Viola Kazira
--P.O Box 9887, Nairobi, 00200
PROJECT MANAGER
ABOUT ME
Programme Management Specialist with proven ability to plan, implement, and manage
projects. Competent team leader. Reputa on for being extremely organized and
successful in spearheading project and mo va ng team coopera on.
WORK EXPERIENCE
LINKS
LinkedIn:
h ps://www.linkedin.com/in/viola
-kazira-22647a36/
Professional and Life Skills Consultant - Dadaab
Interna onal Trade Centre / Nairobi - Dadaab / Feb 2021 - Present
▪ Evaluate requirements of the freelancers within the project with regard to life skills.
▪ Receive feedback from the par cipants and provide feedback to the mentorship
coordinator.
▪ Assessment of available mentorship training content and aiding in organiza on of
professional and life skills mentorship ac vi es.
▪ Conduct in person life skills trainings and offer one on one mentorship support to the
freelancers within the project.
▪ Be an ac ve listener and provide mentorship support to par cipants to strengthen their
compe veness in gig economy.
▪ Write project reports on the mentorship ac vi es conducted, in accordance with
guidelines provided.
▪ Receive feedback from the par cipants and provide feedback to the mentorship
coordinator to aid in custom making future mentorship ac vii es.
Quality Assurance Specialist
Vision Path / Remote / Jan 2017 - Present
▪ Inves gated opera ng parameters by conduc ng load tests on systems.
▪ Collaborated with owners and developers of systems used in company's opera ons to
understand features and func ons intended for end-users.
▪ Completed consistent manual tests of test cases and updated results.
▪ Recorded defects in the use of [So ware] and assisted developers to perform further
tes ng and find resolu ons.
Assistant Project Manager - Child Protec on
Kenya Good Neighbours / Nairobi / Jan 2011 - Dec 2014
▪ Developed and implemented project plans as per s pulated melines
▪ Conducted monitoring, and collated lessons learnt, to evaluate the success of the
project.
▪ Completed projects annually and consistently met deadlines and budget constraints.
▪ Iden fied and solved project issues and escalated complex issues to supervisor for
remedia on.
▪ Prepared monthly/quartely reports, and records on project ac vi es on a mely basis.
SKILLS
Project Report Wri ng
Project Management
Quality Assurance
▪ Increased staffing and resources when needed to meet deadlines of projects.
▪ Collaborated with project personnel to determine problems and resolve issues quickly
and efficiently.
▪ Conducted complete risk assessments and implemented response strategies to
eliminate the possibility of roadblocks.
▪ Analyzed cost benefits and ROI and created strategic plans outlining the feasibility of
company projects.
▪ Monitored project from incep on to meet project's meline for construc on and
budget.
▪ Supervised schedules of projects and managed resources needed according to
specifica ons given by stakeholders and owners.
Analy cal
Research
E D U C AT I O N
Communica on
Bachelor of Science
Training
Moi University / Eldoret / 2010
▪ Bachelors
MS Office
▪ Related Coursework
▪ With Honors
Mentorship
Time Managment
Networking
LANGUAGES
English
Swahili
French
REFERENCES
Halkano Boru Jillo
Interna onal Trade Centre--
Ms Judith Nyayiega
Kenya Good Neighbours--
Prof James Njiru
Kenya Marine and Research
Ins tute--
DRIVING LICENSE
Driving license category
Full
