Norah Kimwaga
Dar Es Salaam
Summary
Seeking challenging assignment and responsibility, with an opportunity for growth and career advancement. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Results-oriented professional bringing expertise in accounting, supply chain management, and marketing. Successful at overseeing all areas of daily operations and making effective policy decisions to positively impact business direction and bottom line profits.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager
TASHED
Dar Es Salaam
04.2022 - Current
- Led cross-functional teams to develop and implement program strategies.
- Coordinated project timelines and resource allocation for various initiatives.
- Established communication plans to keep stakeholders informed of progress.
- Developed project plans, identified risks, set objectives and monitored progress towards completion.
- Communicated regularly with external partners to ensure alignment of strategies and goals.
- Collaborated with teams across departments to develop effective strategies for executing programs.
- Contributed to corporate strategy initiatives management across teams through accountability, communication and reporting.
Station Manager
Total Gapco Oysterbay East
01.2023 - 05.2025
- Oversaw compliance with safety regulations and environmental standards.
- Managed daily operations and staff scheduling for fuel distribution.
- Coordinated training programs for new employees on operational procedures.
- Implemented inventory control measures to maintain optimal stock levels.
- Conducted regular equipment maintenance checks to ensure operational efficiency.
- Recruited, trained, supervised, evaluated, coached and disciplined staff members.
- Developed and implemented station policies and procedures to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
- Prepared monthly sales forecasts based on past trends and current market conditions.
Bulk Officer
HAM Import and Export LTD
11.2021 - 12.2023
- Overseeing daily operations, managing staff, ensure compliance with safety regulation, monitoring inventory and sales
- Manage finances such as budget analysis
- Maintain relationship with suppliers and vendors.
- Manage and supervise administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations.
- Establishe strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring support for program initiatives.
- Develope strategic plans, setting clear objectives and achievable milestones for the team.
- Manage cross-functional teams for successful project completion within deadlines and budgets.
- Drive successful product launches by coordinating with stakeholders, managing schedules, and mitigating risks.
- Improve cross-functional communication by establishing regular meetings and facilitating clear documentation.
- Develope comprehensive training materials to support onboarding new team members quickly and effectively.
- Successfully manage multiple simultaneous projects while adhering to strict deadlines for optimal progress tracking.
- Processing large cash transactions
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Maintain relationship with bulk cash clients' needs and wants
- Monitor cash level
Technical Officer
Family Planning, Health Promotion Tanzania (HDT)
09.2021 - 08.2022
- Preparing reports
- Work with other cashiers to ensure cash management flow.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems on RMNCAH and Family Planning
- Worked as a focal person for GFF Hub project
- Coordinate Reproductive Maternal and Newborn health activities under GFF HUB project
- Provide overall implementation of activities within the RMNCAH technical area including joint support supervision on MNCAH / RH
- Work closely with the network of health facilities and especially RMNCAH teams and related units to Supporting facilities to improve quality of service delivery by monitoring and tracking key indicators in RMNCAH
- Contributed to the dissemination of RMNCAH's One plan III's priority areas and ensure CSOs and stakeholders align with One plan III interventions
- Sustained positive changes in knowledge, competencies, attitudes and practices for improving quality of RMNCAH services.
- Took lead in the implementation of family planning related advocacy projects
- Support Program Manager - Advocacy to maintain and administer quarter, biannual, and annual project reports
- Support Program Manager - Advocacy to maintain, document, administer and project performance including quick wins, both internally and externally
- Assist Program Manager - Advocacy in designing, planning, and implementation of family planning advocacy strategies and campaigns for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
- Keep and maintain record of organizational reports, project reports, media coverage clippings and/or tapes for sharing and reference
- Take lead to identify key opportunities, platforms, avenues, and networks that are crucial in accelerating family planning advocacy
- Organize meetings, webinars, seminars, workshops, and training; including development of agenda, coordination of logistics, correspondences, speakers, press and invitee's itinerary as appropriate
- Actively participate and represent HDT in various networks and movements to share HDT's work particularly on Family Planning
- Consolidate and keep record of family planning data including those related to specific family planning advocacy projects
- Conduct regular (quarter and bi-annual) analysis to determine trends of performance across family planning related indicators nationally and in the regions of implementation
- Consolidate and keep up to date family planning related projects work plan and update implementation progress regularly
- Develop family planning advocacy - related projects updates, quick wins and break news for website and social media sharing
- Take the lead in organizing family planning advocacy related media outreach; arrange and safeguard all media contacts, press briefings, and interviews and respond to media inquiries quickly and effectively
- Establish and maintain effective relationship with journalists, editors, news reporters and keep them up to date on family planning related success stories
Advocacy and Monitoring Officer
Health PROMOTION Tanzania (HDT)
06.2020 - 08.2020
Administrative Officer
Graviton Particles LTD
01.2020 - 08.2020
Assistant Swahili Teacher
Rosmini Secondary School
04.2016 - 07.2016
Education
MBA - Corporate Management
Mzumbe University
Dar Es Salaam, TanzaniaBachelor Degree - Health Systems Management
Mzumbe University
Morogoro, TanzaniaCertificate in Advanced Secondary Education -
Rosmini Secondary School
Tanga, TanzaniaCertificate of Secondary Education Examination (CSEE) -
Marian Girls Secondary School
Bagamoyo, TanzaniaCertificate of Primary Education -
St. Joseph Primary School
Mkuu, TanzaniaSkills
- Program management
- Project planning
- Risk assessment
- Resource allocation
- Compliance management
- Operational efficiency
- Staff training
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Time management
- Strategic thinking
Accomplishments
- Achieved response letter from world bank on debt relief for health by introducing social media campaign on 'debt relief for health' for resilient health systems as campaign monitor.
- Mobilized Youth leaders for health on debt relief for health campaign.
- Knowledgeable with Human Centered Design through training.
- Being a young-female administrative HR at Graviton Particles LTD company.
- Focal person for family planning project under JHU 'Advanced Family planning' by completing project implementation with accuracy and efficiency, leading to an extension of the project for one year in 2022.
- Documented and resolved equity issues on family planning leading to development and diffusion paper on uncovering the hidden need for family planning in Tanzania.
- Collaborated with partners in GFF WE WANT campaign to improve RMNCAH services including FP.
- Trained and capacitated CSOs and RHMTs and CHMTs on effective approaches to attain advocacy wins through AFP SMART advocacy approach.
- Developed and wrote policy briefs and presentations on family planning and GFF-RMNCAH achievements.
- Participated in developing decision-making pathway and its dissemination to FP stakeholders.
- Wrote a case study on 'PATH TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY: A CASE STUDY OF HEALTH PROMOTION TANZANIA (HDT)' that contributed to being rewarded with MBA-CM at Mzumbe University.
References
- Lightness Charles, Manager, Advocacy and Monitoring Officer, Health Promotion Tanzania (HDT), +255653 677 337, advocacy@hdt.or.tz, 65147, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- James Mlali, Advocacy Technical Manager, Advance Family Planning (AFP), Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP-TZ), +255 784 164 710, jmlali1@jhu.edu, Plot 1486 Off Mwaya Street, Msasani Peninsular, 105303, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Dr. Andrew Mushi, Case Study Supervisor, Mzumbe University, +255788 000 025, amushi@mzumbe.ac.tz, 20266, Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/08/95
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: Tanzanian
- Religion: Christian
- Place of Birth: Dar es Salaam
Languages
- English
- Swahili, Native
- English, Proficient
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Station Manager
Total Gapco Oysterbay East
01.2023 - 05.2025
Program Manager
TASHED
04.2022 - Current
Bulk Officer
HAM Import and Export LTD
11.2021 - 12.2023
Technical Officer
Family Planning, Health Promotion Tanzania (HDT)
09.2021 - 08.2022
Advocacy and Monitoring Officer
Health PROMOTION Tanzania (HDT)
06.2020 - 08.2020
Administrative Officer
Graviton Particles LTD
01.2020 - 08.2020
Assistant Swahili Teacher
Rosmini Secondary School
04.2016 - 07.2016
MBA - Corporate Management
Mzumbe University
Bachelor Degree - Health Systems Management
Mzumbe University
Certificate in Advanced Secondary Education -
Rosmini Secondary School
Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (CSEE) -
Marian Girls Secondary School
Certificate of Primary Education -
St. Joseph Primary School