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Chalachew Tiruneh

Addis Ababa,AA

Summary

Dynamic leader with a proven track record at Amref Health Africa, adept in program design and quality assurance. Excelled in managing large-scale health programs, demonstrating exceptional strategic planning and partnership capabilities. Skilled in data visualization and fostering teamwork, I've effectively mobilized resources and staff, achieving significant program successes. Results-oriented individual with a passion for continuous learning and innovation. Known for leveraging analytical thinking and creativity to solve problems and deliver high-impact solutions in fast-paced environments. Experienced in fast-paced environments and adaptable to last-minute changes. Thrives under pressure and consistently earns high marks for work quality and speed. Results-driven individual with a solid track record in delivering quality work. Known for excellent communication and teamwork abilities, with a commitment to achieving company goals and delivering exceptional service. Passionate about continuous learning and professional development.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Chief of Party

Amref Health Africa
10.2021 - Current
  • Providing management, strategic direction and leadership in the design, development and implementation of $60 million USAID funded program
  • Provide management, vision, strategic direction and leadership in the delivery of the program
  • Provide technical guidance in bringing about a youth-led, youth-owned, and youth-managed program that is both empowering to the youth while rallying stakeholders to sustain the necessary social and economic opportunities
  • Managing relationships with consortium partners and ensures quality deliverables are met
  • Foster and nurture strategic partnerships among actors at national and regional level that include academic institutions, youth organizations, the private sector, the government, and the donor community
  • Manage relationships with consortium partners and ensures quality deliverables are met per the sub-contractual agreement
  • Serve as the principal contact person for USAID, Federal MoH and the Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs), representing and maintaining strong relationships and alliances with USAID/Ethiopia, key Government of Ethiopia ministries, stakeholders and key partners, regional and local NGOs, and other donors
  • Oversee the development and review of annual work plans and budgets and oversee the preparation of quarterly and annual reports to USAID; ensures the timely submission of work plans, budgets and progress reports, and other deliverables as requested, to USAID/Ethiopia
  • Perform site visits and technical program reviews, ensure high quality results through a regular review process of overall performance, identifying steps for improvement and assuring appropriate follow-up as needed

Chief of Party

CIDRZ
Zambia
10.2020 - 10.2021
  • I was responsible for the overall coordination and management of the USAID Empowered Youth Program III
  • I was the primary responsible person for coordination of all project activities and staff and I provided technical leadership and administrative oversight for the program and served as the principal institutional liaison to USAID
  • Maintained a strong and wide network with key partners and stakeholders in Zambia, and ensured that the project is represented on appropriate steering and advisory groups
  • Directed planning, reporting, and budgeting in accordance with USAID requirements and promoted, uphold and modeled a commitment to the efficient use of agency and donor resources
  • Provided strategic and technical guidance in project design, coordination, and implementation and monitoring and evaluation
  • Led planning, coordination, and technical implementation of the project strategy, guidelines, and program implementation tool and work plan, and implementation of all activities within the work plan to high professional standards
  • Led monitoring and evaluation activities on the project
  • Led development of adaptive strategies in response to project environment and provided technical assistance to project staff and in-country partner organizations, ministries, and health and social service delivery points and technical support and review of activities of the sub-partners

Chief of Party

CIDRZ
Zambia
10.2019 - 09.2020
  • I led clinical and intervention aspects of the PEPFAR/CDC Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) Care and Treatment (C&T) grant ($100 million comprehensive program on prevention, care and treatment, pediatric prevention, care and support, eMTCT, VMMC, TB/HIV, CaCx, and KP interventions)
  • I provided guidance in the planning, implementation, reporting, monitoring, and quality improvement of all core activities of the care and treatment co-operative agreement
  • Managed the program staff and provided leadership for program design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of different projects under the ACHIEVE program
  • Provided regular site level capacity building support and ensure service quality and value for money is attained
  • Led budget, work plan and report preparations and operations
  • Led grant writing for new opportunities
  • I led the proposal write up of the USAID SDVCA grant and the DREAMS project - we secured funding for 5 years from USAID
  • Developed a technical assistance strategy and designed a phased transition to the local government
  • I represented CIDRZ at MOH and other partners' fora, maintained effective liaison with CIDRZ Leadership, US government partners, and relevant technical units within the Zambian Ministry of Health, supported capacity building, technical assistance and program transition with relevant Provincial and District Health Offices
  • Oversaw management of core resources and budgets and worked towards longterm financial sustainability of the program and field activities and participated in CIDRZ strategic planning process
  • Led a total of 256 project staff and provided oversite for 187 health facilities

Senior Technical Advisor

Pact
Zambia
11.2016 - 10.2019
  • Lead the technical design, implementation, coordination, and follow up of a 60 million-dollar combination HIV prevention program
  • Developed strategies, guidelines, manuals and intervention packages
  • Provided oversight of 8 key technical areas such as social and behavior change communication, economic strengthening, DREAMS, school-based HIV prevention and community HIV prevention services for adolescent girls and young women and other youth priority populations including at risk men
  • Provided technical & programmatic guidance and support to two international & 9 local implementing partners (sub-grantees)
  • Facilitated technical capacity assessments using capacity assessment tools among CSO partners & GRZ & helped out in the development & implementation of institutional strengthening plans (ISP)
  • Established and led quality assurance and improvement team, built staff capacity & establishes QA/QI system
  • Developed program packages for DREAMS, families' matter (FMP) and school-based HIV prevention initiatives
  • Developed SBCC, gender, HIV prevention and cultural communication strategies and intervention packages
  • Assisted senior management on resource mobilization, discussion with the donors, host government and other international partners
  • Developed effective advocacy, coordination and program improvement strategies including engaging the FBO, CBO and traditional authorities in HIV prevention interventions
  • Developed gender mainstreaming and GBV prevention strategies and guidelines
  • Led a team of 8 senior technical staff (specialists and advisors) including the DREAMS manager & School Based Prevention Manager

Project Appraisal and Sector Coordination Officer

HIV PREVENTION & CONTROL OFFICE ETHIOPIA
09.2007 - 09.2019
  • Managed overall multi-sectoral HIV & AIDS response programs
  • Appraised 129 community-based, youth sexual reproductive health, gender & HIV prevention projects, and supported implementation
  • Managed HIV & AIDS program mainstreaming interventions into 47 sectors offices & trained their staff on HIV mainstreaming concepts and implementation modalities & tools
  • Led 16 panel discussions on HIV risks, science and prevention techniques among 6 factories' workers
  • Managed UNFPA reproductive health programs youth & sex workers
  • Served as a focal person for UNDP capacity building program, WFP urban HIV/AIDS program and UNICEF HIV/AIDS & SRH programs in the region
  • Established and oversaw implementation of an effective budgeting and accounting system that improved efficiency and reduced costs
  • Represented and interpreted the office's functions and services in different events and stakeholder discussions
  • Developed monitoring and evaluation tools and formats for reporting and data management

Family Planning & Reproductive Health Program Fellow

USAID WASHINGTON, GLOBAL HEALTH BUREAU
07.2016 - 10.2016
  • Led the process of ensuring service delivery and SBC activities linkage and smooth integration at design phase in the population and reproductive health office
  • Provided practical recommendations on how to structure Mission bilateral programs to maximize linkages between partners working on service delivery and SBC globally
  • Supported office of HIV and DREAMS team on HIV prevention and youth programing and guidance development for at risk youth globally
  • Developed monitoring checklist for the implementation of the integration of service delivery and SBC at all levels
  • Contributed to the monthly youth huddle to develop innovative interventions for youth

YOUTH TECHNICAL ADVISOR

USAID Ethiopia
10.2012 - 07.2016
  • Led planning, implementation & follow up of USAID's youth programs
  • Managed activities benefiting youth within programs & initiatives in USAID HAPN & program office
  • Served as officially designated Agreement Officer's Representative (AOR) for two youth targeted HIV programs and as an activity manager for an SBCC project (HC3)
  • Managed a $20 million priority population (mobile youth) HIV prevention project reaching around 500,000 hard to reach mobile workers (mostly men) annually
  • Led design, award evaluation & implementation of a $6 million In-School Youth HIV prevention and Sexual Reproductive Health Project; benefited >150,000 students in 40 universities & colleges and 100 high schools
  • Managed $3 million health communication program (HC3) focusing on establishing a platform for health communication in Ethiopia & building capacity of government on SBCC
  • Led design, award, implementation of a $3 million HIV prevention project among adolescent girls trafficked into sex work
  • Served as an alternate AOR and provided technical leadership support for a $54 million key population HIV prevention project targeting sex workers & at-risk youth
  • Co-led three technical working group meetings (women, children and youth, HIV Prevention and social and behavior change TWGs)
  • Co-Led the national youth development conference held in Ethiopia
  • It happens every ten years and reviews youth development challenges and improvement trends from development angle
  • Represented USAID on youth health & development programing forums & liaised the agency with health, education and youth ministries and other international & local implementing partners
  • Served as focal person for Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - recruited more than 100 proactive youth leaders for Mandela Fellowship opportunity
  • Contributed to the design of the program packages for young African Leaders Initiative by President Obama
  • Developed COP technical narratives, performance status reports and COP budgets
  • Wrote project concept papers and secured funding from OGAC
  • Managed fiscal operations, including planning PEPFAR program budgets, authorizing expenditures & establishing service rates

PROGRAM Coordinator

Save The Children USA
12.2010 - 10.2012
  • Coordinated and ensured efficient and timely implementation of USAID funded $10 million clinical nutrition program
  • Collaborated with regional and local stakeholders to assess needs related to Nutrition and HIV care for PLHIV, OVC, TB patients and pregnant women
  • Led the design and implementation of training programs and initiatives on quality improvement to health professionals in 53 hospitals and 37 health centers
  • Coordinated implementation of economic strengthening activities for OVCs, youth and guardians
  • Oversaw implementation of back to work initiatives that benefited 1,000 HIV infected and affected families
  • Maintained good quality results through quarterly review meetings and supportive supervisions
  • Created and maintained computerized record management systems to manage data and generate quality reports
  • Developed monitoring and evaluation tools for the project
  • Managed 3 sub-contracts of the program with an amount of $150,000 each
  • Managed a team of 7 professionals and three support staff
  • Led annual work planning, budget preparation and progress review processes
  • Managed and directed fiscal operations, including planning budgets and authorizing expenditures
  • Represented the program in different donor, host government and other stakeholders' platforms

Malaria Expert

Health Office Diredawa
Diredawa
04.2007 - 09.2007
  • Led UNICEF malaria program at the region
  • Led a community mobilization activity on malaria prevention and control using Community Conversation (CC) technique
  • Managed the campaign of integrated residual spray which covered 100% of households around Dire Dawa
  • Achieved 98% coverage of rural kebeles' households on distribution and utilization of impregnated and treated bed nets
  • Included malaria prevention messages into the education packages of health extension workers

Community Health Department Head

Legehare Health Center Diredawa
Diredawa
10.2006 - 04.2007
  • Planned, implemented and monitored community health services in the health facility and its catchment's area
  • Conducted health education and behavior change communication activities among school going youth
  • Managed regular activities of 19 health extension workers in 15 health posts in the catchment area
  • Supervised 3 program staff and 19 health extension workers in 8 health posts
  • Monitored activities implementation in the department
  • Prepared weekly reports about community service activities
  • Recruited 50 active community members as volunteers for the facility community activities

Education

Masters - Business Administration

University of South Wales
02.2025

Certified International Project Manager -

American Academy of Projects Management
10.2015

Post Graduate Diploma - Projects Management

Cambridge and Zemen Development Institute
01.2012

Master - Public Health (MPH)

Haramaya University College of Medicine and Public Health
01.2011

BSc - Health Science

Haramaya University College of Medicine and Public Health
01.2006

Skills

  • Strong presentation skills
  • Program quality Improvement and assurance competency
  • Program design
  • Management and M&E
  • Conceptual and strategic thinking skills
  • Training
  • Mobilizing
  • Managing international and national staffs
  • Flexibility
  • Self-starting
  • Multi-tasking under pressure
  • Strategic planning
  • Partnership capability
  • Budgeting Proficiency
  • Effective use and monitoring of resources
  • Strong team building
  • Motivational skills
  • DHIS2
  • Data visualization
  • Data quality assessment
  • EPI-info
  • SPSS
  • Open code software
  • Program evaluation
  • Assessment
  • Independent judgment
  • Giving clear direction
  • Making sound decisions
  • Report writing
  • Analysis
  • Decision-making
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Excellent communication
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Quality assurance
  • Analytical and critical thinking
  • Problem-solving
  • Self-Directed

Certification

  • Leadership Decision Making - Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, USA
  • Certified International Project Manager (CIPM), American Academy of Projects Management Association, USA.
  • Adolescent health programming in low and middle-income countries, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
  • Design, Partnering, Management, and Innovation (DPMI) - certified by Middlebury Institute, USA
  • Program Design and management, USAID Ethiopia
  • Enhanced Acquisition Officer's Representative (AOR) / Contractors Officer's Representative (COR) training, USAID, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Strategic Leadership in Health Communication, Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins University.
  • Contracting/Agreement Officer's Representative Training, USAID Ethiopia.
  • Programming foreign assistance, USAID, and Ukraine.
  • Training and facilitation skills course on clinical nutrition care for PLHIV and OVC, Save the Children International.
  • Strategic Leadership, Save the Children USA.
  • Team and Project Leadership, Save the Children USA.
  • Partnering skills for strategic engagement (UNAIDS and Chicago College)
  • Leadership and facilitation skills for program managers, local consulting firm.
  • HIV AIDS mainstreaming (TOT), Federal HAPCO and UNAIDS
  • Quality improvement in health and HIV services, East Africa research center Kenya
  • Facilitative supervision and quality improvement (QI/FS), Engender Health Ethiopia
  • Monitoring and evaluation (TOT), Federal HAPCO
  • Gender mainstreaming (TOT), World Bank
  • Peer education and youth leadership, AED Ethiopia
  • Participatory Rapid Assessment, Save the children International
  • Inclusive Development Training on Disability Development, Handicap International

Hobbies and Interests

  • Training facilitation/teaching
  • Swimming
  • Business & Investment Books
  • Planting trees

Timeline

Chief of Party

Amref Health Africa
10.2021 - Current

Chief of Party

CIDRZ
10.2020 - 10.2021

Chief of Party

CIDRZ
10.2019 - 09.2020

Senior Technical Advisor

Pact
11.2016 - 10.2019

Family Planning & Reproductive Health Program Fellow

USAID WASHINGTON, GLOBAL HEALTH BUREAU
07.2016 - 10.2016

YOUTH TECHNICAL ADVISOR

USAID Ethiopia
10.2012 - 07.2016

PROGRAM Coordinator

Save The Children USA
12.2010 - 10.2012

Project Appraisal and Sector Coordination Officer

HIV PREVENTION & CONTROL OFFICE ETHIOPIA
09.2007 - 09.2019

Malaria Expert

Health Office Diredawa
04.2007 - 09.2007

Community Health Department Head

Legehare Health Center Diredawa
10.2006 - 04.2007

Masters - Business Administration

University of South Wales

Certified International Project Manager -

American Academy of Projects Management

Post Graduate Diploma - Projects Management

Cambridge and Zemen Development Institute

Master - Public Health (MPH)

Haramaya University College of Medicine and Public Health

BSc - Health Science

Haramaya University College of Medicine and Public Health

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