Gervase Chiza Patrick

• Global Social performance standard for mining and other extractive industries
• Household Road Map and Gender Mainstreaming for family income and improved family nutrition
• Agro forestry and Sustainable Land Management Techniques
• Inclusive rural Finance through Village Savings and Loan Association (VSL)
• Inclusive Market Systems approaches.
• Approaches for promoting adoptive mechanism for Households to grow and utilize nutritious foods for malnutrition control in Southern highlands.
• Environmental Governance and Decision-Making tools, Nelson Mandela.
• Monitoring and Evaluation

• Date of Birth: 1974
• Nationality: TANZANIAN

• Techno Serve: Staff of the year 2011 for high performance and adherence to core values such as teamwork.
• BIG RESULTS NOW, Prime minister's office.
• I was among 30 National Agricultural experts in developing the BIG RESULTS NOW (BRN) INITIATIVE (Agricultural and Food Security) which geared to put strategies to ensure the national is food secure.

1. Personal information

First Name: GERVASE

Family name: CHIZA PATRICK

Nationality: TANZANIAN

Date of Birth:1974

2. Languages

Language 1: English - Fluent in both Oral & Written

Language 2: Kiswahili - Fluent in both Oral & Written

3. Education:

Ø Master of Science in Natural Resources (Sustainable Environmental Management): the University of Greenwich, UK.

Ø Bachelor of Science in Horticulture: Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania.

4. Short Courses.

Ø Global Social performance standard for mining and other extractive industries

Ø Household Road Map and Gender Mainstreaming for family income and improved family nutrition

Ø Agro forestry and Sustainable Land Management Techniques

Ø Inclusive rural Finance through Village Savings and Loan Association (VSL)

Ø Inclusive Market Systems approaches.

Ø Approaches for promoting adoptive mechanism for Households to grow and utilize nutritious foods for malnutrition control in Southern highlands.

Ø Environmental Governance and Decision-Making tools, Nelson Mandela.

Ø Monitoring and Evaluation

5. Award.

Ø Techno Serve: Staff of the year 2011 for high performance and adherence to core values such as teamwork.

BIG RESULTS NOW, Prime minister's office.

Ø I was among 30 National Agricultural experts in developing the BIG RESULTS NOW (BRN) INITIATIVE (Agricultural and Food Security) which geared to put strategies to ensure the national is food secure.

6. Work History

A multi-talented Leader/Manager that is successful at taking on diverse project tasks to accomplish tight deadlines. Analytical person with excellent communication, planning, budgeting, M&E skills, and team player. Attentive to details, organized and dependable candidate with high knowledge and application of sustainable agriculture, climate change and IFC social performance standards. Brings 17 years of extensive experience of working with livelihoods, climate change and social investment programmes of which over 6 years being at the management level of programmes focusing on biodiversity conservation, forest landscape restoration, natural resources management, Climate change, Sustainable Agriculture eg conservation Agriculture market linkages, rural market infrastructure development for Agric crops both financed by investors and development agencies such as USAID, UKAID, NORAD, GIZ, IFAD, GATSBY and LIFEZONE METALs. Further to that I have been involved in programmes that support youth to start and venture into different economic opportunities such as horticulture farming, cattle fattening business, sawing business especially to girl’s groups, poultry and eggs business, sponsoring youth to attend specialized, tree and fruit tree seedlings nurseries,training at vocational centers for gathering specific skills that makes youth for self-employment and supporting youth on beekeeping, Coffee tree nurseries.

I possess strong leadership, interpersonal, and networking skills, complemented by a solid foundation in project management, inclusive market systems approach, and monitoring and evaluation. My proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, along with my strong presentation and ability to deliver results at the highest standards. Presently I’m an employee at Tembo Nickel based in the Rulenge Project site where i works as a Community Relations Lead responsible for Community Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Impact Mitigation. Facilitating dialogues, partnerships, and synergies; collaborating with farmers groups, input suppliers, processors, and other value chain actors. I have practical knowledge of social risks and safeguards, Human Rights, and global standards as well as Solid knowledge of conservation, climate change, land tenure and governance, and sustainable development policy issues