Wilson Chirima Research Officer
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Wilson is a Community Development Specialist with more than four years of total experience. During these years, he obtained a solid understanding of international best practices and standards in the areas of research, Monitoring and Evaluation, food security, disaster risk management, education, climate change, gender, and emergency response. Programming, coordination, community engagement, field supervision, teamwork, partnering and networking, stakeholder engagement and management, program implementation, and monitoring are some of the skills that he acquired.

I conduct face-to-face classes. I have practical experience working with societies. I have studied at one of the best Universities in Africa and i have attained better results

Subjects

  • Sociology O level-Masters/Postgraduate

  • Qualitative research Diploma-Masters/Postgraduate

  • Quantitative research methods Diploma-Masters/Postgraduate

Experience

  • Research Officer (Jan, 2022–Present) at Gehalte Research and Consulting Services
  • Monitoring Assistant (Dec, 2019–Nov, 2021) at United Nations World Food Programme
    ● Coordinated and monitored the implementation of more than three programs (Lean
    Season Assistance (LSA), Food for Assistance (FFA), Urban Resilience, the School
    Feeding Program, and the Maternity Waiting Home Assistance program) in multiple
    districts by working with cooperating partners, local government officials and
    beneficiaries to ensure that the program was meeting the needs of the target
    population.
    ● Reviewed, provided feedback on, and summarized data from implementing partners'
    12 weekly and 3 monthly sitrep reports to ensure that they are on track to complete
    the project's objective.
    ● Generated monthly beneficiary distribution lists for three districts with more than
    45,000 beneficiaries from the SCOPE database.
    ● Supported the construction/ rehabilitation of community assets in Mt Darwin such as
    dams, nutrition gardens, boreholes, dip tanks, and keyhole gardens just to mention a
    few, for more than 20,000 beneficiaries in the district.
    ● Presented findings of various surveys and performed district stakeholder coordination
    monthly to a group of 25 district government stakeholders and implementing partners.
    ● Revamped the SCOPE data quality challenges for Harare South and UMP districts by
    improving the data collection, data entry, and data verification processes, resulting inPage 2 of 2
    improved redemption achievements from 56% to 97% and 82% to 100% monthly,
    respectively.
    ● Trained eight Ministry of Health staff in Mashonaland East and fifty WFP cooperating
    partners staff on various WFP program implementation standards, vulnerability
    assessment mapping (VAM), the SCOPE beneficiaries database, and M&E tools.
    ● Participated in five Technical Review Committee meetings, reviewing project
    proposals and budgets for more than 6 United Nations World Food Programme
    cooperating partners, by analyzing the financial and technical components of each
    proposal, and providing feedback on how to improve them.
    ● Facilitated three inception workshops with more than 35 people in Mbire, Mt. Darwin,
    and Harare South for Lean Season Assistance, Food for Assets, and Urban Assistance
    programs.
  • Programme and Policy Intern (Apr, 2019–Oct, 2019) at United Nations World Food Programme

Education

  • Masters of Arts in Sociology (Mar, 2017–Dec, 2022) from University of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape of South Africa
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Social Science Methods (Feb, 2016–Mar, 2017) from University of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape of South Africa
  • BSc Hons Degree in Sociology (Aug, 2012–Oct, 2015) from University of Zimbabwe, Harare

Fee details

    US$10/hour (US$10/hour)

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