KNOWLEDGE CHIKONDO, National Director

KNOWLEDGE CHIKONDO

National Director

SOS Children’s Villages

Location
Zimbabwe
Education
Master's degree, Leadership
Experience
13 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months

National Director at SOS Children’s Villages
  • Zimbabwe
  • March 2016 to March 2019

• Develop and implementing innovative systems to deliver even better performance at lower cost.
• Define the company’s operational strategy, processes and procedures to influence the strategic direction of the business.
• Build strong relationships and connections with partner organizations.
• Work with constituent groups including boards, committees, volunteers, and external audiences.
• Oversee and coordinating all aspects of budgeting and financial management.
• Lead organizations and departments through periods of substantial growth and transition.

Quality Assurance Director at World Vision International
  • Senegal
  • April 2010 to September 2012

• Work with the Region and Country offices to develop strategies develop performance measurements to track and support outcomes delivery.
• Set up monitoring and reporting mechanisms in the regional office and the country offices around accepted standards.
• Supervise and coordinate the activities of consultants engaged to support strategy and monitoring and evaluation processes.
• Monitor the alignment of the country offices’ programming and the Learning Centers with the regional and country strategies.
• Assess organizational effectiveness in the Country Offices and strengthen design, monitoring and evaluation to support country strategies.
• Provide regional leadership with regular monitoring reports on the status of program quality management and program outcomes and develops appropriate recommendations for follow up.
• Provide annual report on the contribution of World Vision to the well-being of children.
• Supports the Programming Effectiveness Specialists, Sponsorship Operations Advisors and technical specialists in developing and implementing effective plans for improving performance
• Build linkages with other (external) organizations and Support Offices that contribute towards the effective delivery of effective ministry in alignment with programming effectiveness policy.
• Facilitate the contribution of the region in the development of global ministry policies and guidelines through participation in relevant working groups, partnership processes and feedback mechanisms.
• Promote ministry quality and integration of 3 lines of ministry in the region as per the partnership standards
• Maintain regular communication with peers in the other regions in order that they can act collectively as field advisors for the progress and pace of Global Centre initiatives.
• As a member of the senior management team of the region, contribute to the overall organizational and program development of the region.

Planning officer at Government of Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe
  • September 1988 to May 1996

Planning resettlement of rural farmers to new farms after independence.

Planning for infrastructure and other developments, water, schools etc.

Monitoring projects to ensure objectives are met.

Education

Master's degree, Leadership
  • at Eastern University
  • December 2005

MBA in Leadership focused on non profit. Strategy Project management Finance HR Advocacy Business Administration Coaching and mentoring Corporate Social responsibility Governance

Bachelor's degree, Geography
  • at University of Zimbabwe
  • December 1986

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Planning
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Team Motivator
Advocacy
MS Word
MS Word
Technical writing
Technical writing, quality assurance, program planning, program management. Monitoring and evaluatio

Languages

English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Playing indoor games
    Successfully supported regional team