ANASTASIA KIHARA
Nairobi
Summary
- LANGUAGES: English- Fluent Written, Spoken Swahili - Fluent Written, Spoken. Kikuyu - Native German- Basic learning INTERESTS:
- Social work especially with children
- Participating in community development projects
- Sports: Racket games and tracks
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Childcare Attendant Supervisor
St. Rita of Cascia Daycare
08.2023 - Current
- Supervision of Daycare workers
- Receive and triage children joining the Daycare
- Maintain medical records for Children in the Daycare
- Prescribe the nutritious menu for children
- Provide first aid services within the Daycare
- Close monitoring of kids in the Daycare and providing regular update to parents or guardians.
Patient Attendant
Avenue Hospital Parklands, Garden City Mall
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Paediatric care
- Maternity
- Medical surgical ward attending to patients
- Maintaining cleanliness through disinfection and sterilisation of both hospital equipment and surgical kits
- Moving Patients
General Manager
Evolve Fitness Gym
11.2016 - 11.2022
- Managing all operational and administrative matters
- Developing and implementing business strategies
- Devising marketing tools for the business and rolling out marketing activities for the business
- Identifying staff needs and devising strategies on closing any human resources gaps through planned identification of competent staff, recruiting and developing staff skills
- Financial management of business revenues through planning for business growth, forecasting of profits and losses as well as allocation of resources
- Ensuring that the facilities are meeting the needs of clients as well as well-maintained to reach the highest expected standards
- Creating and maintain sound client relations through rigorous marketing and regular follow ups with clients as well as providing quality services to clients
- Managing and updating of the business management system in liaison with the programmers
- Overall management of the business to ensure business impact to clients, growth and survival in the competitive business environment.
Examinations Coordinator
Strathmore University - School of Management and Commerce
07.2010 - 10.2015
- Ensured that the integrity and confidentiality of all examination documents, for example, examination papers, examination booklets, and examination mark sheets
- Ensured that all continuous assessment tests were printed or photocopied on time and administered as scheduled
- Ensured that draft examination papers were set, handed in to the Examinations Office on time, internally and externally moderated one month prior to the sitting of the examinations
- Ensured that all exams start on time and the allocated invigilators are sufficient for specific groups through constant monitoring and communication with lecturers and administrators
- Received marked examination scripts and submitted them to Examinations Office for external moderation and storage
- Ensured that examination results and relevant reports were compiled on time and well validated prior to release through the School's Board of Examiners meeting and the University Examinations Council
- Ensured that all recommendations made at results approval meetings were implemented and results are released through the Academic Management System
- Received results' appeals from the School and acting on them by preparing for remark and an appeals report to be approved by the School's executive Board and University Examination Council
- Ensured that students' progress reports were prepared as scheduled and released to the students
- Ensured the graduation lists are prepared on time and the eligible and ineligible students got adequate advice on how to proceed
- Updated the School Executive Committee Board on examination matters in their monthly meetings
- Resolved all student exam-related issues and ensured that their issues were fairly and adequately deliberated on
- Worked closely with the university programmer on the development of an efficient Academic Management System.
Executive Assistant to Associate Dean (Doctoral Programs)
Strathmore University - Business School
08.2014 - 04.2015
- Supported the Associate Dean in all operational and administrative matters
- Followed-up on deadlines, commitments made and actions taken by the Associate Dean
- Maintained the Associate Dean's Calendar and arrangement of appointments with visitors, mentees and external meetings both locally and internationally
- Coordinated office activities, calling and taking minutes for the Doctoral Committee and Faculty Meetings
- Ensured that the annual faculty workload allocation conforms to stipulated standards
- Prepared and updating departmental quality assurance procedures
- Performed a variety of administrative duties (e.g
- Office supply and equipment orders)
- Maintained an efficient filing system with regularly updated back-up when appropriate
- Prepared of correspondence, directives, comments on behalf of the Associate Dean for his signature and making follow-up when required.
Administrative Officer
Acacia Consultants Ltd
08.2008 - 12.2008
- Carried out secretarial, reception and public relations duties including management of telephones and ensuring a good public image for the company
- Updated and constantly availed all company promotional materials (website, brochures, organisation profile, capacity statement and assignments summary)
- Drew up the agenda for staff administrative and technical meetings, and fully participated in and acted as secretariat to the meetings through follow-up of decisions and action points
- Maintained a register of assignments won, pending and lost for purposes of management reporting
- Assisted in drawing up of client and consultants' contracts
- Maintained and tracked feedback from clients regarding assignments performance and arrange for any follow-up discussions with them
- Assisted in assets management and ensured that all company assets are exclusively and optimally used for the attainment of the organisation's objectives/mandate
- Coordinated and oversaw the overall logistics, store keeping, maintenance of proper records for capital items, service of equipment and procurement of materials
- Took primary responsibility for logistical matters relating to field assignments by consultants
- Ensured prompt deliveries of proposals, expressions of interest, client invoices, suppliers' remittances, statutory returns.
Research Assistant
World Food Programme (WFP) and Unilever
07.2008 - 07.2008
- Participated in training of enumerators and undertaking tool testing before commencement of the project
- Prepared logistics for the implementation of the programme by ensuring that the wages, allowances and research materials were available and adequate
- Interviewed pupils, parents and teachers on knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to health and hygiene
- Undertook Focus Group Discussions with pupils on hygiene and health issues with parents, teachers and pupils
- Conducted home visits in select areas which benefit from WFP/Unilever feeding programme
- Assisted senior consultants in data compilation for report development.
Programme Administrator/ Documentation Officer
Acacia Consultants Limited
04.2007 - 06.2007
- Provided administrative and logistics assistance to ACL programmes
- Documented assignment/project summaries
- Assisted in data collection for proposal development
- Assisted in the editing and formatting of proposals and reports
- Compiled the consultant contact details into the consultant summary MASTER
- Contacted prospective consultants that did not respond to ACL's initial call and find out if they were still interested in being on the ACL's database
- Updated the Acacia address book
- Updated the staff contact details and extensions.
Supervisor - Data collection for the UNICEF Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Cash Transfer Programme in Korogocho and Kibera slums, Nairobi
Acacia Consultants Limited
12.2006 - 12.2006
- Prepared logistics for the data collectors and elders in the field
- Ensured that the questionnaires are correctly filled as per the required standards by sampling questionnaires filled in the field and accompanying data collectors to the sites
- Coordinated with the project management team on the progress of the data collection exercise by updating them through telephone call and regular meetings at the office premises
- Supervised the activities of the entire process in Kibera and Korogocho slums.
Programmes Assistant Intern- Conservation Programmes Department
The East African Wildlife Society
08.2006 - 11.2006
- Was part of a team involved in proposal writing, project implementation and workshops facilitation
- Handled office communication within and outside the organization by responding to official email and providing requested information to clients and other staff
- Represented the organization to meetings
- Organized meetings, workshops, and seminars
- Prepared presentations for information sharing within and outside the organization.
Assistant Programme Officer
GTZ Conservation Education Programme
01.2005 - 05.2005
- Mobilized a select group of the Bajuni community to successfully engage in conservation activities, for example, tree planting and visiting other conservation projects outside Kipini
- Enhanced communication skills through integrating various women's groups from a neutral position by training women on how to express themselves through their projects
- Trained select Kipini community youth members on basic computer skills.
Education
Care Certificate (UK) Health and Social Care -
Care Tuition UK
01.2024
Certificate Patient Attendant -
OnCall Training Institute
02.2023
Bachelor Of Arts In Anthropology - Anthropology
University of Nairobi
12.2006
Single Subject Diploma - Human Resources Management
Compuera College
06.2006
Higher Diploma Management of Information Systems - Management of Information Systems
Strathmore University
08.2005
Skills
- People management
- Operations management
- Administrative work
- Customer Service
- Public relations
- Health and Social Care Skills
- Management of Information Systems
- General ITC skills
- Financial Management applications use
- Programming skills
- Data Analytics skills
- Licensed Driver with over 10 Yrs Experience
References
- Mr. Henry Kanyonga Ndungu, Director, HG International Freight Carriers, Nairobi, Kenya, +254 722370213, henry.ndungu@gmail.com
- Mrs. Jane Mugo, Director, Examinations, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya, +254722651203, jmugo@strathmore,edu
- Dr. Miriam Wangari Gatehi, Consultant Physician and ICU Specialist, Nairobi, Kenya, +254722441891, miriamgatehi@gmail.com
Training
- First-Aid Training, 10/2022, 10/2022, On Call Homecare Training Institute
- Conservation Workshop, 11/2006, 11/2006, Conservation, Wildlife and Markets Conference and workshop held at Strathmore University
- Conservation Workshop, 10/2006, 10/2006, The Know Kenya Course; Presentation on Coastal and Marine conservation issues in Kenya
- Conservation Workshop, 08/2004, 08/2004, Facilitator in the 1st Lake Jipe Conservation Initiative project workshop funded by UNDP, in Taita Taveta District, Coast Province, Kenya.
Affiliations
- Member with Institute of Commercial Management
- Licentiate member Institute for the Management of Information Systems
- Certified Caregiver with Care UK
Timeline
Childcare Attendant Supervisor
St. Rita of Cascia Daycare
08.2023 - Current
Patient Attendant
Avenue Hospital Parklands, Garden City Mall
11.2022 - 02.2023
General Manager
Evolve Fitness Gym
11.2016 - 11.2022
Executive Assistant to Associate Dean (Doctoral Programs)
Strathmore University - Business School
08.2014 - 04.2015
Examinations Coordinator
Strathmore University - School of Management and Commerce
07.2010 - 10.2015
Administrative Officer
Acacia Consultants Ltd
08.2008 - 12.2008
Research Assistant
World Food Programme (WFP) and Unilever
07.2008 - 07.2008
Programme Administrator/ Documentation Officer
Acacia Consultants Limited
04.2007 - 06.2007
Supervisor - Data collection for the UNICEF Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Cash Transfer Programme in Korogocho and Kibera slums, Nairobi
Acacia Consultants Limited
12.2006 - 12.2006
Programmes Assistant Intern- Conservation Programmes Department
The East African Wildlife Society
08.2006 - 11.2006
Assistant Programme Officer
GTZ Conservation Education Programme
01.2005 - 05.2005
Care Certificate (UK) Health and Social Care -
Care Tuition UK
Certificate Patient Attendant -
OnCall Training Institute
Bachelor Of Arts In Anthropology - Anthropology
University of Nairobi
Single Subject Diploma - Human Resources Management
Compuera College
Higher Diploma Management of Information Systems - Management of Information Systems
Strathmore University