• Project Oversight and Quality Assurance: Managed evaluations and project implementation, ensuring program quality, robust monitoring and evaluation processes, effective budget administration, and a focus on gender equity, child safeguarding, and diversity considerations.• Stakeholder Engagement: Actively engaged in meetings and forums with clients, partners, funders, government entities, and other stakeholders, fostering strong relationships and collaboration as required.• New Business Development: Supported the identification of potential projects, collaborated with the Brasys Country Director to assemble necessary resources, identified consultants, and drafted and submitted proposals for new projects, contributing to business growth and expansion.• Administrative Coordination: Orchestrated calls, meetings, and scheduling for various stakeholders including clients, partners, funders, and government bodies, ensuring smooth communication and coordination.• Team Leadership and Coordination: Led and coordinated teams and consultants, functioning as both team lead and data analyst for assigned evaluation and research projects, ensuring cohesive collaboration and data accuracy.• Capacity Building and Recruitment: Played a pivotal role in recruitment, management, and capacity building of consultants and data collectors, enhancing team effectiveness and performance.• Report Preparation and Review: Conducted comprehensive desk reviews of literature and reports, preparing inception, progress, and final reports, ensuring accuracy and completeness.• Progress Monitoring and Updates: Led regular check-in calls and progress updates with clients, consultants, and contractors, maintaining project momentum and addressing concerns promptly.• Data Coordination and Quality Assurance: Coordinated data collection processes, including interviews, focus group discussions, records review, and data entry, overseeing data cleaning and quality checks for project quality assurance.

• Team Coordination for Evaluations: Effectively coordinated teams of up to 20 individuals per project across multiple evaluations, ensuring cohesive collaboration and efficient project execution.• M&E Plan Development Support: Assisted in developing project Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plans, including identifying indicators, setting targets, and establishing data collection and analysis methodologies, contributing to comprehensive project oversight.• Collaboration in Report Development: Collaborated in formulating inception and final reports, highlighting project background, objectives, methodologies, findings, results, and recommendations, utilizing Ms PowerPoint for presentations and ensuring comprehensive documentation.• Data Collection and Analysis: Collected both quantitative and qualitative data through participant interviews, observation checklists, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. Employed Kobo Collect for quantitative data collection and utilized tools like Ms Excel and SPSS for data analysis.• Thematic Analysis and Transcription: Conducted transcription of Key Informant Interviews and used thematic analysis techniques to create cohesive themes and theories for report writing, ensuring thorough analysis and insightful reporting.• Administration, Logistics and Relationship Building: Ensured timely team deployment, managed team finances, disbursed funds, and built strong rapport with key informants from diverse institutions, including national government entities, private sector organizations, NGOs, CBOs, community leaders, and project beneficiaries.Achievement: Successfully completed baseline and end-line evaluations, delivering final reports that not only provided comprehensive information on program impact but also contributed to optimizing activities and processes, thereby enhancing program efficiency and effectiveness.

• Data Collection for AMI Business-SME Clients: Conducted a comprehensive data collection exercise for AMI business-SME clients who participated in the Survive 2 Thrive and Grow Your Business programs.• Database Management on MS Excel: Created databases on MS Excel and diligently maintained the accuracy and completeness of all project data, ensuring organized and reliable records.• Survey Administration and Client Interaction: Reached out to clients via calls, administering surveys that provided crucial metrics regarding their SMEs, showcasing the impact of the programs on their businesses. Engaged in cross-selling, offering additional product information beneficial for SME growth.• Engagement Across Diverse Geographies: Interacted with SMEs across various African countries such as Botswana, South Africa, Nigeria, Malawi, DRC, handling different cohorts and engaging with individuals from diverse backgrounds.Achievement: Attained an outstanding 80% success rate in meeting targets, significantly contributing to the final report submitted to donors. This achievement underscored a positive impact on SME performance post-program intervention, crucial for demonstrating the effectiveness and success of the programs to stakeholders and donors.

• Supervision of Enumerators: Oversaw a team of 14 enumerators across multiple highlighted projects, ensuring efficient and effective project execution.• Recruitment of Survey Participants: Recruited DFS’s (Digital Financial Service providers) for IFC surveys, encompassing companies involved in digital lending, banking, savings, payments, and insurance platforms.• Moderation of Interviews and Focus Group Discussions: Conducted in-depth interviews and moderated focus group discussions, ensuring productive and insightful conversations.• Recruitment and Note-Taking: Recruited suitable respondents for interviews and focus groups, adhering to relevant criteria. Engaged in note-taking during discussions and transcribed these notes for report formulation.• Training Facilitation and Coordination: Facilitated a training session via Zoom, ensuring the accurate delivery of content and the comprehensive understanding of material by enumerators.• Team Coordination for Recruitment and Diary Entry: Coordinated the team during Peter Pan’s recruitment and onboarding of respondents, managing a 4-day Diary entry activity effectively.Achievement: The successful completion of data collection exercises under my supervision significantly contributed to better decision-making processes for the relevant organizations. The comprehensive and insightful data gathered from these exercises provided valuable insights for informed strategic decisions and interventions.

• Team Supervision for DREAMS Program: Managed and supervised a team of 35 individuals during the implementation of the DREAMS program in informal settlements, ensuring effective coordination and achievement of program objectives.• Leadership in Social Protection: Spearheaded social protection initiatives at the household level, overseeing economic strengthening activities and a range of socio-economic approaches. Managed programs including cash transfers, vocational training, business start-up kits, employment linkage, savings groups, entrepreneurship, and financial capabilities training.• Development of Monitoring Procedures: Designed and implemented robust monitoring and quality assessment procedures to ensure Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYWs) received accurate and age-appropriate services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality support.• Work Plan Development and Maintenance: Crafted comprehensive work plans and regularly updated them with relevant activities and realistic timelines, ensuring efficient project execution and goal attainment.• Documentation and Reporting: Prepared project documentation, maintained records, and generated reports, emphasizing systematic monitoring of performance, particularly through the Site Improvement Monitoring System (SIMS) visits to guarantee service availability and quality.• Stakeholder Relationship Management: Fostered and maintained relationships with government officials, collaborating with entities such as the Children’s Office, local administrations, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Health. Provided technical assistance in policy, strategy, and guideline development related to social protection.Achievement: Successful completion of socio-economic empowerment targets by training 2,000 Adolescent Girls and Young Women in entrepreneurship skills and financial literacy.

• Master Trainer for Tusome Endline Evaluation: Played a pivotal role as a Master Trainer during the Tusome Endline Evaluation, showcasing expertise and leadership in evaluation methodologies.• Training Data Collectors on Evaluation Tools: Conducted comprehensive training for data collectors on evaluation tools and instruments, utilizing Tangerine and Survey CTO software via tablets, ensuring the collection of reliable and credible data.• Leadership in Data Collection: Led a team of enumerators comprising Dalberg Research, Ministry of Education officials, and USAID representatives to sampled schools in Siaya for data collection. Subsequently, compiled evidence-based reports on findings, demonstrating effective team leadership and collaboration.• Logistical Support for Qualitative Data Collection: Provided crucial logistical support in planning and executing qualitative data collection, ensuring smooth operations during the process.• Facilitation and Note-Taking in Focus Group Discussions: Acted as a note-taker in focus group discussions involving Ministry of Education Officials, meticulously preparing written notes from observed discussions and transcribing the key insights.Achievement: Successfully concluded the endline evaluation, contributing to the documentation of notable positive outcomes in Early Years Education literacy, recognized and acknowledged by USAID on a global scale.

• Team Supervision for Tusome SNE Endline Evaluation: Oversaw a team during the Tusome SNE Endline Evaluation, ensuring efficient and comprehensive evaluation processes.• Support in Reading Assessment for Special Needs Pupils: Provided crucial support to the team in identifying reading fluency levels among pupils with visual and hearing impairments, while investigating factors influencing their reading outcomes.• Utilization of Specialized Software and Materials: Employed Tangerine Software and Braille Materials, enhancing the assessment process and ensuring the collection of accurate and high-quality data.• Data Entry and Quality Assurance: Actively participated in data entry using Tangerine Software, maintaining stringent standards for accuracy and reliability to ensure data integrity.• Implementation of Unbiased Sampling Techniques: Utilized proper sampling techniques, ensuring unbiased selection for a representative sample, crucial for achieving comprehensive and reliable evaluation outcomes.Achievement: My leadership played a pivotal role in administering EGRA tools accurately, overseeing the assigned team's specific roles during the exercise, resulting in the successful completion of 464 pupil interviews, 58 head teacher interviews, and 116 teacher interviews nationwide. This accomplishment signifies the attainment of robust data collection crucial for informed decision-making in educational interventions for students with special needs.

• CBA Loop Launch Team Member: Played a pivotal role in the launch of CBA Loop, a digital banking platform renowned for its unique user experience and financial management tools that revolutionized customer financial operations via mobile phones.• Bank Branch Supervision and Administration: Oversaw the overall supervision of the branch service, effectively managing resources and providing leadership to staff, resulting in exceptional service delivery and maximum output.• Customer Support and Product Information: Provided comprehensive product information, robust support, and efficient responses to customer inquiries, ensuring consistent brand experiences and achieving defined business targets, driving business growth and profitability.• Data Analysis for Customer Usage: Utilized Microsoft Excel for data analysis, monitoring customer usage of products and services, enabling informed decision-making and strategic planning.Achievement: Through the disruptive impact of CBA Loop's launch, CBA significantly expanded its clientele base, witnessing a substantial increase in revenue generation, thus enhancing business profitability.

• Customer Relations and Onboarding: Managed customer relations, facilitated the onboarding process, conducted KYC verifications, and handled bio-data capture and card issuance, ensuring a seamless customer experience.• Identification of Customer Needs: Assisted in identifying unmet customer needs within existing products, leading to the successful implementation of new products and services. This initiative notably bolstered customer loyalty and satisfaction.• Public Relations and Sponsorships: Contributed to organizing and participating in public relations activities and sponsorships, significantly enhancing CBA's brand image within the market, fostering a positive perception.• Successful Product Launches: Played a key role in launching new bank products with professionalism and efficiency, significantly enhancing the bank's reputation and credibility in the industry.Achievement: Through proactive customer engagement and strategic identification of market gaps, the implementation of new products and services not only amplified customer loyalty and satisfaction but also significantly bolstered CBA's brand image. The successful launch of new bank products uplifted the bank's reputation, solidifying its position as an industry leader in offering innovative and customer-centric solutions.

• Training Supervisors and Enumerators: Conducted training sessions for 54 supervisors and enumerators, familiarizing them with Tusome midline evaluation tools on tablets, ensuring the collection of credible and reliable data.• Leadership in Siaya County: Led a team in Siaya County, collaborating with Ministry of Education and USAID officials, facilitating smooth project completion through effective coordination and cooperation.• Data Entry and Follow-Up: Personally engaged in data entry processes and conducted follow-up calls, ensuring completion of all tools using Survey CTO for comprehensive data management.Achievement: The outcomes of this evaluation played a significant role in shaping the nationwide implementation of Tusome, not only within Kenya but also beyond its borders. Serving as a benchmark for Early Grade Literacy programs in Africa, the findings from this evaluation informed and influenced the design and implementation of similar initiatives, underscoring Tusome's pivotal role in advancing literacy programs continent-wide.

• Team Leadership for UN Habitat Project: Led a team of 5 individuals during the evaluation of the UN Habitat Nyumba Smart Loan project across Homabay, Migori, and Kitui counties in Kenya. Coordinated closely with Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT) as a collaborative partner with UN Habitat.• Fieldwork Coordination: Organized and directed team efforts, transporting members to households and central meeting points for comprehensive quantitative and qualitative interviews as part of the evaluation process.• Financial Management and Data Handling: Managed team finances, ensured the security of company data collection instruments, and facilitated timely data uploads for analysis purposes.Achievement: The nationwide data collection exercise significantly contributed to enhancing women's access to flexible financial products through the UN Habitat Nyumba Smart Loan project. The information gathered played a pivotal role in positively transforming the livelihoods of women, ultimately empowering them through improved access to financial resources and opportunities.

• Supervision of Enumerators: Oversaw a team of 4 enumerators during a baseline evaluation across primary schools in Siaya and Kisumu County, Kenya, ensuring efficient data collection processes.• Utilization of Survey Software: Leveraged Survey CTO and ODK software for data collection and cloud-based uploading, facilitating streamlined data analysis processes.• Field Team Coordination: Coordinated the field team, ensuring adherence to organizational guidelines for time and financial management, aligning with standard operating procedures.Achievement: The Tusome Base-line evaluation, which I supervised, served as a crucial tool in measuring the literacy levels of early-grade learners. The insights gathered from this evaluation played a pivotal role in informing the implementation of targeted interventions nationwide, contributing significantly to educational strategies and improvements in literacy programs.

• Supervision of Enumerators for DFID and USAID Programs: Managed and supervised multiple teams of enumerators throughout evaluations funded by the British Government's Department for International Development (DFID) and USAID, notably for the PRIMR and Tayari programs.• Data Entry and Quality Assurance: Actively participated in data entry using Tangerine Software, ensuring meticulous attention to detail to maintain accuracy and reliability in accordance with stringent standards.• Contribution to Tool Development: Played a key role in developing tools and questionnaires approved by USAID and DFID for data collection during the PRIMR and Tayari Initiatives, showcasing expertise in tool development and adherence to international standards.Achievement: The outcomes of these evaluations played a pivotal role in informing the scaling up of the programs on a national level. Notably, the adoption of PRIMR by the government of Kenya, transitioning to Tusome, and its subsequent rollout across all public schools and 1,500 Alternative Providers of Basic Education and Training (APBET) institutions in Kenya underscored the significant impact and influence of these evaluations on policy and program implementation.