Summary
Work History
Education
Skills
Education Achievements
Personal Information
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Walwambe Peter

Walwambe Peter

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Work History

Market Systems Development Officer

Goal Relief and Development organization
01.2021
  • Responsible for onboarding, monitoring, and supporting Private Sector Actors' activities in assigned districts under the Mastercard-funded programs where I oversaw a portfolio of 11 Private sector Actors and 1 Civil Society organization achieving a high level of success in youth access to input and output markets, finance and mindset change for improved livelihoods.

Youth Engagement Coordinator

Restless Development Uganda
09.2019
  • As a member of the DYNAMIC consortium on behalf or Restless Development, I oversaw volunteer onboarding and training
  • I effectively onboarded 2 cohorts of youth volunteers and managed their work relationships
  • I also liked the youth groups formed (100) to private sector actors especially financial service providers, input dealers, and output market actors
  • I was also in charge of the data management processes and effectively updated and provided timely reports to management.

Project Facilitator

Swisscontact/ Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation
05.2018
  • While implementing the Local Skills Development Project for the Youths in Eastern Uganda and reporting to the regional Officer in Jinja, I coordinated project activities in Tororo and Butaleja districts
  • Right from MoU signing to mobilization and sensitization of communities, I was able to set up youth learning groups that together with the Field Assistants we trained in various aspects
  • Accessibility to markets was a key aspect and this I did through private sector actor onboarding and linkages of learning groups to the actors achieving a high volume of results portrayed by improved incomes of more than 2000 participating youths.

Team Leader

International Rescue Committee, Uganda Program
02.2015
  • I effectively implemented the strengthening Private Sector Engagement in Enterprise Development (SPEED) Project in Acholi and Karamoja sub-regions, I oversaw effective implementation and coordination efforts for the project overseeing market access and youth livelihoods within the districts of Napak, Amudat, Nakapiripirit, and Moroto
  • I conducted project inception meetings and worked with teams on beneficiary selection, training, and accessibility to inputs and output markets
  • I effectively monitored and reported on project achievements highlighting challenges and prospects to senior management
  • I was able to bring the project to a successful closure.

Market Linkages Officer

05.2012
  • Still, under the IRC, I equally worked as part of the Promoting Economic Empowerment through Private Sector Development (PEEP) Project for Northern Uganda
  • Here I oversaw a portfolio of 3000 farmers managed by collective marketing committees in northern Uganda
  • I sanitized the farmers on collective marketing and trained collective marketing committees on marketing achieving a high volume of sales to output aggregators in northern Uganda.

Linkage Banking Officer

South-eastern Private Sector Promotion Enterprise Limited (SEPSPEL)
02.2010
  • I was a pioneer of the Banking on Change (BoC) project that sought to sensitize communities on bank services working with Barclays Bank Uganda Limited through a partnership with CARE International in Uganda
  • I sanitized more than 100 VSLA groups on Bank linkage by explaining the group VSLA liability and asset accounts of the bank
  • I supported the groups in accessing asset and liability accounts with the bank by conducting financial literacy sessions and enabling proper records management.

Research Assistant

Youth Environment Services
01.2009
  • While volunteering in the WASH sector, I learned a lot about the best sanitation and hygiene practices such as the management of water sources and family and personal hygiene
  • I was part of a big team that sensitized communities in Busia municipality on WASH by ensuring proper use of toilets/ latrines and management of garbage and water sources in Busia municipality
  • I made several follow-ups and documented adaptation of best practices in WASH in Busia municipality.

Lead Generator- Liabilities

Barclays Bank Uganda Limited
02.2008
  • I cross-sold liability accounts and asset accounts to clients while ensuring that I maintained the world-class customer service and compliance standards of the bank
  • This enabled me to meet weekly and monthly liability account targets for the Bank.

Education

MBA - Project Planning And Services Management

Busitema University
Tororo
03.2024

Bachelor of Arts - Social Administration

Makerere University
Kampala, Uganda
04.2005

Skills

  • Work Coordination
  • Report Writing
  • Strategic Planning
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Report Preparation
  • Budgeting and finance
  • Community Relations
  • Project Planning
  • Program Evaluation

Education Achievements

  • Master of Business Administration, Project Planning and Services Management, Busitema University
  • Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences, Makerere University, 2001, 2004
  • Certificate of Advanced Bible Studies, International Bible Teaching Ministries, 09/2016
  • Building a Better Response e-learning course, Humanitarian Academy at Harvard, 05/2016

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 10/24/78
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Ugandan

References

  • Oloya Catherine, Program Manager, International Rescue Committee, Uganda Program, Catherine.Oloya@rescue.org, +256772791875
  • Joseph Odumna, formerly Livelihood and nutrition security coordinator, GOAL-Agago, josephomna@outlook.com, 0774208209
  • Joseph Drasi, Field Systems Manager, Goal Relief and Development Organization, 772354565, jdrasi@ug.goal.ie
  • Dr. Kakuba Sultan Juma, Senior Lecturer, Business Administration, Busitema University, ksultanjuma@gmail.com, +256 781968753

Timeline

Market Systems Development Officer

Goal Relief and Development organization
01.2021

Youth Engagement Coordinator

Restless Development Uganda
09.2019

Project Facilitator

Swisscontact/ Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation
05.2018

Team Leader

International Rescue Committee, Uganda Program
02.2015

Market Linkages Officer

05.2012

Linkage Banking Officer

South-eastern Private Sector Promotion Enterprise Limited (SEPSPEL)
02.2010

Research Assistant

Youth Environment Services
01.2009

Lead Generator- Liabilities

Barclays Bank Uganda Limited
02.2008

MBA - Project Planning And Services Management

Busitema University

Bachelor of Arts - Social Administration

Makerere University

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