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Kenya

• Lead operations: program design; Tree Officer management; community engagement; government relations; financial modeling; accounting; and fundraising.Key achievements:
• Winner of 2023 D-prize.
• 2nd place winner of Sustainable Energy for All global competition at COP27.
• Expanding program from 3 to 21 community forests along the Nairobi River in second year of operation. 99% rate of tree survival during pilot.
• Created work for 150 youth. Participants have the opportunity to earn up to $375 from planting trees in their neighborhoods. 100% of participants reported they would join the program again.

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Global redesign of compensation and benefits across 8,000 employees in eight countries to increase organizational equity and employee retention.
• Led extensive decision-making sessions among country directors and C-Suite. Managed working group across People Operations, Finance, and employee representatives. Led all-staff presentations and Q&A sessions regarding.
• Collaborated with HR team to design and roll-out new job grades and pay bands for all roles to fairly align pay with responsibilities. Aligned pay and benefits with East African labor markets to attract and retain top.
• Expanded core benefits more equitably across all staff. Removed differences in policies by seniority.
• Overall staff satisfaction with compensation increased as measured in the annual employee survey.

Kakamega County, Kenya

• Responsible for building an exceptional employee experience for 4,000 employees across 50 districts and 3 offices.
• Accountable for company's diversity, equity, and inclusion progress. Represented organization to staff body, leaders, and funders. Aligned senior leaders around DEI strategy. Advised and coached senior leaders on.
• Founding member of global DEI Council, the organization’s senior most People decision making body.
• Recruitment: Reduced time-to-hire by 50% while also increasing candidate satisfaction.
• Performance management: Redesigned promotions process to align performance and pay.
• Internal systems: Rolled out HRIS. Significantly expanded access to HR services for client-facing roles (80% of all employees) via tablet-based tools.

Kakamega County, Kenya

• Managed People Division of 70+ employees across four departments: Human Resources; People Analytics; Learning & Development; Corporate Operations & Infrastructure.
• Managed budget of $3 million+ USD annually.
• Led Kenya program strategy as a standing member of the leadership body. Reported to CEO.Key achievements:
• Developed and implemented 5-year DEI and People strategy that aligned people operations with organizational direction.
• Led People Division multi-year performance turnaround. Introduced key performance indicators and standard operating procedures for all core functions. Reduced response time to requests and increased satisfaction among.
• Introduced operational efficiencies across division that resulted in $1 million USD annually in savings.

Kakamega County, Kenya

• Designed and implemented country-wide DEI dialogue sessions and training course. 95%+ of participants reported increased understanding of racial and gender dynamics at organization and would recommend participation to.
• Invested in people analytics function to improve data-driven people decisions. Revamped annual staff satisfaction survey and analysis. Built follow-up and accountability for managers to improve team scores.

Bungoma, Bungoma County, Kenya

• Led team management of 1,500 agricultural extension officers across 28 districts. Direct manager of 10 Senior Field Directors and indirect manager of 50 Field Directors.
• Hired and onboarded over 200 extension officers each season across rural Kenya, from within their own communities.
• During this period, 100,000 more clients enrolled, while also achieving over 98% loan repayment.

Bungoma County, Kenya

• Led Customer Engagement department. Substantially expanded services including a farmer hotline and informational SMS messages. Ensured timely, accurate responses to 500+ customer calls per week. Achieved 80%+ hotline.

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Significantly increased youth participation in urban agriculture training courses to comprise 50% of participants. Created a networking and savings hub of local youth farmers.