Experience

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  Helen keller intl

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2021

  Outline: Strategic, technical and operational leadership of nutrition department, as well as mentored more than 10 staffs across the country for about $1 millions yearly budget Keys responsibilities• Lead strategic planning and development of nutrition new programs;• Provide technical and operational leadership to the implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of nutrition programs to ensure timely achievement of deliverables; • Lead the nutrition situation analysis in Cameroon to inform HKI’s interventions, through interactive discussions with multiple stakeholders and using both published and grey literature, including program evaluations reports, academic publications, data sets, policies, strategies and plans; • Provide government partners with technical support and capacity building in nutrition.Some Keys achievements Carried out a situation analysis process of the vitamin A supplementation (VAS) program;  Carried out a situation analysis process of the Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) program;  Led strategic planning and development of nutrition programs for Helen Keller International (HKI) Cameroon; Led the development of at least 8 funded proposals.  Led the identification bottlenecks in 4 project implementation. As well as documentation of lessons learned; Managed, monitored and verified the efficient use of at least 8 nutrition projects resources that included but were not limited to financial, administrative and other assets. Led the development of at least 4 technically validated Draft of policy briefs. Introduced innovative holistic approach of managing acutely malnourished children using a combination of locally available nutritious food and nutrition education which led to a significant decrease of SAM out-patient admission as well as improving MAM recovery rate from zero (because of lack of CSB+) to more than 75%; Show less Outline: Lead coordination of programmatic activities, analyse results and initiate timely corrective actions required, and nutrition department reports writing as well as supervision of 3 staffs performance.Keys responsibilities• Lead the development of program work plan activities and its implementation; • Conducts monitoring visits to project site to ensure activities are being implemented according to work plans, and make recommendations for necessary corrections; • Monitor nutrition program budgets to ensure compliance with donor requirements. Some Keys achievements• Carried out monitoring and evaluation of 2 important Helen Keller’s programs (large scale food fortification and VAS) in Cameroon to assess progress and to determine corrective actions for these interventions to achieve its intended results;• Led the writing of at least 10 projects reports (annual, monthly and quarterly), for submission to management, donors and partners to keep them informed of programme progress. Show less Outline: Overall management of Littoral region field office, engagement at field level with Government, UN and NGOs responsible. Lead the development of innovative community strategies to foster Child Health Days (CHD) interventions coverage. Some Keys achievements• Designed and implemented a community strategy to improve VAS coverage during catch-up event in urban area. This lead to improve VAS coverage during catch-up events from 49% to 95% in urban area of Littoral region of Cameroun;• Led the design and the implementation of documentation of Child Health Days from 2008 to 2014 which led to a whole document containing several information’s among other: dates, interventions, strategies, funding sources etc.• Led the design and implementation of documentation of lessons learned from VAS during catch-up events from 2011 to 2013 in urban areas of Littoral region; Show less

  • Nutrition Program Manager

    Jun 2017 - Dec 2021

  • Nutrition Deputy Program Manager

    Feb 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Nutrition Program Officer

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Nutrition Field Officer

    Sept 2011 - Dec 2012
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  Nutrition international

  Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  Vas technical advisor/country focal person nutrition international cameroun

  Outline: Technical and operational leadership supporting Ministry of Public Health in planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring-evaluation of Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) program according to national and international guidelinesKeys responsibilities• Management partnerships, collaborations for advocacy and networking; Representing NI to administrative authorities (from central level to decentralized level), UN partners and other NGOs: Advocacy for local resource mobilization (through the development of public-private partnerships for example);• Support the planning, budgeting and implementation of emergency VAS programming; • Improve monitoring of emergency VAS programming; • Strengthen procurement of vitamin A and other nutrition-related commodities/supplies; • Improve management of emergency VAS programming.Some Keys achievements• Was Instrumental to support the MoH successful identifying two cost-effective ways integrating VAS to primary health cares and drawn up two related operational concept notes for possible funding; • Boosted the coverage rate of vitamin A supplementation from 70% to over 90% through successful support of capacity building for over 20,000 individuals from central to field level during twice-yearly Child Health Days (CHD);• Was instrumental to support the government successfully elaborate the National Nutrition Development Plan (2023-2030). Show less

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  J&a oben foundation

  Feb 2023 - now

  Technical responsible of nutrition projects

  Outline: Technical and operational leadership of all nutrition projects as well as an active mentoring of project's staffsKeys responsibilities• Work actively in drafting and submitting projects to secure new funds;• Provide technical and operational leadership for projects to ensure their timely completion;• Work closely with all stakeholders involved in the management of these projects;• Ensure effective mentoring of staff;• Represent the foundation as needed.