Viola Kirongo Email & Phone Number

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.

• 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.
• 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.

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.

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.

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

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