Ntandoyenkosi Mlobane
Bulawayo
Summary
Ntando is a humanitarian professional with over 18 years of extensive years of experience working with International NGOs, research Institutes, Governments, communities, donors and UN in humanitarian and development (humanitarian-development nexus) initiatives. His work experience includes working in development, humanitarian and emergency response in fragile,climate and conflict affected countries, emergency preparedness and DRR, inspirational leadership, program strategic leadership, strategy development and implementation, representation, networking and fostering strong relationships and partnerships. Extensive years of experience in design, implementation and coordination of large-scale emergency responses in food security and livelihoods, resilience and climate-change adaptation sectors in the following regions: Southern Africa, West Africa, East Africa and Asia.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DRM-Agriculture Task Force Coordinator
Food and Agriculture Organisation
Addis Ababa
01.2021 - Current
- Provide substantive support for policy coordination and evaluation functions, including the review and analysis of emerging development issues and trends, participation in impact evaluation or equivalent studies.
- Carry out basic research on selected aspects of programmes, operations and other activities.
- Provide substantive support for policy coordination and evaluation functions, including the review, analyses and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares preliminary conclusions.
- Assist in the implementation and management of projects/programmes.
- Provide technical and managerial supervision to regional cluster coordinators and information management officers.
- Undertake outreach activities; participates in and makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.
- Participate in field missions, including provision of substantive support, data collection.
- Coordinate with national/local authorities, state institutions, local civil society and other relevant actors on drought, floods and other climate related emergencies for preparedness and resilience.
- Establish and maintains appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
- Ensure appropriate attention to priority crosscutting and cross-sectorial issues (e.g. gender, protection, environment, age, human rights, etc.)
- Coordinate needs assessments, analysis, advocacy messages.
- Harmonize response and targeting approaches.
- Undertake advocacy and resource mobilization.
Food Security and Agriculture Cluster Coordinator
WFP-World Food Programme
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Contribute to the HNO and lead the process for the FSC through identification of needs, severity, geographical scope, and Persons in Need, with the support of the IMO and in consultation with the cluster partners.
- Undertake planning and strategy development by contributing to the HRP and lead the process for the FSC through coordinating the design of the response strategy and log-frame, in consultation with the cluster partners.
- Lead the review of FSC partners projects submitted on the HPC online system, based on the agreed inclusion criteria (where relevant).
- Establish and maintain appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanisms: ensure inclusion of key partners at national and sub-national level, organize regular cluster meetings, as required.
- Establish and maintain Technical Working Groups (Cash, Food and Livelihoods) to support partners in key thematic areas (ex: agriculture, livestock, cash, targeting, etc.) or key thematic emergencies (e.g. Cyclone response, besieged areas, etc.)
- Ensure an inclusive governance structure for the FSC (including co-leadership of national authorities where possible, Strategic Advisory Group, NGO co-chairing, etc.)
- Ensure timely, inclusive and regular information sharing and discussion with the cluster partners through various modalities including cluster meetings, email dissemination of cluster products (dashboards, maps, assessments, etc.).
- Ensure monitoring of the response implementation and reporting (including capitalization documents).
- Facilitate / lead needs assessment & analysis, support in conducting surveys (e.g. EFSA/CFSAM/SMART, secondary data review, and dissemination of available information (inventory / repository) to partners.
- Ensure that available information is analysed in a coordinated manner and utilised for decision-making at different levels (e.g. Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) or Cadre Harmonisé (CH) - country specific)
- Ensure mainstreaming of cross-cutting and cross-sectoral issues (e.g. gender, age, HIV and AIDS, human rights, disability, environment, early recovery, protection, nutrition) and appropriate participatory and community-based approaches in cluster/inter-cluster needs assessments, analysis, planning, implementation and monitoring.
- Ensure the use and application of common standards (e.g. SPHERE standards and CHS), and harmonization of programmatic responses (SOPs on modality of delivery, Minimum Expenditure Basket, minimum assistance package)
- Contribute to country level contingency planning and coordinate cluster/sector-wide emergency preparedness and response.
- Ensure the development of regular food security reports (Sitreps, Bulletins, newsletters, etc.)
- Participate in various coordination forums including Inter-cluster, technical working groups (e.g. Cash WG) and other relevant clusters, especially Nutrition, WASH, Health, and Protection.
- Undertake advocacy and resource mobilization on behalf of the FSC partners in a neutral and impartial manner. Engage different country based pooled funding schemes processes (identification of needs and required interventions, due diligence, review of projects, monitoring of implementation of project, etc.).
- Identify funding for the FSC team in order to have a running FSC, in close collaboration with the CLAs. Actively track FSC funding status in consultation with CLAs to ensure continuity of operations.
- Identify capacity gaps and needs and provide training and capacity building opportunities to FSC partners.
National Food Security & Livelihoods Cluster Co-Coordinator/FSL Adviser
World Vision International
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Ensure appropriate coordination with relevant Government Ministries to support or complement existing coordination mechanisms, where they exist.
- Identify and establish contact with all other relevant sector stakeholders including national and international organizations, and representatives of affected populations. Invite these stakeholders to participate as partners in the work of the cluster as appropriate.
- Convene and facilitate meetings of the cluster (and/or joint meetings with another cluster), increasing or reducing their frequency as needed but being careful to avoid meeting overload. Ensure that cluster meetings are well-managed and action and results-oriented, with decisions clearly communicated to relevant cluster partners and stakeholders. Ensure that meetings are managed in line with the Principles of Partnership.
- Facilitate agreement on an efficient division of labor and the assignment of responsibilities amongst cluster partners which takes account of their comparative advantages and complementarities. Designate focal points or working groups for specific issues where necessary. Facilitating and Leading the Cash Working Groups, Agriculture and Livestock WG.
- Work with the Cluster Lead Agency/s to ensure that arrangements are made to allow for a proper hand-over of Cluster Coordinator responsibilities at the end of a Coordinator’s assignment, to ensure there is continuity and that institutional memory is maintained for the cluster as a whole.
- If the situation allows, lead early warning, contingency planning, and emergency preparedness efforts for the cluster; ensure adequate cluster participation in inter-cluster early warning, contingency planning and emergency preparedness activities.
- Together with cluster partners, undertake capacity mapping and gap identification exercises to develop a capacity-development strategy for the sector.
- Identify the training needs of cluster partners particularly the National NGOs.
- Ensure that the cluster covers all the identified and evolving sector needs of the affected population, and not only those that relate to the specific mandate of individual cluster members, including that of the Cluster Lead Agency/s. FAO& WFP.
- Participate in organised joint field missions, needs assessments and analysis among cluster partners and participate in joint inter-cluster needs assessment exercises as appropriate to ensure that identified needs, gaps and priorities are as evidence-based as possible in any given emergency context.
- Facilitate the development of an overall strategy and response plan for the cluster with linkages between disaster risk reduction, relief, recovery and development. To the extent possible, ensure the strategy complements government policies and plans.
- Identify issues of mutual interest to NGOs and identify information which should be proactively shared. Identify potential areas of duplication between NGOs so that they can be avoided and potential gaps.
Livelihoods Manager (Nepal Earthquake Response)
World Vision International
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Develop sector relevant strategies, including short, medium and long-term strategies in alignment with the overall country strategy and minimum humanitarian and sector relevant standards. Manage Cash project for livelihoods support.
- Matrix manage District based Livelihood staff, in coordination with District Managers. Ensure sector specific activities meet Sphere, HAP and other relevant humanitarian standards. In close collaboration with the Programs Team, provide technical inputs to project development and design/redesign.
- Liaise closely with other sectors active in WV’s program, to ensure an integrated approach to programming.
- In close collaboration with the Programs Team, support in the design of sector specific assessments and follow up on results.
- Participate in sector reviews and evaluations and ensure sectors lessons learned are lessons applied.
- Provide overall technical leadership to the relevant sector team and direct reports.
- Provide technical advice to WV leadership and implementing staff.
- Ensure that the sector program incorporates appropriate elements of accountability, monitoring and evaluation, gender, child protection, disabilities and other relevant themes.
- Ensure that budgets for sector related activities are realistic and managed.
- Seek innovative ways for delivering sector related deliverables, including contracts and partnering arrangements with private companies in ways which optimize value for money.
- Closely liaise with Advocacy on sectoral issues which may need to be raised to a policy level.
- Analyze national and international sector related policies that have critical implications to the Responses programming.
- Develop efficient and effective sector related guidelines and procedures.
- Provide contextual analysis for Partnership and global sectoral programming.
- Closely track trends within the sector and how these trends may affect WV programming.
- In collaboration with the Programs Team support the interpretation of data particularly focusing on program impact.
- Ensure technical quality of sectoral project supplies and materials.
- In collaboration with the Programs Team, identify opportunities for new projects/programs consistent with the country’s strategic plan.
Cash Transfers Programme Manager (DFID Consortium CARE& World Vision)
World Vision International
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Supervise overall planning, implementation and evaluation of the Cash Transfers Project.
- With key partner staff and stakeholders, ensure program’s strategic objectives and results are fully accomplished and meet expected technical quality standards.
- Ensure that vision and plans for the program are innovative and are in line with agency and country program strategies.
- Oversee periodic technical reviews and manage adjustments to program direction and focus.
- Provide guidance and technical oversight to partners and other collaborating agencies to ensure that lessons of sound practice are documented and disseminated.
- Oversee program’s monitoring and evaluation system, using data analysis as the basis for measuring performance.
- Ensure that M&E learning is incorporated into evolving program plans.
- Ensure integration of program interventions with other agency programs or through linkages with other service providers.
- With program staff, ensure the delivery of quality training, technical, administrative and financial support to all partner agencies, including the selection and coordination of consultants.
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting of project progress to the donor Manage program budgets, including tracking of financial and material resources.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of program finances and progress status.
- Review actual financial performance against the budget, and explain variances on a regular basis.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable donor regulations, as well as the organization’s operational procedures and policies.
- Approve program expenditures, budget adjustments, and cost modification requests to donors.
- Strengthen linkages with existing and potential partner agencies as well as local government and other project stakeholders.
IPM Development Specialist
World Vision International
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Building relationships, broker and facilitator within HHs/Village communities & Local partners using DPA model.
- Donor relations effectiveness.
- Clearly understand the donor/community environment and be an effective facilitator of interventions or innovations that involve both parties.
- Foster productive dialogue/engagement between visiting donors and communities/Household (HHs) in line with communications protocols and LEAP standards.
- Share community events to SO/ Donor as soon as it is conducted.
- Build Community & Partners capacity.
- Program planning and implementation.
- Sponsorship Facilitation.
- Health programmes management.
Urban Food Security & Livelihoods Programmes Coordinator
World Vision International
Bulawayo Urban
01.2010 - 01.2011
- The role involved implementing Food Security and Livelihoods activities (urban gardens, youth IGAs, and small livestock projects and youth skills development) in an integrated manner and in close collaboration with Nutrition, Water and Sanitation, and Health related project/teams. The role primarily involved Grant specific duties involving planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting, administration and overall coordination of the grant. I was responsible for the following:
- Providing technical support and feedback in food security surveillance/assessments by contributing to the information collection and analysis through FSL/agro assessments, interviews, observations and discussions with other WV departments, NGO Personnel, local population and local administration and stakeholders.
- Identifying geographical areas of interest to the organization according to humanitarian needs and vulnerable population context.
- Analyzing and reporting the humanitarian needs and providing clear and detailed recommendations for interventions.
- Developing appropriate targeting criteria and mechanisms to ensure the needs of identified vulnerable groups are met;
- Ensuring technical guidance of programme implementation in multiple operational bases through regular field visits (30 to 50% of the time) and according to donors requirements and World Vision internal procedures and programme standards.
- Facilitation of value chain development, market linkages and making markets work for the poor (M4P), market mapping and cost benefit analysis for the targeted IGA households.
- Ensuring monitoring of food security and livelihood projects (field visit, regular programme monitoring, budget forecast, staff evaluation and planning, donors reports and monthly reports.
- Ensuring the preparation and writing of food security and livelihood proposals and donor reports (log frame, narrative, and budget) together with the FSL team and in consultation with the support team.
- Supporting the organisation and facilitation of training sessions for technical teams and assisted communities.
- Supervising and evaluate the Food security and livelihoods programme officers and subordinates.
- Providing technical support during concepts/proposal writing and budgeting and review of TORs and technical reports for assessments, baselines and evaluations necessary in the development of project designs and proposals to ensure successful programming.
District Agriculture &Livelihoods Programmes Team Leader
World Vision International
Bulawayo Urban
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Providing management oversight for program teams, developing work plans, ensuring that program deliverables are completed, building staff capacity and providing mentoring and support;
- Ensuring the established objectives and results of the different projects are achieved, within scope, on schedule and within budget as per project documents and grant/contract agreements.
- Ensuring quality of interventions, taking into account best practices and lessons learned from similar programs (both within and outside of World Vision).
- Using community-based approaches, seeking involvement of, and ownership by, beneficiary communities and local partner organizations during all stages of the project design, implementation and evaluation, where possible.
- Working to strengthen organizational and technical capacity of local partners (local NGOs, CBOs, local government structures, etc.).
- Ensuring monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to track progress and measure impact.
- Providing regular, high-quality reports on progress and impact, both internally as well as for donors. Demonstrate progress of activities, achievement of results and objectives and capture lessons learned.
- Leading the development, design, and proposal-writing for new related projects.
- Creating and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
- Providing team members with information, tools and other resources to improve performance & reach objectives.
- Ensuring budget management and continuous monitoring of expenditure against budget.
- Ensuring effective and transparent use of financial resources in compliance with World Vision Core standards and donor policies and procedures.
- Ensuring that procurement procedures for the program are carried out along World Vision procurement guidelines.
- Coordinating human resources management for the program staff, including recruitment and orientation of new staff, performance reviews, staff development planning, disciplinary action, and termination as needed and in coordination with HR.
- Ensuring security policies and regulations are followed by the program team.
- Maintaining close and productive relationships with donors, local government authorities, local partners, and other community members to ensure support for and acceptance of the World Vision program, in close coordination with the Country Director and other program team members.
- Maintaining close relationships with other humanitarian and development organizations.
Food Security Officer
World Vision International
Gwanda District
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Coordinate the selection of appropriate target populations to be recipients of agricultural inputs for example gardens tools, vegetable fertilizer and income generating activities.
- Planning, implementing, monitoring, reporting and making recommendations on programme activities at district level at the operational wards.
- Facilitate market linkages using the M4P methodologies and approach.
- Train field staff and urban agriculture farmers on relevant sustainable agricultural practices.
- Produce Regular, situational timely progress reports regarding vegetable gardens, IGAs, micro finance and youth skills projects.
- Design Appropriate training materials for use in the facilitation of trainings and workshops.
Design Monitoring &Evaluation Officer for WFP Schools programme
World Vision International
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Expand technical knowledge base of monitoring and evaluation standards and initiatives and serve as a resource person, providing conceptual and practical best practice expertise;
- Mentor the Monitoring and Evaluation WFP team members to become highly technical in monitoring and evaluation processes and systems;
- Design and manage the implementation of programme and project A, M&E plans in alignment with the World Vision M&E framework;
- Participate in project design, revise the project objective hierarchy and logical frame work matrix (activities, processes, inputs, outputs, outcomes and impacts);
- Manage the identification and design of key indicators, appropriate tools, formats and procedures of operational monitoring at each level of the objective hierarchy;
- Produce reports as per A, M&E plan’s reporting schedule for WFP grant.
- Disseminate information from M&E to project management, implementing partners and funding agencies;
- Formulate and ensure inclusion of A, M&E budgets in programme and project design documents for WFP grant.
- Develop and manage an updated database and information management system for programme indicators and monitoring activities;
- Follow up complaints and respond to complainants no matter how they are received (help desk etc) to ensure they are made on time and according to the guidelines.
Education
Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Agricultural Economics & Extension
University of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe05.2004
Masters in Development and Policy Practice - Policy practice and Regional Integration in Africa Majors
Nelson Mandela School, University of Capetown
South AfricaSkills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Email and internet proficiency
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Statistical analysis software
- Online discussion moderation
Certification
- Certificate in Project Management for Development Specialists (PMD pro 2), (November 2012)
- Certificate in Project Management for Development Specialists (PMD pro 1), (November 2011)
3.0 JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
- Strategic positioning: well defined competency in identifying and interpreting opportunities for development and provision of relevant advice. Well capable of ensuring up to date reading and interpretation of national context and economic development sector dynamics.
- Network development: highly capable of developing, management and maintenance of efficient local networks with relevant stakeholders. Identifies and engages with relevant clients and partners.
- Engagement and strategic positioning: Initiates multi-stakeholder assignments at sub-national and national levels. Ensures operationalisation of these through preparation of proposals, team assignments and establishment of contracts/ agreements on these.
4.0 BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES
- Cross/ multi - cultural awareness - possess adept experience of working in multi – cultural international organisation work environment.
- Team work
- Planning and organising
A] Advisory skills
- Development of proposals / strategies to build capacity of partner organizations and stakeholders;
- Planning, implementing, monitoring, reporting and making recommendations on programme activities at district level.
- Produce regular, situational timely progress reports and monthly reports regarding nutritional gardens, Income Generating Activities, micro finance and youth skills projects.
- Delivery of advisory services support that seeks to strengthen the capacity vulnerable households and farmers for them to better pursue their mandate in poverty alleviation. This entails facilitation through responsive training, coaching, mentoring, motivation and accompaniment.
- Facilitating the development and operationalising of commodity market chains of identified sets of products/ commodities for the targeted farmers in the districts.
- Facilitate improved market position and potential of small scale producers through the promotion of market linkages with high value markets.
B. Learning & Knowledge Development
- Support collective learning in activity team and/ or thematic group in order to improve the institutional learning by providing feedback and establishing peer to peer relationships
- Contribute to internal and external knowledge development by participating in knowledge networks / thematic groups.
- Ensure that the knowledge and experiences of technical staff (field officers) are shared with the rest of stakeholders throughout the district.
- Broker for support/ expertise for different learning processes in the District.
6.5. INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS 2003 - 2004
- World Vision (Agricultural Recovery Programs) 3rd March – 14th March 2003
- Provision of technical support to agricultural recovery and out grower schemes on drought resistant crops in Bubi District, Zimbabwe.
- Agricultural Research & Extension 2nd January – 28th February 2003
- Design and implementation of farmer extension programs including training programs in Matabeleland North.
- Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union 1st July – 22 August 2002
- Provision of technical on-farm business management support to ZCFU membership, linking them with the private sector and membership mobilisation for Matabeleland North and South.
- Agricultural Rural Development Authority 02nd January – 04th March 2001
- Agribusiness and farm business management operations support
Timeline
DRM-Agriculture Task Force Coordinator
Food and Agriculture Organisation
01.2021 - Current
Food Security and Agriculture Cluster Coordinator
WFP-World Food Programme
01.2019 - 01.2021
National Food Security & Livelihoods Cluster Co-Coordinator/FSL Adviser
World Vision International
01.2017 - 01.2019
Livelihoods Manager (Nepal Earthquake Response)
World Vision International
01.2016 - 01.2017
Cash Transfers Programme Manager (DFID Consortium CARE& World Vision)
World Vision International
01.2015 - 01.2016
IPM Development Specialist
World Vision International
01.2011 - 01.2015
Urban Food Security & Livelihoods Programmes Coordinator
World Vision International
01.2010 - 01.2011
District Agriculture &Livelihoods Programmes Team Leader
World Vision International
01.2007 - 01.2010
Food Security Officer
World Vision International
01.2006 - 01.2007
Design Monitoring &Evaluation Officer for WFP Schools programme
World Vision International
01.2004 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Agricultural Economics & Extension
University of Zimbabwe
Masters in Development and Policy Practice - Policy practice and Regional Integration in Africa Majors
Nelson Mandela School, University of Capetown
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