Heline Odhiambo

Learning and development professional with proven track record in creating impactful training programs that boost organizational effectiveness. Known for fostering collaborative environment and delivering results in dynamic settings. Proficient in needs assessment, curriculum development, and facilitation, with reputation for reliability and adaptability.

• Introduced the automisation of certificates for monthly ethical trainings in 2024
• Awarded a certificate of completion from Humentum on virtual facilitation in 2023
• Supervised a team of over 15 field enumerators in 2021
• Won a Commonwealth English Essay creative writing competition in 2009.
• Awarded the Griffiths Trophy for computer proficiency in October 2004.

• Fulbright Alumni Volunteer, Fulbright Student Network, Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 01/01/16, Present, Participates in Fulbright events to contribute to community leadership, engagement and sustainability.
• Mentor, Tapona Foundation, Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 07/01/21, 10/31/21, Supported budding entrepreneurs in economic empowerment by providing mentorship services.
• Online Volunteer, United Nations, Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 10/01/20, 03/31/21, Provided online research services for international and local organisations towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Student Editor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 01/01/16, 12/31/18, Provided guidelines to authors for preparing and submitting journal papers., Established a system for effective and rapid peer review.
• First Aider, St. John's Ambulance, Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 01/01/07, 12/31/09
• Assistant School Librarian & HIV Peer Educator, Borrowdale School, Harare, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, 01/01/03, 12/31/04

• Governance during COVID-19: Kenya's graft practices, Sandra Ochieng'-Springer, Heline Odhiambo, 2022, The Round Table, Taylor and Francis, 111, 4, 489-505, 10.1080/00358533.2022.2105537
• Mobility, Temporality, and Africa's Future Politics, Wits University/Mellon Foundation, 03/01/20, 04/30/21
• End-line Evaluation of Youth Empowerment Programmes in Northern Kenya, EUTF/Aga Khan Foundation, 11/01/19, 05/31/20
• Labour Market Analysis to support the sustainable socio-economic reintegration of vulnerable persons and returnees in Northeast Nigeria, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), 06/01/19, 12/31/19
• Awareness raising component of the 3-year Better Migration Project under the European Union Trust Fund for Africa in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Kenya, EUTF/British Council, 11/01/16, 09/30/19
• Participatory research on adolescents around decision-making processes around school attendance in Zambia, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), 04/01/18, 06/30/19
• Study on Market Systems Analysis in Dadaab, Garissa County, Kenya, International Labour Organisation (ILO) / UNHCR, 09/01/18, 01/31/19
• Muddy Waters: Policy Proposal for Hog Farming Waste Management in Eastern North Carolina, Odhiambo, H, Ospina, J, Sawyer, J, Krzyzanowski, K, Goodman, K, 2017, Journal of International Studies, North Carolina State University Graduate Student Publication, 7, 107-126
• International Development: A Dystopia for Developing Nations, Odhiambo, H, 2017, Journal of International Studies, North Carolina State University Graduate Student Publication, 7, 74-87
• Globalisation as Informalising African Spaces, Odhiambo, H, 2016, Journal of International Studies, North Carolina State University Graduate Student Publication, 6, 24-39