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Wilka Namandje

Wilka Namandje

Windhoek

Summary

Highly-motivated with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adapt at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Care Group Facilitator

Project Hope Namibia (DREAMS Programme)
08.2019 - 09.2019
  • Delivering a community-based behavioral intervention to small groups of parents/caregivers following pre-established curriculum and target setting
  • Collaborating with other team members and establishing community linkage and maintaining community relationships
  • Planning and facilitating trainings and activities
  • Identifying and securing session spaces
  • Managing participant's recruitment
  • Adhering and fulling the programs requirement, data collection, proper management of data and data analysis.

Interviewer and HIV Rapid Tester

Namibia Statistic Agency (NSA), ITECH and Min of Gender Equality and Child Welfare
02.2019 - 05.2019
  • Screening and identification of adolescence girls and young women in selected households
  • Conducting in-depth interviews with respondents
  • Offering pre and post counselling to respondents and issuing their HIV results
  • Linking respondents to care and services
  • Carry out data collection, data entry and submit a report of field activities
  • Maintaining a positive relationship with different communities.

Research Team Leader

University of Namibia, Multidisciplinary Research Centre
02.2018 - 05.2018
  • Lead, coordinate and supervise a field-based data collection team
  • Being the interface for research team at the community and regional level
  • Recruiting participants, conducting focus group discussions and individual interviews
  • Ensuring that all members of their team always observe study protocols and maintaining a positive relationship with the community.

Community Mobilization Coordinator

Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia Population Based HIV Impact Assessment (NAMPHIA) Survey
04.2017 - 09.2017
  • Developing and implementing a community engagement plan for each selected enumeration area
  • Sensitizing create awareness and open the communities for data collection
  • Ensuring study aims, goals and procedures are well understood by the community and recruiting, training and monitoring community mobilizers
  • Promoting study participation in each community, including development and distribution of promotional material, planning and promotion of community events and activities required in each enumeration area
  • Identifying and overcoming potential obstacles to participant's recruitment and participation in sampled EAs throughout the course of the day
  • Conducting community entry and departure meetings at regional, constituency and village level.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Honors Degree in Industrial Psychology And Sociolo

University of Namibia
Windhoek
04-2017

High School Diploma -

Uukule Senior Secondary School
Oshikoto Region
01-2010

Skills

  • Teamwork
  • Decision-making
  • Program Development
  • Management Skills
  • Leadership Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Computer Skills
  • Interpersonal Communication

Timeline

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Care Group Facilitator

Project Hope Namibia (DREAMS Programme)
08.2019 - 09.2019

Interviewer and HIV Rapid Tester

Namibia Statistic Agency (NSA), ITECH and Min of Gender Equality and Child Welfare
02.2019 - 05.2019

Research Team Leader

University of Namibia, Multidisciplinary Research Centre
02.2018 - 05.2018

Community Mobilization Coordinator

Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia Population Based HIV Impact Assessment (NAMPHIA) Survey
04.2017 - 09.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Honors Degree in Industrial Psychology And Sociolo

University of Namibia

High School Diploma -

Uukule Senior Secondary School
Wilka Namandje