ÓSCAR SEMENTE
Humanitarian Worker
Maputo
Summary
Extensive experience in humanitarian work, with over 15 years, including field operations and technical participation in the design and management of emergency projects, in MPC assistance (CVP) and management of food assistance projects.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Senior Field Coordinator & Partnerships Liaison
World Vision Mozambique
06.2024 - Current
- Manage/coach staff in LMMS-related needs particularly regarding the potential donor funding of specialized sectors (eg. UNOPS/World Bank grants for LMMS-EVS);
- Ensure World Vision implements principled humanitarian action that adheres to internal and international humanitarian standards.
- Maintain ongoing surveillance of the developing humanitarian emergency space, advising adjustment to interventions and activities in line with WV values and policies.
- Develop relationships with the Govt, Donor agencies, UN agencies and other NGOs to influence and promote WV’s lead contribution in the humanitarian field.
- Participate in inter-agency coordination meetings, assessments, task force teams and workshops/conferences, representing WV in engagement opportunities at local level.
- Support with the preparation of Expression of Interests (EOIs), Concept Notes, project proposals and budgets;
- Be deployed as operations field lead to support with the setup of emergency projects (eg. Drought, Floods, Cyclones, etc);
- Keep an oversight of the Response’s budget ensuring expenditures are within budget and adhere to donor/office requirements;
- Maintain effective response quality assurance mechanisms for tracking of projects progress against indicators, activities and key project milestones
Senior Field Coordinator - Cash and Voucher
World Vision
7 2023 - 06.2024
- Manage & support field Operations, CBT (Cash Based Transfer - Vouchers and e-cash)
- Work alongside the donor on the day-to-day planning, coordination & reporting on Project deliverables to identified beneficiaries towards achieving WVI objectives
- Participate on the donor meetings
- Oversee operation of the project and implement staff training programs to facilitate Successful Project delivery
- Coordinate Purchase requisition planning and coordinate with procurement department through the process to ensure efficiency and accuracy Responsible for receipt, safe keeping, handling and management of the project resources at the implementation site
- Participate in needs assessments and contribute to the development of the response plans
- Communicate the needs identified by the project team to support the project operation
- Liaise with district government and any other stakeholders to inform them about the project operations and activities, processes, locations and plans
- Serve as the main focal person in the field for the WV - Food and Cash Assistance Project
- Maintain respectful and constructive relations, and ensure regular meetings and ongoing coordination
- Maintain open and professional relations with other Projects, promoting a dedicated team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions
- Participate actively in the Working Groups and meetings with the donor and bring up all the successes and challenges faced in the operation of the project
- Represent World Vision in meetings on request of the project manager with donor and other relevant stakeholders.
Senior Field Coordinator - (LMMS/E- Voucher)
World Vision
12.2022 - 06.2023
- Provide strategic, operational and technical oversight and management of the E-Voucher assistance in Manica
- Overall leadership in coordinating the implementation of E-Voucher Assistance project in compliance with donor and WVI policies plus other relevant standards in the area of operation ensuring strong coordination with the government and donor as the key partners
- Provide day to day leadership that entails planning, supporting and management of the program so that activities and outputs remain on track and the program contributes to its main goal of to provide agriculture inputs through E-Voucher System
- Project Management
- Providing supervision and technical support to staff in the management of cash resources, loaded into E-vouchers ensuring that processes are aligned with donor and WVI DMT standards and guidelines
- Ensure an effective reporting system to produce timely and accurate reports to donor, WV Office, DMT and other key stakeholders like the Government counterparts
- Budget Management
- Manage the project budget in conjunction with the Food and Cash Assistance Technical Lead, in DMT and Finance Manager, and ensure spending and expenditures are within budget and adhere to donor requirements
- Risk and security management: Actively combat fraud and corruption within the wider program, ensuring projects are ready for Risk Based Audits
- Staff Supervision, Management and Capacity Building
- Develop and maintain an adequate human resource plan consistent with WV policies, donor requirements and local laws and ensure proper technical and operational capacity of staff to manage and implement project initiatives
- Conduct quarterly reviews of staff performance in line with WVs performance management system, ensuring opportunities for staff feedback.
Senior Field Coordinator - Cash and Voucher
World Vision
09.2021 - 11.2022
- Project Management / Coordination: Coordinate all cash transfer activities - engaging the donor (WFP), government (MGCAS - INAS) and service provider (Vodacom)
- Providing supervision and technical support to staff in the management of cash resources, ensuring that the reception, handling and documentation are aligned with donor and WVI DMT standards and guidelines
- Ensure an effective reporting system to produce timely and accurate reports to donor, WVM Office, DMT and other key stakeholders like Government counterparts
- Budget Management: Manage the project budget in conjunction with the Cash and voucher Assistance Technical Lead, Zonal Director and Finance Manager, and ensure spending and expenditures are within budget and adhere to donor requirements
- Risk and security management: Actively combat fraud and corruption within the wider program, ensuring projects are ready for Risk Based Audits
- Staff Supervision, Management and Capacity Building: Develop and maintain an adequate human resource plan consistent with WV policies, donor requirements and local laws and ensure proper technical and operational capacity of staff to manage and implement project initiatives
- Conduct quarterly reviews of staff performance in line with WVs performance management system, ensuring opportunities for staff feedback
- Monitoring, Reporting, Documentation & Knowledge Management: Maintain effective project quality assurance mechanisms, including monitoring system for tracking of project progress against indicators, activities and key project milestones, reporting, evaluation, and communication systems
- Donor and Stakeholder Engagement: Participate in inter-agency coordination meetings, assessments, task force teams and workshops/conferences, representing WV in engagement opportunities to local government officials, UN/NGO agencies, and community in a positive and professional manner.
Senior Field Coordinator - Cash and Voucher
World Vision
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Manage & support field Operations, CBT (Cash Based Transfer - Vouchers and e-cash)
- Work alongside the donor on the day-to-day planning, coordination & reporting on Project deliverables to identified beneficiaries towards achieving WVI objectives
- Participate on the donor meetings
- Ensure timely hiring of the Staff for the smooth implementation of the project and ensure all the requirements are being done on time for the staff
- Ensure that procurements are done on timely basis for the successful operation & implementation of the Project
- Oversee operation of the project and implement staff training programs to facilitate Successful Project delivery
- Coordinate Purchase requisition planning and coordinate with procurement department through the process to ensure efficiency and accuracy Responsible for receipt, safe keeping, handling and management of the project resources at the implementation site
- Participate in needs assessments and contribute to the development of the response plans
- Communicate the needs identified by the project team to support the project operation
- Liaise with district government and any other stakeholders to inform them about the project operations and activities, processes, locations and plans
- Serve as the main focal person in the field for the WV - Food Assistance Project
- Maintain respectful and constructive relations, and ensure regular meetings and ongoing coordination
- Maintain open and professional relations with other Projects, promoting a dedicated team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions
- Participate actively in the Working Groups and meetings with the donor and bring up all the successes and challenges faced in the operation of the project
- Represent World Vision in meetings on request of the project manager with donor and other relevant stakeholders
- To assist project manager in situation and program updates.
HIRO Team Leader (LMMS/CCTS - DMT_DGDB)
World Vision
06.2019 - 04.2021
- Train and build the capacity of Field staff in DM Systems, Information and Reporting
- Works closely with the HIROs and Commodity officers/field Coordinators on all LMMS/CTS issues in providing technical guidance and adhering to set standards for data accuracy
- Leads capacity development to HIROs and other field staff to ensure adequate DMT Information Management systems coverage, WVI standards in cash and food management and reporting
- Consolidation of monthly commodity reports from the field into the Commodity Tracking System database consolidation module in order to produce major reports (CSS, CSR, RSR, and LSR) to donors, other stakeholders and uploading in DGDB (Disaster Grant Database) - Global repository
- Coordinate on Voucher request and distribution
- Consolidate Monthly Voucher Distribution Reports - Commodity and Value Voucher
- Supervise on Invoice preparation and submission to the Donor
- Liaise with government and other stakeholders and represent world vision on issues related to information management systems and beneficiaries data
- Liaise between NO (Southern Africa Floods and Cyclone Emergency Response) and Support Offices and DMT (Disaster Management Team) at global level
- Represent the NO in disaster management forums as advised by NO management.
FAIRO (LMMS/EVS)
World Vision
11.2018 - 05.2019
- Provision of technical support to commodity distribution field staff during field registrations/distributions, in addition to running the LMMS web and mobile application to help staff set up new distribution projects, run commodity shipment using LMMS/EVS, and assist in consolidating and generating LMMS/ EVS reports
- Maintain a comprehensive commodity tracking systems as to ensure that all commodities are properly distributed and accounted for to WV Partnership and major donor standards
- Ensure that all the distribution (Commodity e-Voucher) documents are correctly filed, available and ready for any audit; frequent field visit to assist in documentation and accountability.
Logistic Officer
ADPP Moçambique
07.2017 - 10.2018
- Organization of storage, dispatch and receipt of goods
- Processing the import of goods (CSB)
- Responsible for monitoring stock levels and supervising the movement of goods in and out
- Management of computerized inventory databases.
FAIRO (LMMS/CCTS)
World Vision
09.2016 - 06.2017
- Provision of technical support to commodity distribution field staff during field registrations/distributions, in addition to running the LMMS web and mobile application to help staff set up new distribution projects, run commodity shipment using LMMS/CTS, and assist in consolidating and generating LMMS/ CTS reports including shipment and loss claim registers and loss files
- Maintain a comprehensive commodity tracking systems as to ensure that all commodities are properly distributed and accounted for to WV Partnership and major donor standards
- Ensure timely submission of the replication and backups which include field reports, warehouse reports etc by 5th of every month for timely consolidation at the NO
- Ensure that all the distribution (cash, food and NFIs) documents are correctly filed, available and ready for any audit; frequent field visit to assist in documentation and accountability
- Maintain inventory control on a monthly basis and ensure that the commodity book balances match with the actual stocks.
Data Capturer
Minopex Mozambique
05.2016 - 08.2016
- Asset management for the maintenance and repair of the coal processing plant, Vale Moçambique, Moatize mine 2.
Data Base Manager
SD/STEP - SINGLE STEP World Vision
06.2011 - 12.2015
- Information management of children and sponsors in program development area (ADP).
CTS - Commodity Tracking System Assistant
World Vision
11.2009 - 05.2011
- Maintain invoices tracking sheet and update & share with the management on timely basis; Review Stock movement, CPDRs, invoices and other Cooperating Partner reports
- Ensure that all commodity losses and claims procedures are in compliance with the World Vision Partnership and donor requirements
- Maintain a neat, organized and chronological filing system, ensuring that hard copies of the recommended reports are available and easy to access at any required time according to the country data retention policy
- Maintain inventory control on a monthly basis and ensure that the commodity book balances match with the actual stocks.
Food Monitor
World Vision
06.2009 - 11.2009
- Carrying out beneficiary registration and verification
- Distribution plans and lead the Food Monitor Assistants on food distributions
- Maintaining coordination and developing relationships with stakeholders
- Managing commodity and facilitating logistics for food movement between food distribution points
- Preparation of food distribution reports.
Food Monitor Assistant
World Vision
02.2008 - 06.2009
- Conducting community mobilization
- Training of Food distribution points village committees
- Food distribution and Reporting.
Education
Certificate of Higher Education - Accounting and Auditing
Instituto Superior Politécnico De Tete (ISPT)
Tete 04.2001 - 01.2016
Skills
Information Management - LMMS/ITS
Project management - CVP & Food
Management of field Operations
Government and donor engagement
Certification
Certified in Humanitarian Information and Reporting in Commodity Management, World Vision, Kampala Uganda, 08/2019 - LMMS/CCTS
Accomplishments
Graduated on Cash Academy, Certified on Design and implementation of effective, efficient, accountable and impactful cash and voucher programming, 10/2021
Additionalinformation
- Participated on SAR-HEA annual forum organized by Disaster Management Team in Cape Town, RSA, 01/2024
- Participated in Global Annual Meeting in Information Management and Reporting, by World Vision, Disaster Management Team (DMT) in Bangkok Thailand, 02/2020
- Participated on Regional Food Programming Training for Southern Africa by World Vision, Food Programming Management Group (FPMG)-Durban, South Africa, 02/2010
Timeline
Certified in Humanitarian Information Management and Reporting by World Vision, Disaster Management Team and the Global Technology & Digital Solution, in Kampala Uganda, September, 2024 - (LMMS, Disaster Grant Database, Information Management in Emergency Response and Disaster Management Reporting)
09-2024
Senior Field Coordinator & Partnerships Liaison
World Vision Mozambique
06.2024 - Current
HEAT Certification, Capetown
02-2024
Senior Field Coordinator - (LMMS/E- Voucher)
World Vision
12.2022 - 06.2023
Senior Field Coordinator - Cash and Voucher
World Vision
09.2021 - 11.2022
Senior Field Coordinator - Cash and Voucher
World Vision
05.2021 - 08.2021
Certified in Humanitarian Information and Reporting in Commodity Management, World Vision, Kampala Uganda, 08/2019 - LMMS/CCTS
08-2019
HIRO Team Leader (LMMS/CCTS - DMT_DGDB)
World Vision
06.2019 - 04.2021
FAIRO (LMMS/EVS)
World Vision
11.2018 - 05.2019
Logistic Officer
ADPP Moçambique
07.2017 - 10.2018
FAIRO (LMMS/CCTS)
World Vision
09.2016 - 06.2017
Data Capturer
Minopex Mozambique
05.2016 - 08.2016
Data Base Manager
SD/STEP - SINGLE STEP World Vision
06.2011 - 12.2015
CTS - Commodity Tracking System Assistant
World Vision
11.2009 - 05.2011
Food Monitor
World Vision
06.2009 - 11.2009
Food Monitor Assistant
World Vision
02.2008 - 06.2009
Certificate of Higher Education - Accounting and Auditing
Instituto Superior Politécnico De Tete (ISPT)
04.2001 - 01.2016
Senior Field Coordinator - Cash and Voucher
World Vision
7 2023 - 06.2024
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