John Ndiku

Experience

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  KaODA

  Jan 1998 - Oct 2004

  Programmes Coordinator

  Programme Coordination, Proposal development, Monitoring and Evaluation

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  United Nations World Food Programme (UN-WFP)

  Nov 2004 - Jun 2008

  Senior Programme Assistant

  Refugee Operations, Emergency Relief operations, Disaster Risk Reduction, Programme Monitoring and Evaluation

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  United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA)

  Jun 2008 - Feb 2013

  Humanitarian Affairs Officer (HAO)

  Field Coordination, Cluster coordination support, Humanitarian Financing, Programme evaluation,needs assessment, disaster risk management and contingency planning

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  United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Somalia

  Mar 2013 - Mar 2018

  Humanitarian Affairs Officer - Somalia Humanitarian Fund

  Support the administration and management of the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF), Provide guidance on the pooled fund allocation and programme cycle, Advise on Priority humanitarian needs, Support Humanitarian Situation analysis and response planning, Donor liaison, Resource mobilization, Humanitarian response analysis and cluster response planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Humanitarian accountability.

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  United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) - South Sudan

  Mar 2018 - now

  Humanitarian Affairs Officer / Pooled Fund Manager

  POOLED MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION• Oversee the management and administration of the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF). • Advice the OCHA Head of Office and the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) on humanitarian priorities for the Fund and strategic prioritisation in response.• Lead on the Fund allocations to critical priorities and coordination with the InterCluster Coordination Group, donors, the SSHF Advisory Board, Cluster Coordinators, UN agencies, and non-governmental organisations. INTER-CLUSTER ANALYSIS AND PRIORITISATION • Lead the analysis of existing information and facilitate joint inter-cluster and inter-agency analysis and inter-sectoral prioritisation to guide efficient allocation of funds. • Facilitate Area-based response planning and prioritisation of community-based needs for coordinated response. POLICY DEVELOPMENT• Support Global and Country -level development of policy documents and guidelines pertaining to the Administration and Management of Country-Based Pooled Funds including SSHF operational manual, risk management and compliance guidelines and allocation strategy documents.ACCOUNTABILITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT• Oversee the implementation of SSHF Accountability and Risk management guidelines applicable to the Fund.• Support partners on understanding and compliance with SSHF policy guidelines through trainings and consultations.PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT: • Oversee the entire project cycle including implementation monitoring, reporting and evaluation of SSHF funded projects.• Lead in the Fund's Theory of Change and develop monitoring plans for SSHF projects. • Oversee the SSHF monitoring and reporting and innovative approaches to impact measurement in SSHF projects.DONOR RELATIONS AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION • Lead the development of Fund's resource mobilisation strategy and action plans.• Hold regular meetings with donors to advocate for resources and update them on humanitarian priorities. Show less