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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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Allanjames Oballa

Oyugis

Summary

Detail-oriented professional specializing in data collection, valuation, and community engagement. Has demonstrated success in conducting assessments and delivering actionable agricultural advice. An expert in driving sustainable production improvements through strategic recommendations.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Agripreneur

NAVCDP
Homabay, Kenya
01.2025 - Current
  • Knowing your farmers within Kamenya ward
  • Attending seminars with the various Common Interest Groups
  • Giving agricultural advice to the farmers on sustainable production.
  • Identifying gaps and working to solve them.
  • Helped 17 farmers to get inputs and training from the local Kavirondo and Kedevris agrovets

Farm Manager

STEM Center Africa
Oyugis, Kenya
07.2019 - Current
  • Collection of eggs and slaughtering of the birds and supply to the hotels.
  • Vaccination and cleaning of the birds' house.
  • Tilling of the banana plantation and managing it.
  • Mobilized the locals to join hands on 3 International Tree Planting Day.
  • Conducted five seminars on conservation agriculture.

Research Assistant

Sightsavers International
Homabay, Kenya
08.2021 - 09.2023
  • Informing the parents and caregivers about the project and consenting them.
  • Conducting assessments in the selected control and intervention schools.
  • Collection of data through the CommCare tool installed on the tabs.
  • Coordinating the team at the school grounds.
  • Providing team observations and concerns to the overall coordinator.

Presiding officer

IEBC
Homabay, Kenya
08.2022 - 08.2022
  • Using the KIEMS kit to check the voter register and issue out ballot papers.
  • Counting and tallying of the votes cast.
  • Take good care of the voting apparatus.
  • Guide voters on how to vote correctly.
  • Monitoring and coordinating a team of nine election officials.
  • Signing and filling out official documents, such as the polling station diary and the A series forms.
  • Oversee the entire voting process, even to the time of announcing the results.
  • Report back to the constituency's returning officer.

Teacher

Ongeti Mixed Secondary School
Homabay, Kenya
01.2020 - 04.2022
  • Prepared and taught students with different abilities for exams and real-life situations.
  • Setting, compiling, administering, marking, and analyzing exams for learners.
  • Orchestrated 2 research-based and project-based learning practice on orchard farming to improve learner performance and efficiency by modeling and offering immediate feedback.

Project Coordinator

Buoye Mixed Secondary School Alumni Association
Oyugis, Kenya
08.2018 - 06.2021
  • Overseeing the project activities of the group, such as the tree nursery and student sponsorship.
  • Coordinated events for alumni engagement and community involvement initiatives such as tree planting for a green environment
  • Procuring the items needed for the various projects.
  • Strategizing the various projects for each year, such as student sponsorship.

Valuation Assistant

SGS
Lamu, Kenya
06.2020 - 06.2020
  • Conducting a survey on the project area: Bahari Windmill Project.
  • Sensitizing the project-affected persons on the project and its modalities.
  • Collecting valuation data on the project area.
  • Preparing valuation reports on the PAPs, with reference to the affected assets.

Valuation Assisitant

ERM
Nairobi, Kenya
10.2019 - 10.2019
  • Collecting valuation data on the project area.
  • Preparing valuation reports on the PAPs, with reference to the affected assets.
  • Sensitizing the project-affected persons on the project and its modalities.
  • Preparing a report on the PAPs' affected assets and their value.
  • Conducting a survey on the project area.

Education

Bachelor of Science - BSC Agricultural Extension Education

University of Kabianga
Kericho, Kenya
11-2017

Skills

  • Basic computer skills (Excel) – during the coursework and office work
  • Valuation of field projects and assets (valuation work and training)
  • Research, data collection, analysis, and report writing (Sightsavers research experience)
  • Class management, assessment of student progress, and preparation of teaching professional documents (teaching experience)
  • Guidance and canceling (Yofak Seminar)
  • Leadership and management (volunteer, farm management, and presiding officer jobs)

Accomplishments

  • Helped the communication team of the Sightsavers International in illustrating how to adopt during data collection and assessment in the two year ECDE- DID research project where I was a Research Assistant (https://www.sightsavers.org/blogs/2023/02/making- assessment-more-accessible-for- children-with-disabilities/)
  • I have been awarded a digital Badge for successfully completing the online certification course ‘Computing skills for Business’ on atingi.org (https://openbadgefactory.com/v1/assertion/535c966dfb8057764cce2446304e275699c59 84 4)
  • I have been awarded a digital Badge for successfully completing the online certification course ‘Data Protection Basics’ (https://openbadgefactory.com/v1/assertion/49c8d7ee8cedb3ba577cf2515909021f7c3bdf f1 ).

Affiliations

  • Ability to work independently and effectively in groups, and in professional communities, aiming to build trust and coherence with colleagues
  • Ability to detect improvement areas, as well as weak points, and think critically and creatively to come up with relevant recommendations
  • Strong interpersonal ethics and organizational skills that are a result of excellent communication skills in writing and verbally
  • Independent and collaborative working skills that enable me to adapt and thrive in any environment

Certification

  • In July 2024, I successfully completed an Atingi online certification course on the essentials of interpersonal communication, with practical knowledge on effective communication
  • In July 2024, I successfully completed an Atingi online certification course on computing skills for business
  • In July 2024, I successfully completed an Atingi online certification course on the basics of data protection
  • In July 2024, I successfully completed an Atingi online course on being an agripreneur
  • I attended training with Tercon that equipped me with knowledge and skills to do valuation-related jobs
  • In March 2016, I successfully attended and participated in the career development seminar facilitated by the Professional Development Association (PDA) at the University of Kabianga Main Campus
  • August 2012, in Rakewa SDA Church – I successfully participated in four sessions of Healthy Choices for a Better Future facilitated by Youths Fighting AIDS in Kenya (YOFAK)

Timeline

Agripreneur

NAVCDP
01.2025 - Current

Presiding officer

IEBC
08.2022 - 08.2022

Research Assistant

Sightsavers International
08.2021 - 09.2023

Valuation Assistant

SGS
06.2020 - 06.2020

Teacher

Ongeti Mixed Secondary School
01.2020 - 04.2022

Valuation Assisitant

ERM
10.2019 - 10.2019

Farm Manager

STEM Center Africa
07.2019 - Current

Project Coordinator

Buoye Mixed Secondary School Alumni Association
08.2018 - 06.2021

Bachelor of Science - BSC Agricultural Extension Education

University of Kabianga

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