Administration Staff

Joseph Gichuru Wang'ombe

Director of Operations
Joseph leads the Operations Division providing direction and support to unit managers for Human Resources, Finance, Administration and Facilities, ICT and Development. ...Read More

Lillian A. Okoth

Human Resource and Administration Manager
Lillian heads the human resources unit and is responsible for staffing issues including recruitment, training and development, staff welfare and retention. ...Read More

Bennah Kanyi Mwita

Human Resources Officer
Bennah handles staffing issues including recruitment, orientation, staff benefit schemes aspects of contracts preparation and staff training. ...Read More

Catherine Macharia

Program Assistant
Catherine joined APHRC in June 2009 and is mainly involved in project planning and providing program and administrative support to the Education Research Program. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations, a Higher National Diploma in Human Resource Management and a Master's Degree in Stra ...Read More

Damar Osok

Program Assistant
Damar works in both the Health Challenges and Systems and Urbanization and Wellbeing Programs. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry from Kenyatta University and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Public Health at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). Damar ...Read More

Dorcas Mwikali

Financial Accountant
Dorcas works in the finance department and is mainly responsible for payments processing and related supplier issues. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Finance Option) from the University of Nairobi and is an Affiliate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). ...Read More

Duncan Gatoto

Finance Manager
Duncan provides financial management at the Center. Since his position looks at the Center's financial matters as a whole, he gets to work with all the programs as well as the Operations Division. ...Read More

Edith Mbogo

Edith Mbogo Financial Accountant
Edith is responsible for the Financial Accounting function of the Center. She joined APHRC in February 2006 as a Finance Assistant prior to which she worked with Wanyeki & CO. Associates as an Audit Assistant. Edith holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from Kenyatta University and is ...Read More

Eva Kiragu

Eva KiraguProgram Assistant
Eva joined APHRC in July 2010. She serves as a Program Assistant in CARTA. Previously she worked with UNEP as an assistant programme officer and also with the Centre for Rights, Education and Awareness (CREAW) as a project officer. She holds an MSc in Population Studies (2006) from the University of Nairobi an ...Read More

Evelyne Kemunto

Project Accountant
Evelyne provides support in the financial aspects of project management. She works in Research Capacity Strengthening, Education Research and Urbanization and Wellbeing Programs. ...Read More

Grace Ndege

Receptionist/ Administrative Assistant
Grace works as the Receptionist / Administrative Assistant. She holds a Bachelor 's degree in Business Administration (HR Option), an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration (ABE), Diploma in Secretarial studies (Pitman) and Certificates in Computer packages. She also hol ...Read More

Jacklyne Kivala

jacklyne kivalaProgram Assistant
Jacklyne manages the Director of Operation's office, responds to queries and assists the administration team in logistical issues. She also supports the Development Manager in fundraising and grant management through updating, filing funding and grant correspondence. She also provides the administra ...Read More

James Kiplimo

James Kiplimo Development Manager
James' role entails management of the Center's grants portfolio, seeking new funding, partnership development and providing oversight role to the Monitoring and Evaluation office. ...Read More

Joyce Wairimu

Joyce Wairimu Program Assistant
Joyce provides administrative support to two fellowship programs within the Research Capacity Strengthening Division: the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship (ADDRF) and the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa. The two programs award PhD fellowships to students in sub- ...Read More

Julia Ombasyi

Julia OmbasyiSenior Administrative Assistant
Julia has over 10 years experience in administration and currently oversees administrative services at the Center including, procurement, coordination of transport services and other general services. ...Read More

Mercy Ndwiga

Mercy Ndwiga Program Assistant
Mercy provides administrative support to the Population Dynamics and Reproductive Health research programme. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics and is currently pursuing an M.A. in Sociology (Community Development and Project Management) at Egerton University. ...Read More

Morris Mbogo

Systems Administrator
Morris' expertise lies in IT Hardware Support. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). Morris joined APHRC in 2007 as a Data Entry Clerk prior to which he worked as an IT assistant for “IGAD Water Harvesting Pro ...Read More

Nkatha Karichu

Nkatha KarichuSenior Human Resources Assistant
Nkatha assists in recruitment and preparation of contracts for staff, protocol matters and also manages the Human Resources Information System. ...Read More

Patrick Mbangula

Patrick Mbangula Facilities and Administration Manager
Patrick has a wealth of experience in facility management and valuation having worked with various professional firms for over 8 years. Patrick joined APHRC in June 2011 prior to which he worked at Regent Group Ltd as head of the Property and Facilities Management department. ...Read More

Paul Odero

IT Manager
Paul is in charge of all IT and web-based systems at the Center including the intranet and has worked towards the improvement of APHRC's web systems and implemented open source solutions. He has over 7 years experience in Web Systems Development and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology from ...Read More

Sheila Mwero

Sheila MweroExecutive Assistant
Sheila is the Executive Assistant to the Executive Director and is charged with the responsibility of providing support to the office of the Executive Director. She is also in charge of the day-to-day operations in the Executive Director's office. Sheila holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociolo ...Read More

Stephen Ngure

Project Accountant
Stephen is involved in donor financial reporting, proposal budgeting and office administrative tasks. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business with a major in Accounting as well as a CPA-finalist qualification. ...Read More

Thomas Yebei

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Yebei provides the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) support to all the programs in APHRC to inform whether the implementation process is on track and whether the desired results are being achieved but with greater emphasis on the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) progr ...Read More

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