Lameck Chirwa
Summary
I possess a diversity of experiences. I am a program manager with a flair for Statistics. I am a manager with a practical approach, a passion and interest in Public Health. I am skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Data Analysis, Strategic Planning, Organizational Development, Human Resource Management and Public Speaking. All these attributes have given me a very broad outlook, with varying degrees of knowledge in a range of subjects. With an initial background in Business Administration, I have over the past decade worked under CDC funded programs at management level and developed extensive experience in Public Health but more to do with HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health programming with special reference to the social context of HIV prevention, treatment and care and Reproductive Health maintenance. I have acquired a Master of Science in Epidemiology which has really complimented my other qualifications to contribute favorable to my current job at the University Teaching Hospital-HIV AIDS Program.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager Administration and Human Resources
University Teaching Hospital
01.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: HIV/AIDS program (CDC funded program)
- Maintain close supervision on the functions of the different program areas, ensuring productivity and checking the quality of work output
- Work closely with the PI/Director, Directors of Finance, Planning and Evaluation, and the Internal Auditor/Head of Compliance to ensure that activities are conducted within prescribed budgets and timeframes as well as being compliant with relevant policies and procedures
- Ensure the maintenance of a working environment that yields productivity and facilitate acquisition of essential supplies
- Coordinate with the PI/ Director, Secretariat, the various Heads of Units and Program Coordinators to ensure that planning and implementation of operations runs smoothly and in the prescribed time frames in order to timely meet program objectives
- Oversee planning, organizing and managing of the various activities conducted within and outside UTH-HAP
- Liaise with Unit Heads and Program Coordinators/Administrators to ensure that reports, requests, budgets etc are submitted to the UTH-HAP Secretariat in good time and in the prescribed manner
- Facilitate compilation and onward submission of HAP documents to management and other stakeholders
- Work closely with Program Administrators and Human Resources as pertains to action, activities, budget, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and other strategic management activities
- Work closely with M&E and Data departments to ensure that data collection corresponds with the database requirements for all UTH-HAP Program areas
- Maintain close observation and make recommendations regarding more effective and organized handling of specific operations within the UTH-HAP
- Serve as the receiver of important mail, documents and ordered items delivered to the UTH-HAP address
- Draft relevant responses and outward communication on behalf of the PI/Director as required
- Responsible for overseeing the implementation and ongoing maintenance of all office policies and procedures
- Ensure policies and procedures are revised as required and always up-to-date
- Provide guidance and expertise to staff in resolving care receiver problems or concerns
- HIV/AIDS program (CDC funded program)
Program Manager
University Teaching Hospital
12.2011 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: HIV/AIDS program (CDC funded program)
- Work closely with M & E, Data Manager, Head Nurse, and Accounts to ensure that data collection corresponds with data base requirements for UTH-HAP, essential backup supplies are procured and requests are processed in a timely manner
- Conduct assessment and evaluation on a continuous basis regarding the performance of staff
- Coordinate with the UTH-HAP Program Director, UTH-HAP Secretariat, the various Heads of units and Program Coordinators under UTH-HAP to ensure planning and implementation of operations runs smoothly and in the prescribed time frames
- Oversee planning, organizing and managing of various activities conducted within and outside the Adult Centre of Excellence (ACOE)
- Prepare and maintain timely, accurate and up to date ACOE reports and make these available to partners when required in the prescribed time frame
- HIV/AIDS program (CDC funded program)
Site Manager
Chreso Ministries VCT/ART Centre
02.2008 - 11.2011
- Company Overview: PEPFAR Funded program
- Designing, implementing, managing, monitoring and evaluating all projects for the Clinic
- Ensuring that the quality of service being provided is accepted by set standards
- An exceptional ability of understanding indicators pertaining to the program
- Working with the communities implementing HIV/AIDS programs
- Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health in implementing public health matters
- Budgeting
- Grant writing, responsible to find donors and potential donors for the institution’s various programs
- Coordinating and carrying out all research-based work
- Human resources and general management and administration
- PEPFAR Funded program
Administrator/Accountant
Gospel Outreach Fellowship
12.2006 - 01.2008
- Entering all accounting data in to the computer (Quick Books-Accounting software)
- Receiving cash
- Assisting in the preparations of final accounts
- Preparing the payroll
- Receiving all cash and banking
- Cash and Bank reconciliation
- Updating leave days in personal files and processing leave forms
- Deal with all human resources activities
Teller
Stanbic Bank Zambia Limited
Lusaka
05.2006 - 08.2006
- Worked as a teller on a temporally basis
- Reason for leaving, contract ended
Cashier
Finance Bank Zambia Limited
Lusaka
07.2003 - 02.2004
- Worked as a cashier in cash department
- This included paying and receiving cash from clients
- Reconciling schedules from Government ministries who got salaries from the bank
- Helping the custodian with opening, closing and balancing the books daily
- Reason for leaving, I went back to school
Clerk
Finance Bank Zambia Limited
01.2003 - 03.2003
- Worked as a clerk
- Reason for leaving contract ended
- Updating leave days for all employees of the bank from all branches
- Processing leave application forms before taking to the manager personnel for approval
- Filing all documents related to a particular individual in their personal files
- Opening files for new employees and closing files for those leaving the organization or deceased
Clerk
Finance Bank Zambia Limited
01.2002 - 03.2002
- Worked as a clerk
- Reason for leaving, I went back to school
- Updating leave days for all employees of the bank from all branches
- Processing leave application forms before taking to the manager personnel for approval
- Filing all documents related to a particular individual in their personal files
- Opening files for new employees and closing files for those leaving the organization or deceased
Education
Ph.D. - Business Administration And Management
University of Zambia
Lusaka09-2025
Master of Science - Epidemiology
University of Zambia
01.2015
Post Graduate Diploma - Project Planning and Management
University of Zambia
01.2011
Certificate - Project Planning and Management
University of Zambia
01.2008
Bachelor of Business Administration Degree - Credit
Copperbelt University
Kitwe, Zambia01.2005
GCE ‘O’ Level -
Kabulonga Boys Secondary School
01.1998
Skills
- Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
- Stata
- R Statistical Package
Publications
- Comparative Study of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Hospitalised Adult HIV Infected Patients with Normal and Abnormal Renal Function at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia., N LIUSHA, L MULENGA, L CHIRWA, D CHANDA, A MWEEMBA, Medical Journal of Zambia, Vol. 43 (4), 207 - 215, 2016
- Screening for Diabetes Mellitus among Tuberculosis Patients: Findings from a Study at a Tertiary Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia., FWOLOSHI, S., HACHAAMBWA, L. M., CHIYENU, K. O., CHIRWA, L., HOFFMAN, T. W., NGALAMIKA, O., BAILEY, S. L., Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol, 2018
- Insulin Resistance is Associated with Higher Plasma Viral Load Among HIV-Positive Adults Receiving Longer-Term (1 Year) Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), L.B. MULENGA, P. MUSONDA, L. CHIRWA, M. SIWINGWA, S. SUWILANJI, A. MWEEMBA, H. PHIRI, D. PHIRI, P.L MULENGA, G. MUNTHALI, A. SHIBEMBA, J. TODD, S. NZALA, J. MULWANDA, C. KANKASA, W.GONG, J.R. KOETHE, L. HACHAAMBWA, C.CLAASSEN, M. VINIKOOR, D.C. HEIMBURGER, C.W. WESTER, 2018
- Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in six districts in Zambia in July, 2020: a cross-sectional cluster sample survey., LLOYD B MULENGA, JONAS Z HINES, SOMBO FWOLOSHI, LAMECK CHIRWA, MPANJI SIWINGWA, SAMUEL YINGST, ADAM WOLKON, DANIELLE T BARRADAS, JENNIFER FAVALORO, JAMES E ZULU, DABWITSO BANDA, KOTEY I NIKOI, DAVIES KAMPAMBA, NGAWO BANDA, BATISTA CHILOPA, BRAVE HANUNKA, THOMAS L STEVENS JR, AARON SHIBEMBA, CONSITY MWALE, SUILANJI SIVILE, KHOZYA D ZYAMBO, ALEX MAKUPE, MUZALA KAPINA, AGGREY MWEEMBA, NYAMBE SINYANGE, NATHAN KAPATA, PAUL M ZULU, DUNCAN CHANDA, FRANCIS MUPETA, CHITALU CHILUFYA, VICTOR MUKONKA, SIMON AGOLORY, KENNEDY MALAMA, 2020
- Metabolic syndrome in Zambian adults with human immunodeficiency virus on antiretroviral therapy: Prevalence and associated factors, BENSON M. HAMOOYA, LLOYD B. MULENGA, SEPISO K. MASENGA, ISAAC FWEMBA, LAMECK CHIRWA, MPANJI SIWINGWA, HIKABASA HALWIINDI, JOHN R. KOETHE, LOREN LIPWORTH, DOUGLAS C. HEIMBURGER, PATRICK MUSONDA, WILBROAD MUTALE, 2021
- Two-Month Follow-up of Persons with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Zambia, September 2020, JAMESEXNOBERT ZULU, DABWITSO BANDA, JONASZ HINES, MUSISYE LUCHEMBE, SUILANJI SIVILE, MPANJI SIWINGWA, DAVIES KAMPAMBA, KHOZYAD ZYAMBO, ROBERT CHIRWA, LAMECK CHIRWA, WARREN MALAMBO, DANIELLET BARRADAS, NYAMBE SINYANGE, SIMON AGOLORY, LLOYD MULENGA, SOMBO FWOLOSHI, 2021
References
- Prof Lloyd Mulenga, 0977-344604, lbmulenga@yahoo.com, Director Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Lusaka
- Dr Duncan Chanda, 0972096312, duncanchanda@gmail.com, Director – ACOE, UTH-HAP
- Dr Aggrey Mweemba, 0961-357599, aggreymweemba@gmail.com, Head Renal Unit - UTH
Professionalareasofinterest
- HIV/AIDS
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Human Resources and Management
Shortcourses
- Data Management for clinical research – Vanderbilt University
- Data Use for Program Managers - Global Health E-Learning Center
- PEPFAR Next Generation Indicator Guidance - Global Health E-Learning Center
- M and E Fundamentals - Global Health E-Learning Center
- Data Quality - Global Health E-Learning Center
- Economic Evaluation Basics Course – Global Health E-Learning Center
- HIV Basics (Part 1) - Global Health E-Learning Center
Timeline
Senior Manager Administration and Human Resources
University Teaching Hospital
01.2021 - Current
Program Manager
University Teaching Hospital
12.2011 - 01.2021
Site Manager
Chreso Ministries VCT/ART Centre
02.2008 - 11.2011
Administrator/Accountant
Gospel Outreach Fellowship
12.2006 - 01.2008
Teller
Stanbic Bank Zambia Limited
05.2006 - 08.2006
Cashier
Finance Bank Zambia Limited
07.2003 - 02.2004
Clerk
Finance Bank Zambia Limited
01.2003 - 03.2003
Clerk
Finance Bank Zambia Limited
01.2002 - 03.2002
Ph.D. - Business Administration And Management
University of Zambia
Master of Science - Epidemiology
University of Zambia
Post Graduate Diploma - Project Planning and Management
University of Zambia
Certificate - Project Planning and Management
University of Zambia
Bachelor of Business Administration Degree - Credit
Copperbelt University
GCE ‘O’ Level -
Kabulonga Boys Secondary School
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