Omer Abdullahi Dubat
Dollo Ado,AA
Summary
To work with dynamic organizations that prioritize high performance and strategic vision, contributing to their mission through my experience and skills. I am committed to advancing my career in humanitarian aid while gaining expertise in areas such as gender, livelihood, and education, and adding value to the organization's objectives. “I believe this objective will effectively communicate my aspirations and align with my professional development goals”
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
MEL Specialist
MERCY CORPS-ETHIOPIA
Dollo Ado
02.2024 - Current
- Set-up the MEL system, including all tools and data collection processes for program activities (Excel, Tola, Access, etc.)
- Work closely with the program team and partners ensuring we adhere to humanitarian principles, Mercy Corps' gender policies, Do No Harm principles and beneficiary accountability standards
- Work closely with the program teams and local partners, to ensure effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of program activities and results
- Coordinate reporting with local partners, specifically tracking deadlines, ensuring adherence to monitoring formats and requirements, ensuring reporting quality and accuracy, and periodic report writing, editing, and submission
- Compile progress against indicators and report back to the team according to the monitoring plan
- Develop and follow up the implementation of Data Quality Assessment Plan
- Perform spot checks on the team's data collected and reports each month
- Build the capacity of all relevant team members to implement program-monitoring tools, accurately enter program data into relevant databases, and enable them to develop excellent reports and other documents
- Build the capacity of consortium team and our local partner organizations through ongoing trainings and supports
- Collect, analyze and validate information and data on the performance indicators
- Document lessons learned and success stories on the project
- Ensure adherence to program management minimum standards in carrying out his/her duties, advising and supporting other staff in the same as required
- Take on overall responsibility for project reporting including Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annual, Final and ad-hoc reports of the program
- Other duties as assigned
Senior Project Officer
MERCY CORPS-ETHIOPIA
Dollo Ado
07.2022 - 01.2024
- Working directly with DREAMS Project Coordinator in integrating MC's project activities and assist the technical team to partners to get accurate information on actors, factors and performance of the local economy
- Provide supports such as facilitation techniques (Coaching, relationship building, communication & entrepreneurialism) to all market actors such as input suppliers, producers, traders, information service providers, transporters, financiers, governance framework and all supports of market functions
- Technically lead all aspects of financial services, crop/fodder production, livestock development and energy are implemented effectively
- Ensured the implementation of project activities and prepare written progress reports on field activities and submit to the project coordinator
- Lead the establishment and strengthening of small-scale private sector development in the field through generating of new business ideas and innovations
- Liaison with local government institutions, propose local capacity building programs and provide the required services
- Was a focal person to receive feedback, comments and inquiries from local government institutions, private sector actors and communities and ultimately communicate the Project Coordinator and make sure the receive the feedback and responses in timely manner
- Suggested ways in which market opportunities can be utilized by the project, market actors and local government institutions
- Conducted continuous follow ups of DREAMS (Delivering Resilient Enterprise & Market Systems) project activities, gathered Market System Development data, investigated market opportunities and disseminated the entire MC team
- Carried myself both professional and personally in such manner that brought credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission
- Develop work plans and implemented camp level activities
- Participated in quarterly DREAMS coordination meetings at field level with RRS and UNHCR and to ensure they understood the DREAMS approach, and impacts
- Reports directly to the project coordinator and work closely with field team including the implementing partners within the consortium (DREAMS)
- Was a field-based staff that represents all other projects such MARLI and DREAMS from the Mercy Corps
- Develop intervention concept notes (ICN) in close guidance with the MSD technical persons
- Also develop activity concept notes for better program implementations at field level
- Other duties assigned
Youth Development Program Coordinator
Jesuit Refugee Service
Bokolmanyo, Melkadida & Kobe refugee Camps
01.2019 - 06.2022
- Take the leading role in the planning, implementation and evaluation of initiatives to assist in the development of community sports and recreational activities
- Perform transport services, such as providing safety of players, verifying identities and documentation, including travel permissions from RRS and escorting players from the departure area to the destination areas and sending notifications to the concerned parties involved
- Liaising with RRS and UNHCR protection teams in ensuring the team members identity verification, readiness to be transported and relevant briefings are provided before departure
- Provide meals when necessary for team players through liaising private service providers such as cafeteria
- Provide selection process support and exit permit letters for team members prior departure during intra-camps/intra-woredas competition and ensure their accommodations and safety grantee
- Coordinated and facilitated friendly matches and other tournaments on football, volleyball and basketball
- Provide logistics and security briefings to ensure the teams remain discipline throughout the journey and in plays
- Designing and organizing necessary training for community members, coaches, referees, players, JRS staff members and other stakeholders
- Liaise and work with young people, youth association, sport association and other community groups to promote the social and recreational clubs
- Produced and submitted periodic reports (Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, By-annual and Annual)
- Contributed effective and timely completion of activities, deliver quality outputs and achievements of outcomes with a maximum impact on project beneficiaries
- Assist the social workers to supervise community volunteers (incentive workers) engaged in the youth development program
- Ensure the staff under youth development program know and comply with PSEA and child protection standards
- Take part in management meetings and present progress and challenges that representing the youth development program
- Maintain regular project activities monitoring and evaluation, regular collecting data, documentation and budget management
- Maintain communication with other JRS team members, partner agencies, local government, community leaders and other relevant stakeholders and participate consistently in relevant coordinating forums or platforms
- Ensured staffs (social workers) understood policies and can perform their duties and responsibilities enshrined in the HR manual
- As a member of management committees, participated in staff recruitment process as well as their capacity development to ensure better team are on board for result-based implementation
- Work consistently with JRS vision, mission and values
- Also encourage and inspire other team members to do likewise
Acting Project Director/Officer in Charge (OIC)
Jesuit Refugee Service
Dollo Ado
03.2021 - 06.2021
- I supervised the service execution of 30 teachers, 10 youth social workers, 12 psychosocial staffs
- Supported their planning stage and monitored their implementation and documentation in line with the standard procedures sated
- I followed up on budget utilization process
- I planned and monitored the procurement process
- I represented the organization in humanitarian service provision coordination meetings at the refugee camp
- I oversee the recruitment, motivation and disciplined the staff of the project
- I prepared and submitted the daily, quarterly, monthly and annual plans to my supervisor
- I fully carried out the entire monitoring and evaluation procedure to ensure effective dissemination of plans against Performance
- I did all other task assigned to me by the supervisor
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer/Reporting Officer
Wa-PYDO
Dollo Ado
05.2018 - 12.2019
- Compile monthly, quarterly and annual reports and submit the Director's office as well as the Donor's office (UNHCR)
- Prepare monthly reports from all Dollo Ado & Bokolmanyo Woreda camps and submit to ARRA Zonal office in Melkadida
- Provide technical support on M&E and evidence-based recommendations to the relevant program coordinators
- Participate in project development and ensure quality proposals are designed
- Actively participate in donor and key stakeholders' visits to the Wa-PYDO project sites
- Prepare executive summary report for documentation and ultimately sharing with Donors
- Collect a quality project pictures for attaching reports and presenting them during each year's general assembly audit
- Design tools, checklists and schedule for data collection
- Provided capacity building trainings to program staff on M&E issues
- Represented the organization at Zonal level meetings and during annul monitoring and evaluation exercises
- Document all information related to the project successes and best practices
- Carry out routine field visits to monitor daily activities and taking progress monitoring photos
- Follow up program indicators and implementation processes
- Responsible and writing success program stories
- Undertake any other duties that arise over the duration of the contract and assigned by the project manager
Data Enumerator
WFP
Dollo Ado
11.2017 - 01.2018
- Collect data from local residents on food security
- Submit the daily records to my immediate supervisor
- Do any assigned activity by the supervisor
- Cooperate with other data enumerators and the team at large
Data Supervisor
IMC (International Medical Corps)
Bokolmanyo
08.2017 - 09.2017
- Supervised 20 data enumerators working at Kobe and Melkadida refugee camps
- Writing daily reports on the collection from my staff
- Planning, Guiding and supporting the data enumerators on how to collect data using electronic taps
- Charging the taps before the working hours
- Providing the staffs with logistic support needed at the time going and coming from work
Education
bachelor's degree - public administration
Horn International University
Dollo Ado03.2025
Grade 12 Exam -
Dollo Ado secondary & preparatory school
Dollo Ado01.2018
Diploma - Public Administration & Development management
Dira Dawa University
Dira Dawa01.2017
Completed -
Kole Secondary School
01.2013
Completed -
Kole primary School
01.2011
Skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Report on drafting skills
- Problem solving
- Strong knowledge of livelihoods
- Knowledge of resilient activities
- Data analysis
- Report writing
- Data quality assessment
- Beneficiary accountability
- Program management
- Conflict resolution
- Team coordination
- Training delivery
- Stakeholder engagement and collaboration
- Proficient in Kobo Collect
- Proficient in ODK
- Proficient in CommCare
- Knowledge of safety regulations
- Ability to establish working relationships
- Effective communication
- Knowledge sharing
- Expert in software for data analysis
- Power BI
- STATA
- SPSS
- Advanced Excel
- NVIVO
Languages
- Somali
- English
- Arabic
- Swahili
References
- Samia Shiekh Hussein, Mercy Corps-Somali Region State, GEDSI Advisor, +2519164012243, samsheikh@mercycorps.org
- Asema Girma, UNICEF-Ethiopia, Humanitarian Program Consultant, +251921557089, asdaniel@unicef.org
- Abdifatah Mohamed Boul, DRC-Dollow Somalia, Protection Information Management Specialist, +252615020788, Abdifatah.boul1@drc.ngo
Training And Seminars Attended
- Project Cycle Management (PCM), organized by UNHCR
- M&E Training, organized by UNHCR
- Safe Road Use Workshops provided by UNHCR
- Training on the Prevention of Smuggling, provided by JRS
- Reconciliation and Social Cohesion Workshop organized by JRS
- Gender-Based Violence organized JRS Melkadida Project Office
Result Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Building Effective Relationships
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Timeline
MEL Specialist
MERCY CORPS-ETHIOPIA
02.2024 - Current
Senior Project Officer
MERCY CORPS-ETHIOPIA
07.2022 - 01.2024
Acting Project Director/Officer in Charge (OIC)
Jesuit Refugee Service
03.2021 - 06.2021
Youth Development Program Coordinator
Jesuit Refugee Service
01.2019 - 06.2022
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer/Reporting Officer
Wa-PYDO
05.2018 - 12.2019
Data Enumerator
WFP
11.2017 - 01.2018
Data Supervisor
IMC (International Medical Corps)
08.2017 - 09.2017
bachelor's degree - public administration
Horn International University
Grade 12 Exam -
Dollo Ado secondary & preparatory school
Diploma - Public Administration & Development management
Dira Dawa University
Completed -
Kole Secondary School
Completed -
Kole primary School
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