Johanna Fadipe

Experience

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  The Light Project

  Sept 2004 - Aug 2005

  Youth and Community Worker

  With the Light Project, I managed volunteers involved in a diverse range of projects from community youth groups and school assemblies to homeless projects and community cafés.

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  Anglican Diocese of Katanga

  Oct 2007 - May 2008

  Grassroots Development Programmes Assistant

  I worked with a grassroots faith-based organisation on the following programmes:• Worked on grassroots appraisals with local faith groups while empowering them to understand their own local priorities and equipping them to respond and become self-reliant• UNICEF HIV/AIDS peer educators programme with local High schools pupils• Developed a collaboration between the Diocese and the Independent Electoral Commission to create an election awareness raising campaign

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  Mutanda Rural Development Centre

  May 2008 - Sept 2009

  Supervisor of Income Generating Projects

  • Oversight of the following teams, two maize mills, two shops and • Managed a team of 5 local staff• I wrote a successful funding application for an entrepreneur development programme and designed a relevant training manual.

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  Viva - Together for Children

  Jun 2011 - Oct 2011

  Mobilisation Coordinator

  I worked in a fundraising team, for an international children’s charity, where I accounted for all donations, corresponded with donors and manage all the mailings. I coordinated a Christmas appeal for which I developed relevant resources and managed volunteers. The backbone of my work involved a fundraising database management. In addition, I supported the wider mobilisation team in managing team budgets, monitoring and evaluation using key performance indicators and wider administrative support. Show less

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  Mothers' Union

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2018

  Regional Development Manager

  My role within the Mothers’ Union is to coordinate and liaise with our country teams in DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan and South Sudan, Ethiopia and Indian Ocean. My work involves up to 12 weeks travel/ year to my respective regions. I manage a variety of country programmes implemented with strong coordination from our grassroots membership which requires hinges upon communication skills. The country programmes that I manage include: • Over the last 2 years, we have created 1000 local Village Savings & Loans Associations for women across Rwanda, which are successfully empowering women to take the develop themselves, their families and their communities• Adult literacy and Community Mobilisation in 10 location sites across DR Congo. • In Indian Ocean has been focused on organisational capacity building and strategic planning based on a 3 country theory of change model.• Adult literacy & Development Programme in Ethiopia, where I have been working with South Sudanese refugees, both in host communities and refugee camps. I also manage the Relief programmes of the Mothers’ Union, currently, we are involved in a three-year consortium-led programme in South Sudan which has responded to the evolving needs of the local communities. As well as supporting small grants to grassroots organisations in Rwanda, Burundi and Myanmar and Madagascar over the past year. We are pioneering new approaches to providing disaster preparedness and supporting post-disaster recovery support. Show less

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  Christian Aid

  Oct 2018 - now

  This role is focussed on Christian Aid’s UK Aid Connect Consortium, ‘Evidence and Collaboration for Inclusive Development’ working in Myanmar, Nigeria and Zimbabwe which seeks to an intersectional lens on marginalisation to enable the most left behind to realise their rights to servicesPartnership Management• Manage the multiple and conflicting priorities of Consortium partners and to ensure that they are responsive to the local prioritised of Country Programme• Developing the Implementation Plan collaboratively with Consortium Partners and country teams, ensuring that they are engaged with the Working Groups, managing budgets, due diligence and overall partner complianceProgramme Implementation• Supporting Country teams to develop contingency plans during COVID-19 and adapt during the programme cycle• Remote support country teams with the programme delivery, creating relevant tools, adapting resources and delivering training such as Power Analysis as required• Overseeing the Community Engagement approaches of the Consortium and sharing this lesson with the Bond learning groupStaff Management• Manage the Grants Coordinator, who leads on all the financial reporting for the programme and manages the grants management of the programme in coordination Show less

  • Programme Design Advisor

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Senior Programme Officer

    Oct 2018 - Aug 2022