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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
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Timeline

Faith Kyule

Nairobi,Kenya

Summary

Career Objective

Highly enthusiastic and result-oriented expert with more than 4+ years of experience in youth, adults, and children-related work with exposure to Behavior Change Communication (BCC) based Programs-Life skills, and Community-based interventions. Along with practical experience gained in Project implementation to closure, community mobilization, empowerment, advocacy, planning, and execution of different projects with a team, from the point of conception to its successful completion. Responsible for developing field strategies, ensuring resource availability, maintaining comprehensive project documentation, ensuring event project execution, and maintenance of stakeholder relationships. Works effectively in fast-paced team environments with cross-functional teams to contribute to a successful project while ensuring operational and service excellence. Seasoned Program Officer adept at evaluating progress and implementing strategic improvements. Decisive and forward-thinking leader with a resourceful approach. Offering 4 years of progressive experience.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Program Officer

SlumTv Kenya
Nairobi
02.2022 - Current

Project :Empowerment of Urban Refugee Women.

  • Collaborated with stakeholders ,senior leadership team to implement special projects, increasing program and organizational capacities by 50%
  • Coordinated with governments, communities and partners to strengthen their capacity for integration of Urban Refugee Women & girls.
  • Assisted through by acquiring resources by providing accurate information/negotiatins towards fund raising initiatives for related interventions and referrals for urban refugees.
  • Mobilized the host communities & Refugees to contribute towards project interventions through baseline surveys and rapid assessments.
  • Supported gender-based violence survivors by managing cases, forming peer to peer support groups, and referring adverse cases for counseling at Refuge Point & Kituo Cha Sheria.
  • Coordinated/Trained urban refugee women on psychosocial First Aid /support,life skills, and creative story
  • Collaborated with finance department to budget and monitor program operations, ensuring sound fiscal and system management.
  • Analyzed internal reports to evaluate program effectiveness by using outcomes-based approach
  • Worked closely with direct MEAL personnel, beneficiaries and stakeholders to develop goals, approaches, initiatives and evaluations of grants
  • Mentored 13 refugee volunteers directors and refugee led coordinators to improve program management
  • Created and managed project plans, activities,timelines and budgets which impacted projects outcomes by 80%
  • Maintained overall safe work environment with refugee volunteers,employee training programs and enforcement of safety procedures

Project Officer-(Life Skills/Psychosocial Support)

World Vision International
Nairobi,Taita Taveta,Narok & Bomet
09.2019 - 01.2022

Project: Roysambu Youth Empowerment /YouthWorks & Purpose project responding to Sexual &Gender Based Violence in Emergencies of COVID 19.

  • Worked with stakeholders to ensure that key training meets standard required to facilitate and provide knowledge and skills set on economic empowerment initiatives and practices.
  • Supported parents/caregivers to create stimulating learning environments for youths by engaging them actively in education support groups.
  • Guided personal development and career through life skills/ guidance helping youths identify skills, interests, and inspirations.
  • Addressed youths educational challenges by actively maintaining effective communication with them and organizing mentorship follow-up sessions in which other peer challenges were tackled.
  • Managed implementations through monitoring, reporting and documentation as rapporteur from community conversations, forums, workshops and stakeholder meetings.
  • Trained Community Health Volunteers, women/ girls at risk and survivors of SGBV on psychosocial First aid care livelihoods and economic empowerment in Nairobi, Bomet, and Narok counties.
  • Managed implementations through monitoring, reporting and documentation as rapporteur from community conversations, forums, workshops, and stakeholder meetings.
  • Provided technical support to counties to enhance SGBV prevention and response during COVID-19 pandemic support gender technical working groups within counties.

Rapporteur-Mathare Area Program Designing

World Vision International
Nairobi
05.2021 - 07.2021

Project: Mathare Area Program Designing

  • Provided technical assistance to field project team and stakeholders in designing, planning, and program design.
  • Participated in designing Mathare Area Program from conception to completion and its activities implementation plan.
  • Organized and Mobilized 126 community conversations & 2 baseline surveys from conception to its 100% successful execution.
  • Scheduled and supervised stakeholders & community leaders mapping discuss meetings and update participants on program details and milestones.
  • Kept program-related documentation ,data accurate & reports up-to-date and easily accessible for accessibility to MEAL Personnel.

Program Assistant

Fountain Of Life Children's Home
Nairobi
04.2018 - 04.2019

Project: HIV/AIDS Home-Based Care Program

  • Supported planing and coordination of project activities with team members for ease of operation.
  • Collected project data per specified mechanisms and tools and submit project coordinator for approval.
  • Ensured accurate and timely reporting of all assigned project activities per project standards and established schedules.
  • Facilitated community-based outreach activities in partnership with Community Health Extension Workers.
  • Monitoring and reporting any challenges and/or gaps identified to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedule.
  • Managed over 150 Vulnerable families who were direct di beneficiaries hence increasing project impact by 80% .

Field Assistant

Life Skills Promoters
Nairobi
02.2017 - 03.2018

Project: Watoto Tusome Program- UNICEF Project Increasing Retention of Out of School Children Back to School.

  • Participated in stakeholder review meetings to discuss progress, challenges and lessons learned and adopt activity implementation plans.
  • Trained Psychosocial Support Life skills training for out-of-school forming peer-to-peer dialogue forums in target schools ensuring dialogue discussions occur as per work plan.
  • Screened activities within project through regular visits, timely collection of data and evaluation of implementation successes and challenges.
  • Monitored over 10,000 peer educators & sensitization and dialogue sessions in Kasarani, Dagoretti & Embakasi Sub -Counties increasing project goal by 80%.
    Worked with Stakeholders in the community to ensure all out-of-school children are enrolled in schools.
  • Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual project reports based on project deliverables.
  • Monitored schedules to verify project completion on schedule and within approved cost limitations.

Social Worker Intern

Lea Toto Nyumba OutReach Program
Nairobi
09.2015 - 01.2016

Project : HIV/AIDS Outreach program

  • Provided technical assistance & managed 15 field volunteer project team through reporting, and documentation as rapporteur from community conversations to baseline survey during vulnerability mapping.
  • Coordinated with governments, communities, and partners to strengthen child protection rights for program integration.
    Effectively gave feedback for effective delivery and sustainability of program increasing annual reporting accuracy by 50%.
  • Offered community resource guidance to clients to meet family needs for assistance.
  • Mediated between family members to facilitate conflict resolution and build healthy family relationships.
  • Conducted outreach to local referral sources to build strong partnerships for supportive services.

Social Work Volunteer

Child Fund Kenya
Nairobi
04.2014 - 04.2015

Project: Child protection & Psychosocial support

  • Created community awareness ,advocacy issues related to child protection & gender mainstreaming in mukuru informal settlement.
  • Prepared and implemented psychosocial support activities to children in community.
  • Identified children at risk of abuse ,neglect and exploitation through best interest for referrals and child protection.
  • Ensured proper child profiling case & donor sponsorship program within the projects.
  • Documented 2 project successful stories which were approved 100% ,quarterly and monthly reports .
  • Exhibited excellent communication with stakeholders,children ,community volunteers,Families & program team .

Education

Master of Arts - Project Planning & Management

Jomo Kenyatta University of Science & Technology, Nairobi
09.2022 - Current

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology & Social Work

University of Nairobi, Kenya
09.2013 - 12.2016

High School Diploma -

Matungulu Girls High School, Machakos
02.2009 - 11.2012

Skills

Documentation skills

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Accomplishments

  • Created and delivered training modules sessions for Psychosocial First Aid, Life Skills & Positive renting Modules to Community Health Volunteers, Youths, and children resulting in a 50% increase in their knowledge and skills.
  • Achieved 80% retention /enrollment of out of school children project in Nairobi supplementing the government efforts of educating all children. This achievement was made successful by collaborative actions with the government, partners, and individuals who helped in mapping and addressing all challenges.
  • Documented and mobilized communities, stakeholders and partners in designing the World Vision Kenya Mathare Area Program from conception to completion. The program is 90% being implemented depending on the well-designed structure.
  • Led and implemented Refugee Outreach Volunteers mentorship
    resulting in a 40% increase in stakeholder satisfaction and a 30%
    improvement in mentee retention.

Referees

Pauline Njau
Director-Slum TV Kenya
Tel: 0724353557
Email: mateerarefugeeproject@gmail.com


Joyce Gitao
World Vision International Technical Specialist - Youth and Urban
Economic Strengthening
Tel: 0726296144
Email: joysein@gmail.com


Wilberforce Majanga Odanga
Project Coordinator-Life Skills Promoters 
Tel: 0714711693
Email: wmajanga@gmail.com

Timeline

Jomo Kenyatta University of Science & Technology - Master of Arts, Project Planning & Management
09.2022 - Current
Program Officer - SlumTv Kenya
02.2022 - Current
Rapporteur-Mathare Area Program Designing - World Vision International
05.2021 - 07.2021
Project Officer-(Life Skills/Psychosocial Support) - World Vision International
09.2019 - 01.2022
Program Assistant - Fountain Of Life Children's Home
04.2018 - 04.2019
Field Assistant - Life Skills Promoters
02.2017 - 03.2018
Social Worker Intern - Lea Toto Nyumba OutReach Program
09.2015 - 01.2016
Social Work Volunteer - Child Fund Kenya
04.2014 - 04.2015
University of Nairobi - Bachelor of Arts, Sociology & Social Work
09.2013 - 12.2016
Matungulu Girls High School - High School Diploma,
02.2009 - 11.2012
Faith Kyule