About Me

THABANI MALCOLM MPOFU (Development Practitioner)

+263775280314, +263772698760  [email protected],  Harare,   Male 29 Years,   Class 4 Driver’s Licence

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Development professional with over four years of experience in developing and delivering project management solutions focussed on promoting the rights of children and improving their quality of life. An all-rounder talented in introducing robust systems that support best practice in program/grant management & support effective program delivery aligned to good audit practice.

VALUE PROPOSITION
·     In depth knowledge of the UNCRC & mainstreaming children’s rights into everyday practice

·       In-depth knowledge of legislation relating to child care, Human rights, & child protection procedures.

·     Effective documentation skills, to ensure compliance with donor reporting standards and prepare written contributions and knowledge products for various purposes, i.e. research reports, case studies, data management, social media, lessons learnt and best practises

·     Experienced in advocating & working with groups of children and young people as well as establishing functional relationships with social care staff and all professionals involved with care of young people

·     Effective communication and inter-personal skills to pursue strategic opportunities through successful identification and cultivation of partnerships

·     Adept at monitoring and evaluating project interventions, documenting results and providing feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making

·     Ability to guide and teach young people on their rights, develop confidence and key life skills

·     Good working knowledge of Ms Office packages

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
·     Case management & child protection                               Advocacy & child rights issues

·     Project planning, monitoring and evaluation                   Programming research & reporting

·     Resilience building programming                                                Human rights programming

·     Sexual Reproduction health & child rights programs      Partnership engagement & management

·     Young people engagement, raining and facilitation         Counseling & family therapy

WORK EXPERIENCE
Program Coordinator at Seed Foundation: October 2018 – Current

Main Duties, Responsibilities & Achievements

·     Planned and coordinated activities focused on empowering young people with life skills through: Youth Arts Exhibition, awareness on drugs and substance abuse, group therapies and individual sessions

·     Researched on issues around youth drugs and substance abuse and coordinated the related response mechanisms

·     Collaborated in proposal writing for donor funding, including project management work plans

·     Drafted the organizational responsive framework in dealing with youth drug and substance abuse

·     Compiled and consolidated the organizational Stakeholder database

·     Generated field activity and program reports and compiled content for the website

Management and Legal Intern CATCH Zimbabwe: January 2016 – December 2016

Main Duties, Responsibilities & Achievements

·     Conducted awareness programs on addressing and advocating on the rights of juveniles

·     Conducted detention monitoring to assess living conditions of juveniles in prisons

·     Trained CCWs (Community Care Workers) on assisting children in contact with the law

·     Provided counseling services and Psycho-social support to children in contact with the law

·     Co-ordinated events as part of rehabilitation process for juvenile children like support groups

·     Carried out home visits to determine the correlation between the home environment and the child committing offences

·     Monitored the courts to determine if the rights of the juvenile children were being observed

EDUCATION, TRAINING, & CERTIFICATIONS
·     2017: Bachelor of Arts in Development studies

·     2013: 3 Advanced Level Passes in Divinity, Literature and History

·     2011: 6 Ordinary Level Passes including English Language and Science

REFEREES
Ms Jacqueline Rugayo. Founder/Project Director, at SEED FOUNDATION,

Mobile: +263778232926, +263867180210, [email protected]

Mrs Chipo Mugari: Former Technical Advisor Child Protection and Safeguarding at Zimbabwe Association of Church Hospitals, 160 Baines Ave Harare,

+2637724177479, [email protected]

Mr. M. Chambari. The Executive Director, at CATCH Zimbabwe, 1775 Clara road, Marlborough, Harare, +263 242 331024, +263 773 754 032, [email protected]

Dr. J. Matunhu, Department chairperson, Development studies, at Midlands State University,

+263 733 809 555, [email protected]