Elimu Scholarship Regional Coordinator

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JANE AUMA MBOYA

BOX 305**-***** NAIROBI

+***(0)726550002 *************@*****.***

Master of Business Administration/ Bachelor of Arts - Economics & Business Studies 20Years’ Experience

An experienced grass root coordinator with ability to work with the disadvantaged group in society easily eliciting confidence and building rapport; with proven ability to gain people’s confidence and trust; hard worker, quick learner, and ability to assume responsibility. I have effectively handled major tasks including overseeing scholarship project development and introduction, organizing and performing interviews to determine the most deserving candidates, ranking and arranging for home visits, mentorship and flagging off of beneficiaries. PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Dependable – Committed to achieving organizational goals with minimal supervision;

Curious – Intellectually open minded, adaptive and creative;

Committed- Commitment to learning, achieving strategic objectives and to customers. KEY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills with outstanding communication abilities;

Confident negotiator and able to establish long term relations;

High competence in project management and ability to effectively manage multiple projects, timeliness, and relationships;

Solid knowledge of performance reporting and financial/ budgeting processes;

Commercial awareness partnered with strategic mindset;

Great liaison, coordination, organizational and planning skills;

Great exposure and experience in performance management;

Ability to work independently and exercise initiative and sound judgment;

Considerable qualification and experience in Microsoft Office Suit. CORE COMPETENCIES

Strategy formulation and execution Client Relations Resilience Event Management Corporate Communication Stakeholder Management Tender/Bid documentation\ Project Management\ Advocacy\ Crisis Management.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Nairobi County Elimu Scholarship Regional Coordinator\ JKF 2023 – Present Reporting to the Program Manager in charge of JKF Elimu Scholarship and responsible for overseeing the scholarship selection process in the 11 sub counties of Nairobi City. Key Contributions & Results:

Coordinate branding and promotion of Company activities

Overseeing the distribution of scholarship advert to reach all target stakeholders 2

Coordinate selection process in all the sub counties

Build and maintain good relationship with key stakeholders

Motivate and maintain cohesive teams to ensure smooth running of the project

Coordinate the acquisition/procurement and distribution of requirements or materials to beneficiaries

Provide support to the county coordinators to facilitate their duties

Coordinate the reporting and redress of grievances using the developed Grievance Redress Mechanism

(GRM)

Oversee monitoring and mentorship programs

Monitor team performance and providing regular performance review reports

Budget and account for resources allocated for regional programs

Coordinate budgeting and accounting for funds allocated in the region

Coordinate development and maintenance of alumni data base and communication strategy Key Achievement:

Organized and oversaw the selection of 730 bright and needy learners from the eleven Nairobi sun counties into the scholarship program of 2024

County Scholarship Coordinator\ JKF\ 2022- Present Reporting to the Program Manager in charge of JKF Elimu Scholarship and responsible for organizing scholarship selection, interview and award project within Homa Bay County. Key contributions & Results

Ensuring that the scholarship advert reaches all targeted stakeholders;

Distributing application forms to sub-county education offices and supervising recording and collection of filled forms;

Facilitating dispatch of filled in forms to the interview centers;

Coordinating shortlisting of applicants at the Sub-County;

Coordinate home visits and keep records of the same including images;

Collecting and collating basic information on selected beneficiaries during interview;

Coordinating flag off and collection of students’ kits;

Act as a liaison person with the JKF Procurement to source quotations for identified items;

Participating in the grievance redress structure at the County, Sub-County, Village & School levels;

Coordinating school visits with gender champion for students’ welfare;

Organizing mentorship sessions with beneficiaries;

Overseeing the collection and dispatch of school communication such as fee statements and report forms.

Key Achievement:

Together with the Equity Group Foundation I was involved in the onboarding of 250 bright and needy learners into the Scholarship program in 2023.

Senior Sales & Marketing Officer\ Jomo Kenyatta Foundation\ 2012 – 2022 Reporting to the General Manager, Sales & Marketing and responsible for assisting in formulating, directing and coordinating sales and marketing activities and policies with the aim of providing ready market for company products.

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Key contributions & Results:

Assisting in developing and implementation of the strategic marketing and sales plans and forecasts to achieve corporate objectives for products and services;

Establishing distribution networks and developing distribution strategies; negotiating contracts with partners, clients and distributors to manage product distribution;

Undertaking continuous analysis of competitive environment and consumer trends;

Maintain and continuously review marketing strategies regarding book distribution to meet agreed company objectives;

Dealing with customer issues regarding products/services, in liaison with the various departments and any other business associated with trade;

Undertaking business diagnosis to identify gaps and opportunities in the management of book business;

Reviewing dormant accounts and coming up with strategies of reviving them;

Submitting business performance reports to the management and providing turnaround inputs;

Establishing and maintaining relationships with customers and key strategic partners; Key Achievements:

Proposed an implemented a new strategy of product bundling that was adopted by management and generated 14% of sales in 2020/21;

Appointed ISO 9001:2015 Team Leader in charge of Sales & Marketing. Marketing Officer \ Jomo Kenyatta Foundation\ 2009-2012 Reported to the Manager, Sales & Marketing and was responsible for directing and coordinating sales and marketing activities at the distribution center with the aim of increasing revenue. Key Contributions & Results:

Developed and implemented sales and marketing strategies that promoted and sustained customer relations, improved service delivery and customer satisfaction, hence revenue;

Accomplished sales and marketing objectives by planning, developing, implementing and evaluating marketing activities;

Established distribution networks, developed distribution strategies, negotiated contracts with partners; clients and distributors to manage product distribution;

Managed the sales and marketing team through setting performance standard and motivating the team to achieve high productivity through training and development; reward and recognition schemes;

Established and maintained customer database and applied retention strategies. Key Achievements:

Successfully marketed JKF books in Rwanda in the year 2009/10 with Rwanda sales contributing 20% of JKF revenue in 2010;

Successfully partnered with Queens Bookshop of South Sudan leading to sales of 15 million in the year 2011.

Sales Manager\ Pan Africa Air Ltd\ Mar 2009 – July 2009 Reported to the Head of Sales & Marketing and was responsible for revenue generation through developing plans and strategies that ensured increase in revenue as well as attainment of company’s sales goals and profitability.

Key Contributions & Results:

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Created new income streams through service expansion;

Ensured that the team achieved set target by giving necessary support;

Developed and guided the execution of an operational plan in the areas of communication and brand visibility;

Established and maintained good business relations with travel agents for continued loyalty and business;

Conducted market research, analyzed and monitored competitor activities and consumer ratings through questionnaires.

Key Achievements:

Increased overall airline carrying capacity from an average of 65 to 90% during the period

Increased overall revenue from Kshs 78m to 108m per plane during the period. Retail Branch Coordinator\ Celtel Kenya Ltd\ 2005- 2007 I reported to the Sales & Marketing Manager and was responsible for managing the branch in terms of sales and customer service operations.

Key Contributions & Results:

Direct supervision of sales, distribution, customer service and marketing officers and responsible for twelve other staff;

Drove brand volumes through continuous analysis of sales performance and co-ordination of all sales activities and projects that ensured desired results;

Developed and implemented special sales activities in retail outlets to help pull products through chain;

Developed and implemented sales incentive schemes for sales force and distributors;

Established and maintained good business relations with customers for continued loyalty and business. Key Achievement:

Helped the Company rebrand the postpaid product line with the re-branded postpaid growing from 4% to 20 % of the total output by 2006/2007

Senior Sales Executive\ Celtel Kenya Ltd\ 2002-2005

Prepared action plans and schedules to identify potential customers while projecting number of contacts to be made and follow up of new leads;

Made tremendous volumes of sales of both prepaid and postpaid offers;

Prepared presentations of the various services and demonstrated offers to clients

Proposed, developed and implemented special sales activities such as merchandising and market storm. Key Achievement:

Awarded the best Sale Executive for two consecutive years OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

Appointed Trade Fair judge by MSK during the Annual ASK Nairobi International Show and MSK awards in 2008

In a Committee of five staff, helped establish Jomo Kenyatta Foundation Welfare Association in 2012 ACADEMICS & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

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Qualification College/School Area of Study Year

MBA University of Nairobi Strategic Management 2011-2013 Bachelor of Arts Kenyatta University Economics & Business (2 nd

Upper) 1993-1998

Diploma Marketing Society of Kenya Practitioners Diploma 2008 KCSE Nakuru Day Secondary KCSE B- 1989-1992

Other Trainings:

ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor training (Bureau Veritas)

Quality Management Systems Internal Audit course (Bureau Veritas)

Process Monitoring & Evaluation ( Bureau Veritas)

Training of Trainers in Managing Training Function ( Kenya School of Government)

Finance for Non Finance Managers ( Finance Academy & Technologies)

Human Resource for Non HR Managers ( Institute for Human Resource Management)

Credit Management Seminar ( Kenya School of Credit Management) MEMBERSHIP: Marketing Society of Kenya MSK- Member No. M1640 MSK REFERENCES

Mr. Michael Ogillo- General Manager, Sales & Marketing, Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, P.O Box 305**-***** Nairobi, Tel. 072*******, *******@***.**.**

Dr. Lydiah Mwai – Lecturer & Head of Marketing, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, P.O Box 55005- 00200 Nairobi, Tel.072*******, **********@*****.*** Lois Mbugua – Proprietor Loiswell Academy, P.O Box 662**-***** Nairobi, Tel 073*******, **********@*****.***

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