Abdirahman Ismail
Livelihood Officer
Garissa
Summary
Experienced project management and governance professional with a strong background in conducting disaster response activities within the humanitarian field. Skilled in business administration and project management, with expertise in leading program design, cash voucher assistance (CVA), and supporting livelihood programs. Key competencies include conceptualizing and implementing project management strategies, providing child protection services, empowering women and youth through various programs, promoting effective governance, reducing disaster risk, managing data and databases, integrating gender mainstreaming, facilitating cash voucher assistance, producing comprehensive reports, and engaging with the community and donors. Additionally, proficient in training and capacity building, conflict prevention and peace building, as well as monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Wash Officer
Kenya Red Cross Society
05.2024 - 12.2024
- Organize refresher training sessions for CHVs and KRCSV to update their knowledge on current WASH practices and emerging health risks
- Facilitate community dialogues and discussions on hygiene and sanitation practices to raise awareness and encourage behavior change
- Lead CHVs in conducting house-to-house visits to promote key hygiene practices, such as handwashing, safe water storage, and proper sanitation
- Ensure that hygiene messages are culturally appropriate and tailored to the specific needs of the community
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of hygiene promotion activities and adjust strategies as needed
- Coordinate the distribution of WASH items (e.g., soap, jerricans, water purification tablets, hygiene kits) to households and community institutions
- Maintain accurate records of distributed items and ensure that they reach the intended beneficiaries
- Provide guidance to communities on the proper use and maintenance of distributed WASH items
- Prepare and submit regular reports on the progress of WASH activities to the WASH Program Manager/Coordinator
- Support the integration of WASH activities with other health and development programs in the community
Project Officer, Cash Voucher Assistance
Kenya Red Cross Society
11.2022 - 06.2024
- Develop a project plan for cash voucher assistance and implement it effectively
- Conduct assessments to identify vulnerable households and ensure they are registered and targeted
- Collaborate with other project officers to ensure project activities are aligned and complimentary
- Coordinate with health facilities, community leaders and other stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with partners and beneficiaries
- Coordinate with other project officers to ensure activities are integrated and complimentary
- Develop and maintain records and systems for tracking project progress
- Collect data on the implementation of cash voucher assistance and report on it regularly
- Monitor and evaluate project impact, document key findings and provide recommendations for improvement
- Prepare and manage project budgets in accordance with donor and organizational requirements
- Ensure efficient and effective distribution of cash vouchers and maintain records of transactions
- Monitor project expenditures and ensure financial integrity
- Provide training to staff and community health volunteers on cash voucher assistance and other related project issues
- Provide guidance and support to project focal person to deliver quality services
focal person, integrated medical outreaches
Kenya Red Cross Society
09.2022 - 11.2022
- Conduct bi-monthly medical outreaches
- Responsible for screening children under five years and PLWs
- Prepare activity report for the activities
- Update beneficiary tracker of the project
- Establishing and maintaining transparent relationship with MOH sector
focal person, Cash voucher assistance
Kenya Red Cross Society
03.2022 - 05.2022
- Ensure targeting of the most vulnerable families to benefit from cash assistance, including supervision of the registration process and data entry to the database system, and ensuring selection according to vulnerability criteria
- Ensure implementation of all project guidelines with regard to disbursement of payments to the beneficiaries
- Administer and monitor cash transfer and payment mechanisms, including follow-up of payments in the database and communication with the payment service providers
- Participate in the capacity building of KRCS staff to implement cash programs in a technically appropriate way through knowledge transfer, training, development of good practice and evidence-based research
- Capacity building of KRCS CVA implementing teams (mostly volunteers & other partners at the field level on cash programming
- Contribute to the CVA Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system set-up, in coordination with the field and M&E teams
- Monitoring of all cash transfer elements of the disaster operation in the target areas within the county, ensuring targets are met
- Carry out monitoring and evaluation activities including process, market and impact monitoring and capture learning and feedback to improve the Cash based response
- Support in the organization of review meetings of CVAs to identify lessons learned
- Representation of KRCS at external cash coordination forums at county and field level, such as the Cash Working Groups
- Establishing and maintaining transparent, functional working relationships with local government, other NGOs and partners operating in the project area
- Ensuring the beneficiary feedback mechanism is established in an inclusive and transparent way and that the beneficiary committees are actively participating in equitable and transparent way
- Assisting the project team in procuring items and follow up with logistics and procurement on progress
Livelihoods focal person
Kenya Red Cross Society
09.2020 - 03.2021
- Support Project Officer to identify, prioritize and support communities to implement potential livelihood strategies that promote youth resilience
- Assist in designing, developing and providing necessary trainings for target communities to develop skills and capacities for sustainable livelihood and viable options for income
- Preparing monthly and quarterly work plans and budgets for submission to the Regional Office and Headquarters for compilation
- Establishing cooperatives and strengthen saving and credits mechanisms amongst youth groups
- Support communities and beneficiaries with necessary tools, kits and materials to initiate enterprises as envisioned by the project plan
- Developing monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual narrative reports as per donor requirements
- Support the Project Officer in developing strategies for strengthening collaborative partnerships and networks with stakeholders, and other players on the ground to ensure implementation of programs that enhance effectiveness
- Coordinating the screening and registration of more than 700 vulnerable youth in collaboration with security agents and government officials to gather information on their skills, living conditions, security conditions, challenges, and family size for enrollment into the project
- Maintaining of data project beneficiaries and ensuring professionalism and confidentiality is maintained in accordance with program for human security and stabilization requirements
- Coordinating monthly and quarterly monitoring visits to the project sites and generating progress reports highlighting on challenges and achievements
- Planning and organizing dialogue sessions between community, youth, stakeholders' and security actor for the purpose of ensuring community engagement in the program, information sharing and creating a forum for participants to air opinions on program implementation, enabling organization to foresee and address any challenges that might hinder program implementation on time and within allocated resources
- Providing support to project beneficiaries, including general assistance in drafting business plans, providing information on available services, providing counseling and making referral, and facilitating the procurement and distribution of their start-up /kits
- Developing success stories on best practices to be adopted in future similar programs
- Assisting the Project Officer in logistical planning prior to, during and after conducting field activities
Clerical Officer
County government of Garissa
01.2015 - 12.2017
- Filing and photocopying of office documents
- Responding to emails and reception desk duties
- Supporting sub county administrators and other staff
- Working as a team in delivering office services
- Communicating and dealing with office visitors by responding their queries
Education
Degree - Business administration
Gretsa University
01.2019 - 01.2022
Diploma - project management
Nairobi Aviation college
04.2014 - 09.2016
KCSE secondary certificate - undefined
Sankuri secondary schools
01.2009 - 12.2012
KCPE certificate - undefined
Al-Farouq primary school
01.2002 - 12.2008
occupational first aid certificate - undefined
Kenya red cross training school
trainer of trainee certificate - undefined
Kenya red cross training school
Skills
- Open Data Kit (ODK)
- KoBo Collect
- Ms PowerPoint
- Ms Word
- Ms Excel
- Amazing communication skills
- Provision of Psychosocial support
- Proficiency in administration
- Project planning and Monitoring
- Capacity building
- Mentorship
- Strong leadership capabilities
- Proficient in Project Management
- Proficiency in report writing
- Presentation skills
- Knowledge of reintegration
- Child protection programming
Timeline
Wash Officer
Kenya Red Cross Society
05.2024 - 12.2024
Project Officer, Cash Voucher Assistance
Kenya Red Cross Society
11.2022 - 06.2024
focal person, integrated medical outreaches
Kenya Red Cross Society
09.2022 - 11.2022
focal person, Cash voucher assistance
Kenya Red Cross Society
03.2022 - 05.2022
Livelihoods focal person
Kenya Red Cross Society
09.2020 - 03.2021
Degree - Business administration
Gretsa University
01.2019 - 01.2022
Clerical Officer
County government of Garissa
01.2015 - 12.2017
Diploma - project management
Nairobi Aviation college
04.2014 - 09.2016
KCSE secondary certificate - undefined
Sankuri secondary schools
01.2009 - 12.2012
KCPE certificate - undefined
Al-Farouq primary school
01.2002 - 12.2008
occupational first aid certificate - undefined
Kenya red cross training school
trainer of trainee certificate - undefined
Kenya red cross training school
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