ELIZABETH KANANU

Personal profile 

Self-motivated, hard working, confident and enthusiastic in finance and accounting. I have five years working as a finance part-time lecturer. Am resourceful and proactive candidate looking for an opportunity to further my career within financial industry

 EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION.                 - PhD Finance ( ongoing) -Jomo Kenyatta university of Agriculture and technology 

-MBA Finance option -Meru University of science and technology 

-BED (Arts- Mathematics and Business Studies)- University of Nairobi 

Key Achievemens

-Started a Girl Child Sexuality, Spirituality Empowerment   (GCSSE) program to empower Girl child in the community.  in the lower part of Imenti-North sub county in Meru county. 

-I brought up a learners’ performance weekly challenge program and oversaw the implementation of the same. This have been adopted as one of the school’s policy. 

-At Educate! Kenya (An American NGO) I participated in the development of Community Service      Learning (CSL) a new subject in the Competency Based curriculum (CBC) in Kenya. Which is integrated in Pre- Primary, Lower Primary, Upper primary and Lower secondary curriculum but a compulsory subject in senior school. 

- Edited a Diploma Entrepreneurship Teachers’ Handbook and secondary school Business Studies Handbook. 

- I have written an Academic Journal in Finance titled The Effects of Operation cost on Lending interest rates of commercial Banks in Kenya. Published by Press Academia Publishers in the Journal of Business, Economics and Finance (JBEF

Key competencies 

• Mathematical competencies  
• Competencies in social science and technology 
• Learning to learn 
• Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship 
• Cultural awareness and expression
• Leadership and management 
• Instructional delivery 
• Proactive classroom management 
• Sustainable management accounting 
• Financial management 

PROFESSIONAL PLACES OF WORK:  

Teachers service commission -Mathematics and Business Studies teacher(Oct 2011 TO Feb 2017, May 2018 to present)  

My roles are: 

• Lesson planning and preparation, including creating and selecting learning materialsDirect contact with students Checking and assessing learners progress 
• Liaising with parents/ guardians and support professionals such as social workers 
• Ongoing professional development 

Meru University of Science and Technology -Part time Lecturer (Jan  2015 to Dec 2015, May 2018 to 2022 January)  

My roles were: 

• Planning teaching, including lectures, seminars/ tutorials and learning materials  
• Meeting students individually to discuss progress  
• checking and assessing students work  
• pursuing research in finance 
• Carrying out administration, such as attending faculty meetings and writing reports Writing research proposals, papers and other publications 
• Managing research budgets 

Kenya Methodist University (KEMU)-Part time lecturer(Sep 2017 to April 2018) 

Responsible for : 

• Planning teaching, including lectures, seminars/ tutorials and learning materials  
• Meeting students individually to discuss progress  
• checking and assessing students work  
• pursuing research in finance 
• Carrying out administration, such as attending faculty meetings and writing reports Writing research proposals, papers and other publications 
• Managing research budgets  

Educate! Kenya (NGO) -Program Officer/Design coordinator   (Feb 2017 to May 2018)      

Responsible for: 

• Coordinating and designing program (Community Service Learning (CSL) handbook and CSL teachers’ guide, CSL learners guide, Youth Business Experience(YBE) curriculum) for the ongoing new curriculum pilot in Kenya. 
• Developing and implementing programs  
• Developing programs’ budget

Teachers service commission -Mathematics and Business Studies teacher(Oct 2011 TO Feb 2017, May 2018 to present) 

My roles are: 

• Lesson planning and preparation, including creating and selecting learning materials
• Direct contact with students 
• Checking and assessing learners progress
• Liaising with parents/ guardians and support professionals such as social workers 
• Ongoing professional development  

Meru University of Science and Technology -Part time Lecturer (Jan  2015 to Dec 2015, May 2018 to 2022 January)  

My roles were:

• Planning teaching, including lectures, seminars/ tutorials and learning materials 
• Meeting students individually to discuss progress 
• checking and assessing students work 
• pursuing research in finance 
• Carrying out administration, such as attending faculty meetings and writing reports Writing research proposals, papers and other publications 
• Managing research budgets 

Kenya Methodist University (KEMU)-Part time lecturer(Sep 2017 to April 2018) 

My roles were:

• Planning teaching, including lectures, seminars/ tutorials and learning materials 
• Meeting students individually to discuss progress 
• checking and assessing students work 
• pursuing research in finance 
• Carrying out administration, such as attending faculty meetings and writing reports Writing research proposals, papers and other publications 
• Managing research budgets  

Educate! Kenya (NGO) -Program Officer/Design coordinator   (Feb 2017 to May 2018)                

          Responsible for: 

• Coordinating and designing program (Community Service Learning (CSL) handbook and CSL teachers’ guide, CSL learners guide, Youth Business Experience(YBE) curriculum) for the ongoing new curriculum pilot in Kenya. 
• Developing and implementing programs 
• Developing programs’ budget

• Institution: Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) 

          Year: Ongoing 

          Qualification: PhD Finance 

• Institution: Meru University of Science and Technology 

           Year: 2015

           Qualification: MBA Finance 

• Institution: University of Nairobi 

          Year: 2008 

          Qualification: BED (Arts) - Mathematics and Business studies