Aug 2022 to July 2023 Part Time Lecturer Kenya Military Academy
- Taught and Examined General Service Officers Cadet Graduates on Critical Thinking
July – August 2022 County Civic Educator Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)
- Conducted Training for Constituency Civic Educators
- Compiled County Civic Education Reports
- Supervised Constituency Civic Educators
- Coordinated County Civic Education Activities
2011- 2015 Technical Officer- Social Determinants of Health- USAID funded APHIA Plus- Nuru ya Bonde (Seconded by Catholic Relief Services
- Designed and coordinated Baseline Surveys on Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Rift Valley, Kenya
- Providing Technical Assistance to Project Grantees through training and mentorship
- Established Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Technical Working groups that continuously monitored the Project
- Prepared OVC Project Technical reports submitted to USAID
- Conducted Data Quality Audits (DQA) for the Projects
- Supported the Government to establish and strengthen child protection structures within the community (such Child Protection Working Group, Area Advisory Councils)
- Mobilized community leadership to Prevent and respond to Sexual and Gender Based Violence
- Conducted trainings on SRH rights to the youth and key populations
- Integrated gender in other Program Areas
- Formulated strategies for integrating Child Protection in other APHIA plus Program Areas
- Coordinated and Represented APHIA plus Project in the Child Protection Working Group
2009-2011 Justice and Peace Building Project Officer-Catholic Relief Services/Kenya Program (Dialogue Action Project) Funded by GHR Foundation
- Jointly designed and implemented the $399,000 a multidisciplinary Child Protection program in the Kenya Coast
- Tracked the budget of the implementing Partners (Coast Interfaith Council of Clerics, Catholic Diocese of Malindi and Catholic Arch Diocese of Mombasa)
- Prepared and Monitored compliance with Grant Agreements for Grantees
- Designed and coordinated baseline survey on Early Child Marriages in the Kenyan Coast
- Provided technical assistance on household economic strengthening, tracking of education progress of vulnerable children and document child protection program
- Conducted Child Protection Trainings for Implementing Partners (IPs)
- Supported the Department of Children service in Coast province to establish and strengthened district and Locational Area Advisory Councils
- Represented Catholic Relief Services in the Protection Working meetings hosted by the Kenya National Human Rights Commission
2003-2009 Centre for Conflict Resolution Kenya (CCR-Kenya) Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution Program Funded by USAID & FORD Foundation
Program Officer
- Conceptualized, Designed and Peace Building from Below Project funded USAID (USD 300,000) and Ford Foundation (USD 180,000)
- Managed the project finances jointly with the finance officer
- Identified local capacities for peace, assess their capacities and design training modules
- Mobilized community leaders (provincial administration and local leadership) and trained them on Conflict Prevention and Resolution
- Compiled project reports
- Established networks with the Community, Civil Societies and the government for Peace Interventions
- Facilitating Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning Events
- Mentored Staff on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution
- Facilitated Community Dialogue Meetings to prevent and resolve conflicts
- Developed CCRs Peace Building Training Manual
- Facilitated the Development of Centre’s Strategic Plan 2009- 2015
2001-2007 Foundation for Dialogue
Election Violence Monitoring & Election Observation-Funded by UNDP
Key Achievements
- Conceptualized, Designed and implemented Civic education and Election Observation Projects funded by UNDP (USD 100,000)
- Conducted Civic Education
- Developed Election Violence Monitoring tools
- Referred cases of SGBV for care and management
- Document cases of SGBV during election Period and shared with relevant authorities
- Compiled and Reported election malpractices to the Returning Officer
- Monitored incidences of election violence and compiled reports
COMPLETED CONSULTANCIES/PROJECTS
Dec 2022- April, 2023 Contracted by Ogiek Peoples Development Program (OPDP) to conduct a Research on State of Health and Education of Minority and Indigenous Peoples in Kenya. Designed the data collection tools, coordinated and supervised data collection, analyzed the data and compiled the report.
Dec 2022- Jan 2023 Contracted by Seed Savers Network Kenya to document Sexual and Gender Based Violence Prevention and Response negligence cases by Duty Bearers in Baringo and Nakuru Counties
Aug- Oct 2022 Contracted by UNFPA as an Individual Consultant for Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) County Program Coordinator. As result I developed Kisumu County GBV actor’s directory, Coordinated GBV Emergency Preparedness, Represented UNFPA in Humanitarian Hub Meetings, Held Coordination meeting with HMTs and also represented UNFPA in the International Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
Feb 2022 Contracted by Article 19 to Train Journalists on Safety and Security for Journalists in the Conflict Prone Areas in Kenya during Elections
Jan 2022 Contracted by FIDA-Kenya to Conduct End of Project Evaluation for their “New Generation against Female Genital Mutilation/Cut Project” among the Maasai Community that has high Prevalence of FGM.
Nov 2021-Feb 2022 Contracted by Nascent RDO/Fair Chain Netherlands to conduct a Mixed-Research on Child Labour in Coffee Chain in Kericho Coffee growing Zone
Feb-July 2022 Contracted by Urban Lines Consultants to conduct In-depth Interviews and FGDs for the development Integrated Urban Development Plan for Ol’Kalou Municipality, Nyandarua County
Dec 2017 to Feb 2018 Contracted by Concern Worldwide to Conduct Gender Analysis through FGDs & Key Informant Interviews in the Post Conflict South Sudan-Northern Bahr el Ghazal State
Jan 2015 Contracted by Resource Conflict Institute to develop a Framework for Participation of the Community in County Management
May- July 2010 Contracted by Ogiek Peoples Development Program to conduct Qualitative Research using participatory methodologies and compile a report on Conflict Early Warning indicators among Indigenous/Minority Communities in Kenya
June 2009 Contracted by Mercy Corps to train Youths and local leaders on Participatory Conflict Analysis and Peace Building in Post Conflict Rift-Valley Kenya
Nov 08 – Mar 09 Contracted by UNDP to train and mentor United Nations Volunteers on Nationhood, Nation Building, Understanding Conflicts, Early Warnings, and Human Rights in Kenya
Dec 2008 Contracted by the National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management to train District Officers on Conflict Analysis, and Early Warning in Kenya at Kenya Institute of Administration
May 2008 Contracted by the National Council of Churches of Kenya to train their members from Central, Eastern, Coast, Nairobi and South Rift region on Conflict Management, Resolution, Early warning and Peace building
Sept/Oct 2007 Contracted by UNDP to train Facilitators of Voter/Civic Education on Community Mobilization, Facilitation Skills, Electoral Process, Democracy and Elections, Leadership and Elections and Governance
June 2007 Contracted by Kenya Land Alliance (KLA) to train their members on Monitoring and Evaluation and help the members develop a Monitoring and Evaluation framework for Advocacy activities.
Nov 2006 Contracted by African Institute of Capacity Development (AICAD) to re-design a training curriculum for training rural women, and Evaluation tools for the Capacity building workshops conducted by AICAD.
