Viola Kirongo Email & Phone Number

Nairobi County, Kenya

Kenya

Responsibilities: • Ensuring implementation and management of key organizational and operational decisions, policies, and actions.• Reviewing Country Office internal audit reports and follow up with relevant Country Management Teams to ensure action points are addressed promptly and effectively. • Supporting the country offices in the development, review, and analysis of annual plans and budget management • Reviewing allocations of Country Offices resources and assets ensuring that programs meet their commitments and are accountable to beneficiaries and donors. • Coordinating and leading the delivery of capacity-building plans to develop the requisite operational competencies in operational staff. • Coaching and mentoring operational staff • Helping country programs become more cost-efficient and effective, working with Country Management Teams to set efficiency targets, identify areas where changes can be made, and devise strategies to manage costs. • Working with Country offices and their Country Management Teams to build their operational capacity and strengthen the structure of the field offices that deliver programs. • Actively engaging and supporting in the development of grant proposals.

Responsibilities:• Engaged in day-to-day thought partnerships with Partners and Prospective Partner CEOs and their leadership teams in 8 African countries to build capacity and enhance strategic clarity. • Ensured the network’s resources were strategically leveraged to best meet co-diagnosed partner and prospective partner needs. • Facilitated the co-creation of partnership plans that identified how the network could support accelerated impact locally as well as how each partner could contribute to the network’s collective impact. • Built relationships and networks with key stakeholders by leveraging a deep understanding of the diversity of the African landscape to attract high-potential prospective partners in the region to foster an expanded and diversified impact that grows the region’s reach.• Facilitated immersive experiences and peer-to-peer visits to network partners and events, ensuring collaboration and connection with the network community that furthers impact and fosters a strong network culture.• Played a critical role in devising, executing, and monitoring the progress of the region’s strategy to ensure partner impact was maximized.• Contributed to broader impact by bringing a deep understanding of context and partner priorities that informed regional decision-making as well as the broader support strategy of the Teach For All organization.

Kenya

• Responsible for the country team and operations in Kenya. • Responsible for day to day management, planning, liaising with bTG management and bTG Countries. • Team leader for projects implemented by consortium partners in Ethiopia and Mozambique.• Responsible for Program Management, contract management, technical work, quality control, interfacing with clients and preparing donor reports. • Provided support to all bTG countries in project management, proposal development and reporting requirements. • Provided technical assistance in policy work.

Nairobi

• Provided strategic leadership in program design and implementation of the Good Samaritan Program (GSP) in Africa. • Organized annual capacity-building workshops, joint learning workshops and joint program review meetings for both Anglophone and Francophone countries.• Coordinated advocacy activities and established strategic partnerships to expand the use of the program across the continent and represented the program in international meetings. • Efficiently managed 7 grants and ensured donor compliance to the different donor agencies' requirements.• Developed the GSP program management framework and provided training to Country Coordinators to ensure adherence to project management best practices. • Coordinated with country coordinators to develop detailed project plans that included scheduling, resource allocation, quality standards, risk planning, stakeholder information needs, key performance indicators and performance monitoring plans.• Monitored the program's annual budgets and forecasts ensuring resources were appropriately allocated and aligned with the program goals. • Coordinated resource mobilization and prepared successful project proposals.

Nairobi

• Facilitated training of Country Coordinators in core competency areas through visits and web-based media.• Coordinated logistical arrangements for meetings and workshops in both Anglophone and Francophone countries. • Ensured a good flow of information within the program’s stakeholders.• Prepared quarterly, half-year and annual narrative reports for an Africa-wide program. • Developed project monitoring and evaluation tools and monitoring plans.• Contributed to the development of program strategy and planning documents.• Kept the Good Samaritan Program website updated.• Facilitated translation of program materials and correspondences into French or English.

Coast Province

• Organized and facilitated training workshops on the Whole School Approach school improvement programs, Girls Forums and Active-Learning methodologies for parents, teachers and School Management Committees.• Research assistant for Action Researches within the project. • Participated in internal monitoring, preparation of work plans, budgets and progress reports within the Whole School Approach development strategy.• Participated in the training and follow up of the Education Management Information System (EMIS).

Mombasa

Kenya

Master Of Arts - Ma, Project Management

Post Graduate Diploma, Leadership And Management

Bachelor Of Education - Bed, French

Pmp, Project Management Proffessional

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Project Planning And Managment, Monitoring And Evaluation

Ongoing