Valerie

CURRICULUM VITAE VALERIE ANGELA NEKESA PROJECT OFFICER Bachelors in Journalism & Mass Communication / Diploma in Public Relations & Creative Advertisement +6 Years’ Experience Telephone: - Email:-CAREER AND PERSONAL OBJECTIVE Highly resourceful and accomplished Project Officer with 6+ years’ extended record of success managing human rights and gender projects that exceed productivity goals in multicultural corporate environments. Possesses an aggressive approach in identifying and resolving inefficient operational practices, as well as a solid ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships with all stakeholders. Offering an array of skills in Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Budgeting, Project Needs Assessment, Process Improvement, Resource Mobilization, Operations Management and Records Management among others. Seeking a senior position within a dynamic organization that strongly believes in developing their teams and their careers from within. SKILLS AND COMPETENCE Personal Skills and Attributes  Strong Leadership and Management skills.  Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.  Proficient in Microsoft Office suite: excellent knowledge of MS Word, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Databases, Spreadsheets and the Internet.  Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.  Excellent research skills.  Ability to pay attention to detail and report accurately and timely.  Ability to work independently and think innovatively.  Exceptionally organized and resourceful.  Fluent in spoken and written English & Swahili  Strong analytical, qualitative and quantitative skills.  Team player with an excellent work ethic. Areas of Expertise  Strategic Planning  Staff Management  Relationship Management  Data Management  Data Analysis  Tool Development  System Assessment  Report Writing WORK EXPERIENCE Jun 2020 - To Date: Equality Now Position: Project Officer Duties:  As the project officer my role is to work towards stopping and ending Sexual Gender Based Violence in Busia County.  This I do through advocacy and lobbying for human rights especially women and girls who are victims of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV).  I have also managed to contact relevant stakeholders and managed to form a Gender Task Force in Busia which came up with the Busia zero draft policy on gender based violence.  Developing weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual work plans and monitoring their timely execution.  Resource mobilization including proposal writing.  Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual narrative and financial reports (in consultation with the project accountant) on the project’s progress.  Developing and dissemination of project monitoring tools to monitor project’s progress.  Organize for workshops, seminars and conferences. Apr 2018 - Apr 2020: Mwendo Position: Monitoring Evaluation Accountability & Learning Officer Duties:  As the MEAL officer my duties included monitoring of all the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and their households and ensuring that they receive all the bench marks needed i.e. Safe, Stable, Schooled and Healthy by receiving different interventions from the project and eventually graduating from the project as stable households that can sustain themselves.  Ensured that accurate data was collected and entered into the Child Information Management System (CPIMS) by the data assistants whom I directly supervised. In addition to this I ensured data cleaning of all data in the system and maintained the physical files of the Orphans and Vulnerable Children case files at the office.  Ensured design and roll out of standardized forms and tools for collection of relevant data. I ensured compliance of the organization with donor policies, procedures and standards.  Prepared timely monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports were well written and were submitted on time to the donor. Sep 2016 - Jun 2017: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Position: Part Time Lecturer Duties:  As a lecturer, my duties included lesson planning, preparation and research.  Setting of Continuous Assessment Tests (CATs) and examinations and marking them Jan 2017 - Mar 2018: Duties: Equality Now Position: Project Officer     Organized scope of work, schedules and assignments for the entire team. Identified the very vulnerable girls in the schools we worked with and ensured that they received sanitary packs, school fees, school levies and scholastic material to support their education. Organized for coaches and mentors to visit schools and offer mentorship talks to the girls. Evaluated and solved technical problems affecting project deliverables. Gathered and organized supporting materials for meetings and project updates. Monitored deadlines and milestones to keep team on track with project schedule. Developed and deepened relationships with beneficiaries key stakeholders. OTHER SIGNIFICANT JOB ROLES Jan 2016 - Dec 206: ICS Position: Project Officer May 2014 - Dec 2015: Orphans and Vulnerable Children Position: Desk Person EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND-: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Bachelor in Journalism & Mass Communication 2009 - 2011: Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Diploma in Public Relations and Creative Advertisement 2016 - 2020: Global Health e-Learning Center Certificate in US Abortion and FP Requirements PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS      Case Management Training of Trainers. (2018) Quality Improvement Training of Trainers. (2016) Positive Parenting. ( 2015) Prevention with Positives. (2015) Peer Education. (2012 – 2013) REFEREES Available on request