Ida is a seasoned development professional with over 15 years of experience managing diverse
Community programmes in Kenya.
Previously she worked with the leading Telecommunications company in East Africa, Safaricom
Plc where she grew through the ranks to become a Programme Manager with both Safaricom and
M-PESA Foundations.
She led different initiatives including ISO26000 on Corporate Social Responsibility, Monitoring
and Evaluation, documentation, programmes, and partnerships with the community, peer
Corporates and Corporate Foundations, the Civil Society, and National and County governments
among others.
Provided oversight and execution of Safaricom & M-Pesa Foundations strategic programmes implementation including management of the Monitoring and Evaluation portfolio.
• Led and managed the Implementation of multi-County Education programmes i.e Early childhood education, Literacy, and Numeracy programme for lower primary and Technical and vocational projects.
• Revamped the Monitoring and Evaluation portfolio to focus on data analytics, information management, and reporting that supports board decisions as well as database automation.
• Pioneered and enhanced collaboration, convergence, and leveraged opportunities across multiple Corporate Foundations initiatives, while also ensuring alignment and integration with the broader sector architecture and strategies that led to the formation of Corporate Entities Forum.
• Led and facilitated the adoption of ISO 26000 on Corporate Social Responsibility across the two Foundations and its external partners and ensured annual internal and external audits were conducted.
• Managed the Foundations digital platforms, curated content for the Foundations Annual reports and Magazines.
• Managed Greater western and Nairobi regions portfolio consisting of a range of projects and programmes along four thematic areas, health, education, economic empowerment, and Water primarily across the seven counties in Kenya.
• Led and facilitated processes necessary for scaling and sustaining proven innovation for literacy and Numeracy through the use Teaching at the Right Level methodology in Accelerated Learning Programme.
• Active participation in the planning and implementation of the Foundations Strategic plans.
• Provided technical support for all internal ISO 26000 Corporate Responsibility Internal Audit training.
I made it my mission to deliver key data, insights and metrics to Safaricom and M-PESA Foundations to guide all decisions and identification of new opportunities.
• Conduct full lifecycle analysis to include requirements, activities and program/project design.
• Develop analysis and reporting capabilities by preparing the right reporting tools and train the management on how to report using the tools
• Monitor performance of programmes based on set targets and ensure there are quality control plans to identify improvements.
• Compile data to be used for publications i.e annual reports and magazines
• Management of the digital platforms
Project Management
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