Abdirashid Salah Somane

I now shifted to new buseiness environment

Key duties and Responsibilities • I am responsible for the project planning, management, monitoring and implementation. • Ensure the project implementation progress is in line with the activity work plan. • Permanently monitor the different levels of the projects and report progress to the line manager. • Ensure that donor regulations are adhered too and that necessary administrative, financial and implementation controls are observed. • Manage the project budget ensuring strict monitoring on all expenditure. • Participate and contribute to relevant project related network and links. • Develop work plans, financial projections and verify all financial reports on the projects. • Manage the flow of technical reports and compilation of the same in the project narratives for internal and donor reporting and give constant contribution to financial reports. • Support internal and external monitoring and evaluation exercises. • Manage the project team with clear guidance in the different components of the project implementation • Detect needs in the areas of intervention and conduct need assessments • Collaborate with the Program department in developing new proposal • Respond to cross cutting issues affecting the community in cooperation with specific expert agencies and build on arising community needs for furtherance of humanitarian Intervention as required. • Represent VSF-S in various project forum and networking levels.

PROJECT: To establish a protective and nurturing environment for Somali children living in refugee camps near Dolo Ado based on appropriate community-based care and support systems and educational opportunities. 1. Improved access to structured, age- and gender-appropriate activities for refugee children through Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) providing Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) activities, and youth clubs, 2. Improved access of unaccompanied, separated, vulnerable and orphaned children to appropriate community-based care and support and, where needed, Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) services, 3. Increased capacity of community-based networks case management mechanisms to provide psychosocial support to extremely vulnerable children (EVC). 4. Improved access of refugee children to formal emergency education in primary school grades. Responsibilities: • General advisory to the Sub-office manager on managerial and program issues • Harmonize common understanding and smooth working relation among IPS/partners engaged in the emergency program • Regular engage in meeting with other emergency IPS project partners to ensure a cultural of learning across agencies as well as to strengthen networking efforts • Track the progress of all emergency programs against original proposal and with detail work plans • Assist with development and finalization of all emergency reports on timely manner • Establish and maintain regular contact with NGOs involved in emergency • Meet with various visitors and programs staff to brief them on emergency and related issues at sub-Office level

Operations and Management • Oversee the smooth flowing of routine program support functions (e.g., finance, administration, and logistics) of the Mercy Corps office and compliance with Mercy Corps and donor policies and procedures. • Working closely with the Ops Manager and Regional finance, oversee training of finance, administration and logistics staffs • Work closely with the Regional Operations Manager and ensure Gode operational needs are clearly & timely communicated to the Ops Manager. • Ensure effective and transparent use of financial resources in compliance with Mercy Corps and donor policies and procedures. • Coordinate all of Mercy Corps Gode human resource and recruitment requirements, including recruitment and orientation of new staff, identifying personnel needs of national staff, ensuring payment of national staff salaries in compliance with Mercy Corps procedures and local laws, and participating in disciplinary, hiring, and termination meetings as needed. • Ensure all aspects of asset management including maintenance of the asset register and the investigation of any missing assets. • Supervise the management and maintenance of vehicle fleet, office facilities, and equipment. • Oversee database and paper file management for finance, administration and logistics documents; ensure files are complete and in compliance with Mercy Corps and donor policies and procedures. • Coordinate with Mercy Corps’ Jijiga, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa offices on travel and logistics support as required.

project: Somali pastoral livelihood initiatives (SPLI) As livelihood & food security coordinator i was responsible for the oversight of all pastoral relief development programs and for leading and building a strong, innovative team of skilled staff who are able to bring positive changes to the pastoral community with which they live and work.  Overseas directly the implementation of all livelihood & food security Unit projects at the sub-offices ensuring, • Program quality • Sectoral integration • Efficient and effective use of human, budget and food (commodity) resources • Attainment of key benchmark • Support of staff in fulfilling all implementing needs, including supplies, information, logistical and transportation needs

• Design and implement office policies • Establish standards and procedures • Organize office operations and procedures • Supervise office staff • Monitor overall programs • Review and approve supply requisitions • Liaise with other agencies, organizations and community • Maintain office equipment • Design filing systems • Ensure filing systems are maintained and up to date • Transfer and dispose records according to retention schedules and policies • Ensure personnel files are up to date and secure • Overall coordination of projects activities. • Monitor and evaluate projects. • Give solutions for the problems encountered during project implementation in accordance of the organizational policies and regulations. • Focal person, in dealing with stakeholders (NGOs, GOs and community). • Focal/represent the organization in meetings and taskforces in Gode area

main activities In the initial 3-6 months and before district-level DPPFSB EW staff are fully in place/trained, work closely with the counterpart EW Expert and other DPPFSB district experts to establish livelihood security monitoring and EW reporting at zone/district levels as appropriate and provide monthly and ad-hoc reports to the Regional PLI-EW office. Provide on-job training to the DPPFSB EW Expert and pay a visit to each pastoral woreda to meet with the Woreda EW experts and discuss the current FS situation and related issues by livelihood zone and contribute to writing the monthly FS reports of the Woreda. . • On a decadal basis support the counterpart woreda EW Expert to make contact with the other woreda EW experts through radio or other means to get brief weekly or dekadal FS status report – document these and share with Region through radio or other means. • Support the Woreda EW expert to review the monthly EW reports and data that are submitted from the woredas and compile a zonal summary by livelihoods in each zone. Submit the original woreda-level reports from the districts/woredas and the zonal summaries onwards to the Regional level DPPFSB/SCUK project office. Provide feedback to the woreda EW experts regularly. • Support the EW Expert to promote exchange of information regarding cross-Woreda livelihood zones with EW Experts in adjacent Woredas in order to get the wider picture of what the situation is across the similar livelihood zones, within the administrative zone. • Support the counterpart EW Expert to call and play a leading role in the monthly meeting of government Experts (from DPPFSB and LBs) and representatives of partner agencies in order to share information on current situation in the woredas of the zone, and to strengthen the EW reports.

• Supervise district food aid and food security monitor in all the 8 districts of Afder Zone • Ensure food aid arrival and distribution in different sites across the Afder Zone • Assess the impact of food aid on the livelihood of the population • Manage the logistics and personnel of the project • Collaborate with Local, International and UN agencies working in the zone

Major Responsibilities: • Assess the infrastructural needs of the communities • Plan the financial and materials required for the works • Ensure implementation of developmental works such road maintenance, pond excavation, digging of shallow wells and construction of temporary schools • Supervise daily food dispatch and ensure work done • Provide the necessary support to district staff and community members

Major Responsibilities: • Supervise Primary school, Clinics and Grinding-mill room construction • Pay in cash/kind the daily wages of the casual laborers • Provide construction materials such as stones, gravel, cement, corrugated iron sheets, nails to the workers • Mobilize community members to participate in the project works • Hold meeting with community leaders to discuss about the priority needs of the people