CV Harriet Kivumbi
Surname: Kivumbi
Names: Harriet
Gender: Female
Nationality: Ugandan
Tel: +256772737006 /+256755575505
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Skype: harriet.kivumbi
Skill areas:
Writing and Editing Technical reports to facilitate product, program and policy development, publishing in journals
· Participatory M&E, Monitoring performance systems, Monitoring data collection forms,
· Primary/ Secondary research works, designing data collection tools (questionnaires, weighted checklists, reporting formats)
· Program coordination, Program Design, Donor reporting, Data management
· Capacity assessment, training, strategic planning, scenario planning, stakeholder analysis
Education and Training
• Master in Business Administration (MBA), Sikkim Manippal University, India, 2013
• Master of Science in International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Humboldt, University, Berlin, Germany/TROPED Scheme,2004
· Post Graduate Diploma in International Health, ITM, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany,1999
· Bachelors - Human Medicine and Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Makerere, University, 1990
Professional and Workplace experience
I) Consultancy and short term assignments
Jan-March 2015: Consultant/ ‘Super Donor’ Project Director: ActionAid in DRC
Project Director: Oversee the planning, implementation, and tracking the progress of project deliverables. Effectively manage the project and ensure that beneficiary participation and community relations are enhanced in all phases of the project. Specifically, Ensure Food security and livelihood activities, youth empowerment, education and women’s right activities. Manage and train projectstaff based upon the related sectorial principles and standards. Work with a wide range of stakeholders both at local, provincial and national in the project sectors to get their input and involvement in the programme. Ensure that the project is well documented for reporting, visibility and fundraising purpose.
Jan 2015: Consultant Fundraising Bid writer supporting ActionAid Lesotho- Bid- for UNDEF Governance funding, working remotely to support ActionAid Lesotho to bid for UNDEF – Democratic Governance, interpret bid documents, and prepare bid documents in line with UNDEF and Guidance, Working in consultation with Action Aid team in Lesotho.
October 2013: Consultant- Team Lead: ChildFund Uganda, Operational research to understand causes of low male involvement in Antenatal care & services for the Elimination of Mother To Child Transmission of HIV, and Village Health Team capacity to mobilize for Maternal Child Health in Gulu and Kitgum, Northern Uganda, September 2013-November 2013: Designed study protocol, Trained research assistant, Supported field data collection and data analysis Report Writing and submission final sign off
June to September 2013: Consultant/Gender Expert: UNFPA/Uganda, 7th Country Program Evaluation
The main objective of this Country Programme Evaluation is to provide evidence of programme performance and achievement of planned results, provide accountability to stakeholders; and to inform the development of the Eighth UNFPA programme support to the Government of Uganda through feedback of lessons learned. I provide expertise on assessment of Gender programming, and integration in sexual reproductive health, population and development
April 2013: Team Lead: Establishment of the EDISA Place of Hope rehab center
A private residential facility delivering, rehabilitation services, as director helped in design form, establish rehab services, training center for women and men challenged by alcohol/drug abuse, strategic planning, Recruit personnel, Establish systems and legal status, Mobilize resources, staff management and motivation; Addresses alcohol, drugs, HIV and social development
Dec 2012 to March 2013: End Project Evaluation Team Leader for USAID/Uganda,
Supported USAID to measure the impact, lessons learned, and best practices for Hospice Africa programs on palliative care training, service provision, and advocacy in a gender sensitive manner.
Duties included: coordinating team; designing data collection, analysis and management tools; and preparing weekly reports and final draft reports.
October to December 2012: HIV in Emergencies Assessment Team Leader for WFP/UNAIDS South Sudan: Provided technical support to UNAIDS, the South Sudan AIDS Commission, and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to conduct an assessment of HIV response and protection in emergency affected areas in South Sudan. Designed data collection tools, synthesized documents, conducted field data collection, compiled draft report that was presented to the UN Coordination Team.
Developed Advocacy Paper on behalf of UNAIDS to integrate HIV in Emergency response and I made key policy recommendations on HIV integration in the WFP Country Strategy
June 2012: Evaluation Team Leader for ActionAid International-DRC: Evaluated AAI DRC country program, 2006-2011. The assignment included: evaluation design, field data collection, data analysis, report writing, and strategic advice on new programmatic directions. Programs evaluated included Gender, and Women empowerment projects, sustainable livelihoods, climate adaptation, education and humanitarian relief response/advocacy
July to August 2012: Evaluation Team Leader for ActionAid International: Evaluated country programs from 2006-2011 in Burundi. Assignment included: evaluation design, field data collection, data analysis, report writing, and strategic advice on new programmatic directions. Programs evaluated included Gender, and Women empowerment projects, sustainable livelihoods, climate adaptation, education and humanitarian relief response/advocacy
Dec 2011 to Mar 2012: Health Program Manager for Save the Children Uganda: Head of the Health Nutrition HIV/AIDS Portfolio, led the Strategic Management, Reporting, Oversee implementation and M&E process for all health programs, managed data, and submitted final reports.
II) Workplace roles- longer term assignments
November 2013 to Dec 2014: National Facilitator- UN REACH Inter-agency partnership, Uganda: REACH is Renewed Efforts Against Childhood hunger and Under nutrition, joint partnership FAO, WHO, UNICEF and WFP. REACH supports the capacity of local decision makers and stakeholders to implement nutrition actions and to make effective resource allocations grounded in evidence-based selection of nutrition actions. REACH is part of the UN Scale Up Nutrition (SUN) Mechanism, and supports the SUN movement implementation at national level. As the National Facilitator, I supported the Government of Uganda SUN Coordinator, Office of the Prime Minister, Directorate of M&E and Coordination to:
· Increased awareness of nutrition problems and their solutions.
· Facilitated the Conducting of in-depth scoping and analysis which bring a comprehensive agreed upon snapshot of the country’s nutrition situation and identify which actions should be prioritized and brought to scale.
· Strengthen national nutrition policies and programmes; enhance and ensure the inter-sectorial approach to nutrition is integrated into policy documents and plans at the government level.
· Support Uganda multi-sector Nutrition Scale Up response to address the root causes of under nutrition, bringing together stakeholders from different sectors to have a common vision
· Was part of the Global REACH network, that covers 13 countries, and is coordinated from Rome/WFP Globally
· Contributed to Global SUN movement discussions, involving 50 countries
· Supported Uganda Government- Planning and Strategizing for Nutrition, delivery of SUN movement priorities, report writing and conceptualizing actions
March 2012 to Dec 2012: Director/Project Manager: AIDS Knowledge Management and Communication Initiative, Project Manager for DFID Uganda: Led the launch of the DFID, AIDS Knowledge Management and Communications in Uganda and advised on strengthening, health system.
Authored synthesis reports on ending the vertical transmission of HIV in Uganda in line with the MDGs and increasing learning on maternal reproductive health and newborn health. This report, on EMTCT released in December 2012, evaluated issues on gender and family centered community engagement.
Successfully represented and negotiated for the DFID project interests with the Uganda government
June 2010-August 2011: Director: Makerere University African Centre of Excellence on Quality of Health Care, School of Public Health: Delivered strategic leadership and technical support to teams in the areas of Monitoring &Evaluation, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning, Pediatric AIDS, and infectious diseases.
· Was overall manager for the Pediatric AIDS Program, ANECCA and the Campaign to Eliminate Pediatric AIDS (CEPA)
· Nutrition _FANTA Project, Facilitated National level nutrition planning in Uganda and trained as Nutrition champion, networked public and private sector
· Ensured quality including gender analysis for programs, as well as timely reports to donors, including quarterly and annual M&E, financial, and narrative reports
· Supervised and directly managed the RCQHC team of senior health specialists, including coaching and mentoring in the areas of health and development.
· Supervised and managed financial resources and systems
· Engaged at a senior level with academic leaders and health specialists across governments in sub-Saharan Africa, including USAID East Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, DRC, and Pretoria and ECSA-Health, the regional inter-ministerial body for Health.
August 2002-May 2010: Regional HIV/AIDS Policy Coordinator: Oxfam International/Oxfam GB
· Led the strategy development, context analysis, delivery, and design of M&E frameworks in a gender sensitive manner
· Designed training workshops, including associated curriculum, and executed workshops in countries across the region, reaching more than 200 CSOs in the 7 regional countries
· Led a process of HIV/AIDS mainstreaming in a gender sensitive manner program initiation, development and expansion starting from regional level and setting up teams in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia and the horn of Africa.
· Designed advocacy strategy and participated in Oxfam campaign on ending violence against women. Supported partner project work with most-at-risk-populations and minorities.
· Was part of the female condom campaign group
· Directed the development of cross-country/regional health strategies with a global, regional, national and local consultative process.
· Led the establishment of the Regional HIV/AIDS in Emergency network that was housed by UNOCHA, and later moved to UNAIDS RST ESA. The network supported the design and rolls out of IASC guidelines on HIV/AIDS in emergencies and gender in emergencies.
· Was part of the global Oxfam International HIV working group, and the regional working group
August 2000 – August 2002: Senior Health Coordinator: Uganda Red Cross Society/IFRC
· Delivered technical advisory services on gender and health issues concerning HIV/AIDs, immunization, humanitarian response, and refugee health.
· Initiated and developed national and international programs on HIV/AIDS control, blood donor recruitment (funded by CDC), first aid services and training, community based health care, Malaria control and immunization.
· Mobilized the first national campaign on ending AIDS stigma, working with PLWHIV,
· CSOs, NGOs INGOs, and government ministries of Health and Disaster (URCS). The work attracted donations from UNAIDS, ECHO, USAID and many other bilateral, resulting in tripling of budgets in 2 years.
· Managed the M&E process for the South Western Uganda refugee program and served as a member of the project evaluation team.
September 1997-June 1999: Medical Director, Adventist Medical Centre, Kampala, Uganda
· Served as chief liaison officer in delivery of medical care for tropical diseases.
· Worked with Ministry of Health and the Local Governments on urban cholera out-break
· response.
· Initiated and developed community project proposals,
· Established relations and participated in the World Bank supported Kampala District STI
· project...HIV/AIDS prevention work
· Personnel management, leadership and technical advice- Unit had 28 staff members
· Clinical care – tropical diseases like malaria, and epidemic outbreaks like Cholera
1991-1995: Medical Officer and Lecturer, University of Transkei Medical School, Department of Family Medicine, Nelson Mandela Hospital and Republic of South Africa: Trained medical undergraduates, participated in department development of clinical research protocols, and implemented clinical research, journal club presentation, and discussions. Served a dual role as Medical Officer at Umtata National Hospital, Republic of South Africa. Responsibilities included delivery of primary health care services and participation in clinical research.
Publications- Policy/Program Documents
i. Lead writer- Fundraising Concept note on Democratic Governance Project- for Action Aid Lesotho, a bid submitted to UNDEF, 2015
ii. Lead support to writing team for Uganda Nutrition Policy paper- NDPII Nutrition Issues Paper for Uganda for the post 2015 Development Agenda
iii. Lead writer, Report from the National Nutrition Forum 2013/ Annual Report, for the GoU- Nutrition Action Plan
iv. Lead writer, Country Program Evaluation for UNFPA/GoU, covering Gender, Population and Development and Reproductive Health, 2013.
v. Lead writer, Key Business Success Factors for establishing private medical services in Kampala Uganda, MBA- thesis, 2013.
vi. Lead writer, Final Evaluation Report: USAID Funded Hospice Africa Uganda Program, 2013.
vii. Lead writer, Evaluation Report: ActionAid International Country Programs in DRC &Burundi from 2006-2011, 2012.
viii. Lead writer, The Facilitator’s Guide for Learning Events on Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in a gender sensitive manner in Development and Humanitarian programs.
ix. Lead writer, ‘Working Paper on Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Uganda, what will it take to achieve the MDG targets?’ 2012.
x. Lead writer- Oxfam’s strategies for the mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS in Development and humanitarian work ( 3 program strategies 2003, 2006 and 2010)
xi. Lead writer –Oxfam’s Knowledge Management Strategy for the Joint HIV Program in Horn East and Central Africa, 2007
xii. Lead writer for – Oxfam’ advocacy strategy for the Joint Oxfam HIV program in Horn East and Central Africa, 2007
xiii. Wrote several articles for the Roll back Malaria newsletter- 1998-2000
xiv. Wrote articles local newspapers- Bukedde, The East African on Tropical Health, including Malaria, 1998-2000
Short courses/Master’s degree modules and mentorship programs:
ü Family Medicine courses; holistic care; scientific writing, with the University of Transkei,
Republic of South Africa -1992-1995
ü Post abortion care training of trainers with IPPF and UPMB-1998
ü Several TB control workshops-1996-1999
ü WHO Regional GAVI and Mass Measles Workshop, Entebbe 5 day-1998
ü Epidemiological design and analysis Workshop with Child Health and Development Centre,
Makerere University-1999
ü IFRC HIV/AIDS Psychosocial support conference, Copenhagen, 3days - 2001
ü Regional Disaster Response Team training, Nairobi, 14 days.-Red Cross-2002
ü Team building/ group dynamics workshop with Uganda Management Institute and the Law Development Centre 2002
ü -Action research and qualitative methods, Institute of International Child Health, University College of London (UCL)-2002
ü -Advanced Leadership, International Institute of Advanced -Leadership, 2001
ü -Quality Management assessment, European Foundation for Quality Management, 2004
ü -Quality in International Health Management, Center for Community Health, University of Heidelberg, 2004
ü -Safe Motherhood Policy and Practice, Institute of International Child Health, UCL, 2002