Shilton Mavule

Experience

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  Building Futures

  Oct 2012 - Oct 2017

  Project Assistant (Pro bono)

  • Led projects and helped drive projects for the construction rural community schools and provide educational resources; aimed at increasing access to education in underserved rural communities • Managed operations, volunteer coordination, and relationship building with partners • Authored proposals and helped mobilize $100K+ in resources to complete first school construction project undertaken by the organization in Zambia • Concepted an educational awareness program that was rolled out in the community with the help of local volunteer; which resulted in 250% increase in child enrollment into primary education, and increased access to educational resources within 3 years • Authored founding documents of the organization including operations manual, code of conduct, project and reports.• Updated and managed organizations website and social media content• Created and managed volunteer and partnership databases in sheets • Authored all correspondence with donors, partners, members and volunteers Show less

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  Zambia Association of Child Care Workers (ZACCW)

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2016

  Information and Donor Relations Officer

  • Managed communications and information sharing with 300+ member network of childcare providers • Authored newsletters, annual reports, website content to highlight org programs and engage stakeholders• Supported Director and donors stewarding relationships• Organized workshops and conferences providing training to 100+ childcare providers

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  The Pathernon Group, Singapore

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2016

  Research Assistant

  Coordinated data collection as the Research Associate at the Pathernon Group of Singapore, in a study to assess the size and growth of the Higher Education Sector in Zambia.• Lead and supervised a team of three data collection assistants.• Facilitated logistics and communications for the smooth running of the data collection process.• Cleaned collected data and reported to the research associate at Pathernon Group.

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  Marie Stopes International

  Oct 2017 - Oct 2017

  Research Assistant

  • Conduct client exit interviews on the quality of service delivery for all family planning methods.• Engaged women receiving Marie Stopes services in rural communities and ensured consent. • Carried out data cleaning and entry for qualitative and quantitative analysis and reporting.

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  Mentor Dreams

  Jan 2019 - May 2020

  Founder / Managing Partner

  • Started a youth empowerment initiative providing mentorship and skills training to underserved youth• Organized workshops focused on community engagement, social innovation, and leadership for 50+ youth• Established partnerships with stakeholders to expand impact and opportunities for young people• Advocated for increased youth participation in civic life and economic opportunities

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  Choose Water

  Jun 2020 - Jan 2023

  Data Manager

  Worked as data manager for Choose Water's project on environmental preservation and climate literacy. • Developed a monitoring framework and data collection tools enhancing project oversight for operations in 3 countries: Zambia, Tanzania and Angola• Performed robust project data analysis: using excel spreadsheets for data cleaning, categorization and reporting; QGIS for geospatial analysis that increased project tracking and monitoring • Created an all-field-sites operations PowerBI dashboard to visualize goals against targets and generate actionable insights for strategic decision-making • Produced comprehensive monthly reports for donors for all project sites to keep track of evidence data, facilitate payroll for field teams, and for donor invoicing • Provided ongoing technical assistance to field teams to improve accuracy of data collection, reporting and help team leads to manage teams with data driven strategies Show less

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  Young Women in Action

  Jan 2023 - May 2023

  Program Officer Intern

  • Supported project planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting for women's empowerment programs.• Developed project proposals, facilitated workshops, and built relationships with community stakeholders.• Provided capacity building for staff and volunteers on advocacy, writing, and other nonprofit skills.

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  The Climate Initiative

  May 2023 - now

  Monitoring And Evaluation Fellow

  • Creatively provide monitoring and evaluation services for climate awareness, educator and action projects • Conducted an internal data discovery survey and summarized a Meaning Making Memo which provided more insightful details about data flow within the organization and its interaction with educators and youth to inspire climate action • Proposed a 4-point M&E action plan which advocated for a more user friendly KPI tracking sheet, streamline metrics tracked, kick start the creation of an interactive dashboard and automate processes to strengthen collection, storage and presentation of data across programs • Building M&E systems using data driven and monitoring and evaluation approaches in a fast paced organization, using smart tools, including AI, towards an agile organization • Building of data collection modules for program and action reflections across programs • Synthesis of multiple data sources including reports, contextual programs insights and key stakeholders views into insightful program and donor reports • Authored the first draft of the TCI M&E Handbook to provide orientation and strengthen cross program understanding of impact, improving programs, expanding reach, and achieving goals.• Participate in mentorship, cultural exchange, and professional development activities with Atlas Corps' Virtual Leadership Institute Show less