Rosemary Mutie

Experience

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  East Africa Industries ( now Unilever)

  Jun 1996 - Jun 1998

  Retail Sales Representative

  Sales promotion, Demonstration and Sale of company products.

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  Plan International

  Sept 2000 - Apr 2012

  As a Resource Mobilisation Cordinator, my role entailed.•Providing overall oversight and coordination of donor engagement, and all fundraising and proposal writing •Overall coordination of the planning, development, and management of the resource mobilization strategy and activities ensuring effective engagement of donor/stakeholders in raising of resources for the organization.•Overseeing the quality production of sponsorship work and closely work with communities, CBOs and volunteers to ensure achievement of Plan’s sponsorship objectives for programme funding.Key responsibilities.1) Strategy Development: Develop and lead in the implementation of a participatory workable Resource mobilization strategy.2) Grants & Contract Management: Ensure compliance of donor guidelines and regulations in the donor funded projects, donor reporting and liaison. Enhance resource donor base that include coordination of proposals development, preparation of grant agreement documents as well as timely coordination of both narrative and financial reports.3) HR Management: Lead a team of 7 staff for effective management of Community managed sponsorship program, including 100 community volunteers.4) Child Sponsorship Management: Coordination of Child sponsorship processes-enrolment of sponsored children, production of reports, Liaison with National offices on sponsor issues, managing sponsor visits and communications5) SMT: A member of the Program Area Management team for discussion of programmatic and administrative decisions.6) Representation: Represent Plan International, at partnership creation and stakeholder’s forums and establish and maintain relationship with local authorities, government, civil society organization, donor organization and community-based organizations.7) Capacity Building: Build capacity of Staff, Partners and CBOs in program development, contract management, partnerships and network building and management. Show less As a Program Officer, my role entailed.•Overseeing the development of the organization's programs. This includes staff development, project management, implementation and daily management of activities including networking. •Capacity building of CBOs and partners to enable them effectively manage sponsorship activities and raise own funds.Specific responsibilities.1) External Representation: Represent Plan at meetings. Establish and maintain relationship with local authorities, government (AAC in particular), Civil Society Organizations, donor organizations, Community Based Organizations, and other local and international organizations.2) Capacity enhancement: Facilitate the institutional/organizational development of two Community based organizations (CBO) including review of their proposals for funding and sub grants management.3) Facilitate capacity enhancement of children and communities to acquire skills in lobbying and advocacy in issues that influence policy at local, national, and international level.4) Project Planning and Development: Develop, in co-operation with the programme team and the community new short- and medium-term programmes for implementation.5) Project Management: Coordinate project implementation, including allocation of resources and ensuring appropriate controls are maintained at all levels. Show less

  • Sponsorship Cordinator

    Apr 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Resource Mobilisation Cordinator

    Apr 2005 - Apr 2012

  • Programme Officer

    Sept 2000 - Mar 2005
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  Trocaire

  May 2012 - Oct 2014

  Grants Officer

  As a Programme Grants Officer, my role enatailed.•Liaising with donors; monitoring the funding requirements of the programme and identifying suitable donors; monitor the expenditure of donor funds closely; ensuring Trócaire is fully accountable to donors and beneficiaries and fulfils all contractual obligation and ensure the production of high quality programme reports for donors and, where relevant, for Trócaire’s purposes.Key responsibilities.1)Institutional Funding and donor relations:2) Reporting:3) Programme development Show less

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  International Medical Corps

  Nov 2014 - Feb 2016

  Grants and Donor Compliance

  As Grants and Compliance Officer, my role entailed. •Liaising with donors, the IMC Somalia country team and the East Africa Desk and Grants and Contracts Management at headquarters on all matters related to award compliance throughout the grant cycle (for both cash and in-kind awards). •Ensuring the timely fulfillment of all internal and external reporting requirements and maintaining systems to track the same. •Facilitation of grant start-up/operational meetings and training field staff on grant-cycle management.Specific responsibilities.Grant Compliance and Management:Responsible for liaising with donors, the IMC Somalia country team and the East Africa Desk and Grants and Contracts Management at headquarters on all matters related to award compliance throughout the grant cycle (for both cash and in-kind awards). Reporting and Documentation:Ensuring the timely fulfillment of all internal and external reporting requirements and maintaining tracking systems. Includes facilitation of grant start-up/operational meetings and training field staff on grant-cycle management. Show less

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  SOS Children's Villages International

  Feb 2016 - Mar 2019

  Institutional Partnership Development (IPD) Manager

  As IPD Manager, my role entailed the following.•Supporting the National Association to increase and diversify its institutional funding base in collaboration with development partners. •Strengthening of existing relationships and establishment of new relationships with institutional donorsDeveloping and implement strategies for institutional partnership to grow the funding portfolio.Key Responsibilities:1. Fundraising and Donor Liaison2) Donor Contract Management3) Strategy, Capacity Building4) Partnership Development and Networking Show less

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  COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale

  Apr 2019 - Nov 2019

  Regional Grants Manager

  As the Regional Grants Manager, my role entailed;• Supporting the Regional Coordination Office play its functional roles in strategy development and monitoring, and coordination of COOPI’s programs/projects in the Region ensuring that programs are designed and implemented to the highest standards and in line with donor requirements and COOPI’s global strategy, policies and core values. • Providing support in marketing and funding raising processes of the program, through management of funding proposals and of timely and accurate donor reports.Key Responsibilities1) Regional strategic planning:2) Maintaining Institutional Relationships: 3) Grants Management: 4) Project Development & Monitoring; Show less

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  Oxfam Novib

  Dec 2019 - Aug 2020

  Humanitarian Funding Coordinator

  As the Humanitarian Funding Coordinator, my role entailed.• Leading on the planning, coordination, securing and management of restricted and unrestricted funds to enable Oxfam to deliver the humanitarian response in Somalia, including developing and maintaining good relationships with donors and effectively leading and supporting proposal and report development.Key responsibilities.1)Strategy / Planning / Representation2)Proposal Development3)Contract management / Managing (un)restricted funding. Show less

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  Danish Refugee Council / Dansk Flygtningehjælp

  Sept 2020 - Mar 2021

  Grants Specialist

  As a Grants Specialist, my role entailed.• Supporting grant management, proposal development and engagement with donors and ensuring that all grants’ processes and donor requirements are met for the assigned portfolio. Autonomously lead aspects of the assigned Grants portfolio, working closely with the Grants Management Coordinator, Area Managers, and operations (finance, supply chain) staff as required.Key responsibilities.1)Fundraising Management Unit) and finance. 2)Contracting: 3)Grants Management System: 4)Coordination and Communication Show less

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  Norwegian Refugee Council in Ukraine

  Apr 2021 - Sept 2022

  Grants Manager

  As a Grants Manager, my role entailed.• Supporting development of proposals and opportunity identification, strategy development, capacity building of staff and partners in relevant donor compliance regulations and NRC procedures, manage donor and other external reporting/communication and staff performance management.Key responsibilities.•Funding Identification and Proposal Development •Strategy development and implementation•Due Diligence Assessments and Partner Agreements •Donor Reporting and Monitoring/ Review •Donor Compliance •Manage staff performance Show less

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  International Medical Corps

  Nov 2022 - now

  As a Grants Administration and Reporting Manager, my role entails.• Ensuring compliance with general donor regulations, grant specific requirements, donor communication, reports, as well as a range of regular and ad hoc reports and communication tools used for both internal and external dissemination of information.• Supporting training and development of IMC staff and partners to improve and standardize reporting and proposal development.• Developing high quality communication products, highlighting IMC program activities for external audiences.Key responsibilities.•Support the development and drafting of concept notes, full proposals, modification requests, and supporting documents according to the program management tool.•Provide assistance in preparation of budgets and in the analysis and evaluation grant performance and budget burn rates in coordination with program and finance.•Organize and participate in grant kick off and grant review meetings and provide advisory assistance to program staff.•Maintain grants filing system for all country program grants, including agreements, proposals, revisions, reports, etc.•Ensure tools and processes are adequate and in place for purpose to collect relevant quantitative and qualitative information required for reporting to a range of stakeholders.•Develop standard reporting templates and tools that will support improved narrative, log frame and financial reporting.•Provide editing and quality assurance of all internal and external reports for review by the Management prior to dissemination.•Support program team and local partners in activities reporting through the capacity building trainings, development of standardized information and reporting tools. Show less

  • Cordinator Grants Administration and Reporting

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Grants Administration and Reporting Manager

    Nov 2022 - Jan 2025