Abdi Jamal
Global Health Security|Immunization|Risk Communication Expert
Nairobi, Nairobi Province
Summary
Detail-oriented and Resourceful Project Manager with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Recognized for taking proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with focus on optimizing processes and supporting team objectives.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
CORE Group Partners Project Manager
International Rescue Committee, IRC
07.2024 - Current
- Serve as the primary point-of-contact for USAID’s Mission in Turkana County, Kenya and polio partners.
- Share relevant information, announcements, and major events related to polio eradication to the CGPP global headquarters team.
- Advise the project team on safety and security-related matters in accordance with CGPP Kenya security team.
- Work closely with partners to ensure all program and related reports are collated, reviewed and are of high-quality for submission to the CGPP HQ team on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
- Make sure guidance from USAID’s Mission in Kenya is properly applied within the project.
- Provide support to capture and share success stories, case studies, and lessons from the project.
- With guidance from the CGPP HQ Country Director, develop strategies to ensure that the regions achieve project targets as approved in the activity MEL plan.
- Actively monitor project performance using the project’s performance tracking system.
- Monitor and track the implementation of planned activities in the approved work plan.
- Monitor and track expenses to ensure burn rate is optimal to avoid over-spending or under spending
- Conduct supervisory visits to Cross border regions and districts to ensure high-quality activities are conducted across the communities up to the hard-to-reach and international border communities.
- Monitor and mentor the program teams and community mobilizers to ensure they reach program participants in mapped out areas, working together with the international partners and the local partners.
- Represent the project at high-level government stakeholder’s meetings on health; be a member of the polio and immunization related technical working groups such as social mobilization, surveillance, and the provincial EPI/surveillance team.
- Build and maintain healthy relationships with the government and polio and immunization actors to ensure coordination and the implementation of polio and immunization strengthening activities.
- Report timely information from all meetings as may impact and/or affect the project.
- Work closely with UNICEF/WHO/MOH on community engagement activities and service delivery at health facilities.
- Engage with the IPs to develop program strategies to increase project performance using the SIA calendar and annual and quarterly work plans with close guidance from the CGPP HQ team.
- Ensure the program priorities are understood and promote buy-in from partners.
- Provide the technical oversight to conduct training on AFP surveillance, immunization system strengthening, MEAL, and social mobilization, working with the IP to determine the training needs under the guidance of the Secretariat.
Community Health Promotion Officer
International Rescue Committee, IRC
01.2015 - 06.2024
- Take lead in handling all Nutrition/Community Health and WASH aspects activities including water quality and quantity, hygiene promotion and general sanitation improvements in Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya.
- Lead Emergency Response Coordinator in Cholera Outbreaks in the camp.
- Providing technical support and mentorship to both WASH and Health Cholera response staffs.
- Ensuring that 174 community health workers (CHWs) and 14 Expanded Immunization program vaccinators are allocated to each blocks and sections within Hagadera Refugee camps and monitor regularly, educate, and compile activity reports.
- Support the development of appropriate IEC materials with culturally sensitive messages that shall are delivered to CHWs and community members.
- Ensure coverage of EPI and reproductive health indicators in collaboration with CHWs.
- Assist in response and management of public health emergencies and participate in the development of disaster preparedness systems in coordination with Garissa County MOH.
- Planning of NCDs calendar days, Community health prevention on Non communicable diseases through mentorship of community health workers and CHC.
- Ensure that contingency stock for outbreak prone diseases are maintained with support of health manager.
- Ensuring that there is effective public health surveillance conducted at the community level by CHWs in the camps.
- Participate in the disease surveillance and health coordination meetings in the Camp.
- Participate in external monthly Outbreak Control Coordination meetings and carry out community-based public health interventions during communicable disease outbreaks.
- Spearhead camp-wide health campaigns including vitamin A supplementation campaigns, National Immunization Days (NIDs) and other similar campaigns in liaison with programs including nutrition.
- Contribute to designing of an integrated community health program that incorporate health outreach and health promotion in consultation with the health manager.
- Conduct appropriate monitoring and implementation of the community health program including community-based rehabilitation program, hygiene promotion and community based mental health program activities.
- Implement the community health program work plan.
- Conduct and ensure appropriate disease surveillance mechanisms are in place for all new arrivals
- Ensure that all children less than five years old, pregnant and lactating mothers, the disabled and other vulnerable groups’ records are kept, followed and reported.
- Monitor CHWs performance though CHW supervisor.
Senior Reproductive Health/Community Health Office
International Rescue Committee, IRC
08.2021 - 10.2021
- Support coordination and incorporation of CHP program with other programs including SAFE program, nutrition, Reproductive health and Gender based violence.
- In liaison with health manager ensure that community health program supplies are acquired in time.
- Organize logistical arrangements in collaboration with supply chain during community health campaigns and other calendar events.
- Compile and submit CHP weekly and monthly activity progress updates.
- Budget and Grant Management-Planning and implementation of various donor funding through proposal development, timely donor grant management and donor reporting. Able to plan and manage various donor grants e. g UNHCR, UNICEF, Echo (EU), DFID, WFP, BPRM and individual donors e. g Pfizer support for Immunization, True Colors for Palliative programs in the camps.
- Advocacy, Fundraising for programs effectiveness and continuation, i personally have developed concept papers and proposal that have been of success to my current organization.
- Managed budgetary matters for the department, maintaining financial responsibility through careful monitoring of expenses and allocations.
- Supported the implementation of health policies by researching relevant data and presenting findings to stakeholders.
- Collaborated closely with other departments within the organization to ensure effective coordination on shared projects.
- Maintained a professional and organized office environment conducive to efficient workflow and high-quality service delivery.
Lead Technical Consultant-WASH Content Developer
Eastern University, Somalia
01.2021 - 04.2021
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional WASH content developers teams to align project goals with business objectives, fostering stronger partnerships across departments.
- Delivered comprehensive training programs to end-users, increasing proficiency in new software applications amongst staff members significantly.
- Managed multiple high-profile projects simultaneously, delivering each within deadline and budget constraints.
- Offered input for complex documents to support client-ready final versions.
Lead Technical Consultant-Measles Reactive
Care-usa
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Championed best practices in Supplementary Immunization Campaign against Measles Rubella disease and architecture to create sustainable and scalable systems.
- Spearheaded initiatives aimed at modernizing routine immunization systems while maintaining compatibility with existing infrastructure components seamlessly transitioning between platforms when necessary without disrupting workflow efficiency levels overall throughout operations as needed regularly within various contexts where applicable strategically over time according specific situational factors considered during decision-making processes related directly towards accomplishing organizational goals effectively within each unique environment encountered on an individual basis throughout one''s career journey thus far.
- Streamlined the Measles Reactive Campaign vaccination across 5 payams for increased performance of above 75% administrative target and timely reporting of SIA data.
- Led successful project launches through collaborative and coordination processes with partners and State MOH that identified potential risks for outbreaks and strengthening strategies for routine immunization
TB/HIV Nursing Officer
International Rescue Committee, IRC
01.2013 - 12.2014
- Participated in continuous professional development opportunities for personal growth and advancement within the field of nursing.
- Delivered compassionate end-of-life care, ensuring patients maintained dignity and comfort during their final moments.
- Improved patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and updating protocols.
- Provided high-quality patient education on disease prevention and management strategies, empowering patients in their own healthcare decisions.
- Representation, Partnership and Coordination-Able to participate in technical forums with UN agencies, implementing partners and MOH Garissa on Nutrition, Integrated TB/HIV activities and coordination meetings to assess progress and conduct support supervision to facilities.
- Partnership with Ministry of Health and NASCOP/NLTBP in the implementation of quarterly review meetings to monitor effectives of these programs in the refugee camps, monitor progress challenges and recommendations. In close relationship with the MOH Garissa to evaluate the county progress and successes.
- Strengthening collaboration and teamwork through ensuring that supplies of nutritional value/supplements are coordinated well from the county through effective and timely communication.
- Monthly nutrition coordination meetings in the camp, to assess program effectiveness, nutrition stock outs, BMI for TB/HIV clients, challenges on drug adherence and sharing the same to UNHCR and MOH for support.
- Offer training and capacity development to Health Care workers across Dadaab refugee camps on integrated TB/HIV case management, Infection Prevention and Control, Monitoring of nutrition balance among people with TB/HIV.
- Monitoring and Evaluation-Improvement and monitoring of newly developed integrated refugee health and nutrition database function for the refugee population, able to monitor effectiveness and respond to challenges for decision making.
General Nursing Officer
International Rescue Committee
08.2011 - 12.2012
- Offering quality nursing care to pediatric department (OPD).
- Mentor and supervisor in the ward assigned, leader.
- Overall, in charge of outpatient department and emergency departments
- Organizing medical, surgical, gynecology and pediatric clinics.
- Supervision of staffs in emergency department and OPD
- Overall, in charge of the department.
- Ensuring quality care for adult clients
- Provided high-quality patient education on disease prevention and management strategies, empowering patients in their own healthcare decisions.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to establish appropriate discharge planning for patients transitioning from hospital to home care settings.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
Kenyatta University
Nairobi 05.2001 -
Associate of Science - Registered Community Health Nursing
Kenya Medical Training College
Nakuru Campus 05.2001 -
Skills
Problem-Solving
Excellent Communication
Decision-Making
Teamwork and Collaboration
Planning and Coordination
Flexible and Adaptable
Multitasking Abilities
Interpersonal Communication
Accomplishments
- IRC WAY Ambassador for Dadaab FY 2016 for outstanding promotion of IRC core values.
- Approved WASH Expert by the DISH Community.
- Published the manuscript for the COVID 19 pandemic preparedness in the Refugee Context of Dadaab.
- Certificate in Proposal Writing, Grants Management & Professional Report Writing by Asset Africa Institute.
- Certificate in Boost Scholar Level 1 Adaptive Leadership for Immunization-The Geneva Learning Foundation
- Certification in Boost Community Activation Course with Geneva Foundation
- Certification on Vaccine Demand and Acceptance by GAVI, UNICEF, CDC, WHO
- Certification in SBCC for Humanitarian program
- Certification in GIS for Health Programsl Certificate in leadership skills by SGS Kenya.
- Certificate in Leadership for Humanitarians by Franklin Covey and Leadership for Humanitarians.
- Certificate in Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response by MOH Kenya.
- Certificate as an IRC WAY Ambassador for upholding IRC Core values.
- Certificate in Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Baby Friendly Community Initiative.
- Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation in International Programs.
Timeline
CORE Group Partners Project Manager
International Rescue Committee, IRC
07.2024 - Current
Senior Reproductive Health/Community Health Office
International Rescue Committee, IRC
08.2021 - 10.2021
Lead Technical Consultant-WASH Content Developer
Eastern University, Somalia
01.2021 - 04.2021
Lead Technical Consultant-Measles Reactive
Care-usa
01.2020 - 03.2020
Community Health Promotion Officer
International Rescue Committee, IRC
01.2015 - 06.2024
TB/HIV Nursing Officer
International Rescue Committee, IRC
01.2013 - 12.2014
General Nursing Officer
International Rescue Committee
08.2011 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
Kenyatta University
05.2001 -
Associate of Science - Registered Community Health Nursing
Kenya Medical Training College
05.2001 -
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