BEATRICE WANJIKU MAINA
Ruiru,Kiambu District
Summary
PROFILE PREVIEW I am a highly motivated, focused and hardworking individual with a great passion for whatever I'm doing, at any particular time. I always leave myself free to experience, feel and think whatever task that's under my responsibility. I have a proven track record from the various tasks that I have been to involve myself in. I have proven to leave an impact in all those places, because of my ability and willingness to learn and be challenged. This has helped me a lot. I am eager to be challenged in order to grow and further improve my career. If you looking for a person to work in your highly demanding organization, that's me.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work history
Research Assistant
CIMMYT
12.2015
- RESPONSIBILITIES Collecting data from rural-based farmers, at their households within
- Kakamega County about their pre-and post-maize harvesting activities
- Responsible for ensuring that all the gadgets to be used for the data collection are distributed in the morning and handed back in the evening
- As a group leader of one of the teams doing the data collection, I successfully led my colleagues into meeting our set target and even exceeding it.
Senior Research Assistant
Poverty Action - Kenya, IPAK
02.2018 - Current
- I got to assist in survey translations, overseeing, monitoring, conducting data collection and survey field work, planning fieldwork and field logistics across nine counties
- Worked closely with field staff to develop work schedules before any field work began and ensure that all field teams had all necessary materials/tools required for data collection
- Led teams during field practice and provide feedback on questionnaire and
- Survey CTO programming
- Ensured completion of scheduled activities each day in a timely manner including logs of work completed and call backs
- Organised data collected from the field and provided feedback on field operations and survey instruments
- Building and maintaining relationship with civil administrators and community officials and representing IPAK at stakeholder meetings
- Financial management which included proper budgeting and monitoring field expenses while ensuring the project keeps detailed accounts of all project activities.
Logistics Intern
Dana Communications Limited
10.2017 - 01.2018
- Ensuring that clients' orders are received and acted upon in a timely manner
- Keeping clients well informed of their orders progress
- Ensuring that the correct items/orders are dispatched in depending on their drop off destinations
- Receiving customers' feedback and addressing them accordingly.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Procurement and Supply Chain Management
University of Nairobi
2017
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University of Nairobi QuickBooks
2014
Computer college Computer Packages - undefined
Ecotec
2012
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - undefined
Lily Academy
2011
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
Loreto High School
2008
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2007
Skills
- STRENGTHS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Integrity and
- Discipline:
- This is demonstrated in my ability to follow instructions from my superiors as well as
- Handling financial information with confidentiality
- Leadership and Team
- Management Skills:
- Recognized by employees as being empathetic, helpful and can work calmly under
- Pressure
- Decision making and
- Problem solving skills
- I can see any given situation from multiple perspectives, which makes me uniquely
- Qualified to complete my work even under challenging conditions
- Tenacious and
- Resilient:
- I'm persistent in following up on my strategies in order to attain set targets while at
- The same time I'm flexible in changing strategies that don't work
- Detail oriented: I value accuracy and ensure every duty I undertake pays close attention to details and
- Captures all the valuable data in terms of cost monitoring and compilation of detailed
- Financial reports
- ICT Competence:
- I'm proficient in navigating Microsoft Office suites, email and internet
- Team Player Able to work well within teams
- Excellent oral and written communication skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, evidenced
- In my education and motivation talks, in addition comfort in sharing and interpreting report data with managers
- And stakeholders
- AFFILIATIONS
- Procurement and Supplies Chain Students Association (PSSA)
- Accounting Students Association (ASA)
- Greenhorn Mentorship Programme
- Rotaract Club of Lower Kabete Campus
- Accurate data entry
Interests
LEADERSHIP AND ACCOLADES
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, Vice -Chairperson (May 2016- December 2016) - Procurement and Supplies Chain Students Associations.
Charged with the following duties
Organising industrial visits to firms where students are exposed to procurement and supply chain
management practices.
Conducting contact talks, seminars, public lectures and career presentations.
Ensuring that students have a chance to participate in social responsibility activities such as clean-ups and
tree planting.
Representing supply chain students in the corporate world.
Roundtable leader (September 2016- December 2016) - Greenhorn Mentorship Programme.
Human Resource Committee member (May 2014- June 2015) - Accounting Students Association.
Charged with the following responsibilities
Registration of students into the ASA body.
Registration of students for Quick Books training.
Represented my high school in netball games.
I was an active member of the Girl Guides movement at Loreto High School Limuru, .
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INTERESTS
, Reading books
Dancing salsa
Listening to music
Travelling
Languages
English
Fluent
Referees
Ms Eunice Kioko
Research Associate, Innovations for Poverty Action
Kenya
0723229147
ekioko@poverty-action.org
Ms Kariuki Sarah
Research Assistant,
0727797513
Wairimu
Mr. George Ganda
CYMMIT
Field Manager, Innovations for Poverty Action
Kenya
swkariuki@gmail.com
0722621853
gganda@poverty-acion.org
Timeline
Senior Research Assistant
Poverty Action - Kenya, IPAK
02.2018 - Current
Logistics Intern
Dana Communications Limited
10.2017 - 01.2018
Research Assistant
CIMMYT
12.2015
Bachelor of Commerce - Procurement and Supply Chain Management
University of Nairobi
undefined
University of Nairobi QuickBooks
Computer college Computer Packages - undefined
Ecotec
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - undefined
Lily Academy
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
Loreto High School
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