Arsenio J. Soto

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Devry University Keller Graduate School Of Management

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Consultor Sênior Especialista em M&A para o Projeto PDSIAII

Think Thank Consultoria SA

Desenvolveu e implementou instrumentos abrangentes de M&A alinhados aos objetivos do projeto e às exigências do Ministério da Energia e Água de Angola, do Governo Provincial de Uíge e dos doadores, Banco Mundial e AFD. Desenvolveu ferramentas quantitativas com ODK e KoboToolbox para acompanhar o progresso dos principais indicadores, com foco em metodologias inclusivas e sensíveis à questão de gênero. Capacitou e orientou a equipe do projeto e os parceiros em processos de M&A, uso do ODK e KoboToolbox para coleta de dados e elaboração de relatórios de prestação de contas. Analisou dados e gerou insights utilizando SPSS, Tableau e Power BI para embasar decisões em evidências nos projetos, contribuindo para ajustes estratégicos. Elaborou relatórios, dashboards e apresentações de alta qualidade para comunicar a fase de Avaliação de Risco e Planejamento (ARP) do projeto ao Ministério da Energia e Água de Angola, às partes interessadas e às equipes internas. Garantia de conformidade com os padrões éticos para coleta, proteção e confidencialidade de dados.

Consultor independente de monitoramento e avaliação

Mundi Consultant Lda

• Desenvolver e implementar estruturas abrangentes de M&A alinhadas aos objetivos do projeto e aos requisitos dos doadores. • Desenvolver ferramentas qualitativas e quantitativas para acompanhar o progresso em indicadores-chave, com foco em metodologias inclusivas e sensíveis à questão de gênero. • Liderar e conduzir avaliações de linha de base, incluindo abordagens participativas para engajar as comunidades e garantir que diversas vozes sejam ouvidas. • Treinar e orientar a equipe do projeto e os parceiros em processos de M&A, coleta de dados e elaboração de relatórios. • Analisar dados e gerar insights para subsidiar as decisões do projeto e os ajustes de estratégia. • Produzir relatórios, dashboards e apresentações de alta qualidade para comunicar o progresso do projeto a doadores, stakeholders e equipes internas. • Colaborar com os líderes temáticos (gênero, direitos à terra, resiliência climática) para integrar indicadores transversais à estrutura de M&A. • Liderar sessões de aprendizado e reflexão para avaliar o impacto do projeto e promover a melhoria contínua. • Garantir a conformidade com os padrões éticos para coleta, proteção e confidencialidade de dados.

M&E Specialist Independent Consultant

EU SOU CAPAZ Project of Plan International Funded by WB

Led the Preparation and Planning Recruitment and Training of Community Actors: Awareness and Capacity Building of Community Leaders: Life Skills Training in Safe Spaces: Social Mobilization in Support of Uniform and Bicycle Distribution: Monitoring and Evaluation: Across all positions mentioned in the above Employment Record section the expert has held responsibility for leading on the design and development of the M&E framework and project M&E plans and guidelines. Planned and implemented M&E activities, including Data Quality Assessment (DQA), data validation, leading the supervision and training on HMIS tools, SPSS, STATA, MS Excel, CSPro, Access VB, DHS2 according to the approved work plans. Provided regular supervision and site training to project staff and implementing partners related to data collection and best practices. Generated regular donor project progress reports, including monthly activities report, quarterly, semestral and annual progress reports.

Project Manager

National Health Institute of Mozambique under CDC Cooperative Agreement

• Leads the daily management of the Cooperative Agreement projects between American CDC (Center of Disease Control) and Mozambican National Institute of Health (INS); The projects are Strengthening the National Institute of Health in the Republic of Mozambique and Building Capacity for National Public Health Institutes Regionally through Mozambique National Institute of Health (INS). Among multiple project target population groups are adolescent girls and young women. • Serves as the main focal person for all M&E activities for the organization. Utilizes various analytical tools and software, including SPSS, MSX Excel, CSPro, Tableau, Power BI, and EViews. • In coordination with project staff develops state-specific M&E plans for projects and supports the development of databases for tracking ongoing performance • Oversees the planning and implementation of multiple projects M&E activities, including Data Quality Assessment (DQA), data validation, leading the supervision and training on Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) tools according to the approved project work plans. • Compiles, produces and reviews annual progress reports (APR) and semi-annual progress reports (SAPR) for various projects donors` deadlines. • Reviews performance monitoring plan for all projects across the portfolio on an ongoing basis including performance indicators, dashboard goals and targets. Identifies bottlenecks and works with project teams and donors to resolve issues. • Prepares and conducts quarterly M&E performance review meetings with the donors to present on results and achievements;

M&E Senior Adviser

Project Hope Mozambique

• Technical oversight and delivery of M&E for the project Community HIV Activities in Zambezia, supervised head office M&E Officer and Regional M&E Specialist using SPSS, MSX Excel, CSPro, EpInfo, ODK Toolkit, ComCare System for beneficiaries and patient tracking. • In coordination with the Chief of Party (CoP) and donor, led the design and development of the M&E framework and project M&E plans and guidelines. This included the design of a flowchart for the development of community data, providing detailed guidance and demonstrations to project staff on how quality data assessment and data performance was to be performed in the context of community, targeting girls and young women hard to reach of age of 10 to 24 years old and mixed system data collection such as paper based and electronic system. • Led the provision of technical support to sub-recipients (SRs) in ensuring that programmatic data/ indicators were accurately captured and reported according to set guidelines agreed with the donor. Worked with technical and grant teams to ensure that monitoring and evaluation activities were conducted appropriately by SRs and Local Implementing Partners (LIPS) to meet the donor and project’s M&E needs. • Provided continuous technical leadership to project team on data management and regularly analyzed project data, highlighted important programmatic gaps and coordinated with program management team for improvement. • Conducted routine monitoring and supportive supervisory visits to project sites, conducting data verification and validation and data quality assessments (DQAs) using standard checklists. • Led the coordination and conducted Site Improvement Monitoring System (SIMS) by USAID team and other visits by the government counterparts at provincial and district level including the ministries of health and education. • Provided technical support to the project, government district health directors, and provincial health technicians entities

Consultor Especialista de M&A para Protecao Social

Ministério do Género, Criança e Acção Social-Instituto Nacional de Acção Social: Av Angola nº 2341

Apoiar na planificação e supervisão técnica dos processos de: Elaborar os Planos de M&A de cada Programa de Proteção Social Rever e harmonizar o sistema de informação para o registo único de beneficiários Realização de spot checks Fazer Avaliação de processos Colaborar para a realizaçao da Avaliação de impacto Usar o Sistema de M&A para impulsinar a Comunicação e informação atempada Participar na Planificação e implementação dos trabalhos públicos A planificação e supervisão técnica incluem: Preparar os termos de referência para cada um dos processos; Participar na avaliação técnica das propostas das consultorias dos processos; Participar na supervisão às empresas implementadoras dos processos; Fazer o controle do Quandro de Indicaodres de Desempenho dos Programas; Articular com a Direcção do INAS sobre o avanço dos programas; Monitorar a realização das actividades constantes nos planos de implementação e gestão dos processos dos Projectos; Verificar e alertar à Direcção do INAS e ao Departamento de Programas de Desenvolvimento sobre o grau de cumprimento dos prazos estabelecidos para cada processo.

Especialista de M&A

ADPP Moçambique Projecto Alimentação Escolar

Desenvolver e gerenciar a implementação de um plano de M&A, desenvolvendo ferramentas e sistemas aprimorados de M&A; Preparar relatórios de progresso analítico para que a progresso do projetos seja controlado aos órgãos relevantes, de acordo com os formatos e calendário de relatórios aprovados; Analisar os relatórios de progresso e identificar as ações necessárias para abordar possíveis estrangulamentos na implementação do projeto; Realizar visitas de monitoramento e avaliação às escolas no campo nos quatro distritos; Fornecer treinamento para os gestores de atividades das componentes do projecto no concerne a coleta de dados e assuntos relacionados; Manter e compartilhar, conforme necessário, os registros e arquivos de M&A; Participar no planeamento e implementação das atividades do projeto; Participe em sessões internas de avaliacao de informações para identificar lições aprendidas e implicações para as próximas etapas do projeto;

M&E Manager

SCIP Ogumaniha

• M&E Manager for the PEPFAR funded DREAMS project aimed to empower adolescent girls and young women and reduce their risk of catching HIV by conducting interventions targeting beneficiaries between the age of 10 to 24 years across Zambezia province • Developed, using SPSS, STATA, MS Excel, CSPro, Access VB, DHS2, Open Data Kit (ODK), monitoring and evaluation system to work with girls and young women who were targeted and reached; Tools needed to highlight age range 10-14, 15-19, and 20-24. Progress indicators produced highlighted # and % of adolescent girls and young women reached by the interventions; Ensured that the evaluation system designed for the project was in line with donor standards; Identified various data needs of project stakeholders, including government, local communities. Documented which data was needed by each group and the frequency of its harvest. • Finalized M&E system implementation and roll out, identified which data was to be collected by M&E and project team and when. Ensured data integrity standards. Managed the implementation of the M&E system to ensure the data was regularly updated and could be provided to stakeholders, as necessary. • Developed and introduced appropriate data collection methodologies for the project by conducting regular data collection assurance, routine quality data assessment (RQDA) • Developed tools and guidelines for each piece of data collection, including discussion guides, interview checklists, and quality standards; Ensured that tools are adapted to the various levels of usage e.g., community, facility, management. • Received/ verified data provided by M&E Officers across the project districts, checked for validity and integrity; Ensured that data was entered into the M&E system, generated high quality reports. Analyzed reports and highlighted successes and challenges in terms of performance. •

Assessor de Monitoria e Avaliação

Jhpiego an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University

• Led M&E activities for the CIDA funded Maternity Center for Excellence project with an overall aim to empower adolescent girls and young women through the provision of education services and information for decisions related to pregnancy and delivery. Worked across target areas of Maputo, Zambezia and Gaza provinces • Oversaw the development and implementation of the Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) to capture the performance and results of the project, including routine service delivery reports data, baseline and end-of-line ratings • Developed plan and tools for project M&E framework and in order to monitor the data/ results. Contributed to the annual work planning of activities design. Aligned the project indicators and systems for M&E with the Mozambique national system of health Information and the priorities of the ministers of education and health, using SPSS, STATA, MS Excel, CSPro, Access VB, DHS2 • Led efforts to monitor and evaluate project interventions, documented results and provided feedback to stakeholders to guide the decisions made • Ensured data quality through data verification procedures, including quality audits of routine data; Coordinated all training activities of M&E with the project team and implementing partners • Led the development of monthly, quarterly and annual reports in line with donor guidelines; disseminated data related to the program progress and outcomes;

Coordenador Senior de Monitoria, Avaliação e Aprendizagem

Cooperactive Associetes Releaf Evewhere-CARE

• Led M&E activities for the Irish Aid funded PROSAN (Programa da Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional) which was Food and Nutritional Security Program with an overall aim to empower economically and politically excluded women across Maputo, Nampula and Inhambane provinces to exercise their right to have equitable access to sustainable natural resources with a particular focus on food produce using SPSS, STATA, MS Excel, CSPro, Access VB, DHS2 • Oversaw M&E staff and baseline consultants in formulating and selecting SMART indicators based on existing project documents, the donors’ requirements, and the database of participating households across the three target provinces. • Supported consortium partners working on the project in setting up and maintaining M&E system at provincial and district level that allowed them to meet CARE’s M&E requirements • Trained project implementation colleagues and partners who were involved in the collection, interpretation and analysis of the overall projects indicators so that they were capable of collecting and using project data to display findings against agreed indicators. • Oversaw the development of project reports to donors by M&E staff to ensure they conform to CARE’s and donor guidelines

Consultor de Sistema de Informação & Controlador de qualidade de M&A

Instituto Nacional de Desminagem

Consultoria de Desenvolvimento de Sistema de Gestão de Informação de Desminagem com forma de consolidação e controlo das actividades feitas no ambito de desminagem rumo a declaracao de Moçambique livre de Minas.

Consultor Coordenador de Pesquisas & M&A

Malaria Consortium Mozambique

Supervised M&E officers and provided technical support and capacity building for CIDA and Global Fund funded projects across Nampula, Inhambane and Zambezia, Conducted a Impact Evaluation for Malaria Consortium in ICCM(integrated community case management) & InScale Health Project which was targeting health innovation system for addressing communities common’s diseases as malaria, diarrhoea, por revitalizing the APE(Agente Polivalentes Elementares ) Community Work . The Project was being developed in Inhambane in 12 Districts, working with more than 200 enumeration areas (AE); As M&E expert developed the key questions and tools for impact evaluation, selected and trained 60 enumerators divided into 12 team for all over evaluation. Lead the field data collection by orienting the approach massive data collection procedure using mobile devices and open data kits application. Performed data analyses cleaners, data transforming on report writing along with consultants; Planned and implemented M&E activities, including Data Quality Assessment (DQA), data validation, leading the supervision and training on HMIS tools, SPSS, STATA, MS Excel, CSPro, Access VB, DHS2 according to the approved work plans of the organization and relevant projects. Oversaw the operation of project M&E systems to ensure the successful implementation and reporting of project outputs against donor requirements. Ensured the achievement of the technical training of M&E, specifically in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data relevant to the projects of the organization. Developed materials/ recording tools for data collection and database for archiving/ to inform decision making

Assessor Provincial de Monitoria e Avaliação

Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric Foundation

Assessor Provincial de M&A garantir o acompanhamento de Actividades de M&A do Programa de HIV e outras componentes ao Nivel da Provincia de Cabo Delgado em todos os distritos.

Assessor Provincial de Monitoria e Avaliação & Especialista de IT

Health Alliance International