Tewodros Ayele

Master's degree in Mr. Yeshiwork has a MSC, Agricultural Economics; Haramaya development studies, University, Ethiopia, 2011 international relations, agriculture, nutrition, public health or related field Over 25 years of Mr. Yeshiwork has more than 25 years of experience managing progressively increasing humanitarian and international development projects. management responsibility • Chief of Party, Livlihoods Improvement to Women and Youth (LI- in international development WAY): Swidish Sida funded program projects; • Chief of Party, USAID Empowering New Generations to Improve Nutrition and Economic Opportunities (ENGINE): Integrated Nutrition Program • Chief of Party, USAID Transformation to Food Security (T2FS) Program and Joint Emeregcny Operation (JEOP) • Livelihood, Resilience and WASH Sector Head, Save the Children International • Agriculture Productivity Advisor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) • Senior Program Management Specialist/Senior Program Monitor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Prior experience managing Mr. Yeshiwork has served as Chief of Party of a USAID and Sida development assistance funded project since 2015. projects of a similar size and • Lead the Livlihood Improvement to Women and Youth (LI-WAY) scope in developing program, which is a five year programme, implemented by a countries; experience consortium of partners SNV (the lead), Mercy Corps (MC), managing multi-sectoral TechnoServe (TNS) and Save the Children International (SCI) with projects including the financial support from Swedish International Development agricultural development and Cooperation Agency (Sida). The overall objective of the programme maternal child health and is to contribute to sustainable poverty reduction and social stability in nutrition Addis Ababa through improved livelihoods. The specific objective is to increase incomes of 200,000 poor people (50% women and 75% youth) through increased access to wage and/or self-employment opportunities. LI-WAY is a Euro 18 million, five year program. • Oversee all aspects of program implementation of $8M/year ENGINE project. Lead the program's strategic, financial, and operational planning, including the annual work planning process and development of an appropriate exit strategy.Provide management guidance and support to ensure smooth and timely start-up and implementation of project activities as per the approved project plans. Inititae the crisis modifier compnnet of the project and respond to humanitarian needs as necessary. • Oversaw all aspects of program implementation of the $101M DFAP funded by USAID/FFP and $20M/Year JEOP. Manged over USD 70 million (DFAP and JEOP) in 2016 alone. 1 • Provided principle technical leadership and guidance, including management of the response to Livlihoods, Resileince, and food security sector programs. • Oversaw all aspects of $30M/year program focused on food security, livelihoods, resilience and WASH in six regions of the country from eight donors. Proven leadership skills. Mr. Yeshiwork has extensive experience supervising and managing Demonstrated experience staff across large projects. recruiting, developing, and • Directly supervised the Deputy Chief of Parties, Senior Program managing staff Managers (who oversees the program's technical advisors), Senior Grants Specialist, Finacial mangers as well as indirectly supervising Regional Project Managers • Managed a total of 350 staff (275 from the T2FS project staff and an additional 75+ staff from the JEOP) Demonstrated ability to build Mr. Yeshiwork has expertise building relationships with various and maintain relationships stakeholders. with host governments, • Represented SNV (and the consortium partners), Save the Children, donors, other donor-funded USAID and WFP with relevant working groups, task forces, projects and stakeholders, seminars; and among donors, UN agencies, international NGOs, and local organizations, and national and sub-national government counterparts partners • Served as primary representative to USAID atvarious Government of Ethiopia (GoE), other cooperating sponsors, partner agencies and private sector organizations level. Experience managing Mr. Yeshiwork has extensive experience managing programmatic programmatic and financial and financial reporting requirements. reporting requirements • Managed program quality via a team of technical advisors and operational teams • Maintained cross functionality, coordination, standardization of program implementation in different projects, and ensured quality of program are of nationally/internationally accepted and recommended standards. • Ensured programs/projects met or exceeded all donor and GoE requirements as defined under the donor framework. • Led the preparation of work plans and ensures timely submission of deliverables to USAID and other donors. • Ensured efficient systems to support program quality and effective financial and operational management Ability to travel within the Mr. Yeshiwork has travelled all through out Ethiopia country and internationally, • As Chief of Party of ENGINE and T2FS, he travels to the field for as required more than 40% of his time. • As Sectir Head for Save the Children, he spend 30% of time in the field • As Productivity Advisor for USAID, spent 50% of his time in the field. Excellent oral and written Mr. Yeshiwork is fully fluent in English, Amharic, and Oromifa communication skills in English and other language(s), as required