• Renowned Facilitator of Community based approaches (Community Based Planning), human centred approaches, Transformational processes (TFT and TLT, Agricultural Transformation), Seasonal livelihood programming and Value Chain Approach
• Development of training manuals and knowledge products on Facilitation Methodologies, Community Based Planning, Rainwater harvesting, Community based Adaptation to climate change, Peace Building, Training for Transformation and Seasonal Livelihood Programming which are being widely used as reference material in community development programmes.
• Renowned technical competencies in Climate-Smart & Resilient Agriculture, Rainwater harvesting, Food Systems & Markets
• Conduct Projects and programme assessments (Baselines, Pretraining needs Assessment and Institutional capacity assessments, Endline evaluation, outcome harvesting assessments, Feasibility studies, Value Chain Analysis, Business development services) on Food security, Livelihoods, WASH, Enterprise Development, Nutrition, Education, Social Protection, Agriculture, Environment, Cash Based Transfers, HIV and AIDS and long-term development initiatives
• Conduct evidence-based analysis of the ways in which people’s livelihood patterns determine and are determined by their vulnerabilities and resilience to future shocks.
• Integrate evidence-based analysis into strategies and interventions that increase the resilience and decrease the vulnerability of poor people (and differentiated groups) to climate change, including through the sustainable use of environmental and natural resources
• Integrate climate change and environmental sustainability opportunities and considerations into the above investments to strengthen household and societal resilience
• Development and designing early recovery and livelihood plans post disaster
• Professional working knowledge and practice that have influenced United Nations agencies (FAO, WFP, UNDP, IOM, ITC), International NGOs and partners’ strategic approaches to the development of agriculture, Food security and livelihood systems, Decent Work Agenda, markets and policy in relation to specific contexts, for inclusive growth, human health and environmentally sustainable outcomes.
• Development, design and planning of integrated development models taking a multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach and strategies
• Building Programme Management Teams and organisations to plan, monitor and deliver Resilience related initiatives that focus on Agriculture, Food security, Livelihoods and Market driven development programmes
• Lead the inclusion of nutrition as integral to building people’s resilience, including to climate change and other shocks
• Advise on, develop, evaluate and learn from approaches to increasing women and girls sustained empowerment.
• Other skills: Applications software with a power user includes SPSS, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet/email, and integrated packages.