Senior Programme Manager/ TierLead
Palladium
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :8 years, 11 أشهر
Key Responsibilities:
• Drove e-extension and access to finance using Market Research, entry strategy and risk analysis to create business models for Ag-tech companies and social Impact
• Identified new markets to contribute to the overall programme strategy; liaise with other members of the programme senior management team on potential markets and designed effective implementation strategies for approved market interventions ensuring that they met all donor and programme requirements.
• Initiated and manage all market-related value chain analysis ensuring study designs, contracting and implementation are done in accordance to set standards and in consultation with the Results Measurement team and the Support team; coordinate the development of final market opportunity reports as well as all other weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Led the stakeholder analysis of the selected commodity chains, if appropriate, as well as identifying and contacting potential agents of change within the value chains or specific states.
• Identify, and analyse key advocacy Issues and engage relevant stakeholders in addressing them
Achievements
• Facilitated the first commercially run digital agricultural extension service for farmers in hard-to-reach communities of North-Eastern (NE) Nigeria
• Leveraged ICT to create borderless access for 3M farmers in hard-to-reach regions
• Supported three radio stations to adapt their business strategy and got 9 new sponsors for programs that previously had lacked sponsorship.
• Working with Financial institutions to facilitate inclusive financial services in the NE, I catalysed a policy change to reduce the entry barriers for 6000 smallholder farmers in excluded communities to access loans. The bank adopted the model and increased their turnover by 30% In a pandemic year (2020)
• Facilitated dissemination activities and events: Impact assessments, webinars, close-out planning etc.
• Developed Matchmaking Structure and Platform to Catalyse Investment in Agroecological Enterprises
Key Responsibilities:
Assisted and mentored CSOs/BMOs and other relevant stakeholders in enhancing their effectiveness in developing and maintaining socioeconomic capabilities.
Assisting CSOs/BMOs in developing effective advocacy and governance strategies and action plans for sector influence.
Assessed institutional/organizational capacity to identify their strengths and weaknesses to improve their effectiveness and sustainability.
Facilitated advocacy training and mentorship for CSOs/BMOs on issues such as advocacy, political economy analysis, conflict sensitivity, communication, project management, and collaboration.
Manage sub-awards to CSOs/BMOs to advance gender equity, female empowerment, and youth engagement through policy reforms.
Identified and developed collaborative relationships with key government, civil society, and organised private sector stakeholders.
Facilitated training and coaching on pertinent project management techniques, such as M4P and DCED standards.
Facilitated participation in citizen engagement activities of CSOs representing and led by youth, women, persons with disabilities (PWD), and other marginalised and vulnerable populations.
Contributed to the documentation of the PIND's capacity development approaches, lessons learned, and outcomes, including the development and monitoring of capacity development indicators and their systematic tracking using a capacity development result framework.
Utilised the Markets Systems approach to catalyse change in selected agricultural value chains:
My major achievements were:
Linked 300, 000 farmers/processors to finance for technology adoption, new equipment, raw materials, inputs, and working capital. This led to increased income by 40% (additional income).
Supported rural farmers to institute cooperatives and saving groups using a proven model.
Negotiated and convinced private sector partners to invest over $460, 000 in models that created effective and inclusive markets, increased farm yield, created employment, developed market linkages, and supported appropriate technology-driven development.
Bioremediation of Crude Oil Polluted Water Using synergized bio-augmentation material from the Niger Delta
Major Courses: Application of Research Methods in Ecology, Impact Assessment and Monitoring of Estuaries, Coastal Ecosystems and Biological Water quality assessments Seminar Presentation topic: Fish Marinades Research Project topic: Water Quality Characteristics and Zooplankton of Takwa Bay, Lagos, Nigeria
Major Courses: Oceanography, Marine Geology, Sedimentology, Benthic Ecology, Aquatic Pollution, Planktology, and Marine Microbiology Seminar Presentation topic: Sediment Budget and Coastal Management Research Project topic: Distribution, Abundance and Diversity of Macrobenthic invertebrate fauna associated with the Ogun River
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