Christina Josiya
Kasungu,Malawi
Summary
Focusing on the social, economic, and political aspects of global development. Acquired skills in critical analysis, research, and policy evaluation, with an emphasis on sustainable solutions to poverty, inequality, and human development challenges. Prepared to engage in international development, policy analysis, and community-based projects.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
District Coordinator
COMSIP Cooperative Union
Kasungu, Malawi
07.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Social Support for Resilient Livelihoods Project-Livelihoods component
- Over 5 years of experience in planning, budgeting, and executing district-level development programs.
- Coordinated youth skills training initiatives, providing startup tools to empower self-reliance for individuals on social cash transfer and climate-smart enhanced public works programs.
- Led training in cooperative leadership, management, and legume farming initiatives, helping farmers boost productivity and address food security.
- Managed poverty graduation programs by providing seed capital and training in business management, financial literacy, climate-smart agriculture, and health.
- Supervised and mentored caseworkers, ensuring successful program implementation and stakeholder collaboration.
- Experienced in Monitoring and Evaluation, tracking progress and ensuring accountability for all district interventions.
- Organizing and coordinating monthly and quarterly meetings and also taking part in annual and bi annual regional review meetings.
- Social Support for Resilient Livelihoods Project-Livelihoods component
Caseworker
COMSIP Cooperative Union
Mulanje, Malawi
07.2019 - 06.2022
- Company Overview: Building Sustainable Livelihoods for Ultra-poor project
- Work planning and budgeting
- Community mobilization and coordination
- Awareness raising of the project and its scope
- Training beneficiaries in sanitation and hygiene
- Training beneficiary groups and members in business management, financial literacy, good sanitation and hygiene, and Climate Smart Agriculture
- Helping beneficiaries in receiving seed capital
- Provide life skills mentoring and coaching
- Facilitating implementation of food security and nutritional health activities
- Data collection (using DHIS and Kobo collect)
- Ensuring disability issues are mainstreamed
- Linking with different stakeholders
- Timely physical progress reporting (weekly, monthly, and quarterly)
- Supervising and monitoring all activities being done
- Building Sustainable Livelihoods for Ultra-poor project
Field facilitator intern
COMSIP Cooperative Union
Karonga, Malawi
03.2019 - 06.2019
- Formulation of groups from the Malawiʼs Social Cash Transfer beneficiaries and put them in clusters
- Facilitation of mindset change rule book in Social Cash Transfer Graduation Model championed by COMSIP
- Helping beneficiaries come up with intervention tables as their action plan as well as their monitoring tool
- Beneficially door to door visit
- Producing monthly work plan and reports to the supervisor and COMSIP office.
- Linking the groups to the district community development office for more interventions
Internship
Karonga Community Development Office
Karonga, Malawi
12.2018 - 03.2019
- Community level project sensitization exercise
- Formation of groups amongst the targeted beneficiaries
- Building capacity of Project Affected People (PAPs) in savings and investment in the Karonga-Songwe road project (KAS) being implemented by COMSIP
- Enhancing knowledge of the PAPs in the utilization of the funds they were compensated with
- Training the PAPs in group organization, financial literacy, and business management
- Assisting the PAPs and other groups to identify, develop and implement business ideas
- Helping PAPs on how they can graduate into cooperatives following a dual group development process
- Capacity building in business management in the Women and Sustainable Energy project (WOSE) being implemented by Christian Aid
- Capacity building in group resource mobilization in the WOSE project by Christian Aid
Education
Permaculture design -
Permaculture Paradise Institution
Mchinji, Malawi09.2024
Degree - Social Science majoring in Development Studies
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI
Nguludi, Malawi07.2024
Advanced Diploma - Community Development
Lilongwe Technical College
Lilongwe, malawi12.2018
Skills
- Planning
- Reporting
- Budgeting
- Drive for results
- Information Technology
- Teamwork
- Knowledge
- Learning
- Communication
Certification
- Permaculture Design Level 1
- Driving License Class B
References
- Hubert Nanthambwe, Lecture of social science, Catholic University of Malawi, nanthambwe.hubert@gmail.com, 0993105388
- Enerst Jumbe, Livelihood Specialist, COMSIP COOPERATIVE UNION LIMITED, Jumbeernest@yahoo.com, 0997269904
- Paul Kamwendo, Cooperative Development and Investment Officer, COMSIP COOPERATIVE UNION LIMITED, paulenglon@gmail.com, 0999403228
Locations
- Kasungu, Malawi
- Nguludi, Malawi
- Lilongwe, Malawi
- Mulanje, Malawi
- Karonga, Malawi
- Mchinji, Malawi
Personal Information
- ID Number: MWA336390
- Date of Birth: 12/24/99
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: Malawi
- Driving License: Class B
- Marital Status: Single
Timeline
District Coordinator
COMSIP Cooperative Union
07.2022 - Current
Caseworker
COMSIP Cooperative Union
07.2019 - 06.2022
Field facilitator intern
COMSIP Cooperative Union
03.2019 - 06.2019
Internship
Karonga Community Development Office
12.2018 - 03.2019
Permaculture design -
Permaculture Paradise Institution
Degree - Social Science majoring in Development Studies
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI
Advanced Diploma - Community Development
Lilongwe Technical College