Norman Jumbe is a Malawian agriculturist seeking a position where he can contribute to sustainable development. He has over 5 years of experience in food security, livelihoods, and community development work. His experience includes managing food and cash distribution programs, conducting trainings, and establishing relationships to identify community needs and link them with appropriate support. He is skilled in project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation. Jumbe holds a BSc in Horticulture and is fluent in English, Tumbuka and Chichewa. He has strong computer skills and references available upon request.

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Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL DETAILS Surname : Jumbe
First Name : Norman Omar
Sex : Male
Date of birth : 21st October, 1992
Nationality : Malawian
Address : Mzimba district hospital, P.O. Box 131,
Mzimba
Cell : +265 882 940 029 / +265 999 181 049
Email : normanbjumbe@gmail.com
PERSONAL PROFILE
An innovative Agriculturist and community developer equipped with a wide range of
knowledge and expertise in project planning, management,implementation,
monitoring, evaluation, Climate Change adaptation and mitigation, Disaster Risk
Reduction Management, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition Crop andanimal production and
Management, Environmental management,Sanitation and Hygiene.
I am a self-starter, disciplined, fast learner, innovative, an excellent communicator, a
great team worker and result oriented. I am a great motivator and thrive under pressure.
Accepting challenges is the foundation of my life experiences and something I do with
confidence. I need little direction to complete assigned tasks. My main objective is to
contribute to sustainable socio-economic development of Malawi through superior
planning, organizational, communication and problem-solving skills.
WORK EXPERIENCE
ACF Spain
Position : Food Security and Livelihoods Officer ( 1st September 2016 – up to date)
Duties
 Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with local leaders and their
community
 Identifying thematic areas in coordination with the FSL Supervisor
 Managing programs include both gardening activities and cash distribution activities
 Assessing positive and negative impacts of some livelihoods and culturally sensitive
livelihoods activities and experience in mitigating them
 Coordinate and share information with gathered with other nutritional program managers
 Coordinate with Monitoring and evaluation for result oriented assessments
 Identify the data collection tools appropriate for each monitoring activity
 Responsible for taking consistent follow ups of the program activities to ensure that
program objectives and outputs are achieved and activities are implemented in
accordance with standard rules and regulations

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NORDITH AGRI-VERT FARM
Position : Farm Manager ( April 2016 – September 2016)
Duties and Achievements
 Establishing and maintaining good business relationships with buyers
 Identifying and linking with potential markets
 Managing financial and asserts distributions
 Planning day to day management of farm activities
 Providing technical support and direction to all workers at the farm
 Managing and supervising human resource to ensure work is effectively done
 Preparing monthly budgets and reports
PLAN INTERNATION INC. MALAWI
Position : Food and Cash Distribution Monitor (November 2015 – June 2016)
Duties and Achievements
 Conducted mass awareness campaigns on prevention, withstanding and mitigating the
major risks/threats to food insecurity i.e. resilience to ensure food security.
 Identifying strengths and weaknesses of the project and suggesting solutions with M&E
 Establishing and Maintaining effective relationships with local leaders and their
community
 Conducting agricultural and VSL`s trainings to ensure food security and investment
opportunities
 Conducted trainings to VDC`s/VCPC`s Risk Reduction and Management cycle
(preparedness, prevention/mitigation, response and recovery)
 Facilitated and monitored food and cash distribution process and led a team of 5 people
 Conducted nutrition monitoring in targeted communities to access food consumption
scores and the impact of the relief food in general
 Conducted on site and post distribution monitoring to check project performance
 Data entering and analysis
 Conducted sensitizations on Nutrition, WASH, Gender, SGBV, HIV/AIDS
 Documented success stories and other case studies
WORLD ALIVE COMMISSION FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT
Position : Community development facilitator (August, 2013 – October, 2013)
Duties and Achievements
 Facilitated community needs identification in relation to community development
 Conducted awareness campaigns to ensure increased access to schools, Toilets
 Facilitation and implementation of CBOs, Early Child development centers, Toilets,
 Conducted participatory monitoring and evaluation of the project
 Data collection and analyzing
 Report writing and submission of success stories

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EDUCATION 2011-2015 : BSc. of science in Horticulture
Institution : Bunda College of Agriculture
2007-2010 : Malawi School Certificate of Education
Institution : St John Bosco Secondary school
PERSONAL SKILLS
Communication skills : Fluent oral and written English, Tumbuka and Chichewa
Computer application : Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint, SPSS, Genstat, Internet.
KEY COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
- Business mergers and acquisitions
- Customer satisfaction
- Financial reporting
- Tax reporting
- Business processes
- Data processing
- Solution implementation
- Portfolio management
- Report writing
- Decision making
- Maths and Statistical skills
- Business administration
- Asset and liability management
- Excellent negotiating skills.
- Comprehensive understanding of
client confidentiality.
- Methodical and organized.
- Initiative and ingenuity.
- Ability to motivate subordinates.
REFEREES
Miss C. Nyirongo Mr. B.J Sinkonde Mr. F. Mkandawire
FSL SUPERVISOR CEO and Owner Assistant Program Manager
ACF International Nordith Agri-Vert Farm Plan International
P.O.Box 31203 P.O. Box 1 P.O. Box 20662
Lilongwe Chitipa Mzuzu
0999209026 0999181049 0999987947
chifwiri@gmail.com boscosinkonde@yahoo.com foster.mkandawire@Plan-
international.com