CURRICULUM VITAE-CHIFUNDO VICTORIA KALEBE

P.O Box 30019                                                                     +265 999 228 220 / +265 88 3494861

Lilongwe 3, Malawi                                                             Email:      [email protected]
PERSONAL DETAILS

Nationality: Malawian

Religion: Christian

Marital status: Single

Language: Fluent in English, Tumbuka and Chichewa (both oral and written)

PROFFESSIONAL PROFILE

I am goal oriented Nutritionist and wellness professional, focused on conducting hygiene and sanitation, health, agriculture extension, community development, nutrition consultation. I have skills in data collection on various interventions including Medical, Nutrition, Gender, Education, Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC), Microfinance, Baselines and Project Impact Evaluation. seeking a career with a professionally and a progressive organization where I can utilize my knowledge in a position that allows for advancement and career growth while achieving optimum work satisfaction

KEY ATTRIBUTES

·         Exceptionally flexible and easily trainable.

·         Knowledge of project management skills

·         Good communication skill, and analytical skills.

·         IT skills proficiency in standard computer software (Quantitative and qualitative research techniques)

·         Sound report writing skills

·         Good training and facilitation skills for development

·         Research skills (Data collection, analysis and entry)

PROFFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

Bachelor’s degree of science in food Security and Nutrition

Institution: University of Livingstonia

Year: 2017 to 2019

Diploma in Food, Nutrition and Livelihood Security

Institution: Natural Resources   College (NRC)

Year: 2011 to 2014

WORK EXPERIENCE

1. CATHOLIC HEALTH COMMISSION (Ntcheu District)

Position: Nutritional Field Coordinator

Duration: 1 June 2016 to 30 August 2017

Duties and Responsibilities

·         Liaise with ANCCs and VNCCs in planning, coordination and provision of technical assistance to Care Groups as they carry out health and nutrition interventions.

·         Attending meetings on various subject matter such as District Nutrition Coordinating Committee (DNCC), District Agriculture Extension Committee (DAEC), District Agriculture Committee (DAC), District Stakeholder Committee ( DSP), as delegated by supervisor thus on maternal and adolescent girls Iron and folic acid supplementation

·         Coordinate effective training facilitation and orientation during ANCCs, VNCCs, CLANs, ACLANs, and Care Groups sessions

·         Conducting FISP coupon Distribution (beneficiary identification, Verification and distribution)

·         Conducting Monitoring of Integrated Homestead Farming and Household Approach with other stakeholders.

·         Conducting Assessment of nutrition status of children through growth monitoring

·         Ensuring effective and efficient implementation of Integrated Homestead Farming (IHF) and Household Approach (HHA) activities done by Front line officers, and members of area Specialist Panel (ASP), DNCC as well as the community in top down approach

·         Conducting school feeding program and trainings and School Meals Support Programs   in primaries and community Based Childcare Centers.

·         Ensuring effective and efficient implementation of all project activities done by Promoters and care group volunteers.

·         Mobilising communities and local leaders in identifying lead mothers and households for care group.

·         Conducting food diversification and nutrition to Health promoters and Care givers organised and coordinated by CIP Organisation.

·         Conducting health and nutrition education talk including counselling people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in the ART department and Day to day monitoring of malnourished patients.

·         Facilitate the implementation of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) through, trainings, and capacity building and implementing of Community of Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)

·         Conducting Family Planning and nutrition Talks coordinated by Family Planning Association of Malawi in Surrounding T/As in Ntcheu District.

·         Liaise with ANCCs, VNCCs and care group promoters in compiling and analyzing progress reports from Care groups and timely submission to Nutrition Officer on monthly basis

2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT (U N C) SALIMA DHO

Position: Research Technician

Duration: 1 June 2015 to 30 May 2016

Duties and Responsibilities

·         Assisting in material preparation necessary for patient

·         Assessment and monitoring of malnourished children and offer the good diet advice

·         Sensitizing Nutrition and HIV and AIDS and Hygiene and Sanitation related issues at the Hospita

·         Data entry of the research finding

·         Cleaning up and arrangement of equipment in the laboratory

·         Keeping track of research activities at the hospital

3. TOTAL LAND CARE –NKHOTAKOTA DISTRICT

Position: Assistant Nutrition Officer (Internship)

Duration: June 2019 to August 2019

Duties and Responsibilities

·         Organizing agricultural field open day i.e planning for activities, coordinating with other stakeholders at a district level.

·         Facilitate in village servings loans

·         Facilitate on climate change mitigation and adaptation measures activities

·         Training farmers on new technologies of farming such as conservation agriculture, soil conservation measures, and manure making.

·         Promotion of food crops diversification in district in order to achieve food sufficiency.

·         Establishing nutrition groups in the EPA

·         Conducting cooking demonstrations i.e. on baby foods, home gardens and health care and food processing,

·         Writing reports

·         Promotion of increased livestock production and management practices and promoting Nursery horticultural farming

·         Promoting hygiene and sanitation activities

4. CONCERN UNIVERSAL- (UNITED PURPOSE) –DEDZA DISTRICT

Position:  Community Development Trainee (Internship)

Project:  Special Project or Outreach Project

Period 2013 December – 5 January 2014

Duties and Responsibilities

·         working with Community Development Committees (CDC), Village Development Committees (VDC), Health Surveillance Assistant, Community leaders and other stakeholders in Implementation of activities.

·         Facilitate in the implementation of Community of Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM).

·         Facilitating the implementation and scaling up of CLTS in targeted villages through conducting effective triggering, intensive follow ups, verifications of communities/villages to accelerate the achievement of ODF status.

·         Promoting the use of sanitary pads for girls using available local materials

·         Nursery management of horticultural and field crops

·         Food processing and preservation technologies and food recipes development

·         Conduction training needs assessment in the surrounding community.

·         Promotion of sanitary and hygiene participatory techniques

·         Providing skills and knowledge to farmers on how to manage household resources.

5. NKHOTAKOTA DISTRICT HOSPITAL

Position: Assistant Nutrition Officer

Period: April-May 2013

Duties and Responsibilities

v  Conducting Assessment of nutrition status of children pregnant, women and people living with HIV and AIDS on daily basis and admitted cases as well as referral ones to check improvement and management.

·         Admitting malnourished children as well as discharging patients who have responded to therapeutic treatment and making referrals to health care centers’

·         Preparing and Serving ready to use therapeutic feed (RUTF) to malnourished children

·         Preparing food diets for patient with different conditions

6. RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION SKILLS

v  Save the Children, (2 Months)

ü  Barilla Project

ü   Youth in Action Project

v  Bunda College of Agriculture (2 months)

ü  MVAC, EFSA (Emergency Food Security and Nutrition Assessments) Project

v  Feed the Future (3 months)

ü  (Integrating Nutrition in value chains) Project.

v  World Vision (2 months)

ü  Village Saving Loans Project

ü  Literacy Boasting Project

v  University of North Carolina Project (U N C)

ü  Safe motherhood project

Key duties and responsibilities

v  Interviewing women who got tested for HIV and know their status

v  Distributing contraceptives (Condoms)

v  Data entry, validation and cleaning using SPSS & Excel

v  Facilitating FGDs

v  Data collection

v  Data analysis using excel and SPSS

v  Administering questionnaires (ODK)

v  Piloting research instruments

v  Compiling daily summary reports

v  Taking field notes/observations

v  Interview translation and transcribing from Chichewa to English and vice versa

7. TRAINING AND WORKSHOP ATTENDED

Community Lead Total Sanitation (CLTS)

Safe Motherhood (SM)

Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
Community Based Maternal and Neonatal Health (CBMNH)

Village Servings and loans community group (vsl)
Maternal child Health and Nutrition (MCHN)

Youth in Action

Growth monitoring promotion (GMP)

Open data kit (ODK)
Exclusive breast feeding

8. ICT SKILLS

v  Microsoft Office Package (PowerPoint, Access, Word), Internet, Skype, Twitter, electronic mail, SPSS Version 23.0, MS Excel, Epi