BRENDA KYOMUHENDO
Kampala,Uganda
Summary
Committed educator with 10+ years of experience in the academic landscape, including student evaluation and creative teaching methods implementation. Hands-on approach to cultivating curriculum and challenging in-classroom projects.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Management Officer
East African Entrepreneur Leadership Research Project
01.2012 - 06.2014
- Organized and conducted the data collection, cleaning for analysis.
- Prepare interview questions
- Recruit and/or interview subjects
- Maintain accurate records of interviews, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects, as necessary
- Transcribe interviews
- Provide ready access to all experimental data for the research team
- Request or acquire equipment or supplies necessary for the project
- Manage and respond to project-related email
- Prepare, maintain, and update website materials
- Supervise other research assistants working on the research project (maintaining records on assignment completion, acting as liaison/mediator between the research assistants and the Project team leaders both in Uganda and in Switzerland
Finance Analyst - Intern
National Social Security Fund, Uganda
01.2011 - 02.2011
- Served as an Intern with the Finance & Investment department in partial fulfilment of the requirement for an award of Bachelor International Business degree
- Responsibilities included monitoring USE stock portfolios and activities to gauge investment opportunities.
Part-time Lecturer
ISBAT University, Kampala
08.2017
- Contribute to the delivery of Marketing modules on both our undergraduate and postgraduate programs, i.e., International Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Research, Digital Marketing, Digital Consumer Behavior, Social Media Marketing
- Deliver and contribute to the design of high-quality, demand-driven, and student-centered taught programs using online learning platforms
- Contribute fully to the School and University by participating in meetings, working groups, committees, and other School and University activities.
- Set and mark assignments and set examination questions as well as assessing the work and progress of students by reference to defined criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.
Assistant Lecturer
Makerere University Business School
02.2012
- Robust Learning experience
- Teach various marketing courses as a member of a Marketing Department.
- Develop own teaching materials, methods, and approaches considering established practices and online learning platforms
- Seek ways of improving performance by reflecting on teaching design and delivery and obtaining and analysing feedback.
- Reflect on practice and the development of own teaching and learning skills.
- Set and mark assignments and set examination questions as well as assessing the work and progress of students by reference to defined criteria and provide constructive feedback to students.
Research
- Engage in individual and collaborative research and scholarship leading to high-quality publications at acceptable levels of volume and academic excellence, develop an income from research, enterprise, or corporate engagement individually or in collaboration with others.
- Engage in internationally /or world-leading research, leading research, enterprise, or consulting projects, and generate income.
- Managing people and resources
- Manage own teaching, scholarly and administrative activities and supervise students’ fieldwork and placements.
- Plan own day-to-day activity within the framework of the agreed program.
- Mentorship
- Show consideration to others.
- Act as a personal tutor, giving first-line support and mentoring to students.
- Appreciate the needs of individual students and their circumstances.
- Use listening, interpersonal and pastoral care skills to deal with sensitive issues concerning students and provide support.
- Refer students as appropriate to services providing further support.
- Liaison and networking
- Build internal contacts and participate in internal networks for the exchange of information and to form relationships for future collaboration.
- Join appropriate networks to share information and ideas.
- Contribute fully to the School and University by participating in meetings, working groups, committees, and other School and University activities.
Education
MSC Marketing -
Makerere University Business School
01.2018
MBA -
Herriot Watt University
01.2017
ACCA (level 3) -
Management Accounting Training
01.2012
Bachelor of International Business -
Makerere University Business School
01.2011
Skills
- Emotional intelligence
- Conflict Resolution
- Communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Performance management
- Motivating others
Service To Community
- Mentor to several entrepreneurs and start-ups, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Incubation Centre, Makerere University Business School. 2020-to date
- Facilitator at the Prison Education Project. (PEP)-Uganda is not for profit organisation that supports inmates and ex-inmates, by providing for their welfare and life skills development in and out of prison. PEP Uganda offers rehabilitation and corrective support programs with a view of transforming prisoners and ex-prisoners into productive individuals that impact their lives for the better
- Member of the faculty and Examiners board at Makerere University Business School
Certifications And Skills
- Digital Marketing Certification (Google Digital Garage)
- Proficiency in using digital tools like ClickUp, Canva Business, Google Analytics
- Ability to plan, multi-task, manage workflow, and produce under the pressure of deadlines and unexpected opportunities
- Excellent written, oral, and proofreading skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong leadership, motivational, management, and communications skills
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 1988
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: Ugandan
- Marital Status: Married, with Children
Publications
Riding the waves of change – Relations between domestic investors, local populations, and ruling elites in the Ugandan sugar sector, Nystrand, M., Sserwanga, A., Kyomuhendo, B. How Resources Influence the Entrepreneurship Classifications. A Resource-Based Prediction of Entrepreneurship Quality, Sserwanga, A., Kiconco, R., Kyomuhendo, B., International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
References
- Prof. Arthur Sserwanga, Makerere University Business School, sserwangaarthur@gmail.com
- Dr. Timothy Esemu, Makerere University Business School, tesemu@mubs.ac.ug
- Dr. Innocent Nahabwe, Blue Cube, innocent@bluecube.com
Timeline
Part-time Lecturer
ISBAT University, Kampala
08.2017
Assistant Lecturer
Makerere University Business School
02.2012
Project Management Officer
East African Entrepreneur Leadership Research Project
01.2012 - 06.2014
Finance Analyst - Intern
National Social Security Fund, Uganda
01.2011 - 02.2011
Research
MSC Marketing -
Makerere University Business School
MBA -
Herriot Watt University
ACCA (level 3) -
Management Accounting Training
Bachelor of International Business -
Makerere University Business School
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