WORK EXPERIENCE December 2021 to Date Regional Manager at Nawiri Village Enterprise Project in Marsabit and Isiolo County, Kenya Operations Implementation Management - Works with the County Lead and Program Manager to create annual field implementation and further break these down to quarterly and monthly plans for execution.
- Ensure tasks listed in field implementation plan are being met in a quality and timely manner
- Updates Wrike Project management tool upon completion of
- Meet with the County Lead and Program Manager on a quarterly basis to review goals for the respective
- Supervises Field Associates, providing support during biweekly meetings and coaching Business Mentors
- Coordinate with Field Associates to ensure all information and documentation required for grants disbursement is submitted to the F&A team as per the implementation plan. This will include but not limited to working with the M&E team to ensure clean verified data is submitted to the F&A team.
- Handle logistics for procurement of funds and transportation to the field during the disbursement period
- Act for and on behalf of the County Lead and Program Manager in his/her absence or when required.
Project Implementation Management - Working closely with team members of the Partnership Management unit to deliver on
- Use Project Management Launch plan to execute tasks assigned to the Project Manager
- Coordinate with relevant partners on the assigned
Cross-functional Team Coordination - Work closely with the Nawiri consortium partners at the sub-county level to execute
- Co-ordinate all Adapted Nutrition-Friendly Graduation activities at the sub-county level, including ensuring the partners in charge of Health and Nutrition & SBC interventions
- Work closely with functional teams to ensure smooth implementation of field implementation plan
- Coordinates with the Snr. MEAL Co-ordinator and Enterprise & Savings Lead to draw up field training schedules for each cycle incorporating M&E activities.
- Collaborates with Finance and Administration (F&A) team to calculate stipends for field team and generate list of field equipment and Materials for procurement
Human Resources and Administration - Works closely with Human Resources Coordinator (HRC) to ensure adequately staffing of the field
- Participates in the recruitment process of Business Mentors and Field Associates.
- Working closely with the HRC, provides annual reviews to field staff that include a written performance appraisal, and ensure that objectives identified in these reviews are achieved in a timely manner
Financial Oversight and Control - Participate in budget reviews on a quarterly basis
- Review weekly planned expenses and Field team stipends
- Approve office expenditures that are not more than $500
- Provide reporting to the F&A team on disbursements and any grants that go unfunded
Assist other Functional Teams - Support the Project Manager, County Lead, F&A, M&E, Innovations teams as needed
- Represent Village Enterprise at conferences, events and at the government level when needed
- Assist with roll-out of new activities, processes and procedures from functional teams
Safeguarding - Continuously sensitize program participants about possible risks of child abuse, sexual/financial exploitation, and prevention and response
- Ensure compliance with VE’s safeguarding policies and Code of Conduct in all programs, operations and
- Report any incident of child or adult safeguarding in program operations for appropriate action and follow
May 2018 to May 2020 Project Assistant, Koota Injena Project, Amref Health Africa in Kenya - Lead community mobilizations, assist project staffs in developing work plan and writing monthly and quarterly reports.
- Participate in reviving of Child Protection Committees/Area Advisory Councils (AACs), the structures that assist in child rescue and protection from Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C), Child, Early Forced Marriages (CEFM) and other violations while coordinating children services by working with children department and law enforces.
- Assist the project staffs in establishing and maintaining relationships with children serving nongovernmental agencies to strengthen the project’s collaborations and leveraging efforts.
- Identify, train and supervise community champions, religious champions, and facilitate planning and implementation of community dialogues, initial engagement meetings and awareness creation.
- Refine Technical and Performance Monitoring Strategy and Define Project Baseline.
- Participate in Research & Documentation of project activities.
- Train and mentor the community based organizations, community health workers and volunteers on FGM/C, CEFM and SGBV technics including child protection laws.
January to March 2018 Computer Instructor at Kalacha Technical and vocational college, Marsabit county Government. - Organize, maintain and manage class systems in proper working condition.
- Teach students and learners to use computers.
- Instructing in a manner that develops students’ confidence in their abilities.
- Ensuring that the computer Laboratory remains free from food and drinks at all times.
- Design and develop appropriate computer instructional materials.
- Manage and monitor students’ behavior.
- Develop and implement lesson plans and classroom activities in consistent with the student management issues.
- Conduct group training sessions.
- Coordinate and collaborate with lead teacher, principal and instructional coaches.
- Integrate special lesson plans with core academic curriculum.
April to October 2017 Election Monitor, National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC), Marsabit - Kenya - Monitoring any forms of discrimination, inequalities observed, harassments, sexual gender based violence (SGBV) towards special interest groups (women, youth, minorities, people with disabilities (PWDs), Elderly and Marginalized during campaign, voting, counting, tallying and announcement.
- Monitor the accessibility of the venue and communication to special interest groups.
- stated any affirmative action arrangements accorded to special interest groups (or lack of) during the period of observation
- Monitor any incidents of violence at the rally/meeting
- Complaints and concerns from special interest groups
- Nature of the meeting/Rallies
- Involvement of SIGs candidates in the rally/meeting
January to February 2016 Information Communication and technology (ICT) Officer, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Marsabit County, Kenya. - Provide a high quality first level ICT support service to Voter Registration Assistants.
- Restore the normal service to the users as quickly as possible by fixing a technical fault, fulfilling a service request or answering a query to allow the users to work effectively.
- Preparation, configuration and testing of Verification/inspection kits in readiness for general election.
- In liaison with RICT, provide technical Support to the PO/DPO/clerks during verification/inspection.
- Installing, configuring and re-imaging of the verification kits for replacement.
- Performing data backup and data restoration on KIMS Kits.
- Ensure that the KIMS kits are fully charged and functional at all times.
- Participate in the training of the VPO, DPO and clerks
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