Gaelle Simbi
Canada Experience
Sr program manager
• Developed budgets, operating plan, an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement.
• Wrote program funding proposals to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of services.
• Coordinated activities, Recruited and Managed teams with a diverse array of
talents and responsibilities across the 7 African countries (Morocco, Algeria, Togo,
DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, and Nigeria).
• Met and liaised with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent
regarding project issues and decisions on services.
• Produced accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle.
Key Achievements / Highlights
• Successfully created and implemented a strategic plan which resulted in more than 70% over the company’s efficiency baseline.
• Successfully trained 17 SMEs on budgeting and saving.
• Saved $4,000 on “SME financial diaries projectʼʼ by budgeting effectively.
Management consultant
Evaluated different types of analysis for clients such as operations processes; identified different issues in management and organization and clearly delineated associated concerns to clients.
• Analyzed and evaluated organizations operations and procedures to offer recommendations based on findings, assisted management in identifying issues, sorting solutions, and implementing them.
Project coordinator at Frankfurt School of management February 2022-Present, Nairobi.
Senior Program manager at Massi Consult March 2021-January 2022, Kigali (Hybrid)
Management consultant at BMCG
March 2018- February 2021, Kinshasa (Hybrid)
Freelance administrative consultant December 2012- February 2018
Education
Languages
Volunteer Experience
• Provided expert guidance to management on the process of changes and problem‐solving.
Key Achievements / Highlights
• Successfully built new strategies for different companies, yielding an approximately 16% revenue increase.
• Was voted employee of the year, due to successes achieved through hard work and dedication.
• Managed and coordinated 13 project teams.
Administrative consultant
Education
Languages
Volunteer Experience
• Provided expert guidance to management on the process of changes and problem‐solving.
Key Achievements / Highlights
• Successfully built new strategies for different companies, yielding an approximately 16% revenue increase.
• Was voted employee of the year, due to successes achieved through hard work and dedication.
• Managed and coordinated 13 project teams.
Projects Handled:
December 2017‐ February 2018: Business trainer for Mother and Child development Center.
August 2017‐ October 2017: Team lead of a project “Real‐time monitoring and Data Management systems”, for the Rwanda Education Board in partnership with UNICEF. September 2017‐ October 2017: Event Coordinator for the Tv5 Monde free digital launch event in Kigali.
August 2017‐ October 2017: Translator (English to French) at FCG Swedish Development AB.
September 2016‐ November 2016: Supervisor on a project “Data collection training for district and sector level education officers in Rwanda”, with Icon4Ed.
June 2015 (1 month contract): Fixer, translator and note taker for a training on financial education by Enclude RCA in partnership with the ministry of commerce (Rwanda) and the World Bank.
June 2013‐ April 2016: Deputy Project Manager on a project “Sector‐wide review of existing ICTs used in the Rwandan education sector and the development of a total cost of ownership solution”, International Education partners (I.E partners, UK).
April 2013 (1 month contract): Interpreter (French‐Kinyarwanda and vice versa) for G.I.A.S consulting.
December 2012‐ February 2013: Associate researcher on a survey “Financial literacy in Rwanda” by Microfinance Opportunities (MFO) which was developing a National Financial Education.
