Thomas Jimbo

Experience

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  Swedish Cooperative Centre-Vi Agroforestry project

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Intern

  Three-month internship as part of school course work. . Worked with farmers and community groups and participated in facilitating trainings and support covering; farming as a business, micro-credit, climate smart agriculture and agroforestry.

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  Blue Financial Services Limited.

  Apr 2010 - Mar 2011

  Sales Executive

  Was responsible for prospecting for clients, explaining terms of the various credit facilities, selling credit facilities to clients and post sales services.

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  Hand in Hand Eastern Africa

  Apr 2011 - Mar 2015

  Supported programme management to implement high impact job creation projects, partnership building and reporting. Stages include; design, implementation, evaluation, reporting and fundraising. Responsible for mobilizing community members in groups and facilitating trainings and support on groups management, enterprise development, value chains management, access to credit facilities and climate change resilience practices for enterprise and job creation. Supported community members to access credit facilities, facilitated market linkages and nurtured collaborations with local organizations, government ministries and individuals to support community members.

  • Assistant Program Manager

    Feb 2013 - Mar 2015

  • Business Relationship Officer.

    Apr 2011 - Jan 2013
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  Hand in Hand Eastern Africa (HiH EA)

  Mar 2015 - Dec 2022

  Responsible for management of high impact job creation projects, building partnerships in project areas, staff management, implementing project activities and evaluation Overall responsibility for managing programme partnerships and projects whose success was dependent on working with other organizations. Formalizing collaborations, maintaining and managing relationships with partner organizations and other programme stakeholders.

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2016 - Dec 2022

  • Partnerships Manager

    Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
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  Hand in Hand Eastern Africa

  Jan 2022 - now

  Program Manager

  As a Programme Manager I am responsible for developing and managing a portfolio of projects. My main roles include; organizing programs and activities, managing delivery and coordinating with internal and external staff, lead project delivery and manage programme teams, programme risk management and providing overall leadership in the design and delivery of programs.