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GRACE OBEID MWANGWA

Dar es Salaam

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Community Development Officer

Same District Council
01.1995
  • Women in Traditional Irrigation Improvement Project (WTIP), (Netherlands Development Embassy Project) Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
  • Carrying out Gender mainstreaming programs in Irrigation Agricultural, Same District;
  • Collaboration with relevant institutions to conduct women campaigns to be involved in Irrigation Agricultural project;
  • Identifying constraints or problems/challenges that hinder women involvement in the irrigation agricultural and suggest interventions to solve the same
  • Developing programs to support women participate and benefit from irrigation agriculture project through capacity building programs, formation of groups for loan provision and other irrigation and agriculture support.

Gender Expert/Social Specialist

Economic and Business Foundation Tanzania Limited
09.2024 - 03.2025
  • Provision of Consultancy Services for Establishment, Registration and administration training of the Community Based Routine Maintenance (CBRM) in;
  • Identification of the members of the existing CBRM groups
  • Selection of the members of the new CBRM groups
  • Prepare data base of all the existing and new CBRM groups and their members
  • Register New and Existing CBRM groups
  • Prepare a data base of registered CBRM groups
  • Prepare training material
  • Training the CBRM group members in the management of the CBRM groups
  • Training of the CBRM group members in the Implementation of the CBRM (sub) contract.

Gender Expert/Social Specialist

Foundation Tanzania Limited
01.2024 - 01.2025
  • Provision of Consultancy Services for Establishment, Registration and administration training of the Community Based Routine Maintenance (CBRM) Coverage of Assignments:
  • Identification of the members of the existing CBRM groups
  • Selection of the members of the new CBRM groups
  • Prepare data base of all the existing and new CBRM groups and their members
  • Register New and Existing CBRM groups
  • Prepare a data base of registered CBRM groups
  • Prepare training material
  • Training the CBRM group members in the management of the CBRM groups
  • Training of the CBRM group members in the Implementation of the CBRM (sub) contract.

Individual Consultant

Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited
11.2022 - 01.2024
  • 5 yrs Providing consultancy services for planning and overseeing gender activities under the Tanzania Zambia Transmission Interconnector Project (TAZA) and TANESCO in:
  • Training and Capacity Building: Based on the gender work program, Specific tasks include:
  • Develop training programs and capacitate project leads and project staff on how women needs can be integrated into the planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of project components;
  • Develop training programs on gender issues as part of an annual plan for communities, government officials and other stakeholders in TAZA project (training program should be informed by specific training needs at all level);
  • Conduct community conversation to identify needs and design gender responsive awareness creation campaigns on HIV/AIDS, STDs, trafficking and other social risks for the community and project stakeholders
  • Development of tools and methodology to be used to assess the capacity needs of women employees and women in STEM fields in TANESCO;
  • Considering the contextual situation of TANESCO and TAZA project, recommend, design and enforce capacity building programs and women employee centered educational opportunities (to be implemented in partnership with local colleges and universities);
  • Develop and deliver training programs as per the capacity needs, tailored to TANESCO and staff working on TAZA
  • Introduce approaches including coaching and mentoring programs to be implemented under the TAZA project that promote increased representation of women in leadership and decision-making positions; Women’s Employment: Specific tasks include:
  • Systematic support for effective implementation of affirmative action measures;
  • In line with the four-year gender work program implementation strategy, ensure strategic intervention areas are effectively implemented to increase the percentage of female employment by the end of TAZA project;
  • Draft a Road Map for TANESCO women employment program based on the four-year gender work program and implementation strategy
  • Lead and support implementation of a women employment road map that encompasses internship program of women in STEM fields (to be implemented in partnership with universities) and create career development opportunities for existing women staff for advanced education and on job capacity strengthening opportunities (scholarship program, short term training);
  • Create on-the-job coaching and mentoring programs that strengthen the knowledge and skills of women professionals and empower them to leadership and decision-making positions;
  • Support revision/development of gender responsive human resource policy and other relevant workplace policies and strategies in TANESCO; some key areas include development of institutional GBV prevention and response instruments like GBV policy, code of conduct and grievance redress mechanisms
  • Review recruitment practices in TANESCO and recommend applicable affirmative action to ensure increased participation of women candidates;
  • Develop systematic approaches to tackle barriers and bottlenecks that women employees are facing during recruitment, retention, promotion and recommend possible solutions that support female staff’s performance enhancement and enable them to focus on their professional advancement (eg
  • Implementation of quota system during recruitment and promotion process);
  • Support contractors to develop and support community activities e.g
  • Women’s day and showcasing female careers
  • 3
  • Gender-Based Violence (GBV):
  • Provide all technical support on GBV prevention and response for all planned activities
  • Specific tasks include:
  • Develop follow-up mechanisms to be implemented in TAZA project sites for GBV prevention and response based on WB GBV good practice note and TAZA project GBV risk rating;
  • Follow up with TAZA contractors to ensure that they develop and implement GBV action plan and CoC for GBV prevention and responses as per the WB GBV good practice note;
  • Support and supervise implementation of GBV prevention and response awareness raising and capacity building trainings for government officials, to the community and other stakeholders in TAZA project;
  • Support GBV prevention and response communication campaigns at TAZA project sites and surrounding communities
  • Develop training programs on GBV prevention and response and provide training to key TANESCO and TAZA staff, and GBV focal persons of contractors and sub-contractors
  • Ensure that contractors prepare gender responsive Labor Influx Plans with appropriate mitigation measures for any potential GBV risks;
  • In collaboration with TANESCO’s environment and social safeguards team of TANESCO, oversee the contractors’ compliance with the ESHS Management Plan as well as the GBV code of conduct
  • Provide capacity development training and regularly provide technical backup for safeguards staff on GBV prevention and response to ensure that project staff and contractors recognize, properly record, and follow up on GBV incidents and relevant sensitive issues in the communities
  • In collaboration with TANESCO’s environment and social safeguards team regularly follow up and report on the operation of the GRM and resolution of grievances received under the Project
  • 4
  • Liaison with partners:
  • Liaising with TANESCO’s senior management, NGOs, CSOs (eg
  • National women in energy networks) universities and colleges, the World Bank, and other Development Partners who are providing gender mainstreaming support in the energy sector
  • Work closely with Training and development, Welfare and Human Resource department in TANESCO to support focused capacity building programs for female employees
  • 5
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting and Budget Planning:
  • Specific tasks include:
  • Develop gender responsive monitoring, evaluation and reporting system to be integrated into TANESCO M&E system to periodically measure the level of achievement of gender specific indicators like percentage of female employees, number of female recruits recruited, number of women participated in short term training and mentorship, and number of women certified to trade in SAPP/EAPP markets
  • Develop planning checklists to be used as a reference for gender in planning, budgeting, monitoring, and reporting under all activities supported under the TAZA project;
  • Develop supervision checklists, sex-disaggregated data collection tools and gender responsive planning and reporting templates to be used for all activities supported under the TAZA project;
  • Follow up to ensure that funds allocated under the TAZA Technical Assistance (TA) sub-component for gender equality work are utilized effectively towards meeting the objective of the sub-component
  • Develop and provide training on a gender responsive M&E and reporting system to TANESCO and TAZA M&E staff
  • Work closely and provide, on-the-job support after the training for TANESCO and TAZA M&E staff to ensure integration of gender into the M&E system
  • Ensure integration of gender indicators into TANESCO M&E system as guided by the four-year gender work program
  • Prepare quarterly progress report of TANESCO’s four-year gender work program and submit to the World Bank Gender and Energy team
  • Director - Gender, and Women Development, for Gender & Social Inclusion Program, Providing consultancy services for planning and overseeing gender activities under the Tanzania Zambia Transmission Interconnector Project (TAZA) and TANESCO in:
  • Training and Capacity Building: Based on the gender work program, Specific tasks include:
  • Develop training programs and capacitate project leads and project staff on how women needs can be integrated into the planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of project components;
  • Develop training programs on gender issues as part of an annual plan for communities, government officials and other stakeholders in TAZA project (training program should be informed by specific training needs at all level);
  • Conduct community conversation to identify needs and design gender responsive awareness creation campaigns on HIV/AIDS, STDs, trafficking and other social risks for the community and project stakeholders
  • Development of tools and methodology to be used to assess the capacity needs of women employees and women in STEM fields in TANESCO;
  • Considering the contextual situation of TANESCO and TAZA project, recommend, design and enforce capacity building programs and women employee centered educational opportunities (to be implemented in partnership with local colleges and universities);
  • Develop and deliver training programs as per the capacity needs, tailored to TANESCO and staff working on TAZA
  • Introduce approaches including coaching and mentoring programs to be implemented under the TAZA project that promote increased representation of women in leadership and decision-making positions; Women’s Employment: Specific tasks include:
  • Systematic support for effective implementation of affirmative action measures;
  • In line with the four-year gender work program implementation strategy, ensure strategic intervention areas are effectively implemented to increase the percentage of female employment by the end of TAZA project;
  • Draft a Road Map for TANESCO women employment program based on the four-year gender work program and implementation strategy
  • Lead and support implementation of a women employment road map that encompasses internship program of women in STEM fields (to be implemented in partnership with universities) and create career development opportunities for existing women staff for advanced education and on job capacity strengthening opportunities (scholarship program, short term training);
  • Create on-the-job coaching and mentoring programs that strengthen the knowledge and skills of women professionals and empower them to leadership and decision-making positions;
  • Support revision/development of gender responsive human resource policy and other relevant workplace policies and strategies in TANESCO; some key areas include development of institutional GBV prevention and response instruments like GBV policy, code of conduct and grievance redress mechanisms
  • Review recruitment practices in TANESCO and recommend applicable affirmative action to ensure increased participation of women candidates;
  • Develop systematic approaches to tackle barriers and bottlenecks that women employees are facing during recruitment, retention, promotion and recommend possible solutions that support female staff’s performance enhancement and enable them to focus on their professional advancement (eg
  • Implementation of quota system during recruitment and promotion process);
  • Support contractors to develop and support community activities e.g
  • Women’s day and showcasing female careers
  • 3
  • Gender-Based Violence (GBV):
  • Provide all technical support on GBV prevention and response for all planned activities
  • Specific tasks include:
  • Develop follow-up mechanisms to be implemented in TAZA project sites for GBV prevention and response based on WB GBV good practice note and TAZA project GBV risk rating;
  • Follow up with TAZA contractors to ensure that they develop and implement GBV action plan and CoC for GBV prevention and responses as per the WB GBV good practice note;
  • Support and supervise implementation of GBV prevention and response awareness raising and capacity building trainings for government officials, to the community and other stakeholders in TAZA project;
  • Support GBV prevention and response communication campaigns at TAZA project sites and surrounding communities
  • Develop training programs on GBV prevention and response and provide training to key TANESCO and TAZA staff, and GBV focal persons of contractors and sub-contractors
  • Ensure that contractors prepare gender responsive Labor Influx Plans with appropriate mitigation measures for any potential GBV risks;
  • In collaboration with TANESCO’s environment and social safeguards team of TANESCO, oversee the contractors’ compliance with the ESHS Management Plan as well as the GBV code of conduct
  • Provide capacity development training and regularly provide technical backup for safeguards staff on GBV prevention and response to ensure that project staff and contractors recognize, properly record, and follow up on GBV incidents and relevant sensitive issues in the communities
  • In collaboration with TANESCO’s environment and social safeguards team regularly follow up and report on the operation of the GRM and resolution of grievances received under the Project
  • 4
  • Liaison with partners:
  • Liaising with TANESCO’s senior management, NGOs, CSOs (eg
  • National women in energy networks) universities and colleges, the World Bank, and other Development Partners who are providing gender mainstreaming support in the energy sector
  • Work closely with Training and development, Welfare and Human Resource department in TANESCO to support focused capacity building programs for female employees
  • 5
  • Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting and Budget Planning:
  • Specific tasks include:
  • Develop gender responsive monitoring, evaluation and reporting system to be integrated into TANESCO M&E system to periodically measure the level of achievement of gender specific indicators like percentage of female employees, number of female recruits recruited, number of women participated in short term training and mentorship, and number of women certified to trade in SAPP/EAPP markets
  • Develop planning checklists to be used as a reference for gender in planning, budgeting, monitoring, and reporting under all activities supported under the TAZA project;
  • Develop supervision checklists, sex-disaggregated data collection tools and gender responsive planning and reporting templates to be used for all activities supported under the TAZA project;
  • Follow up to ensure that funds allocated under the TAZA Technical Assistance (TA) sub-component for gender equality work are utilized effectively towards meeting the objective of the sub-component
  • Develop and provide training on a gender responsive M&E and reporting system to TANESCO and TAZA M&E staff
  • Work closely and provide, on-the-job support after the training for TANESCO and TAZA M&E staff to ensure integration of gender into the M&E system
  • Ensure integration of gender indicators into TANESCO M&E system as guided by the four-year gender work program
  • Prepare quarterly progress report of TANESCO’s four-year gender work program and submit to the World Bank Gender and Energy team
  • Coordinator of Gender/Women Unit (CGU) / Mainstreaming Gender in the Construction Sector for about 12yrs from 1996 to

Ministry of Community Development
07.2021 - 11.2022
  • Women, and Special Group Dar Es Salaam, Developing, reviewing, monitoring, evaluating, and overseeing the implementation of the Ministries Gender Policies, Guidelines and Strategies
  • Developing and implementing mechanisms for gender mainstreaming into government policies, guidelines and strategies, and evaluate their implementation
  • Fostering implementation of international regional agreement and conventions on gender equality
  • Developing and implementing strategies for women’s empowerment
  • Strengthening collaboration with different development partners, researchers, academic institutions and CSOs
  • Providing innovative solutions to policy and operational problem relating to gender and gender-based violence
  • Promoting gender mainstreaming equality, policies, and women's economic development at the national, regional, and international levels
  • Supporting implementation of the International, Regional, and National Agenda/ Protocols/ Agreement and coordinating the development of tools/approaches for prevention of gender-based violence and the effect of Climate Change issues on women and in the community at large.

Assistant Director

Ministry of Finance
06.2016 - 04.2017
  • Gender and Gender-Based Violence Section, Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Children, February 20l8 — June 2021
  • Facilitating the implementation of the Gender and Women Empowerment Policy of 2000 and its Implementation Strategy of 2005 for Gender Development
  • Preparing strategies for the implementation of the ratified International and Regional instruments on gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment
  • Coordinating, monitoring and preparing implementation reports on the ratified regional and international instruments on gender development and women empowerment
  • Establishing and strengthening Gender Focal Parsons in Government Ministers, Departments, and Private Agencies, and at Local Authorities
  • Almost 250 Gender Focal Persons capacitated to support gender mainstreaming
  • Facilitating mainstreaming of gender into development plans (National and sectoral policies, laws, plans, programs, and budgets)
  • Creating awareness and preparation of the tools for the collection of gender-disaggregated data, analysis, and storage
  • Facilitating effective development and implementation of affirmative action measures for equal employment and promotion of women at the workplace and involvement in decision-making positions
  • Coordinating the establishment of Gender Mainstreaming Working Group for Macro Policy (GMWG-MP) to mainstream gender perspectives
  • Coordinating the Commemoration of international and National Women's Day, Activism to end GBV, international Widow Day, and International day of the Women living in Rum1 Areas
  • Developing a National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children 2016/2017 — 2021/2022
  • Developing guideline on the establishment and Operationalization of Gender Desks
  • Coordinating and establishing Women and Children Protection Committees from the National to Local Levels
  • Managing climate change issues and agendas in relation to women’s economic empowerment
  • Gender Expert, and Planning
  • Policy and, Monitoring implementation of the Ministry's Medium Term Strategic Plan, Budget, Annual Plans, and programs
  • Developing training manuals and provided training on gender-responsive budgeting and how to plan with a gander lens
  • Developing planning checklists to be used as a reference for gender in planning, budgeting, monitoring, end reporting for the Ministry:
  • Monitor implementation of the Ministry's Medium Term Strategic Plan, Budget, Annual Plans, and programs with gender perspective:
  • Gender and Social Inclusion Consultant
  • Millennium Challenge Compact Program(USA), and Planning

Principal Community
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Conducting Initial Social and Gender Assessment Phase I and II, including gathering data and information; identifying stakeholders, conducting interviews, focus groups discussions:
  • Describing the poverty and social inclusion context for critical economic issues and concerns identified in the Constraints
  • Analyzing and making an assessment of legal, institutional, social, and cultural inequalities that impede poverty reduction among women and other disadvantaged groups
  • Reviewing plans for public consultations to ensure social and gender constraints are considered during the project concept development:
  • Developing the economic project programs for poverty reduction in the MCC II Compact Development through productive use of energy to women
  • And youth groups
  • Prepare ring concept papers that described projects in detail, including input into the analysis of policy and institutional issues
  • Producing a report on the Initial Social and Gender Constraints Assessment Phase I and II for MCC Compact Development
  • Working with the MCC Gender Advisor to conduct Social and Gender Assessment phase I and 11 for Energy, Water and Roads compact development.

Advisor

Ministry of Finance
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Working with the MCC Gender, to conduct Social and Gender Assessment phase I and 11 for Energy, Water and Roads compact development
  • Conducting Initial Social and Gender Assessment Phase I and II, including gathering data and information; identifying stakeholders, conducting interviews, focus groups discussions:
  • Describing the poverty and social inclusion context for critical economic issues and concerns identified in the Constraints
  • Analyzing and making an assessment of legal, institutional, social, and cultural inequalities that impede poverty reduction among women and other disadvantaged groups
  • Reviewing plans for public consultations to ensure social and gender constraints are considered during the project concept development:
  • Developing the economic project programs for poverty reduction in the MCC II Compact Development through productive use of energy to women
  • And youth groups
  • Prepare ring concept papers that described projects in detail, including input into the analysis of policy and institutional issues
  • Producing a report on the Initial Social and Gender Constraints Assessment Phase I and II for MCC Compact Development

President

Office Public
11.2009 - 11.2013
  • Mainstreaming diversity issues in the Public Service including HIV / AIDS
  • Employment, Gender and Disabilities issues;
  • Developing and reviewing policies, guidelines, for gender mainstreaming and women empowerment;
  • Facilitating the formation of Gender forum which used to mentor public service employees for Gender Mainstreaming at work place
  • Strengthening the availability of budget for Diversity activities at least all institution in public sectors for gender mainstreaming;
  • Developing gander Guidelines, Circulars and GBV Training Manuals for use in the Public Sectors
  • Administration and Management;
  • Women Participation Coordinator
  • Women Participation Unit
  • Ministry of Infrastructure Development

Dar es Salaam
01.1997 - 12.2009
  • Developing and reviewing policies and guidelines on women’s involvement in the construction sector
  • Creating awareness of the importance of involving women in the construction sector to stakeholders;
  • Developing programmers for confidence building for women engineers/ consultancy to compete for Decision-making positions at the Ministry level at the international and regional levels
  • Developing the programs and tools to support women to form labor based construction companies for road work activities in 24 regions and donor-funded road projects
  • Supervising regional Coordinators in collaboration with Regional Managers to create awareness on gender policy and how it relates to construction sector activities in 24 regions and the East Africa related to road works
  • Implementing Community Education/Seminars/workshops in and around areas where road programs are carried out so as to remove negative altitudes that both men and women can perform construction works
  • Arranging for provision of support services for women to enable them to be involved in road works program like the establishment of daycare centers around the site, First Aid support, working tools, HIV/AIDS training, care support in collaboration with other sectors/Donors/NGOs and CSOs;
  • Increasing the level of equality in the construction sector by increasing the number of women in leadership positions and contractors in the construction sector;
  • Designing and conducting tailor-made training for Women contractors, Women Engineers,” Technicians and other women working at the construction sector on Gender and HIV/AIDS issues at the workplace as stipulated in different developed instruments;

Community Development Officer II

Moshi District Council
01.1992 - 01.2009
  • Create awareness to the community at large to participate in community development activities
  • Conducting project proposal writing seminars/training and enabled the formation of various women’s economic groups to perform economic activities
  • Developing field work program to support rural women on awareness creation for women’s economic activities, and capacity building on different developmental activities for their economic welfare
  • ACHIEVEMENTS:
  • Gender Integration Success: Implemented successful women's employment programs within the Construction Sector, Irrigation Agricultural Project, TAZA project, resulting in increased participation/involvement of women in STEM fields, contributing to gender equality and diversity in the energy sector, agricultural sector and construction sector
  • Strategy: Developed the strategy to facilitate the country to Implement the National, Regional and international Commitment/ Agreement
  • Coordinated and Developed the Generation Equality Forum Program, National Plan of Action for Women Peace and Security Agenda of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 and National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children 2023/2024 - 2026/2027
  • Capacity Building Impact: Conducted gender training and capacity-building programs to Government Ministries, Departments, Institutions, Company’s, DPs, NGOs and CSOs enhancing the organization's ability to integrate gender considerations into its daily operations
  • GBV Prevention and Support: Provided essential technical support for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response, ensuring the safety of the Institutions or project sites and contributing to a safer working environments for all
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Effectively liaised with various stakeholders, including senior management, NGOs, CSOs, universities, and development partners, to facilitate gender mainstreaming in the community level, agricultural sector, construction sector and energy sector
  • Gender-Responsive Reporting: Ensured reporting systems were gender-responsive and that gender interventions were systematically integrated into all project components, improving transparency and accountability
  • Policy and Mechanism Development: Developed and reviewed Ministry/Institutional/Company gender policies, mechanisms, and strategies for gender mainstreaming into government/Ministries/ Company’s and Institutional policies, plans, and strategies for promoting gender equality at a national level
  • Strategic Partnerships: Strengthened collaboration with development partners
  • Researchers, academic institutions, and CSOs, enhancing the impact of gender-focused initiatives and policies
  • Regional Gender Mainstreaming: Established and strengthened Gender Focal Persons in numerus government and private agencies and local authorities, significantly expanding the reach of gender mainstreaming initiatives., Coverage of Assignments:
  • Developing and reviewing policies and guidelines on women involvement in the construction sector
  • Creating awareness on the importance of involving women in the construction sector to community and women
  • To carry out Community Education/Seminars/Workshop in and around areas where road programs are carried out so as to remove negative altitudes that both men and women can perform construction works
  • Developed programmers for confidence building for women engineers to compete for Decision making position in Ministry level in the International, Regional level
  • Developed the programs and tools to support women to form high level and low level construction companies for road work activities in all 24 regions and donor funded road project
  • Supervised regional Coordinators in collaboration with Regional Managers to create awareness on gender policy and how it relates to construction sector activities to all 24 regions and the East Africa meetings related to road works
  • Arranged for provision of support services for women to enable them to participate in road works program like establishment of Day care centers around the site, First Aid support, working tools, HIV/AIDS training, care and support etc in collaboration with other sectors/Donors
  • Increase the level of equality in the construction sector by increasing number of women in leadership position and contractors in the construction sector from
  • Ix
  • Designed and conducted tailor made training Women contractors, Women Engineers, "'Technicians and other women's working in the construction sector on Gender and HIV/AIDS issues at workplace as stipulated in different developed instruments
  • Sensitized and established the construction of mobile day care centers in the construction site to facilitate women to participate in the road works and other economic activities
  • Increase the level of equality in the construction sector by increasing number of women in leadership position and contractors in the construction sector from 3% by 1998 to 45% by 2008
  • Develop women economic projects related to construction work all over the 26 regions and the Donor funded project in collaboration with the Focal Persons
  • Conduct capacity building meetings, seminars, workshop on women economic activities related to road work and other community development activities
  • Conducted a study on Sectoral response and situation analysis on women engineer’s/technicians participation in decision making and road works contract in the Construction Sector to Ministry of Works, Engineers Registration Board - HQ, Quantity Surveys and Architect Registration Board-HQ, Regional Engineers/Managers Office, District Engineers Office, Colleges of Engineering and Women Engineers and Quantity Surveys Association (WEQA)
  • Conducted a study on the Impact of Road Works and participation of Women Engineers in Decision making position, and the interacting community along the roadside
  • The assignment covered Women Engineers in Regions, Women Engineers in the District, Female Owned Contracting Companies, Women along the roadside participating in road works, Interacting community along the roadside in the regions of Mtwara, Lindi, Mbeya, Tanga, Kilimanjaro and Mwanza regions Gender and Social Inclusion Consultant
  • Millennium Challenge Compact Program

District Community Development Officer

Mkuranga District Council
08.1996 - 04.1997
  • Coordinating the community Education/Promotion campaigns on self-help activities carried out to remove negative societal attitudes on community development activities
  • Developing the programs for women economic empowerment in different fields of development like agriculture, road works programs, entrepreneurship, contractors;
  • Liaison with donor's agencies to accommodate community development activities within their plans.

Education

Doctorate in Education -

Global Nation Open University

Masters in Community Economic Development -

Open University of Tanzania (OUT)

Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management -

Institute of Finance Management (IFM)

Advanced Diploma in Community Development -

Community Development Training Institute
01.2024

Master's in Business Administration (MBA) -

Eastern & Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI)
01.2010

Skills

  • Community Development/ Engagement
  • Project /Program Management
  • Gender-Based Violence Prevention
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Policy Development and Implementation
  • Stakeholders Engagement
  • Gender analysis and gender mainstreaming
  • Capacity building processes
  • Facilitation skills

Certification

I, Grace Obeid Mwangwa, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this CV correctly describes me, my qualifications, and my experience.

Accomplishments

  • Implemented successful women's employment programs within the Construction Sector, Irrigation Agricultural Project, TAZA project.
  • Developed the strategy to facilitate the country to Implement the National, Regional and international Commitment/ Agreement.
  • Conducted gender training and capacity-building programs to Government Ministries, Departments, Institutions, Company’s, DPs, NGOs and CSOs.

Membership

  • Board Member for International Advisory Board for the Project Titled: Gender Leadership Advancing Systems and Structures (GLASS)
  • Member and Rapporteur of the International Conference of Great Lakes Regional (ICGLR)

Personal Information

  • Gender: Female
  • Nationality: Tanzanian

Career Background

  • Gender Expert/Social Specialist, Economic and Business Foundation Tanzania Limited (TARURA Consultancy), 09/01/24, 03/31/25, Provision of Consultancy Services for Establishment, Registration and administration training of the Community Based Routine Maintenance (CBRM), Identification of the members of the existing CBRM groups, Selection of the members of the new CBRM groups, Prepare data base of all the existing and new CBRM groups and their members, Register New and Existing CBRM groups, Prepare training material, Training the CBRM group members in the management of the CBRM groups, Training of the CBRM group members in the Implementation of the CBRM (sub) contract.
  • Individual Consultant for Gender & Social Inclusion Program, Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (World Bank Funded Project), 11/01/22, 12/31/24, Providing consultancy services for planning and overseeing gender activities under the Tanzania Zambia Transmission Interconnector Project (TAZA) and TANESCO., Develop training programs and capacitate project leads and project staff on how women's needs can be integrated into the planning, implementation, M&E and reporting of project components., Conduct community conversation to identify needs and design gender responsive awareness creation campaigns on HIV/AIDS, STDs, trafficking and other social risks for the community and project stakeholders.
  • Director - Gender, and Women Development, Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women, and Special Group, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 07/01/21, 11/30/22, Developing, reviewing, monitoring, evaluating, and overseeing the implementation of the Ministries Gender Policies, Guidelines and Strategies., Developing and implementing mechanisms for gender mainstreaming into government policies, guidelines and strategies.
  • Assistant Director Gender and Gender-Based Violence Section, Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Children, 02/01/18, 06/30/21, Facilitating the implementation of the Gender and Women Empowerment Policy of 2000 and its Implementation Strategy of 2005 for Gender Development., Preparing strategies for the implementation of the ratified International and Regional instruments on gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment.
  • Gender Expert, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 06/01/16, 04/30/17, Monitoring implementation of the Ministry's Medium Term Strategic Plan, Budget, Annual Plans, and programs., Developing training manuals and provided training on gender-responsive budgeting.
  • Gender and Social Inclusion Consultant, Millennium Challenge Compact Program(USA), 01/01/13, 12/31/16, Conducting Initial Social and Gender Assessment Phase I and II, including gathering data and information., Analyzing and making an assessment of legal, institutional, social, and cultural inequalities that impede poverty reduction among women and other disadvantaged groups.
  • Principal Community Development, Diversity Management Department, President Office Public Service Management, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 11/01/09, 11/30/13, Mainstreaming diversity issues in the Public Service including HIV / AIDS., Developing and reviewing policies, guidelines, for gender mainstreaming and women empowerment.
  • Women Participation Coordinator, Women Participation Unit, Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 01/01/97, 12/31/09, Developing and reviewing policies and guidelines on women’s involvement in the construction sector., Creating awareness of the importance of involving women in the construction sector to stakeholders.
  • District Community Development Officer, Mkuranga District Council, Coast Region, Tanzania, 08/01/96, 04/30/97, Coordinating the community Education/Promotion campaigns on self-help activities., Developing the programs for women economic empowerment in different fields of development.
  • Community Development Officer, Same District Council, Women in Traditional Irrigation Improvement Project (WTIP), Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 01/01/95, 12/31/95, Carrying out Gender mainstreaming programs in Irrigation Agricultural., Identifying constraints or problems/challenges that hinder women involvement in the irrigation agricultural.
  • Community Development Officer II, Moshi District Council, Tanzania, 01/01/92, 12/31/92, Create awareness to the community at large to participate in community development activities., Conducting project proposal writing seminars/training.

Training

  • Training of Trainers Programs on Gender Equality in Energy, World Bank Group, ESMAP, AGET, ECONOLER, 10/14/24 - 10/29/24, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Gender and Gender Based Violence Training for Project Implementing Unit, World Bank Group, Eastern and Southern Africa Gender Platforms, 07/14/15 - 07/21/15
  • Social and Gender Assessment, Millennium Challenge College, 06/10/14 - 06/24/14, Washington, DC

Timeline

Gender Expert/Social Specialist

Economic and Business Foundation Tanzania Limited
09.2024 - 03.2025

Gender Expert/Social Specialist

Foundation Tanzania Limited
01.2024 - 01.2025

Individual Consultant

Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited
11.2022 - 01.2024

Ministry of Community Development
07.2021 - 11.2022

Assistant Director

Ministry of Finance
06.2016 - 04.2017

Principal Community
01.2013 - 01.2016

Advisor

Ministry of Finance
01.2013 - 01.2016

President

Office Public
11.2009 - 11.2013

Dar es Salaam
01.1997 - 12.2009

District Community Development Officer

Mkuranga District Council
08.1996 - 04.1997

Community Development Officer

Same District Council
01.1995

Community Development Officer II

Moshi District Council
01.1992 - 01.2009

Masters in Community Economic Development -

Open University of Tanzania (OUT)

Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management -

Institute of Finance Management (IFM)

Advanced Diploma in Community Development -

Community Development Training Institute

Master's in Business Administration (MBA) -

Eastern & Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI)

Doctorate in Education -

Global Nation Open University

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