Mohammed Ali, Ph.D

Experience

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  Catholic Relief Services

  Jun 2004 - Oct 2009

  Key Responsibilities: Project planning, coordination and management. Provided technical advice and training to implementing partners. Generated project reports on timely basis to donors. Offered leadership, coaching and professional and technical support to Project Officers.Key Accomplishments: October 2008 – September 2011 -Led the design and implementation of a maternal and child survival project dubbed Community Initiative on Maternal Newborn and Child Survival (CIMACS) Project.  September 2007 – December 2008 -Led the design of Child Under nutrition Intervention dubbed Integrated Nutrition Action Against Malnutrition (INAAM) Project. 1. Piloted the use of Ready-to Use therapeutic foods (Plumpy Nut) in the rehabilitation of over 5,000 undernourished children at both the facility (Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers) and in 108 communities for the community-based management of child under nutrition. INAAM contributed experience, lessons learned and best practices as well as guidelines and tools to inform the development of CMAM (Community-based management of acute malnutrition) Project currently implemented by Ghana Health Services2. Piloted the use of Positive Deviance/Hearth strategy in the prevention, management/rehabilitation of child under nutrition at the community level. The first successful large scale implementation of PD/Hearth strategy in Ghana September 2007 – December 2008 – In addition to the coordination of INAAM, I supervised 8 program officers to implement a USAID funded Food Assisted Child Survival (FACS) Program in 212 communities across 10 districts as well as 18 Focus Nutrition Rehabilitation Centers of the Upper East, Upper West and Northern Regions of Ghana. Show less

  • Senior Program Officer

    Aug 2007 - Oct 2009

  • Program Officer, Food Assisted Child Survival Program

    Jun 2004 - Sept 2007
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  Catholic Relief Services

  Oct 2010 - Oct 2011

  Technical Advisor - Health

  Key Responsibilities:  Provides health, HIV/AIDS and nutrition technical leadership and assistance to the CRS Ghana country program and health partners in the provision of high quality, cost-effective health and nutrition services to all CRS health programs Work in collaboration with the Program Quality and Growth Coordinator, the Head of Programs and the Country Representative pushing forward the health programming agenda of CRS, respond to solicited applications from donors/funding agencies and to network with other health related organizations and agencies Promote a positive public image of CRS at all levels by ensuring that all activities are carried out on time and meet performance standard of the donors.Key Accomplishments: - Led the health team of CRS Ghana to design the following projects: 1. Four-year project dubbed Encouraging Positive Practices for Improving Child Survival (EPPICS) Project valued at $2.3million and funded by USAID; 2. A three-year project on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) which was awarded by FHI360 and valued at $2.7 million and 3. successfully integrated agriculture and nutrition project (funded by special grants unit of CRS Global)- the Community Actions for the Promotion of Agriculture to Improve Nutrition (CAPAN) Show less

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  Catholic Relief Services

  May 2013 - now

  As a Chief of Party, I provide the vision and overall leadership to the program team. These include:responsible for overseeing the overall management of the project including the quality of programmatic implementation (including monitoring, evaluation and learning) and administrative elements of the project, including the coordination of all consortium partners, and monitoring the budget; serving as the primary point of contact to USAID as well as public, private and non-government stakeholders. He/she is responsible for ensuring compliance with USAID grants including oversight of partner budgets, finance and administration, and reporting to USAID as well as ensuring that project results are achieved on time and on budget, including strategies for phase out and sustainability; and that the budget is consumed as planned. Show less As the Program Manager for Health, I coordinate, manage and provide leadership for the implementation of ongoing programs as well as leading business development to grow CRS Ghana health portfolio. Strategically, I support capacity enhancement in technical areas including Health, Nutrition and Water and Sanitation. Additionally, I lead efforts at strengthening relationships with Government and partners as well as promote quality and sustainable programming in Ghana. Also, I provide leadership and mentor all the coordinators and managers of projects in specific areas as Health System Strengthening, Maternal and Child Health as Water and Sanitation. Specifically, I have the following responsibilities:  Provide leadership in the development and management of the country program’s Strategic and Annual Program Plans, and other health project proposals, including responses opportunities issued by donors Lead in the research and development teams for new business opportunities in the health sector  Identify and represent CRS on key stakeholder working groups and networks in Ghana  Work with other sector managers to ensure state-of-the art health interventions are integrated with other programming sectors, including ICT4D technology solutions Maintain contact with other NGOs, Universities, research institutions and other stakeholders  Promote and model efficient budget management in keeping with CRS and donor procedures and policies Identify the performance needs of staff and recommend appropriate training programs.  Review the performance plans of the key health staff, provide supervision, guidance and coaching and appraise their performance Work with the M&E Unit to develop and implement systems to ensure program quality and standards Oversee the preparation and timely submission of donor reports  Review agreements between CRS and its health partners to ensure compliance and recommend amendments, where appropriate Show less

  • Chief Of Party - USAID funded Developing Acute Care and Emergency Referral System (ACERS)

    Dec 2018 - now

  • Health Program Manager

    May 2013 - now

  • Health Program Manager

    May 2013 - now