Tasie Opara

CORE STRENGTHS

Technical Expertise: WaSH, Hygiene promotion Civil Engineering, Architecture, Planning and Development.

Program Management: Understanding of project cycle phases: project design, planning, implementation & monitoring, evaluation and closure.

MEAL: Good knowledge of quantitative and qualitative performance indicators to deliver a range of management and technical support mechanisms.

Budget Management: Highly skilled at ensuring effective financial management throughout project life span.

Capacity Building and Partnership: Good collaboration skills working with all stakeholders and governments

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wash project assistant Operation and maintenance

06/2020 – 3/2023

International Organization for Migration, Borno.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Hygiene promotion (HP) and community mobilization (CM) activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
• Participate in wash coordination meeting in LGA and other wash partners in sister organizations.
• Design BOQ for latrine showers and borehole construction reticulation and water point design.
• Hold regular meetings with WASH Committees and WASH maintenance team to discuss identified key risk practices and support the team of WASH Committees to plan and carry out appropriate community mobilization activities to promote safe practice at LGA level.
• Lead the implementation of the following activities:
• House to house visits, community meetings, and conduct focus group discussions/sessions on hygiene promotion and cholera preparedness and response in IDP camps and host communities.
• Behavior change campaigns in the communities, camps, health facilities and schools.
• Conduct community lead total sanitation CLTS through regular community-wide environmental cleaning campaign.
• Promoting safe waste disposal mechanism to eliminate risks of vectors and maintaining the hygienic conditions of water points by eliminating contamination sources.
• Conduct training on chlorine application, Jerry can cleaning campaigns and other activities on safe water storage and treatment.
• Conduct Hand washing campaign and other sanitation projects in market areas through market based sanitation MBS.
• Carrying out Menstrual hygiene management promotion in schools
• Use of hygiene promotion information, educational materials (IECs)
• Latrines monitoring and mobilize users on cleaning and maintenance
• Support IOM in the gathering of baseline data, profile of beneficiaries, and WaSH needs of the affected community. Information collected must be reliable/trustworthy and accurate.
• Synergize and act as link between IOM’s WASH, Shelter, DTM, PSS and the affected population at camp/community level.
• Assess the needs and resources of IDPs in terms of basic WASH needs with participation.
• Notify challenges and changes during project implementation ahead of time.
• Submit daily, weekly and monthly reports on time using standard format.
• the WASH Manager in all aspects of HP and CM programs planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Assist in the identification of communities/IDPs Hygiene promotion needs
• Responsible to manage budget (monthly cash forecasting) and programming financial report.
• Responsible for coordinating hygiene promotion activities, collecting and analyzing data coming from community volunteers. Serves as links between these committees, LGA counterparts (like NEMA/SEMA, RUWASSA, Water board) and community volunteers.
• Support and mentor WASH Committees, WASH and Site maintenance team in planning and carrying out hygiene promotion on improving IDPs and Community risky WASH related behaviors, ensure appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities
• Support and mentor WASH Committees and WASH maintenance team in planning and carrying out cholera preparedness and response initiatives in the community for cholera hotspots
• Hold regular meetings with WASH Committees and WASH maintenance team to discuss identified key risk practices and support the team of WASH Committees to plan and carry out appropriate community mobilization activities to promote safe practices Lead the implementation of the following activities:
• House to house visits, community meetings, and conduct focus group discussions/sessions on hygiene promotion and cholera preparedness and response
• Behavior change campaigns and hygiene sensitization in communities, camps, health facilities and schools.
• Conduct regular community-wide environmental cleaning campaign and promoting safe waste disposal mechanism to eliminate risks of vectors; and maintaining the hygienic conditions of water points by eliminating contamination sources
• Community engagement at all stages of project implementation.
• Work closely with Procurement team to ensure timely delivery of materials to specification and with community leadership to ensure proper and secure storage of construction materials.
• Report any variations with implementation of project activities.
• Supporting the partner staff with community leaders to identify both skilled and unskilled CFW beneficiaries. Oversee the training of CFW beneficiaries.
• Supporting partner staff to prepare weekly projections including tools and material needs including cash projections for CFW payments to ensure enough materials and money is available.
• . Key achievements
• I introduced the use of market based sanitation MBS as a means for wider coverage of hygiene promotion in commercial areas.
• I built capacity for Operation facilitators, and washcom volunteers through regular training and supervision.
• I introduced Jerry can cleaning campaigns in IDP camps and host communities and other safe water storage practices.
• I designed and supervised the construction of 107blocks of VIP latrines and shawers in NYSC camp and Muna moforo camp.
• I supervised the drilling of 300m borehole construction with reticulation and fetching points in benishek GSS camp.
• I created hygiene clubs in schools and used it as a means of teaching menstrual hygiene and basic hygiene.
• I eradicated open dedication (OD).
• I used community lead total sanitation CLTS to reach a wider community audience with safe hygiene messages with assistance from community heads
• I dislodged over 1000stance of latrine
• I established and maintained hand washing point in 97different locations

EDUCATION

Masters in Disaster risk management (in progress): University of Maiduguri 2020-present

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and Water Resources, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Completed in 2015.

CERTIFICATION/ TRAINING

• Introduction to Public Health Engineering in Humanitarian Contexts - Coursera Course Certificates.
• Planning for Monitoring and Evaluation - Philanthropy University.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) - LinkedIn Specialist | Learning by doing.
• Construction Management: Project Delivery Methods - LinkedIn Specialist | Learning by doing.
• Diploma in computer Studies – BB Computer Institute.
• Humanitarian Needs Assessments Training – Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.
• Construction Management: Concrete Construction - LinkedIn Specialist | Learning by doing.
• Managing Project Stakeholders - LinkedIn Specialist | Learning by doing.

MEMBERSHIP/ LICENSES

• Member Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers
• Corporate membership - The Nigerian Society of Engineers
• Member International Association of Engineers – IAENG
• Member American Society of Civil Engineers - ASCE
• Certified Civil Engineer (Re-COREN).( In view)