Carolyne Njoroge

CAROLYNE WANGUI NJOROGE Email:- A goal-oriented achiever committed to success and adept at juggling multiple tasks; an individual in possession of strong analytical and conceptual skills; one who is confident and articulates with strong oral and written communication skills, strong inter-personal skills and an ability to work in a team oriented and collaborative environment. I have a passion for program/project planning and implementation as well as administration, monitoring and evaluation. Personal Details:  Date of Birth: 20th September 1985  Nationality: Kenyan  Religion: Christian  Marital Status: Married Education and Professional Qualification:  Masters in Project Planning and Management, University of Nairobi, 2016  Bachelor of Environment Studies and Community Development, Second Class honours Upper Division, Kenyatta University, 2009  Certificate in French, Alliance Francaise, 2005  Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - Mean Grade B+, St Anne’s Lioki School, 2003 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Position: Research Assistant March 2015 to August 2015: African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS): Community Development, Monitoring and Evaluation Position: Head Projects Officer February 2011 to January 2013: Carbon Zero Kenya: Community Development, Monitoring Position: Community Projects Officer July 2010 to January 2011: Co2 Balance, Kenya: Community Development Position: Research Assistant February 2010 to June 2010: Promotive Health Consultants: Community Strategies and Development Profession African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Description of service Within the organization Carolyne was a Research Assistant within the Piloting Scalable Models for enhancing Access to Clean Energy (TERI) project where she was involved in supporting implementing partners to initiate and scale up project initiatives, support and coordinate continuous data collection, ensure stakeholder input is adequately represented in research findings, plan and organize field visit assessments, plan training and engagement workshops Carbon Zero Kenya Co2 Balance, Kenya Promotive Health Consultants as well as drawing up agendas, minutes, programme. She was also involved in identifying and engaging with stakeholders as well as ensuring research activities carried out according to the plan. Carolyne was the project officer in charge of the Clean Energy project. She managed project field expenditure within agreed budget, worked with community based organizations/stakeholders to ensure that problems are resolved and experience gained well documented. She coordinated administration of survey instruments such as questionnaires, ensured that field staff are aware of timelines and deliver accordingly, verified accuracy of reported data and acted as a liaison person between the company and all the project stakeholders to ensure seamless communication. She also carried out data collection and compilation of data and information. Carolyne was the community officer in charge of carrying out monitoring and evaluation of projects, field visits to ensure compliance of set project standards, data collection and preparing progress reports, success stories and lessons learned. She also provided administrative support such as managing and coordinating logistics for the project. Carolyne was a research assistant whore major responsibilities were to monitor community strategies implemented, data collection and documentation as well as general administrative support. My Major Key Responsibilities  Planning, organizing and providing administrative support to ensure activities are implemented according to plan  Identify and coordinate engagement with key stakeholders  Co-facilitate stakeholder engagement workshops to ensure stakeholder input is adequately represented in research findings.  Coordinate pilot testing and administration of survey instruments such as questionnaires  Leading and mobilizing teams/field officers in carrying out field impact assessments including surveys and interviews.  Training of enumerators and ensuring quality of data collected  Documenting of success stories to showcase project results and lessons learnt  Acting as an initial point of contact for project related enquiries with all stakeholders to ensure information flow between project and relevant parties.  Ensuring the field budgets are responsibly managed  Preparing and submitting quarterly and annual project update reports on ongoing projects  Undertake and coordinate data collection and compilation in various regions  Organizing team meetings, training workshops and engagement workshops