Nicholas Kirimi

Nicholas Kirimi Mwiti Tel: - | Email:- PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY I am a diligent and hardworking health systems strengthening expert with extensive hands on clinical and managerial experience in sexual and reproductive health, maternal, newborn health and gender based violence with in depth knowledge in humanitarian assistance, county, and sub counties health system. I have over 9 years solid experience in designing and managing health interventions. I have supported and implemented multi-year international health development programs funded by various donors including CIFF, Lund, FP2030, Rutgers, UNHCR amongst other donors. On a collaborative level, I have worked regionally, nationally and sub nationally with Ministry of Health officials, partners, and communities. SIGNATURE COMPETENCIES | Project Planning & Management | Leadership | Capacity Building | Stakeholder & Partnership Management | Budgeting | Learning & Knowledge Management | Microsoft Office Suite I PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor of Nursing | University of Nairobi | 2012 PMD pro Clinical management for SGBV -NASCOP SELECTED RELEVANT EXPERIENCE November 2024 to December 2024 SRH Master Trainer • Spearheaded initiatives aimed at promoting continuous learning among healthcare staff at Equity Afia. • Managed complex schedules and logistical arrangements for training events, ensuring seamless execution of all training program components. • Led certification courses for aspiring trainers within the organization, ensuring consistent quality in instructional delivery across all programs offered. • Consistently maintained high evaluation scores from trainees due to effective instruction and a keen focus on individual needs. • Served as a mentor to junior trainers, sharing best practices and providing guidance in their training skills. • Enhanced trainee engagement by incorporating interactive activities and real-world examples into training sessions. • Designed customized training materials tailored to specific client needs, leading to improved learning outcomes. • Contributed insights towards revising existing course content based on participant feedback and industry developments, keeping our programs up-to-date and relevant. • Facilitated hands-on workshops that allowed participants to practice newly acquired skills in a supportive environment. December 2022 to December 2023 Quality of Care consultant at Ipas African Alliance • • • • • • • • Provide technical oversight in developing and implement capacity building strategies and activities including conducting master trainings for Equity Afia Franchises across Kenya. Building capacity of trainers and to cascading training/technical updates to County facilities Provided technical assistance at national and county level in carrying out continuous quality planning, assurance and improvement. Lead the quality improvement team through the Plan-Do-Study-Act principle at the organization level and ensure the same is cascaded to the County and intervention sites. Coordinate learning activities and leading efforts to translate data and findings into programmatic guidance and policy advocacy for SRH. Development of knowledge management products and dissemination of the recommendations to relevant stakeholders for decision making and advocacy Prepare quality program reports and briefing notes to ensure regular internal and external updates on program status and progress. Partnership management; planned and coordinated project activities in liaison with the relevant county health Nicholas Kirimi CV 1| Page • • management teams and the Ministry of Health. Plan and conduct the quarterly technical support for Equity Afia Franchises, advise on continuous quality improvement and initiate quality improvement plans for the individual franchise clinics. Track health care workers and site performance against quality and service provision targets for the respective clinics. IPAS - November 2018 to December 2022 Health Systems Strengthening Advisor Overall, Purpose: Responsible for providing inputs into strategic direction for health systems interventions, supporting capacity building, and providing direct technical assistance for health systems strengthening to IPAS programs. Technical leadership in Monitoring and Evaluation • Provide technical oversight in implementation of project Performance Monitoring Plans (PMP) for each project and at program level and strategic. • Ensure they key components of a learning ecosystem are in place to drive the learning agenda. • Lead the quality improvement team through the Plan-Do-Study-Act principle at the organization level and ensure the same is cascaded to the County and intervention sites. • Ensures as part of minimum standards, all projects have a user centered approach infused into the project design. • Development of knowledge management products and dissemination of the recommendations to relevant stakeholders for decision making and advocacy • Prepare quality program reports and briefing notes to ensure regular internal and external updates on program status and progress. • Planned and coordinated project activities in the county in liaison with the relevant county health management teams and the Ministry of Health • Conducting technical training for CTUs, AYFHS as well as supporting the clinical mentorship program in the county. • Prepare activity workplans and program budgets for county -based activities and implemented activities in observance of organizational processes and protocols. • Plan and conduct the quarterly program visit with the county/ subcounty management teams to monitor progress of implementation and identify technical areas of improvement and develop quality improvement plan. • Track providers and site performance against quality and service provision targets for the respective county. • Ensures documentation and reporting of training, mentorship, and service delivery. • Represent Ipas in relevant county forum and ensures support to Ipas supported work. • Participate in proposal development. Achievements • Successfully initiated and implemented a health system strengthening project on sexual reproductive health in counties in Kenya. • Overseeing the implementation of Reproductive Health services and interventions from a technical perspective and adjusting to strategies and lessons learned from earlier implementation and experiences. • In collaboration with the M&E Lead, designing and developing supervisory, monitoring, and evaluation systems for quality health interventions. • Designing and delivering realistic and pragmatic gender strategies and programming interventions that will lead to positive gender outcomes in the health sector. • Developing partnerships with external institutions working on reproductive health to meet and share best practices. IPAS - April 18th, 2017-April 2018 Project coordinator – CIFF Choice for change Program ▪ Planning, support in reach/ Outreach and implementation-. ▪ CHV linkages for referral monitoring and support- Ensured that CHVs were able to effectively refer and document client referrals in the county and Contraceptive referrals tracking. ▪ Coordinating county partnerships: coordinated both clinical and community teams comprising of CHVs, community strategy teams to plan outreaches and review referrals from the facilities and planned for data review meetings. ▪ County partnership coordination- Leveraged on other partners working in the county to ensure sustained scale-up of contraceptive reach and uptake through collaboration. Achievements Nicholas Kirimi CV 2| Page ▪ ▪ Scaled up the choice for change project deliverable on contraceptive access and uptake for the youth and adolescents from an average 300 youth and adolescents to over 1500 on monthly basis by close of the project program through outreaches and in reaches. Scaled up the demand creation for contraceptive services by community health volunteers through establishing facilitybased community and clinical teams and ensuring effective documentation of contraceptive referrals for the youth and adolescents. National Council of Churches of Kenya Reproductive Health /HIV/AIDS Coordinator Dadaab refugee camp 6th December 2016- April 2017 • Planning and supervising reproductive health and HIV prevention activities in the refugee camp. • Supervising reproductive/ HIV AIDS prevention officers • Writing and preparing activity work plans, proposals and activity budgets. • Writing program reports as per the donor, requirements and collaborating with MOH and UNHCR • Coordinating referrals to health care providers within the camps and ensuring follow ups • Facilitating trainings and representing National council of churches of Kenya (NCCK) during interagency meetings National Council of Churches of Kenya Reproductive Health /HIV/AIDS prevention officer Dadaab refugee camp August 2014 —December 2016 ▪ Planning and coordinating Reproductive health and HIV/AIDS activities including health choices and protection of the key populations. ▪ Planning and supervising reproductive and HIV/AIDS prevention and linkage to care activities. ▪ Capacity building and supervision of RH community health workers and advocacy groups from the refugee community on issues related to HIV/AIDS, Family planning, Sexual and gender-based violence. ▪ Facilitating in the HIV and reproductive health needs assessment, mobilization, information, and health education. ▪ Planning, organizing, and participating in reproductive health and HIV/AIDS campaigns and marking of key celebrations per UNHCR calendar. ▪ Participating in designing and planning of work plans and budgets for various HIV prevention and reproductive health activities and preparing reports. ▪ Counseling, referrals, support, and best interest determination for key populations. ▪ Carrying out Reproductive Health Talks, Awareness Sessions and conducting Health Choices training to the adolescents and youths. ▪ Representing NCCK in technical fora and partnership meetings. Achievements ▪ Established an effective referral system for the Most at-risk population (MARPS) to access reproductive health and HIV services from the Health Service providers at the refugee operations in Dadaab. ▪ Recruited and capacity built a team of 8 community health staff to sensitize the refugee community on contraceptive services and established an elaborate referral for contraceptive services. Kerugoya County Hospital – Kerugoya April 2013- May 2014 Nursing officer ▪ Attend to patients in a prioritized, timely and effective manner across key hospital departments. i.e., Casualty, In-patient, outpatient, Psychiatric, Surgical, Intensive Care Unit, Obstetrical/Gynecologic & Pediatric departments. ▪ Planning and implementing individualized nursing care for patients in the various departments. ▪ Participating in health sensitization campaigns, i.e., HIV\AIDS, Nutrition, Immunization & Maternal-child Healthcare outreach programs to the Hospital community both internal and external-The Public, High Schools & Universities. ▪ Health promotion at the facility and community level through in-reaches to raise awareness on health services provided at the health facilities in the region. ▪ Act as a liaison between the hospital and agencies conducting various research program. ▪ Participate in the management of health services supervisory visits at the sub-county level towards improved service delivery to both out and in-patient care by identifying existing gaps. ▪ Writing of periodic reports for the departments and forwarding to hospital senior management staff review and approval prior to sharing with regulatory agencies. ▪ Health promotion activities in the community by conducting early screening of chronic ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, and cancers (cervical) and offering appropriate referral for further management. Nicholas Kirimi CV 3| Page ▪ ▪ Plan and organize nursing staff seminars and workshops towards their professional development & keeping abreast with emerging issues in the Kenyan nursing industry. Providing education and support to the patient and family REFERENCES 1. 2. 3. John Otieno Research Project Manager- Jacaranda Health- Davis Kamondo,- Ministry of Health, Kiambu County Government-, Eric Mundia Senior Policy Advisor Ipas Africa Alliance- Edward Ngoga, Quality of Care Manager, Ipas Africa Alliance,- Nicholas Kirimi CV 4| Page