Caroline Kamau
Program Assistant
Nairobi
Summary
Knowledgeable Program Assistant successful at working in both team-based and self-directed capacities. Driven to maintain smooth operations through knowledgeable and skilled support.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Program Assistant
ACRE Africa
1 2021 - Current
- Consistently ensured all projects met strict deadlines, stayed within predefined scopes, and adhered to budget constraints
- Formulated comprehensive project scopes and objectives by engaging all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
- Successfully defined clear, actionable project goals that aligned with client and organizational requirements
- Strategically managed and allocated resources to optimize project performance and productivity
- Created detailed project plans that facilitated precise tracking of milestones, deliverables, and timelines
- Utilized verification techniques to effectively manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs, minimizing disruptions
- Conducted performance analysis and generated detailed reports to track progress and identify areas for improvement
- Cultivated and managed strong relationships with clients and all project stakeholders, ensuring their needs and expectations were met
- Generated and maintained comprehensive project documentation, including plans, reports, and records
- Monitoring and evaluating project progress.
Data Analyst/Project Assistant
ACRE Africa
2020.01 - 2020.12
- Developing databases for monitoring purposes
- Assisting the project team in planning and implementing project activities
- Supervise tasks assigned to the project staff as instructed by the Project Manager
- Keep record of all information related to the project for documentation, clarification and presentation to management
- Assist in drawing up target key performance indicators
- Ensure complete, accurate, clean, and consistent data is collected and shared for analysis and reporting
- Continuously enter data to ensure that data is up to date, analyze and aggregate the progress on data visualizations
- Collect data on a regular basis to measure achievement against the performance indicators
- Working with management to prioritize business and information needs
- Provide feedback to the Project Manager on project strategies and activities
- Monitoring and evaluating project progress.
Research Assistant
International Potato Centre
2018.06 - 2019.06
- Manage incoming data files on Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato(OFSP) research
- Review data for inconsistencies or anomalies that would skew analytical results
- Clean data in readiness for Open Access using STATA
- Perform data analysis on various data sets as provided
- Communicate with field officers about data changes or requirements.
Education
2022.06 - 2022.09
Certificate in Financial modelling and valuation analysis
Associate of Applied Science - Data Science
2019.01 - 2019.06
Certificate in Data Science
Bachelor of Science in Economics and Statistics -
2012.01 - 2016.12
Associate of Science - SPSS
2015.06 - 2015.12
Certificate in SPSS
High School Diploma -
2007.01 - 2010.11
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
Skills
Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office, SPSS, STATA, ODK and KOBO
Activity Planning
Advanced Excel
Data Entry
Training Coordination
Research
Project Management
Administrative Support
Event Planning
Travel Coordination
Budgeting expertise
Adaptability and Flexibility
Timeline
Corporate Finance Institute - ,
2022.06 - 2022.09
Data Analyst/Project Assistant - ACRE Africa
2020.01 - 2020.12
Strathmore University - Associate of Applied Science, Data Science
2019.01 - 2019.06
Research Assistant - International Potato Centre
2018.06 - 2019.06
Egerton University - Associate of Science, SPSS
2015.06 - 2015.12
Egerton University - Bachelor of Science in Economics and Statistics,
2012.01 - 2016.12
Loreto High School - High School Diploma,
2007.01 - 2010.11
Program Assistant - ACRE Africa
1 2021 - Current
References
- Linda Busienei, Programs Manager, Acre Africa, lbusienei@acreafrica.com, +254725817822
- Diana Machogu, Field Operations Manager, Acre Africa, dmachogu@acreafrica.com, +254727894136