Mercy Kiprop
Volunteer Coordinator at The Immigration Project- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management
CourseraAug, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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The Immigration Project
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United States
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Volunteer Coordinator
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Oct 2022 - Present
Work with the Social Services and Legal teams to recruit volunteers, answer volunteer inquiries, and assign volunteers to positions in the agency. Work with the Social Services and Legal teams to recruit volunteers, answer volunteer inquiries, and assign volunteers to positions in the agency.
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Illinois State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant
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Aug 2021 - Present
Daily activities in class • Attend class and take student attendance.• Direct students on how to use SPSS in the lab.• Preparing tutorials and writing materials.Grading & Feedback• Giving feedback on the student’s work; statistics, research ideas, literature, and analyses.Other Mentoring• Provide mentoring to students·• Giving relevant feedback on analyses and SPSS. • Help students find relevant empirical articles. Daily activities in class • Attend class and take student attendance.• Direct students on how to use SPSS in the lab.• Preparing tutorials and writing materials.Grading & Feedback• Giving feedback on the student’s work; statistics, research ideas, literature, and analyses.Other Mentoring• Provide mentoring to students·• Giving relevant feedback on analyses and SPSS. • Help students find relevant empirical articles.
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University Housing at Illinois State
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Conference Assistant
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May 2022 - Aug 2022
• Assist the Residence Hall Coordinator Team with training, scheduling, and providing overall leadership to the conference assistant team.• Design a schedule for 25+ conference assistants based on building staff needs.• Train conference assistants on how to properly manage the front desks.• Maintained accurate package logs and was responsible for ensuring all emails had been forwarded to proper locations.• Responsible for overall summer conference operations, including but not limited to front desk management and conference check-in/check-outs, building preparation, and emergency call response.
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Writing Success Mentor
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Aug 2021 - May 2022
• Assist students with basic, mechanical, and foundational writing skills.• Assist students with the successful completion of specific assignments.Other Mentoring• Provide mentoring to students·• Giving relevant feedback on data analyses.• Help students find relevant empirical articles. • Assist students with basic, mechanical, and foundational writing skills.• Assist students with the successful completion of specific assignments.Other Mentoring• Provide mentoring to students·• Giving relevant feedback on data analyses.• Help students find relevant empirical articles.
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Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
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Kenya
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Research Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Project Assistant
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Jul 2019 - Jul 2021
• Assist and conduct field experiments following a strict field protocol. • Data analysis. • Collect data through Computer Aided Telephone Interviews, CATI and Computer Aided Personal Interviews, CAPI. • Recruitment/mobilization, respondent interviewing. • Translation of research materials. • Assist and conduct field experiments following a strict field protocol. • Data analysis. • Collect data through Computer Aided Telephone Interviews, CATI and Computer Aided Personal Interviews, CAPI. • Recruitment/mobilization, respondent interviewing. • Translation of research materials.
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G-United Programme
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Kenya
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Volunteer Graduate Assistant
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Apr 2018 - Oct 2018
• Support School teachers by helping in remedial education through reading Aloud Sessions with young struggling learners who have been identified as requiring extra support in class.• Promoting school enrollment through outreach and awareness creation by raising campaigns in the host communities. • Provided support in conducting baseline, midline, and end-line evaluations of all the struggling learners receiving the remedial sessions.• Undertook data review activities at the service delivery level and gave feedback to the struggling learners about their progress.• Community policy education, building learning activities and ensuring community collaborations.• Strengthening and supporting education outcomes by acting as an education ambassador in improving the quality of education in Kenya.• Promotion of national cohesion by volunteering in areas outside my resident county.• Initiation and implementation of community development projects, support learning, and adaptive management of project activities at the local level.
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Intern
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May 2016 - Aug 2016
• Documentation and filing of meeting reports while highlighting action points and, following up with the responsible parties.• Discussing Childcare issues with summoned parents.• Attending children’s court cases• Fieldwork assignments, social inquiries and follow ups on the reported cases of children.• Registering and working along with banks in issuing orphans and vulnerable children funds (OVCs)• Follow ups on Children cases• Timely and correct data capture, analysis and reporting of the reported cases.• Ensured that the office data was well documented, filed and stored in secured cabinets.• Undertook field visits activities at the community level and gave feedback on the children’s welfare to the project officer• Provide assistance to the administration in managing and maintaining records.• Maintain and update office records, reports and documents
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Education
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2021 - 2023
Illinois State University
Masters, Sociology -
2018 - 2021
University of Nairobi
Masters, Project Planning and Management -
2013 - 2017
Laikipia University
Bachelor's degree, Community Development
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