Christopher Apollo Email & Phone Number

Geneva, Switzerland

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Work with Portfolio manager to develop annual & quarterly plan to deliver on select funded projects within DataKind’s Economic resilience & Frontline Health portfolio including tracking systems to ensure timely and.
• Support the Product team with managing multiple stakeholders to complete activities in the lead up to deployment of a DataKind developed analytics product with strategic Partner-clients
• Work closely with the Head of Data Science to prepare resources to execute the technical strategy to open source the DataKind developed product
• Provide direct oversight to professional volunteer team(s) through DataKind’s Discovery and Design processes, engage with Partner-clients & develop project design briefs and solution sustainability plans in compliance.
• Oversee the development of high-quality reports, presentations & proposals that effectively communicate key messages and insights.
• Lead project teams in executing project plans & managing project activities such as monitoring project progress, tracking milestones & managing changes in project scope.

Western Kenya (Kisumu, Kakamega, Bungoma, Siaya And Vihiga)

• Drive the Strategic Overview of the project, through partnership development
• Assist the CEO and Management in coordinating fieldwork for assignments by contributing to the development of project plans, fieldwork task schedules, scheduling and preparing for workshops and interviews, gathering.
• Perform engagement procedures designed to identify and define issues, review and analyze evidence, and document processes.
• Prepare working papers to support results of procedures.
• Assist in interviews with Project management to gain an understanding of the Project conditions, risks and controls.
• Assist in coordinating and communicating the results of consulting and internal audit projects via written reports and oral presentations to management.

Kisumu And Mandera

• Responsibilities:
• Sensitization, selection, recruitment, placement and follow up of interested target beneficiary youth.
• Sensitization and recruitment of training providers both in formal and informal sectors and providing support to them.
• Monitoring and evaluation of all training and internship project activities in the respective county.
• Planning and coordinating meetings and seminars with various stakeholders; including government implementing agencies, employer’s meetings, and beneficiary youth orientation meetings.
• Support the Project Implementation Unit in coordinating the application process for each respective project cycle.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Key Achievements:
• Won several consultancies with international Organizations and completed the tasked assignments within set timelinesResponsibilities:
• Lead in the expression of Interest to several consultancies through preparing Technical and Financial proposals submitted to organizations in need.
• Project management through managing communication with people working with IRDAC.
• Networked, interact with others working with IRDAC to exchange information and develop social or professional contacts.
• Trained IRDAC staff and data collection enumerators on data collection tools (survey CTO and ODK).

Makueni And Busia Counties

• Key Achievements:
• Oversaw successful implementation and completion of assigned projects with useful findings and a good rapport with stakeholders and beneficiaries. Responsibilities:
• Trained and supervised field officers on digital data collection tools (survey CTO and ODK).
• Networking, interacting with relevant stakeholders to exchange information and develop social or professional contacts.
• Team management. Supervision of data collection field officers.
• Approvals seeking from the County governments to research within their jurisdictions.

Migori County, Kenya

• Responsibilities:
• Provide a brief introduction about Busara and the project to respondents.
• Explain project objectives and obtain informed consents from all respondents before data collection.
• Effectively communicate the research to all participants in an easy-to-understand language.
• Conduct a provided minimum number of interviews per day with respondents as assigned.
• Submit a daily report detailing the quantity of complete interviews conducted as per the assigned targets.

Kisumu County, Kenya

• Responsibilities:
• Assisting in project implementation and coordination.
• Conducting validation meetings and field visits.
• Community sensitization and mobilization
• Preparing and management of research and survey tools.
• Supervision of enumerators

Nanyuki, Laikipia County, Kenya

• Responsibilities:
• Providing operational and program support to REAP and governance programmes.
• Community sensitization and mobilization.
• Office administration.
• Mentors training, assisting in project implementation and evaluation.
• Development of training materials and data collection tools.