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Abdimajid Abdi Adawe

Abdimajid Abdi Adawe

Dollo Addo

Summary

Dynamic project manager with extensive experience at Save the Children, excelling in grant management and stakeholder engagement. Proven track record in enhancing educational outcomes for vulnerable children through effective team leadership and innovative monitoring and evaluation strategies. Passionate about advocating for inclusive education rights and fostering community collaboration.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

GAC- BOE Manager

OWDA
02.2025 - Current
  • Company Overview: The Brighter Outcomes of Ethiopia (BOE) project aims to enhance equitable and inclusive learning outcomes for refugees, internally displaced people (IDP), and host community children, particularly girls and children with disabilities, in the Oromia and Somali regions of Ethiopia.
  • Project Management: Oversee the planning, implementation, and monitoring of the equitable and inclusive education project.
  • Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of education staffs, ensuring effective collaboration and high performance.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with local communities, government agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders.
  • Training and Capacity Building: Deliver training on governance, managerial systems, child rights, gender equality, and inclusion to CBOs and stakeholders.
  • Grant Management: Administer budget management, follow up and ensure effective and efficient budget utilization of the project and ensuring proper budget forecast within the required period 6 months.
  • Advocacy: Support advocacy efforts for inclusive education rights of refugee children.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation: Develop and implement M&E frameworks to track project progress and impact.
  • Reporting: Prepare and submit regular project reports to sector Head and stakeholders.
  • The Brighter Outcomes of Ethiopia (BOE) project aims to enhance equitable and inclusive learning outcomes for refugees, internally displaced people (IDP), and host community children, particularly girls and children with disabilities, in the Oromia and Somali regions of Ethiopia.

GAC- BOE Coordinator

Wa-PayDo
10.2023 - 01.2025
  • Company Overview: The Brighter Outcomes of Ethiopia (BOE) project aims to enhance equitable and inclusive learning outcomes for refugees, internally displaced people (IDP), and host community children, particularly girls and children with disabilities, in the Oromia and Somali regions of Ethiopia.
  • Project Management: Oversee the planning, implementation, and monitoring of the equitable and inclusive education project.
  • Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of education staffs, ensuring effective collaboration and high performance.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with local communities, government agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders.
  • Training and Capacity Building: Deliver training on governance, managerial systems, child rights, gender equality, and inclusion to CBOs and stakeholders.
  • Grant Management: Administer budget management, follow up and ensure effective and efficient budget utilization of the project and ensuring proper budget forecast within the required period 6 months.
  • Advocacy: Support advocacy efforts for inclusive education rights of refugee children.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation: Develop and implement M&E frameworks to track project progress and impact.
  • Reporting: Prepare and submit regular project reports to sector Head and stakeholders.
  • The Brighter Outcomes of Ethiopia (BOE) project aims to enhance equitable and inclusive learning outcomes for refugees, internally displaced people (IDP), and host community children, particularly girls and children with disabilities, in the Oromia and Somali regions of Ethiopia.

Education Officer/Melkadida Team Leader

Save the Children
Melkadida
01.2018 - 09.2023
  • Assists in collection and analysis of data for the Situation Analysis.
  • Assists in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Basic Education Programme/Projects in melkadida operation.
  • Undertakes ongoing visits to SAVE THE CHILDREN project sites, assesses local conditions and resources, and monitors SAVE THE CHILDREN inputs.
  • Communicates with and provide technical assistance to local counterpart authorities and staff on project feasibility and effectiveness including monitoring the flow of supply and non-supply assistance.
  • Coordinate programming that contributes to improved learning outcomes at school level, provides technical assistance, and appropriate monitoring and reporting.
  • Undertakes follow-up action on programme implementation activities, contributes to teamwork building, and prepares relevant reports.
  • Drafts changes in programmed work plans as required and take part in logistic support and financial support at melkadida operation.
  • Attends technical cooperation meetings at the zonal level, prepares notes and undertakes follow-up actions and coordination related to programmed implementation and monitoring and performance melkadida operation.
  • Monitor and report on the progress of basic education programmed/projects and submit periodic reports with appropriate recommendations for timely interventions/corrective measures.
  • Carry out project base line and end line survey like IDELA international development early learning assessments through by using KOOBO tool.

Education Supervisor

Save the Children International
01.2014 - 12.2017
  • Curriculum Development and Implementation: To oversee the creation and adaptation of educational programs to meet the needs of refugee students, ensuring that the curriculum is culturally relevant and accessible by closely working with RRS education team and local Government.
  • Teacher Training and Support: providing training and ongoing support to teachers and incentive teachers, helping them to address the unique challenges of teaching in a refugee camp setting.
  • Resource Management: managing educational resources, including textbooks, teaching materials, and classroom supplies, ensuring that they are used effectively and efficiently.
  • Student Support Services: Supervisorsing coordinate services that support students' well-being, such as counseling and health services, to address the trauma and stress that many refugee children experience.
  • Community Engagement: They work with the refugee community to encourage participation in education, understanding the importance of education for their children's future.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation: Education supervisors regularly assess the effectiveness of educational programs and make necessary adjustments to improve outcomes.

Child Protection Supervisor

Save the Children International
Bokolmayo
01.2012 - 12.2013
  • Provide technical guidance to two Protection case workers quality and adherence to national and international protection standards and guidelines.
  • Closely working and coordinating with the government authorities representative ARRA.
  • Develop and deliver protection trainings for staff and beneficiaries, including protection mainstreaming trainings for staff providing services in other sectors.
  • Lead or contribute to assessments and mapping exercises to identify protection needs.
  • Develop weekly and monthly reports on assigned protection activities, developments in the external context and humanitarian situation.
  • Conduct ongoing monitoring of the operating context to ensure relevance and accountability to SCI's beneficiary populations.
  • Maintaining accurate and comprehensive files of project activities, outputs, materials, and other relevant documentation.
  • Contribute to the development of new project proposals and initiatives in collaboration with the Protection Coordinator.
  • Carry out assessment to identify the heightened risks of the Refugees and address according to humanitarian principle.

Education

BA. - sociology

St-Mary university
01.2018

Completed -

Kebridahare secondary and preparatory school
01.2011

Completed -

Suftu Primary School
07-2007

Skills

  • Project management
  • Grant management
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Team leadership
  • Budget forecasting

References

  • Mohamed Adow, +251-925159276/+251-615155395, Mohamed.Adow@savethechildren.org, SCI Camp Manager, Melkadida
  • Mohamed Kalif Bulle, +251-910925456/+252-616648400, ibnukalif571@gmail.com, IRC Education Manager, Melkadida
  • Dahir Sheikh, 0960914402, Dahir.sheikh@savethechildren.org, Education Coordinator, Dollo Addo Refugee Operation

Languages

Speaking, writing

English, fluent, excellent

Afsomali native excellent

Kiswahili, good, excellent

Amharic good average

Personal Information

Marital Status: married with four children (3 boys and 1 girl)

Professional Development

  • GBV training on Ethiopian law, IRC, 12/20/14
  • SEA Sexual Exploitation and Abuse training, IMC, 05/13/14
  • GBV training, International Medical Corps, 03/19/14
  • Child protection training in emergencies, Save the Children International, 12/27/14
  • Psychosocial support training, Save the Children International, 12/20/14
  • Basic concept of child protection in emergencies, Save the Children International, 06/16/15
  • Case management training, Save the Children International, 12/27/13
  • BIA and BID training, UNHCR, 12/23/13
  • Psychological first aid training, Save the Children International, 03/11/14
  • TOT on psychosocial support, World Vision, 09/26/13
  • Child safeguarding policy course, 04/01/16
  • Early literacy & math’s training, SCI Dollo Addo office, 08/15/16
  • Child protection & Education Review Meeting, SCI Hawassa, 12/21/16
  • International Development For Early Learning Assessment (IDELA), SCI Dollo Addo Office, 12/27/16
  • Positive Discipline training, SCI Dollo Addo Office, 05/25/17
  • ECCE Basic Skill management & pedagogy, SCI Melkadida, 06/05/17
  • Mentorship training, SCI Dollo Addo Field Office, 01/06/18
  • School Feeding & Warehouse Management training, SCI Dollo Addo Field office, 03/02/18
  • ELM training, SCI field office, 12/19/18
  • Child safeguarding online training course, 12/01/19
  • Fraud and bribery online training course, 12/01/19
  • IT security online training courses, 12/01/19
  • Data protection online training courses, 04/01/20
  • SGBV training for SCI teachers, 04/01/20
  • Newly developed EMIS training, 05/09/22
  • Team Up training, 12/15/23
  • Gender responsive and inclusive education training, 02/20/24
  • MEAL transformative, gender and BCC training, 04/15/24
  • Organizational capacity assessment/Development OCA/D training, 09/29/24
  • International stakeholders conference, 11/01/24
  • CUBIC training, 12/01/24

Timeline

GAC- BOE Manager

OWDA
02.2025 - Current

GAC- BOE Coordinator

Wa-PayDo
10.2023 - 01.2025

Education Officer/Melkadida Team Leader

Save the Children
01.2018 - 09.2023

Education Supervisor

Save the Children International
01.2014 - 12.2017

Child Protection Supervisor

Save the Children International
01.2012 - 12.2013

BA. - sociology

St-Mary university

Completed -

Kebridahare secondary and preparatory school

Completed -

Suftu Primary School

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