Caroline Wambui
Nairobi
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Innovations manager/ deputy team lead
VSO International
02.2022 - Current
- This is an SRHR program that aims to advocate for access to SRHR for vulnerable young people in all their diverse identities
- As the innovations manager and Team Lead, I am responsible for leading capacity building of grantees to conduct gender inclusive lobby & advocacy in Zambia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Kenya
- I also line manager 5 country managers (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia and Ethiopia) in the overall implementation of the program as per the organization and donor requirements.
Gender Mainstreaming consultant
SBC Limited
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Part-time role supporting 8 Kenyan Youth-led organisations in mainstreaming gender within their organisations as part of capacity building.
Program Management Unit manager
Girl-H prog, mercy corps
08.2021 - 01.2022
- Responsible for day-to-day management of country teams implementing the GIRL-H program focusing on out of school adolescents and young people in Kenya, Uganda and Haiti rights to information on Life skills, Gender Based Violence, financial literacy and Sexual Reproductive Health.
Regional program officer
Africa Economic Justice Program
07.2016 - 07.2020
- Responsible for day-to-day management of 10 grantees based in (Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Togo, and South Africa) working on focus on effective mobilization, management, and distribution of resources to improve livelihoods of African citizens (particularly women and youth) and enhanced participation and influence of women and youth and their organizations and movements in (regional) economic policy making and decision-making processes.
Women Economic Empowerment Project Manager
Oxfam GB
07.2015 - 07.2016
- Responsible for the overall programme cycle management and coordination of an EU funded project on decent work, empowerment of women domestic workers and small-scale traders in Nairobi (Kawangware, Mathare, Korogocho and Kibera).
Gender Officer
Actionaid International
07.2013 - 07.2015
- Responsible for the implementation of an Irish aid funded programme on protection Making Cities Safe for Women and Girls and ending Sexual Gender Based Violence against women and girls in Coast and Baringo Regions of Kenya.
Rights National Coordinator
Actionaid International Kenya
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Acting position responsible for taking lead in developing and advising country programme staff on the policy positions on women rights and in undertaking campaign and policy advocacy.
PROJECT OFFICER
Actionaid International Kenya
06.2009 - 07.2013
- Responsible for supporting the right to health manager in implementation of a global fund program Youth productive health program aimed at improving access to health adolescent boys and girls in Kenya through sports and Advocacy.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Gender and Development Candidate -
Capacity Africa Institute
12.2023
BSC Education -
Egerton University
11.2008
Languages
English
Swahili
French
Consultancies
Actionaid International, Policy review of key relevant policies in prevention of violence against women and girls (VAW/G) in Kenya, 2022
Training
- Transformative Feminist Leadership Training – Akina Mama Wa Afrika – 2022
- Training of Trainers - standardized training tool for gender-based violence (GBV) – NGEC Kenya – 2017
- Feminist political Ecologies Training – 2019
Timeline
Gender Mainstreaming consultant
SBC Limited
01.2023 - 12.2023
Innovations manager/ deputy team lead
VSO International
02.2022 - Current
Program Management Unit manager
Girl-H prog, mercy corps
08.2021 - 01.2022
Regional program officer
Africa Economic Justice Program
07.2016 - 07.2020
Women Economic Empowerment Project Manager
Oxfam GB
07.2015 - 07.2016
Rights National Coordinator
Actionaid International Kenya
01.2014 - 01.2015
Gender Officer
Actionaid International
07.2013 - 07.2015
PROJECT OFFICER
Actionaid International Kenya
06.2009 - 07.2013
Post Graduate Diploma in Gender and Development Candidate -
Capacity Africa Institute
BSC Education -
Egerton University
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