Experience

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  Plant-for-the-Planet

  • Kenya

  • Global Lead Restoration Advisor

    • Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
    • Kenya

    Advising and guiding development and implementation of Landscape Restoration projects globally

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  Homegrown Sustainability Solutions

  • Kenya

  • Program Manager

    • Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
    • Kenya

    Development and coordination of the organisation's program

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  Zoological Society of London (ZSL)

  • Kenya

  • Country Program Manager

    • Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
    • Kenya

    Running the ZSL program in Kenya

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  Africa Union Led Ecologically Organic Agriculture Initiative

  • Eastern Africa

  • Regional Coordinator

    • Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
    • Eastern Africa

    Coordinating the regional secretariat Ecologically Organic Agriculture initiatives across countries in the Eastern Africa Region

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  Ecomove Services Limited

  • Kenya

  • Senior Consultant

    • Aug 2019 - May 2021
    • Kenya

    This involves consultation on livelihoods resilience, environment and natural resource management, and projects management. The main focus of the consultancy work includes: climate risks resilience building, environmental impact assessments and audits; environmental management and conservation action planning; GIS spatial analysis, mapping and map development; projects design, monitoring and evaluation. It also involves undertaking ecological and socioeconomic baseline and impact studies; data collection, processing and analysis; and capacity building activities. The consultancies target diverse clients including private and public sector entities.

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  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  • Land Technical Officer

    • Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

    This was a national officer position that entailed overseeing FAO program activities in Laikipia County. It involved managing county program officers and supporting their engagement with relevant county departments and partners. The land technical officer was also charged with the establishment of multistakeholder county program implementation teams and building the technical and operational capacity pertinent to achieving program objectives. The land technical officer provided and supported the implementation of methodological recommendations for land use planning and management of land and natural resources. He also helped formulation and legislation of inclusive gender-sensitive legal and policy frameworks and led research and knowledge management on land and natural resource issues.

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  Ecomove Services Limited

  • Kenya

  • Consultant

    • Aug 2014 - May 2017
    • Kenya

    This involved undertaking consultancies to support in addressing environmental, natural resource, and project management issues. The main focus of this consultancy work included: environmental impact assessments and audits; environmental management and conservation action planning; GIS spatial analysis, mapping, and map development; projects design, monitoring, and evaluation. It also involved undertaking ecological and socioeconomic baseline and impact studies; data collection, processing, and analysis; and capacity building activities. The consultancies targeted diverse clients including private and public sector entities.

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  Gallmann Memorial Foundation - Laikipia Nature Conservancy

  • Laikipia

  • Head Forester

    • Apr 2014 - Jul 2014
    • Laikipia

    This position involved the management of a nature conservancy that also engages in diverse community development initiatives. The Head forester was mainly charged with overseeing ecological management of the conservancy. He also developed and managed community development projects and led research on socioeconomic and ecological issues

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  MIKA Environmental Conservation and Monitoring

  • Kenya

  • Technical Advisor

    • Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
    • Kenya

    The Technical officer was charged with the role of building the structures and capacity of a fast developing community based organization. This included planning and overseeing implementation of development and natural resources management projects

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  Greenbelt movement

  • Kenya

  • Project officer

    • Apr 2007 - Nov 2013
    • Kenya

    The projector officer was charged with participatory planning and implementation of donor-funded community-based projects. This involved developing and managing project teams for effectiveness in project implementation. The project officer also helped establish and build the capacity of community structures to ensure meaningful participation in development and natural resources management.

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  Friends of Indigenous Trees

  • Mount Kenya Ecosystem

  • Coordinator

    • Nov 2005 - Mar 2007
    • Mount Kenya Ecosystem

    This involved coordinating the activities of a community-based group involved in conservation and livelihoods improvement activities in Mt Kenya East. The coordinator worked with communities supporting them in the formation and registration of community forest association as per policy provisions and development of integrated management plans, and development and management of agroforestry and forest conservation management projects. Moreover, I built their capacity in participatory forest management. The coordinator was also charged with the role of building the structures and capacity of community-based groups in the area and creating linkages with government, non-government, and donor organizations.

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  Intern project extension officer

  • Kenya

  • Catholic development office

    • Apr 2002 - May 2002
    • Kenya

    Project implementation at the grassroots