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Nairobi, Kenya

• Oversighting the integrated Economic Empowerment, Gender and protection Programmes with a focus on improving equitable social, economic, health and gender outcomes for women, children and marginalized communities. This.
• Policy Advocacy influencing at the national… Show more Oversighting the integrated Economic Empowerment, Gender and protection Programmes with a focus on improving equitable social, economic, health and gender outcomes.
• Policy Advocacy influencing at the national and county levels
• Providing overall financial, managerial and technical leadership and oversight in the management, implementation and monitoring of the integrated economic empowerment, gender and protection programme portfolio.
• Effective coordination of programmatic implementation and operations including allocation of resources for efficient program delivery and prioritizing allocations towards key project deliverables.
• Facilitate efficient mobilization, relations and communications with the communities, Project beneficiaries and partners, national and county government officials, donors and external consultants.

Western Kenya

• Provided technical and programmatic leadership to the NTD, NCD, TB and Flu programme portfolios in the larger Western region supporting both research and non-research platforms at the CDC/KEMRI research Centre. This.
• Provided overall programme leadership and oversight in the management, implementation and monitoring of portfolio projects.
• Provided on-going technical assistance (TA) through trainings, mentoring and support to sub-partner staff working on the portfolio projects
• Established and maintained relationships with government, project partners, and other community organizations to ensure an effective and efficient delivery of interventions.
• Served as the primary interface between the donor, County Governments, sub-awardee and HJFMRI; liaise and facilitate information flow between program functional areas, programmatic and scientific advisors, researchers.
• Facilitated the development of project plans, goals, deliverables, and deadlines.

Kwale

• Provided technical, financial and programmatic leadership to dynamic integrated inclusion, protection, health, governance, livelihood and education projects. The focus was to empower children, young people and.
• Led in the design, development and… Show more Provided technical, financial and programmatic leadership to dynamic integrated inclusion, protection, health, governance, livelihood and education projects. The focus was.
• Led in the design, development and monitoring of community based inclusion, protection, education, livelihoods and health programme interventions.
• Ensured for strong partnership with the joint project partners, communities, project beneficiaries and key stakeholders working and engaging directly with field teams, ensuring for consistency and quality in programming.
• Provided technical support to the targeted community stakeholders around the Joint Programme in developing and implementing a multi-sectoral and coordinated programme interventions, information sharing, coordination.
• Facilitated the establishment of well-coordinated collaborative networks among key government and nongovernmental institutions

Tharaka

• Led sustainable integrated inclusion, protection, health, education and livelihoods programming through developing and promoting key stakeholder relationships, establishing and implementing Country Office resource.
• Team-lead in the… Show more Led sustainable integrated inclusion, protection, health, education and livelihoods programming through developing and promoting key stakeholder relationships, establishing and implementing.
• Team-lead in the building and sustaining of working partnerships and managing donor relations, identifying, assessing and reviewing potential funding opportunities, developing and maintaining donor data bases and.
• Supported the program team in writing grant proposals and concepts both to corporate and institutional donors, developing reporting timelines and observing the terms and conditions as outlined in grant documents and.
• Supervised and managed performance of all key members of the sponsorship team as well as managing any emerging issues in the Building Relationships (BR) department.
• Promoted the establishment of child protection reporting and referral mechanisms managed by communities. Show less

Kisumu/Suba

• Supported technical activities relating to HIV and AIDS and OVC care, HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention strategy, programme needs and personnel risk, mapping and analysis of vulnerable populations, capacity building of.
• Supported the establishment of… Show more Supported technical activities relating to HIV and AIDS and OVC care, HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention strategy, programme needs and personnel risk, mapping and analysis of.
• Supported the establishment of support groups which served as safety nets for psychosocial care and support for care givers and People living with AIDS.
• Liaised with and developed a working partnership with the ministry of health (MoH) through local health facilities in Kisumu and Suba Districts for the provision of primary health care to OVCs and PLHWAs.
• Partnered with the ministry of health in establishing Community Therapeutic Centers to cater for nutritional needs of pediatrics and other malnourished children.
• Established child protection units (CPUs) and gender desks at the locational and divisional level to promote efficiency in addressing child abuse and promoting children’s rights.

Kisumu

• Capacity Assessment of partner civil society organizations (CSOs) and administration of the ODSS capacity tool.
• Monitoring CSO budgets and supporting sub grantees in developing work plans.
• Capacity building of CSOs on data management and report writing.
• Research Supervision, data collection, processing and documentation.
• Undertaking community interviews preparations, negotiating consent/assent, securing appointments and scheduling interviews.
• Conducting… Show more

Master Of Arts - Ma, Sociology

Ba (Social Sciences), Sociology