Geofrey Kulanga

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  • About me

    Program Officer, Research and Development at Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania (ALAT)

  • Education

    • Tumaini university

      2006 - 2009
      Community development general- sociology,psychology,gender,children, etc

      Graduated and received my Bachelor of Arts in Community Development majoring Gender and Children from Tumaini University at Iringa with the research I presented titled “Assessment of Local Communities’ Participation in Wards Secondary Schools Construction”.

    • College of business education

      2022 - 2025
      Master’s degree degree in project management, monitoring and evaluation

      Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management Principles and Practices of Monitoring and Evaluation Research Methods and Statistics for Impact Evaluation Planning for Monitoring and Evaluation System Designing for Monitoring and Evaluation SystemEnvironmental Impact Assessment

  • Experience

    • Office of the national assembly.

      Mar 2009 - Jul 2009
      Trainee, a. administrative and personnel department-human resources officer & administrative officer

      A. Administrative and Personnel Department-Human Resources Officer & Administrative Officer.Interpretation of the Public Service Act 2002, Public Service Regulations 2003 and applying some sections in replying staff’s letters.- Interpretation of “STANDING ORDERS” on how and where to use the sections and applying them in some of the matters stated above.B.Parliamentary Committees Department Social Welfare & Community Development committee.- I have been working with the Community Development committee and trained as Clerk Assistant during the meetings in budget preparations for the year 2009/10 government budget. Show less

    • Office of the national assembly, dodoma tanzania

      Mar 2009 - Jun 2009
      Trainee, clerk assistant (social welfare & community development committee)

      1. I have been working with the Community Development committee and trained as Clerk Assistant during the meetings in budget preparations for the year 2009/10 government budget.2. Taking notes in different meetings.3. Prepare meeting announcements.4. Prepare budgets for workshops and seminars.5. Verify with the seminars and workshops providers.

    • Sharing worlds tanzania

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2012
      Monitoring and evaluation officer

      -Lead, perform and stimulate the monitoring and evaluation of the projects of Sharing Worlds Tanzania.-Design, develop and review data collection and other M&E tools, guidelines and standards.

    • Winrock international prosper program

      Jan 2012 - Aug 2013
      Monitoring and evaluation coordinator

      •Design and implement a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system including child monitoring and tracking.•Maintain and report all children Withdrawn and Prevented from child labor for direct beneficiaries.•Design data collection instruments, schedules, analysis methods and applied technologies and utilize existing tools to be provided by the project as appropriate. •Manage project data collected from communities, including the project database and/or the CLMS.•Establish and train Community Activists, community monitoring committees and government officials as data collectors.•Liaise with M&E Technical Advisor to arrange for external monitoring and evaluation teams for mid-term and final evaluations. •Conduct and/or supervise pre-and post-Awareness Raising assessments and periodic community surveys as relevant. Show less

    • Care

      Sept 2013 - Jan 2014
      Program officer - quality and learning.

      To coordinate Tanzania Communications and Capacity Project's initiative activities and efforts that aim at auditing the project’s work to determine the impacts it is making in the lives of the beneficiaries, guided by the program initiative’s documents (i.e. proposal, project implementation plan and monitoring and evaluation plan), respective strategy, CARE Tanzania’s LRSP and CARE International designing, monitoring, evaluation, and impact measurement frameworks and tools. I am also responsible for leading the program initiative’s efforts to build staff and partner’s capacities in designing (including capacity to better address the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice), monitoring, evaluation, impact measurement and learning. Show less

    • Catholic relief services

      Feb 2014 - Feb 2016
      Project officer - monitoring, evaluation, accountability & learning

      Assist the GSF/UMATA Project Manager on all matters pertaining to M&E, reporting and learning. Provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation and learning systems for GSF/UMATA Project for SG 5,6,7 to be implemented in Bahi, Chamwino and Kongwa.

    • Voluntary service overseas

      Mar 2016 - Feb 2017
      Project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning officer.

      Monitoring and project reporting:- Take part in coaching project managers and implementing partners at the regional level on good planning and reporting cycles- Work with project managers on the development, maintenance and timelines of the Performance Measurement Framework are followed and/or updated- Standardize data collection process and methodology and coordinate across the 4 regions of Lindi, Mtwara, Iringa and MwanzaDonor reporting:- Take part, in collaboration with the finance manager and project managers, to ensure that narrative and financial reports to donors are of quality and submitted on time and demonstrate the impact of the project.Research assessments:- Assist in developing the baseline framework, bi-annual and post project research for measuring program impact- Assist in developing surveys and TORs Show less

    • Catholic relief services

      Mar 2017 - Jan 2019
      Senior officer - monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning.

      Specific Responsibilities (supporting 2 WASH and 1 Maternal Mental Well-being projects and Operational Research)Monitoring/Evaluation- Contribute to the design and implementation of M&E systems to collect and analyse project data for evidence-based programming decisions.- Orient CRS and partner staff on M&E tools and provide on-going supportive supervision for implementation of the tools- Ensure collection and reporting of high-quality program data and use of the data to track program implementation and outcomes against targets- Supervise data quality through site visits and the administration of data quality assessments- Support the project manager in the preparation and submission of the annual implementation plan and budget- Support the project manager assure the implementation of CRS’s MEAL Policies & Procedures as a minimum standard Support the design and lead the coordination of country level project evaluation activities- Implementation Research and Learning- Support implementation research activities, assisting the Principle Investigator by facilitating local data collection, providing feedback regarding data collection activities and obtaining concordance of the ethical review board- Support the project manager to prepare and facilitate quarterly and program review meetings and learning activities, incorporating the use of project data- . - Work with the project team contribute to the country program learning AgendaCapacity building- Provide on-site capacity building of CRS and partner staff, including formal and on the job staff training and co-facilitation of MEAL events and activities- Provide distance support to field offices to provide tools, resources, and practical advice on assessments, MEAL system setup, and improvements to MEAL practices- Assess local partner MEAL capacity and develop and implement plans to increase MEAL capacity in line with gaps Show less

    • Association of local authorities of tanzania

      Feb 2019 - Jul 2019
      Assistant programs coordinator

      Supporting 3 projects; 1. Mayors Awards Scheme in Tanzania2. Local Investment Climate – Dodoma and Kigoma and 3. Eradication of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) – Shinyanga and Dodoma)- Prepare routine and periodic project progress reports.- Assist in ensuring compliance with the project work plan and keep it updated in accordance with project activities and timeframes as relevant.- Assist in the review of the quality of existing data in the project subject areas, the methods of collecting it, and the degree to which it provides good baseline statistics for impact evaluation.- Maintain, update and administer the MAS website and M&E database; analyse and aggregate findings.- Identify lessons learned and develop case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the project and provide advice on improving project performance using M&E findings.- Produce reports on M&E findings and prepare presentations based on M&E data as required and provide the Project Coordinator with management information required.- Be the liaison person between the project team and local authorities over matters that concern the project and its operations.- Coordinate and work with the consultants to ensure proper implementation of their mandate, including production of project material for publication.- Coordinate and routinely report on the monitoring and evaluation activities of the project.- Oversee and report on the sensitisation and peer learning activities of the project.- Compile and maintain profile of best practices.- Undertake other project related tasks, as may be assigned by the project coordinator Show less

    • Save the children international

      Jul 2019 - Nov 2021
      Monitoring, evaluation and learning coordinator

      - Responsible for establishing and promoting the use of MEAL systems to ensure that the Lishe Endelevu project team and partners.- Are informed on the extent to which the Lishe Endelevu development interventions are affecting the lives of the targeted beneficiaries.- Receives regular, timely and context-specific, meaningful feedback from Lishe Endelevu program beneficiaries, partners and project staff. The feedback should effectively inform and signal areas where strategic attention and improvement is required.- Generate evidence-based knowledge on the positive and negative impacts the Lishe Endelevu programme interventions are realized over the communities supported by the programme. Show less

    • Save the needy tanzania

      Jan 2022 - May 2023
      Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning manager

      Main responsibilitiesManagement and supervision• Lead and manage the Monitoring & Evaluation and Information Management team (including people planning, performance, well-being and development)• Provide technical support to field based Monitoring & Evaluation staff with a view to ensure coherence in data collection and analysis to support program development and quality• Coordination and oversight of all aspects of the Monitoring & Evaluation processes• Oversee the process of needs assessments, baseline studies and impact assessments• Conduct periodic activity monitoring and site visits to the field to monitor data collection/implementation• Capacity building through training, feedback, coaching of the Monitoring & Evaluation and programme staff in data collection, monitoring and analysis• Lead the development of Monitoring & Evaluation strategies, tools and ensuring coordination of the Monitoring & Evaluation teams input to the country strategy, proposals and reports.Monitoring and evaluation• Develop and maintain a Monitoring & Evaluation system, to measure achievement and progress towards program goals and results, which easily can be used in reports.• Ensure successful roll out and sound management of databases and information systems in all program areas• Analyse the data gathered and write baseline and impact assessment reports• Continuously improve and update data collection tools, so they can be used to inform programming and to support accountabilty• Provide technical support to programme staff during development of funding proposals particularly logframes and Monitoring & Evaluation frameworks and plans• Provide regular sharing of outputs and M & E findings with programme staff and partners• Assure quality of data collection and data entry processes• Assist in management of external evaluation processes from start to finish Show less

    • Aan associates

      Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
      National evaluation expert/consultant

      Desk Review of the Programme Documents and other Existing Data:  Review essential documents or information of the Programme to develop basic understanding of the Programme and Evaluation.Field Mission:  Participate in the training as specified by the team; Support team in coordination of assigned interviews/focus group discussions; Independently and along with Evaluation Lead and/or other evaluation mission members, conduct KIIs/FGDs with government agencies, UNICEF team and at district level; Support in monitoring of field work conducted by the partner; Prepare notes for each meeting for analysis and reporting purpose. Participate in internal team discussions; as well as in the reflection/validation workshops with UNICEF and stakeholders, for sharing reflections on key findings from the fieldwork; Support in the translation of the assigned documents (tools or others) as and if needed; Support team lead in attaining the ethical approval by making follow-up calls or visiting the concerned office if and when needed.Analysis and Reporting:  Provide synthesis notes (summary findings) of the qualitative data (all KIIs participated) for each of the DAC criteria (effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability); Contribute/produce “draft” of the assigned section/s of the evaluation report as per the guidance provided by the team lead. Show less

    • Association of local authorities of tanzania (alat)

      Oct 2023 - now
      Program officer, research and development

      Main Tasks/responsibilities:Research Information Gathering Work closely with research institutions, economic and political analysts, NGOs and private sector in search for relevant information to support ALAT’s lobbying and advocacy initiatives; Package information on issues that affect LGAs which is already available in the databases of both public, private and NGO sectors and disseminate it to members; Identify relevant forums where presentations on issues that affect LGAs are done and package the information and disseminate the same to members Keep up to date with developments in policy and social issues, as well as qualitative and quantitative research methods; Carry out literature review on local governance and sustainable local economic development relevant to the discharge of ALAT responsibilities and made the same available for use by the association.Carry out research Respond to internal information needs and determine the need for research based on the strategic objectives of ALAT; Contribute substantial input to development of work plans, research questions, project concept notes, and field research guides for similar or related research activities and ALAT branches and LGAs; Drafting research concept paper and present to management for approval; Identify competent researchers and provide them with terms of reference; Evaluate research proposals and advise management in contracting researchers Supervise the implementation of research projects to ensure the quality of information is to the specified standards, timely delivery and adherence to set policy;Dissemination of information Package research information in layman’s language and provide analysis on impact for LGAs and work closely with Communication Section to disseminate the information to relevant stakeholders through various channels Tendering Managing competitive research projects tendering exercises; Any other duties as may be assigned Show less

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