Esther A. Banda Email & Phone Number

Harare, Zimbabwe

As a Team Lead, I lead the EDU Africa Ghana and Southern Africa Office teams. Overseeing both programming and logistics staff to ensure all aspects of work adhere to the standards and ideals of the organization.I plan and deliver transformative learning journeys for students who want to discover and interact with the region while also growing personally. I collaborate with faculty, partners, and stakeholders to create and align programs that fulfill the academic, cultural, and experiential objectives and goals of each group.

Harare Zimbabwe

Training facilitation with focus on experiential learning

Bangalore

• Craft stories about the organisation, its philosophy and investees, highlighting their impact• Build relationships with key media outlets, agencies and consultants to expand PR and drive GMC case studies• Identify new opportunities and appropriate channels for storytelling• Create and Maintain editorial calendars to coordinate external consultants

Bangalore

Assessed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software usage and identified training needsCreation of manuals and training to familiarise staff with ERP softwareConfigured attendance marking system in ERP softwareUpdated the Employee Information Provided and mapped biometric codes for all employeesCreated policy plans for HR and Operations departments

Identified areas for increased participation of women in existing programmingDeveloped a social enterprise intervention for rural and homeless women which was chosen as a Project Inspire 2014 Grand FinalistConceived and designed entrepreneurship and business development training programs Developed gender content for reports, website and social media