Talented professional considered knowledgeable leader and dedicated problem solver. Brings over 15 years of valuable expertise to different programs including education, environment, women and youth empowerment towards organizational objectives. Attentive to detail with experience in designing, coordinating and monitoring projects, programs and document learnings for improvements and change.
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CAROLINE KINASHA
Program Analyst
Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region,02
Summary
Overview
20
years of professional experience
46
years of post-secondary education
Work History
CAMFED Tanzania
Program Manager - Education
12.2013 - 05.2024
Job overview
- Designed education support, women and youth empowerment programs including of climate smart, life skills and enterprise.
- Worked closely with partners, local government, education network umbrella and ministries to push agenda of education especially for vulnerable children to inform education system change
- Worked with complex donor settings, cultural background, government and communities
- Strategic thinking and developed detailed plans based on broad guidance and direction from investment proposal and plan
- Engaged in 10 regions and worked alongside cross-functional stakeholders to manage strategic initiatives in supporting invisible marginalized girls and women.
- Leveraged data and analytics to make informed decision making approaches, inform strategy development and drive program improvements.
- Streamlined communication channels to facilitate efficient students support and collaboration among team members and stakeholders.
- Provided technical leadership on development of proposals in relation to education improvement towards system change and young women empowerment and coordinate with stakeholders to receive their inputs on proposal development
- Managed multi funding donor portfolio and program that improve education, community and empower women in economic sector in Tanzania
- Successfully managed more than 13billion budgets per year in education and allocated resources to maximize investment to ground
- Communicate and share live testimonies from beneficiaries how organization investment in education has changed lives of children living in marginalized environment
- Monitored closely project implementation vs budget allocated and progress towards indicators as per donor requirement
- Developed and submitted projects’ donor reports timely including documenting case studies and best practices
- Supported and ensured implementation of Child protection policy at school level, community, and every individual working to support welfare of children and their safeguarding by ensuring every child is educated, protected, respected, and valued, and grows up to turn tide of poverty
- Participated in different policy/by laws forum reviews, including review of Maputo protocol, child protection and labor, gender forums, education sector reviews
- Built capacity to over 380 Wards communities awareness to new changes on national guidelines and policies under education for example free education, re entry guideline and child protection.
- Evaluated over 15 employees performance and conveyed contractive feedback for reaching milestones and improve development individual plans
- Run education programs in Tanzania to 493 secondary schools and 365 primary schools by looking at national priorities, gaps, and donor requirements, deep in community mobilization and economic empowerment activities.
- Provided program management expertise in practices and execution
CAMFED Tanzania
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
01.2013 - 11.2013
Job overview
- Designed and created comprehensive tools for monitoring and collect informative data regarding programs to inform design and improvement
- Built capacity to resource team on data collection, analyze data and share with programs for supporting design and improvement in implementation
- Disseminated data obtained from survey and research conducted in philanthropy, life skills and business.
- Enhanced data quality in over 80,000 marginalized students and 50,000 young women by implementing rigorous monitoring.
- Developed CAMFED Tanzania monitoring and learning framework
- Appropriate use of database including Salesforce, Google cloud and ODK
- Tracked and updated Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
- Conducted regular site visits, ensuring accurate data collection and timely reporting.
- Established culture of continuous learning by promoting critical reflection on project successes and challenges.
- Collaborated with 33 District councils to develop innovative solutions for addressing identified gaps in supporting marginalized children
- Provided relevant training to staff members on effective data management techniques and develop innovative solutions.
- Integrated lessons learned from appropriate previous education, leadership and business projects into future planning efforts, fostered environment of continual growth and adaptation.
- Advised senior management on strategies for improving program effectiveness based on evaluation results from surveys, monitoring and research conducted.
Jane Goodall Institute
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
05.2011 - 12.2012
Job overview
- Provided analytical thinking on climate and environmental conservation programs
- Management of Project Management plans (PMP)
- Integrated lessons learned from previous projects into future planning efforts, fostering environment of continual growth and adaptation.
- Reviewed existing monitoring systems, identifying areas for improvement and optimization.
- Conducted regular site visits, ensuring accurate data collection and timely reporting to 78 villages in Kigoma rural.
- Communicated key findings to decision-makers, influencing strategic direction based on evidence-based analysis.
- Supported design of program interventions, informed by data-driven insights.
- Provided relevant training to staff members on effective data management techniques.
- Conduct survey and assessment and analyzes data and disseminate to stakeholders and local government officials to integrate into district planning
- Supported development of donor proposals and concept notes that address conservation and community relationship
- Report writing and updating Key Performance Indicator
- Capacity building to project staff on use of tools, committed to values of organization and ensuring they reach to expectations.
- Contributed to project planning efforts with focus on realistic objectives and achievable targets.
CAMFED Tanzania
District Coordinator
08.2008 - 05.2010
Job overview
- Coordinated young women and co designed projects for economic empowerment
- Worked collaboratively with District Community Development Officer to support young women with training and link them with government opportunities
- Mapped and forged partnership with 5 institutions that provide financial literacy, business and leadership training
- Established 150 business hub for young women network of alumni
- Built relationship with stakeholders and partners to collaborate with boosting up young women project
- Coordinated projects under multi donors including USAID, UKAID, WISE Philanthropists, KING Philanthropist, HDIF, GEC, Yahoo, Master Card and Well Spring.
- Profiled and wrote cases study for champions young women in business and scholars in schools and universities supported to school under program
- Forged social and gender transformation and women's empowerment through different gender forum.
- Enhanced district programs by implementing strategic initiatives and coordinating with stakeholders.
- Coordinated district-wide events with young women and entrepreneur exhibition activities, fostering a sense of unity, empowerment and economic growth .
Ministry For Energy And MineralsDar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Intern Policy and Planning Officer
07.2006 - 07.2008
Job overview
- policy, guideline, circular, plans and budgets at ministerial level before being presented at parliament.
- Participated in budReviewedgeting process and provide responses during parliamentary sessions.
- Participated different ministerial meetings including climate change workshops and meetings to gain knowledge.
- Strengthened networking into different department that work with ministry.
- Prepared comprehensive reports summarizing data analysis findings, informing key decision-makers of important trends and patterns.
- Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations.
- Provided reporting for forecast analysis and ad-hoc reporting in support of decision-making.
- Analyzed problems and worked with teams to develop solutions.
- Actively participated in team meetings, offering insightful suggestions that led to innovative problem-solving strategies.
Restless Development
Program Volunteer
01.2004 - 08.2004
Job overview
- Organized community and school events on self esteem, health and entrepreneurship skills to 5 secondary and 15 primary schools
- Evaluated participant feedback and made recommendations for future improvements, enhancing overall project design and execution
- Educated young people about strategies for driving discussions and promoting social changes including reproductive health information.
- Supported more than 800 clients through development of new life skills, obtaining resources and transitioning back to society.
- Represented organization positively and professionally while conducting community mobilization and awareness on health information including HIV/AIDS pandemic
- Established positive relationships with local community members in 15 villages by participating in outreach initiatives aimed at increasing sexual reproductive awareness and self esteem.
Education
Mzumbe UniversityDar Es Salaam
MBA from Corporate Management
08.2011 - 12.2024
University Overview
Institute of Finance ManagementDar Es Salaam
Postgraduate Diploma from Human Resources Management
08.2009 - 11.2024
University Overview
Institute of Rural DevelopmentDodoma, Tanzania
High School Diploma
09.2007 - 09.2024
University Overview
Skills
Analytical Skills
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Consultancy
CAMFED Tanzania, P O BOX 33835, Dar es Salaam, 6 months, Support the entry to CAMFED Kenya expansion., Design the education support programs in Kenya., Collaborate with other regional team members to co create the programs in collaboration with government of Kenya., Explore entry points and map the system structures including government institutions that are working in the country and how to embed the programs and shape for future system change., Develop strategies and approaches to support the vision and mission of the organization., Forge partnership with Ministry for Education and schools and agree on the design and collaboration on implementing programs., Conduct community meetings and collaboration entries., Organizational set ups including registration process, procurement of law firm, identify board members and entry points., Design learning and engagement framework., Build capacity and draw experience from CAMFED consortium countries including Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Ghana on how programs are performed., Develop terms of reference for committees identified and work together to co create the programs in Kenya., Roll out implementation of education program and young women empowerment in the country.Given Name
Given Name
CAROLINE Hosiana KINASHAHome Address
Home Address
31207, DAR ES SALAAM, KINONDONISocial Media
Social Media
X, LinkedIn and FacebookEducation And Training
Education And Training
- 12/01/11, MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Corporate Management), Mzumbe University, Tanzania
- 11/01/09, Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, Institute of Finance Management (IFM), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
- 11/01/07, Advanced Diploma in Environmental Planning, Institute of Rural Development Planning, Dodoma, Tanzania
- 06/01/03, High School at JJ Mungai Secondary School (Major in History, Geography and Language)
- 11/01/00, Secondary School at Iringa Girls School (4 Years)- Major in Science subject
- 01/01/04 - 08/01/04, Peer Educator on the field of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- 06/01/06 - 09/01/06, College Field Practical Training at Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania
- 06/01/08 - 09/01/08, College Field Practical Training at Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Tanzania
- 11/01/20, Leadership Essential Training, by The John Maxwell team
- 10/01/20 - 02/01/23, First AID Training by Occupational Safety and Health Authority (OSHA)
Personal Information
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/11/82
- Nationality: TANZANIAN
References
References
upon requestTimeline
Program Manager - Education
CAMFED Tanzania
12.2013 - 05.2024
Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
CAMFED Tanzania
01.2013 - 11.2013
Mzumbe University
MBA from Corporate Management
08.2011 - 12.2024
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Jane Goodall Institute
05.2011 - 12.2012
Institute of Finance Management
Postgraduate Diploma from Human Resources Management
08.2009 - 11.2024
District Coordinator
CAMFED Tanzania
08.2008 - 05.2010
Institute of Rural Development
High School Diploma
09.2007 - 09.2024
Intern Policy and Planning Officer
Ministry For Energy And Minerals
07.2006 - 07.2008
Program Volunteer
Restless Development
01.2004 - 08.2004
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