Anab Hassan Maalim
Programme Management Professional
Nairobi,30
Summary
A Development, Programme Management professional with over 10 years of success in designing, planning, implementing and monitoring strategies that not only drive the partner’s missions and visions but also advocate for the interests of the disadvantaged in society. Leads programs with high visibility, transparency, integrity, and amity. Thought leader with an unmatched track record of establishing and managing partnerships with civil society organizations and community organizations working across different levels and thematic areas. A people-person who creates and reinforces a culture of bias-free policing, accountability, and transparency. Well versed in prioritizing multiple objectives, creating structure, monitoring progress, assigning resources, and implementing programs to ensure attainment of partner’s strategic priorities.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
Work History
Technical Manager
EQUAL ACCESS INTERNATIONAL
03.2022 - Current
- Support the Technical Director with technical review, quality control of SBC, and media-related tools, materials, and reporting/milestone deliverables.
- Support the Area Manager and Area Coordinator with monthly and quarterly planning to ensure adequate timing for the design of activities.
- Lead in the development of training outlines and first draft materials for LDAG facilitators, Action Groups, Justice Promoters, and any other workstream required.
- Integrate social norms and behavior change principles, referencing global best practices.
- Support the SBC Media consultant with the coordination of media components, such as engaging and managing influencers, coordinating with media partners, and ensuring synergies between program activities and amplification on radio and online.
- Deliver training as required in all project locations.
- Review partner monthly reports, flagging any areas of concern related to delivery and quality assurance.
- Develop and lead the implementation of after-action reviews for program activities, identify key findings, lessons learned, and areas for adaptation.
- Suggest adaptation strategies for improving program interventions, and other SBCC approaches in target locations.
- Support the program team in knowledge management, ensuring all reports are filed correctly and on a timely basis.
Humanitarian Feedback Coordinator
INTERNEWS NETWORK
03.2020 - 09.2021
- Trained and provided ongoing mentoring to Internews community correspondents.
- Led and supervised 20 community reporters to gather feedback from communities ensuring consistency, continuity in methodology and quality of information for provision of services to refugees.
- Produced a bi-weekly humanitarian data driven newsletter to establish and strengthen a two- way humanitarian communications and to narrow information gaps between affected populations and responding agencies
- Organized and facilitated regular community and partner’s roundtable to discuss pertinent issues, fill information gaps and close feedback loops.
- Developed, maintained and established excellent working relationships with a wide range of humanitarian responders (UN agencies and NGO partners) making them aware of the project and its objectives to find potential collaboration to ensure feedback from the communities is taken into account within the humanitarian system;
- Supported project team to turn community feedback into useful, actionable, accurate and engaging content which communities understand and relate to.
- Participated and facilitated partners training on communication with communities (CwC).
- Contributed to monthly, quarterly, and annual project reports.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer
STAR MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
01.2017 - 10.2019
- Ensured the quality of project documents, including reporting accuracy and evidential support for results reported, in line with corporate best practices.
- Provided guidance to operational colleagues on key MCE processes (project governance, timelines, and project management tools).
- Supported project initiation, planning, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Highlighted lessons learned from evaluations, monitoring data, and integration into project design and training materials.
- Presented results to internal and external audiences, stakeholders.
- Monitored and tracked the project's progress, and handled any issues that arose.
Program Officer
NOMADIC ASSISTANCE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
04.2014 - 11.2016
- Prepared and reviewed narrative and financial reports for funded projects, including monthly, quarterly, annual reports, case studies, and other project documentation.
- Led the development of concept notes and project proposals for new projects that meet quality standards, and conform to donor guidelines and formats.
- Participated in the planning and facilitation of training and capacity development for program staff and beneficiaries.
- Documented lessons learned, best practices, success stories, most significant changes, case studies, and other useful changes during project implementation.
- Provided feedback to the executive director on project strategies and activities.
- Suggested strategies for improving project efficiency, effectiveness, outcomes, impacts, and sustainability while reporting issues and their possible solutions.
- Participated together with other key stakeholders’ regular reflection, feedback and learning events at County level.
- Act as the point of contact and communicate project status adequately to all participants.
Research Officer
APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY LTD
12.2012 - 10.2013
- Developed research work plans according to project need.
- Sourced for TOR and developed technical proposal.
- Trained enumerators on data collection methods.
- Entered collected data, analysed and interpreted.
- Conducted monitoring, evaluation and produced technical reports.
- Archived and maintained up to date research database
HYSAN Officer
ISLAMIC RELIEF
03.2006 - 03.2008
- Identified and selected community outreach agents to lead Community Hygiene and Sanitation mobilization and environmental clean-ups.
- Monitored and followed up on progress of the implementation of activities; including earth pan and shallow well constructions.
- Supported and contributed to the facilitation of various trainings for hygiene promoters and sanitation monitors.
- Led the distribution of hygiene and sanitation kits in all operation areas.
- Monitored and followed-up to ensure the proper dissemination of hygiene and sanitation messages to the target beneficiaries.
- Monitored the hygiene and sanitation situation in the project area and provided regular updates to the WASH Manager.
- Collected, analyzed and compiled reports from hygiene and sanitation activities and suggested better implementation strategy in consultation with the WASH Manager.
Education
MSc - Development Studies, Project Management
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology
06.2023
BA - Sociology and Psychology
University of Nairobi
12.2010
Skills
- Strategic Leadership
- Proposal Development
- Project Coordination
- Technical Expertise
- Media Development
- Newsletter Production
References
Laurelle Marie May, Technical Director, Equal Access International, Tel: +254710330200, Laurelle Marie May
Stellar Murumba, Project Lead, Internews Network, Tel:+254 725 959 489, smurumba@internews.org
Nasra Omar, Commissioner, Media Council of Kenya, Tel: +254 721 367 633, nasraruun@yahoo.com
Training
- Transformational Leadership
- Trauma and Trust Building Training
- Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)
- Training on Communication with Communities (CwC)
- Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE)
- Training on project cycle management (PCM)
- Undertook training on household economy analysis (HEA)
- Training on conflict sensitive service delivery for cross boarder countries
- Training on counter terrorism violence (CVE)
KEY STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND SHORT TERM CONSULTANCIES
- Internews Network, Jan 2022- February 2022: Reviewed and mapped partner’s workflow, built team capacity, provided translation (into English from Somali, Arabic, and Swahili); proposed points for streamlining editorial processes with integration of risk ranking and data categorization; produced technical report on findings and enveloped a publish-ready rumour bulletin and contributed to other publication drafts.
- Save The Children International, November- December 2016: Livelihood Baselines Study using the Household Economy Approach (HEA) as well as an integrated Market System Analysis among communities in Mandera County, Kenya
- Save The Children International, November- December 2013: Livelihood Baselines Study using the Household Economy Approach (HEA) as well as an integrated Market System Analysis among communities in Garissa, Kenya
- Save The Children International, September -October 2012: Livelihood Baselines Study using the Household Economy Approach (HEA) as well as an integrated Market System Analysis among communities in Wajir County, Kenya.
- Danish Refugee Council (DRC), May-June 2012: Livelihood Baselines Study using the Household Economy Approach (HEA) as well as an integrated Market System Analysis among communities in Garissa, Kenya.
- Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Jan-Mar 2012: Livelihood Baselines Study using the Household Economy Approach (HEA) as well as an integrated Market System Analysis among urban refugees in Nairobi, Kenya.
Timeline
Technical Manager
EQUAL ACCESS INTERNATIONAL
03.2022 - Current
Humanitarian Feedback Coordinator
INTERNEWS NETWORK
03.2020 - 09.2021
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer
STAR MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
01.2017 - 10.2019
Program Officer
NOMADIC ASSISTANCE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
04.2014 - 11.2016
Research Officer
APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY LTD
12.2012 - 10.2013
HYSAN Officer
ISLAMIC RELIEF
03.2006 - 03.2008
BA - Sociology and Psychology
University of Nairobi
MSc - Development Studies, Project Management
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology
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