• Oversaw performance delivery of grant projects and training programmes with focuses on education, climate action and health. The scale of the country office engagements has significantly grown since 2020: Number of projects by 114% from 14 from 2020 to 30 in 2024, number of training programmes by 25% from 8 to 10, project budgets by 29% from USD 17 million to USD 22 million, and number of partners by 93% from 15 to 29 including UN agencies, enterprises, and NGOs• Trained 6,761 job seekers… Show more • Oversaw performance delivery of grant projects and training programmes with focuses on education, climate action and health. The scale of the country office engagements has significantly grown since 2020: Number of projects by 114% from 14 from 2020 to 30 in 2024, number of training programmes by 25% from 8 to 10, project budgets by 29% from USD 17 million to USD 22 million, and number of partners by 93% from 15 to 29 including UN agencies, enterprises, and NGOs• Trained 6,761 job seekers through five TVET (technical, vocational education and training) projects in partnership with GIZ, UNESCO, an enterprise and an NGO, leading to 2,996 securing jobs• Applied group-based capacity building for five community development projects. The success was selected as a best case of the OECD TIPs (Tools, Insights, Practices) in July 2024• Established the first KOICA Kenya Customer Satisfaction Framework including the Customer Satisfaction codes for staff, instituted annual Country Office Operation Plans and held biannual Townhall Meetings, leading to customer ratings rising from 84.6% in 2020 to 89.6% in 2023• Demonstrated data-based management practices—periodic data collection, media communication, scientific publication—to partners for USD 5 million+ projects• Examined low admissions of Kenyan officials to KOICA Master’s Degree Programs, streamlined roles with the Kenyan State Department for Public Service, crafted a broader advertisement plan and mobilized Kenyan alumni’s counselling to applicants, leading to admissions increase from 5 in 2020 to 23 in 2024 ranking the third out of 59 countries• Collaborated with Korean Embassies (Kenya, Madagascar) and Korean public agencies to adopt governmental priorities, deepen Korea’s visibility and support agenda setting of summit dialogues • Founded and co-chaired the MSME (micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise) Sector Working Group of the Development Partners Group comprising 31 donor agencies and a UN representative Show less