1.         Surname:                   LYARO

2.         First Name:                Susana Kimangano

3.         Nationality:                Tanzanian

4.         Marital status:           Single

5.         Contacts:                   P. O. Box 31362, Dar es Salaam.

Mobile: 0754 567676 & 0752 0131119

Email: [email protected]

6.         Experience:               Extensive working experience in development projects – in facilitating market systems development for

rural producers using the M4P approach.

7. Language Proficiency: (Mother Tongue; 1=Excellent; 5=basic knowledge)

Language: English
Reading: 1
Conversation/Oral: 1
Written: 1

Language: French
Reading: 5
Conversation/Oral: 5
Written: 5

8. Present Position: Monitoring and Remedial Specialist

9. Years of Service with Current Firm: Since December 2014

10. Employment Record:

a) December 2014 to date: Monitoring and Remediation Specialist – Diligent Consulting Limited, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (USADF Program)

Responsibilities:

·         Help grantees in the preparation and submission of quarterly reports in a timely manner all required supporting documents;

·         Review quarterly implementation reports and financial reports of the beneficiaries, to assess progress and achievement of       objectives, recommendations for remediation if needed, and answer questions and concerns ADF-Washington;

·         Provide and/or organize training and technical assistance to recipients of ADF grants;

·         Work with recipients to develop systems to track grantee activity against grant implementation and record the progress of grantees compared to performance measures of the grant;

·         Visit grantees to discuss project progress, assess the issues or problems, and answer any questions or concerns of the recipient. Prepare and submit the report of these visits;

·         Provide technical assistance to beneficiaries in monitoring the activities and performance of their grants, to ensure compliance with conventions and expectations, and the identification and management problems or issues that arise during implementation of the project;

·         Develop remediation plans jointly with the beneficiaries; and help beneficiaries develop analytical skills to understand the situation and the financial conditions of their companies.

b) April 2007 – November 2014 Business Analyst – Rural Livelihood Development Programme, Headquarters – Dodoma, Tanzania.

Responsibilities:

Identify and assess potential implementing partners and service providers
Prepare, with partners, project plans, budgets and activity schedules.
Prepare contracts for implementing partners and service providers and co-ordinate project implementation.

Monitor project progress and prepare project progress reports.
Organise and hold exchange meetings with potential implementing partners and project stakeholders with regard to the project ideas received.

Provide strategic advice on program priorities, and on strengthening relations with government decision makers, and with other relevant national agencies and stakeholders.

c) November 2002 – March 2007: Business Development Expert – Austro project

Association (T) Headquarters, – Dar es Salaam.

Responsibilities:

Empowered milk chain actors to form grass root groups and eventual national level organizations/associations.
Address business needs of milk chain actors in the dairy value chain.
Organize milk chain actors to access BDS by facilitating links between with BDS providers.
Improve the capacity of BDS providers servicing the dairy sector.
Liaise with government decision makers, relevant national agencies and sector stakeholders to lobby and advocate for policy change.

d) November 2002 – November 2005: Lake Zone Liaison Officer; and Gender &      Development Expert – Austro-project Association (T), Mwanza.

Responsibilities:

Mwanza Liaison Office management.
Supervision of credit account in the Lake Zone.
External cooperation and sector networking.
Formulating, implementation of the gender strategy and M & E.
Gender mainstreaming in all project outputs.
Assess market impact in allocation and control of resources within the target group.
e) July 2001 – June 2002: Project Manager – CARE International in Tanzania

(Missungwi Income and Food Security Project – to improve the income and food security to vulnerable households particularly attention to female headed households in 10 wards of Missungwi district).

Responsibilities:

Supervised and managed 10 field officers of various disciplines
Develop their capacities technical and field officers.
Overall planning, implementation and monitoring of the project.
Coordinate the implementation of the interventions both, at community level and ensure increased effectiveness.

Develop and manage project budgets plan and authorize project procurement,
expenses and manage and control project assets.

Responsible for representing the organization at district level activities.
f) October 2000 – June 2001: Savings Mobilization Coordinator – CARE International in Tanzania (Magu District Livelihood Security Project – to improve the livelihood to vulnerable households with particular attention to female headed households in 5 wards of Magu district).

Responsibilities:

Conducted capacity assessment on CBOs with economic mandates in the project area.

Developing and adapting guidelines to CBOs.
Trained CBOs in effective management of Savings and Credit activities.
Trained CBOs in effectiveness Business Management and Marketing skills.
Develop and implement strategies in leveraging additional capital.
g) November 1999 – October 2000: Business Development Officer – PrestigeInternational Limited (an implementing agent for ‘Women in Fish Business Project’ funded by the UNDP).

Responsibilities;

Support the women in fish business group formation, registration and monitoring.
Capacity building of women group leaders.
Identify and link clients to microfinance institutions.
To secure and link women in fish business to potential markets of their products.
To direct promotional activities
Supporting the organization and supervise extension staff.
h) Feb 1997 – June 1999: Credit Officer- Small Enterprise Development Agency

Responsibilities:

Recruitment and women micro entrepreneurs to access to credit.
Facilitate women entrepreneurs to form and register groups at ward level.
Ensure the organization’s standard repayment rates are maintained.
Implement an outreach and promotion program.
Support and monitor loan repayments s by women groups.
11: Short Courses:

a)    21st – 23rd August 2019: Social & Solidarity Economy Training Workshop for Local Leaders & Practitioners in East Africa Region; Global Solidarity Economy Forum, Kampala – Uganda.

b)    3rd – 7th June 2019: Academy on Social & Solidarity Economy (SSE), ITC/ILO – Turin, Italy.

c)    8th September – 6th October 2017: Organized Producers as Partners in Agribusiness, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, The Netherland.

d)    25th June – 6th July, 2012: International Program on Evaluation of Development Programs

(IPDET) – Ottawa, Canada.

e)    7th June – 2nd July 2010: International Program on Evaluation of Development Programs

(IPDET) – Ottawa, Canada.

f)     17th – 31 July, 2009: Making Markets Work for the Poor – Springfield Centre, Glasgow,

Scotland.

g)    22nd – 29th February 2008: Value Chain Concepts – MDF Ede, Netherlands.

h)    20th – 23rd February 2006: Making Most of Trade Fairs – SME Capacity Building Facility,

Dar es Salaam.

12. Membership:

a)    The International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS)

b)    Women Creating Wealth – Graca Machel Trust, Tanzania Chapter

c)    African Women Agribusiness (AWAB)

d)    Tanzania SACCOS for Women Entrepreneurs (TASWE)

13. Referees:

a)    Mr. Sosthenes Sambua

Diligent Consulting Limited

Mobile: +255(0)713254226

[email protected]

b)    Mr. Francis Massawe

Mobile: +255(0)754 647 655

c)    Mr. Deogratius Mlay

Tanzania Dairy Board

P. O. Box 38456

Dar es Salaam.

Mobile: +255(0)713314866

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]