Experience

Global Health Corps

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

• East Africa Community Impact Manager

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  In this role, Anita manages two GHC East Africa country offices of Uganda and Rwanda in their alumni program work by supervising them in the planning and implementation of country-wide alumni programming, professional development activities, drafting, and execution of their annual work plans, monitoring and evaluating programs, troubleshooting challenges, advising them in their day-to-day work, and overseeing their alumni budgets. Anita also designs and plans alumni programs for collective action and community engagement for the GHC global alumni community of over 1000 members by curating new programming, creating content for programs, designing tools and resources for programs, and training staff to facilitate the implementation of programs. Programs have included formulating national strategies, and collective coalitions in all GHC country offices of Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, and Malawi. She oversees the planning and implementation of global alumni programs like the advisor program, community mentorship program and shift happens webinar series to enhance alumni collaboration. Anita manages GHC’s digital engagement platform, the community portal where she develops, updates, and implements the digital engagement strategy to enhance alumni engagement on the platform. In this position, Anita also supports the knowledge management of the Community Impact Team by ensuring that all programs under her leadership are properly documented by documenting program processes, work plans, activity plans, partnership contracts, and MOUs and making reports. Anita maintains a proper paper-based and e-filing and storage of documents. Anita also facilitates knowledge sharing between GHC's country offices in regard to alumni programming to support an environment of learning. Show less

• Uganda Program and Operations Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

  In this role, Anita managed all aspects of planning and implementation of program activities for recruitment of fellows, selection of fellows and training of fellows during their yearlong fellowship program for an average of 32 fellows per year. She also managed all alumni engagement in Country for a community of over 200 alumni by facilitating the formulation of the alumni annual work plan, supervising the implementation of program activities, planning and implementing Professional development activities for the community. Anita also managed the country office’s annual budget of over USD.200,000 by monitoring activity expenses, submission of monthly expense reports, gathering, filing and storing expense documentation, and making monthly fund requests. She also ensured the Organization’s compliance by filing annual income tax returns. Anita planned, and organized logistics for the organization’s events plus managed the safety and security of fellows in country. Anita coordinated the Global Alumni team’s Digital Engagement where she facilitated the formulation of a digital engagement strategy. Show less

• Uganda Program and Operations Coordinator

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

  In this role, Anita coordinated all aspects of planning and implementation of program activities for recruitment of fellows, selection of fellows and training of fellows during their yearlong fellowship program. She also coordinated all alumni engagement in Country for a community of over 200 alumni by facilitating the formulation of the alumni’s annual work plan, supervising the implementation of program activities, and planning and implementing Professional development activities for the community . Anita was also responsible for managing the country office’s annual budget of over USD.200,000 by monitoring activity expenses, submission of monthly expense reports, gathering, filing and storing expense documentation and making monthly fund requests. Anita ensured the Organization’s compliance by filing annual income tax returns. Anita also planned, and organized logistics for the organization’s events plus coordinated the safety and security of fellows in country. Show less

• Uganda Program and Operations Senior Associate

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2018

  In this role, Anita was responsible for supporting the Program Manager in the planning and implementation of program activities for recruitment of fellows, selection of fellows and training of fellows during their yearlong fellowship program. She also supported in the coordination of all alumni engagement in Country. Anita was also responsible for supporting in the management of the country office’s annual budget, managing the office’s petty cash, submission of monthly expense reports, gathering, filing and storing expense documentation, making monthly fund requests, completing income tax returns, planning, and organizing logistics for the organization’s events plus coordinating the safety and security of fellows in country. Anita was responsible for knowledge Management for the Uganda country office and maintained a paper-based and e-filing system for all staff members’ human resource documentation, Finance documentation, and compliance documentation. Show less

• Uganda Operations Associate

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

  In this role, she was responsible for ensuring strong financial management and adequate internal controls of the program's funds. She is also responsible for all aspects of office management, managing the office’s petty cash, submission of monthly expense reports, gathering, filing, and storing expense documentation, making fund requests, completing income tax returns, and planning and organizing organization events. She managed all field staff and short-term technical assistance, either directly or indirectly to a high level of personal and professional performance to ensure that they were in compliance with their contracts. Anita was responsible for knowledge Management for the Uganda country office and maintained a paper-based e-filing system for all Staff members’ human resource documentation, Finance documentation, and compliance documentation. Show less

• Uganda Operations Intern

  • Dec 2014 - Dec 2015

  Assisted in all aspects of financial management like making funds requests and monthly expense reports, gathering, filing and storing expense documentation. Responsible for ensuring that the organization was compliant with government laws by filing NSSF and PAYE expenses. Assisted in the planning and organizing of the organization's events and retreats. Anita was responsible for knowledge Management for the Uganda country office and maintained a paper-based and e-filing system for all Staff documentation, Finance documentation, and compliance documentation. Show less



Castle Events

• Kampala, Uganda

• Finance and Administration Manager

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

  In this role, she was responsible for managing the contracts of short and long term staff, managing the inflow and out flow of the company’s cash, making financial reports, managing payment and documentation of vendors, managing budgets for clients to ensure effectiveness in expenditure, making work plans for staff and managing the payroll of all staff. In this role, she was responsible for managing the contracts of short and long term staff, managing the inflow and out flow of the company’s cash, making financial reports, managing payment and documentation of vendors, managing budgets for clients to ensure effectiveness in expenditure, making work plans for staff and managing the payroll of all staff.