Mirian Ndyanabo Kaamate

Mirian is a highly efficient individual, who has extensive experience in Leadership, Coaching and Human Resource operations with a wide range of other abilities ranging from providing support and leadership to staffing and successfully managing great teams. She also has in-depth understanding of communicating internally and externally, a great promoter of brands with interest in learning and development, staffing and recruiting, benefits and incentives programmes. Mirian is a dedicated professional with hands-on personnel management experience, skilled at addressing sensitive issues and maintaining the firmest of confidentiality, particularly organized and efficient with a talent for prioritizing. Self-motivated and highly effective at incorporating creative leadership to achieve organizational objectives with demonstrated experience in providing administrative support and managing internal and external relations.

She has a calm and patient deposition, meaning that she is able to work effectively under pressure and focus on the task at hand. She works well in teams but also independently, she has excellent communication skills both orally and verbally and she pays greater attention to details in her work. She is dedicated and keen to improve any experience for her benefit and the organization as a whole.

She is a motivated person who is very keen to keep her career profile successful through learning new approaches and unlearning some of the olden ones. That makes her the flexible person that she is, a trait that she mentors staff into. With support from her team, Mirian can build the greatest team that provides advice and counsel regarding the organizational structure, support talent management, the work place culture, track performance management, adhere to global policies, align the organization with the compensation systems,

Experience

2018 – Date – Head of School, British School of Kampala Secondary

In this role, I am responsible for the general management of the school and ensuring quality of student experience. I perform various duties in this position including creating strategic plans, allocating resources, recruiting and hiring staff, securing new sources of income, monitoring expenses, and managing the school’s teaching programs.

• Assisted with the design and implementation of fundraising strategies, event planning and management of all event logistics, drafting budgets and reconciling expenses.
• Manage day to day workflow of executive administrative team, collaborating with directors to coordinate administrative needs and interdepartmental recognition and awards.
• Created an effective and inclusive environment in the school which supports school students’ learning capacities by initiating projects and planning strategies at school level through, and leading teams to complete tasks and reach objectives.
• Pronounced myself on diversity and inclusiveness. This has attracted more nationalities and improved on the variety of the school outlook.
• Created equal opportunities for pastoral and academic activities to improve on mental balance where everyone could study hard and yet play. The school became focused on academics and yet fun to come to.
• Created the open door policy to both the internal and external clients. This improved on communication with stakeholders hence efficient running of the school.
• Implemented capacity building initiatives for teachers so as increase knowledge among them. This has enabled the teachers to efficiently and effectively teach the students.
• Assisted in school management including but not limited to management of teachers, school facilities, enrolment and attendance, exams and community involvement.
• Led the team to complete tasks and reach objectives, and also manage assessments so as to identify individual and departmental capacity needs and priorities in the execution of education programs with creation of new project ideas, proposals and activity budgets.
• level in problem solving, lesson planning and learner assessment to sustain quality practice in the classrooms.
• Strengthened the capacity for enabling continuous teacher professional development and enhancing the quality of learning in British School of Kampala

January 2016 – 2018 – The People and Culture Leader/The Community Social Responsibility Champion and Public Relations Officer, Grant Thornton – Uganda

In this position, my main responsibility was to head the Human Resource Management department, and to coordinate all members in executing, monitoring evaluating and managing the organization’s human resources. While there, I ensured that the business’s values were clearly communicated and understood at all levels of the business, clarifying on employee conduct that is necessary for realizing and engaging, high performance culture within the business. Also important to note, I: –

• Successfully managed to put in place a well instituted Human Resource Department that used not to be in place previously. Under my guidance, the Human Resource Department team was able to come up with an HR management strategy that has enabled the organization to build and maintain staff efficiently. Through meaningful trainings.
• Utilized my knowledge, skills and experience in human resources management to enable the organization acquire, place and retain various staff required to implement various programs in an efficient, effective and systematic manner.
• Provided technical support to the team that conducts human resources audits, inspections and investigations to ensure adequacy in human resources management compliance.
• Created stability of employees: the rate of turn over dropped and also, created great understanding of culture such that the natives worked better with foreigners and worked together towards achieving great results
• Spearheaded the development of a Human Resource management manual that provides the organization with standard operating procedures for effective and efficient management of all its human resources.
• Was part of the team that provided technical support in the installation and upgrading of the integrated Human Resource management system software to strengthen internal Human
• Resource management controls in order to reduce costs by basing Human Resource
• management expenditure on Human Resource management plans & budgets.
• Ensured timely preparation and submission of Human Resource management reports to management by utilizing the integrated Human Resource management system software.
• Actively participated in conducting administrative reviews and human resource auditsfor other organizations on behalf of Grant Thornton.
• I chaired several staff recruitment committees that evaluated various job applications, done staff selection, interviews and placement. This has enabled the organization to acquirea well knowledgeable, experienced and competent staff to aid the organization in achieving its strategic plan.
• Efficiently conducted evaluations of various bids for disposal of assets of Grant Thornton.
• Under my docket, Human Resource management department was evaluated as the best performing Unit in of Grant Thornton for the period of 2016/2017.
• The organization attained a position as 2017 second runners up employer of the year. This improved the organization’s image before the federation of Uganda employers and beyond the borders.
• Instituted training programs for staff of the organization which facilitated building of the capacity of staff of Grant Thornton in performance management.
• Opened space for the recruitment of equal numbers of males and females rather than more males. This balance improved on the excitement in office, and our social events were activities everyone looked up to hence enhancing team spirit.
• Led the organization in planning, executing and achieving the best results and impact during community social responsibility programmes. This gave our employees knowledge about giving and more understanding of the local communities and their needs.
• Spearheaded the institution of the right Human Resource Management systems, policies and procedures that enabled management to ensure value for money in all its day to day business transactions with public, private and civil society organizations.
• Carried out Human Resource Auditing that brought in place a new organizational structure, salary structure, job evaluation and rewriting of all job descriptions in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
• Introduced performance based contracts and output oriented budgeting where staff are now developing and implementing their work plans & budgets based on expected outputs and outcomes, all of which have led to increased and improved staff performance both in the area of operations and programs.
• Led the human resource management team in coming up with an efficient human resource management plan for effective acquisition, allocation, utilization and accountability of organizational human resources.
• Spearheaded the installation of an upgraded human resource accounting system software to help us monitor and evaluate the performance of all staff operations to achieve the intended organizational objectives and produce accurate Grant staff performance reports to management and other key stake holders.
• Was part of the senior management team that successfully convinced Grant Thornton Board to put a position of Internal Auditor on the organizational structure to strengthen adherence and compliance to organizational policies and procedures.
• Reviewed, developed and improved a number of Grant’s human resource manuals with variouspolicies, procedures and guidelines endorsed by the board.
• Actively participated in lobbying for government support from Ministry of Finance, Planning andEconomic Development Health to advocate initiating better professional auditing systems for all Government Ministries, Departments and agencies.
• Supervised a number of human resource transactions and operations in an effective, efficient, economic, systematic, fair and transparent manner for various projects and programs being implemented in the different parts of Uganda.

December 2015 – Ongoing – Ongoing Peace Ambassador Volunteer, Global Peace Foundation

In this position, my main duty is to ensure that the program is successful and effective. I am responsible
for managing program staff, budget, and establishing program policies that bring about program success.

• Supported the youth and other local small organizations with knowledge and on a wider picture soliciting for funding of the various activities in Global Peace Foundation
• Devised and coordinated the development of program communication and fundraising strategies, and coordinated the implementation of these strategies among participating members.
• Organized and run various youth seminars during the tenure.
• Conducted monitoring and evaluation budgeted programs and ensured efficient utilization of resources from various partners.
• Actively identified and secured speaking and public engagement opportunities for Global Peace Foundation amongst different stakeholders, for example, wrote news releases, reports, publications and organized press conferences.
• Coordinated learning activities within the organization to support documentation and sharing of key lessons and achievements.
• Attained a good track record of establishing and developing relationships with key people in external stakeholder organizations by easily identifying potential funders for programs. Maintained the cost share database that enabled generation of monthly cost share variance reports that highlighted adverse trends. These were also used by senior management to support management decision making processes.
• Possessed the ability to analyze information from different sources and synthesize the information into coherent and brief communication documents.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently with beneficiaries, media, and stakeholders fromvarious institutions.

January 2005 – December 2015 – Head of Human Resources, Job Connect Limited

In this position, I was responsible for overseeing all functions of the human resources department such
as recruitment, induction and training, and providing support to our employees. I performed duties
that included reviewing and approving budgets, implementing new organization policies and
maintaining internal HR systems among other duties as required.

• Took responsibility for drawing up and managing the administration Annual Plan in line with the organization plans and mandates.
• Developed, implemented and spearheaded the interpretation of the Human Resources Operations Manual to staff. There was an improvement in the HR policies since the organizational policies and procedures are known to all the staff.
• Ensured that there was team cohesion between the staff by creating an enabling environment for teamwork, as well as leading by example, supervising, and mentoring operations personnel.
• Opened better communication channels such that the employees could ably communicate their needs.
• Introduced outside office activities like games and going together for prayers. this helped the team to get stronger and support one another beyond office
• Controlled costs related to manpower activities and ensured value for money and manpower productivity. Prepared and ensured accurate payroll transactions in compliance with the
• organization pay structure.
• Developed and maintained performance management culture in the organization and ensured regular evaluations were done. Ensured that there was alignment of the organization with productivity.
• Managed the compensation & benefits for all employees such as payroll, leave, health etc. and submitted regular reports for accountability. Also, managed the exit process for exiting staff.
• Developed calendars for the key events and supported its implementation by following up with the responsible staff and supporting planning of the events, reminders to staff and organizing logistics.
• Developed and implemented records management policies and classification systems; reviewed and updated the electronic document management system.
• Liaised with various departments for respective manpower requirements, prepared and/or reviewed job descriptions, and recruited the right fit for the respective vacancies.
• Managed the recruitment and selection process of all staff according to the HR Policy requirements and ensured the implementation of their contracts as per the labour laws o Uganda.
• Liaised with other functional/departmental managers so as to understand all necessary aspects and needs of operational development, and to ensure they are fully informed of operational objectives, purposes and achievements.
• Monitored, and report to senior management operational issues, opportunities and develop plans and achievements, as well as acted as a liaison between operational staff and the senior.

2001 – 2005 – The Dean, Vienna College Namugongo

While there, m y main responsibility was the overall management of staff and students’ affairs,
overseeing administrative, behavioral and academic progress of students. My duties involved
managing student activities, enforcing disciplinary measures when necessary, and working with school
departments to ensure that all student programs run smoothly.

• Initiated academic programs which resulted in increased number of first grade students and advancing the reputation of the college.
• Trained, coordinated and developed a program to problem solve with students and parents from diverse populations in an alternative environment to provide social, behavioral and academic tools for success in the traditional classroom.
• Designed and facilitated professional development programs for all staff, focusing on teachers.
• Created a culture of student success through the effective delivery of student friendly, integrated services.
• Developed and implemented short and long term goals consistent with the mission of the college.
• Counseled and advised students on such issues as personal problems, educational and vocational objectives, social and recreational activities and financial assistance,
• Reviewed reports of student misconduct cases that required disciplinary action; served on disciplinary board and participated in student intervention program.
• Efficiently performed administrative and clerical duties necessary to upkeep of student files and programs.
• Communicated regularly and appropriately by telephone, and in personal meetings with families of students struggling to meet school expectations for attendance and discipline.
• Provided leadership, direction, and support to the ongoing development of a healthy school culture model, characterized by high expectations for student academic achievement and behavior.
• Developed and maintained positive relationships with students and families within the school and surrounding community.
• Equipped students with life skills and abilities for adaptive and positive behavior.