Nyambe Mwiyambango
Lusaka,Zambia
Summary
Strategic Governance and public awareness development professional, strategic planning, Public Private Partnerships strategist, people to people relations, empowerment strategist, public policy research, gender responsive public services and inclusion, women empowerment, institutional capacity building for both governmental and INGOs – Bachelor’s Degree in Governance and Development and a Post Graduate Diploma in Rural and Urban Management/Planning, Post Graduate Diploma in Fundamentals of Public Social Accountability Monitoring, Certificate in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building and a Certificate in International Relations. I’m a multi-skilled international development practitioner with 13 years’ demonstrated experience in advancing good governance practices through inclusive citizen and private sector participation, public policy research and evidence-based advocacy and campaigns, strategic project coordination, Organizational capacity strengthening, strategic partnerships building, networking, Organizational strategy development and capacity building in the national and international development sector-Private sector, Governmental, NGOs and INGOs in the Sub-Sahara region. I possess a wealth of knowledge and experience in strategic leadership, capacity building of local and national bodies, youth and child rights governance and women empowerment, community integration and social cohesion, public policy research and monitoring, public participation & service delivery programming, Tax Justice Advocacy, building local and international networks, Transformative Community Conferencing, resilience building, communications for change through media platforms gender & HIV/AIDS mainstreaming and Human Rights Based Programming, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability Learning using (LFA). I have experience in humanitarian response and recovery program methodologies and grants management; demonstrated experience in conducting field assessments and knowledge of current monitoring, evaluation and outcome harvesting techniques; strong program design skills in complex environments; demonstrated technical abilities in economic recovery and market systems (ERMS), water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), GIS mapping; experience working successfully in cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary settings. Experienced leader with strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Known for collaborative approach and commitment to excellence.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Country Project Manager
ActionAid Zambia
10.2023 - Current
- My work portfolio as Country Project Manager focuses on social accountability and governance in line with ActionAid Zambia Country Strategy Paper
- My specific duties include Evidence-Based Research and Policy Analysis, Production of rigorous policy analysis, advocacy briefings on civic participation and state accountability with recommendations for changes in the legislative and policy frameworks and practices, support research efforts linked to civic participation and state accountability particularly collection of data, hiring of consultants, data analysis/coding and research, report writing, etc
- Support collaborative research initiatives with other like-minded CSO’s on research issues of interest to ActionAid Zambia
- Lead and manage the effective planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the project at a national level to achieve the defined project objectives in line with the approved Project Document
- Retain oversight of all components (capacity building, stakeholder relations with the agriculture and HIV sectors) of the project and ensure they are progressing to plan
- Coordinate effectively with Consortium members, partners, government, and other actors for successful implementation of activities of the project and strengthen a strong network around social accountability
- Monitor project activities at national level, ensuring documentation of impact and learning, report to the Consortium Project Manager on a quarterly basis, escalate emerging risks and issues where necessary
- Establish and organize national advisory group including engagement and identification of the key stakeholders to be involved
- Ensure that crosscutting issues (gender, HIV, governance) are prioritized and monitored throughout the project period
- Advocacy and Campaigning, Undertake and supporting advocacy and campaign initiatives on social accountability and governance at national, regional, and global level
- Supporting Partners in the implementation of community-based advocacy and campaign interventions linked to social accountability and governance
- Support the Campaigns and Communications focal persons in the design of targeted campaign and advocacy messages linked to social accountability and governance
- Fundraising, Networking and Relationship Building, Provide technical support in development of fundraising proposals on areas of civic participation and state accountability
- Maintain strategic linkages, relationships, and communication with key stakeholders in civic participation and state accountability work, participate in fundraising meetings, donor roundtable meetings organized by the Fundraising Manager
- Support the Fundraising Manager in undertaking donor scoping mapping of donors financing civic participation and state accountability work
- Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Coordination and support planning efforts of civic participation and state accountability program at national office and LRP level, supporting preparation of periodic reports (monthly, quarter, semi-annually and annually) and on projects and programmes as required ensuring quality and timeliness
- Ensure timely update of the reports and other project documents on the CMS page and finally follow up on processes at local, national, regional, and international level and contribute to dialogue on civic participation and state accountability of interest to ActionAid Zambia
Agriculture and Livelihoods Specialist
ActionAid Zambia
01.2022 - 10.2023
- As the Public Social Accountability Technical Specialist, I lead technical aspects of the project of building the capacity and provide technical support to communities to affectively monitor and advocate for gender responsive quality public service delivery
- I also conducted brief research and provided policy recommendations to improve governance at local and central level
- Responsibilities: I identify needs and assess capacity of the communities in participating in public service provision oversight
- Develop training and technical assistance projects to communities to apply social accountability tools to monitor and advocate for quality service provision
- Cooperate closely with the project partners in delivering training and technical assistance to communities
- Closely monitor progress in implementing social accountability tools by the communities
- Collaborate with project personnel in designing sound approaches and monitoring results
- Contribute to project planning and reporting and developing other project deliverables including but not limited to assessments, evaluations, lessons learned, success stories, etc
- Advocate for public participation and engagement in key governance issues at local and central level
- Child Rights advocacy for public participation in the health, agriculture, and education sectors as well as at overall local governance structures
- Represent Integrity Watch and actively engage in Open Government Partnership as well as other platforms whose objectives are to improve public participation
- Develop, implement, and update an advocacy plan on public participation and social accountability
- Provide support to the manager advocating for social accountability access to information
- Develop policy/advocacy briefs in coordination with advocacy and communications on various corruption/anti-Corruption related issues
- Partnership and coalition building Identify and develop good relations with Stakeholders from government parliament donors CSOs, media academia etc.; build and maintain coalitions to do collective advocacy for the implementation of advocacy campaigns and Project management and reporting
Provincial Coordinator
Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR)
06.2021 - 01.2022
- iProvided support and advice to programme formulation and implementation and proposed and implemented new strategies to enhance CSPR’s work in the province
- I reported in the province on behalf of CSPR on advocacy issues through preparation and issuance of policy briefs, position papers and press statements
- I also facilitated and established policy dialogue with Government and relevant stakeholders and drove the recruitment, participation and provided support to network members in the province
- Policy research and identification and development of opportunities for Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR)’s advocacy at National and Provincial level as well as involved in the development of policy and advocacy strategies and facilitated CSPR advocacy initiatives
- Securing of slots for CSPR coverage in both the print and electronic media, production, translation, and simplification of advocacy messages/documents into easy to read and understand languages
- And finally, to drive the capacity development of CSPR, CSOs and Communities in advocacy and supported the MEL processes
Consultant/Associate Trainer
MS-Training Centre for Development Corporation (MS-TCDC)
04.2020 - 06.2021
- The overall purpose of this placement was to develop and roll out a short introductory online course and a long online Course
- Specifically, the above placement posited to enhance ActionAid International (AAI) staff and partners understanding of Good Governance and a Human Rights Based Approach to development Programming (HRBA) and its application to their work
- I developed learning materials for promotion of knowledge and use of HRBA in development programming
- Documented and shared country and practitioners’ experiences on the use and implementation of HRBA for shared learning
- Built a community of practice on HRBA across ActionAid federation to promote and support application and use of HRBA
- Also, the role was to; review a new HRBA Manual against existing MS-Training Centre for Development Corporation (MS-TCDC) long (online) course and identify/list/produce areas of difference for adaptation or revision in long (online) course
- Updated/Created the HRBA long (online) course with identified missing areas in the New HRBA Manual
- Development of relevant learning materials and uploading them to learning platform (Google drive)
- I also coordinated review workshops with the Global Learning Advisor (GLA), AAI, Program Director (PD) TCDC, AADK for the newly developed/created long online course
- Adoption of changes from review workshops and updated the online course and created a short online course from the long online course materials and facilitated the HRBA online courses
Capacity Building Specialist
People in Need International
01.2019 - 03.2020
- Key Responsibilities – Strengthening citizen’s actions to improve socio-economic and democratic governance: The purpose of this placement was to provide support to People in Need (PIN) International, while working closely with the Head of Programmes, Good Governance Technical Advisor and M&E Advisor to provide the overall capacity strengthening of local implementing partners in both organizational development and technical implementation as needed
- This included providing overall project management support, ensuring the adoption of best practices and tools for enhanced performance and compliance with the European Union requirements
- Provided overall leadership, vision and managed the successful implementation of the EU-funded projects, and other future projects on public social accountability, good governance, and the rule of law
- Ensured synergies between governance activities and alignment with other project components, and this including public policy activities, community engagement, private sector, and civil society engagement
- To provide technical assistance to ready local partners and in coordination with the HOP, Good Governance technical advisor and Finance, conduct baseline assessments of local partners, capacity needs in meeting EU requirements and develop tailor made capacity building plans based on the assessment and agreed actions
- Led the development of the Organization’s Country Strategy Paper 2019-2023 including the development of the CSO’s networking and sustainability guidelines in Western and Luapula Provinces of Zambia
- Led the implementation of the project’s governance activities in support of a strengthened and effective governance framework and enabling environment for gender responsive public services
- Provided technical assistance through mentorship/coaching for local partners in identified areas of need such as: strategy development, development of advocacy and communication strategies, leadership and governance, financial management, internal controls and risk management
- Guided the governance team on preparations and delivery of high-quality technical reports, lead annual work plan development, goal setting, developed M&E frameworks, indicator tracking table and establishment of indicator targets and contractual reporting to EU, including quarterly, annual, and other performance reports
- Monitored the implementation of the capacity-building plans and ensure local partners achieve the desired benchmarks for capacity, strengthening and graduate as direct EU Grantees during the project life cycle
- Supported the strengthening of political and civil society organizations, to safeguard democratic practices, and promote citizen participation, openness, and accountability in government
- Ensure availability of a range of capacity building support that includes technical assistance, training, mentoring/coaching and other resources (Tools, templates, manuals etc)
- Prepared and organize capacity building modules on decentralization, land governance, human rights, policy engagement and public social accountability monitoring, Gender responsive public services (GRPS), Advocacy and communication, leadership and governance for young people and women, management of grants and other capacity building interventions
- Conducted after action reviews and documented lessons learnt and shared best practices
Governance and Tax Justice Capacity Building Specialist
ActionAid International-Uganda
08.2017 - 12.2018
- Key Responsibilities: To provide policy framework/roadmap and ensure appropriate management of resources and improve domestic resource generation and utilization, addressing illicit financial outflows (IFF) by Multinational Corporations (MNCs)
- I provided leadership to the Extractives industry (EI) and public policy programming to ensure successful management of the EI projects under the Active Citizenship Implementation Plan (PIP)
- My major role involved leading organized research and analysis relating to Illicit financial outflows e.g., tax dodging, tax evasion, tax avoidance, trade miss-invoicing, and to develop a comprehensive understanding of poverty, extractives industry cycle, public policy, revenue and budget accountability, monitoring and the issues that influence it
- Developed policy data products for multiple audiences, including state, district leaders and Communities
- Write research and data analysis summary briefs and other substantive communications materials that explain and advocate for pro-poor policy reforms
- Mobilized and trained a cadre of young people in social media advocacy with a motive of curb IFF and holding government officials accountable thereby, enhancing and influencing policy change
- My other roles include but not limited to providing thought leadership on the program focus and contributing to the thematic area, staying up to date with the latest thinking, undertaking, and commissioning research and analysis and spending time to develop a comprehensive understanding of the theme how it contributes to poverty and Inequality in the country and across multiple locations
- Provide a leadership role in ensuring that gender is applied to all programming, developing understanding of potential impacts (positive and negative) on gender, and ensuring that program interventions have been designed with gendered lens
- Working closely with the Cluster Coordinator and Head of Governance – Program staff and the MEAL Manager to ensure that through a gender lens, an effective, transparent, and robust monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability system and processes are in place to ensure that the program delivers on the ActionAid national tax strategy
- Developed and facilitated links with CSOs, the private sector and government, initiating contacts and building associations to be used for enhancing ActionAid’s work, and identifying key partners to collaborate with on the delivery of the program
Youth Governance & Partnerships Capacity Program Advisor
Africa Youth Initiative Network (AYINET)
08.2016 - 07.2017
- As a Youth Governance and Partnerships Capacity Building Advisor, my responsibilities, involved but not limited to; Strengthening AYINET and its partners’ ability to deliver impact through increased public participation
- Strengthening AYINET youths’ capacity to strategically operate in and engage with committed citizens and other partners to improve the welfare of the Zambian populace
- Provided Capacity building for staff and partners to improve ability to form networks and improve impact through partnerships; developed new relationships and strengthened ties between key organizations in the quest to promote justice and equality
- Supported the development and knowledge around methods for successful citizen’s engagement across the AYINET by engaging in dialogue and exchange of experiences between different National and International actors
- Developed a strategic plan and the monitoring and evaluation framework ensuring its implementation (2014- 2018) and facilitated advocacy through gender equity and women’s rights, livelihood diversification, processing and market access as well as supporting residence associations
Urban Governance and Partnership Capacity Building Specialist
ActionAid International Malawi
10.2015 - 07.2016
- Reporting to the Governance and public service delivery Advisor, my responsibilities included enhancing the political participation of the urban poor from the informal settlements and deprived locations of Lilongwe City to influence policy, transparency, and accountability of government on gender responsive public services
- I provided substantive support and analysis to ActionAid Malawi senior management team on matters of policy and advocacy around governance and capacity building
- Coordination of high quality technical and advisory support to the government of Malawi that represents ActionAid International Malawi position and coherent with national priorities
- I monitored government trends and capacity development initiatives and ensured relevant linkages to other INGO programs in Malawi
- I provided analysis for formulation of strategies and briefs to ActionAid senior management, lead and support experts, international and national consultants as necessary
- Provided strategic advisory and technical assistance to the national stake holders on governance and capacity building related reforms to achieve the following results
- High-level policy advice and technical assistance to ActionAid Malawi, Government, and partners to support the implementation of policy reforms on just and citizens inclusive governance
- Senior level policy advice to ActionAid and government on programs and processes that facilitate dialogue between Government, partners, and other stakeholders
- Facilitated effective partnership and knowledge building of national counterparts around Democratic Governance especially on reforms related to conflict prevention and peace building parliament, judicially, Constitutional review, accountability and transparency institutions and electoral processes
Tax Justice Campaign and Capacity Building Specialist
ActionAid International Tanzania
10.2014 - 06.2015
- Reporting to Governance and Partnerships Coordinator, my responsibilities included advising on Public Accountability and Tax Justice to ensure increased Tax base of domestic revenue collection for gender responsive quality public service delivery and ensure progressive redistribution of resource allocation
- Advised on networking and capacity building in developing the Tax Justice Campaign strategy, research designing, lobbying and advocacy, empowerment and campaigning, development of social Audit tools such as public expenditure tracking surveys (PETS) and the Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) to Programming and monitoring, learning and evaluation
- I facilitated knowledge generation & understanding of major tax justice concerns at international, national & linking it to the local context
- I supported the organization in developing a youth mobilization strategy for engaging in advocacy & tax campaign by providing guidance on leadership and good governance mentorship for youth and specific trainings on how to hold duty bearers accountable and demand for provision of gender responsive services (GRPS)
- My other responsibilities involved
- Development a 5-year cross-sector organizational strategic plan with logic models and M&E framework and guided the preparation of annual, quarterly, and monthly project and organizational work plans and budgets
- Facilitating the development of thematic result-oriented Policy Advocacy Strategic Plans with M&E frameworks aligned to key strategic thematic areas of agriculture, education, and health sectors
- Development of technical project strategy documents with logic models and M&E frameworks focusing on alternative livelihoods and climate change, food security, good governance, policy advocacy and campaign
- Actively participated in regional and national forums including a 4-days Eastern Africa Regional Forum on Tax Justice (Dec 2014), and a 3-days regional forum on the Report of the High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) from Africa; during which a Joint National Action Plan for mitigating IFF in Tanzania and Africa was developed (May 2015)
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Fundamentals of Social Accountability Course
Rhodes University
12.2022
Master of Arts - Governance And Corruption
University of Sussex
United Kingdom 12.2020
2017 - Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
Caux Scholars Programme
Switzerland 12.2017
Bachelor of Arts (First class) - Governance and Development
MS-Training Centre for Development Corporation
Arusha, Tanzania12.2017
Associate of Arts - Rural and Urban Management
The Local Government Training Institute
Zambia12.2009
High School Diploma -
Kambule Technical High School
Zambia12.2006
Skills
- Project Management
- Strategic Project Planning
- Advanced problem solving
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Risk Management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Conflict Management
- Project Closure
- Team Bonding
- Performance Improvements
- Influencing skills
- Project planning and development
- Project Scheduling
- Networking
Websites
Professionalcompetencies
- Country Project Manager, ActionAid Zambia, 10/2023, Current
- Agriculture and Livelihoods Technical Officer, ActionAid Zambia, 01/2022, 10/2023
- Provincial Coordinator, Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR), 06/2021, 12/2022
- Consultant/Associate Trainer, MS-Training Centre for Development Corporation (MS-TCDC), 02/2020, Current
- Capacity Building Specialist, People in Need International Zambia, 01/2019, 03/2020
- Governance and Tax Justice Capacity Building Specialist, ActionAid International Uganda, 08/2017, 12/2018
- Governance & Partnerships Capacity Program Advisor, Africa Youth Initiative Network (AYINET), 08/2016, 07/2017
- Urban Governance and Organizational Development Specialist, ActionAid International Malawi, 10/2015, 07/2016
- Tax Justice Campaign and Capacity Building Specialist, ActionAid International Tanzania, 10/2014, 06/2015
- Field Officer, Keepers Zambia Foundation (ZISSP funded by USAID), 04/2011, 08/2014
- Field Facilitator, Keepers Zambia Foundation (USADF Project), 10/2009, 03/2011
- Research Assistant, Oxfam GB Zambia, 01/2009, 09/2009
- Community Facilitator, Kalabo District Council, 11/2008, 12/2008
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 12/28/88
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Zambian
References
- Julie Midleton, PSA Consortium Project Manager, ActionAid International, Julie.midleton@actionaid.org, +27 (82) 403-6040
- Ezra Brian Banda, Executive Director, Keepers Zambia Foundation, Ezra.banda@kzf.org.zm, +260977808487
- Ivan Atuyambe, Head of Leadership & Governance Academy, ActionAid International, atuyambei@mstcdc.or.tz, +25568766549
Visionstatement
To serve as a responsible and results-oriented international development practitioner within a dynamic and research-driven organization. My vision is to leverage my expertise in research, financial and grants, humanitarian programming, program planning, community organizing, policy influencing and development to contribute to impactful, innovative solutions. I aim to apply my skills in governance, gender-responsive public service delivery, child rights governance, and socioeconomic development to foster empowerment and capacity building. Additionally, I seek to utilize my proficiency in communication, advocacy, facilitation, strategic planning, public policy research, and participatory monitoring and evaluation to drive meaningful and sustainable progress in integrated livelihoods and outreach promotion.
Timeline
Country Project Manager
ActionAid Zambia
10.2023 - Current
Agriculture and Livelihoods Specialist
ActionAid Zambia
01.2022 - 10.2023
Provincial Coordinator
Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR)
06.2021 - 01.2022
Consultant/Associate Trainer
MS-Training Centre for Development Corporation (MS-TCDC)
04.2020 - 06.2021
Capacity Building Specialist
People in Need International
01.2019 - 03.2020
Governance and Tax Justice Capacity Building Specialist
ActionAid International-Uganda
08.2017 - 12.2018
Youth Governance & Partnerships Capacity Program Advisor
Africa Youth Initiative Network (AYINET)
08.2016 - 07.2017
Urban Governance and Partnership Capacity Building Specialist
ActionAid International Malawi
10.2015 - 07.2016
Tax Justice Campaign and Capacity Building Specialist
ActionAid International Tanzania
10.2014 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Arts (First class) - Governance and Development
MS-Training Centre for Development Corporation
Post Graduate Diploma - Fundamentals of Social Accountability Course
Rhodes University
Master of Arts - Governance And Corruption
University of Sussex
2017 - Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
Caux Scholars Programme
Associate of Arts - Rural and Urban Management
The Local Government Training Institute
High School Diploma -
Kambule Technical High School
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