TITO OPESEN Development Practitioner

Location: Soroti – Eastern Uganda Nationality: Ugandan Sex:Male DOB: 17th-August-1984 Marital status: Married Tel: +256 (0) 773 255625 +256 (0) 755 116605 Email: [email protected]

PERSONEL PROFILE Energetic Community PERSONAL PROFILE Practitioner who has achieved a

great deal of success in getting communities to get involved in beneficial activities. Adept at organizing community events, working with community leaders and doing whatever it takes to make a difference. Specializes in profit, non-profit and charitable organization.

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CAREER HISTORY  September 2013 to date: Program Manager, Multi-Functional Platform (MFP) –Pilgrim Africa

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Responsibilities:  Budget and planning of project activities  Monitoring and Evaluation of project activities  Project site identification, qualification, and installation.  preparing reports and policies of the project  planning, attending and coordinating meetings and events  Project bid negotiations and contracting  Programing and coordinating project site visits for donors.  Risk detection, analysis and mitigation  Accountability of project funds  Facilitating community capacity building programs through trainings and exchange visits  Foreseeing the bio-sand filter project that led to the building of 1500 filters  mediating in matters of conflict  building links with other groups and agencies

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Program designing, development and implementation Project management Staff training and team leadership Risk detection, analysis & mgt. special event planning and management Scheduling, logistics and detail coordination Negotiations and contracting Public relations Budget development, allocation and monitoring Community outreach Policy and procedure implementation Public speaking and presentation delivery

PERSONAL SKILLS      

Friendly Well organized Detail oriented Effective speaker Highly motivated Enthusiastic

January 2012 to August 2013: Assistant Community Development Officer – Pilgrim Africa Responsibilities:  Bio-sand filter constructions  Monitoring and evaluation of project activities  Reviving the Multi-Functional Platform project activities  Baseline surveys for the new project sites aimed at extending the MFP project.  Chairing of departmental meetings and minute writing.

August 2010 to December 2011: Relief Program Officer–Pilgrim Africa Responsibilities:  Budget and planning of project activities  Relief beneficiary identification and mapping  Receiving of relief items and verification  Delivery and distribution  Report writing  Participation in the District Disaster Management meetings (DDMs)  Rehabilitation of the children formerly abducted by the rebels in the war affected areas of Teso.  Identification of children for education sponsorship program

January to June 2010: Field Officer–Teso Animal and Property Claims Organization (TAPCO) Responsibilities:  Bio-Data collections using raw data forms for compilation.  Chairing weekly meetings  Identifying areas of data outreach.  Training of field works on specific data of relevance to the project during data collection

TECHNICAL SKILLS Computer Literacy Ms word, Excel & PowerPoint skills. Minute writing

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KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES   

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Excellent familiarity with community building strategies Superior expertise in community programs and resource use Outstanding skills in identifying and raising public awareness of important community issues Exceptional creative and critical thinking skills Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities High written and verbal communication skills

LANGUAGES SPOKEN      

Ateso - Native English – Fluent Luganda - Good Kiswahili – Good Kumam – Good Karamojong - Fair

TRAINING   

Industrial trainings with pilgrim Africa 2008 Industrial training with World Vision, Tubur Area development program 2007 Computer essentials training, Makerere University 2004

ACADEMIC Masters of Arts in Social Sector Planning and Management (SSPM) Makerere University, Uganda – 2014 Bachelor of Development Studies Uganda Christian University – Mukono, 2009 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, Equatorial College, Kampala - 2004 Uganda Certificate of Education Soroti Central Secondary School - 2002

REFEREES Mr. Aliau Patrick Chief Operations Officer – Pilgrim Africa Tel: +256 (0) 776365944, +256 (0) 712365944 Email: [email protected]

MsAnnetAyano Accountant Uganda National Roads Authority Tel: +256 (0) 782 468899 / +256 (0) 701 468899 Email: [email protected]

Mr. Patrick Ongodia Chief Executive Officer Council for African Policy (CAP) Tel: +256 (0) 772 633107 / +256 (0) 702 633107 Email:[email protected]