Tatenda Makanza

Tatenda advises clients on various transactional matters, including cross-border transactions and integrations, mergers and acquisitions, and global real estate transactions.

Internship

• Drafted work plans, quarterly and other reports with minimal substance guidance; edited work of Program Intern and Senior Program Assistants and Program Officers;

• Developed program concepts and leads strategic discussions; developed program objectives, results, and indicators, as well as program strategy.

• Led work plan discussions and supports processes for work plan drafting and submission.

• Contributed to overall strategy and vision; handled all aspects of program management; anticipated and planned for programmatic needs and acted accordingly, provided guidance to staff in this area; oversaw programmatic progress and measured program performance, timing, and results.

• Contributed to the planning, design, and evaluation of NDI’s programs for Zimbabwe in collaboration with the Program Manager for Monitoring Evaluation and Learning, local partners, in-house experts and external experts and advisors.

• Supported the management of the Election Situation Room Call Centre.

• Verified and escalated critical incidents to stakeholders including Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission and partner civil society organizations.

• Promoted the call centre through communication platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and bulk sms.

• Collated reports received from ESR members.

• Supported advocacy engagement meetings with stakeholders.

• Provided oversight of ERC programs’ key strategic objectives of mobilization, oversight and advocacy around electoral processes including voter mobilization, inspection of the roll, get out the vote campaigns, advocacy for electoral reform and strategic electoral litigation.

• Oversaw the design, development, implementation and management of TRACE, OSISA and USAID funded programs which sought to increase citizen participation in electoral processes. Monitored program performance measurement with agreed workplans and monitoring and evaluation plans.

• Led ERC’s get out the vote mobilization campaign and media strategy. Developed capacity of civil society and media partners to mobilize citizens to participate in electoral processes and report on electoral processes.

• Produced the Election Reform Barometer tracking electoral processes against international
  Harare, Zimbabwe Aug 2018 best practices and implementation of electoral reforms.

• Supported the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission on the development of election
  monitoring tools, deployment of monitors and reporting.

• Supported the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and other stakeholders through identifying
  and recommending strategic areas of collaborations including voter mobilization, inspection
  of the roll.

• Engaged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission,
  Zimbabwe Republic Police on key emerging incidents and advocate for near real time
  redress.

• Created platforms for engaging citizens through social and electronic media utilizing radio
  debates, jingles, Twitter and Facebook.

• Managed the election situation room to collect reports from observers and citizens and
  identify incidents to forward to solution holders.

• Manage US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded peace and elections program in Tanzania focusing on civil society capacity building and increasing youth access to local government. Also oversaw National Endowment for Democracy (NED)-funded programs in Southern Africa focused on political party strengthening and inclusion of women in political processes.

• Serve as the primary interface with 3 field-based staff and coordinate with NDI partners to draft and submit quarterly reports and work plans.

• Provide financial management support of budgets by reviewing financial reconciliations, tracking budget expenditure and assisting with budget projections.

• Organized NDI’s Political Party Strengthening Institute, a five-day meeting of high-level leaders from 19 political parties from Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa and Zambia. Primary responsibilities included: developing Terms of Reference for consultants, research on political party backgrounds, liaising with party representatives, managing NDI’s Gaborone-based regional coordinator, and drafting a training agenda.

• Review monitoring and evaluation framework as well as the development and revision of work plans, indicator tables and an assessment of risk and mitigation strategies for program proposals and existing programs.

• Support the proposal writing process to respond to requests for proposals from multiple donors.

• Provided management and administrative support to program implementation under the Zambia Electoral Observation and Civil Society program, USAID Malawi Electoral and Decentralization Activity program and National Endowment for Democracy programs across Southern Africa.

• Oversaw logistical and administrative preparations for NDI’s Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Regional Women’s Summit on Enhancing Women’s Political Participation, a two-day meeting of representatives from 11 political parties from Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.

• Compiled daily political updates daily on the Southern Africa, including Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

• Researched and analyzed the status of persons with disabilities in Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Disability Act. Specifically focused on the gaps in the rights of persons with disabilities in the 2013 Constitution and the Electoral Act and compared these with a proposed legislation developed by the National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations.

• Conducted background research and edited two forthcoming publications on non-violence and the civil rights movement, and Martin Luther King’s non-violence philosophy in India.

• Verified replication data on STATA and uploaded data on International Studies Quarterly Journal online website.

• Managed the human rights project

• Designed Terms of Reference for consultancies and oversaw the performance of consultants and specialist advisors.

• Developed and implemented new Human Rights and Governance Project initiatives.

• Facilitated collaboration and development of shadow reports with partner organizations.

• Lobbied for legislative reform.

• Drafted grant proposals.

• Coordinated the development of Annual and Quarterly Work plans.

• Administered meetings with partner NGOS, local authorities, UN Country Team.

• Represented the Association at high-level dialogue and engagement fora and meetings.

• Prepared concept papers, agendas, monitoring and evaluation reports.

• Edited publications

• Collaborated with private sector partners to brainstorm innovative ideas to expand education through corporate social responsibility

• Supported the Gender Equality and Diversity Team, of 5 people.

• Conducted research for the mid-term review of UNAIDS Agenda for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV.

• Supported the GED Team in piloting gender assessment tool for national HIV response.

• Updated databases for the Youth Employment Team, of 8 people.

• Reviewed literature and conducted synthesis analysis related to youth employment.

• Drafted case studies.

• Formulated guidelines for publication.

• Supported a 2-person Quality and Accountability team.

• Analyzed assessments, lessons learned and evaluations.

• Maintained CARE’s emergency performance management system

• Updated the emergency-related resources on the Quality and Accountability wiki website.

• Monitored UN sessions and prepared analytical reports.

• Provided administrative and logistical assistance.

• Created a library and documentation system.