A registered local Private Voluntary Organisation established to equip marginalised youth and caregivers with structural pathways for vocational growth, entrepreneurship, and resilience.
Established in 2021, Zimbabwe Works was created to resolve a structural gap in youth-focused development. We recognize that sustainable resilience requires a systemic lifecycle approach—strengthening the individual young person while fortifying their household and connecting them to active economic networks.
With 75% of our staff composed of energetic young professionals, we reflect the communities we serve. We bridge the gap between technical vocations and stable markets, enabling single mothers, adolescent girls, and youth with physical disabilities to build self-reliance.
Our work is guided by a clear purpose, practical mission, and values that shape how we serve young people and communities.
To catalyse young Zimbabweans to transform their future to healthy, productive, successful lives.
Our mission is to change the lives of young Zimbabweans, especially the marginalised and excluded, by providing them with the necessary skills, knowledge and investment to overcome challenges in health, education and livelihood development.
We maintain an institutional culture focused on absolute accountability, gender inclusion, and community-led execution.
Fostering positive leadership by placing young professionals at the centre of programme management, design, and direct district coordination.
Committed to transparent budgeting, rigorous administrative policies, third-party audits, and direct resource deployment to our active field sites.
Advancing active pathways for adolescent girls, single mothers, and youth with disabilities who have been historically marginalised from trade training.
Guided by institutional capacity, local district expertise, and senior corporate management standards.
Founder & Leading Development Professional
Pamela Chiromo is an accomplished senior executive with over 35 years of leadership experience across economic development, youth empowerment, agriculture, health, financial services, and the private sector. Currently serving as the Executive Director for Zimbabwe Works. She has successfully led multi-million-dollar programs aimed at advancing youth employability, entrepreneurship, access to finance, and public health.
Namely in Economic Growth (Zimbabwe Works) and PEPFAR funded Health Programming (Pathways) in Zimbabwe which had budgets of US$12,5M and US$8M. over 5 years respectively. Through Techno Serve she led a 6.2 million five-year program, partnering with 46 medium and large corporations, including Schweppes, NICOZ Diamond, Profeeds, IETC, and K2 Seed Company in diverse crop, value addition production and service provision.
Pamela brings a wealth of expertise in cross-sectoral program design and delivery, institutional strengthening, financial oversight, and stakeholder engagement. She has consistently driven impact through strategic partnerships with international donors, government agencies, the private sector, and civil society. Pamela’s governance and leadership capacity is further demonstrated through her Board-level experience, including her tenure as Chairperson of ZB Financial Holdings.
Zimbabwe Works is structured under a highly qualified, multi-disciplinary advisory board. Our board members bring together decades of executive records across private financial services, international trade law, human resource management, public health, and NGO administration—ensuring absolute regulatory compliance and strategic security.
Zimbabwe Works is supported by experienced programme, finance, field, monitoring, administration, and front-office professionals who help turn strategy into community impact.
An experienced public health, livelihoods and programme management professional with over 11 years of progressive experience in designing, implementing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating donor-funded programmes in the NGO sector.
Her experience includes supporting USAID, OAK Foundation, European Union, CIFF and Belgian donor-funded projects, including youth economic strengthening, HIV community systems strengthening, mental health research, social protection, education and human rights advocacy interventions. She has demonstrated capacity in project design, development of logical frameworks, workplans, budgets, M&E and reporting tools, proposal writing, donor grants management, stakeholder coordination, staff supervision, community mobilization and partnership management. She has facilitated training for community cadres, volunteers, health workers, peer educators and project beneficiaries, while supporting district and provincial implementation, data collection, reporting, budget management and programme quality assurance. Her background in Development Studies, public health programming, research, resource mobilization and community-based implementation makes her well suited to support donor-funded development projects in rural and urban contexts.
Kudzanai Tandi is an experienced finance, grants and operations professional with strong expertise in donor financial management, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, audit coordination, compliance, internal controls, procurement, asset management and proposal budgeting.
He has managed finance functions for major donor-funded programmes supported by USAID, CRS, CARE, UNICEF, UNHCR, Irish Aid, WFP, OFDA and other development partners, ensuring adherence to donor regulations, GAAP, IAS/IFRS, organizational policies and statutory requirements. His experience includes preparing donor-compliant budgets, cash forecasts, financial reports, variance analyses, working capital replenishments, payroll, tax remittances, bank reconciliations, procurement documentation and audit files. He has supported successful statutory, donor and A133 audits, strengthened risk management and internal control systems, and contributed to business development through project costing, financial modelling and budget narratives. He is proficient in QuickBooks, Sage 200, Sun Systems, Pastel, Turbo Cash and Microsoft Office, and brings strong leadership, stakeholder coordination, analytical and problem-solving skills relevant to effective donor-funded project implementation.
Life Skills Master trainer and coach, Financial Literacy certified trainer, ILO certified Entrepreneurship trainer, Youth practitioner experienced in facilitating training, coaching and mentorship.
She is a dedicated professional passionate about empowering young people with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. Her expertise spans critical areas of youth development, providing practical guidance and mentorship to help young individuals navigate challenges and build sustainable livelihoods.
Experienced in youth empowerment and gender mainstreaming, with strong expertise in designing and implementing economic strengthening interventions, including entrepreneurship development, career guidance, and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programming.
Skilled in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), TB/HIV and AIDS programming, livelihoods and food security, and integrated community development approaches. Demonstrated experience in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), data-driven programming, advocacy, lobbying, and Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) to promote positive health, social, and economic outcomes. Strong background in children’s rights and protection, psychosocial care and support (PSS), and safeguarding approaches. Certified and experienced as a master trainer in life skills, positive youth development, youth leadership, and youth ambassadorship, with proven capacity to build the confidence, resilience, leadership, and participation of young people, especially vulnerable adolescents and youth.
Over 11 years of progressive experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Research and Learning across multi-million-dollar donor-funded public health, livelihoods, investment, and social services programmes.
Strong expertise in developing MEAL plans, results frameworks, performance monitoring systems, reporting structures, and data-use processes for PEPFAR/USAID, Global Fund, and national investment portfolios. Proven leadership in coordinating strategic information and research systems for large-scale Youth, OVC, AGYW, and HIV prevention programmes. Demonstrated excellence in data quality assurance, achieving 100% successful Data Quality Audits and SIMS reviews, alongside 99.8% reporting accuracy. Skilled in tool design, digital data collection, big data analysis, dashboards, utilization-focused reporting, and ICT-enabled decision-making. Experienced in strengthening data demand and information use at community, programme, national, and policy levels to inform adaptive management, investment planning, and evidence-based donor reporting.
Office administration, school administration, program support, records management, procurement coordination, scheduling and logistics, stakeholder communication, report preparation, data entry and analysis, filing systems, and team support.
She provides essential operational and administrative backing that ensures smooth program implementation. Her multifaceted role encompasses maintaining organized records, coordinating procurement processes, and facilitating clear communication among stakeholders, all of which contribute to the overall efficiency of the organization's initiatives.
Professional and hardworking receptionist with good communication and organizational skills. Key skills include front desk management, customer service, telephone handling, office administration, and communication.
As the first point of contact for the organization, she ensures that all visitors and callers receive a warm, professional welcome. Her dedication to providing excellent customer service and maintaining an organized front office environment is crucial for leaving a positive lasting impression and supporting daily administrative operations.
We welcome individuals from all walks of life who are passionate about expanding opportunities for young people and strengthening communities across Zimbabwe.
“Your support helps young people learn, earn, lead, and thrive.”