EGWETE MAURICE Address: Padibe Town Council, C/O P.O. Box 1 Lamwo District | Phone: +256 782015599 | Email: [email protected]| Date: 25th/ 02 / 2021. Ms. Franka Fausta Abonyo, Danish Refugee Council, Uganda Country Programme, Kitgum Office, Bwana Road Dear Ms. Franka, RE: Application for the position of Enumerator with Danish Refugee Council based in Lamwo District. Thank you for the opportunity to apply for the Enumerator role at your organization. After reviewing the job description for this position, it’s clear that you’re looking for a candidate that is extremely familiar with the responsibilities associated with the role, and can perform them confidently. Given these requirements, I am certain that I have the necessary skills and experience to successfully do the job and perform above expectations. I am a proactive agronomy professional who has been consistently praised as quality-oriented by my co-workers and management. Over the course of my 8-year career, I have developed a skill set directly to the Enumerator role you are hiring for, including use of Open Data Kit (ODK) Collect and KOBO Collect on my Android mobile device, and administration of questionnaires when collecting livelihoods data from the target beneficiaries. I have earned an advance skill in conducting focus group discussion (FGD) and key informants interviews (KII). Overall, I have consistently demonstrated problem-solving, teamwork and multitasking abilities in every aspect of my Agricultural Extension Supervisor role at Resilience Agricultural Unit (RAU) Kitgum/Lamwo under DANIDA funded Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI) programme and I invite you to review my detailed achievements in the attached curriculum vita. After reviewing my CV, I hope you will agree that I am the type of competent and competitive candidate you are looking for. I look forward to elaborating on how my specific skills and abilities will benefit your organisation. Please contact me on +256782015599 or via email at [email protected] to arrange for a convenient meeting time. During our meeting I will be happy to explain in detail the two month work experience gap on my curriculum vita, at which time I was involved in an extended job search after being laid off due to company downsizing. In regard to the salary remuneration, I expect your organisation to be paying me on daily basis in the range of UGX 100,000 – 120,000. However, this can be negotiable. Since, I am not engaged by any organisation, if given opportunity to work for the organisation, I will be available at your convenience. Thank you for your consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely, MAURICE EGWETE. CURRICULUM VITA PERSONAL DATA Name: Egwete Maurice Address: Padibe Town Council, c/o P.O. Box 1, Lamwo District, Uganda Email: [email protected] Mobile Tel: +256 782015599 Home Tel: +256789128171 Skype ID: Live:.cid.f252654cc254787f LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-egwete-2759a5153 Sex: Male Nationality: Ugandan Marital Status: Married CAREER OBJECTIVE Proactive and quality-oriented professional with 8+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of conducting surveys (baseline, mid-term and end-term) and studies like adoptions of agricultural technologies and practices by target beneficiaries. Well verse with surveys and studies in areas of Agricultural practices like agro forestry, climate smart agriculture, using survey tools like questionnaires, FGD and KII interviews. I am aiming to leverage my skills to successfully fill the Enumerator role at your organisation. CORE QUALIFICATIOS/COMPETENCIES Experienced in humanitarian, economic recovery and development project implementations. Experienced in data collection using ODK and KOBO apps, as well as, data cleaning. Adept in Acholi dialect and have proven skill in translating the questionnaires to Acholi dialect. Ability to work independently as an individual and collaboratively as a team with accuracy and timeliness. Strong collaboration/ coordination skills with different team members. Adept in use of the following Suites (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint, ODK, KOBO, ENA). Good Data collection, documentation, sound report writing and presentation skills; Proven experience in working with diverse cultures and vulnerable communities of Acholi including refugees. My core values are: Integrity, Service delivery, accountability and Respect for one another. TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES Language Proficiencies Language English Luo (Mother Tongue) Spoken Fluent Fluent Written Excellent Excellent Understanding Excellent Excellent Motorcycle Riding I am adept in motorcycle riding with a valid class “A” permit. I received training in defensive and safety riding from AAU and Yamaha companies respectively. FORMAL EDUCATION 2006 – 2010 Bachelor of Science (BSc.) Degree in Agriculture (Measured in Crop Science) from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda SPECIALISED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING One week training on Adoption Study Survey with DANIDA under NURI, 2020. Baseline survey training with Global Support Development Initiative, Uganda, 2018. Training on Baseline survey, adoption study by International Rescue Committee in 2014 and 2016 respectively. ToT on Climate Smart Agriculture by DANIDA under NURI programme in 2019. TOT on Farmer Field School and Agro Pastoral Field School methodologies with IRC in 2014 and 2016 respectively. EMPLOYMENT RECORD RESILIENCE AGRICULTURAL UNIT (RAU) KITGUM/LAMWO, DANIDA NURI CSA PROGRAMME Agricultural Extension Supervisor, January, 2019 – December, 2020. I was responsible for planning and supervising the DANIDA funded NURI Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) programme in Lamwo district. So, my roles involved implementation of the planned Climate Smart Agriculture activities, supervision and provision of technical backstopping to seven (7) Agricultural Extension Officers based at the sub counties of Lamwo. Core Roles and Responsibilities Accomplished: Administered NURI CSA Adoption Study tool/ questionnaire and Focus Group Discussions to the farmer households of Lamwo district in 2020. Demonstrated good skills and knowledge to the farmer groups through demonstration establishment, management, harvesting and postharvest handling of strategic crops. Encouraged farmers to practice agro forestry as a practice to mitigate the negative impact of climate change. Tree species like teak (Tectona grandis), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus grandis) were emphasised. Linked farmers and farmers groups to the potential markets within and outside the district. Championed and excelled in building networks and synergies with stakeholders, like DRC, implementing NURI programme in Kitgum and Lamwo through Radio networks (Radio talk shows). Organized and conducted quarterly activity monitoring with OPM/UNHCR, other livelihoods partners, district executive committee (DEC) and lower local government (LLG). This is to create synergies, identify gaps, challenges and come up with improvement strategies that are relevant to the programme. Demonstrated good skills in report writing. Both monthly and quarterly reports are done according to the organisation and donor reporting formats timely with attention to details. Represented RAU Lamwo in the livelihoods coordination meetings of stakeholders at the district level. GLOBAL SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, UGANDA, MAIN OFFICE IN LIRA DISTRICT Project Coordinator - Agriculture, the Nutrition Project, November 2017 – December 2018. I was responsible for providing strategic project planning, coordination, monitoring and reporting of all agriculture related interventions. I integrated Agriculture in the Nutrition project, besides, taking the administrative charge of the field office in Apac district. The project was funded by Elenar Crook Foundation, USA, aiming at ending hunger and malnutrition globally. The project target beneficiaries were expectant mothers, lactating mothers and children under the age of two years. Core Roles and Responsibilities Accomplished: Mobilized, sensitized, identified and registered the target beneficiaries (Lactating mothers, pregnant mothers and children under two years) in the project areas. Mapped out existing resources (human, possible partners/stakeholders/actors and materials etc.) to ensure that project activities were built on existing frameworks for sustainability purposes as well as giving support in the implementation of the planned field activities. Conducted baseline survey using questionnaire tool, Focus Group Discussion and Key Informants Interviews and later entered in the PC ENA database. Initiated and implemented innovative array of skills such as micro irrigation and kitchen gardening to improve the nutrition of the beneficiaries. The skills ensured food security and nutrition of the beneficiaries in a short period. This reduced the malnutrition rate among the target beneficiaries by 20%. Forecast the monthly budget spending and timely submitted the accountabilities for the completed field activities to the finance and administration manager with high standards of integrity and accountability. Properly kept records of all project activities including project assets, beneficiary list, partner list, inputs distribution list, activity and monitoring reports. Effectively and efficiently monitored, documented, and reported all the field activities in compliance with the agreed set standards. Supported M& E Manager in tracking project outputs, outcomes, impact or results and changes. Timely prepared and submitted to line manager high quality back to office, activity, monthly, quarterly and annual narrative and quantitative reports for all project completed activities. INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, UGANDA, LANGO, ACHOLI AND KARAMOJA Agriculture Officer, Economic Recovery and Development Programme, September, 2012 – July, 2017. I directly provided strategic planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of all food security and livelihoods related interventions under Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) Programme. Core Roles and Responsibilities Accomplished: Conducted baseline, needs assessment, and adoption study surveys in Lango, Acholi and Karamoja respectively using KOBO and ODK toolkits. Recruited 18 community based trainers (CBTs) for the project sector in Amudat and Nakapiripirit districts. Trained and monitored Community Based Trainers to ensure project quality implementation. Carried out routine performance evaluations for the Community Based Facilitators in accordance with the IRC HR policy manual. Identified, sensitized, mobilized and selected 200 FFS/APFS/VSLA groups across Lango, Acholi andKaramoja subregions. Directly mobilized and trained 200 FFS/APFS/VSLA groups in Karamoja, Lango and Acholi sub-regions. Successfully linked those 200 VSLA groups to financial institutions for saving and credit services for sustainable livelihoods. Established and maintained cordial and professional relationships with the sub-county technical offices, district offices, community leaders, clan leaders and other actors involved in the implementation of PEEP AND SPEED projects to achieve desired results. Successfully implemented post-harvest loss reduction campaign and demonstrated post-harvest handling techniques to over 6,000 smallholders. At the end of the campaign, up to 75-demonstration storage facilities were planted in Lamwo, Amudat and Nakapiripirit districts. There were high levels of adoption of the demonstrated technologies; the adopted technologies resulted into great reduction of post-harvest losses. Conducted all the implementation cycle activities with the APFS/VSLA groups in Amudat and Nakapiripirit districts. REFEREES Charles Komagum Ochan | Programme Coordinator, Resilience Agricultural Unit, Plot 44 General Tito Okello Road. Mail: [email protected]: +256 782683815. Hellen Grace Akullu | Project Coordinator, Nutrition, Global Support Development Initiative, Uganda; Mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Tel: +256772475469. Paul Kawimbo Dickson | Programme Manager, International Rescue [email protected]; [email protected] Tel: +256 784841114. committee, Uganda Mail:
