Nazereth Fikru is an agriculturalist y profession and has an MSc in Forestry specializing in Farm Forestry and a BSc in Plant Sciences. He has over 29 years of work experience out of which 9 years served in government institutions and over 20 years in INGOs, IGO in the fields of Humanitarian Responses, DRR, Agriculture, Community Based Development, Natural Resources Management, Institutional Capacity Building with strong organizational management skills and proven ability to effectively lead, supervise, mentor, develop, and evaluate staff including consultants and deployed expatriates. Proven experience in creating an enabling work environment that cultivated teamwork to deliver results. Extensive work experience in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs in Ethiopia and other Horn of Africa countries, programs that interface humanitarian preparedness, ICT-based strengthening, the establishment of Information and Knowledge portal, automation of National Multi-Hazard EWS and Early Actions, Emergency Coordination Centers, Development of DRM strategic framework and design of research and Training strategy for DRM institution. Extensive experience in leading high-profile and complex emergency response, early recovery and climate change adaptation, community resilience building, and integration of action research in humanitarian response. Served at senior management level in various INGOs (ADPC, Oxfam America, Save the Children and HelpAge International) worked in high-level representations, humanitarian policy advocacy, cross-country program coordination, and was a member of the regional strategic team, supported networking. Proven experience in managing complex emergencies, partnerships, grant making, and award management to over 20 National NGOs and coordinated project implementation with government ministries, leading review workshops, and webinar panels and organizing joint planning and after-action reviews at local and national levels.
Education
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September,1996 to June 1997
Master of Science in Farm Forestry at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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January to June 1995
Certificate at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Ethiopian MSc in Forestry Programme
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Sept 1987 – July 1990
Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Plant sciences at Alemaya Agricultural University, Hararghe, Ethiopia
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18 August to 22 Sept. 2020
2Certiciate in Advancing Government Innovation and Leveraging technologies for DRR at UNDRR
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08 Oct to 07 Dec.2018
Certificate Introduction to Capacity building for DRR, 8-weeks online course at Swedish Contingencies Agency (MSB)
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29 Sept.2020
Certificate, four module courses on Creating and Applying Theory of Change, four modules online course at Philanthropy University
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21 March 2013
Certificate, Leading Across Boundaries at Oxfam America
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27 June2008
Certificate, on Summer Institute on Livelihood Under Stress at Feinstein Institute, Tufts University
Experience
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JUne 2018 to now
Country Program Manager at Asia Disaster Preparedness Center
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1st Aug. 2015 to 30 June 2017
Emergency Response and Resilience building Program manager at HelpAge International/UK
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March 2006 –August 2014
Horn of Africa, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator at Oxfam America
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Mar 2003 – Feb 2006
Early Warning Sector Manager at Save the Children, Institutional Capacity Building Project
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Mar 2001 – Dec 2003
Project Manager at Facilitators for Change – Ethiopia, National NGO
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June 1999 – Nov 2000
Community Development Officer at FARM Africa, UK Based INGO