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Moses Thuranira Kalunge

Planning Monitoring And Evaluation
Nairobi
Moses Thuranira  Kalunge

Summary

Organized and dependable professional who has developed a mature and responsible approach to planning monitoring and evaluation, research, Strategy, partnerships and resource mobilization. I am excellent in working with statistical software’s and data management tools to achieve a certain objective in time and with excellence. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

8
years of professional experience
14
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Micro and Small Enterprises Authority, Nairobi

Ag. Head of Strategy
2020.04 - 2021.11 (1 year & 7 months)

Job overview

  • Coordinating development of the Authority’s Strategic Plan
  • Developed Monitoring and Evaluation policy for the Authority
  • Coordinating Monitoring and evaluation activities for a World Bank project ““Kenya Youth Employment and opportunities Project”
  • Developing and guiding implementation of the Authorities annual work plan and performance contract
  • Supervising data collection, monitoring and evaluation activities in the Authority
  • Coordinating preparation of performance progress reports, disseminating the reports and providing feedback to the implementing divisions/departments
  • Coordination preparation of funding proposal for resource mobilization
  • Coordinating departmental activities
  • Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.

Micro and Small Enterprises Authority, Nairobi

Senior Planning Officer
2020.01 - Current (4 years & 8 months)

Job overview

  • Conducting resource mobilization through development of funding proposals targeted at various prospective development partners
  • Participating in the implementation of advocacy and public relations strategies aimed at raising funds,
  • Participating in Budget making process through representing the Medium Term Expenditure Framework ;
  • Preparing Monitoring and Evaluation systems and reports for donor funded projects ;
  • Participating in preparation of Monitoring and evaluation plans and framework for donor funded projects
  • Evaluated project performance against goals and took action to address deviations.
  • Preparation of data collections tools for donor funded projects;
  • Assisting in identifying and managing contributions by development partners, in form of loans and grants;
  • Participate in coordinating international proposal and programme development
  • Supporting forums for coordinating dissemination of reports for projects.
  • Participated in performance contracting and strategic Planning
  • Participated in research activities within the Authority

National Aids Control Council, Nairobi

Data Analyst Consultant
2019.10 - 2019.12 (2 months)

Job overview

  • Modelling the estimate distribution of new HIV Infections in Kenya (The Kenya Modes of Transmission Study).
  • Documented effective and replicable methods for extracting data and organizing HIV infections data sources.
  • Developed project reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.

Spotlight Research and Consultancy Firm, Nairobi

Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
2016.04 - 2019.09 (3 years & 5 months)

Job overview

  • Support in designing and executing monitoring and evaluation activities including designing and testing M&E data collection tools, training enumerators, data collection, and analysis and reporting
  • Created surveys and questionnaires to collect data for research projects.
  • Coordination of Data analysis using Advanced Excel, Stata and SPSS and dissemination of information
  • Development and Implementation of M E Plans, Logical framework and work plans of the Monitoring and Evaluation project framework and ensuring that all indicators are SMART
  • Support project implementation partners in the documentation of project indicators while adhering to the data quality standards
  • Coordination of Validation and verification of the quality of data reported by partners by ensuring the quality of the submitted data
  • Building the capacity of the project partners while providing technical support and spearheading capacity building workshops in regards to quality of M&E reporting
  • Developed research protocols and procedures to produce accurate results.
  • Performed statistical, qualitative, and quantitative analysis nd use the same for monthly and quarterly report writing.
  • Conducting Routine Data Quality Assessments (RDQA) on the data submitted and reported by partners
  • Gathered, arranged, and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.

National Industrial Training Authority, Nairobi

Planning intern
2015.09 - 2016.03 (6 months)

Job overview

  • Data collection using electronic data collection tools such as ODK and Kobo toolbox
  • Data analysis and management using excel, R, SPSS and Stata
  • Participated in the design, data collection and analysis of surveys and routine
  • Preparation of mid-term strategic plan report
  • Monitoring and evaluation of projects and programs
  • Monitoring of performance contracts, strategic plan and work plan.

Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

Attachee
2015.06 - 2015.09 (3 months)

Job overview

  • Data analysis using Excel, EPI-data,SPSS and STATA statistical software
  • Statistical Report writing and dissemination of findings
  • Preparation of hospital clinical audit
  • Carrying out of patient based research survey using ODK
  • Questionnaire formulation using XLS-form and odk for android platform.
  • Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.

Education

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology , Nairobi,Kenya

Master of Science from Monitoring and Evaluation
2018.01 - 2021.11 (3 years & 10 months)

Maasai Mara University , Narok,Kenya

Bachelor of Science from Applied Statistics with Computing
2011.05 - 2015.12 (4 years & 7 months)

Burieruri , Meru, Kenya

2006.01 - 2009.12 (3 years & 11 months)

Kenya Institute For Public Policy, Research And Analysis(KIPPRA) , Nairobi Kenya

from Public Policy Analysis
2022.11 - 2023.11 (1 year)

University Overview

Modules covered; Public policy making process :Applied research methods :Governance structures :Impact evaluation methods, Statistical analytics tools Stata and Eviews, Macro-economic modelling and introduction to systems of National Accounts.

Kenya School of Government

Certificate in project Monitoring and Evaluation
2019.11 - 2019.11

Kenya Institute of Management , Nairobi,Kenya

Certified Monitoring and Evaluation Practitioner
2015.10 - 2016.01 (3 months)

Saltech College of Professionals , Nairobi, Kenya

Certificate in Statistical Packages including SPSS, Stata, Advanced Excel and My SQl Programming Language
2015.06 - 2015.09 (3 months)

Skills

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Accomplishments

Memberships

Evaluation Society of Kenya

Publications

Kalung’e Thuranira Moses, Dr. Pedo Maurice (PhD), MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE OF KENYA YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES PROJECT. International Journal of Project Planning and Management, Volume 5, Issue 2, pg. 125-139, 2021, ISSN: 2314-2896


KALUNG’E, Thuranira Moses; MUNENE, Rufo. CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR EFFECTIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING IN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN NAIROBI, KENYA. European Journal of Business and Strategic Management, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 8, p. 47 - 59, dec. 2018. ISSN 2518-265X. Available at:


ALI, Abdullahi Ahmed; KALUNG’E, Thuranira Moses. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN WAJIR EAST DISTRICT, WAJIR COUNTY. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Project Management, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 2, p. 26 - 37, dec. 2018. ISSN 2518-2838. Available at:

Referees

Mr. Richard Ipero 

Director Strategy, planning and coordination- Micro and Small Enterprises Authority.

Telephone no: +254 720567010

Email: Richard.ipero@gmail.com

Simon Nyamolo 

Director Corporate services-Micro and Small Enterprise Authority 

Telephone no: +254 724411965

Email: nyamolosimon@gmail.com 

Joshua M’Aburi

Chief Planning Officer, National Industrial Training Authority

Telephone no: +254 714 155 777

Email: joshuaburi@gmail.com  

Timeline

Kenya Institute For Public Policy, Research And Analysis(KIPPRA)

from Public Policy Analysis
2022.11 - 2023.11 (1 year)

Ag. Head of Strategy

Micro and Small Enterprises Authority
2020.04 - 2021.11 (1 year & 7 months)

Senior Planning Officer

Micro and Small Enterprises Authority
2020.01 - Current (4 years & 8 months)

Kenya School of Government

Certificate in project Monitoring and Evaluation
2019.11 - 2019.11

Data Analyst Consultant

National Aids Control Council
2019.10 - 2019.12 (2 months)

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Technology

Master of Science from Monitoring and Evaluation
2018.01 - 2021.11 (3 years & 10 months)

Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

Spotlight Research and Consultancy Firm
2016.04 - 2019.09 (3 years & 5 months)

Kenya Institute of Management

Certified Monitoring and Evaluation Practitioner
2015.10 - 2016.01 (3 months)

Planning intern

National Industrial Training Authority
2015.09 - 2016.03 (6 months)

Saltech College of Professionals

Certificate in Statistical Packages including SPSS, Stata, Advanced Excel and My SQl Programming Language
2015.06 - 2015.09 (3 months)

Attachee

Kenyatta National Hospital
2015.06 - 2015.09 (3 months)

Maasai Mara University

Bachelor of Science from Applied Statistics with Computing
2011.05 - 2015.12 (4 years & 7 months)

Burieruri

2006.01 - 2009.12 (3 years & 11 months)
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