Experience

Warande Advisory Centre

• Kenya
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Managing Director

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Providing leadership to the growth and expansion of the technical support facility; Developing appropriate partnerships that catalyse effectiveness of the facility; and supporting the effectiveness and accountability of philanthropy givers and doers.

• Director- Talent Management and Organisational Change Leadership

  • Jun 2016 - Jan 2018

  - Design and Implement innovative strategies, tactics and tools that will define organisational health; lead an inclusive and participatory change and development process and ultimately result in long term sustainable impact on the communities they serve.- Evaluate organisation's leadership pipelines and support them to implement effective succession plans- Work with HR functions to design and implement sustainable and effective talent management strategies that optimize and channel employee inherent and explicit abilities into achieving organisational goals- Work with organisations to strengthen their oversight as well as align and create buy-in for their vision by designing and leading comprehensive and systematic improvements in the governance systems, structures and practices- Strengthen organisation's abilities to operate, adapt and improve their effectiveness by evaluating and designing innovative strategies to engage with relevant external stakeholders using innovative and effective channels- Work with organisations to build their resource base through effective, progressive and sustainable strategies that cultivate and sustain long term resource partner relationships- Perform organisational systems and process reviews and work with the leadership teams to improve their relevance and effectiveness in relation to desired organisational culture and goals- Conduct organisational culture assessments and mentor leadership teams to implement a systematic value based culture change process- Monitor and Evaluate institutional Change and development processes with an aim to share good practice with stakeholders as well as identify and lead institutional life-long learning processes.- Translate knowledge and information from institutional growth and development journeys into good practice guides and tool-kits for public consumption Show less



MYDAWA

• Kenya
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Of Staff

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2017

  Ensuring optimum business and staff performance and establishing strategies that enhance efficiencies in business management practices. Ensuring optimum business and staff performance and establishing strategies that enhance efficiencies in business management practices.



FAWE

• Kenya
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Programs Coordinator

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

  Responsible for providing leadership, coordination technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation of programs at the Regional Secretariat level and to the Ethiopia and Rwanda National Chapters implementing the MasterCard F foundation Scholarship Program. Responsible for providing leadership, coordination technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation of programs at the Regional Secretariat level and to the Ethiopia and Rwanda National Chapters implementing the MasterCard F foundation Scholarship Program.



Initiatives

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Organisational Development Specialist

  • Sep 2010 - Nov 2012

  Responsible for oversight, coordination and direct organizational development support for 15 grantees implementing HIV and AIDS services in 8 African Countries and their head offices in the West as part of USAID’s PEPFAR New Partners Initiative. These include a mix of CBOs, NGOs and INGOs working in child and youth HIV and AIDS service delivery. Responsible for oversight, coordination and direct organizational development support for 15 grantees implementing HIV and AIDS services in 8 African Countries and their head offices in the West as part of USAID’s PEPFAR New Partners Initiative. These include a mix of CBOs, NGOs and INGOs working in child and youth HIV and AIDS service delivery.



Academy for Educational Development

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Institutional Development Coordinator

  • Dec 2007 - Nov 2010

  Provided leadership to AED’s Capable Partners’ Program in delivering institutional strengthening (IS) support to forty five CSOs in Kenya who are grant recipients of AED’s capable Partners program’s funding to improve the quality of services provided to HIV/AIDS-affected orphans and vulnerable children. Key aspects of this work involve working with Senior management teams, international and national boards of organizations to develop and manage change management processes across the organization and documenting the lessons and best practice models that are generated. The organizations we work with range from national civil society organizations, International Trusts, Foundations and Mission. I also worked with Companies Limited by guarantees. Show less



VSO

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Resource Mobilisation, Partnership Development and Communications Coordinator

  • Jan 2005 - Nov 2007

  Working with an International team of colleagues, I provided strategic over the resource mobilization, communications and partnership development strategies of VSO-Jitolee covering Kenya and Uganda. I initiated and took lead in working with corporate entities to develop employee volunteering schemes and corporate social responsibility/philanthropy programs. In addition, I took a lead in designing VSO’s strengthening efforts as it went through a transition from being a recruitment center to an independent member of the VSO federation. I spearheaded the rebranding and positioning of VSO Jitolee in the East African region. I worked successfully with counterparts in Canada, Netherlands, UK, Netherlands and India to draw up global policies in these portfolios for the organisation. Show less



AMREF

• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Youth Program Coordinator

  • Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

  responsible for providing strategic leadership and coordinating the operational and management aspects of youth volunteer program. I also designed and implemented capacity building activities for the membership in social entrepreneurship; I maintained the communications and knowledge management system which included a volunteer database and a weekly newsletter and developed strategic partnerships with governments, corporate and development organizations to support AMREF’s youth development work. responsible for providing strategic leadership and coordinating the operational and management aspects of youth volunteer program. I also designed and implemented capacity building activities for the membership in social entrepreneurship; I maintained the communications and knowledge management system which included a volunteer database and a weekly newsletter and developed strategic partnerships with governments, corporate and development organizations to support AMREF’s youth development work.