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Ansumana Musa Doijafo Kamara

Ansumana Musa Doijafo Kamara

Monitoring And Evaluation. Teaching.
KENEMA,Sierra Leone

Summary

Highly motivated and detail-oriented MEAL Officer with over 5 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning. Skilled in designing and implementing MEAL frameworks, conducting data analysis, and providing evidence-based recommendations for program improvement. Seeking a challenging position in a reputable organization where I can contribute my expertise in MEAL to drive positive impact and ensure program effectiveness.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer

Save the Children International
8 2022 - Current

Develop and implement MEAL frameworks for various projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and donor requirements.

  • Design and conduct baseline, midline, and end line surveys to assess program impact and progress.
  • Collect, analyse, and interpret quantitative and qualitative data using statistical software and data visualization tools.
  • Prepare comprehensive reports and presentations on program performance, highlighting key findings and recommendations.
  • Coordinate with project teams to ensure timely data collection, monitoring, and evaluation activities.
  • Facilitate learning and knowledge sharing sessions to promote evidence-based decision making and adaptive management.
  • Ensure that all project staff and partners are trained on all MEAL tools, systems and processes; and provide ongoing technical support, mentoring, and coaching.
  • Help facilitate regular reviews and roundtable meetings using project data to discuss outcomes and results that are anticipated and un-anticipated
  • Support project teams to adapt project accordingly, in line with guidance from Head of MEAL and Technical Specialists
  • Help ensure that project’s quality benchmarks are developed, validated and used to inform quality of project implementation
  • Implement accountability mechanisms at field level, e.g Complaints and feedback response mechanisms; and ensure that feedback is collected, collated, analysed and responded to in timely manner
  • Established effective relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally for increased collaboration opportunities.
  • Attended personnel meetings and training sessions to improve skills and learn new policies and procedures.

Acting Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Manager

Save the Children International
01.2023 - 03.2023
  • Oversee overall operations of MEAL personnel at field base
  • Update indicator performance tracking table (IPTT) and Project on track (POT) for three field base projects
  • Collate weekly updates and share with Head of MEAL
  • Calculate total reach, score Quality Benchmarks, collate feedback from beneficiaries and update MEAL share folder
  • Organize learning sessions and share learnings from implementations with project teams and partners for adaptive programming.
  • Managed and motivated assigned MEAL staff to be productive and engaged in work.
  • Facilitated successful cross-functional collaborations for completion of key projects, fostering strong working relationships among team members.

Teacher Researcher

Mott MacDonald SL Ltd - (Secondary Schools Education Improvement Program- SSEIP -LEH WI LAN)
09.2020 - 03.2021
  • Served as teacher research mentor
  • Facilitate teacher professional development trainings
  • Identify gap in lesson delivery especially topics that are not friendly in both English and Mathematics and recommend trainings for teachers so that those gaps are addressed
  • Provide feedback to teachers on lesson delivery and areas that need improvements
  • Organize seminars and discuss trouble shooting topics in Mathematics and English lessons.
  • Conducted thorough literature reviews to identify gaps in knowledge and inform future research directions in Mathematics and English lesson delivery.
  • Gathered and organized information on teacher performance for research purposes.
  • Determined areas of research to increase knowledge in Mathematics and English language.
  • Developed data collection strategies and monitored data quality for teacher research results.
  • Presented research findings at District level education conferences, with education authorities for improvement.

School Support Officer

Mott MacDonald SL Ltd -(Secondary Schools Education Improvement Program- SSEIP -LEH WI LAN)
09.2019 - 03.2021
  • Help senior secondary schools (SSS) and Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) Mathematics and English teachers effectively use new national lesson Plans in assigned cluster
  • Coach teachers through proven approach of regular lesson observation and feedback to improve teaching and learning
  • Serve as Liaison between District Education office and schools
  • Proactively transfer knowledge and skills to School Supervisors and Principals on tablet-based reporting.
  • Ensure that gender and disability inclusion are mainstreamed across school support activities.
  • Build strong working relationships with District Education Office (DEO) and other education partners that inspire action.
  • Contributed to school safety initiatives, enforcing policies and assisting with emergency preparedness procedures.
  • Organized professional development opportunities for staff members, promoting continuous growth within educational community.
  • Provided support to teachers for effective implementation of lesson plans and classroom management strategies.
  • Maintained confidentiality when handling sensitive information about students or staff while adhering to privacy regulations.
  • Collaborated with teachers to create engaging classroom environments that fostered creativity and critical thinking among students.
  • Promoted inclusivity by working with diverse groups of students from various backgrounds throughout academic year.
  • Participated in regular meetings with fellow support officers and administrators to discuss best practices for improving overall school functioning.
  • Improved school administration efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing new record-keeping systems.

Enumerator-Annual School Census

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School Education (MBSSE)
08.2020 - 09.2020
  • Collect and record data on schools using survey CTO collect
  • Teacher verification
  • Verify enrollment of school pupils through manual counting
  • Take record of pupils with disability
  • Write a comprehensive report upon ask completion.
  • Demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills while addressing respondent concerns or issues arising during the enumeration process.
  • Assisted people in filling out surveys with complete and accurate information.
  • Collaborated with fellow enumerators for efficient coverage of assigned areas, ensuring timely completion of tasks.
  • Double checked information on survey forms.
  • Maintained confidentiality of respondent information by adhering to strict privacy protocols during data collection.

Volunteer Teacher

Ansarul Islamic Senior Secondary School, Kenema and Al-Azeez united Secondary school
09.2014 - 08.2019
  • Teacher SSS1-3
  • Teaching Business Management, Accounting, Commerce, and Economics
  • Staff secretary
  • Record minutes of staff meetings and share with administration.

Volunteer

Social Mobilization Action Consortium (SMAC) 2015
01.2016 - 11.2016
  • Sensitize communities on prevention of Ebola Virus
  • Contact tracing of suspected Ebola cases
  • Provide psycho-social support and counseling to Ebola affected victims especially children
  • Data collection and reporting on Ebola affected
  • All other duties assigned to me.
  • Used strong interpersonal communication skills to convey information to others.
  • Promoted environmental awareness with educational workshops and hands-on activities.
  • Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.

Enumerator

STATISTICS, SIERRA LEONE
  • Take statistics of total number of people and households within assigned localities
  • Number of dependent and working population
  • Number of male and female
  • Employment and other economic activities of people
  • Report directly to supervisor and field officer.
  • Demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills while addressing respondent concerns or issues arising during enumeration process.
  • Maintained confidentiality of respondent information by adhering to strict privacy protocols during data collection.
  • Executed follow up visits to houses to resolve survey issues or obtain additional information, expressing appreciation for participation and regret for inconvenience.
  • Improved data accuracy by diligently conducting door-to-door surveys and recording responses.
  • Increased efficiency in data entry by accurately inputting collected information into designated database system.
  • . Fostered professional relationships with local community leaders and organizations to facilitate access to targeted populations for enumeration purposes.

Education

Bachelor of Education- Business Admin & Management - Business Administration And Management

Eastern Technical University
Kenema-Sierra Leone
05.2011 - 05.2015

MEAL DPro:MEALProfessional DevelopmentCertificate - Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning

Humanitarian Leadership Academy
Online
03.2024 - 05.2024

Diploma - Public Health

UniAthena
Dubai
06.2024 - 07.2024

Project Management Methodology (PMM) Flex - Project Management

Disaster Ready Online Course & Save The Children
Online
03.2023 - 03.2023

MEAL Essentials Certificate - Monitoring Evaluation Accountability And Learning

Disaster Ready Online Course
Sierra Leone
06.2024 - 07.2024

Skills

Outlook

ansumana.kamara@savethechildren.org

References

  • Mr. Amara Massaquoi, MEAL Manager, Save the Children International, +23278908000, amara.massaquoi@savethechildren.org
  • Mr. Joseph B Ansumana, Supply Chain Officer, Partners in Health (PIH), +23275537998, jbansu@outlook.com
  • Mr. Musa Kamara, Proprietor, Abson Progressive Academy Senior secondary school, +23276768734

Training

  • 2022-08-01, Save the Children International, Child Right Induction, Certificate
  • 2022-08-01, Save the Children International, Information Technology Security, Certificate
  • 2022-10-01, Disaster Ready, Diversity and Inclusion, Certificate
  • 2022-10-01, Save the Children International, Personal security awareness, Certificate
  • 2022-11-01, Save the Children International, MEAL Basics, Certificate
  • 2022-11-01, Save the Children International, MEAL in Save the Children, Certificate
  • 2022-11-01, Save the Children International, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Certificate
  • 2022-11-01, Save the Children International, Safeguarding Foundation, Certificate
  • 2022-11-01, Save the Children International, SCI Procurement, Certificate
  • 2022-11-01, Save the Children International, Project Reporting Information Management and Evidence (PRIME). Express and foundation., Certificate
  • 2022-11-01, Disaster Ready, Project Management Essentials., Certificate
  • 2022-12-01, Save the Children International, Common Approaches in programming, Certificate
  • 2022-12-01, Disaster Ready and Save the Children International, Personal Safety and security, Certificate
  • 2023-02-01, Save the Children International, Project Management Methodology (PMM Express), Certificate
  • 2023-05-01, The Charted Institute of Logistics and transport., Procurement and Logistics, Certificate
  • 2023-06-01, Disaster Ready, Humanitarian Basics., Certificate
  • 2020-03-02, Mott Macdonald SL, Teacher research and lesson observation. School Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV, Certification
  • 2020-09-07, Mott Macdonald SL, SSO professional development training. Tips to Reducing violence in schools., Participation
  • 2020-09-19, Sierra Leone Teaching Service Commission and Mott Macdonald SL, Leadership training and protecting girls in schools., Certification

Languages

English
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Mende
Proficient
C2
Krio
Proficient
C2

Timeline

Diploma - Public Health

UniAthena
06.2024 - 07.2024

MEAL Essentials Certificate - Monitoring Evaluation Accountability And Learning

Disaster Ready Online Course
06.2024 - 07.2024

MEAL DPro:MEALProfessional DevelopmentCertificate - Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning

Humanitarian Leadership Academy
03.2024 - 05.2024

Project Management Methodology (PMM) Flex - Project Management

Disaster Ready Online Course & Save The Children
03.2023 - 03.2023

Acting Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Manager

Save the Children International
01.2023 - 03.2023

Teacher Researcher

Mott MacDonald SL Ltd - (Secondary Schools Education Improvement Program- SSEIP -LEH WI LAN)
09.2020 - 03.2021

Enumerator-Annual School Census

Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary School Education (MBSSE)
08.2020 - 09.2020

School Support Officer

Mott MacDonald SL Ltd -(Secondary Schools Education Improvement Program- SSEIP -LEH WI LAN)
09.2019 - 03.2021

Volunteer

Social Mobilization Action Consortium (SMAC) 2015
01.2016 - 11.2016

Volunteer Teacher

Ansarul Islamic Senior Secondary School, Kenema and Al-Azeez united Secondary school
09.2014 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Education- Business Admin & Management - Business Administration And Management

Eastern Technical University
05.2011 - 05.2015

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer

Save the Children International
8 2022 - Current

Enumerator

STATISTICS, SIERRA LEONE
Ansumana Musa Doijafo KamaraMonitoring And Evaluation. Teaching.