Peter Butao Portfolio

ABOUT

PETER

About

Profile

Summary

Communications and stakeholder engagement professional with a five-year track record of representing programmes to government, donor, and partner audiences across education, agriculture, and community development in Malawi. Experience includes briefing district and national government structures (Lilongwe District Executive Committee, Ministry of Education Joint Sector Review), producing donor and management reporting, designing and building a full public-facing organisational website, and sustaining an active public communications practice across education, climate, and youth advocacy campaigns. Combines a monitoring and evaluation background with hands-on writing, storytelling, web platform, and multi-stakeholder coordination experience, and is comfortable managing field teams and competing priorities under deadline.

Impact

By The Numbers

5 +

Years in communications & stakeholder engagement

Schools reached by digital education programme

1437

Teachers trained across two districts

3400 +

Students trained in climate & leadership

2315

Trees planted in community campaigns

15 +

Storytelling pieces for donor audiences

Highlights

Key Achievements

Designed, built, and launched the public website and membership platform for the Rotaract Club of Lilongwe (SvelteKit, TypeScript, Postgres), covering impact statistics, service areas, projects, events, and online member registration, taking full ownership of the organisation's primary digital channel end to end.
Briefed the Lilongwe District Executive Committee on results from a 77-school digital education programme.
Represented a national digital learning initiative at the Ministry of Education's Annual Joint Sector Review, before the Minister of Education and development partners.
Facilitated 18+ government transition meetings, securing full district ownership of a donor-funded programme.
Coordinated public campaigns with 5+ partner organisations, including Rotary International, FDH Financial Holdings, and Lilongwe City Council.
Published 15+ storytelling pieces on education, climate, and youth advocacy for donor and public audiences.
Showcased government education work at the national launch of Africa's End Learning Poverty (ELPAf) campaign.

Experience

Work History

Acting District Coordinator

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2025 - 2026 · Lilongwe & Ntcheu, Malawi

Led stakeholder and government relations for a tablet-based learning programme across 77 schools in 2 districts, supervising 10 field officers and maintaining full government and community buy-in.
Authored briefing materials and led presentations to district education authorities and the District Executive Committee, communicating programme results to non-technical audiences.
Reported programme performance including a 92% learner improvement in critical thinking, 31% increase in punctuality, and 18% enrolment growth to donors and government stakeholders.

Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

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2025 - Present · Lilongwe & Ntcheu, Malawi

Produced analytical reports and donor-facing communications from 100+ complex datasets, translating findings into material used directly in programme decision-making.
Coordinated messaging and reporting with donors and government stakeholders across all programme monitoring activities.
Developed tools, checklists, and reporting frameworks used to communicate progress consistently across all project milestones.

School Performance Officer

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2024 - 2025 · Lilongwe & Ntcheu, Malawi

Trained 1,437 teachers across two districts, developing training and communication materials for digital device use and troubleshooting.
Facilitated 59 school-level and 13 ADC-level sessions, building relationships with local authorities to support programme delivery.

Project Managing Officer, FLR-FAO Agriculture Project

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2023 - 2024 · Ntcheu, Malawi

Led donor and government-facing coordination for a rural livelihoods project, training 502 farmers in beekeeping and 214 in mushroom production.
Delivered capacity-building sessions and communications materials for 34 government extension officers.

M&E Consultant (Short-Term Engagement)

NRCS, funded by Tilitonse Foundation, Comic Relief, and DFID

2026 · Southern Malawi

Facilitated development of a Results-Based Management framework for a multi-donor funded programme, communicating directly with a consortium of international funding partners.

Research Assistant

Development Fund of Norway

2024 · Lilongwe, Malawi

Prepared research reports and stakeholder presentations, ensuring findings were clearly communicated to non-specialist audiences.

Community

Volunteer Experience

Experience

Work History

Program Performance & Accountability Officer

Courageous Kids Foundation

2025 - Present · Blantyre, Malawi

Produced monthly and quarterly reports for management, donors, and partners, improving reporting accuracy by 25%.
Designed 5+ tracking and reporting tools to strengthen programme communications with stakeholders.

Director of Community Service

Rotaract Club of Lilongwe

2025 - Present · Lilongwe, Malawi

Facilitated training in climate justice, advocacy, and leadership to 3,400+ students, and led public-facing community initiatives including a 2,315-tree planting campaign.
Coordinated multi-institution communications and partnerships with Rotary, FDH, the Water Board, City Council, and school administrations.
Designed and built the club's public website and membership management platform (SvelteKit, TypeScript, Postgres), becoming the organisation's owned digital home for its impact reporting, projects, and events.

M&E Assistant

Centre for Child Development & Research (CCDR)

2023 - Present · Lilongwe, Malawi

Contributed to 5+ funding proposals and supported development of NGO monitoring frameworks and communications policies.

Digital Skills Facilitator

Dzuka Africa Organisation

2024 · Blantyre, Malawi

Trained 57 students in digital skills for entrepreneurship, developing learning materials and facilitating virtual sessions.

Education

Academic Background

MSc Project Management

Malawi School of Government (MSG)

2026 - 2028 (in progress)

BSc Seed Systems

Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources (LUANAR)

2018 - 2023

Certificate in Project Management

Shape Research & Skills Consultancy / Dzuka Africa Org

2023 - 2024

Credentials

Certifications

MEAL Essentials Certificate

DisasterReady.org · 2025

Climate Leadership for Community Action

Digital Opportunity Trust · 2025

YAN Volunteer Programme — Certificate of Completion

Youth Arise Network · 2025

Effective Supervisory Management & Personal Effectiveness

Market Force (Pvt) Ltd · 2025

Expertise

Skills & Tools

Communications & Stakeholder Engagement

Government RelationsDonor ReportingPublic SpeakingBriefing MaterialsCampaign CoordinationMedia Relations

Monitoring & Evaluation

Data AnalysisReporting FrameworksIndicator DevelopmentImpact AssessmentSurvey DesignDatabase Management

Web & Software Development

SvelteKitTypeScriptReactNode.jsPythonPostgreSQLUI/UX Design

Project Management

Strategic PlanningTeam LeadershipBudget ManagementTimeline CoordinationRisk AssessmentQuality Assurance

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