Bringing the food truck experience to Nanyuki, Kenya. Serving Burritos, Tacos, Quesedillas and more out of our truck at DownTown arts centre Nanyuki. Responsible for everything but cooking the Burritos!Operations, marketing, payroll, recruitment, HR, social media, events and even taking orders.

The Conflict, Stability and Security fund (CSSF) is a UK cross government fund providing development and security support to countries at risk of conflict or instability.  Senior manager for the Security Sector Reform programme for the Somalia CSSF. Responsible for a budget of up to £13m per financial year, one of the largest CSSF budgets in Africa. Financial management and reporting including forecasting and tracking to ensure 100% in year spend while delivering value for money for the UK taxpayer.  Improving programme quality through the implementation of a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning plan. Preparing quarterly and annual reports on achievements and lessons learned. Coordinating across multiple government departments, including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), previous Department for International Development (DfID) and Ministry of Defence (MoD). Bringing together diverse stakeholders, with different objectives, to deliver against one government strategy.  Senior team member with line management responsibility. Supporting junior team members, setting achievable yet stretching objectives and helping to map progress against them.  Refreshing the UK government strategy for Somalia and the region through hosting workshops and bringing together stakeholders. Ensuring strategic alignment. Managing high value contracts with commercial, UN and not for profit suppliers, ensuring value for money and timely delivery of objectives.

Responsible for setting up a new Livelihoods Programme for VSO Jitolee in Nanyuki, Kenya.Researching, initiating and managing partnerships with ten organisations, ranging from local CBOs to international NGOs, demonstrating excellent networking and partnership management skills. Managing up to 24 UK and Kenyan volunteers between the age of 18-25 at once. Providing professional and pastoral support and guidance including one to one mentoring, goal setting and cross cultural working advice. Managing the programme budget, including monitoring the release of funds, tracking and budget reconciliation. Preparing project plans and reporting on outcomes and impact of a DFID funded project. Designing and delivering a participative training programme to volunteers, host families and partner organisations. Including sessions on cross cultural working, monitoring and evaluation, project management and volunteer management.

Leading a cross cultural team of UK and Bangladeshi volunteer to successfully deliver a project focused on increasing access to primary health care in rural Bangladesh.Preparing project plans and budgets and reporting on outcomes of a DFID funded project.Providing pastoral support to 12 UK and Bangladeshi volunteers. Including one to one mentoring, goal setting and support for living in a host home.Liaising between VSO UK, VSO Bangladesh, partner organisations and volunteers for the successful delivery of the project on time and on budget.

Overseeing the development of a new three year strategy and assisting the committee to align their activities towards achieving it;Set up a new volunteering project focussed on capacity building in Rwanda, in conjunction with the National University of Rwanda.

Conducted an evaluation of a major UK campaign including writing the ToR, defining the methodology, completing the research and interviews, developing workshops with stakeholders and drafting the report;Supported a review of ActionAid UK’s grant management systems and processes in collaboration with fundraising teams;Worked on the Annual Review and Trustee Report and Accounts, collating the data and ensuring that all reporting requirements are adhered to;Supported the collation of the 2013 organisational plan and ensuring its effective communication to all stakeholders. Including quarterly all-staff updates on the organisation’s top 12 targets for 2013;Coordinated the 2012 participatory review and reflection process to inform the annual planning cycle, including developing session plans and briefing facilitators;Responsible for delivering internal communications, in cooperation with all departments in the organisation, including ActionAid International.

Managed the Affiliate status, a career development programme for the humanitarian sector; Prepared all reports for donors and the board, highlighting progress and achievements against plans;Liaised with external partners, representing RedR in coordination meetings for joint programmes;Developed and uploaded content for the website, extranet and social media;Event managed networking events for early career humanitarians with experienced RedR Members;Worked across two internal teams, showing an ability to organise and prioritise multiple work streams; Worked as part of a team on developing the RedR Theory of Change.

Provided administrative support to the learning and development team;Redesigned the associate trainer database to improve information management and institutional knowledge;Coordinated training for humanitarians based in the Czech Republic as part of an ECHO funded capacity building project for new EU states;Edited, updated and proof read training materials including workbooks and handouts in line with RedR’s training competency framework.

Coordinated a hygiene promotion project in over 30 schools, ensuring outcomes were delivered on time and within scope and budget; Developed high quality written proposals and associated budgets to successfully secure funding for LBA’s projects;Managed donor relationships, including coordinating project visits for donors;Responsible for producing high quality and timely donor and internal reports and case studies to accurately reflect progress and lessons learned; Coordinated and facilitated a participative training programme for over 250 international and local volunteers. Building the capacity and independence of local organisations and communities;Facilitated sustainable and locally appropriate solutions to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and energy related challenges in rural Uganda, building an understanding of development priorities in the area;Independently relocated to rural Uganda for over two years, showing self motivation, drive and an ability to work independently.

Responsible for the efficient and effective running of a registered UK charity, whilst studying full time at University showing an ability to prioritise;Established and maintained effective working relationships with partner NGO’s while developing a clear understanding of their programme areas.

Preparing and leading weekly training sessions for 36 development workers, on topics such as, sustainable development, ethics of oversees volunteering, first aid, cultural sensitivity and teaching.Designing bespoke materials including, training sessions, pre-departure booklets, handouts, posters and flyers.