Adugna Tafa Gemechu

Experienced leader with substantial leadership and management experience gained from providing leadership to accounting, budgeting, financial reporting and analysis, all programme support functions (logistics, procurement, Human Resources and IT) working in humanitarian and development Programmes implemented by INGOs in various countries. In depth experience in effective and efficient management in providing support for critical support function projects and processes improvements. Rich experiences in guiding teams in developing department strategies and targets, leading the process of developing country annual budget, as part of the country operating plan (COP), and contributes to departmental budget plans and proposals, and offering advice on workplan development, budgets and expenditures. Experiences managing programme/projects funded by USAID, UNOCHA, EC, ECHO, GAC, SIDA, UNFPA, WHO, UNICEF, CDC, Buffet, GF, DFID and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). I have obtained vast experiences in leading team of staff working on partner grant/sub-grantees which are either government organizations or local/international NGOs. AREAS OF COMPETENCIES * Stewardship * Asset Management System Design and process Improvement * Procurement and logistics Management * Conflict Management Financial Planning and Monitoring * Fund raising and Proposal development * Risk Assessment and Management * Staff and partner capacity development * Remote management * Partner management * Team Building * leadership, people management, interpersonal and negotiation skills * capacity of different kind of Financial and programme software No Name of project Donor Project Budget Country 1 Strengthen PSNP Institutions and Resilience II (SPIR II_ Resilience Food Security Activities (RFSA) USAID/BHA USD 206M Ethiopia 1 The EU RESET II program _RESILIENCE BUILDING AND CREATION OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES (RESET II) EU EUR 6.05M Ethiopia 2 Her Future Her Choice (HFHC) Government Affairs of Canada (GAC) CAD 2.8M Ethiopia 3 Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation USD 29.6 million Ethiopia 4 Challenge TB, USAID Funded TB project USAID USD 60 million over 5 yrs Ethiopia 5 Advancing Partners and Communities6(APC)-Immunization, Community Based Newborn Care, Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEMONC) USAID USD 15.1 million Ethiopia 6 Community Based Newborn Care (CBNC) UNICEF USD 10.2 million Ethiopia 7 Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) EC EUR 4.9 million Afghanistan 8 Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (6MAM) UNICEF GBP 1million Afghanistan 9 Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) UNFPA USD .5 million Afghanistan 10 Mobile health services WHO USD .5 million Afghanistan 11 Provision of Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP) WFP USD .5 million Afghanistan 12 Global Fund GF/MoPH USD 1.2 million Afghaistan 13 Result Based Financing EC/MoPH USD 2 million Afghanistan 14 ART/HIV/AIDS PEPFAR/CDC USD 15 million Ethiopia 15 emergency response and resilience buldg UN OCHA USD 500K Ethiopia 16 Integrated Emergency Response & Early Recovery Support in Somali Region Ethiopia OFDA USD 3M Ethiopia 17 Ethiopia - Gambella Refugee Response ECHO EUR 935K Ethiopia