Catherine Karanja
Summary
Dynamic Interenational development and Data Analytics Specialist with robust experience in agile project management, business process Improvement and program management. Skilled in acquiring, managing, and analyzing complex datasets to generate actionable insights that optimize program effectiveness and impact. Expertise in creating detailed M&E reports, developing performance indicators, and designing dashboards to support data-driven decision-making. Proven track record in coordinating programs across sectors, including economic empowerment, health, and social development, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including government agencies and NGOs. Fluent in English and Kiswahili, with extensive experience in facilitating training sessions and workshops focused on building M&E capacity and enhancing data literacy. Committed to continuous improvement, leveraging advanced analytics and agile methodologies to drive program success and enhance team performance. Highly proficient in data analytics, reporting and developing actionable insights through data visualization to support continuous growth and innovation.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Project Data Analyst
Sama
03.2022 - Current
- Data Analytics and Data Management: Acquire and manage data from primary and secondary sources, maintained databases, and interpreted trends in complex data sets Ensured data accuracy and reliability to inform decision-making and report generation
- Project Management: Manage business initiatives, providing detailed reports to executive leadership
- Monitored KPIs, project status, risks, and issues, ensuring alignment with strategic goals
- Performance Tracking: Collaborate with functional managers to develop and track performance indicators, providing insights into the effectiveness of participating projects
- Process Optimization: Identify and implement process improvements in data collection, analysis, and reporting
- Drive innovation in data-driven decision-making processes
- Stakeholder Engagement: Present data insights to senior management, offering clear recommendations on resource allocation and opportunities
- Effectively translate data into strategic business decisions
Project Manager Volunteer
Simama Na Dada Initiative
10.2017 - Current
- Sexual Health and Economic Empowerment Training: M&E in Training Development: Participated in developing training materials and plans, incorporating M&E tools to measure training effectiveness and participant progress
- Ensured that training objectives were met through continuous monitoring and evaluation
- Curriculum Development: Engaged in curriculum development, using M&E techniques to select the right tools and methods for each training phase, ensuring alignment with recipient needs and training goals
- Facilitation and Evaluation: Led training sessions on sexual reproductive health and economic empowerment, integrating M&E practices to document outcomes, challenges, and areas for improvement
- Provided feedback to refine future training sessions
- Continuous documentation of the trainings, the activities, challenges and opportunity areas to aid in reaching the training objectives
- Community Outreach: Monitoring and Linkages: Liaised with community resources to create effective outreach strategies, using M&E to assess the success of these initiatives and make data-driven adjustments
- Research and Evaluation: Conducted research to identify community needs, using M&E methodologies to evaluate the impact of outreach programs and optimize community engagement strategies
Product Data Analyst
Multichoice Kenya
10.2021 - 02.2022
- Analysis on the different product bouquets per month to determine customer tastes and preferences
- Monitored payment delays across the different payment platforms to improve customer experience
- Worked with the customer retention team to assist in telephony and decoder clean up so at to improve contact rate in the outbound call center
- Worked with the sales team on a data driven project to determine product performance in different areas
- Subscribers offer acceptance analysis to determine the subscribers likely to take up subsequent offers on the various products
- Monitored the subscriber base of the different products as well as the churn base
- Developed a dashboard through PowerBI for the outbound call center agents’ performance tracking
- Database management, database querying and ensuring database back up measures are in place
- Database cleanup to ensure efficient retrieval of data
Research and Quality Assurance Assistant
AphiaPlus Kamili - Jhpiego Kenya
03.2018 - 06.2019
- Conducted training sessions on the different financial interventions for the different age cohorts
- Developed training plans and training materials based on the age cohort for the different financial interventions
- Field work Coordination: Supervised data enumerators in data collection, collation, analysis, and reporting using national reporting systems
- Developed and maintained a quality database for 3,000 adolescent girls and young women eligible for program interventions
Data Enumerator
Kenya Girl Guides Association (KGGA)
11.2017 - 02.2018
- Conducted a girl roster exercise using ODK to identify vulnerable adolescent girls and young women
- Ensured data quality through data review, processing, entry, verification, and analysis, and compliance with protocols
- Conducted onsite data quality checks and quality assurance visits to monitor program implementation and provide feedback to partners
Education
Google Project Management Certification
Coursera
01-2025
THE COMPLETE SQL BOOTCAMP -
UDEMY
07.2021
DATA PREPARATION COURSE -
MORINGA SCHOOL
02.2020
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS - SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
11.2018
SPSS CERTIFICATION -
JKUAT ENTERPRISES
10.2018
Skills
- Program management
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Capacity building and training
- Data Analytics and Management
- Process Improvement
- Research
- Fieldwork coordination
- Community engagement
References
Timothy Kinoti
Learning Facilitator Africa
University of Toronto
Timothykinoti@gmail.com
+254 727730603
Maureen Nderitu
Protection, Gender and Inclusion Coordinator
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Maureen.nderitu@ifrc.org
+254 729445379, +254 789664231
Joseph Odhiambo
Real Time Analyst Lead
Samasource Kenya
odhiambo.joseph@samasource.org
+254 715193822
Timeline
Business Project Data Analyst
Sama
03.2022 - Current
Product Data Analyst
Multichoice Kenya
10.2021 - 02.2022
Research and Quality Assurance Assistant
AphiaPlus Kamili - Jhpiego Kenya
03.2018 - 06.2019
Data Enumerator
Kenya Girl Guides Association (KGGA)
11.2017 - 02.2018
Project Manager Volunteer
Simama Na Dada Initiative
10.2017 - Current
Google Project Management Certification
Coursera
THE COMPLETE SQL BOOTCAMP -
UDEMY
DATA PREPARATION COURSE -
MORINGA SCHOOL
BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS - SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
SPSS CERTIFICATION -
JKUAT ENTERPRISES
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