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Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi County, Kenya

• As a seasoned development strategist, I continue to lead critical initiatives across Kenya and Somalia, driving funding growth and diversification for humanitarian and development projects. My key achievements include:
• Business Strategy Development: Crafting and executing a robust business strategy tailored to each country’s unique context, resulting in the acquisition of 3.5 million euros in new projects during 2023.
• Technical Leadership: Serving as the technical focal point for Water Resources Management, WASH, Food Security, Livelihood, and Climate Adaptation sectors, I facilitate business development and grant management efforts.
• Resource Mobilization: Cultivating strong relationships with bilateral, multilateral, and private philanthropic donors in Europe, the UK, and the USA. By developing high-quality proposals aligned with country-specific.
• Research and Impact Assessment: Coordinating and implementing research studies, including data collection, data analysis, and assessment reporting to design competitive proposals. My work contributes to evidence-based.
• Capacity Building and Lessons Learned: Supervising and coaching project managers, I establish internal systems to capture valuable insights from business development and grant management activities. This leads to.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Strategic Portfolio Management: Successfully managed a country portfolio of €10+ million, overseeing six multi-year projects funded by UNICEF, EU, AU, AICS, and CEI. These projects span critical sectors, including.
• Team Leadership and Empowerment: Recruited, supervised, and empowered a diverse team of 24 staff members across Programme, MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning), and Communications. Together, we.
• Effective Partnerships and Agreements: Successfully developed operational agreements and managed partnerships with international consortium partners, national consortium partners, county governments, and consultants..
• Data-Driven Decision-Making: Managed the country office’s MEAL system, regularly capturing, analyzing, and documenting qualitative and quantitative data. This data informed key indicators, facilitated program learning.
• Field Missions and Collaboration: Undertook field missions to supervise projects, strengthening collaboration with beneficiaries, implementing partners, and stakeholders. This included local authorities and government.
• Strategic Communication and Visibility: Supported the development and dissemination of visibility materials, tools, and publications for active projects. These included project briefs, factsheets, and brochures.

Somalia

• Guided strategic decision-making and was responsible for WFP emergency programs in four regional offices in Somalia and the head office in Kenya.
• Managed nine field-level agreements (FLAs) across Somalia, including projects such as the safety net for human capital (SNHCP) project, safety net for locust response (SNLR) project, livelihood projects, relief.
• Oversaw program management of the WFP portfolio, including managing technical, financial, and strategic inputs; ensuring compliance and quality control in coordination with departments, head offices, donors, and.
• Acted as the budget holder of the WFP program portfolio with an annual budget of USD 3 million, necessitating the management of work plans across four regions in Somalia.
• Engaged with the private sector for sustainable program development, integrating market systems approaches into programming, and establishing commercial contracts.
• Enhanced integration of program activities across Health, Nutrition, WASH, and AFS sectors to achieve synergy and maximum impact for beneficiaries.

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Supported the development and rollout of the three-year strategic planning and funding strategy for Mercy-USA.
• Led proposal development and implementation of USAID/OFDA grant, a multi-sectoral and integrated program with Health, Nutrition, WASH, and Agriculture and Food Security sectors, reaching 187,000 people.
• Acted as the budget holder of the OFDA program portfolio with an annual budget of USD 3.2 million. This entailed managing work plans across four regions in Somalia and one county in Kenya.
• Conducted high-level networking and represented Mercy-USA at INGO and multi/bilateral forums, donor, and government meetings in both Kenya and Somalia.
• Built capacity of staff and partners on program design, indicator definition, quality, and compliance. Facilitated the training of over 200 beneficiaries annually in Environmental Health, WASH, Food Security and.
• Supported a team of 171 staff in Somalia (OFDA Somalia grant) and 20 staff in Garissa (OFDA Kenya grant).

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Development of Mercy-USA's WASH sector preparedness plan for Kenya and Somalia that has pre-positioned Mercy-USA to adequately respond to WASH-related shocks in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.
• Led the development of all WASH sector proposal activities in UNICEF, WFP, OFDA, QATAR, DFID, and GLOBAL FUND programs. Some of the activities included the construction of medical waste management facilities and.
• Establishment of water treatment and testing plans for vulnerable communities affected by AWD including IDPs.
• Accurate and timely reporting of all the above grants through the understanding of donor requirements and training of program staff.
• Led in ensuring coordination with UNOCHA cluster coordination, WESCOORD, local authorities, and other stakeholders for advocacy, avoidance of duplication, and real-time emergency response.
• Service and management of over 30 contactors in Kenya and Somalia for environmental, water and sanitation work including construction of borehole water supply systems, water pans, medical waste management facilities.

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Ensured quality and integrity of implementation, including adherence to technical guidelines, program design and target beneficiaries.
• Conducted capacity mapping of staff/direct beneficiaries and identified staff capacity building opportunities
• Designed and implemented a public campaign through integrative radio shows on the issues surrounding water, sanitation, and hygiene practices.
• Implemented Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) interventions that resulted in 13 Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages in Kenya.

Module I: Life And Leadership Potentials Training (Lpt), Leadership And Coaching

I completed a 30-hour training program that was truly unique. It provided me with the tools I needed to unlock my potential and make a.

Bachelor'S Degree, Environmental And Biosystems Engineering

Activities and Societies: The objectives are to: 1. Apply mathematical and engineering principles to solve Biosystems Engineering.

M.Sc. Water Resources, Civil Engineering