Experience

S.O.U.L. Foundation, Inc.

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Country Director

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  The Country Director leads a diverse Uganda team and drives S.O.U.L.’s programs utilizing a community engagement model that is both transformational and sustainable. The Country Director engages with partners, local and national government officials, community members and leaders, and other stakeholders. At the operational level, Country Director's responsibilities include program design, management and evaluations, assessing opportunities for revenue growth and a sustainable development model, and the disbursement, close monitoring and accountability of project funds with a high level of integrity. Show less



Pangea Educational Development (PANGEA)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Country Director

  • Nov 2022 - Jun 2023

  The Country Director oversaw all program and organizational activities for Pangea Educational Development (PANGEA) in Uganda leading its earned income activities through Pangea Publishing. I was also the face and representative of the organization in Uganda to all in and out-of-country partners, government entities, customers, and funders. The Country Director is responsible for the management of all persons employed by the organization in Uganda. The Country Director oversaw all program and organizational activities for Pangea Educational Development (PANGEA) in Uganda leading its earned income activities through Pangea Publishing. I was also the face and representative of the organization in Uganda to all in and out-of-country partners, government entities, customers, and funders. The Country Director is responsible for the management of all persons employed by the organization in Uganda.



Teach a Man to Fish

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Country Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2022

  The Uganda Country Manager was responsible for leading the delivery of organizational strategy in East Africa, primarily in Uganda with support to Kenya and Tanzania. Overseeing programmatic work in the East African region, ensuring that programmatic work is delivered to agreed donor/client & organizational targets, budget, and work plan, including associated Monitoring & Evaluation. The Country Manager played a lead role in ensuring financial sustainability by actively prospecting and building relationships with donors, representing Teach A Man To Fish at partner/donor meetings, and playing a key role in the proposal development process. The Uganda Country Manager also led income generation initiatives and was responsible for generating unrestricted income from consultancy work by prospecting and building relationships with new clients etcAchievements1. I led the team to develop robust and effective partnership stewarding systems for School Enterprise Challenge in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya - later was mapped on Sales Force and this made it easy for the organization to track and manage key relationships, including the Uganda Ministry of Education, and partners. I also capacity - built the teams to ensure a high level of partnership stewarding.2. I led the process of growing the Uganda office from 6 staff to 21 staff with over x4 running projects in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania including setting up financial and HR processes for ease of administration, capacity building, and donor funds management.3. Working alongside the Fundraising team in the UK, we won the "Education Cannot Wait" 2-year grant to implement school business model in 4 refugee settlements, DFID (FCDO) Community Partnerships 3 year grant, Rising Tide 2-year grant, etc. 4. I co-led the process of contextualizing the organizational People Performance Management Framework (PPMF) that is henceforth used for setting team annual objectives, temperature checks, and mid-year and end-of-year reviews. Show less

• East Africa Program Manager - School Enterprise Challenge Program

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  1. Spearheaded the School Enterprise Challenge team in supporting 160 school businesses in Uganda and Kenya in 20182. Led the adaptation of x14 guides training curriculum to support the training of the students in target schools.3. Led the developing of the capacity of 14 medium size Non-Government Organisations in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to implement the School Enterprise Program in their network schools. This involved overseeing x4 days of training per organization and supporting the organizations to conduct monitoring and evaluation within their schools.4. Led the re-development of program team and restructuring of project staff to fit the needs of the organization. This involved leading on recruitment and onboarding of 4 new staff.5. Led the designing of the Operational Partner review survey for 6 Kenya and 8 Uganda partners. This facilitated the piloting of operational partner fees in 2019 and securing of approximately USD 1500 in fees from the first pilot. Show less



Elevate: Partners for Education

• Uganda
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager (District Education Implementation Program)

  • Aug 2017 - Jun 2018

  1. I oversaw the development of a SurveyCTO data collection app that was used by CCTs in 3 Districts to track indicators related to teacher pedagogy and students’ understanding of content being taught. This saved approximately 60% of the time that would be spent using pen and paper to note observations during school visits. 2. Compiled a fully-fledged end of pilot report detailing the CCT system and what needs to be done to maximize effectiveness of CCTs. I presented this report to DEOs, Shimoni Primary Teacher College leadership, Ministry of Education and Sports Officials and Prime Ministers’ Delivery Unit representatives as a way of igniting them take relevant actions in improving current education system. 3. Leveraged on the existing budget allocations to CCTs and districts to save significant program delivery cost. 4. Led the recruitment process of a Program Officer where over 80 applications were received and reviewed one by one. Show less



Irise International

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Enterprise Project Manager

  • Apr 2016 - Aug 2017

  1. Designed and piloted a new approach to entrepreneurs’ training where training was mixed with practical selling sessions with the guidance of the project team thus saving UGX 20 Million/year in costs if the training and practical selling session were to be done separately. 2. Expanded the entrepreneurs’ scheme from 40 Entrepreneurs to 100+ active entrepreneurs in a period of 1.5 years. Entrepreneurs were able to improve their livelihoods by earning between UGX 60,000 to UGX 150,000 per month from selling sanitary products. 3. Led the team to develop a tailored Business Training Manual to aid the training of entrepreneurs that was used to conduct about 20 entrepreneur trainings at community levels in 2017. 4. Developed a project grant concept for a "Purple Matatu" (vehicle with PA system driving in and around town centres selling products while simultaneously delivering Menstrual Hygiene Education messages and answering people's questions) that received a £120,000 grant from Genesis Charitable Trust (UK). 5. I led the team on piloting Purple Matatu project in Jinja, Iganga and Buikwe where approximately 7,779 people were reached with sanitary products and Menstrual Hygiene Education. I compiled a pilot for funders and stakeholders like Local Governments and municipalities. Show less



European Union

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Assistant - 2016 Uganda Election Observation Team

  • Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

  Led and guided the EU Observation in observing electioneering process in 100 polling stations in Isingiro North and Isingiro South Constituencies and the District tally centre. Led and guided the EU Observation in observing electioneering process in 100 polling stations in Isingiro North and Isingiro South Constituencies and the District tally centre.



LET THEM HELP THEMSELVES

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management

• Project Coordinator

  • Jan 2015 - Apr 2016

  1. Over 30 beneficiaries from Ruhanga village were trained in poultry farm management, record keeping, vaccination, and housing. 2. Over 30 households improved their nutritional standard through the consumption of eggs and chicken meat. 3. I significantly contributed to writing a grant-winning application for establishing fully-fledged Enterprise Scheme worth £50,000 from The Beatitudes Trust – UK 4. The end line evaluation of the project indicated that the income of 14/30 beneficiaries involved in the project had increased from 0.40 pence a week to £1.56 a week or £6.25 a month. 5. 68 boy and girls from Ruhanga village in basic computing and tailoring/manufacturing Uga-Pads (re-usable sanitary pads). 6. 38 girls selected from 5 primary and 4 secondary schools in Ruhanga sub-county benefited from the sanitary products made at the said skills development center. Show less



Institute for Research and Development in Africa (IRDA)

• Research Associate

  • Dec 2012 - Apr 2016

  1. Successfully led a 10 member team to conduct a “Human and Legal Security of child Refugees in Uganda study” at Nakivale Settlement Camp in conjunction with Mbarara University of Science and Technology. 100 respondents were successfully interviewed. 2. Worked as Quality Controller or a team of 5 members (Isingiro District Cohort) during the USAID Joint Partners Survey on Behavioral Change Communications that gathered data from 1000 respondents. 3. Drafted approximately 30 client project proposals seeking for funding. 17 project client project proposals received funding. Show less



Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Field Researcher

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2012

  I was part of the USAID Joint Partners Survey on Behavioral Change Communications. I Identified and interviewed about 100 respondents of the study whilst holding evening meetings with the research teams and checking data accuracy. I was part of the USAID Joint Partners Survey on Behavioral Change Communications. I Identified and interviewed about 100 respondents of the study whilst holding evening meetings with the research teams and checking data accuracy.



Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs

• Somalia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Volunteer

  • May 2009 - Dec 2009

   Service of court process  Filling client forms  Carrying out research for the legal staff.  Service of court process  Filling client forms  Carrying out research for the legal staff.