Emerson ZITA
Maputo
Summary
Mr. Emerson has more than 10 years of experience working on Monitoring & Evaluation (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning or Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) and Collaboration, Learning and Adapting (CLA) in International Development and Community Development, with extensive field work all over Mozambique, with experience working in projects / programs funded by USAID, PEPFAR, FCDO, EU, Swiss Foundation, Diakonia and others. He has worked in various sectors including Livelihoods, Social Development (adolescents and young girls' empowerment), Humanitarian Assistance (managed 7 programs while supporting IDAI cyclone affected people), Conflict and Economic Growth programs (P/CVE - preventing countering violent extremism) and local governance strengthening. Mr. Emerson has contributed for Evidence-Based Decision Making and adaptive management, as is a strong M&E / MEL / MEAL professional that follows strictly organization´s / company´s Standard Operations Procedures that guide M&E activities. Mr. Emerson is also a member of the Mozambican Monitoring and Evaluation Association, a recent association that aims to be the arm of the Government of Mozambique for leveraging evidence-based decision making. He is currently working on a forefront of USAID programming in Mozambique, as the CLA Specialist of a USAID Local Governance Strengthening (LOGOS) and has recently ended an OTI Mozambique Community Resilience Program, the first P/CVE (preventing and countering violent extremism) in Cabo Delgado, leading the MEL team and being part of the Senior Management Team during the initial period. He has excellent leadership, development of M&E plans and tools, project management skills, and is looking for a next management position where he can keep building locally driven capacity among communities and local governments, as well as keep challenging himself and contributing for a longlasting change and success.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Collaboration, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Specialist
DAI Global LLC
Maputo
06.2023 - 03.2025
Electronic Logistics Management Information System (e-LMIS) Advisor
Chemonics International
Maputo
01.2022 - 05.2023
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Specialist
DAI Global LLC
Maputo
01.2020 - 12.2021
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator and MEAL Roving Manager
Save the Children International
Manica
05.2019 - 12.2019
Proposal Writing under a World Bank Tender
Associação Moçambicana das Vítimas de Acidentes Rodoviários (AMVIRO)
08.2024 - 12.2024
- Proposal writing (Technical Proposal and Financial Proposal)
Proposal Writing under Canada Aid Tender
IKWELI
05.2025 - 06.2025
- Technical Proposal writing
Education
Master of Science - Information System
Eduardo Mondlane University
03.2026
Post-graduation - Monitoring and Evaluation
Corporate Business School Mozambique
01.2022
Diploma - Computer Science
Eduardo Mondlane University
01.2010
Skills
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL / M&E / MEL)
- Collaboration, Learning and Adapting (CLA)
- Project and Program Management
- Emergency and Humanitarian Response
- Youth Empowerment and Gender Equity
- Data Analysis & Reporting
- System Analysis, Programming and Implementation
- Digital Forms development (XLS Forms)
- Participatory problem and root cause analysis
- Design and facilitation of evidence-based ToC
- Development of results-based LogFrames
- Design and operationalization of comprehensive MEL systems
- Program conceptualization
Field Work Assignments
That is the 'international experience' area.
Employment Records
- Collaboration, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Specialist, DAI Global LLC, Maputo, Nampula, Zambézia, Cabo Delgado, 2023-06-01, 2025-03-01
- Electronic Logistics Management Information System (e-LMIS) Advisor, Chemonics International, Maputo, 2022-01-01, 2023-05-01
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Specialist, DAI Global LLC, Maputo, Nampula, Cabo Delgado, 2020-01-01, 2021-12-01
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator and MEAL Roving Manager, Save the Children International, Manica, Sofala, Cabo Delgado, 2019-05-01, 2019-12-01
Gender Pronouns
He/him
Personal Information
- Title: CLA Specialist
- Date of Birth: December 29 1987
- Gender: He/him
- Nationality: Mozambican
Timeline
Proposal Writing under Canada Aid Tender
IKWELI
05.2025 - 06.2025
Proposal Writing under a World Bank Tender
Associação Moçambicana das Vítimas de Acidentes Rodoviários (AMVIRO)
08.2024 - 12.2024
Collaboration, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Specialist
DAI Global LLC
06.2023 - 03.2025
Electronic Logistics Management Information System (e-LMIS) Advisor
Chemonics International
01.2022 - 05.2023
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Specialist
DAI Global LLC
01.2020 - 12.2021
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator and MEAL Roving Manager
Save the Children International
05.2019 - 12.2019
Master of Science - Information System
Eduardo Mondlane University
Post-graduation - Monitoring and Evaluation
Corporate Business School Mozambique
Diploma - Computer Science
Eduardo Mondlane University