Joshua Ida Samson

Name: Address: Email contacts: Phone contacts: Date of birth: RESUME FOR JOSHUA IDA SAMSON Joshua Ida SAMSON 53 Jerusalem Street Otukpo, Benue State---;- September 17th 1956 SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCES Mr. Samson is a Strategy Management and Development Consultant; and a Community Engagement Expert who has vast experience in Grants, compliant and subcontract management, projects and Programme Management and project monitoring, and evaluation skills with more than 28 years of experience working in Nigeria. Mr. Samson holds a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Educational Leadership with a major in Human Resource Development (April 1986) and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Industrial Arts Education (December 1985) both obtained from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA. Mr. Samson is a Fellow at The Institute of Management Consultants – FIMC-Nigeria and holds a Practicing License of the Institute – CMC.ABJ.2609.19. All of his life, he had his educational training in English language His experiences include Subcontracts and grants administration, Institutional and Organizational capacity building and development, Managing Gender Equity, Equality, Empowerment and Social Inclusion by mainstreaming this concept into the organizational culture to increase equal opportunities for beneficiaries across all borders. He is experienced in HIV/AIDS/OVC project management, Projects Monitoring and Evaluation, Human Resources Management and Development, Policy analysis and development; Projects and programmes midterm review and evaluation; Strategic plans development and CSO capacity building and mentoring for sustainability. His cross-cutting experiences working with international and bilateral organizations (USAID, DFID, the UN Theme Group) include Social Research to inform institutional Development and organizational practices, Institutional and Organizational capacity building/development, Gender mainstreaming in the education and development sectors, Projects Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Human Resources Management and Development, Policy analysis and development; Projects and programmes midterm review and evaluation; Strategic plans development and CSO capacity building, coaching and mentoring for sustainability. He consulted for UNDP to investigate and write the Nigeria Country performance with regards to gender equity and equality in achieving MDGs 3 and 6 with particular reference to capturing the opinions of networks of women living with HIV/AIDS. This was a 25day consultancy which focused on desk reviews of existing reports/studies as well as consultations with institutions, organizations and various networks, stakeholders and individuals that could provide information on how Nigeria as a country performed in meeting the needs of the vulnerable groups as well as dealing with issues of gender and women empowerment towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. He developed the “Sustainable Community Engagement Strategy” for the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (NACA) and also developed the “Community Engagement Training Manual” to guide health workers’ engagement with persons living with HIV to improve uptake of HIV/AIDS and other health care services. With funding from The Eastern African National Network of AIDS Service organizations (EANNASO) in collaboration with the Network of People with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), he conducted a baseline/map of 70 CSOs and NGOs in Nigeria that are practicing community led monitoring of health services with particular reference to HIV/AIDS and TB and the degree of community stakeholders’ involvement in their project design, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. The baseline sort to find out best practices that combine systematic and routine data collection by communities with evidence-based advocacy to improve accountability, governance and quality of HIV and health services. He led a team of OVC experts to develop the Nigeria Country National Plan of Action (NPA) for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, the document which now guides OVC response in Nigeria and also conducted stakeholder meetings in the North and Southern Nigeria to identify Nigeria country specific definition of orphans and vulnerable children. He has just completed 4 years project assignments (March 2020 to October 2024) with the Palladium Group on the Nigeria SCALE Project funded by USAID as the Field Team Lead where he provided programme leadership and management support for over 36 SCALE stakeholders and grantees on institutional and capacity building, and systems strengthening initiatives. He had overall programme coordination responsibility for all program activities including capacity building, coaching and mentoring, and grants administration among resource partners and grantees that were working with SCALE Project in Nigeria. Nigeria SCALE has five components that include: 1) Component One – Improve CSO organizational capacity, 2) Component Two – Enhance capacity for CSO advocacy, collaboration, and management, 3) Component Three – Improve the policy and regulatory environment for civil society, 4) Component Four – Countering Trafficking in Persons (CTIP), and 5) Component Five – Sector strengthening and advocacy. He has worked as Project Support Services Manager with the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND funded by Chevron) from 1st October 2012 to December 2019 where he provided leadership for managing all procurement, subcontracts, and grants administration functions, targeting improved economic development and social protection of local communities in the Niger Delta States. This programme targeted the vulnerable population for economic empowerment in the Niger Delta states. He also facilitated capacity building of business organizations to establish systems for managing and improving their business practices. He set up the procurement and grants policies, systems and templates and managed all compliance activities for the Foundation. He provided guidance to grantees, vendors, consultants and subcontractors on institutional capacity building and strengthening, monitoring their deliverables reporting and processing payment request as at when due. He set up an efficient payment tracker to monitor payment process and plan for effective programme delivery. In 2015, he led a team of national consultants to develop the Cross River State Gender Policy. The policy document has been finalized and submitted to the State Executive Council for endorsement and commission. He has worked extensively on USAID and DFID funded projects in Nigeria at a senior management level. He worked with USAID/MARKETS/BtM2 project as the Special Activity Funds Manager for 2 years. In this capacity he managed all subcontracts awards (over 143), facilitating the preparation and development of their contract documents; provided guidance to develop their management systems, trained them on proposal writing, micro-credit fundamentals and built their capacities based on issues identified from capacity assessment exercise; monitored their deliverables and processed all payment requests as well as ensured that the subcontract timelines and reporting were applied to all subcontract deliverables. He worked for five years with the Futures Group International on the Enabling HIV/AIDS and Social Sector Environment (ENHANSE) Project funded by USAID. On this project, he Managed the grants program, which targeted national-level policy advisory and reforms for HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health, Basic Education, OVC, and Child Survival programmes implementation efforts. He conducted capacity assessment of all the beneficiary organizations, developed interventions which were used to build their capacities to ensure that they were well positioned to manage their grants and provided technical guidance to CSO/NGOs and network organizations to sustain their programmes in Nigeria. He also provided Monitoring and Evaluation guidance for all the institutions in developing their Performance Monitoring Plans (PMP) and Results Matrix to enable them develop their indicators in their results framework and capture results at the output and outcome levels. Mr. Samson provided leadership and coordination for field offices under CEDPA and LATH/Pathfinder International projects where he worked as Field Project Manager. In this capacity he managed the DFID funded HIV/AIDS Project for 6 years. He also developed training curricula for executive level staff in leadership development and strategic management with particular attention to gender empowerment, equity, equality and social inclusion. He consulted for PATHS2 Project on strategic plan and Knowledge Management Strategy Development for the Federal Ministry of Health; and in policy review and documentation. He has extensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS, OVC, and Gender programme mainstreaming. He has worked on a USAID funded Family Health Services Project as a Deputy Country Director with African American Institute (AAI) where he provided overall leadership for programme administration, procurement and financial responsibility for implementing the project in collaboration with Family Health International (FHI), Africare, PSI and Society for Family Health (SFH) for a period of 4 years. He has worked as a Training Coordinator with the National Fertilizer Company of Nigeria with overall responsibility for staff development, job planning and development, on the job training and mentoring programmes. Mr. Samson is hard working, conscientious and a very active team player in the process of discharging his duties and responsibilities. He is an outstanding leader among his colleagues in the development sector in Nigeria. He has mentored quite a number of young people in the development sector and his work in the OVC sector has been considered as a national pace-setter in Nigeria. MAJOR SKILLS  Human resources management and development with specialization in supervisory and leadership training and development; personnel management and development, linking gender analysis with policy and programmes, while creating equitable access and opportunities for available services in their environment and work place. This includes gender equality, equity, empowerment and social inclusion in programme design and implementation efforts.  Grants, procurement and contracts administration and management (USAID funded project)  Strategic project planning and management using participatory methodologies in project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; organizational systems strengthening for total quality control and management effectiveness.  Institutional capacity building for local NGOs and community based organizations using Organization Development intervention programmes, including training in micro credit and income generation activities schemes.  Policy formulation and providing strategic direction for programme planning and design; developing sustainability strategies and plans to guide future direction and sustenance of orgs.  Facilitating parent/child communication and bridging intergenerational gaps on issues of sex, sexuality and reproductive health focusing on the needs of adolescents.  Conducting organizational needs/capacity assessment, performance management and performance audit including strategic planning process.  Conducting baseline studies on needs of local communities and developing interventions to assist them to achieve their goals.  Knowledgeable about operational research methodologies to derive meanings and inferences from data collection, analysis, and interpretation for informed decision on health, social and economic livelihood.  Project monitoring and evaluation including conducting end of project/midterm assessments and providing guidance for scale up for ensuring programme success and sustainability, identifying critical paths that can enable improved performance.  Managing HIV/AIDS and reproductive health Projects at the local community level; working with religious institutions and their leadership, volunteer organizations; government and nongovernmental agencies to formulate policies and implement strategies for achieving established project goal and purpose. (DFID funded project) LONG – TERM ENGAGEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGNIZATIONS Name of Organization: Foundation for PIND Title: Project Support Services Manager: Period of Engagement: October 1st 2012 to December 2019: Location: Abuja Nigeria PIND is a Nigerian non-profit Foundation established in 2010 with funding by Chevron Corporation to support a portfolio of socio-economic and social protection programs for Nigeria’s Niger Delta in order to improve standards of living of communities in the region. PIND supports projects in collaboration with a diverse range of donor partners including bilateral and multi-lateral aid agencies, federal and state government agencies in Nigeria, private companies and foundations. With an overarching goal of increasing income and employment in the region, the Foundation has four distinct but interrelated program areas. They are:     An economic development program focused on generating opportunities for pro-poor market development and employment generation. A capacity building program that will build the service delivery and engagement capacity of government, civil society and communities. A peace-building program that strengthens conflict resolution mechanisms for enabling integrated peace and economic growth. An analysis & advocacy program that improves analysis and understanding of systemic constraints to growth in the Niger Delta region. His responsibilities was to provide leadership in developing policies, systems and procedures to establish and run the grants and procurement department; assisting programme and contract staff to develop their work-plans and implement their activities as they relate to engaging contract and procurement services. Support programme staff to develop their annual work plan with costed activities and oversees the functions of the M&E officers and assist to develop the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation manual including results matrix and performance monitoring plans. He was a member of the Senior Management and leadership team of PIND foundation and had full responsibility to ensuring all compliance requirements. Name of Organization: USAID/Chemonics/MARKETS Project Abuja Nigeria, Title: Special Activity Funds Manager Date of Engagement: December 2009 to January 20th, 2012 Location: Abuja Nigeria Mr. Samson worked with USAID/MARKETS/BtM2 project as the Special Activity Funds Manager (SAF Manager). The Maximizing Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites (MARKETS) activity funded by USAID, focused on expanding economic opportunities in the agricultural sector by increasing agricultural productivity, enhancing value-added processing, and increasing commercialization through private-sector led and market-driven growth and development. MARKETS worked along the commodity development chain--from primary producer to processor to end-users-with the aim of reaching significant numbers of agricultural households and rural enterprises. The program aimed to transform Nigerian agriculture in selected areas from low input/low output, subsistence farming to commercially competitive agriculture. It identified and addressed priority food and cash crop production systems where productivity gains led to 1) significant impacts on the economy and 2) improvements in household livelihoods of those involved in the agriculture sector. In addition, the program supported off-farm agricultural enterprises that enhanced the value addition process and generate employment in Nigeria. In this capacity as the SAF Manager, he coordinated and managed all subcontracts awards (over 143), facilitating the preparation and development of solicitation and engagement process, and subcontract administration; conducted compliance monitoring visits to ensure their deliverables were prepared as per the terms and condition of the subcontracts. He processed all payment requests as well as ensuring that the subcontract timelines and reporting were applied to all subcontract deliverables. Using the USAID approved OCAT tool and in liaison with the technical and programme staff, he conducted organizational capacity assessment visits of all the OVC grantees (53 OVC focused organizations drawn from 10 states in Nigeria) to determine their institutional capacity needs, provided them with technical guidance to develop their systems, and supported them to train OVC caregivers on Micro–Credit Fundamentals – a skill necessary to implement their grants and sustain them for improved care and support for the OVC. He also built their capacity on proposal writing skills so that they could apply for other funding opportunities should MARKETS project wound up. These OVC organizations were specifically providing nutritional supplements packages to OVC and their caregivers to ensure the good health and wellbeing of the children. Name of organization: ENHANSE Project/Futures Group International, Abuja, Nigeria, Title: Senior Grants Program Manager Period of engagement: June 2004 to April 2009 Location: Abuja Nigeria In this role, Mr. Samson was responsible for the full cycle of grants administration and management, including grants solicitation, pre-award assessments, providing technical assistance during project monitoring/compliance visits and conducting close-out procedures. He also provided other services as required by the ENHANSE Chief of Party and the Deputy Chief of Party. Mr. Samson developed a grants management manual for the project in line with USAID grants award and administration requirements. He produced grant award templates and award modification documents, as well as Negotiated Memoranda of Understanding. Prior to engaging the grantees, he conducted organization capacity assessment visits to all the potential grantees to determine their capacity needs and provided guidance on what they needed to be adequately ready to access ENHANSE grants. For the organizations that were finally selected to access grants, he led a team of Grants Technical Committee to put the required personnel, administration, financial and procurement systems in place to ensure that the grantees would be able to manage the grants once they have signed the contract. Mr. Samson liaised with the finance departments for timely disbursement of grant funds to grantees and ensures retirement and reconciliation of expenditures in line with grantees’ deliverables. He monitored and supervised grantees’ procurement and disbursement of project equipment, materials and expendable resources. Mr. Samson responded to and provided technical guidance for issues that arose during sub-grant award and grants activities implementation. He conducted periodic compliance monitoring visits of grantees’ activities and trained grantees in managing their grants awards in compliance with USAID and project requirements and conditions. As required by USAID, he provided quarterly programmatic and financial grant activity reports. During the close-out phase, Mr. Samson oversaw the grantees’ close-out activity implementation and ensured that lessons learned by grantees were shared with USAID and other partners. Name of org: Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), Title: Field Office Manager/Consultant Period of engagement: June 2002 to Mach 2003 Location: Otukpo Nigeria Mr. Samson worked with CEDPA as Field Office Manager for seven months (June to December 2002) and then as a consultant (January to March 2003) on the USAID funded Orphan and Vulnerable Children’s Project based in Otukpo in Benue State. He provided overall leadership to program staff and volunteers in responding to the educational and health care needs for 3,000 vulnerable children under the sponsorship of CEDPA/USAID. Working with the stakeholders, he supported the NGOs to develop their strategic plans, developed appropriate OVC monitoring plan and tool to capture the needs of the children and the gaps in their interventions. He also provided guidance to the OVC caregivers’ income generating programme to ensure sustainability of the project. Name of org: Pathfinder International/Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH) Title: Field Coordinator/Administrator Period of engagement: October 1997 to May 2002 Location: Otukpo Nigeria Mr. Samson led sub-contract management, activity planning, and coordination of program implementation efforts among six different implementing partners that were involved in the DFID funded HIV/AIDS Management Project in two states in Nigeria. This included administrative, procurement, financial and logistical support to these organizations. Mr. Samson mainstreamed gender into program design and used participatory learning and action planning methodology to help the organizations to develop their log-frames, activity work plans, budgets, financial and logistics management policies and project implementation plans. Name of org: Strategic Management Center (SMC), Lagos Title: Director - Executive Development Program Period of engagement: December 1995 to May 1996 Location: Lagos Nigeria Mr. Samson developed training curricula focusing on leadership development and strategic management for executive level staff of industrial and development organizations, including NGOs. This was based on the results of an operational research conducted to determine what these organizations needed to improve their performance in a competitive industry. He identified, assessed, and recommended qualified trainers who would facilitate the Center’s training programs. He conducted needs assessments for client organizations to determine gaps in their organizational performance and then developed appropriate corrective interventions that would improve their performance and enhance productivity. Mr. Samson also organized conferences for chief executives of private sector organizations to discuss strategic management issues and to develop product niches in competitive markets. Name of org: African American Institute (AAI)/ Family Health Services (FHS), Lagos Title: Deputy Country Director Period of engagement: June 1992 to December 1995 Location: Lagos Nigeria As a Deputy Country Director, Mr. Samson assisted the Country Director in providing leadership for the overall sub-contract administration to implement the country-wide programmes among our partners. He supervised the functions of the Procurement Manager, the Administration Manager, the Personnel Manager, and the Finance Manager. He managed and disbursed a sub-contract fund worth US $5 million over a period of three years. Mr. Samson developed personnel and administration policies and procedures and oversaw personnel records/database management, payroll, benefits and pension scheme administration. He conducted annual performance appraisals for all project staff and served as co-signatory to the project domiciliary, payroll and operations accounts with the Nigerian International Bank (now City Bank) in Victoria Island, Lagos. Mr. Samson supervised the Administration Manager by providing logistic support for all administrative project activities (e.g. fleet management, building and space leasing and maintenance, local and offshore procurement of commodities for project use). He also performed human resource functions for all implementing partners of USAID funded projects. Name of org: National Fertilizer Company of Nigeria LTD. Onne Port Harcourt Title: Training Coordinator Period of engagement: September 1989 to May 1992 Location: Port Harcourt Nigeria Mr. Samson held the position of Training Coordinator with the National Fertilizer Company of Nigeria LTD. Onne Port Harcourt. His duties included:  Manpower planning, staff training needs analysis, programme design and implementation, training of supervisors and line managers using the principle of Interactive Management with focus on total quality management.  Participated in organizing and conducting annual performance appraisal for the Training Department staff. Name of org: Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. Ajaokuta, Nigeria Title: Senior Training Officer Period of engagement: May 1986 to August 1989 Location: Ajaokuta Nigeria Mr. Samson stated his career in organization and personnel training and development as Training Officer in Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. Ajaokuta, Nigeria. His duties included:  Responsibility for personnel functions including identifying staff training needs, placement and carrier planning and development.  Liaison with the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) for the assessment of students from higher institution coming to the company to do their Industrial attachment programme.  Coordination of in-house training programmes and workshops for staff of the company as well as organizing extra moral lessons for staff who needed to improve their knowledge and acquire basic certification through University of Ilorin. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATION  MA, Human Resource Development, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1986  B.Sc. in Industrial Arts Education, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1984 Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) Technical, Kaduna Polytechnic, Nigeria, 1980 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS  Associate member of Nigeria Institute for Training and Development  Associate member of Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria  Fellow of the institute of Project Management Consultants – Nigeria KEY WORDS SUMMARY AND AREAS OF CORE COMPETENCE Human Resources Management and Development  HIV/AIDS  OVC  PLWA  Home-based Care  Family Planning  Training Facilitation  HMIS  Strategic Planning  National Health Management Systems  Project Management  Curriculum Development  Monitoring and Evaluation  Performance Management  Logistics Management Systems Development  Work Planning  Donor Relations  Program Development  Program Planning  Policy development  Advocacy kits development  Resource Mobilization  Grants Management  Institutional Capacity Assessment  Gender Mainstreaming  Community Mobilization and interpersonal communications SHORT TERM CONSULTANCIES WITH INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Name of org: Pathfinder International Title: NGO capacity development consultant Period of engagement: April - June 1997 Location: Lagos Nigeria He consulted for Pathfinder International as NGO capacity development consultant. The exercise included: NGO partner’s capacity assessment using participatory methodologies to identify gaps in their performance and then developed OD interventions to assist the partners to overcome their performance deficiencies. This includes gender analysis and application in project design and implementation. Developed Personnel Policy document for Pathfinder International. Name of org: Ohioma Foundation for Development (OFUD), Title: president of Ohioma Foundation for Development (OFUD Period of engagement: September 2001 - April 2002 Location: Otukpo Nigeria As president of Ohioma Foundation for Development (OFUD), he developed proposal to Partners for Development (PFD) for rural road opening in Agatu Local Government Area in Benue State linking six different communities for the purpose of improving their social/economic life. Six box culverts and two ring culverts were constructed on this road network. The purpose of this effort was to open up road networks in the communities for free flow of agricultural products to improve the livelihood of women in rural communities. Name of org: ActionAid Nigeria Title: NGO capacity Assessment and Development Consultant Period of Engagement: September 25th - 28th 2001 Location: Abuja Nigeria He provided consultancy services to ActionAid Nigeria in capacity assessment of two of their NGO partners in Nasarawa and Plateau States to assess their systems, policies and templates to determine their level of preparedness and readiness to access grants to work with ActionAid/Nigeria. Also made recommendations to ActionAid on what needed to be done so that the NGOs would be ready to take off as partners with ActionAid/Nigeria. Name of Org: Futures Group International Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: April - August 2002 Location: Otukpo Nigeria He received the sum of $5,000.00 grant from The Futures Group International on their Policy Project II to conduct a baseline study of HIV/AIDS orphans’ situation in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State. The activities of this study include designing tools for data gathering, conducting focus groups discussions with key community leaders, established orphan care committees in the communities where the orphans were enumerated, and produced a deliverable report to the Futures Group International. The main issue of the study is to determine the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and their economic life and the general effect on children orphaned by HIV/AIDS especially the girl child. Name of org; UNAIDS - Nigeria Title: OVC National Consultant Period of engagement: May - June 2002 Location: Otukpo Nigeria He provided consultancy service to UNAIDS as OVC National Consultant to carry out a study of Best Practices of Care and Support for people living with HIV/AIDS as provided by the Catholic Missionary hospitals in Benue State. The report of this study was published by UNAIDS in their occasional best practices journal. Name of Org: ActionAid Nigeria Title: NGO capacity Assessment and Development Consultant Period of engagement: January 21st - 31st 2003 Location: Abuja Nigeria Conducted capacity needs assessment of Development Option for Humanity (DOH) in Lagos, to determine their level of readiness and capacity to access further grants from ActionAid Nigeria. This was a further support on their reproductive health programme especially in improving communications among parents and their adolescent children on sexuality issues, including prevention, care and support for PLWA and PABA. Especially in empowering the young girls to be assertive in managing their sexuality in a male dominated environment and culture. Name of Org: ActionAid Nigeria Title: NGO capacity Assessment and Development Consultant Period of engagement: May 4th - 7th 2003 Location: Abuja Nigeria He conducted capacity needs assessment of three NGOs in Benin with sponsorship of ActionAid Nigeria to determine their competencies and level of readiness to access grants and therefore the basis for ActionAid to work in partnerships with the NGOs in the areas of poverty reductions and eradication strategies. Name of Org: National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: May 8th – September 16th, 2003 Location: Abuja Nigeria He led a team of eight international and national consultants with sponsorship of NACA to design and produce the Nigeria Country Proposal for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) as a national response for caring and supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria. The country proposal was forwarded to the Global Fund Round 5 as a national response for OVC care and support. President Olosegun Obasanjo mandated this exercise as a national priority for orphan care. Name of Org: ActionAid Nigeria Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: June 4th - 22nd 2003 Location: Abuja Nigeria He led a team of National consultants to conduct a social assessment of primary education situation in three local government areas in Bauchi State as baseline requirements for accessing the World Bank loan and DFID technical support for the UBE program in the selected 16 states of the Federation. Part of this exercise was to produce a state level report of the social assessment with recommendations, which informed planning and strategy formulation for implementing the support for UBE program in the selected states to ensure access to quality education by girls in rural communities. Name of Org: IntraHealth International Inc. Chapel Hill USA Title: Global Consultant Period of engagement: March 13th to April 5th, 2004 Location: Abuja Nigeria He worked as global consultant for IntraHealth International Inc. Chapel Hill USA on research and development of best practices in OVC care and support as is currently being done by international and local NGOs in the resource poor countries. This consultancy was conducted as technical support to enable IntraHealth International respond to the Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR ) OVC initiative targeting 14 developing countries. Name of Org: Nigeria HIV/AIDS Research Network (NARN) Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: 13th April to May 4th 2004 Location: Abuja Nigeria He led the community mobilization team as a member of the Local Organizing Committee for the 4th National Conference on HIV/AIDS to ensure that the conference planning and conduct went successfully. He was responsible for coordinating the involvement of the organizations working on OVC programmes and ensuring their meaningful participation at the conference. He also made two paper presentations at the 4th national conference. The first paper was the “Role of the family in HIV/AIDS prevention and care” while the second paper was on strengthening the capacity of communities and families to respond to the needs of OVC Name of Org: UNICEF, USAID, and the POLICY Project Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: July 1st - August 27th 2004 Location: Abuja Nigeria He worked as a community response consultant along with two other consultants, to develop the Nigeria Country Plan of Action to respond to supporting orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programme in Nigeria. This was part of the OVC Rapid Assessment, Analysis and Action Planning Process (RAAAP) funded by UNICEF, USAID and the POLICY Project in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs. This process eventually gave birth to the National Plan of Action for OVC in Nigeria. Name of Org: World Bank/ Benue State Project Team (SPT Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: 17th - 19th August 2004 Location: Otukpo Nigeria He led a team of 3 consultants to conduct 3 days HIV counseling training/workshop for HIV/AIDS stakeholders in Benue State; this was funded by the World Bank/State Project Team (SPT). Thirty-six (36) participants drawn from three Local Government Areas in Benue State attended this workshop. Name of Org: SNR Project Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: January - November 2006 Location: Abuja Nigeria He participated in facilitating State Response Reviews and the development of State HIV/AIDS Strategic Plans for Benue, Kaduna, Enugu, and Cross River States with support from SNR Project. Name of Org: UNAIDS/UNICEF - Nigeria Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: January - November 2008 Location: Abuja Nigeria He participated in the Midterm review of the activities implemented by Benue, Cross River, and Enugu States on how well they have fared in carrying out the activities of their respective State HIV/AIDS Strategic Plans, particularly looking at how women benefited from the various intervention. Name of Org: UNDP - Nigeria Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: December 2008 - January 2009 Location: Abuja Nigeria He conducted 22 days consultancy with the UNDP on a “Study of selected State Action Committees on AIDS (SACA) and Local Action Committees on AIDS (LACA) Management structures to determine best practices that have worked in Lagos and Gombe States and made recommendations for other SACAs and LACAs to emulate in their HIV/AIDS response. Name of Org: Partnership for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS2) Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: March to July 2009 Location: Abuja Nigeria He consulted for the Partnership for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS2) Project in developing 1year operational plan for Kaduna State Ministry of Health. He also worked with PATHS2 to facilitate the development of Strategic Work-plan for PATHS2 State office in Kaduna State. He supported PATHS2 Project to strengthen capacity of Federal Ministry of Health and four States in Nigeria on Knowledge Management Development. Name of Org: UNAIDS - Nigeria Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: May – August 2009 Location: Abuja Nigeria With funds from UNAIDS, he provided capacity building for SACA/LACA and CSO networks on Project Management to enable them respond to the challenges of implementing HIV/AIDS programmes at the national, state and community levels in Nigeria Name of Org: Partnership for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS2) Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: July to August 2009: Location: Abuja Nigeria He consulted for PATHS2 Programme on Knowledge Management Assessment for the Federal Ministry of Health and the 4 States that PATHS2 intends to support with identified capacity strengthening needs; putting in place appropriate strategies to inform proper utilization of Knowledge Management practices for improved health policy and programme implementation in Nigeria. Name of Org: UNIFEM - Nigeria Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: October to November 2009 Location: Abuja Nigeria He conducted end of project review for UNIFEM on the Nigeria AIDS Response Fund (NARF) Project which was funded by CIDA/UNFEM/NACA and other partners looking at the achievements of the NARF project, constraints and opportunities for scale up in the second phase of the project. Name of Org: UNDP - Nigeria Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: July to August 2010 Location: Abuja Nigeria He consulted for UNDP to investigate and write the Nigeria Country performance report in achieving MDGs 3 and 6 with reference to capturing the opinions of networks of women living with HIV/AIDS. This was a 25day consultancy which focused on desk reviews of existing reports as well as on consultations with institutions, organizations and various networks and individuals that could provide information on how Nigeria as a country performed in meeting the needs of the vulnerable groups as well as dealing with issues of gender and women empowerment towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Name of Org: Ministry of Women Affairs in Cross River State Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: August 18th to 20th 2010 Location: Abuja Nigeria He conducted 3days workshop for staff of Ministry of Women Affairs in Cross River State on Gender Concepts and Definitions and Gender mainstreaming in their various sectors and state wide programmes. Name of Org: UNDP – Nigeria Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: April to October 2011 Location: Abuja Nigeria He lead a team of 3 national consultants to conduct sessions of 5days project management training for the States Agencies for the Control of HIV/AIDS in Benue, Plateau, Niger, Imo and Enugu States respectively. This was funded by UNDP in collaboration with the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (NACA) Name of Org: UNDP – Nigeria Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: September 2011 Location: Abuja Nigeria Facilitated the meeting of Gender Technical Working Group of the UN Theme Group for 5days to increase their understanding and appreciation of their roles as gender desk officers within the group Name of Org: Ministry of Women Affairs in Cross River State Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: 2014 - 2015 Location: Calabar Nigeria Developed gender Policy for Cross River State. The process started in 2014 and the policy was finally presented in April 2015 Name of Org: National Agencies for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: 2014 -2016 Location: Abuja Nigeria In consultation and collaboration with health systems stakeholders at the national and state levels, he developed the National strategy for engaging local communities for improved uptake of HIV/AIDS services at all levels in Nigeria. Name of Org: Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa (HIFASS) Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: March to August 2016 Location: Abuja Nigeria Working with the various stakeholders, he Supported Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa (HIFASS) to develop their Five years Strategic Plan – 2017 to 2022. This involved desk reviews of accomplished work in the past, interviews with various stakeholders on their perception of how HIFASS’ services have met their health needs and what further improvement needed to be in place to increase benefits for them in the next phase of their work. Name of Org: Nigeria funded by National Agency for the Control of AIDS – NACA Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: 2017 to 2018 Location: Abuja Nigeria Developed the Training Manual on Community Engagement Practice in Nigeria funded by National Agency for the Control of AIDS – NACA. The training manual is for training key health officials on the use of the National Strategy for Community Engagement to improve HIV/AIDS services. Name of org: Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) Title: National Consultant Period of engagement: 1st to 27th March 2020 Location: Abuja Nigeria Reviewed 16 policies and guidelines for ARFH to ensure the documents are in compliance with donors’ requirements for accessing Grants. REFERENCES References: Professor O. A. Ladipo FRCOG, OON |President/CEO Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) |Millennium Builders Plaza | Block C, 1st Floor | Plot 251 Cadastral Zone | Adjacent NNPC Towers | Herbert Macaulay Way | Central District Area, Abuja |Nigeria. Mobile: -, Office: +234 -. 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