CHUKWUEMEKA ONYEBUCHI
Social Development Practitioner
Summary
Avid and adaptable sustainable social development practitioner with over 18 years of hands-on experience in social development intervention. Subject-matter expertise in strategic planning for non-profits, team leadership and management, resource mobilization, proposal development, stakeholders' engagement, monitoring and evaluation, process improvement and research.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Manager
Flourish Africa
Lagos
03.2023 - Current
- Manage the Flourish Africa program and organizational initiatives alongside the team
- Design organizational strategy and suggest sector practice standards
- Onboard interest party for organizational mission and programs support
- Prioritize tasks and managed teams throughout multiple projects.
- Plan and lead team meetings to review business results and communicate new and ongoing priorities.
- Delegate work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
- Work closely with other departments to support program technical approach and cost proposals.
- Collaborate with functional officers to develop program resource plans and assign program resources.
- Spearhead program management support for portfolio.
- Assign work and monitored the performance of project personnel.
- Provide leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
Deputy Executive Director (Consultancy)
Teenagers Support Organization
Port Harcourt
02.2022 - 03.2023
- Lead the organizational institutionalization
- Improved performance management system and introduced program specifics and thematic focuses to improve organizational operations.
- Lead the management team in program designing and repurposing.
- Set organization direction and developed strategies and approaches to fulfill organizational mission.
- Develop a 5-year organizational strategic plan (including action plans and the M&E metrics)
- Work with team and board members to restructure the organization for international/external funding readiness
- Reviewed community engagement processes for sustainable programming, transparency and beneficiary participation
- Advise the BOT on key programmatic areas and intervention mainstreaming
- Provided sector specific capacity building activities to team members and volunteer
- Produced thorough, accurate and timely reports of project activities.
- Recruited and trained new employees to meet job requirements.
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Delegated work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
- Informed board and committee about trends, issues and activities to facilitate policy-making.
Program Lead (Consultant)
Enough is Enough Nigeria
Lagos
05.2022 - 07.2022
- Oversee the program office operations
- Oversaw project design implementation and management and coordinated requirements, scheduling and execution.
- Managed relationships with organizational coalition members – strategy input and partnerships on programs
- Established operational priorities to meet contractual requirements on time and within budget.
- Develop detailed work plans and managed the allocation of materials and human resources to projects
- Lead the initial front-end development of the organisational strategy
- Seek contracts and partnerships and spearhead the development of proposals for funding
- Review and revised as needed the budget and reporting for all on operations of EiE programs
Territorial (Country) Development Manager
The Salvation Army Nigeria
Lagos
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Strategically used industry-specific tools to direct social development/intervention efforts
- Collaborated with team and community groups to define pre-development metrics such as project identification, timeframes, results and impacts, deliverables, budgetary, and more
- Participated in drafting and negotiating development contracts, providing input on factors such as turnaround time and potential outcomes
- Hires specialized personnel on a temporary basis for projects requiring additional talent or expertise unavailable among permanent staff
- Sought input from prospective grant providers for non-profit development projects, highlighting potential gift parameters in project proposals to increase award figures
- Advised BoT on intervention planning and implementation and impact deliverables
- Led, designed and implement training programs and initiatives that contributed to a significant increase in productivity
- Made multiple grants through written proposals for funding, concept notes and pitches
- Facilitated organizational strategic planning, action plans and performance appraisals
- Developed concept notes and proposals for funding requests
Project Manager - Health Infrastructure
Iroko Healthcare Support Initiative
Lagos
05.2016 - 12.2019
- Provided sustained project monitoring and management by developing forecasts, tracking expenses and approving payments
- Oversaw planning and direction of projects to improve target beneficiary healthcare delivery infrastructure.
- Built strong community relations with project implementation, vendors and other stakeholders
- Planned with team members and led advocacy processes
- Developed strategic communication on behalf of the organization
- Created project plans with established timelines for diverse project phases
- Modified and reconstructed project plans to better align with organizational goals and objectives while also meeting sector standards
- Managed projects' life cycle from initial concept through final delivery
- Utilized a forward-thinking approach for uncovering and solving stakeholder concerns and project issues
- Documented and submitted to target audiences exhaustive report recommending actions and processes at project completion
- Coached project management teams on achieving project deliverables and minimizing risks, using key actual projects as examples
- Managed interface with the public sector and community leaders
- Maintained project costs in accordance with budget limitations.
- Collaborated in team-oriented environments, working cohesively and successfully on multiple projects.
- Responded to escalated issues and implemented successful resolutions to resolve conflicts and restore project trajectory.
- Offered positive reinforcement and delivered exceptional training to newly hired employees to impart knowledge required to perform work effectively.
- Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
- Monitored milestones and deliverables to stay ahead of schedules and proactively spot potential roadblocks.
- Defined scopes, managed resources and oversaw schedules in line with stakeholder and project owner specifications.
- Procured software, hardware and infrastructure required to meet program demands.
Senior Programme Officer
Womnen's Right and Health Project (WRAHP)
Lagos
02.2015 - 04.2016
- Managed and supervised daily project operations for multiple concurrent
- Provided team leadership
- Developed budget and schedule for project implementation
- Served as liaison between organization and partners/stakeholders to cultivate satisfaction and consistent communication
- Collaborated with project leaders and stakeholders to accomplish objectives
- Provided continuous evaluation of program operations as compared to the established mission and set parameters
- Reworked/improved the organizational strategies aimed at improving overall company and program performance, efficiency and process improvements
- Planned and orchestrated special events and fundraising activities to raise awareness of the foundation
- Developed strategic business initiatives with a defined purpose, a clear scope and a targeted impact on the organization both for short-term improvement and long-term value
- Assured grants met measurable benchmarks and complied with laws governing sector organizations.
- Evaluated program performance and identified areas in need of improvement by applying in-depth understanding of market research, trend forecasting and competitor analysis.
Project/Technical Support Officer
Sustainable Impact Konsult (SIK)
Lagos
08.2012 - 12.2014
- Provided office management functions
- Conducted researches
- Researched and selected project vendors and consultants
- Monitored milestones and deliverables to stay ahead of schedules and proactively spot potential roadblocks
- Submitted budget estimates, progress reports and cost-tracking reports
- Produced thorough, accurate and timely reports of project activities
- Negotiated to secure favourable quotes and contracts for supplies
- Developed project plans covering goals, resources required and schedules
- Provided technical support to the Chief Executive Officer
- Resource mobilization through proposals for funding
- Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
Project Officer
The Salvation Army Nigeria
Nigeria
07.2005 - 07.2012
- Managed Volunteers, proposed and implemented training beneficial to program volunteers
- Developed and maintained a database of volunteers
- Monitored and reported on volunteers' performances and resolved conflicts
- Participated in developing project proposals and budgets
- Represented the organization in training events, conferences and advocacy sessions
- Kept project and team on schedule by monitoring deadlines, milestones and performance.
- Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
- Maintained close connections with project personnel to quickly identify and resolve problems.
- Updated project plans based on changing objectives, specifications and staff availability.
- Resolved technical issues affecting cross-functional communication and project deliverables.
- Played instrumental role in adjusting deliverables to address changes in requirements, resulting in improved impacts and success stories
- Produced timely reports of project activities and stakeholders engagement
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics (English Language)
University of Port Harcourt
Rivers State Nigeria11.1998
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Program Development and Management
- Budget Preparation
- Community Outreach
- Team and Volunteer Management
- Training and Development
- Policy and Procedure Development
- Relationship Building
- Public Speaking
- Program Leadership and Resource Management
- Strategic Direction
- Effective Negotiations
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Attention to Detail
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Interpersonal Skill and Problem-Solving
- Community/Stakeholders Engagement
- Partnership and Resource Mobilization/Funding
- Grant Writing
- MS Office tools
- Presentation Creation and Delivery
Certification
- Development Research - Institute for Development Research - 2023
- Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector (Darden School of Business, Virginia) - 2022
- Project Circle Management, Monitoring Evaluation & Reporting (ME&R) – (Micah Network - UK) - 2009
- Level 3 Educator & Facilitator (Christian Aids Bureau for South Africa) - 2009
Work Preference
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Timeline
Program Manager
Flourish Africa
03.2023 - Current
Program Lead (Consultant)
Enough is Enough Nigeria
05.2022 - 07.2022
Deputy Executive Director (Consultancy)
Teenagers Support Organization
02.2022 - 03.2023
Territorial (Country) Development Manager
The Salvation Army Nigeria
01.2020 - 01.2022
Project Manager - Health Infrastructure
Iroko Healthcare Support Initiative
05.2016 - 12.2019
Senior Programme Officer
Womnen's Right and Health Project (WRAHP)
02.2015 - 04.2016
Project/Technical Support Officer
Sustainable Impact Konsult (SIK)
08.2012 - 12.2014
Project Officer
The Salvation Army Nigeria
07.2005 - 07.2012
Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics (English Language)
University of Port Harcourt
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