ILO Country Office for Harare staff list




Ms. Philile Ntombikayise Masuku

DIRECTOR




Ms. Philile Ntombikayise Masuku was appointed Director of the ILO Country Office for Zimbabwe and Namibia on 1 May 2023.

Prior to that, she held several positions including that of Deputy Head of Mission (2017-2023) in the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Eswatini in Geneva, Switzerland and had been acting Chargée d’affaires from 2020 in the same mission. From 2015-2017 Ms Masuku was Acting Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of the Kingdom of Eswatini in Brussels, Belgium. She was also First Secretary for Trade, Investment and Tourism in the same Mission from 2007 -2015.

She started her career as Trade Information Analyst in the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Mbabane, Eswatini.

Philile holds a Master’s in International Trade from the University of Saskatchewan and a Masters' in International Studies from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, and a Bachelor of Communications and International Marketing from St Andrews University in the USA.

“I am very happy to be taking up this role at a time when both Zimbabwe and Namibia are looking to building a future of work that uplifts the people of the two countries," she said.


Name Title
Ms. Doris Jindu Executive Assistant to the Director
Ms. Maria Mutandwa Communications and Information Management Officer
Ms. Rosemary Hunidzarira Operations Officer
Mr. Adolphus Chinomwe Senior Programme Officer
Mr Tafadzwa Murungu Programme Assistant
Ms. Theresia Makaha Senior Human Resources Assistant
Mr. Alfred Musana Senior Information Technology Assistant
Ms. Gloria Makomeke Office Support Assistant
Mr. Fungai Mudzengerere Senior Driver
Mr. Gift Maenda Senior Driver

DWT Specialists

Ms. Annamarie Kiaga Informal Economy Specialist

HIV & AIDS/Spotlight Initiative

Ms. Ida Tsitsi Chimedza National Focal Point in HIV and AIDS

Business Growth for Young Entrepreneurs (BG4YE) Project

Mr. Fortune Sithole Programme Assistant

Empowerment for Women and Youth (E4WAY) Project

Mr. Jairos Chanetsa National Project Coordinator
Mr. Wilson Tongoona Driver

Sustainable Supply Chains to Build Back Better Project (Namibia)

Mr. Oliver Mungu Numwa National Project Coordinator
Mr. Helmut Puleni Kafita Programme Support Assistant

RBSA Project on Promoting Just Transition and Productive Employment in Namibia

Ms. Natalia Halweendo National Project Coordinator