SOLOMON O. OMARIBA

• Strategic Leadership and Mission Alignment
• Provided visionary leadership and developed actionable strategies to further Helen Keller’s mission, ensuring responsiveness to Kenya’s evolving conditions and health priorities.
• Program Oversight and Technical Excellence
• Oversaw the design, implementation, and management of high-impact programs, ensuring alignment with grant objectives, strategic plans, and technical best practices.
• Led proposal development and strategic initiatives to secure funding, expand program reach, and address emerging needs.
• Team Leadership and Capacity Building
• Built and led a high-performing Country Management Team (CMT) by recruiting, mentoring, and evaluating staff to drive organizational success.
• Guided the Senior Management Team (SMT) in office management and achievement of country office goals, fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Matrixed Team Collaboration
• Promoted knowledge sharing and efficient operations through effective consultation with and guidance from subject matter experts.
• Modeled and reinforced collaboration across matrixed teams to enhance program delivery and innovation.
• Governance, Accountability, and Compliance
• Ensured strict adherence to Helen Keller policies and donor requirements, fostering a culture of accountability to clients, partners, colleagues, and funders.
• Created an environment conducive to professional growth through mentoring, delegation, and constructive feedback.
• Stakeholder Representation and Advocacy
• Represented Helen Keller in formal and informal engagements with government officials, international donor agencies, and national advisory groups.
• Disseminated program findings to stakeholders and positioned the organization as a leader in [specific health/nutrition focus areas].
• Resource Mobilization and Business Development
• Collaborated with the Business Development Unit to identify funding opportunities and secure support from international, bilateral, and UN agencies to sustain and grow program activities in Kenya.

• Launched the first-ever Kenya Country office strategic plan for Pathfinder to guide operations in Kenya
• Diversified funding streams from predominantly US Government to include Foundations, local corporates, and individual funding
• Registered Pathfinder International as an American NGO doing business in Kenya and served as the secretary of the local board

• Promoted to Country Director and Technical Lead for Pathfinder International Kenya Country Office
• Decreased Kenya's Coastal region's mother-to-child transmission of HIV from 13.5% to less than 2.5%
• Technical leadership of family planning, reproductive, and maternal neonatal child health activities
• Established and institutionalized regional prevention of mother-to-child and quality improvement technical working groups
• Institutionalized data use at County and sub-county levels for decision-making through quality management units
• Revolutionized technical assistance and mentorship by county health management teams during COVID-19 pandemic
• Pioneered quality improvement and client feedback for HIV prevention, care, and treatment
• Launched forums for social accountability and community/civil society involvement in health service delivery
• Influenced development of co-created annual work plans, ensuring involvement of all relevant stakeholders for ownership
• Established and accelerated scale-up of innovative strategies to improve overall quality of HIV and health services
• Negotiated with MOH, USAID, and other stakeholders to adopt and scale up Pathfinder's Jua Mtoto Wako strategy into national guidelines for pediatric care

• Led the conceptualization, design, and implementation of research, capacity building, and policy engagement programs
• Accelerated research evidence synthesis including systematic reviews and translation into policy-oriented advocacy materials
• Influenced application of research findings in decision-making processes at national, regional, and international levels
• Created scientific articles for diverse research knowledge consumers
• Published policy-oriented research in journals

• Managed 5 implementing partners and mechanisms including IMC, KEMRI UCSF, CARE Kenya, IRDO, and NRHS with a combined dollar value of USD 137 Million
• Developed the first Key population national guidelines as part of a select panel of experts under the leadership of NASCOP
• Pioneered the design, piloting, and rollout of the DREAMS initiative focused on adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)
• Technical leadership of CDC's OVC portfolio among all CDC mechanisms
• Accelerated reporting in Children Protection Information Management System (CPIMS) for accurate, timely, and reliable aggregate-level child protection data
• Participated in the USG objective proposal review panels for South Africa and Southern Asia
• Supported QI/QA/QC and program quality management systems at the national and regional levels
• Co-chaired the Inter-Agency Technical working group for HIV testing and counseling
• Part of the Kenyan CDC delegation to Sierra Leone for Ebola epidemic outbreak response

Technical Leadership and Program Implementation
Provided strategic and technical leadership in the implementation of Abstinence and Being Faithful strategies under the SAIDIA project, contributing to the national HIV prevention agenda.

Resource Mobilization
Successfully negotiated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for an additional $5 million USD in funding, ensuring program sustainability and expansion.
Financial and Programmatic Oversight
Enhanced financial management and reporting processes for sub-grantees, reducing rejection rates to below 5%, thus improving compliance and accountability.

Coordination of HIV Prevention and OVC Activities
Effectively coordinated sub-grantee implementation of comprehensive HIV prevention and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) programs within Catholic Relief Services (CRS).

Innovation in Monitoring Systems
Spearheaded the development and rollout of a real-time Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) for OVC programming, improving data visibility and decision-making.

Recognition for Excellence
Honored by the CDC as the best-performing project officer in 2008 for outstanding contributions to program success and innovation.