Magdi Ahmed

To participate in the consultancy services activities of the Firm such as:
* Field researches
* Projects evaluation
* Projects validation studies (design and performance)
* Proposal initiation and writing
* Any other consultancy services; training, data collection, analysis...etc.

1 To coordinate implementation of all programmes in a programme area within the agreed plans, budgets, time frame and donor guidelines. by;
• Taking lead on overseeing implementation of plans with programme teams based on the proposals and Concern organisational policies and strategies. These will include; annual programme plans, budgets, procurement plans, monthly plans and activity based plans.
• Providing technical support to project officers and partners throughout the project cycle, giving constructive feedback and ensuring partner participation in plans and meeting and supporting commitments
• Planning and negotiating any additional support to partners by other experts both internal and external as required by agreed plans.
• In conjunction with advisers, designing and delivering training resources, materials and workshops according to own expertise or working with technical experts within Concern or external
• Leading or facilitating participatory assessments using PRA tools and Concern developed tools for both partners and beneficiaries to enhance effective planning and implementation
• Overseeing procurement and disbursement of project supplies. This includes ensuring proper support documentations like distribution lists.

2 To ensure the highest standards of progress and impact monitoring to facilitate effective reporting on expected results and learning from the project. By;
• Leading the development and review of the project level PM&E plan and tools in line with project strategy and ensuring partners either have their own M&E plans that feed into the project PM&E plan or implement the project level PM&E plan
• Gathering data to facilitate effective reporting. This will be through specific data gathering tools developed for each project or specific tools designed to gather data for analysis
• Organising project review meetings with partners and the bi annual learning and accountability meetings with stakeholders to get feedback on project performance.
• Reviewing and verifying partner reports and other documentations, providing recommendations for action and follow up on their implementation
• Undertaking regular joint field visits with coordinators of partner organisations, Concern staff, Project Visitors, Government staff and other relevant stakeholders to assess progress towards expected results and communicate findings to partners formally
• Producing monthly, annual and special project reports in a timely manner

3 Networking, advocacy and representation by;
• Active engagement in sectors issues with stakeholders locally, regionally and nationally. This will include attending relevant meetings and joining relevant networks, giving formal and informal presentation about Concern’s work and presenting a professional image at all times.
• Coordinating the gathering of information by team members concerning advocacy issues in the locality and region, organising such information into a format appropriate for advocacy purposes.
• Identifying individuals or groups with influence and initiating dialogue with key influencers. Presenting influencers with appropriate information, facilitating contact between partners or people in need and the influencers
• Ensuring Concern participates alongside other Civil Society Organisations or takes lead in organising international days like Women day, World Aids Day, World Food Day etc.
4 To support programme development processes in Concern Worldwide Sudan. By;
• Participating in programme development activities like contextual analysis, baseline studies, specific studies especially in the area of Gender and Equality when called upon.
• Respecting, upholding, and actively supporting the broader Concern Worldwide Sudan and Concern Worldwide organisational development initiatives within the context of West Darfur program e.g. Equality, Disaster Risk Reduction, Environment conservation, Advocacy, Program Participants Protection and Capacity building.

Following are the main responsibilities and tasks:
 Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection and evaluation procedures
 Monitor all project activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving the project outputs
 Conduct baseline surveys, field studies, validation studies for the projects
 Recommend further improvement of the project logical framework
 Conduct periodic internal assessment for the ongoing projects
 Initiate and develop TORs for the external evaluation of the projects
 Develop monitoring and impact indicator for the project success
 Monitor and evaluate overall progress on achievement of results
 Monitor the sustainability of the project's results
 Prepare monitoring plan for the projects
 Provide feedback to the Project Management on project strategies and activities
 Suggest strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the projects by identifying the expected challenges in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate bottlenecks
 Collect and process the field data ‘analysis, database, and assess against the indicators’
 Report monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual progress on all projects’ activities to the respective donors
 Conduct capacity assessment on existing monitoring and evaluation system Develop indicators and a monitoring strategy for the projects
 Provide inputs, information and statistics for external partners
 Conduct and facilitate quarter and annual review meetings for the ongoing projects to discuss the progress attained, challenges and constraints encounter the operations and extract lessons learnt
 Support monitoring and evaluation of the effects and impact of the project
 Conduct periodic performance appraisal for the organization staff to identify weakness and design appropriate capacity building programs accordingly
 Conduct periodic assessment for the organization’s CBOs and protection networks to appraise their performance, identify their needs and design response program accordingly
 Assist in coordinating across the available components of the Projects to ensure effective implementation of M&E/MIS
 Coordinate and contribute to the institutionalization and capacity building process for the organization.
 Assist the project personnel with M&E tools and supporting them in their use.
 Preparation of monthly MIS reports
 Organize and conduct training on M&E/MIS for the organization and line government staff
 Prepare risk analysis frame for the project including necessary measures to be taken by the project management to overcome / avoid expected obstacles
 Develop M&E system for the Project and for the government counterpart / stakeholders
 Prepare and maintain database
 Perform other duties as required

During this period, I served as DDR officer, UNV, in Julud team site ‘TS’ and Kauda team site, UNMIS sector IV Southern Kordofan, Sudan.
In both TSs I managed to process 7, 728 ex-combatants, this caseload consist of men combatants, women associated with armed force and groups ‘WAAFGs’ and disables of both men and women.
Since the field team is very small ‘the UNMIS DD team was of team leader, IT officer and DDR officer, I was occupying the last’, due to the high security hazard in the area, I used to perform more than task, as stated below:

 Implement community based campaigns jointly with DDR governmental commission to disseminate awareness of DDR and its role in peace building
 Verify the pre-registration lists of candidate ‘Ex-combatants’
 Verify the list of ex-combatants who discharged from their respective armies “SPLA, PDF, and SAF’.
 Verify the disarmament process by ensuring that candidate have handed over their arms
 Coordinate with the Joint Military Committee ‘JMC’ to ensure that the arms have been discarded according to the agreed procedures.
 Verify the Assembly Area ‘AA’ of the demobilized armies and ensure that the minimum standard prescribed in the DDR SOPs are met.
 Verify the general list of women candidates ‘Women Associated with Armed Force / Groups- WAAFGs’
 Daily verification for the list of candidates ‘those who are to go thru the DD process’
 Supervise the DD process ‘verification, transportation of Ex-coms,
 Coordinate with the Governmental counterpart ‘DDR commission’ for organization and processing of the ex-combatants
 Supervise the distribution of food and non-food items
 Check and keep track for the supplies
 Arrange with Bank of Khartoum to distribute the cash payment ‘Transitional Safety Allowance’
 Supervise the logistics and property of the operations ’47 containers, 4 vehicles, 2 trucks and buildings’
 Supervise 9 casual staff ‘Individual Contractors-ICs’ consist of security guards, handymen, drivers and cleaners’
 Provide technical support for the program counterpart ‘DDR governmental commission’ in form of workshop training for their staff on the DDR Standard of Procedure ‘SOP’ and the whole operations steering and consistency.
 Maintain and update the ex-combatants database
 Supervise the ex-combatants referral process to the UNDP to receive their reintegration package.
 Coordinate with WFP to ensure timely replenish of the food supplies necessary for the DD operations
 Coordinate with the UNMIS protection section to ensure that the special criteria of protection for the vulnerable beneficiaries are met.
 Coordinate with UNMS gender section to ensure that fair consideration for the women ‘female combatants and WAAFGs’ is taken, furthermore, women’s special needs are in place.
 Prepare and submit periodic report to the respective offices ‘Kadugli and Khartoum’

Following are the main responsibilities and tasks:

 Design and facilitate training courses in the following areas:
 Small project management, according to the need and capacity of the recipients
 Report writing skills, according to the recipients’ responsibilities and field of work
 Projects design and implementation ‘humanitarian actions’
 Networking and marketing for the events thru the potential customers
 Supervising and managing of the center’s staff

The business field of company: Transport, contracts in field of cargo by heavy vehicles, maintenance, rehabilitation, construction and other logistics services.
My task was mainly to manage the finance department and the personnel affairs including the following activities:

 Follow-up the banking transactions regarding import and export processes.
 Financial settlements with clients, customers.
 Preparing the monthly steering budget and do banking reconciliations.
 Prepare monthly payroll and its subsequent transactions
 Supervise the company’s personnel ’32 drivers, unaccounted number of casual workers, 3 mechanic technicians, 3 civil engineers, 6 workers, 3 field based employees and 5 office based employees’
 Prepare the letter of credit and follow up of the import & export processes, as well as other foreign trade methods ‘Advance payment, cash against documents, delayed payment…etc.’
 Represent the company in commercial deals with its partners and customers
 Any other related assignments.

The work force of the factory consists of 180 unskilled workers, nine technical supervisors, three engineers and chief engineer.

As HR officer, my responsibility was to achieve the following assignments:

 Appointment procedures and termination of services.
 Prepare the service contracts and follow its validity and entitlements
 Keep a separate file for each worker, engineer, officer...etc.
 Set and apply the performance appraisal standard and prepare monthly assessment for the workers.
 Set and apply the promotion standards for the workers.
 Set, apply and follow up of the annual vacations matrix.
 Coordinate with the official authority to legalize the regulations ruling the working relationship in respect of amends, sanctions, and the rights of the workers…etc. In addition to prepare and send to the official authorities a monthly statement for whom a worth the after service benefits.
 Follow up the workers attendance record and discipline
 Other tasks and assignments from the general manager regarding the daily affairs of the workers and the daily work of factory.

 For the purposes of fulfilling the National Services.
During this period, I was responsible about teaching of mathematics to the students in secondary school addition to manage the student non-academic activities.