Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Affiliations
Timeline
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Donald Kamthunzi

Donald Kamthunzi

Lilongwe,Central Region

Summary

Experienced M&E professional with tangible track record of designing development project M&E systems at all levels to ensure that project results are optimally tracked. Extensive experience in Project Management including clinical research database management, strategic planning, performance measurement, and stakeholder engagement. Proven ability to collect and analyze data to generate trends, and actionable insights for Programme improvement. Service-driven, dedicated to building a strong community through supporting results tracking, and communications. Proficient in the use of diverse M&E systems including DHIS-2, and PowerBI.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Pakachere IHDC -LEAP Activity
07.2022 - Current
  • Supported MEL Director to map out a centralized M&E strategy and framework for all Programme activities.
  • Regularly extracted data from DHIS-2 for weekly, monthly, and quarterly data review before internal and external reporting.
  • Executed Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQA), and Site improvement Monitoring Systems (SIMS) for all Programme sites with MEL Director
  • Provided technical support to peer and community cadres though enrolment process of beneficiaries.
  • Trained and mentored project staff and volunteers, providing continuous guidance and leadership on vital M&E concepts, tools, and processes.
  • Managed to counsel district team on all aspects of Programme monitoring and evaluation.
  • Routinely analyzed implementation data, and together with project staff to orchestrated monthly events to learn and share trends and information on KPIs and supported teams in meeting goals.
  • Supported in collection of quality data, and maintenance of clean database for program improvement, and routine reporting to USAID, PERFAR, and key district level and national level stakeholders.
  • Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight quarterly, Semi-annual, and annual deadlines in submitting performance indicators data into DATIM.
  • Demonstrated high level of initiative and creativity while performing hotspot validation to identify high-need or high-impact areas for HIV prevention and care intervention.

Monitoring & Evaluation Manager

MACRO - Ana Patsogolo Activity
10.2020 - 07.2022
  • Oversaw compliance of operations with donor and Malawi government reporting requirements
  • Served as primary point of contact between OVC and DREAMS Program Managers and staff, communicating action plans, and thus validating proper integration of Programme standards in Blantyre and Zomba districts
  • Uncovered Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) strategies to enable the use of M&E system data to inform decision-making processes and enhance project implementation
  • Devised numerous Programme data collection tools and conducted regular inspections to ensure alignment with up-to-date standards.
  • Recommended adjustments to monitoring, measuring and analysis strategies to effectively assess progress toward program goals in relation to activity contract.
  • Designed inception surveys and other evaluation tools to collect meaningful, actionable data. for orphans and vulnerable children Programme, and DREAMS Programme.
  • Trained district M&E Officers on effective use of DHIS-2, data cleaning techniques in Microsoft excel to increase accuracy of data.
  • Led team of 58 facility based data entry clerks in Blantyre and Zomba to validate, enter and update data in DHIS-2 database for children living with HIV.
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired facility based clerks and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

YONECO- LINKAGES Project
Zomba
03.2017 - 09.2020
  • Supervised and supported all M&E activities at district level.
  • Performed day to day management of monitoring and evaluation activities including data validation, data entry, data cleaning, and providing feedback on data discrepancies to program's team.
  • Played instrumental role in ensuring data quality through routine data cleaning exercises.
  • Managed to improve score for data quality assessment commission by USAID from 65% in 2017 to 96% in 2018.
  • Supported M&E Manager and IT Manager in management of complaints feedback mechanism (CFM) by ensuring quality in the documentation, follow up and reporting of cases registered through Tithandizane National Helpline.
  • Managed to build capacity for staff, and peer cadres in data collection and reporting.
  • Augmented productivity of Research Studies by crafting Terms of Reference.
  • Successfully led team of 15 members in designing, collecting data, and reporting for study on Sexual Exploitation among Children in Travel and Tourism during tenure with YONECO.

Education

Certificate in Monitoring & Evaluation in Global Health -

University of Washington
Washington
04.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Education (Social Studies)

University of Malawi – Chancellor College
Zomba
03.2015

Malawi Certificate of Education (MSCE) -

Zingwangwa Secondary School
Blantyre
10.2008

Skills

  • Monitoring Data Quality
  • Tracking progress of Activities
  • Report writing
  • Data Collection & Research
  • Data Analysis
  • Database Management
  • Community development
  • Stakeholder Relations Management
  • Team Leadership & Capacity strengthening
  • Technical Proficiencies
  • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook) DHIS-2 PowerBi SPSS STATA Survey CTO & ODK for Data Collections
  • Survey Management
  • Program Monitoring and Tracking
  • Needs Assessment
  • Training delivery

Accomplishments

  • Accomplished the improvement of data quality, management, and reporting through the implementation of quarterly Data Quality Assessment exercises, review meetings, and learning and sharing workshops
  • Successfully led institution through the designing, data collection, and reporting processes of the study on Sexual Exploitation among Children in Travel and Tourism during tenure with Youth Net & Counselling (YONECO)
  • Co-Authored 2 successful abstracts, presented at international conferences (ICASA & International AIDS conference).

Certification

  • Monitoring and Evaluation in Global Health, University of Washington - April 2023.
  • Result-based management, YONECO-2020.
  • Outcome harvesting and Open Data Standards (OCDS), HIVOS-2019.
  • Outcome Mapping, ADRA and Salvation Army- May 2018.
  • Demographic Healthy Survey Data Analysis Organized, ACEPHEM, Malawi College of Medicine- September 2018.
  • Outcome harvesting and Open Data Standards (OCDS), HIVOS- 2018.
  • Research, M & E in Social Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC), University of Witwatersrand-2017.

Affiliations

Monitoring and Evaluation in Global Health, University of Washington. International program for development evaluation training (IPDET), global.

Timeline

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Pakachere IHDC -LEAP Activity
07.2022 - Current

Monitoring & Evaluation Manager

MACRO - Ana Patsogolo Activity
10.2020 - 07.2022

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

YONECO- LINKAGES Project
03.2017 - 09.2020

Certificate in Monitoring & Evaluation in Global Health -

University of Washington

Bachelor of Arts - Education (Social Studies)

University of Malawi – Chancellor College

Malawi Certificate of Education (MSCE) -

Zingwangwa Secondary School

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