to be able to take own initiatives to improve children protection and welfare in their respective communities.
- Worked with other agencies to mobilize and sensitize refugee on various social interventions in the refugee camps including registration of children in schools, general camps cleanliness and vaccination campaigns to children in various health centers in the camps, taking children to child friendly spaces for different psycho-social support assistance.
Deputy Director
Children Care Development Organization, CCDO
01.2015 - 04.2015
- Supervision of staff responsible for direct implementation of project activities such as community mobilization, daily to day running of the children centre, establishing and maintaining tree nursery for environmental conservation purposes.
- Coordinated organisation's operations including daily to day running of the office, recruitment of staff, disciplinary actions to irresponsible staff and maintenance of organisational resources (budget, human resources and assets).
- Managed overall progress of the organization interventions such as Early Childhood Development classes, tree nursery in the field and Information Communication Technology (ICT) class which was accessed by adolescents and youths.
- Oversaw corporate communications and branding strategies for consistency and quality.
Tutor/Vice Principal
Tanzania College of Social Studies - Mbeya
10.2013 - 12.2014
- Facilitated training sessions to certificate level students and moderated collage examinations.
- Represented the collage in various coordination occasions taking place in Mbeya region.
- Organised and chaired collage meetings with collage stakeholders including staff, students and parents.
- Inspected student's records on payment of collage fees.
- Crafted effective learning plans to address students' writing weaknesses and strengths.
- Administered feedback to students using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage and build confidence.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - CommunityDevelopment and Gender
Tengeru Institute Of Community Development (TICD)
Arusha Tanzania08.2013
High School Diploma -
Sangu High School
Mbeya Tanzania02.2010
High School Diploma -
Bulongwa Secondary School
Njombe Tanzania09.2007
Skills
- Project planning and management
- Inventory Control
- Business and staff Management
- Familiar with SAP, SharePoint and one drive
- Team building
- Stakeholder relations
- Effective communication skills in Kiswahili and English languages
- Contract Management
- Logistics management
- Budget administration
- Report Writing
- Computer use (Microsoft Office - Word, excel, outlook and power point)
Hobbies
Watching football matches and playing football
Timeline
Project Manager
Cambridge Education Tanzania
04.2019 - 01.2020
Compliance and Reporting Coordinator
Plan International
01.2018 - 03.2019
Project Coordinator
Plan International
06.2016 - 12.2017
Community Coordinator
Plan International
10.2015 - 05.2016
Operation Officer
Good Neighbours International
04.2015 - 10.2016
Deputy Director
Children Care Development Organization, CCDO
01.2015 - 04.2015
Tutor/Vice Principal
Tanzania College of Social Studies - Mbeya
10.2013 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Arts - CommunityDevelopment and Gender
Tengeru Institute Of Community Development (TICD)
High School Diploma -
Sangu High School
High School Diploma -
Bulongwa Secondary School
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