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Nutritionist  Kampala Member from 6 years

Nicholas Musisi,

P.O.Box 937,

Kampala, Uganda.

                                                        Tel. +256782417346/ 0752658069                                                          Email:nicholasmusisi22@gmail.com

Personal Statement

A professional Nutritionist with 5 years of experience in domains including Nutrition, food security, agriculture, research, M&E and Project Planning and Programming. Nicholas’s vision is to become a pillar in the campaign against food and nutrition insecurity, a renown scholar, an exemplary leader, a talented entrepreneur and a great minister of the gospel who serves and develops his country and the community around him.

Core Skills

Professional Skills
Monitoring and Evaluation, Project planning and management, Stakeholder management, Communication, Digital Survey programing, Data analysis, Report writing, Microsoft Office Package

 Professional Experience

Ministry of Health; (World Breastfeeding Week 2020) July 2020 to August 2020

·       Coordinated the development of four posters that where nationally adopted to communicate the relevance of safe breastfeeding in creating a healthier nation.

·       Supported the development of radio talking points and a brochure that were nationally adopted.
Nutrition officer; Nutri-Worth International; Kampala. April 2018 to date (Part-time)

·       Supporting the development and implementation of the CIFNS Program

·       Supporting the development implementation of the Agro-Inventions and Innovations Hub in partnership with NARO Kawanda
Nutrition Officer; Nutri-Worth International; “Ekibiina” Project Phase I Pilot; Kira Sub county, April-2017  to March 2018

  • Planned and supervised weekly project activities at the cluster 4 intervention Health Centers
  • Supervised 4 nutrition assistants at 4 intervention health centers in Kiira cluster
  • Oriented and continuously built capacity of 20 Cluster VHTs and 4 Nutrition assistants in the project nutrition component
  • Supported nutrition assistants to development of IEC materials for their nutrition classes
  • Documented appropriate data, activities and outcomes and maintained related records and success stories
  • Supported the monitoring, evaluation and learning process during result harvesting
  • Conducted community follow-up on both control and enrolled mothers to establish change and difference in knowledge, Attitude and practice on infant and young child feed practices.
Volunteer Nutritionist; Masindi  District Hospital; Masindi Town, Masindi; July 2016  to December 2016

  • Supported the integration of the nutrition program in all hospital departments
  •  Strengthened departmental nutrition reporting systems
  • Participated in the establishment and opening of the hospital nutrition ward
  • Conducted CMEs among the hospital staff in the effort to increase their knowledge on nutrition to increase case identification at all hospital entry points.
  • Performed daily ward rounds to monitor progress of clients on nutrition therapy
  • Held food demonstration at the different hospital departments especially the antenatal clinic
  • Monitored all IMAM reporting systems in the hospital and compiled monthly reports that were submitted to the hospital, district and therapeutic feed suppliers.
  • Managed the therapeutic feed store and stocks

Supporting the organization of all community nutrition outreaches
Nutritionist; China Uganda Friendship Hospital Naguru (CUFH); Nakawa, Kampala

June 2015  to  September 2015

  • Offered Nutrition education in all hospital departments as scheduled
  • Offered Nutrition counseling to clients that came for nutrition review.
  • Carried out dietary, clinical and anthropometric Nutrition assessments.
  • Dispensed of therapeutic feed to malnourished clients.
  • Carried out daily ward rounds to sort out malnourished clients and review those already on therapy.
  • Held food demonstrations and presentations at the various hospital departments as scheduled.

·       Distributed food supplements to pregnant mothers and malnourished children
Researcher; Center for Results Management; Bugolobi, Kampala; March 2017 to October 2019;

Participated in a baseline survey on 24 Agricultural Value Chain Development projects and Financial Service Development Projects and an endline Evaluation on 21 Agricultural Value Chain Development projects and Financial Service Development Projects both in partnership with Abi-Trust in roles that included;

·       Development, review and pre-testing of data collection tools.

  • Preparation activities for the field data collection process
  • Training interviewers and team leaders
  • Supervising  data collection processes
  • Participating in data collection using different methodologies such as Interviewing, conducting focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
  • Data entry, cleaning and analysis

·       Report writing and dissemination of findings.
Enumerator; Ministry of Health; (COVID Rapid Assessment Survey Team) April 2020 to May 2020

  • Identification and enrollment of survey participants
  • Data collection activities ensuring adherence to methodology
  • Administration of informed consent to respondents. Identifying respondents and conducting and completing interviews in accordance to the study protocol.
  • Answering questions that respondents asked before or during the course of data collection
Survey Field Team Interviewer; Ministry of Health; (Uganda Population based HIV Impact Assessment, UPHIA 2020) December 2019 to July 2020.

  • Identification and enrollment of survey participants
  • Data collection activities ensuring adherence to methodology
  • Administration of informed consent to respondents. Identifying respondents and conducting and completing interviews in accordance to the study protocol.

·       Answering questions that respondents asked before or during the course of data collection
Research Assistant: Peripheral Vision International; Kampala; February 2017 to March 2017;

Participated in a Pre and Post Test survey on Governance in Mityana District and a survey on reproductive health among youths in Kampala District in roles that involved;

  • Ensuring adherence to methodology
  • Administration of informed consent to respondents.
  • Identifying respondents and conducting and completing interviews in accordance to the study protocol.
  • Answering questions that respondents asked before or during data collection

  Education Background

Course and Institute Description
Post Graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation

Uganda Management Institute

Kampala, Uganda

2019

 Advanced courses in Monitoring and evaluation Tools and Frameworks, Research methods, M&E in the public sector, Consultancy management skills, Impact Evaluation approaches and data analysis.
Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management

Uganda Management Institute

Kampala, Uganda

2018

 Advanced courses in Project planning and programming, project financial management, Research methods, Monitoring and evaluation, project risk and disaster management, Management skills, the project and its environment, the procurement management process, organization management and Sustainable development strategies.
Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Kyambogo University

Kampala, Uganda

2016

 Graduated with a second class upper and knowledge in nutrition care and management, food security, public health, backyard farming.

 

 Other Trainings/ Short Courses

Training Trainer
Social Impact Analysis +Acumen
Analytical Skills for setting up food Testing Laboratories ICRISAT, India
Introduction to Human Centered Design +Acumen and IDEO.org
TOT training on Nutrition Module for Health Tutors Mulago Health Tutors College and UNICEF
Outcome Harvesting Uganda Evaluators Association

 Language profile                                                                                                                 

Language Reading Writing Speaking understanding
English Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Luganda Good Good Excellent Excellent
French Limited Limited Limited Limited

 References

Mr. Ogwang Jacob  Morris

Programs Coordinator, Nutri-Worth International. Kampala, Uganda

Tel: +256774343707

Email:ogwangjacobmoris@gmail.com

 Mr. Herbert Mayengo

Programs Coordinator, Center for Results Management. Kampala, Uganda

Tel: +256772050108

Email:hmayengo@gmail.com

 

 Mrs. Laura Ahumuza

Senior Nutritionist, Ministry of Health. Kampala, Uganda

Tel: +256772897174

Email:lahumuza@yahoo.co.uk

 

Skills

Monitoring and Evaluation Project planning and management Stakeholder management Communication Digital Survey programing Data analysis Report writing Microsoft Office Package

Education

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