Ayresam Ashenafi
Senior Partnership Faclitator/Program Management
Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
Summary
Skillful in Social Development, project management, partnership, and leadership. Devoted professional proactively and quickly identifies best course of action for given scenarios. Leader, Strategist, and mobilizer with over 15 years of experience as program person, technical lead, partnership facilitator, mobilizer, integration of multiple tasks in development, resource mobilization, motivational speaker ,trainer and capacity building. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Achieved results through collaborative and adaptive management and leadership styles in various roles and levels in implementing organizations with focus on developing people, processes, and systems, creating a thriving environment for collaborating, learning, and adopting people and organization. Demonstrated leadership in systems implementation, program execution and process improvement engagements.Strong Understanding of effectively working with people from diverse backgrounds.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Partnership Facilitator
Compassion International
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
01.2013 - Current
- Resolve problems, improve operations and provided exceptional service. Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
- Adapts and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
- Uses critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Develop strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
- Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Manage time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Participate in team projects, demonstrating ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
- Demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Identify issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Strengthen communication skills through regular interactions with others. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Exercise leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.
- Acted as team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
- Leading teams of up to 17 projects and each projects have at least 4 to 6 employees
- Annually at least approve 17 projects annual budget where each project has plan of at least 4 million Birr per year and in total approve more than 68-million-birr budget every year
- Follow up budget Vs Expenditure accomplishment of each project
- Serves as Compassion’s key liaison with new and established local partners by mobilizing organization’s staff and financial resources in ways that are consistent with developmental mindset
- Serves as expert resource in development of customized facilitation work plans and activities to reflect individual local needs
- Provides expertise and functional leadership to development of Partnership Management strategic process objectives
- Analyzes metrics and feedback from partners to design local process enhancements and improvements across teams
- Negotiates and partners with experts and leaders in Program Support or Business Support who have manage Compassion’s role in those deliverables to ensure quality and completion
- Coaches and provides expertise and may oversee work of other professionals and support staff in partnership discipline
- Ensure compliance in operations, programming under organizational standards
- Advise and contribute to program development, strategic direction, and partnership development
- Advocate donors and humanitarian stakeholders, in cluster meetings, workshops, conferences and in other relevant forums child protection guidelines and principles
- Represent as needed in INGO forums
- Identify, design, implement, evaluate, and review programs, and strategies
- Developed proposal documents including budget, budget narrative, technical narrative, monitoring and evaluation documents, and other documents as necessary
- Partnership Process Management – Identified, assessed, and mapped potential partners
- Manage, monitor, evaluate, capacitate, mobilize project workers, Project Director, Accountant, health worker, and Social worker
- In each project there are at least 250 children and youth, beneficiaries, and their parents
- Manage conflicts and deal with partners
- Annually at least approve 17 projects to complete budget
- Each project has plan of at least 3.2 million Birr and in total I approve more than 54-million-birr budget every year
- Identify, assess, and map potential partners Develop and carry out capacity and risk assessments for organization
- Facilitate relationship characterized by mutual respect, trust and service that helps to build capacity of partners as reflected by partner development outcomes
- Acts as advocate for children by raising awareness of needs and potential of children in poverty
- Serve Local partner with vision to build its capacity to achieve effective, holistic child development
- Provide consultation and technical advice for partner in how to accomplish child development and sponsor/donor outcome and facilitates internal /external resources to support them
- Facilitate and train partners and enable them to give effective holistic child development service
- Conduct monitoring evaluation and reporting activities for project partnerships Proposal Development
- Developed concept papers; as well as research and collect data to design as well as proposal development
- Developed proposal documents including budget, budget narrative, technical narrative, monitoring and evaluation documents, and other documents as necessary
- Proposal’s development and Implementation on WASH, hygiene, IGA/SHG, etc
- Represent Compassion Ethiopia at relevant meetings with our partners and potential partners
- Work with different departments and different task forces and give support for different assignments when my presence is needed.
- Works as advocate for children, train leaders, committees, and different people
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
- Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
Partnership Facilitator
Compassion International
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
07.2007 - 07.2013
- Demonstrate leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.
- Worked well in team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Resolve problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Annually at least approve 13 projects annual budget where each project has plan of at least 4 million Birr per year and in total approve more than 52-million-birr budget every year
- Leading teams of up to 13 projects and each projects have at least 4 to 6 employees
- Follow up budget Vs Expenditure accomplishment of each project
- Serves as Compassion’s key liaison with new and established local partners by mobilizing organization’s staff and financial resources in ways that are consistent with developmental mindset
- Serves as expert resource in development of customized facilitation work plans and activities to reflect individual local needs
- Provides expertise and functional leadership to development of Partnership Management strategic process objectives
- Analyzes metrics and feedback from partner to design local process enhancements and improvements across team
- Negotiates and partners with experts and leaders in Program Support or Business Support who have manage Compassion’s role in those deliverables to ensure quality and completion
- Coaches and provides expertise and may oversee the work of other professionals and support staff in the partnership discipline
- Ensure compliance in operations, programming under organizational standards
- Advise and contribute to program development, strategic direction, and partnership development
- Identify, design, implement, evaluate, and review programs, and strategies
- Developed proposal documents including budget, budget narrative, technical narrative, monitoring and evaluation documents, and other documents as necessary
- Partnership Process Management – Identified, assessed, and mapped potential partners
- Manage, monitor, evaluate, capacitate, mobilize the project workers, Project Director, Accountant, health worker, and Social worker
- In each project there are at least 250 children and youth, beneficiaries, and their parents
- Manage conflicts and deal with the partners Approve Budget
- Identify, assess, and map potential partners Develop and carry out capacity and risk assessments for the Organization
- Facilitate a relationship characterized by mutual respect, trust and service that helps to build the capacity of the partner as reflected by the partner development outcomes
- Acts as an advocate for children by raising awareness of needs and potential of children in poverty
- Serve the Local partner with a vision to build its capacity to achieve effective, holistic child development
- Provide consultation and technical advice for the partner in how to accomplish child development and sponsor/donor outcome and facilitates internal /external resources to support them
- Facilitate and train the partner and enable them to give effective holistic child development service
- Conduct monitoring evaluation and reporting activities for project partnerships Proposal Development
- Developed proposal documents including budget, budget narrative, technical narrative, monitoring and evaluation documents, and other documents as necessary
- Work with different departments and different task forces and give support for different assignments when my presence is needed.
- Works as an advocate for children, train leaders, committees, and different people
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
- Apply effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines and work effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Identify issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
Sponsor Donor Analyst – Program Communication
Compassion International, Ethiopia Office
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
08.2005 - 06.2007
- Generates, organizes, records, and tracks child, mother-child unit Child survival program and Student leadership development program information and correspondence documents
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
- Collaborates with other program communication team members, program specialists and leadership Development program Specialists for various communication information processing
- Monitors quality of documents and prepares them for entry into database for dispatching
- Produce electronic child information data by entering child and sponsorship data into database
- Produces database reports and maintains computer files
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Participated in team projects, demonstrating ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
- Organized and detail-oriented with strong work ethic.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
- Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems.
- Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment.
Sponsor Donor Analyst
Compassion international
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
07.2005 - 06.2007
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
- Worked well in team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Demonstrated high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
- Participated in team projects, demonstrating ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution.
- Provided professional services and support in dynamic work environment.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
- Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration and information System
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa 01.2005 - 04.2009
Bachelor of Theology - Theology
Evangelical Theological College
Addis Ababa 01.2000 - 04.2004
Master of Arts - Social Science, Psychology
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa 01.2011 - 04.2013
Skills
Persuasive communication style
undefinedAccomplishments
- Trainings & Workshops
- Project planning implementation, Monitoring and evaluation (Oct 22-Nov 2,2012)
- Leadership and skill Development Management Program (May- Aug 2007)
- Leadership (May 2007)
- Child Advocacy (Nov 2005)
- Computer based trainings (CBT) in Partnership and partner development, Outcome paradigm, Relationship management, Networking and Expansion, Facilitation, Project management, Evaluation and Documentation, Resource management (Sept 2009-2012)
Affiliations
- Mentoring, Counseling Youths (for the past 26 Years)
- Yemisrach Ministry Ethiopia - Liaison Officer (1989-1995)
- Church Elder and member, Since July 2014-June 2021
- Board Member for AWANA ministry, since July 2014 Deputy Board member for Mustard seed family and preservation center, July 2016
Additional Information
Professional References
1. Mr. Fasil Shibru
Compassion International- Manager of partnership
fshibru@et.ci.org
2. Mr. Yacob Esayas
Chief Operations Officer (COO) Amazi Water
jake@amaziwater.org
3. Mrs. Fegegeta Lemma
Country Director at JDC(American Jewish Joint Distribution Comm.)
momoore@usaid.gov
4. Mr. Assnake Kebede
Compassion International- Manager of partnership
akebede@et.ci.org
Timeline
Senior Partnership Facilitator
Compassion International
01.2013 - Current
Master of Arts - Social Science, Psychology
Addis Ababa University
01.2011 - 04.2013
Partnership Facilitator
Compassion International
07.2007 - 07.2013
Sponsor Donor Analyst – Program Communication
Compassion International, Ethiopia Office
08.2005 - 06.2007
Sponsor Donor Analyst
Compassion international
07.2005 - 06.2007
Bachelor of Arts - Business Administration and information System
Addis Ababa University
01.2005 - 04.2009
Bachelor of Theology - Theology
Evangelical Theological College
01.2000 - 04.2004
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