GODANA HUKA GODANA
Yabelo,Oromia
Summary
To obtain a position that will enable me to use my strong organizational skills, award-winning educational background, and ability to work well with people and multiple stakeholders patiently in team sprits manner.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Zonal Education Officer for West Guji and Boraones
Education Development Trust UK-Ethiopia
Yabelo City, Oromia
04.2026 - Current
- Developed and implemented educational programs aligned with curriculum standards.
- Collaborated with faculty to enhance teaching methodologies and student engagement.
- Analyzed student performance data to identify areas for improvement in instruction.
- Coordinated professional development workshops for educators, fostering continuous learning.
- Led initiatives to integrate technology into classroom environments, improving resource accessibility.
- Mentored junior staff in best practices for curriculum development and assessment strategies.
- Evaluated educational resources and tools, ensuring alignment with institutional goals and objectives.
- Facilitated communication between stakeholders to support program effectiveness and student success.
- Managed alternative education programs for organization.
- Promoted a positive learning environment by implementing classroom management techniques that fostered respect, inclusivity, and collaboration.
- Enhanced curriculum quality by collaborating with fellow educators to develop and implement innovative educational programs.
- Assisted in reducing dropout rates through the development of targeted intervention programs for at-risk students.
- Strengthened relationships between schools, parents, and local organizations through active participation in community events and outreach programs.
- Established high expectations for all students by setting clear performance objectives and providing regular feedback on progress toward these goals.
- Introduced educational inclusion program and oversaw implementation.
- Evaluated student progress using various assessment tools, driving continuous improvement in teaching methods and materials.
- Developed cross-disciplinary connections between subjects by collaborating with colleagues on integrated lesson plans.
- Increased parent involvement by organizing educational workshops, conferences, and regular communication regarding student progress.
- Boosted student engagement by designing interactive lesson plans that incorporated multimedia and group activities.
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement by regularly reviewing and updating school policies, procedures, and practices to ensure alignment with best practices in education.
- Aligned instructional practices with state standards, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while maintaining high-quality education delivery.
- Expanded access to resources for both students and staff members by securing grants to fund technology upgrades, new equipment purchases, and educational materials.
- Improved school-wide academic performance by providing training and support for fellow teachers in effective instructional strategies.
- Implemented data-driven decision-making processes to identify areas requiring improvement or modification within the curriculum framework.
- Increased student retention by implementing targeted tutoring programs and academic support services for struggling learners.
- Facilitated professional development opportunities for staff members, fostering a culture of continuous growth and improvement within the educational community.
- Fostered critical thinking skills through project-based learning initiatives that emphasized real-world applications of course material.
- Contributed to a safe school environment by enforcing disciplinary policies consistently and fairly among all students.
- Enriched student understanding of cultural diversity through exposure to global perspectives via guest speakers, field trips, and collaborative projects with international partner schools.
- Established and updated objectives and tools for overall program and each department to enhance operations.
- Planned and implemented staff development and in-service training programs to enhance knowledge and skills.
- Scheduled educational activities, faculty lectures and departmental events to drive mission and values of institution.
- Evaluated programs and monitored implementation and compliance with regulations to achieve objectives.
- Represented educational program at meetings and conferences to serve as subject matter liaison for array of services and activities assigned.
- Planned, administered and controlled budgets and produced financial reports.
- Conferred and resolved education-related issues and problems with students, parents and school officials.
- Checked on instructor lessons and communication in order to assess quality of education and assistance offered to students.
- Implemented program-level departmental policies and procedures and managed budgets to support educational program and curriculum.
- Developed partnerships with parents, businesses and organizations to build awareness, increase support and share resources.
Market System Development (MSD) Project Officer
VSF SUISSE INTERNATIONAL, ETHIPIA
Yabelo Borana Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia
01.2021 - 02.2026
- Implementation of Inclusive Market Systems Development Approach to ensure technical quality and provide support to project teams- including building capacity of project teams to implement inclusive market systems approach
- Contribute to review and advice on adaptations and adjustments of program strategies, approaches and activities for growth and sustainability
- Work with the program management and senior leadership team for support coordination, planning, writing and timely submission of key strategic documents, such as the annual plans, budgets, reports, and other ad-hoc strategy documents
- Identify and work closely with lead and intermediate private sector firms, building their capacity on firm-led services reaching farming communities, as well as women and youth
- Facilitate private sector investment in embedded services, expansion to rural areas, and other innovative solutions
- Support Knowledge Management System that works across all members of the consortium and allows more seamless collaboration, communication, scheduling and management of Information
- Identify capacity gaps across the broad range of market actors, and facilitate capacity building plans and access to training services
- Engage with donors, implementers, and other stakeholders to document, share, promote, and exchange learning, best practice, and experience from the project
- Facilitate specific producer/marketing/commercial groups engage the key market players through collective price negotiations, contracts and/or warehouse receipting as appropriate
- Identify and facilitate establishment suitable innovative marketing information system (MIS) for the priority value chains
- Implement diagnostics and assessments for evaluating market opportunities and constraints, identifying partners, and designing mutually beneficial project partnerships
- Monitor progress of work plan implementation, identifying issues (technical and coordination) and formulate solutions to address the identified issues.
- Mentored local personnel on best practices and protocols to maximize productivity.
- Coordinated with design and media teams to develop high-quality creative assets.
- Wrote and distributed press releases to increase brand visibility.
- Generated sponsorships with related and partnering entities to enhance marketing objectives.
- Devised content strategy to effectively engage target audiences.
Zonal Security Early Warning Coordinator
Regional Peace and Security Administration Bureau
Borana Zone, Oromia Region
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Ensures proper implementation of EW strategies of region at zonal level based on analysis of the most critical early warning signs, peace and conflict transformation needs; Zonal administration capacities and security issues
- Coordinate, Monitor and analyze collected political and socio-economic developments data in the Zone
- Undertake writing of analyze security early warning reports, situation updates, briefs, as wells as trends analysis, and utilize the CEWS methodology and tools in using the information collected by the Situation Room and woreda agents staff
- Facilitate information exchange with the security early warning systems of the Regional Security committee (RSC) as well as analyze such information for the attention of the leadership of the Peace and Security Bureau (PSB)
- Work closely with the Situation Room, staff and assist in the development and customization of data collection and analysis tools
- Develop and regularly update the Strategic Conflict Assessment (SCA) format and prepare reports as required
- Assist in the development of security guidelines on nature, scope and strategy for enhancing partnership, coordination and collaboration between local government and concern stakeholder
- Assist in the preparation peace forum, dialogues and other meetings among local government and other actors.
Cross Border Project Officer
VSF SUISSE INTERNATIONAL, ETHIOPIA
Moyale and Miyo Oromia, Ethiopia
09.2019 - 12.2019
- Preparing project activities plan according to donor standard
- Monitoring daily Field Assessment progress of HEAL Projects and evaluating its performance
- Arrange and organizing Cross border community FGD and Workshop in collaboration with both countries government
- Preparing cross border flagship & joint plan concept in coordination with both country stakeholder
- Represent organization in all cross border meeting
- Follow up and supervise all project Field assessment activities.
Cross Border Project Officer
CIFA, Ethiopia
Moyale, Oromia, Ethiopia
10.2018 - 09.2019
- Preparing project activities plan according to donor standard
- Monitoring daily project progress and evaluating its performance
- Arrange and organizing Cross border community Peace forum & conference in collaboration with both countries government
- Preparing cross border flagship & joint plan in coordination with both country stakeholder
- Represent organization in all cross border meeting
- Follow up and supervise all project activities.
Humanitarian Project Officer
CIFA, Ethiopia
Moyale, Oromia, Ethiopia
06.2018 - 10.2018
- Prepare overall project activities with engagement of IDP
- Supervising House to House Survey which ensures most at need target identification
- Register and Identify new IDP in the Camp and uploading their profile to the KOOBO Tool Box
- Assessing IDP Beneficiaries needs and identifying legible IDP for Cash Transfer & NFI support
- Promoting environment that encourages and supports community involvement and engagement
- Assist and establish linkage between beneficiaries and projects fund
- Follow up and check fund transfer to beneficiaries according to project standard
- Conducting markets assessments and identify local market challenge opportunity for IDP
- Coordinating and collaborating project activities with relevant stakeholder for smoothness of the project
- Preparing overall beneficiary list following tool analyses
- Supervising & coordinating project activities and preparing report
- Organizing community aware creation gathering to Building participatory atmosphere.
Project finance Officer
Oromia RPLRP/IGAD Project
Moyale, Oromia, Ethiopia
04.2016 - 06.2018
- Prepare overall project Financial Plan
- Supervise ongoing project activities
- Oversee and ensure standard cash flows of construction activities of the project
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual report of the project
- Manage all finance and resources of the project according to standard procedure
- Provide project progress to relevant government and other stakeholders when required.
Project Public Relation Officer
Wario Road Construction PLC
Moyale, Oromia, Ethiopia
02.2017 - 03.2018
- Promoting environment that encourages and supports community involvement and engagement
- Organize & attend community meetings, allowing them to express concerns, grievances and raise issues on the Project
- Building community spirit around a project & Ensure planning obligations are met
- Collecting information and sharing project information to relevant government and other stakeholders
- Ensure and safeguard Socio-Economic Culture of the community at Construction site can't collide with project objective
- Respond to Community concern and resolve the issues on time in coordination with other stakeholders.
Planning, monitoring and evaluation unit head
Oromia Internal Revenue Authority
Negelle Borena, Ethiopia
01.2014 - 03.2016
- Manage Planning, monitoring and evaluation office tasks
- Prepare Budget and follow up its effective & efficient utilization as per activities
- Provide leadership and Decision to the Revenue Collectors and Revenue enhancement team
- Lead revenue enhancement team on the way of finding new sources of revenue for the City
- Assess client file according to tax calendar depending on their respective categories of taxpayer and forward to tax declaration unit
- Preparing general Revenue plan and breaking it down according to state and City Municipal code
- Collecting each unit report and Prepare overall office report
- Preparing periodical revenue collection schedule and distributing it to daily tax collector.
Planning, monitoring and evaluation Officer
Borana Zone Water, Energy & Irrigation Development Office
Yabello Borena zone office, Ethiopia
08.2013 - 01.2014
- Preparing monthly, Midterm, and Annual plan of the Office and following up its implementations accordingly
- Break the Budget of the office according to its allocation and follow up its effective & efficient utilization as per activities
- Develops the work systems with the standard procedures and process to ensure credible, reliable, timely and cost-effective
- Coordinated and oversaw evaluations, ensured that they are timely, useful and ethical, upholding the criteria and standards as defined in the Office Framework for Evaluation
- Prepare monthly, Midterm and Annual report and feedback on ongoing project and work
- Provide technical guidance to Irrigation Design and Research Team on the Socio-Economic importance of water and Irrigation Project to the Affected Community.
Education
Addis Ababa University
VECOD Ethiopia Institute
Ethiopian Financial Management Institute
Bule Hora University
Skills
- Demand Generation
- Customer Needs Assessments
- Best Practices
Relative Activities
- Vice President of Oromo Language and Literature club at Addis Ababa University for Two (2) Years during My Study.
- Ethiopian Peace Association (EPA) member (current)
Special Ability
- Project Cycle Managements
- Good situation analysts
- Team Spirits
- Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, Access, Internet and E-mail)
- Good communication skill
- Good team player
- Ability to work on harsh and Fragile environment
- Good Report Writing
Training And Recognition Award
- Certificate on Leadership and Skills Development Managements April 2013
- Peace and Good Ethics Ambassador Certificate Award on May 11, 2013
- Financial Management Certificate Award on May 2017
- Personal Security & First Aid Certificate Award from SEVER ADGE UK based Consultancy
- Market System Development Training TROCAIR, CAFOD & SCAF (CST), August 2018
- Market System Development ToT Training, HEKS/EPPER October 2021
References
- Jarso Jaldesa Jarso, VSF SUISSE International Ethiopia, Program Coordinator, +251913265387
- Liban Arero, Oromia Region Peace & Security, Deputy, +251916607062
- Guyo Dhenge, CIFA, Ethiopia, CEO, +251916995818
Timeline
Zonal Education Officer for West Guji and Boraones
Education Development Trust UK-Ethiopia
04.2026 - Current
Market System Development (MSD) Project Officer
VSF SUISSE INTERNATIONAL, ETHIPIA
01.2021 - 02.2026
Zonal Security Early Warning Coordinator
Regional Peace and Security Administration Bureau
01.2020 - 12.2020
Cross Border Project Officer
VSF SUISSE INTERNATIONAL, ETHIOPIA
09.2019 - 12.2019
Cross Border Project Officer
CIFA, Ethiopia
10.2018 - 09.2019
Humanitarian Project Officer
CIFA, Ethiopia
06.2018 - 10.2018
Project Public Relation Officer
Wario Road Construction PLC
02.2017 - 03.2018
Project finance Officer
Oromia RPLRP/IGAD Project
04.2016 - 06.2018
Planning, monitoring and evaluation unit head
Oromia Internal Revenue Authority
01.2014 - 03.2016
Planning, monitoring and evaluation Officer
Borana Zone Water, Energy & Irrigation Development Office
08.2013 - 01.2014
Addis Ababa University
VECOD Ethiopia Institute
Ethiopian Financial Management Institute
Bule Hora University