Balogun Opeyemi Kazeem
Abuja
Summary
A development practitioner with almost 2 decades full time and volunteer experience in project and program management, partnership brokering and management, strategic engagement and stakeholder management. Others are business development and fundraising. An accomplished manager of large and complex multi-country projects in Africa. A certified program manager (PRINCE2 MSP and AGILE Certified Practitioner) with experience in designing, implementation and management of large and complex multi-country projects in Africa. Adept in inclusive and adaptive programming and their applications in strategic decisions and project management.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager, Programs
eHealth Africa, Nigeria
01.2024 - Current
- In addition to program management responsibilities, provide leadership to the Program Delivery Team made up of over 100 staff.
- Provides oversight to 6 projects including two large multi-country projects in Africa.
- Lead cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones and deliver high-quality results.
- Established strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring long-term partnerships and repeat business.
- Demonstrated exceptional adaptability in navigating complex situations or rapidly changing environments with ease.
- Leads organisation's strategic engagement and fundraising for two program areas - public health emergency management and laboratory system and diagnostics.
Program Manager
EHealth Africa, Nigeria
07.2021 - 12.2023
- Served as both Program Lead for two program areas, ensuring effective implementation of projects across sub-saharan Africa.
- Managed cross-functional teams made up of 28 staff for successful projects completion within deadlines and budgets.
- Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team. Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Improved program efficiency by streamlining projects processes and resources for timely delivery of projects outputs.
- Worked with subject matter experts to develop new initiatives for program growth and new business opportunities.
Project Manager
eHealth Africa, Nigeria
06.2020 - 06.2021
- Led multi-functional team to deliver fast-paced, multi-country public health emergency project that responded to circulating vaccine-derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Africa.
- Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Delivered exceptional clients satisfaction by proactively addressing their concerns and exceeding expectations throughout engagement process.
- Effectively managed scope creep by establishing clear boundaries on requested changes while keeping projects aligned with original objectives and budgets.
- Enhanced overall project success through post-delivery reviews and incorporating lessons learned into future efforts.
Institutional Capacity Strengthening Advisor/Program Management Analyst
Family Health International (FHI360) Global Fund Project, Nigeria
07.2019 - 05.2020
- Led the design of the institutional capacity strengthening component of the Global Fund grant. The component was meant to strengthen the capacity of Nigerian states to directly access the Global Fund grants.
- Coordinated all capacity development activities in the five supported states of the National Treatment and PMTCT Program (NTPP)/State as Implementing Entity using a national capacity assessment tool (National Harmonized Organizational Capacity Assessment - NHOCAT).
- Successfully coordinated stakeholder engagement efforts across five supported states to achieve institutional capacity strengthening (ICS) objectives, leading to a noteworthy commitment from the Speaker of one State's legislature to increase the health budget allocation from 6.7% in 2019 to 10% in 2020;
Successfully coordinated the implementation of health facilities infrastructure upgrade plan involving 142 health facilities across the project states in Nigeria;
Sub Recipients Partnership Manager/Program Management Analyst
Family Health International (FHI360) Global Fund Project, Nigeria
10.2017 - 06.2019
- Led, under the supervision of the project director, the development of the new implementation arrangement to meet the donor’s (Global Fund) demand for a reduction in program management cost; identified high-impact activities (including applying the PARETO 80/20 rule).
- Provided programmatic support to sub-recipients that resulted in the achievement of a 100% financial burn rate (from 54% in 2017) and 83.39% grant target performance (from 67% in 2017).
- Provided programmatic backstop and grant management support to two sub-recipients to improve their project output and efficiency.
State Program Advisor (Acting) Borno State (Nigeria's North-East)
Family Health International (FHI360) Global Fund Project, Nigeria
05.2018 - 10.2018
- Provided quality leadership to a team of 14 staff in managing the North-East Initiative (NEI) component of the Global Fund project, resulting in the expansion of HIV testing and treatment services to IDP camps and health facilities in Borno State.
- Facilitated partnerships with other organizations to increase uptake of testing and treatment services for HIV in three internally displaced camps (IDP) camps in Borno state.
Senior Program Coordinator/Project Lead
Christian Aid UK, Nigeria
08.2016 - 09.2017
- Led the delivery of a 5-year DFID funded integrated community health project across four states in Nigeria in partnership with six local organizations.
- Established/resuscitated and empowered 81 community development committees (CDCs) to engage duty bearers on improved health care delivery.
- Coordinated the procurement of health and non-health commodities worth circa £1M and training of 900 community volunteers and 150 health workers.
- Facilitated partnerships with organisations like Marie Stopes International, Water Aid, and Vitamin Angels to increase marginalized communities' access to family planning, improved sanitation, hygiene (WASH) services, and vitamin A supplements.
Program Manager - Health (Acting)
Christian Aid UK, Nigeria
09.2016 - 05.2017
- Led a team of 12 program, finance, and support staff in the start-up and implementation of the DFID-funded integrated community case management of childhood illnesses (ICCM) project in Nigeria's Benue State.
- Achieved an A++ rating for the ICCM project from DFID. Managed partner portfolios and health projects worth £7.5M, including the Global Fund Malaria Grant and two DFID-funded integrated health projects in Nigeria.
Program Officer/Project Lead
Christian Aid UK, Nigeria
02.2013 - 08.2016
- Led primary health centre assessments and utilized findings to influence policy and resource allocation, resulting in improvements such as health worker deployments, facility renovations, and provision of water points;
Spearheaded the first competitive process of recruiting implementing partners in Nigeria and served as Partnership Focal Person for Africa, supporting five Christian Aid Country Programs; - Provided technical support to implementing partners in the community. Played a key role in initiating and completing 41 self-help projects through CDCs.
- Provided leadership and technical support for implementing partners in the implementation of community-led total sanitation (CLTS) in two states, resulting in one community being declared open defecation-free (ODF).
National Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Officer
Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO), Nigeria
02.2011 - 08.2012
- Led the strengthening of data management at 8 supported sites - health facilities and the Seme Border Centre for Actions Against AIDS.
- Led the On-site Data Verification (OSDV) conducted by the Global Fund Local Funding Agent (LFA) at the country level.
- Participated in business development and organizational growth strategy development and implementation. Two proposals were submitted to USAID and the global Fund.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Master Public Health in EHealth And Telemedicine
James Lind Institute
Switzerland09.2025
MSc - Social Work
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Nigeria
Ogbomoso, OY12.2012
Bachelor of Science - Public Adminisitration
Ekiti State University (formerly University of Ado Ekiti), Nigeria
Ado Ekiti12.2006
Skills
- Project management
- Grantees management
- Program management
- Program backstopping
- Partnership brokering and management
- Stakeholder management
- Strategic Engagement
- Proposal development
Certification
- Partnership Brokers Training, 05/2024
- Business Strategy, 06/2023
- Strengthening Disrupted Health Systems, 12/2022
- PRINCE2 Managing Successful Programs (MSP) Practitioner, 12/2021
- PRINCE 2 Project Practitioner, 02/2020
- Project Management for Development Professionals (PMD Pro 2), 04/2017
Timeline
Senior Manager, Programs
eHealth Africa, Nigeria
01.2024 - Current
Program Manager
EHealth Africa, Nigeria
07.2021 - 12.2023
Project Manager
eHealth Africa, Nigeria
06.2020 - 06.2021
Institutional Capacity Strengthening Advisor/Program Management Analyst
Family Health International (FHI360) Global Fund Project, Nigeria
07.2019 - 05.2020
State Program Advisor (Acting) Borno State (Nigeria's North-East)
Family Health International (FHI360) Global Fund Project, Nigeria
05.2018 - 10.2018
Sub Recipients Partnership Manager/Program Management Analyst
Family Health International (FHI360) Global Fund Project, Nigeria
10.2017 - 06.2019
Program Manager - Health (Acting)
Christian Aid UK, Nigeria
09.2016 - 05.2017
Senior Program Coordinator/Project Lead
Christian Aid UK, Nigeria
08.2016 - 09.2017
Program Officer/Project Lead
Christian Aid UK, Nigeria
02.2013 - 08.2016
National Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Officer
Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO), Nigeria
02.2011 - 08.2012
Bachelor of Science - Master Public Health in EHealth And Telemedicine
James Lind Institute
MSc - Social Work
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Nigeria
Bachelor of Science - Public Adminisitration
Ekiti State University (formerly University of Ado Ekiti), Nigeria
- Partnership Brokers Training, 05/2024
- Business Strategy, 06/2023
- Strengthening Disrupted Health Systems, 12/2022
- PRINCE2 Managing Successful Programs (MSP) Practitioner, 12/2021
- PRINCE 2 Project Practitioner, 02/2020
- Project Management for Development Professionals (PMD Pro 2), 04/2017
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