EDEMA ZAKARIA TURE OPIKOLI

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Address:Pageri Payam, South Sudan Tel: +211922315036
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E.mail: opikolizakaria2019@gmail.com Skype: zakaria.opikoli
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…………………………PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY………………………….........................
A bright, talented and ambitious who has the required practitioner qualifications along with
comparable experience of working to the highest standard. Edema has a long track record of
ensuring services are delivered to the highest quality, within budget by effectively
organizing, managing and utilizing all resources. I’m able to lead teams on commercial,
industrial, education and health projects where the highest standards are routinely
demanded.
............................AREAS OF EXPERTISE..........................................................................
 Protection and GBV  Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and
 Project Monitoring and Evaluation Abuse
 Organization Working Relationship  Budget Management
 Organization Representation
…………………………WORKING EXPERIENCE…………………………
(1) January 2018 – 2020: CENTER FOR PROMOTION OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
(CEPAT, NNGO SOUTH SUDAN)
Position : Protection/ GBV Support Officer
Location : Juba
Duties
 Provided counselling and assistance to SGBV Supervisors in attrition to taking lead in the
facilitation of group therapy sessions for SGBV survivors and women at risk.
 Worked with the SGBV manager and fellow officers of activities undertaken in timely
manner the team’s program activities.
 Engaged in the provision of psychosocial support and skill building activities at the
women centres for the SGBV survivors and women at risk.
 Organized and facilitated regular camp-level discussions to strengthen community-
based prevention and response to SGBV.
 Worked closely with the SGBV response officers in carrying out the clients satisfactory
surveys to measure the impact of the response services provided in services provided in
addition to identifying the underlying gaps in the provision of the response services.
 Ensured that all individual case files are opened and closed according to the
international standards and that the storage of the survivors’ data is in line with the
data protection protocol.
  Suggested strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and
effectiveness of the project by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities
and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottle necks.
 Reported monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual progress on all project activities to
the National Project Director/Project Manager.
 Conducted capacity assessment on existing monitoring and evaluation system Develop
indicators and a monitoring strategy for the project.
 Provided inputs, information and statistics for quarterly, annual and other reports to
Project Management Team.
 Maintained frequent communication with the Country Director and Finance Director to
ensure finance activities and objectives are communicated.
 Worked with Sector Leads and Budget Holders to ensure the coordination of programs
is within budgeted targets.
 Represented CEPAT to donor bodies, Social Affairs, UN agencies, other NGOs and
local authorities.
 Worked closely with the Local Government Units to ensure smooth
communications about Humanitarian interventions.
(2) January 2016 – 2017: ICRC South Sudan
Position : Protection Officer
Location : Bor
Duties
 Ensured that the perspectives, capacities, needs and resources of the persons of
concerns are reflected in the protection strategy, planning processes and operations
plan addressing the specific protection needs of women and men, children, youth and
older persons, persons with disabilities, minority groups such as sexual minorities and
persons living with HIV/AIDS.
 In operations applied the Cluster Approach, ensure the Protection Cluster covers all
assessed and prioritized protection needs of the affected population and utilize the IDPs
footprint during the planning process.
 Coordinated the promotion of international refugee law principles and standards and
also IDP legislation or policies ensuring that all sectors and clusters fulfil their
responsibilities mainstreaming protection.
 Coordinated the implementation and monitoring of programmes ensuring that
identified protection needs, including an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) approach, are
adequately addressed.
 Provided policy guidance and operational support the partners on all protection related
issues.
 Provided legal advice and guidance on protection issues to internal and external
interlocutors; ensure legal assistance is accessible to persons of concern; liaise with
competent authorities to ensure the issuance of personal and other relevant documents
to persons of concern (civil documentation, in particular birth certificates).
 Monitored, and assist with the intervention in cases ofexpulsion and other protection
incidents through working relations with governments and other partners.
 Provided training to relevant programs staff on M&E tools, data collection and analysis
and basic surveying and sampling techniques.
 Supported the design and implementation of post distribution monitoring surveys,
distribution monitoring process and assessment by ensuring the full participation of all
project stakeholders at field level.
 Worked with relevant field team leaders and projects officers for data collection and
ensure all project reports are collected, consolidated and sent to M&E coordination in
timely manner as required.
 Attended coordination meetings relevant to country activities.
 Interfaced with national government and relevant agencies to ensure compliance with
varying government regulations.
 Maintained frequent communication with the Country Program Department to identify
program development opportunities, to contribute to the design of new program
concepts and to support ICRC program development in South Sudan.
 Recorded humanitarian and local authority activities, by sector and by region – to
identify program gaps and to strengthen coordination of activities and general
relationships with other organizations.
…………………………PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES…………........
• Knowledge in developing and administering resources plans and budgets.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Computer literate, with high level of competence in the use of the Microsoft
office including Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint/ward.

..................................EDUCATION……………………………………………….
Academic Qualification and Training Attended

INSTITUTION DURATION AWARDS

University of Juba 2008 - 2014 BA, Degree in Mass Communication

Alere Senior Secondary School 2000 - 2003 Uganda Certificate of Education

Disasterready.org 2016 Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation

Disasterready.org 2017 Certificate in Data Analysis and Action Planning

Disasterready.org 2018 Certificate in Project Management

 ...................................REFREES………………………………………………..

1- Mr.Okumu Richard Philip 2- Mr. Amoko Jackson

Position: Programme Manager Position: Project Coordinator
CEPAT - South Sudan Food for the Hungry (FH) - South Sudan
Tel: +211925511581 Tel: +211925946546
Email: okumujalla37@gmail.com Email: jackole878@gmail.com

3- Mr. Icha Isaac

Position: Project Manager
FH - South Sudan
Tel: +211922273062.
Email: is.icha86@gmail.com

I, EDEMA ZAKARIA TURE OPIKOLI declare that the information given above correctly describes
my character, qualifications and experiences. All academic documents, recommendations and
national ID will be produced during interview.

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