Candidate Profile

CURRICULUM VITAE/PERSONAL RESUME

BIODATA

Name:                                     Bosco Munezero

Sex:                                         Male

Date of Birth:                         02/09/1989

Nationality:                            Ugandan

Marital status:                       Married

Religion:                                 Anglican

District:                                   Kisoro

Email:                                      bmunezero1989@gmail.com

Day Tel Phone numbers:       0785 799983/0752 937378/0787 258142

Motivational Statement:        Serving my hobby and passion to cause a positive change that contributes to achieving the mission and vision of an organization always drives me to work and arouses me to produce great results in all my workplaces.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

YEAR                           SCHOOL/INSTITUTION                      AWARD

2010-2013        Uganda Christian University                       Bsc in Information Technology (Hons)

2008-2009        Kisoro Vision High School              Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

2006-2008         Kisoro Primary Teachers College  Grade 111 Teachers Certificate

2002-2005           Nyaruhanga High School              Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)

1995-2001            Matinza Primary School              Primary Leaving Examination (P.LE)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

POSITION:                              Operations Coordinator

ORGANISATION:                    Raise the Roof Academy

DUTY STATION:                     Kalungu District-Greater Masaka, Uganda

COVERAGE:                            30 Villages found in greater Masaka

DURATION:                            September 2020- Up-to-date

Core Roles and Responsibilities:-

Organizational leadership

• To provide strategic and operational leadership for the local operations systems and promote and champion change where necessary.
• To conceptualize financial and HR systems and policies in the function of the development of RTRA in Uganda;
• To contribute to the success of RTRA today and tomorrow by empowering personal and team growth and actively promoting and supporting a positive organizational culture;
• To provide on-the-job mentoring, coaching, and capacity development for all members of the finance, operations, and administration teams.

Procurement, Logistics and Administration management

• To oversee the procurement, logistics, and administrative functions of RTRA ensuring value, efficiency, and compliance of the organization to local policies.
• To review and manage contracts with suppliers and staff, and ensure their compliance with relevant laws.

Financial management

• To oversee, maintain and strengthen effective systems and procedures for financial management, reporting, and auditing.
• To ensure that all finance policies and procedures are documented, aligned with the relevant standards, well communicated to teams, and reflect current practices.
• To maintain relationships with relevant local authorities and tax bodies.

HR management

• To maintain and strengthen effective systems and procedures for HR management including recruitment, onboarding, growth, and development of staff and teams, and separation.
• To ensure that all HR policies and procedures are documented, aligned with the standards and local law, well communicated to teams, and reflect current practices.

Information Technology:

• To perform both technical and administrative tasks to ensure functionality and efficiency of computer and telecom systems.
• To Institute protocols for the use of IT across departments and projects.
• To provide advice on the most suitable IT choices.
• To provide technical support or training for systems and networks.
• To Monitor system and network performance.
• To perform troubleshooting, repairs, and data restoration.
• To perform maintenance activities (e.g. backups).
• To develop technical and training manuals.
• To design stable, reliable, and effective databases.
• To research and suggest new database products, services, and protocols.
• To provide data management support to users.

Achievements:

• Have introduced internal controls that have helped in better management of funds.
• Developed five new policies; I.e Human resource policy, transport policy, and bereavement policy, petty cash policy, and local incomes policy
• Introduced days off tracker in the human resources section
• Offered leadership guidance across all the four departments of Raise the Roof Academy.

POSITION:                              Sustainability Programs Coordinator

ORGANISATION:                    Raise the Roof Academy

DUTY STATION:                     Kalungu District-Greater Masaka, Uganda

COVERAGE:                            30 Villages found in greater Masaka

DURATION:                            February 2018- August 2020

Core Roles and Responsibilities:-

Sustainability Programs:

• Work alongside the Director of Sustainability Programs around key RTRA programs which include Community Development Projects, Zone Initiatives, Technology, and Child Sponsorships.

Child Sponsorship Administration:

• Communicate and coordinate with the Director of Sustainability Programs on weekly activities, and send weekly sponsored child pictures and supporting stories.
• Maintain and regularly update the Child Sponsorship Database to provide accurate information on registered children, including the most vulnerable non-registered children (personal data, participation, need, etc.).
• Ensure that all the communication and materials received from the US Sponsorship Department is acknowledged and processed in a timely manner.
• Help promote child sponsorship at all relevant opportunities and achieve agreed targets for securing qualifying new child sponsorship profiles for each year.
• Assist in nurturing local partnerships with grassroots civil society Organizations, Churches, and local administration working for the well-being of most vulnerable children.
• Participate in monitoring of registered and sponsored children and other sustainability programs in the Area Program and facilitate sponsor visits.
• Communicate effectively with all existing guardians, oversee the activities on parents’ awareness on sponsorship issues, child development and protection standards, and other requirements in the targeted communities.
• Assist with communications between children and sponsors (processing mail).
• Work in close collaboration with center leaders in maintaining up-to-date and accurate records on the Child Sponsorship Database.
• Ensure the integration of Sponsorship with other development projects in the Center Program.
• Contribute to the well-being of children in target communities through case management.
• Analyze the Child Sponsorship Database to inform decision-making to improve programming for the wellbeing of the most vulnerable children.
• Assist with the timely distribution of sponsored children’s letters (sent from Sponsors).
• Assist the Finance department in ensuring regular and accurate payments for all sponsored children.
• Administration of receipts relating to all donations for child sponsorship.
• Ensuring all sponsorship is set up and the necessary details collected and recorded correctly.

Strategy and Vision:

• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and work plans.
• Collaborate with the Director of Sustainability Programs on developing program goals.
• Participate in proposal writing for development projects and other special projects.
• Recognize opportunities for innovative action and create an environment where alternative viewpoints are welcome.
• Remain current with development thinking, including adaptive management, systems thinking, complexity, social impact, value for money, etc.

Team Management:

• Contribute to RTRA’s team-building efforts, help team members identify problem-solving options, and ensure the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes.
• Assist team members with information, tools, and resources to improve performance and reach objectives.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback informally and formally via regular one-on-one meetings and performance reviews.
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members collaborate, embody the values of RTRA, and strive to achieve excellence.

Finance & Compliance Management:

• Ensure transparent use of resources in compliance with RTRA’s policies and regulations.
• Effectively stay abreast of RTRA’s policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Participate in National Office activities/events and any other assignments given by line management or senior leadership.

Information Technology:

• Perform both technical and administrative tasks to ensure the functionality and efficiency of computer and telecom systems.
• Institute protocols for the use of IT across departments and projects.
• Provide advice on the most suitable IT choices.
• Provide technical support or training for systems and networks.
• Monitor system and network performance.
• Perform troubleshooting, repairs, and data restoration.
• Perform maintenance activities (e.g. backups).
• Develop technical and training manuals.
• Design stable, reliable, and effective databases.
• Research and suggest new database products, services, and protocols.
• Provide data management support to users.

Achievements:

• Have processed all the communications both from the American office and the Ugandan office to strengthen the relationship between children and sponsors.
• Have acted as a quality assurance manager most especially on communications coming from Children to their sponsors.
• Trained 10 groups of women in Kalungu and Bukomansimbi in economic strengthening and income-generating activities
• On a quarterly basis, I carry out monitoring of sponsored children’s homes and schools to ensure they’re well being
• I have supported all the staff that I supervise with relevant knowledge and skills
• I have ensured that all the gifts from the sponsors are delivered to the rightful children.
• I have been able to represent the Raise the Roof sponsorship program in most of the relevant events that I have been involved in.
• I have taken the lead in five proposal writing and development and four of them got funding.
• Championed the formulation of relevant sponsorship and child development policies.
• Conducted annual pieces of training for all caregivers of the sponsored children, community leaders, and church leaders about child protection policies and children’s activities.
• Held consultative meetings with the concerned protection officers both from the local government and other protection agencies.
• Whenever called upon, I have always provided technical advice on logistical and procurement issues about IT equipment, scholastic materials for children, and other office equipment and gadgets.
• I have always submitted authentic receipts to the finance department in support of the activities managed or any procurement made.
• I have always kept good records of all information related to sponsorship.
• I have consistently submitted my weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports that are always in line with my work plan.
• I have always designed my annual work calendar to help me in evaluating my work performance and also systematically implement all activities.
• I have effectively and efficiently accounted for all the funds assigned to me for the different activities and have prepared all the activity reports clearly showing how the activities went.
• Carried out an annual needs assessment of all the sponsored children for better annual planning and budgeting.
• I supported the designing exercise of data entry forms and their associated databases for the home visitation monitoring forms which enabled users to enter 749 forms.
• I helped in data retrieval and analysis of the forms which were entered which facilitated better decision making.
• I have always responded to all emails sent and addressed all the concerns stressed out in the emails.
• I have trained all staff on the use of outlook and new systems that have been brought in place.
• I supported the development of a computer training manual that is currently being used by all the staff in the organization.
• I have consistently served as a technical person on the use of computers and other gadgets owned by the organization.
• I have always ensured that there is a daily backup of all information on the designated backup storage system.
• I have regularly updated the sponsorship database by adding new information about sponsored children and also enrolling new students that need to be sponsored.
• Trained youth in child protection and all children’s rights
• Referred 3 child protection cases for further management and rehabilitation
• I have always offered technical support and advice on better systems to be used about the activities being implemented.

POSITION:                               Records Assistant

ORGANISATION:                    Medical Teams International

DUTY STATION:                      Moyo Field Office –Palorinya Health Centre 111

COVERAGE:                            Palorinya Refugee Settlement

DURATION:                            October 2017-December 2017 (3 Months)

Core Roles and Responsibilities:-

• Management of patient records and ensuring that they are safe and confidential
• Assist medical /clinical officers with the capture of patient file information
• Carrying out storage and retrieval of patient files
• Records patient visits and other registration data into appropriate MOH tools including an update of facility registers.
• Compiles periodic HMIS reports
• Files all laboratory test results and other patient information in correct patient files
• Carries out inventory management
• Manage records at the facility
• Ensuring complete, accurate data collection by health workers
• Carry out timely data entry into a computerized database.

Achievements:

• I ensured the effective capture of patients’ file information.
• I did daily recording accurately and entered all the information in the appropriate MoH registers.
• I consistently maintained copies of data in soft and hard copies.
• I offered technical knowledge about the use of computers and new systems that were introduced at the facility.
• I generated and submitted all the weekly and monthly data reports
• I managed well all the records at the facility.

POSITION:                               Project Director

ORGANISATION:                    Compassion International Uganda in Partnership with Diocese of Muhabura

DUTY STATION:                      Nombe Child Development Centre

COVERAGE:                            All Villages in Rubuguri Parish, Kisoro district

DURATION:                            December 2014 to July 2017 (2 years and 7 Months)

Core Roles and Responsibilities:-

• Work within your influence, serve as an advocate for children and their caregivers who live in poverty and are not able to speak out for themselves. This includes being informed about issues of children and influencing others to greater involvement on their behalf.
• Offer leadership to the other project staff including the Child Survival Program (CSP) staff. This involves mentoring, coaching, supervising, coordinating, and evaluating them on their assigned roles, including monitoring their attendance and taking lead in organizing staff devotions and retreats as well as spiritual activities for the children.
• Participate in ensuring the quality of letters and their effective delivery to the next level for dissemination to the donors as well as a timely response to the letters from sponsors to their supported children.
• Act as an accounting officer for all project funds, ensuring that all funds are used for their intended purpose and in adherence to the set policies.
• Prepare in cooperation with the other project workers, child development committee the project plans and budgets and submit them to the overseers and compassion representative for approval.
• Supervise the implementation of the approved project plans and budget with monthly assessments done in conjunction with other stakeholders including the children, the church, and the caregivers.
• Submit monthly reports to the Overseer, the child development committee, and other partners as required.
• Manage the process of the child’s home visitations by the plan and program of the project. This will help in the exploration of each child’s unique needs opportunities and capabilities and recommend ways to improve the child.
• Challenge, motivate and encourage the church to think of other ways of mobilizing resources that can provide sound learning opportunities for children in all areas of child development to prevent creating a dependency syndrome.
• Work closely with the committee on the selection of children for sponsorship.
• Assist the other project workers and share their responsibilities when the situation calls for such intervention.

Achievements:

• Spearheading the designing and formalizing of the child protection strategy of UG 727 Nombe child development Centre.
• Conducted five child protection pieces of training for the caregivers, sponsored children, and the church leaders.
• Was the chairperson of the UG 727 child protection committee.
• Referred 3 child protection cases to other institutions for further management
• Carried out an annual needs assessment of all the sponsored children for better annual planning and budgeting.
• Have processed all the communications both from the American office and the Ugandan office to strengthen the relationship between children and sponsors.
• Have acted as a quality assurance manager most especially on communications coming from Children to their sponsors.
• On a monthly basis, I carried out home visitations to the children’s homes.
• I spearheaded the development of 7 proposals and 6 of them got funding.
• I offered supervisory support to all the children development workers that I was working with.
• Successfully reported 8 protection-related cases that I got to know the relevant authorities for further management.
• Carrying out a needs assessment for 6 child protection victims and providing additional support that the victims needed.
• Compiling monthly protection reports about the children and the community at large, referring 3 protection cases to other agencies for better management, rehabilitation, and resettlement.
• Keeping the highest levels of confidentiality about protection issues.
• During my stay in the office, I was able to enroll 80 children in the sponsorship program. This involved capturing their information on the registration forms, entering the information on the designed computer system, and also uploading the photos.
• Accounted for approximately 420 million Ugandan shillings for the period of two and a half years that I spent as the accounting officer.
• Offered quarterly mentoring sessions to all the staff.
• Performed weekly backup of the information on the different external drives.

SHORT-TERM WORKING ENGAGEMENT

POSITION:                               Data Clerk

ORGANISATION:                    Infectious Diseases Institute

DUTY STATION:                      Infectious Diseases Institute Head Office Makerere University

DURATION:                            September 2017-November 2017

Core Roles and Responsibilities:-

• Entering of Safe mothers giving life project data onto the database application collected from the five districts of western Uganda is Kibaale, Kiryadongo, Kakumiro, Kabarorle, and Kamwenge.
• Performing daily data backups.
• Validating the data entered.
• Analysis of the data entered.
• Daily reporting of the questioners entered

Achievements:

• On a daily basis, I entered between 100 and 120 questionnaires.
• Carried out daily validation of the data entered
• Analyzed the data entered on a daily basis
• Backed up the data entered with the supervisor,

POSITION:                               Assistant Parish Supervisor

ORGANISATION:                    Uganda Bureau of Statistics

DUTY STATION:                      Rwingwe Parish, Nyakabande sub-county

PROJECT:                                Population Census 2014

DURATION:                            August 2014- September 2014

Core Roles and Responsibilities:-

• Support the enumerators in the different villages in data collection
• Collect data in a village where the enumerator has not shown up
• On a daily basis verify the data collected by the different enumerators
• Supply data collection tools to the different enumerators
• Supervise the census exercise in the area of designation

TRAINING ATTAINED WITH AND WITHOUT CERTIFICATES

• Training in TB/DHIS2 Rollout
• Training in TCPT (Transforming Core Processes with Technology)
• Training in Leadership
• Training in Para Counselling
• Training in Discipleship
• Training in Early Childhood Development
• Training in Proposal writing
• Training in Supporter-Beneficiary Communication and Photography
• Training in child protection
• Training in Letter writing
• Training in curriculum Implementation
• Training in Resource Mobilization

LANGUAGES

LANGUAGE                                         WRITTEN                    SPOKEN                      READ

• English Excellent Excellent                     Excellent
• Kinyarwanda Excellent Excellent                     Excellent
• Runyankole/Rukiga Good Good                           Good
• Luganda Good Good                           Good

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Ambitious and result oriented
• Troubleshooting skills
• Initiator and self-starter
• Innovative and creative
• Good leadership Skills
• Excellent communication and networking skills
• Good facilitation skills
• Flexible and dynamic
• Planning and management skills
• Budgeting skills
• Decision-making skills

REFEREES

1. M/s Ritah Aliyinza

Director of Sustainability and Programs

Raise the Roof Academy

Kalungu District

Mob: +256772388021

Email: ritahaliyinza@gmail.com

2. David Agoso

Africa Coordinator

Every Generation Ministries

Mob: +256787792498

Email: dagoso@gmail.com

3. Moses Twagirayesu

Field coordinator

Africa Water Solution

Mob: 0773911111

Email: mtwagirayesu@gmail.com