Sectors of professional activity: Education,Fundraising,Monitoring & Evaluation,Public Administration,Science & Innovation,Programme & Resource Management,Research; Spoken languages: English,Shona; Citizenships: Zimbabwe; Countries of professional experience: Botswana,China,Malawi,Mozambique,Namibia,Tanzania,Zambia,Zimbabwe; Description: Research & Evaluation Specialist with experience in development and humanitarian work anchored on contemporary research and MEAL practices. Courage has extensive experience in research and innovation management, project monitoring, process and outcome evaluation designs and execution, ICT4D, development training, qualitative and quantitative data management including designing context specific data collection methodologies & tools, and strategy development. Skills in proposal writing, baseline, mid-line, end line evaluations and MEAL reports and development articles. Diplomatic, flexible and resourceful, Courage is a focused development specialist with excellent communication skills who enjoys producing quality research outputs. Courage’s sectoral experience covers public health, monitoring and evaluation, education and gender development. ; Present position: Projects Manager, Technical Team Leader; Key qualifications: Research Professional with rich experience working on research interventions for Government, Private and the Development sectors. With plus 13 years’ experience managing research programmes and development projects at national and bilateral levels; demonstrated the ability to manage projects with rigorous mixed methods evaluations, including experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations. Familiar with monitoring and evaluation; knowledge management; donor guidelines and requirements, as well as OECD DAC criteria.Qualitative and quantitative research and analytical skills.Monitoring and Evaluation.; Other skills: Excellent writing, reporting and presentation skills.Designing and maintaining informatics databases.Ability to manage tasks and scheduling with several projects simultaneously.