Laurent Tungaraza
Dar Es Salaam
Summary
Education and Community development work specialist with skills and knowledge for management and promotion of adult and youth development. Have worked with different NGO as a research assistant and data officer. Skilled in quantitative and qualitative data collection with over 3 years of experience in data collection as research assistant Well versed with health facilities data collection tools and reporting system
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, MZAZI HODARI EVALUATION
DAMAX
02.2024 - 05.2024
- Assist in developing evaluation tools, including surveys, interview guides, and data collection templates
- Collect qualitative and quantitative data through interviews, focus group discussions, observations, or surveys
- Ensure accurate and timely entry of data into specified software or databases
- Monitor data quality and ensure adherence to established protocols during data collection
DATA COLLECTOR, PMTCT CASCADE
UCSF
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Document assessment activities, challenges, and report issues to the assessment coordinator
- Obtain informed consent from participants before interviews
- Conduct interviews using qualitative and quantitative methods
- Collect and manage data using tablets and Excel templates, ensuring proper storage and upload per guidelines
- Maintain strict confidentiality of all assessment-related information
- Gather participant feedback or suggestions when required
- Perform additional tasks as directed by the assessment coordinator
ASSISTANT DATA OFFICER
NURU FOUNDATION TANZANIA
02.2022 - 08.2022
- Routine facility data collection, verification, and storage
- Ensuring all facility data documentation tools are available in working stations
- Conducting Monthly data aggregation and reporting
- Conducting quantitative data collection and follow-up for Nutrition need assessment
DQA TEAM MEMBER
ICAP
12.2021 - 01.2022
- Responsible for supporting all data verification activity at the site level
- Conduct data triangulation across different sources and update the tools as per findings
- Identify system gaps that affect data quality and document findings from health facility, share feedback with HCWs and R/CHMT and ICAP staff
- Provided preventive health education to patients and relatives of the patients
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
POPULATION COUNCIL AND CSK
10.2019 - 12.2019
- Mid-term performance evaluation of the USAID-funded Tulonge Afya (TA) project in 6 regions of Tanzania
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
CSK RESEARCH SOLUTION
09.2019 - 12.2019
- Baseline survey for an interventional study under EGPAF titled 'Effectiveness of Early Child Development Multi-Media Communication on Caregiver and Community Health Worker Behaviors: Evaluation of the Malezi II Program' in Tabora region, Tanzania
PROJECT OFFICER INTERN
NURU FOUNDATION
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Identified prospective donors and wrote grant proposals to help support Nuru Nutrition program
- Conceptualized and drafted material for organization’s marketing brochure
- In partnership with Nuru foundation staffs, successfully organized and planned 'Nuru Community awareness day,' a health promotion event for residents served by Nuru Hospital
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
01.2019 - 06.2019
- Data collection activities for an eligibility survey for an interventional study titled 'Star Homes – better health through better housing In collaboration with Oxford tropical medicine unit'
Education
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION - ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA
05.2018
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION -
IVUMWE HIGH SCHOOL
01.2010
Skills
- Electronic data collection tools
- ODK
- Kobo tools
- MS office Suite
- Quantitative data collection technique
- Qualitative data collection technique
- Health program monitoring
- Analytical thinking
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/28/88
- Nationality: Tanzanian
- Marital Status: Single
Training
- Confidentiality in Routine handling of clients, NURU Foundation, 05/01/20, Why do we need to adhere to confidentiality., How to handle pressure when third part require information from us.
- Basic course on Electronic Data Collection for the VMMC study, CSK Research Solution and John Hopkins-CCP, 01/01/16
- Basic course on Qualitative Data Collection, CSK Research Solution and John Hopkins-CCP, 04/01/16
Refferences
DR CYPRIAN KILANGI
Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics University of Dar es Salaam
P. O Box 35040
Dar es Salaam
Phone: +255719065635
Email: cypriankilangi@gmail.com
DR EDWARD KOMU
CEO, NURU Foundation Tanzania
Mobile: +255 717 911 830, Email: Edward.komu@nurufoundation.org
SALUM MSHAMU
Managing Director and Senior Consultant ,CSK research Solutions Mobile: +255 767 163 354, Email: salum.mshamu@gmail.com
Timeline
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, MZAZI HODARI EVALUATION
DAMAX
02.2024 - 05.2024
DATA COLLECTOR, PMTCT CASCADE
UCSF
05.2023 - 08.2023
ASSISTANT DATA OFFICER
NURU FOUNDATION TANZANIA
02.2022 - 08.2022
DQA TEAM MEMBER
ICAP
12.2021 - 01.2022
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
POPULATION COUNCIL AND CSK
10.2019 - 12.2019
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
CSK RESEARCH SOLUTION
09.2019 - 12.2019
PROJECT OFFICER INTERN
NURU FOUNDATION
06.2019 - 08.2019
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
01.2019 - 06.2019
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION -
IVUMWE HIGH SCHOOL
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION - ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA
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