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Nairobi County, Kenya

• Lead and oversee the implementation of a multi-country project, ensuring alignment with the project scope, timeline, and budget, while adhering to the organization's established project management framework.• Provide monthly and quarterly project updates including financial, narrative, and impact reports to key stakeholders.• Work closely with the organisation’s Monitoring and Evaluation team to implement the projects impact monitoring plan and capture project impact systematically.• Collaborate with team members to drive project success, resolve conflicts, and secure stakeholder commitment.• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks that may impact project success.• Oversee the project's finances, coordinating with Project Coordinators, partners, and the finance team.• Estimate project costs, resource requirements, and timescales to ensure successful completion within scope and constraints.• Prepare and maintain project plans, tracking activities and progress against the plan.• Ensure project finances are in line with the foundation’s policies and audit requirements.• Work closely with the Global Development Team and the Regional Programme Manager for Africa to identify strategic networking and business development opportunities.• Represent TRF in relevant networks, forums, and project consortia to enhance the project's external profile.• Develop and implement an effective communication plan, including regular reporting and accurate updates.• Support the Business Development team in identifying funding opportunities through proposal development, activity design, and budget planning.

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Manage inventory levels, oversee procurement, and optimize supply chain processes to minimize costs while maintaining product quality.• Coordinate transportation, storage, and logistics operations to ensure timely delivery of products to clients.• Identify areas for process optimization and implement strategies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across departments.• Supervise and mentor a team, fostering a culture of collaboration, productivity, and continuous improvement.• Establish and maintain quality standards for all products and processes, conducting regular inspections and implementing corrective actions when necessary.• Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and vendors, negotiating contracts and terms.• Oversee and manage all operations within the organization.• Implement operational strategies and procedures.• Ensure operational activities remain on time and within budget.• Work closely with the CEO and other executives to strategize and develop operational goals.• Proactively track and address issues before they arise.• Ensure all legal and regulatory documents are filed and monitor compliance with laws and regulations.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Manage and implement assigned grants and program activities in close collaboration with IRI Washington headquarters and local staff, from fulfillment of substantive programmatic objectives to financial and compliance requirements for the life of the grant(s). • Manage and implement grant activities to ensure that assigned grants are completed on time, within budget, and in full compliance. • Develop short- and long-term project initiatives and activities for assigned projects. • Develop and oversee the implementation of strategic plans and initiatives on behalf of IRI • Monitor and ensure proper tracking of program expenditures to ensure projects remain within budget allocations and are implemented timely against a project work-plan. • Oversee and lead monitoring and evaluation efforts. • Write and review high quality quarterly, semi-annual, final and other relevant reports for funders. • Work with IRI regional teams to craft programming interventions that bolster democratic resilience • Represent IRI at external events and actively supports IRI’s communication strategy, branding, and outreach, including drafts and updates program summaries and other outreach materials • Establish, maintain, and develop productive working relationships with relevant stakeholders, consultants, field and DC staff• Supervise staff assigned to the portfolio, including leading the professional development and evaluation process for these staff. Set specific performance goals and provide ongoing performance feedback• Lead efforts to identify and pursue new funding strategies and opportunities• Research, write and edit time-sensitive program documents and budgets, activity reports, funding proposals, success stories, case studies and training materials• Anticipate potential problems, troubleshoot project problems, offer solutions and actively take part to lead resolution of them with creative and immediate solutions• Travel as needed for program oversight and implementation

Kenya

I. Research, write and edit time-sensitive program documents and budgets, activity reports, funding proposals, and training materials;II. Provide efficient and timely action on administrative and financial matters, written assignments and submission of reports;III. Assist the Program Manger and M&E staff with monitoring budgets and expenditures for assigned program areas, and negotiating and preparing contracts, sub-grants, and other financial and project implementation documents;IV. Design, develop and assist the Program Manager to execute and administer program events to ensure that reporting requirements are met, projects remain within budget allocations, and program objectives are completed on schedule;V. Update and maintain program resource files and program participants’ contacts for purposes of communications, monitoring, evaluation and internal reporting;VI. Cultivate relationships and communicate with relevant Government officials, local partners, and members of the diplomatic and donor community and represent IRI at public functions;VII. Work in concert with the Program Manager to monitor and evaluate the performance of IRI and partner organizations program activities, identifying successes and failures and recommending program adjustments accordingly;VIII. Assist the Program Manager in managing team projects and objectives, and lead the development of work product in collaboration with other staff;IX. Travel to various parts of Kenya, as necessary to support program implementation, reporting, and monitoring and evaluation

Nairobi, Kenya

o Exploring possible research areas within this component and carry out the research with the programme officer and/or commission studies. o Liaise with relevant stakeholders o Organise workshops/forums/roundtable meetings as per the work plano Facilitating strategic planning workshopso Ensure the quality output of strategic plans and workshop reports from rappoteurso Finalization of strategic plans and launch of the same at the constituencieso Completing the reports to donors, board and IEA • Keep and manage a futures data base of stakeholders and frequently contacted persons • Responsible for the regular up-date of the futures website • Proof reading programme documents • Help with the publication of documents at the printers • Ensure proper dissemination of all programme information • File all programme correspondence and programme work • Taking minutes/notes for any programme related meetings • Representing IEA in programme related meetings as agreed with the programme officer.• Conducting monitoring and evaluation of county based CSOs

Nairobi

Conduct Market Scan ResearchField Data CollectionData CompilationData AnalysisReport writing Report Presentation

Nairobi

• Counties Youth Situational Analysis Research• Youth Radicalization in Kenya Research• Review of Youth Situational Analysis 2014

Nairobi

• Research of Extractive companies within the AMECEA region• Data analysis and compilation• Review and editing of reports• Narrative and Report writing

Nairobi

• Reviewing the ministerial policies and providing recommendations.• Preparation of the Departmental Performance Contract and Quarterly Report, Work plan and Quarterly Targets• Organizing workshops and writing reports of the same.• Protocol work for the ICGLR special summit 2013.• Doing write ups for the ministry – internal memos, correspondence, travel itineraries.• Help to Facilitate accommodation of officers proceeding on external posting

Certificate

B A Social Science, International Relations And Affairs

Activities and Societies: MUIRDSABA Social Sciences, Major in International Relations and Diplomacy, Minor in Psychology