Juma Kibisu

Experience

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  Kariki Limited

  Mar 2003 - Mar 2009

  Farm Manager

  -Created the entire infrastructure, brought together all resources that are required to run a farming business.-Conducted the business registration process, secured all the required permits.-Recruited personnel for the management of the Farm.-Direct supervisor to 5 members of the management team.-Managed a labor force of 360, implementing the best human resource management practices according to the labor laws.-Established operating procedures, rules and regulations that governed the management of the company,-Created and controlled the operations budgets -Monitored markets, liaised with the sales agents and ensured customers were satisfied.. Show less

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  Technoserve Rwanda

  Apr 2009 - Aug 2013

  Senior Business Adviser

  -Recruited and managed a team of 40 composed of 5 Agronomy business advisers and 35 farmer trainers. -Coached direct reports to develop their performance, personal skills and behavior.-Trained Business advisors in key technical skills including training of trainers.-Scheduled and directed the Implementation of the Agronomy training program,-Trained over 32,000 farmers between the years 2009 and 2013.-Planned and managed operations budgets.-Achieving the project goal; farmer yields increase by 62% while farm gate prices improved by 69%-Developed the procedure manual for identifying and recruiting beneficiaries into the farmer training program for Rwanda. -Established and maintained relationships with the industry stakeholders. Show less

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  Technoserve Rwanda

  Aug 2013 - Oct 2014

  Program manager- Coffee Farmer Field Schools

  A program funded by IFAD through the government of Rwanda and implemented by TechnoServe, with the objective of improving the incomes of 10,000 small holder farmers households through training and adoption of climate smart agronomy best practices.Achievements: Target number of households participating exceeded by 30%, with 39% female participants. Adoption of 83% achieved against a target of 75%.Responsibilities: Overall management of the project, ensure project objectives are achieved with the specified time and budget-Participated in developing the Project proposal.-Developed and presented project management plans and inception report. -Made the project work plan and implementation schedules and control.-Conducted gaps and needs analysis, -Developed program training curriculum and supervised its implementation.-Developed monitoring and evaluation systems and supervised data collection, supported data analysis.-Liaised regularly with the client and other stakeholders in the project.-Prepared project progress reports- Monthly status reports, quarterly and annual.-Managed the project budget, ensured the project was delivered within budget. -Provided leadership to a team of 4 Master Trainers and 27 Farmer Trainer, Show less

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  TechnoServe South Sudan

  Dec 2014 - Feb 2016

  Consultant- Agronomy Training Program set-up

  Supporting the revival of South Sudan coffee sector in setting up Farmer Training Program in YEI County, a program implemented by TechnoServe and funded by Nespresso and USAIDDeliverables included: -Conducted farmer survey to establish locations and number of farmers, gaps and need for the purpose of refining the intervention strategy and stakeholder sensitization-Engaged stakeholders in to sensitization meeting, got their input and ensured their buy-in to the program.-Lead the process of recruiting technical staff including Agronomy advisers and farmer trainers, and trained them on coffee agronomy and adult training methods.-Provided coaching the Agronomy advisers on the technical and management aspects of the training program-Lead the process of recruiting beneficiary farmer into the project- by forming field schools-Set up systems for program management, implementing the farmer training program Show less

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  Technoserve Rwanda

  May 2016 - Jul 2018

  Coffee Program Manager

  Managed PRICE COFFEE FARMER FIELD SCHOOL, a program funded by the government of Rwanda and aimed at improving the incomes of 30,000 small holder farmers, through adoption of improved farming practices. Achievements: Target of beneficiaries exceeded by 35% with 43% being women; 70% of the farmers reported to be adopting practices that are climate smart and lead to sustainable increase in yieldsResponsibilities: Overall management of the entire project cycle, from inception to closure.-Conducted requirements gathering, needs analysis and participated in project planning during proposal development-Recruited the project staff and inducted them into the project,-Elaborating and agreeing on the project scope, developed and presented inception report, -Developed project work plan and implementation schedules and controls, ensured all project deliverables were achieved on time.-Managed the project budgets and controlled costs ensuring the project was delivered with budget -Identified, documented and monitored project risks during the project implementation.-Implemented monitoring and evaluation systems including data collection and supported data analysis.-Prepared and presented progress reports to the senior management, donor and other stakeholders.-Provided leadership in stakeholders engagements, ensuring all were on board and supported the program.-Provided leadership to 37 project staff; coordinating, supervising and providing mentoring/coaching to a team of Agronomy advisers, farmer trainers, Data collectors, Data analyst as well as project drivers-Developed program training curriculum and supervised its implementation Show less

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  TechnoServe

  Feb 2019 - now

  Coffee Program manager- Kenya