Godfrey Mwanakulya
Dar es salaam,Tanzania
Summary
A motivated development worker with established program coordination, organizational support, and training facilitation skills. Demonstrates a positive and patient approach to managing complex workloads in challenging environments. Uses initiative and takes a critical-thinking approach to work. Interested in development works, including coordination and implementation of outreach activities on the ground, training and capacity building, and working in program management. Received training in project planning and management, participatory approaches, and communication regarding social behaviour change.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical manager - Social and Behavior Change
T- MARC Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region
03.2022 - Current
- Successfully led a team of 24 staff in the planning, implementing and Monitoring of Social behaviour Change and Gender activities across the six regions with a focus on HIV/TB integrated approaches. A key focus was on adolescent youth 15-24 and men and women.
- Our project has led to the development of evidence-based individual and social behaviour change approaches that have significantly improved the uptake of integrated HIV/TB interventions among targeted groups, thereby demonstrating the value of our stakeholders' investment.
- Conducted day-to-day follow-ups on implementing program activities, including follow-ups on budgets, work plan deliverables, contractor management, and financial management.
- Successfully Managed the engagement of key government stakeholders and national (MOH, PO- RALG) and regional level (R/CHMTs) to ensure that there is a collaborative relation and buy in our program activities and that they are actively engaged in the program activities such as during the planning, monitoring and supervisions as well as program reviews.
- Ensured innovative activities were conducted through regionalised approaches, adapted to the national-level SBC campaigns such as the SITETEREKI youth platforms and the Furaha Yangu campaign to the regional context, where local campaigns were designed for relevance to reach youth and men with information and services.
Technical - specialist Social and Behavior Change
T- MARC Tanzania
Dar es salaam
05.2019 - 02.2022
- Facilitate technical inputs including regional insights during the creative development process of all materials under development, including Creative brief reviews and inputs, draft material, and content reviews from the zonal teams and CSO implementing partners, pre-test studies brief reviews, and study implementation participation and material refinement recommendations.
Program Officer
Johns Hopkins Centre for Communication Programs in Tanzania
01.2015 - 04.2019
- Assist in the implementation of annual works plans for the VectorWorks project, including the development of training mechanisms for community-based change agents.
SBCC Training and Mentoring Officer
Johns Hopkins CCP Tanzania
10.2011 - 09.2015
- Establish relationships with local training institutions, and identify key local training partners in SBCC.
Regional Programme Coordinator
SPW Tanzania
06.2009 - 01.2011
- Plan and prepare recruitment and training for Youth Peer Educators for in and out of school youth.
Education
Master in Public Health - Health
University of Dar es salaam
Tanzania 11.2020 -
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
Tumaini University - Iringa
Iringa, Tanzania 10.2005 - 07.2008
Skills
- Project Cycle Management
- Team collaboration and building
- Strategic planning
- Leadership and Management
- Programme development
- Advanced written and spoken communication
- financial management
Languages
English
Advanced
Swahili
Native
Custom
- Waziri Nyoni, Chief of Party, Johns Hopkins CCP- USAID Tulonge Afya Project, P.O. Box 105303, Dar es salaam, +255 769 666 999, wnyoni@gmail.com
- Jacob Macha, Programs Director, TCDC Tanzania, +255 784 277 380, jmacha@tcdctz.org
- Stephen Chihwalo, Swiss Embassy - 0784 807 564, schihwallo@hotmail.com
Personal Information
- Date of birth: 07/21/83
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Tanzanian
Timeline
Technical manager - Social and Behavior Change
T- MARC Tanzania
03.2022 - Current
Master in Public Health - Health
University of Dar es salaam
11.2020 -
Technical - specialist Social and Behavior Change
T- MARC Tanzania
05.2019 - 02.2022
Program Officer
Johns Hopkins Centre for Communication Programs in Tanzania
01.2015 - 04.2019
SBCC Training and Mentoring Officer
Johns Hopkins CCP Tanzania
10.2011 - 09.2015
Regional Programme Coordinator
SPW Tanzania
06.2009 - 01.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism
Tumaini University - Iringa
10.2005 - 07.2008
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