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Education
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References
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Research And Policy Experience
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Simon Lam Chuol Riek

Malakal

Summary

Dynamic professional with extensive experience at Oxfam GB, specializing in food security and livelihoods coordination. Proven track record in stakeholder engagement and resilience building, successfully implementing evidence-based strategies that enhanced food accessibility for vulnerable populations. Skilled in qualitative research and community capacity building, driving impactful humanitarian initiatives.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Community Liaison Assistant

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
Malakal
10.2015 - Current
  • Provide policy guidance on food security and humanitarian response, ensuring alignment with global and national frameworks.
  • Facilitate multi-stakeholder coordination among UN agencies, NGOs, and local authorities on food security, livelihoods, and community resilience programming.
  • Conduct early warning assessments and risk analyses to inform evidence-based response strategies.
  • Develop reports for the UN Secretary-General, highlighting humanitarian trends, food security challenges, and response gaps.
  • Organize and led community engagement forums, ensuring the inclusion of marginalized populations in policy and program initiatives discussions.

Emergency Food Security & Livelihoods Officer

Oxfam GB
Juba/Malakal
07.2014 - 08.2015
  • Led food security and livelihoods programming for displaced and conflict-affected populations in Greater Upper Nile.
  • Conducted food security and nutritional assessments, ensuring evidence-based response planning.
  • Coordinated cash and voucher assistance (CVA) programs, enhancing food accessibility for vulnerable households.
  • Designed and implemented resilience-building initiatives focusing on income-generating activities, vocational training, and smallholder farming.
  • Engaged with government agencies, UN clusters, and humanitarian partners to develop policies and strategies aligned with national food security frameworks.
  • Supported livelihood recovery initiatives, ensuring the sustainability of agricultural and livestock interventions.

Community Health & Hygiene Promotion Supervisor

World Vision International
Malakal
07.2014 - 03.2015
  • Designed and led public health interventions related to WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) in humanitarian settings.
  • Supervised the construction of sanitation infrastructure, ensuring compliance with international humanitarian standards.
  • Provided technical guidance on hygiene promotion, linking food security with health and nutrition outcomes.

Education

Master of Public Health - Health in Crisis & Humanitarian Assistance

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD, USA
05.2025

Bachelor of Science - Public & Environmental Health

Upper Nile University
Juba, South Sudan
03.2016

Skills

  • Food Security & Livelihoods Coordination (Cluster Approach)
  • Humanitarian Policy & Program Development
  • Stakeholder & Interagency Coordination
  • Livelihoods & Resilience Building
  • Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods
  • Community Engagement & Capacity Building
  • Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEAL)

Websites

References

  • Shannon Doocy, Professor, International Health, Johns Hopkins University, doocy1@jhu.edu
  • Marie Diener-West, Professor of Biostatistics and Chair of MPH Program, Johns Hopkins University, mdiener@jhu.edu
  • Charles Okwir, Return, Recovery, and Protection Officer, UNMISS, Charles.okwir@un.org

Languages

  • English, Fluent
  • Arabic, Proficient
  • Nuer, Native

Research And Policy Experience

  • Capstone Project, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA, 05/25, Health and Humanitarian Consequences of Armed Conflict in Sudan: Assessing the Impact on Historically Marginalized Populations in the Nuba Mountains. Recommendations provided to policymakers and humanitarian agencies.
  • Practicum Project, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Nakuru County, Kenya, Kenya, 05/25, Conducted a public health practicum with Johns Hopkins, assessing breast cancer risks, screening access, and awareness to inform culturally tailored strategies for equitable prevention and early detection among rural women.
  • Graduate Researcher, Upper Nile University, Juba, South Sudan, South Sudan, 05/15, Evaluating the Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Policies for Mother-to-Child Transmission at Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan. Provided recommendations to the National Ministry of Health (MOH).

Timeline

Community Liaison Assistant

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
10.2015 - Current

Emergency Food Security & Livelihoods Officer

Oxfam GB
07.2014 - 08.2015

Community Health & Hygiene Promotion Supervisor

World Vision International
07.2014 - 03.2015

Master of Public Health - Health in Crisis & Humanitarian Assistance

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Bachelor of Science - Public & Environmental Health

Upper Nile University