Patience Siwadi

Project Portfolio Date from - Date to, Location, Company, Position, Description 1. 1/12/2019 to 30/1/2020 Dendairy Zimbabwe, facilitating a gap analysis for their operations. This is a process that compares actual performance or results with what was expected or desired. By comparing the current state with the target state, companies, business units, or teams can determine what they need to work on to make their performance or results better and get on the right path quicker. The method provided a way to identify suboptimal or missing strategies, structures, capabilities, processes, practices, technologies or skills, and then recommends steps that will help the company meet its goals. 2. 1/10/2019 to date, Reformed Church University facilitating the (RCU) strategic management plan which entailed reviewing the Key Results Areas in sync with the new political dispensation and the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education Science Development’s new strategic direction. This is a re-engagement by RCU since I facilitated their maiden strategic plan. 3. 1/07/2019 to date ,NEC Engineering & Iron & Steel Industry of Zimbabwe:Facilitating the NEC’s strategic management process which entailed performing a situational analysis, facilitating the strategic planning workshop and producing a workshop report and strategic plan. The NEC has not had such an exercise for the last 6 years. This is work in progress with situational analysis report already in place. 4. 4/9/2017 to 30/9/1712/10/2018, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), facilitating the (IDC) strategic management process which entailed recasting the mission statement to be in sync with the new IDC strategic direction. 5. 4/9/2017 to 30/9/17, SODEW Investments (Pvt) (Ltd), facilitating the SODEW strategic management process which entailed the creation of the results based management system and the business plan. 6. 23/6/16 , Zimbabwe Gender Commission Consulting team: Associate Consultant. Assisting in the crafting of the Implementation plan/Results Based Management Template and Monitoring and evaluation framework for the team carrying out the strategic plan for the Zimbabwe Gender Commission. 7. 27/1/2016 to 29/1/16 Steelmakers Zimbabwe Facilitating Steelmakers strategic planning project and establishing the results based management system. The project entailed conducting a situational analysis of the company, facilitating a strategic planning session and creating a results based management template and the implementation plan for the organization. 8. 3/9/2014 to 30/10/2014 United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), Associate evaluator, Evaluation of the Pro-poor economic management initiatives. I was responsible for two of the three projects, MDG acceleration and the Zimbabwe Statistical agency ( ZIMSTAT) project for the updating of statistics for evidence based policy making and implementation. The role of the associate evaluator was determining the primary data collection respondents, to collect primary and secondary data, contribute to the inception package and the evaluation report. Provide advice on the country context. 9. 1 /5/2014 to 30/6/2014, Fundación DARA Internacional (DARA, Spain) National Evaluator. Evaluation of the World Food Programme projects in Zimbabwe which included Health and Nutrition, Seasonal Targeted Assistance and Productive Assets Creation. I was responsible for HIV/AIDS and Capacity building. Capacity building for beneficiaries as a cross cutting aspect of all projects to ensure sustainability after the project funding. The role of the Country evaluator was to contribute country context, methodology, sample and evaluation matrix. The country researcher then participated in the data collection for 21 days and writing of the evaluation report. 10. 1/3/2014 to 30/4/2014, Africa Capacity Building Foundation Consultant, Collecting data for the Africa capacity building indicators for Zimbabwe focusing on Capacity Development for Natural Resources Management and Regional integration. The project enhanced the development of capacity building frameworks and strategies in member countries. 11. 1/8/2012 to 30/9/2012 Africa Capacity Building Foundation Consultant, Collecting data for the Africa capacity building indicators for Zimbabwe focusing on Capacity Development for Natural Resources Management. The project sought to enable countries to strengthen institutions dealing with Natural Resources. 12. 6/11/2011 to 15/11/2011 Reformed Church University, Facilitator. Strategic Planning workshop for establishing the Reformed Church University (RCU). Workshop facilitation and compilation of the strategic planning document for RCU. This was the maiden 5 year strategic plan necessary for them to get the university charter. The deliverables included the Results Based Management template, the implementation template and the business plan. 13. 1/7/2011 to 15/8/2011 Africa Capacity Building Foundation Consultant, Collecting data for the Africa capacity building indicators for Zimbabwe focusing on Agricultural transformation and food security. 14. 7/10 t0 10/10, Lesotho, World Bank Consultant, National consultant for the Performance based Finance pilot study for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the feasibility Performance Based Financing in health centres in two districts of Lesotho. As the country evaluator my role was to collect data on health delivery including costs in the two districts and the relevant Ministries and compile a report. The project influenced the role-out, budgeting and implementation of Performance Based Financing in the Health sector in Lesotho. 15. 8/09 to 4/10, Lesotho, World Bank, Consultant, Consultant for The World Bank and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare policy study for the use of Village Health Workers in HIV/AIDS adherence. The objective of the study was to determine the health outcomes of patients on ART comparing those supported by dedicated AIDS Health Workers and those supported by Village Health Workers. This is to come up with a policy position on which type of health workers are sustainable in Lesotho 16. 12/2008 to 3/2009, Lesotho, Strategic Visions, Assistant consultant, Assisting in the Preliminary study of the role of Health partners in HIV/AIDS adherence in Lesotho. A project for the World Bank and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Lesotho. The objective was to assess the presence, the intervention and areas of operation of the health partners in Lesotho. This was a preliminary study to the use of Village health workers in HIV/AIDS adherence. 17. 5/2009 to 5/2009, Lesotho, Lesotho Flour Mills/Karizma consultants, Facilitator, Facilitation of the Strategic Plan for Lesotho Flour Mills. The objective was to assist the executives of Lesotho Flour Mills to come up with a five year strategic plan to chart the way forward for the company. I was responsible for facilitation and writing of the strategic plan after evaluation of the organizational functional areas. 18. 4/200/8 to 11/2008, Lesotho, Focus Africa , Consultant, National consultant for the situational analysis of Lesotho and South Africa construction industry. As a county assessor, I was responsible for performing a Market Study on factors affecting procurement of good and services in the construction industry for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) through Emerging Market Group the procurement agent for MCA. The Lesotho government was granted US$362 million and the procurement agent wanted a situation analysis of the purchasing scenario for the 5 year implementation period. This was a three in one study whose deliverables were  A report on the construction industry situation in South Africa and Lesotho  A report on the legal and administrative issues that would affect the purchasing of both goods and services  Creation of a database and database manual for sources of goods and services 19. 1/2008 to 3/2008, Lesotho, Vodacom, Consultant, Market Research assignment for Vodacom Lesotho, on the consumption of telecommunications in the border town of Maputsoe. Vodacom intended to determine the extent to which Basotho in the border town utilize South African telecommunication services and what they could do to ensure that they pull their own services up to speed to compete on an equal footing . 20. 6/2003 to 6/2004, Zimbabwe, Gweru Diocese of the Roman Catholic church, Consultant, Retained by the Gweru diocese to facilitate strategic plans for Mambo Press and diocese schools. Also carried a Human resource Audit for Mambo Press to evaluate the human resource needs and relevance to the organization. 21. 10/2006, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority, Facilitator, Facilitator for Customer Service Training. 22. 8/2006, Zimbabwe, Facilitator, Facilitating the Standard Chartered Bank team building initiative Areas of expertise - Special Assignments - - Designing market plans Training and Development in various areas in the Commercial sector Crafting Organizational Strategies Management Development Training Market Research and Market Studies Project, programmes and institutional evaluations Chairman of the board, Silo Food Industries, Harare Zimbabwe Non Executive Director, Industrial Sands, Gweru Zimbabwe Leading the process of setting up the Midlands State University Incubation Hub which became operational in June 2018 and became its first director. Setting up the Faculty of Mining Sciences for the Midlands State University (2012 to 2014), after carrying out a needs analysis in the country. Provided leadership for the design of the degree programmes and short courses to - - - - - - - enhance sustainable mining solutions to Small Scale miners. Also industry liaison for relevance. Setting up the Graduate School of Business Leadership at Midlands State University (2005). Setting up the governance structure for the school. Procurement and management of the school’s resources. Recruitment and continuous review of the relevant skills set. Monitoring and evaluation of the school’s Key Performance indicators. Key note presenter for Women in business conference Gweru, Zimbabwe Key note speaker for various business forum and conferences in the Midlands province and National conferences Key note speaker for the launch of Well Woman business association in Gweru 2018 Secretary: TITI-G Foundation Lesotho focusing on the economic empowerment of the youth Part time editor for Qhubela Holdings South Africa the organization was responsible for education SETA monthly publication which highlighted quality and standards in the sector. External Examiner: Department of International Marketing, Chinhoyi University of Technology Examiner for Institute of Bankers Zimbabwe (1993 to 2007) Creating marketing plan for Mambo Press Chairman of the Risk Management Committee Midlands State University (2006) Undertaking the Human Resource Audit for Mambo Press (2004) Visiting Lecturer Catholic University of Beira (2004) Publications Siwadi P,Miruka C and Ogutu F.A , (2015), Social capital interventions at firm level affecting performance in the Zimbabwean manufacturing sector, Corporate Ownership and Control, Volume 13 issue 1, Autumn 2015, Sumy, Ukraine Siwadi P,Miruka C and Ogutu F.A , (2015), The impact of corporate governance on firm Performance in the Zimbabwean manufacturing sector , Corporate Ownership and Control, Volume 12 issue 4, summer 2015, Sumy, Ukraine Siwadi P, Pelser T (2015), Exploring Technological Capabilities To Resuscitate the Zimbabwean Manufacturing Sector, Journal of Applied Business Research, Clute Institute Siwadi P, Kanyenga C, (2014) Cultural Diversity in university business curriculum, Placing business communication into the global context, The Dyke, vol. 8 No. 1 of 2014, A journal of the Midlands State University. Nyakuyedzwa O , Siwadi P, Mutanga M (2013) , The use of plastic money facilities in the Zimbabwean retail pharmaceutical sector, The International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research . Manyumbu P, Siwadi P, Mutanga M (2013), The sustainability of the growth of MicroFinance Institutions in Zimbabwe, The International Journal of Business Studies. Siwadi P & Mutanga M (2012), The Contribution of Small-Scale Mining and Artisanal to Household Livelihoods in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe, The International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research . Mutanga M & Siwadi P (2012), The significance of the human resources function in the iron and steel industry in Zimbabwe, The International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research. Siwadi P, Chaderopa C, (2012), Cultural tourism: The alternative, The Dyke vol. 6 No.3 of 2012, A journal of the Midlands State University Siwadi P (2012): Business Linkages as a strategy for marginalized manufacturing industries in the townships of Gweru, Zimbabwe, Working papers, The third annual international conference on township economies, University of Johannesburg, ISBN- Siwadi P, (2010), Developing women leaders: Why it makes business sense, Botswana Journal of Business, University of Botswana Chaderopa C, Siwadi P,(2009), Tourism Branding, Journal of Intra African Studies Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, volume 1 of 2009. Conference Presentations Siwadi P, (2015), Analysis of the strategies for building resilience in children in the face of climate change, Child Sensitive Social Policies international conference , Women’s University in Africa-UNICEF, SIDA conference, November 4 to 7 2015, Harare Zimbabwe Siwadi P ( 2015), Africa Rising, The place of engineers in accelerating industrial development, Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers-UNESCO Engineering Week, Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, September 2015. Siwadi P (2015), The place of engineers in a recovering economy, Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers Symposium, Village Escape, Gweru Zimbabwe, June 2015 Siwadi P (2015), Getting the Midlands Province back to business, Midlands Show society business Indaba, Gweru June 2015 Siwadi P (2014), Business Opportunities in the Midlands Province, Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce and Women The Women Alliance of Business Associations in Zimbabwe workshop : Key note speaker, February 2014, Fairmile motel, Gweru, Zimbabwe. Siwadi P (2012): Business Linkages as a strategy for marginalized manufacturing industries in the townships of Gweru, Zimbabwe, The third annual international conference on township economies, University of Johannesburg, 15 to 16 May 2012, Johannesburg, South Africa. Siwadi P, (2012) Communication strategies in a recovering economy: the case of Zimbabwean Universities, The second international communication conference, University of Botswana, 10 to13 July 2012, Gaborone Botswana. Siwadi P, Pelser T (2012) Developing Technological Capabilities to resuscitate the Zimbabwean manufacturing sector, International Business Conference, Mombasa , Kenya, 27 to 31 August 2012. Siwadi P (2012) CIS update on current affairs ,Midlands Province 25 October 2012, Fairmile Motel Gweru.