Hello! I'm Joy
I possess 8+ years’ work experience in the Non-governmental and private ICT sector world involving mentorship and empowerment, impact tracking and reporting, mobilizing partners and resources and project management. I am, therefore, seeking to combine my academic achievements and the diverse working experience I have amassed over 8+ years to contribute to the success of your project.
Joy Atieno Otieno
Digital Activist/ Project Management Specialist/ Certified #IamRemarkable Facilitator
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Kisumu, Kenya
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Date of Birth:
September 18th
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EXPERIENCE
APRIL 2022 – PRESENT
PROGRAM AND OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
THE ROOM ALX-AFRICA
AFRICAN LEADERSHIP GROUP
My role involves the design and implementation of magical and transformative community experiences that augment and compliment the learning experiences of our beneficiaries from across the African continent thereby accelerating their employment journeys:
1. Collaborated with a team of 13 in delivering transformative learning and community experiences that accelerate young Africans’ employment journeys.
2. Within 8 months, we have trained over 40,000 virtual assistants that are now ready for the job market and we have launched the call for the third cohort that begins in Mid-August 2022.
3. We achieved: 83% CSAT score, 91 Net Promoter Score, 67% completion rate and linked thousands to dignified work opportunities; evidence of creating impact on our mission to develop 3 million ethical and entrepreneurial leaders by 2030.
MARCH 2021 – JAN 2022
PARTNERSHIPS AND PRODUCTION COORDINATOR- PROJECT OAH-X
INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE (Ethical Fashion Initiative)
My role involves overseeing the implementation of the entire Project X by ensuring effective skilling and mentoring of young African creatives, artisans and designers in the fields of fashion, music and modeling. I offer my expertise through the entire cycle of planning to execution by ensuring all events run according to schedule i.e. recruitment of participants, identification of jurors and incubation centers. The roles include:
1. Conduct market mapping surveys to identify potential partners that EFI can collaborate with in implementing the project.
2. Serve as chief liaison between EFI and suppliers/service providers i.e. live broadcaster, TV stations, contestants, incubation centers etc.
3. Support PR efforts to promote the EFI projects i.e. podcasts and creatives competition in 4 selected countries in Africa by coordinating the involvement of EFI Partners and Media;
4. Support the implementation of EFI projects in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana; Manage and monitor the marketing plan implementation of EFI Partners and Media.
5. Put together monthly and quarterly reports with updates on the status and progress of the project as well share learning points for best practices
MARCH 2019 – MAY 2021
GOOGLE DIGITAL SKILLS for AFRICA UGANDA LEAD
AFRICA 118
My role involves actively seeking out institutions and like-minded organizations where we can roll out the 3-hour digital skills learning clinics that are sponsored by google demonstrating how people can leverage google platforms to achieve their goals. I manage a team of 30 trainers as well as several collaborating institutions. In the last eight months together with a team of 20 facilitators we have trained and empowered 24, 000 youths across Uganda and forged concrete work partnerships with USSIA (Uganda Small Scale Industries’ Association), UWEAL (Uganda Women Entrepreneurs’ Association Limited) and UEPB (Uganda Export Promotion Board)
NOV 2019 – MAY 2020
UPSKILL TEAM LEAD
THE INNOVATION VILLAGE
I lead a team of 10 at Uganda's largest innovation hub. My role involved design of youth-centered skilling and mentorship programs with a bias for 70% female participation under the Young Africa Works initiative by MasterCard Foundation. I further actively sought out new partnerships both at community level and funding level to enable the program reach more youths and especially young women in helping them become more employable by closing their skills gap. I managed to role the program to reach over 2188 youths out of which over 1500 were women within 6 months and linked a further 343 to work opportunities. The role required a lot of timely and accurate reporting to all stakeholders, a role which I played well almost to perfection. I further found and initiated new ways of discovering the most needy youths especially young women within the communities. I was the brains behind #CodeQueen, a women-only web development masterclass in collaboration with Educating The Children
DEC 2016 – NOV 2018
GOOGLE DIGITAL SKILLS for AFRICA KISUMU PROJECT OFFICER
AFRICA 118
My role as the Project Lead for Kisumu County involved managing and supervising a team of 15 colleagues. I also actively sought institutions and partnerships with various local government stakeholders where we train Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on digital marketing using Google tools such as Adwords, search engine marketing and website creation. I have managed to roll out the program to reach 14,311 youths within 2 years that have been empowered with digital skills such as online search engine marketing and website creation.
APR 2017 – AUG 2017
BUSINESS MENTORSHIP CONSULTANT
G.I.Z EnDEV and WORLD VISION
In April, I trained rocket stove builders and solar lamps vendors in the Lake Victoria Cluster on behalf of G.I.Z on effective marketing and budgetary practices to help grow their businesses using the Business Model Canvas principle. There was a considerable improvement in sales figures in the months of June and July following the trainings. Following this successful engagement, the cluster management seconded me to World Vision Lambwe Valley for a similar training in August for their participants that build modern kisasa energy saving jikos
JAN 2016 – DEC 2016
PROGRAM FACILITATOR
DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST, (D.O.T)
My role involves forging lasting cooperation with youth empowerment stakeholders in rolling out socioeconomic skills empowerment program that would equip youths to set up successful lean startups. The program encourages budding entrepreneurs to start small and either succeeds fast or fails fast, fail small and learn fast. By combining digital literacy and socioeconomic empowerment, I have realized an over 50% success rate where participants have setup thriving businesses through extensive coaching and mentorship sessions.
JAN- AUGUST 2015
ACTUARIAL ASSOCIATE
DELOITTE EAST AFRICA (NAIROBI)
Working in the Actuarial and Insurance department, I was exposed to intense pressure to which I adapted and consequently delivered quality and timely work. Formulating economic capital models involved extensive use of various data collection tools such as Excel and programming languages such as VBA
EDUCATION
AUG 2011-AUG 2015
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE WITH IT
MASENO UNIVERSITY (Second Class Honors)
Subjects taught include:
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financial economics
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Quantitative analysis
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Demographic analysis
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investment and asset management
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system and data analysis and design
JAN 2006-NOV 2009
High School Diploma
LUGULU GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education graduating with an A- of (80 points), a very high score in Kenya's KCSE
CLIENTS
SKILLS
Microsoft ExCel - Advanced
Project Management
Strategic Planning
Communication/ Public Speaking
G-Suite - Advanced
Leadership - Supervisory Skills
Digital/ Innovation management
Budgeting/ Financial Accounting
EXPERTISE
CERTIFIED #IamRemarkable FACILITATOR
#IamRemarkable is a Google initiative empowering women and underrepresented groups to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond. The training helps improve the self promotion motivation and skills of women and underrepresented groups by challenging the social perception around self promotion:
CERTIFIED GOOGLE DIGITAL SKILLS for AFRICA (GDSA) FACILITATOR.
GDSA helps individual grow their careers or business at their own pace, with flexible and personalized training courses designed to build their confidence and help them thrive to:
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Discover tools to make your business succeed
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Improve your interview skills
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Prepare for the career you want
GENDER INCLUSION SPECIALIST
An expert at championing for equitable distribution of resources for a balanced empowerment of women without leaving mean behind. I have earned the endorsement of WomenTech Network (https://www.womentech.net/) and Africa Women in Tech (https://www.africanwomenintech.com/) as a an ambassador for gender inclusion
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA INTERVIEWS
July 2020 Female Tech Leaders Magazine
In this article and as a mentor, I shared tidbits with mentees in the Boundless Minds program challenging them to strive for excellence as they get ready for work
MY IKIGAI
I had the amazing opportunity to share with ALX Africa about discovering my ikigai Read about it here.
THE FUTURE OF WORK
I sat down with Ambassador Damali Ssali for a conversation on how SMEs can leverage on technology to grow. Listen in here.