YVONE ATIENO SEWE
Project Officer
Homa Bay,Homa Bay
Summary
I’m a result-driven professional with an aspiring, progressive career. I am self-driven, ambitious, innovative, analytical, and a fast learner, and I believe in myself as a true team player with good interpersonal skills who can work with minimal supervision. I possess a great desire and drive to prosper in all the work that I venture into. I strongly believe in honesty and integrity. I desire to work within a result-oriented organization with a challenging and rewarding environment, which will allow me to utilize my acquired skills and apply my academic knowledge, which leads to both personal and organizational growth. Instrumental Community Health Officer bringing 5 years of experience achieving ambitious goals in community activities. Diligent, forward-thinking and adaptable to dynamic company, customer, and project needs. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Officer SSI
KMET
07.2024 - Current
- Provide strategic leadership of implementation SSI in the target County.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including local government officials, community leaders, healthcare providers, parents, and relevant organizations
- Facilitate regular communication and engagement sessions to gather insights, address concerns, and ensure the Initiative's relevance to local needs.
- Collaborate with local partners, government agencies, NGOs, and community organizations to ensure effective coordination and alignment of efforts
- Implement SSI training programs for HCWs, CBOs and Support groups, ensuring they have the necessary skills and knowledge to provide quality care and early childhood norms.
- Work closely with CHPs and community based organizations to raise awareness about the importance of Nurturing care and its impact on child development and family well-being.
- Working within established Community Health Strategy structures, work with Community Health Assistants (CHAs) to train and mentor Community Health Promoters to integrate NCfECD into regular household visits targeting teen-mums, caregivers and their children.
- Support delivery of quality play box services; ensuring use of age-appropriate play items in community play areas using a play box guide.
- Organize community events, workshops, and outreach activities to promote the Initiative and foster community engagement.
- Work with CBOs to promote community participation in governance, using the Community Conversations (CC) Methodology to empower communities and families to demand for quality NCfECD services and uptake.
- Support the M&E and Learning team to develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess the impact and effectiveness of the SSI Initiative in the target County.
- Support the MEL team to collect and analyze data to track progress, identify challenges, and make data-driven adjustments to the Initiatives implementation.
- Write and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly and donor reports.
Field Officer Volunteer
Mild May International Kenya
02.2024 - 05.2024
- Support in implementation of Adolescent and young People programs in the community and stakeholder engagement.
- Coordination of AYP activities at the community level.
- Support the M&E department in data tracking and evaluation through data entry and analysis.
- Psycho-social Support (PSS) sessions with Adolescent and Young People (AYP).
- Reporting and submitting activities for payment.
Project Assistant Volunteer
Kisumu Medical Education Trust (KMET) at the Office of the First Lady
03.2022 - 01.2024
- Support in the Implementation of the Smart Start Siaya project/ Nurturing Care for ECD activities in Siaya County in the office of the First Lady
- Support the Project Officer in engaging with the top leadership of Siaya County to embrace Nurturing Care/ ECD Program
- Conducting trainings/ sensitizations of leaders (Multi-Sectoral Team) and follow-up at community level
- Mobilizing and working closely with the leaders in the county to Advocate for ECD/ Nurturing Care
- Support the PO to Coordinate the Multi-sectoral Committee activities
- Support the Project Officer in advocacy, Engagement, Networking, and Build the Capacity of community members in the County on ECD/Nurturing Care
- Support in maintaining partnerships and linkages with ECD implementers in the County
- Support in compiling monthly and quarterly reports
- Any other duty assigned
C-19 Focal Person
NETMA +
10.2021 - 10.2022
- To coordinate C19RM approved activities at the implementation level
- To ensure timely reporting of program activities for reporting to KRCS
- To ensure documentation of best practices to inform programming
- To be the liaison person between the implementer and PR in matters C19RM
- To ensure a good filing system for C19RM
- To follow up on implementation in line with the approved work plan and budget
Community Health Volunteer
Kenya Red Cross Society
03.2018 - 03.2022
- Respond to humanitarian emergencies.
- Support of implementation of the Four – part youth program in the branch.
- Data collection in communities such as Global Fund Program data collection, household registrations during emergencies, baseline and end line data collections in projects.
- Develop strategies for integrating community-based health activities through awareness and sensitization of trending health issues.
- Build community partnerships identification and building the capacity of volunteer community leaders to spearhead good health behaviour.
- Participate in funding proposals and appeals for material assistance in line with the strategic plan by ensuring adherence to donor requirements.
- Performing any other duties assigned by the County Coordinator
Covid 19 Focal person
Kenya Red Cross Society
04.2021 - 06.2021
- Be in charge of the coordination as a focal person at network level in your assigned county
- Support in communication of key information from region to Network
- Be in charge of collection of all returns and share them with the region support team for payments
- Carry out spot-checks for quality assurance
- Completion of volunteer returns forms for payment
- Any other duty assigned
Education
BSc. - Community Health and Development
Great Lakes University of Kisumu
01.2019
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
St. Cecilia Aluor Girls Secondary School
01.2012
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - undefined
Uhuru Primary School
01.2008
Skills
Communication skills: Good communication skills gained through my experience as a Volunteer at Kenya Red cross, Siaya Branch; KMET and NETMA
Digital skills: Good command of office suite (word processor, spread sheet, presentation software), Good knowledge of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Good knowledge and experience of data collection tool phone applications such as Kobo Collector and Open Data Kit (ODK)
Leadership skills: Leadership skills gained as a committee member of the Siaya Youth Board providing oversight to the management
Job-related skills: Good Community mobilisation skills gained during my time as a volunteer in Kenya Red Cross Society and KMET
Short trainings attended
- Governance and leadership training for 3 days October,2022
- Attended 3 days training on Nurturing care for Early Childhood April 2023
- 10 days training in HIV Testing and Counselling May,2021
- 3 days training on I Monitor app May, 2022
- 3 days training on Community Led Monitoring June, 2023
- 3 days trainings on Advocacy Against HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination August,2023
- 3-day Training on Community Led Advocacy November,2023
Short term contracts
- Data Enumerator for Siaya Muungano Network and Staawisha Africa in January, 2023.
- Focal person for High-Risk pregnancy project at Kenya Red Cross including participating in baseline and end line survey including reporting and data entry from 2020 to 2021
- Focal person for Double Headed Fetoscope Project at Kenya Red Cross Society participating in both the baseline, midterm review and end term evaluation from May 2021 to February, 2022
- Data Enumerator for Kenya Red Cross Global Fund for Malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis in June and July 2021.
Timeline
Project Officer SSI
KMET
07.2024 - Current
Field Officer Volunteer
Mild May International Kenya
02.2024 - 05.2024
Project Assistant Volunteer
Kisumu Medical Education Trust (KMET) at the Office of the First Lady
03.2022 - 01.2024
C-19 Focal Person
NETMA +
10.2021 - 10.2022
Covid 19 Focal person
Kenya Red Cross Society
04.2021 - 06.2021
Community Health Volunteer
Kenya Red Cross Society
03.2018 - 03.2022
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - undefined
St. Cecilia Aluor Girls Secondary School
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education - undefined
Uhuru Primary School
BSc. - Community Health and Development
Great Lakes University of Kisumu