1. David Lamah
Civil Compound Community, Gbarnga, Republic of Liberia
Tel. +231 7755 38329 | Email. dl@parley.org
Summary
My professional experience is focused on designing and managing assessment, monitoring and
evaluation systems to document and improve the performance of collaborative dispute resolution
programs. My recent work in Liberia involves designing process and results indicators and
monitoring systems to track the performance of land and natural resource dispute resolution
programs. These indicators and monitoring systems are developed in close consultation with
program staff, the communities in which we work and with reference to the needs and
requirements of the local authorities and donors that support our work.
My work contributes to the analysis of specific disputes, general assessments of conflict situations
addressed by our program and monitoring the implementation of and compliance with settlement
agreements. I also work closely with program staff to develop performance monitoring systems to
improve our collaborative dispute resolution and multi-stakeholder processes and inform internal
training and capacity building of our team.
I have led several large-scale assessment and monitoring projects, including the Norwegian
Refugee Council’s Land Dispute Resolution Durability Survey, the USAID Land Dispute Resolution
Project evaluation, the NRC/FAO Cross Border Land Conflict and Food Security Program
Assessment. These projects have entailed the design and implementation of quantitative
household surveys, qualitative data collection methods, managing electronic data collection
systems, data processing and analysis and the preparation and presentation of results to end
users.
During the Ebola outbreak I collaborated with researchers from MIT and Yale to develop and
implement a household survey in Monrovia to assess the impact of the crisis on citizen confidence
in government authorities.
My work routinely involves interacting and collaborating with traditional and statutory community
leaders and government partners at the national level. In 2012-2014, I worked closely with the
Land Commission and its donor partners to develop county-level land conflict assessment
protocols and collaborated with staff of the Land Commission’s field offices to pilot these
assessments.
In July 2014, former NRC colleagues and I founded Parley to provide intermediary and advisory
services to communities, companies and regulators collaborating to sustainably develop land and
natural resources in Liberia.
Qualifications
12.1998 - 12.1999 | Diploma in Management | Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry
03.1994 - 12.1997 | General Diploma | Mohomou Senior High School, N’zerekore
Qualities and skills
• Empathetic and effective communication
• Technically competent with qualitative and quantitative methods
• Results oriented management of monitoring and evaluation projects

2. Professional experience
Founder & M&E Coordinator| Parley | Liberia
08.2014 – Present
• Founding and building a Liberia-based intermediary and advisory services organization to
support the efforts of communities, companies and regulators collaborating to sustainably
develop land and natural resources.
• Developing performance monitoring systems to ensure the quality, cost efficiency and
accountability for activities related to our EC funded community land tenure governance
and dispute resolution project.
• Coaching and mentoring mediation staff on collaborative dispute resolution techniques
and approached to improve the outcomes of their work in communities.
• Supporting the design and management field research activities for a survey on the impact
of Ebola in Monrovia targeting 1500 households and a subsequent follow-up telephone
survey; contributing to the analysis, interpretation and reporting on the findings in
collaboration with researchers from MIT and Yale University.
Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer| Norwegian Refugee Council | Liberia
09.2008 – 07.2014
• Developing and managing monitoring and evaluation systems and tools to track the
performance of mediation staff and case outcomes for the land dispute resolution project’s
45 mediation staff and case load of 5,500+ cases.
• Developing and implementing land conflict analysis at individual, community and national
level using quantitative and qualitative methods. Preparing and presenting analytical
reports to stakeholders, including communities, government partners and civil society.
• Leading Monitoring and Evaluation Team consisting of two enumeration team leaders, two
database assistants and up to 20 contract-based field enumerators.
• Managing and using electronic data collection tools and software for data collection,
processing and analysis.
• Contributing to the development of training tools to improve performance of mediation
staff working on land dispute cases.
Legal Protection Advocate| Child Fund | Liberia
05.2007 – 12.2007
• Representing and advocating on behalf of Sierra Leonean refugees involved in disputes
and legal proceedings before the statutory courts or camp based grievance mechanisms.
• Providing counseling and para-legal advice to refugees to assist them with securing civil,
social and economic rights and entitlements, particularly through camp based
humanitarian programmes and camp-based grievance mechanisms.
• Conducting training on HIV prevention, SGBV and other protection concerns for women,
children, youth and other vulnerable refugees. These trainings addressed the rights of
refugee, procedures for accessing remedies and other protection services.
SGBV Project Officer| International Medical Corps | Liberia
11.2005 – 04.2007
• Managing all aspects of the IMC SGBV project in North Eastern Liberia, including
budgeting, staff recruitment, training, project activity planning and monitoring and
evaluation.

3. • Internal focal point for IMC staff training on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse to ensure that
the organisations policies, reporting and disciplinary procedures were known and adhered
to by all staff.
Training Adviser| American Refugee Committee | Liberia
06.2003 – 11.2005
• Leading ARC’s team of SGBV prevention and response trainers, including developing
training curriculum, training-of-trainer workshops and planning community based training
activities.
• Maintaining ARC’s training database and reporting system.
• Leading internal training for ARC staff on SGBV and policies on Sexual Exploitantion and
Abuse.
Teacher| International Rescue Committee | Guinea
03.1996 – 04.1997
• Teaching math, French and Physical Education at the UNHCR-sponsored refugee school.!
• Preparing lesson plans, assessment tools, managing classroom and counseling students.!
Certificates and training
• Demystifying Monitoring and Evaluation | USIP | March 2014
• Collaborative Dispute Resolution | CDR Associates | September 2012
• Monitoring and Evaluation Course | MDF Netherlands | May 2012
• Human Subjects Research Certificate | National Institutes for Health | August 2011
• Quantitative and Qualitative Methods | Innovations for Poverty Action | February 2010
• Refugee Protection | USAID OFDA | February 2007
Languages
• English (Native)
• French (Proficient)
• Kpelle (Proficient)
• Mandingo (Good)
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References
Gregory Kitt, Executive Director, Parley
Email. gk@parley.org Tel. +231 7779 88659
Susan Wildau, Partner, CDR Associates
Email. swildau@mediate.org Tel. +1 303 442 7367
Astrid Sletten, Country Director, Norwegian Red Cross (Pakistan)
Email. astrid.sletten@gmail.com Tel. +231 7700 01450