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 |