About

I am an objective and highly skilled professional in the areas of Training, Strategic planning and management, Capacity building and strengthening, leadership and management, Corporate governance, Risk management, Ethical finance, banking, team leadership and management, projects/programs planning and management and Social and environmental performance management. In today’s era of ESG, I am currently championing the organizational culture change within Caritas Nairobi where I am currently managing Social-economic Empowerment as well as in 10 other dioceses in the country where I am doing mentorship on Ethical Finance training and Social Environment Performance Sensitization and Training. I have over 16 years of experience in community interventions in financial literacy, Capacity building and strengthening, entrepreneurship, and financial inclusion through banking services. I have gained this experience through working at Sidian Bank as a microfinance officer for 5.5 years, at African Provident limited for one (1) year and In the Archdiocese of Nairobi; Caritas Nairobi Department for the last eleven (11) years. In my current position at Caritas Nairobi, I have been leading teams and implementing strategies and livelihood programs, projects and interventions focused on changing the lives of communities in Nairobi and Kiambu counties through financial literacy training entrepreneurship and financial education, vocational skills capacity building and strengthening as well as instilling a savings culture among communities and enhancing financial access to communities. I am also working with Caritas Africa and Caritas Kenya to enhance entrepreneurship in communities in 9 African countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, DRC Congo, Senegal, Togo, and Burkina Faso on a project aimed at Supporting the Promotion of Ethical Finance through Capacity Strengthening of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) serving Community and Civil Society Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Skills

  • Communication
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  • Teamwork
    9
  • Problem-Solving
    8
  • Creativity
    9
  • Leadership
    10
  • Program/ Project coordination
    10

Experience

Eric Gichobi

Work experience
  • Managing the process of hiring, orienting, and monitoring all Social Economic Empowerment Programme Staff
  • Developing staff capacity to enhance institutional capacity and effectiveness
  • Developing program capacity to ensure effective delivery of services to Self-help groups
  • Refining and implementing financial and administrative procedures and policies appropriate for different projects and programs
  • Reviewing the effectiveness of current operations procedures, including finance
  • I supervise projects and groups audit, monitoring and evaluation, and capacity building and
  • strengthening
  • Preparing narrative, statistical and financial reports for the Director, Board of Management,
  • Partners, Self-help groups key stakeholders, social development groups, PROMIC groups, and relevant stakeholders on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
  • Meeting program goals as per the strategic plan’s key thematic areas and programmatic requirements
  • Managing the program budget and tracking institutional cost-recovery
  • I coordinate activities with other Archdiocese of Nairobi programs where feasible while maintaining progress toward social and environmental impact.
  • I drive local and international fundraising for the Economic Empowerment Programme and assist in donor-focused fundraising to support other Caritas Nairobi programs
  • I guide all marketing, promotion, and public relations activities toward objective brand visibility and corporate image.
  • Attending all governance structure meetings to provide operational and financial reports on program/institutional performance as well as offering technical guidance and advice on strategic plan implementation framework.
  • Designing and implementing short and long-term investment strategies.
  • Designing and implementing need-based products to achieve the program's set goals and objectives for socioeconomic impact.
  • Designing and implementing effective strategies to enhance performance and achievement of strategic goals in different projects under my portfolio.
  • As a member of the organization's Investment committee sitting at the decision-making table in the management of the investment portfolio of US$ 60 Million.
  • I am a member of the Organization's disciplinary committee helping the Board of Directors in ensuring that Human capital policies and other organizational policies are adhered to by all members of staff.
  • I sit on Caritas Nairobi economic empowerment program Advisory Board and also take leading positions in the Risk and compliance committee, Business Development, innovation and Strategy committee, Human resource and administration committee, and ICT
  • committee.
  • I am the Social Environmental Performance Management Champion in the country under Caritas Kenya leading in enhancing the capacity of different Dioceses within the Catholic Church ecosystem to align the social interventions to expected social and environmental goals for greater social and environmental impact.
  • I champion the entrenchment of ethical values to different interventions in programming, especially Ethical finance.
  • I lead the organization in risk management to ensure the safety of all the resources under our management.
  • Other engagements:
  • I am a member of the Board of Management for Holy Cross Catholic Church Dandora Self-help group. This is a Church-based SACCO that has a membership of 11,000 members and a savings base of over USD 5,760,000 and where I spearhead Risk management, Strategic planning, Policy implementation and compliance.

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