Clement Mwazambumba
Programme Manager
Lilongwe
Summary
An accomplished programme manager with a record of distinguishable and traceable experience spanning 12 years at district programme manager, level possessing indepth experience in project mobilisation, implementation and monitoring, leadership of field teams including onboarding, offboarding and appraising of direct reports, lesson and impact story capturing experience and well developed skills in communication English and vernaculars. I have engaged deeply in the themes of inclusive education for rural children, system/tools design for education, child protection and sponsorship and mitigation of HIV& AIDS impact among rural communities.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Lecturer
Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Domasi College of Education
01.2003 - 01.2004
- Social Studies
- Job Purpose
- Lecturing, researching, module development, participating in academic fora and providing overall tutorial support and leadership for College students studying for a Diploma in Education.
Secondary School Teacher & Head Teacher
Ministry of Education Science and Technology
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Purpose
- Teaching and undertaking routine school management duties.
Programme Manager
Link Malawi, Transformational Empowerment of Adolescent Marginalised Girls
01.2018 - Current
- Previous Job 2
- Previous Job 3, Provide leadership to project and consortium staff to implement TEAM
- The project is being delivered by four partners in Malawi, working together to address the multiple and intersecting barriers that prevent highly marginalised girls accessing a quality education
- Specific duties included planning and coordinating project implementation according to set workplan
- Serving as child safeguard and protection focal person, upholding child safe-guarding and protection standards across the partnership and impact areas
- Key Achievements
- Sustained the best attendance and retention of beneficiaries at learning centres compared to other impact districts throughout the life of the project
- Successfully lobbied with diverse grassroot stakeholders to support CBE
- This includes churches who provided structures for classes and so helped the project reduce on costs
- Obtained excellent buy-in from government and other CSO players including the set-up of a Steering Committee to provide overall governance of the project at district level
- This was the first of its kind across the impact districts
- Registered the smoothest (of the 3 districts) transition of learners from CBE to vocational skills and entrepreneurship
- Established reporting mechanisms for child protection and recorded the highest number of cases followed up per district
- Worked with direct reports to develop and implement action plans, improving operating results.
- Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
- Provided professional services and support in a dynamic work environment.
Programme Manager
Integrated School
01.2015 - 01.2018
- To lead the implementation of INSPIRE, working in close partnership with Ministry of Education Science and Technology at district, division and central levels
- Specific duties included capacity development of MoEST staff on the use of the National Education Standards and school performance data to improve school performance; setting up and training MoEST staff to use a database system to analyze and share data about school performance
- Key Achievements
- Succeeded in recruiting 100% of primary schools in Mchinji to implement the school review model (the other impact district i.e
- Dedza managed less than 100%)
- The project had a small team and relied on partnership with the ministry of education and networking
- Organized two successful education conferences to engender support for the quality education agenda for the district
- Participation was by ministry officials and political and local leaders of the district
- Successfully adopted innovations to improve project attainments vis engaging local radio to raise awareness of the National Education Standards, use of tablet phones as walkie-talkie gadgets to improve information sharing and.
Area Programme Manager
World Vision International
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Integrated Area Programme with thematic areas of Education, Health, Food Security, Natural resource Management and Child Protection
- Job Purpose:
- To provide overall leadership and management for the area development program in accordance with relevant World Vision strategies, policies and frameworks (e.g
- Learning through Evaluation with Accountability and Planning (LEAP)
- To effectively represent and model World Vision’s mission, vision, core values and identity through good relationships and networks with relevant internal and external stakeholders, including staff, community groups, local church, local leaders, government departments and other NGOs
- The position involved line managing a team of 8 programme staff
- Key Achievements
- Led the ADP to its highest ever portfolio growth with an annual budget of U$1000,000
- Provided strong and reliable leadership during staff action and restructuring phases so that expected achievements were still accomplished
Sponsorship and Development Coordinator
01.2012 - 01.2013
- To provide overall leadership, planning and management to Sponsorship Management Project and ensure that it is efficiently and effectively carried out in the Area Development Program (ADP).
District AIDS Coordinator
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
01.2005 - 01.2012
- Purpose To design, implement, coordinate a multi sectoral HIV & AIDS response programme which is aligned to the District Development Plan and the National HIV & AIDS strategy
- The role also included coordinating the operation of a Grants Mechanism for grass root HIV & AIDS projects at village level for livelihoods and behaviour change and administering a district based bursary fund for Orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC)
Education
Project Management
University of Cambridge
Malawi Institute Of Management01.2012
Bachelors Degree in Education (with Credit) -
University of Malawi
09.2000
High School Diploma -
Kamuzu Academy
Kasungu06.1994
Skills
- MS Excel programming and extensive usage for budget management, data analysis and graphical reporting
- Advanced skills in project management software (Microsoft Project Management) and Excel programming for data analysis and graphical reporting
- Project Planning
- Staff Supervision
- Recruiting and Hiring
- Budget Management
- Operations Oversight
- Human Resource Management
- Budgeting Skills
- Proposal Development
- Verbal and Written Communication English Chichewa, very basic French
- Vendor sourcing
- Search Engine Optimization
- Managerial finance
- Project manager supervision
- Excellent managerial techniques
- Managerial background
- Managerial Accounting
Affiliations
Other tainings
Inclusive Education Training 2019
Essential Evaluation, 2017
Finance and Administration for non-finance managers (World Vision, 2015)
Data Analysis and Management Using MS Excel
Procurement and supply chain management training (MIPS, 2012)
Data Quality Management (USAID-MEASURE, 2008) Management and Administration of HIV & AIDS Programmes, (MIM, 2006)
Monitoring and Evaluation (MEPD, 2007)
HIV & AIDS Focal Persons (GTZ-MGPDD,2007)
Clean SADC drivers licence class “B” and well experienced with field manual vehicles
Chairperson of Mchinji District Education Network (Jan 2023 - current)
Church Adminstrator and Teacher of the Word of God -Living Waters (2011-current)
Country award winner of the Bill & Melinda Gates 2010 ‘Innovations for maternal and child health projects in Malawi.’ The award was given for developing the most innovative project proposal for accelerating gains in maternal and child health in Malawi. For details:http://innovationsformnch.org/uploads/publications/2012-01_FINAL_Project_Brief_-_ICT_for_MNCH.pdf and http://innovationsformnch.org/new-voices-novel-ideas
References
Referees Innocent Ng’oma Dr F Kadyoma Harry Wala
Link Education Malawi Malawi Institute of Education Save the Children Malawi
P.O Box 1608 Box 50 P.O. Box
Lilongwe Domasi Lilongwe
Cell :0996563687 Cell:0999067634/0888350482 Cell: 0992067787
Work Availability
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Quote
How many ideas have there been in the history of the human race that were unthinkable ten years before they appeared?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Timeline
Programme Manager
Link Malawi, Transformational Empowerment of Adolescent Marginalised Girls
01.2018 - Current
Programme Manager
Integrated School
01.2015 - 01.2018
Area Programme Manager
World Vision International
01.2013 - 01.2015
Sponsorship and Development Coordinator
01.2012 - 01.2013
District AIDS Coordinator
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
01.2005 - 01.2012
Lecturer
Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Domasi College of Education
01.2003 - 01.2004
Secondary School Teacher & Head Teacher
Ministry of Education Science and Technology
01.2001 - 01.2004
Project Management
University of Cambridge
Bachelors Degree in Education (with Credit) -
University of Malawi
High School Diploma -
Kamuzu Academy
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