Simon Yeng
Organisation Development (OD) Practitioner
Juba
Summary
Experienced development and humanitarian practitioner with a decade of experience in emergency response, peace building, and civil society organization strengthening. Fellow of SOCSIS and United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Generation Change Fellow. Core professional objective is to enhance the capacity and performance of individuals and organizations in East Africa. Author of the best-selling book "Building Strong Management Processes in NGOs," dedicated to improving the quality of life for people in the region.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
5
5
Languages
Work History
Senior Program Coordinator
United States Institute for Peace (USIP)
12.2017
- Official USIP Representative, Lead & support the implementation of USIP or USIP-supported initiatives, coordinate operational meetings, dialogues, in-country trainings and other activities, Support the institutional strengthening of USIP’s strategic partners in South Sudan, lead the USIP South Sudan team in the development of reports, policy guidance, or political/conflict analysis as needed and performs other duties as assigned.
Consultant
Organization for Nonviolent and Development, (ONAD)
06.2025 - 06.2025
- Reviewed organizational values, vision, mission, and strategic objectives and goals.
- Aligned the organizational priorities with the current contexts.
- Led the development of the 2025-2029 Strategic Plan.
- Strengthened the capacity and competence of the organizational staff's ability to teamwork, collaborate, and fundraise for a sustainable presence.
National Consultant
Family Health International (Fhi360)
12.2024 - 03.2025
- Led mapping of peacebuilding and Media partners in South Sudan, Support the capture trip team, build a healthy relationship with government, institutions (Ministry of peace and Media Authority), CSOs’ and NNGOs. Strengthen the capacity and competence of peacebuilding and media partners in South Sudan. Among other related roles/duties as assigned.
Program Coordinator
Integrated Development Organization (IDO)
06.2016 - 08.2017
- Head of IDO’s four Program Units, Peace Advocacy & Governance (PAG), Protection & Education (PAE), Health & Nutrition (HAN) and Food Security & Livelihood (FSL), my key duties were Strategic and program development, Program Implementation, Funding & financial mgt, Communication and Policy engagement & advocacy, Responsible for supervising the
CSO Facilitator
Democracy International
04.2016 - 04.2016
- Led and built the capacity of 40 CSO leaders during the State Train of Trainers (ToT), Documentation and presentation of the findings using both Presentation and word document tools into a standard reporting format, Continuous monitoring of the ToT participants in respect to implementation of the skills/knowledge gained in relation to dissemination of the peace agreement in WES, Guided the CSOs on how to write funding proposals to USAID-DI to implement the Peace Agreement in the Payams and Bomas of WES.
Senior Program Protection Officer
SAADO
10.2015 - 03.2016
- Building the capacity and competence of South Sudan Women population to have the gut to advocate for their economic, social and political participation in public domain, addressed South Sudan Gender issues; gender stereotypes, gender inequalities, Contributing to development strategies of SAADO through effective fundraising strategies, rightful visibility through the use of proper effective tools, building collaborative stakeholders’ linkages to promote and strengthen the organizational development in strategic programmatic areas
Resource Person (RP)
Oxfom Novib/IPCS
01.2013 - 02.2014
- Built the capacity of 13 CSO organizations, led the Organizational Capacity Assessment team, led the development of Organizational policies like, Internal Systems Polices and Procedures (ISPP), Strategic Plan Development, Presentation of key findings and reports to Novib and other stakeholders
Education
MA Public Administration - International Development
Team University
BA in Development Studies - International Development
Kampala University
Organization Development - OD
University of Cape Coast
Skills
Advanced Facilitation/Presentation
Institutional and Organizational development
Training coordination
Strategic planning
Project management
Staff development
Program management
Team oversight
Needs analysis
Report creation
Teamwork and collaboration
Public relations
Risk management
Stakeholder engagement
Certification
Certificate in Guidance and Counseling
References
Ola, Mohajer, Snr. Program Officer, omohajer@usip.org, United State Institute of Peace
Interests
International Development, Nonprofit management, Organizational development, Civil Society Development, Fundraising tips and techniques, Peace building, Facilitation/presentations
Community Service
The Africa in Me. Peaceful World. Competent Human Resource. Strengthened Institutions. Service oriented. Teamwork/teambuilding, these are some of my communities.
Timeline
Consultant
Organization for Nonviolent and Development, (ONAD)
06.2025 - 06.2025
National Consultant
Family Health International (Fhi360)
12.2024 - 03.2025
Senior Program Coordinator
United States Institute for Peace (USIP)
12.2017
Program Coordinator
Integrated Development Organization (IDO)
06.2016 - 08.2017
CSO Facilitator
Democracy International
04.2016 - 04.2016
Senior Program Protection Officer
SAADO
10.2015 - 03.2016
Resource Person (RP)
Oxfom Novib/IPCS
01.2013 - 02.2014
BA in Development Studies - International Development
Kampala University
Organization Development - OD
University of Cape Coast
MA Public Administration - International Development
Team University