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Bondowe Roots Virihi Muhindo

Union City

Summary

Dynamic Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with UNICEF, adept at program planning and design, and humanitarian performance monitoring. Proven track record in enhancing evidence-based decision-making and advocacy efforts, significantly improving program quality. Skilled in developing robust monitoring systems and fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders to achieve impactful results.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Emergency Planning and Monitoring Specialist (P3/TA)

UNICEF
Bamako
11.2020 - Current
  • Closely work with governmental counterpart, UNICEF partners and Clusters’ members to ensure emergency plans are developed and revised (ensuring gender dimensions are considered and core commitments of UNICEF for children in emergency situation);
  • Support rights-based programmes approaches in the formulation of programme and humanitarian goals, strategies and implementation frameworks;
  • Collaborate with partners and assist in the strengthening of quality of child rights-based programmes consistency through effective planning, design, implementation, monitoring of programmes;
  • Support Results-Based Management through systems and processes for analysis and use of information collected from assessments, partner reporting and programmatic visits;
  • Revise and finalize partnership agreements for emergency response and ensure targets are well identified; intervention areas are known, and activities are integrated without any of duplication and/or overlap with other ongoing projects.
  • Work with UNICEF sections and partners involved in COVID-19 response, to ensure UNICEF’s core reporting systems are used for timely reporting and warehousing of the programmatic data;
  • In coordination with field offices and sections in Bamako, implement a real-time data quality and accuracy assessment system, tools and procedures for emergency response monitoring and ensure its effective and use;
  • Coordinate and lead rapid needs assessments in coordination with other agencies as well as other implementing partners; participate in the analysis and ensure the dissemination of key findings;
  • Analyze information related to the COVID-19 and the HAC response;
  • Develop and update dashboard to inform on-going adjustment of the response;
  • Contribute to emergency-related reports and other learning materials/documents using the evidence generated from the interventions, including reporting on key indicators in the UNICEF internal monitoring systems;
  • Develop and scale up a feedback mechanism for UNICEF-supported response to beneficiaries;
  • Support staff and partners in documenting best practices and organize learning events related to emergency;
  • Together with the evaluation and learning Specialist, manage emergency-related evaluations for the office.

Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (P2/ta)

UNICEF
Port-au-Prince
07.2018 - 10.2020
  • Provided regular technical support in the development of Haiti country office infographics and factsheets that summarized and visualised data from multiple sources which informed different audiences (Management Team, Program managers; Donors, Governments counterparts) in evidences-based decision making, advocacy, fundraisings and programming.
  • Successfully provided technical support to program sections, ensuring that they were equipped with programme frameworks such as Rowling Work Plans signed with the Government of Haiti and Programme Documents established with civil society organizations as well as have quality information to assess progress towards expected results.
  • Conducted review and quality assurance for > 100 regular program documents (PD & SSFA) which contributed to significantly improve the quality of programme design in line with existing programming guidelines and standards;
  • Supported to improve and strengthen existing monitoring systems (partner reporting, field visits, programmatic visits, program annual reviews, CwC/AAP/mechanisms) where efforts significantly contributed to capture and demonstrate programme achievement towards expected targets;
  • Played the role of PM&E Focal Point for the development of 2018 and 2019 annual reports which enabled to improve the quality of annual report and to ensure that its components (SMQ, RAM, COAR and CRAVE) were completed following existing guidelines and timely submitted within corporate deadlines;
  • On September 2019, Haiti Country Office completed the midterm review of its CPD2017-2021 under the format of SMR (Strategic Moment of Reflection) where I provided technical support in the development of the Strategic Intent Memo (SIM); update of Programme Strategy Notes (PSNs) and developed the minutes of the process.
  • The technical support from my side contributed to ensure that the Country Office and national partners were equipped with a well-prioritized and realistic plan of research, M&E activities.
  • Provided technical support to programme sections for 18 studies in the areas of Health, Nutrition, HIV, Education, Child Protection, Emergency and C4D of which 9 were fully completed.
  • Specifically, for evaluations, technical support helped to ensure that well-prioritized and strategic evaluations were designed and carried out with quality process and products in line with the 2018_UNICEF Evaluation Policy.
  • Supported to track key management performance indicators through generating evidences on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that informed the Country Management Team and Programme Management Team meetings and improved evidence-based decision making by relevant Managers.

Humanitarian Performance Monitoring Specialist (P3/ft)

UNICEF
Cox’s Bazar
11.2017 - 12.2017
  • As Team Leader (5 PM&E national Officers of which 3 men and 2 women), optimized existing monitoring and reporting systems to boost effectiveness of UNICEF response to the Rohingya refugee crisis.
  • Supported the Real Time Monitoring and Reporting System to effectively track and report the UNICEF humanitarian response efforts using an online platform provided by ONA/ODK with support from the regional office (ROSA).
  • Delivered appropriate technical support and leadership in the development of the Bangladesh 2018 Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC).
  • In collaboration with programme team leaders; supervised the development and implementation of data collection and analysis tools for use in a highly effective programme monitoring system that enabled to timely generate evidences on programmes performance to demonstrate progress and address red flags.
  • Supervised and ensured that data aimed for the development of the country office weekly SitRep was timely collected, updated, analysed and reported to inform various audiences including Regional Office, Headquarter teams and Donors.

Monitoring Specialist / Human Resources Performance Measurement (P3/ft)

UNICEF
Dakar
07.2016 - 12.2017
  • Utilized findings and key evidences from 2016 to develop the 2017 Annual Work Plan in collaboration with the HR Regional Team.
  • Drastically increased the amount of accurate HR data at the country office level by guiding HR Focal Points on enhanced evidence-based decision making.
  • Supported the development of a team results tracker that closely monitored the implementation of the HR-WCARO 2017 Annual Work Plan.
  • Utilized participative approaches to review HR performance metrics for the region, enabling the development and implementation of improved SMART metrics (improved indicators, baselines, targets and means of verification).
  • Built and led an HR performance measurement/reporting focal point network covering 23 country offices that enabled a continuing oversight, support, and capacity building of 23 HR focal points and strengthened HR evidence generation at country level.
  • Personally, drafted offline and online HR annual reports (ROAR/RAM) by working closely with WCARO PM&E Team in line with established guidelines and policies.

Planning Specialist; Ebola Response (P3/ft)

UNICEF
Conakry
09.2015 - 02.2016
  • Collaborated extensively with programme managers and hired consultants to lead updates of the country situation analysis ensuring constant operational compliance with existing guidelines and policies.
  • Carried out regular field visits and monitored all levels of programme implementation including potential bottlenecks and corrective measures.
  • Provided technical support in the 2015 programme annual review that tracked and documented key programme achievements of programme supported by UNICEF.
  • Contributed and drafted two key reports that documented the midterm review of the Guinea 2014 – 2017 country programme with specific focus on emerging thematic within a lasting Ebola outbreak context.
  • In collaboration with programme managers (Chief of programme sections), coordinated update by hired consultants of the analysis of the situation of children (Sitan) ensuring constant operational compliance with existing guidelines and policies.
  • Carried out regular field visits and monitored all levels of programme implementation and addressed potential bottlenecks including suggestion of corrective measures.
  • Significantly contributed to the completion of the Country Office Annual Report (COAR) and Result Assessment Module (RAM) by facilitating coordination and collaboration among programme section and supporting quality assurance accordingly.

Advisor Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist/Humanitarian Performance Monitoring Specialist; Ebola response (P3/ft)

UNICEF
N’zérékoré
02.2015 - 09.2015
  • Played key leadership role in the development and implementation of the country office’s Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (IMEP) to support tracking of the UNICEF response to the Ebola outbreak.
  • Contributed to weekly situation reports (SiRep) in the country office in collaboration with the UNICEF Emergency and Reporting Team.
  • Reviewed country office’s high reporting frequency indicators with focus on the development of SMART priority indicators much better tailored to a dynamic outbreak environment for improved humanitarian performance monitoring.
  • Conducted frequent field monitoring visits to UNICEF response sites and thoroughly documented all findings.
  • Significantly improved UNICEF Guinea staff (> 50) awareness, knowledge, and ownership of the HPM approach through extensive training and development.

Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Officer (NO2/ft)

UNICEF
Bunia
08.2008 - 11.2011
  • Chiefly collaborated with experts and representatives of organizations and governing bodies including civil society organizations, youth-led groups, UNICEF, and other UN agencies to carry out planning process geared towards developing programme documents.
  • Supported closely the planning and implementation of activities aimed to generate evidence to demonstrate program performance; as well as situation analysis of children and women following the county office IMEP.
  • Acted as the UNICEF Focal Point to implement HACT (Harmonized Approach for Cash Transfer) and head coordination with other UN agencies for the development and implementation of UN Joint Programmes.
  • Provided direct support to the local Ministry of Planning to aid in the construction of budget log frames to be used by local legislative authorities.
  • Served for nine months in cumulative as in the Chief of Field Office role, directly overseeing a programme and operational staff of 20 professionals (Office-In-Charge/OIC Role).

Education

Master Science - Project Management

University of Salford Manchester
England
06.2025

Master’s Degree (BAC+5) - Agro Economics

Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques de yangambi
DRC

Skills

  • Programme Planning and design
  • Programme Results Monitoring
  • Programme Results Reporting
  • Programme Evaluation
  • Humanitarian Performance Monitoring (HPM)
  • Humanitarian coordination
  • Funds raising
  • Advocacy

Certification

  • Introduction to UNICEF Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action
  • Evidence Based Policy Analysis to Deliver Results for Children
  • Socio-economic Policies for Child Rights with Equity
  • Programme Planning Process
  • Equity Focused Evaluation
  • National Evaluation Capacity Development for Country-Led M&E Systems
  • Ebola Safety
  • Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfer
  • Introduction to Evaluating Humanitarian Action
  • Introduction to Ethics in Evidence Generation
  • Result Based Management
  • Research Management
  • Importance of competencies in the workplace
  • Advanced Excel
  • Core Commitments for Children
  • UNICEF Fundamentals of Humanitarian Action
  • Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • FACE

Awards

  • 2014, UNICEF Staff Award, UNICEF Ebola Response Team
  • 2017, UNICEF emergency response to L3 Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh, Activated from Sept 2017 to Dec 2018

Emergency Exposure

DRC, Mali, Ebola (DRC, Guinea Conakry), cholera (DRC, Haiti), COVID-19 (Haiti, Mali), Cox’s Bazaar/Bangladesh (The Rohingya refugee’s crisis), earthquake and hurricanes (Haiti), drought (Mali)

Timeline

Emergency Planning and Monitoring Specialist (P3/TA)

UNICEF
11.2020 - Current

Monitoring & Evaluation Officer (P2/ta)

UNICEF
07.2018 - 10.2020

Humanitarian Performance Monitoring Specialist (P3/ft)

UNICEF
11.2017 - 12.2017

Monitoring Specialist / Human Resources Performance Measurement (P3/ft)

UNICEF
07.2016 - 12.2017

Planning Specialist; Ebola Response (P3/ft)

UNICEF
09.2015 - 02.2016

Advisor Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist/Humanitarian Performance Monitoring Specialist; Ebola response (P3/ft)

UNICEF
02.2015 - 09.2015

Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Officer (NO2/ft)

UNICEF
08.2008 - 11.2011

Master Science - Project Management

University of Salford Manchester

Master’s Degree (BAC+5) - Agro Economics

Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques de yangambi

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