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James Kassaga Arinaitwe

James Kassaga Arinaitwe

Sustainable Development
Kampala

Summary

I'm a sustainable development professional with over 10 years of founding and leading non-profit organisations, creating and sustaining donors and other strategic partnerships; raising over $15 Million in the last decade.

A Mckinsey certified Business Strategist who possess deep organization development, change management skills in creating and sustaining multi-lateral; foundations and corporate donor relationships in the US, India and Africa. Passionate about cutting-edge sustainable development work in education, health, climate justice and international policy. Inspired by social innovation work that delivers sustainable impact in the provision of quality education, healthcare and climate justice for youth, women, children as well as disadvantaged populations in low and middle-income countries in Africa and beyond.

Fluent in English, Swahili and possess basic speaking proficiency skills in Spanish. A multicultural leader with lived experiences in South-East Asia, Latin America, New Zealand, Europe, Africa and the US.

A detail-oriented team player with strong communication skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Language

Work History

Executive Director and Co-founder

Teach For Uganda (TFU)
Kampala
02.2016 - Current
  • Founded and led TFU, a 41 staff non-profit and non-governmental organization with a mission of nurturing leaders committed to advancing equitable access to quality education in low-income communities across Uganda; currently with 450 active Fellows and over 85 alumni leaders across impacting communities in education, policy and social entrepreneurship and corporate leadership
  • Developed and implemented organizational strategies to achieve set goals and objectives and secured long-term success
  • Built relationships with donors, government officials and other organizations to secure funding and support for organization
  • Devised and presented business plans and forecasts to board of directors
  • Communicated business performance, forecasts and strategies to donor partners
  • Represented organization at industry conferences and events
  • Cultivated company-wide culture of innovation and collaboration
  • Aligned department vision, goals, and objectives with company strategy to achieve consistently high results
  • Advocated for organization and company mission to raise awareness and support

Chief Strategic Officer (CSO) & Cofounder

Accompanied Health Initiative (ACHI)
Kampala
04.2021 - Current
  • Co-founded ACHI, which is a healthcare social enterprise and organization dedicated to advancing access to affordable and quality healthcare for low-income families in East Africa with an innovative healthcare approach of leveraging on a model community clinic, home-based care, tele-health services and micro-health insurance (health saving scheme

Global Fellow | Manager, Special Projects, Labournet

Acumen
New York, NY & Bangalore
11.2014 - 12.2015
  • Fellowship with a 12/1,200+ acceptance rate which provides financial, operational, and moral leadership training to 12 fellows placed in one of Acumen's portfolio companies to provide strategic support, such as operations, sales, marketing & leadership

Senior New Voices Fellow

Aspen Institute New Voices Fellowship
Kampala/Aspen Institute
03.2014 - 03.2015
  • Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Aspen Institute trains and mentors 12 development professionals in Media and advocacy to bring leading voices from the developing world into the global development discussion

School Partnerships Manager

Educate
Kampala
08.2013 - 10.2014
  • Supervised and trained 30 field staff who implement Educate!'s youth leadership and social entrepreneurship training in 250 schools across Uganda

Program Assistant, Single Stop

Global Health Corps
New York, NY
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • With a 1.6% acceptance rate, Global Health Corps pairs young leaders from around the world with transformative healthcare organizations to build a movement for global health equity
  • Placement with Single Stop USA, addressing barriers financial, legal, and health services for low-income families in Harlem.

Global Health Fellow

The Carter Center
Atlanta, GA
01.2011
  • Founded by President Jimmy Carter, 40 fellows from around the world annually lead efforts for the Carter Center's global health delivery initiatives in southern and eastern Africa

Research Fellow, Social Innovations in Microfinance & Education

BRAC
New York, NY
01.2012
  • Funded by the Master Card Foundation, co-designed Uganda's largest secondary and post-secondary school scholarship program, awarded to 5,000 Ugandan youth for the next 10 years

Education

Master of Arts - Sustainable Development And International Policy

School For Int. Training (SIT) Graduate Institute
Washington, DC

Master of Public Health - Health Policy and Administration

Florida State University College of Social Sciences & Public Policy
Tallahassee, Florida

Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Mathematics

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

Associate of Arts - General Business Transfer

Tallahassee Community College
Tallahassee, Fl
05-2006

Skills

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  • Strategy Development
  • P>Business Development
  • P>External Partnerships
  • P>Excellent Communication
  • P>Project Management
  • P>Training and mentoring
  • P>Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Business Management and Development
  • Improve Policies
  • Project Oversight
  • Quality Control Planning
  • Operational Analysis
  • Expectation Management
  • Mission and Vision
  • Change and Growth Management
  • Manage Programs
  • Raising Capital
  • Innovative and Visionary

Accomplishments

    1. Selected as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "GoalKeepers" 2018 and 2019. The Goalkeepers community is a global collective of collaborative and diverse changemakers working collectively and with purpose to achieve the 17 SDG Goals.


    2. Awarded the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities Rising Start Award; Nov. 2018


    3. Awarded the Reubin O'D Askew Distinguished Alumni Award at Florida State University in Nov. 2017


    4. Inducted into the Tallahassee Community College's Hall of Fame Sept. 2017



Software

Excel

Powerpoint

Word

Digital Media

Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimeContract Work

Work Location

RemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Flexible work hoursWork from home optionCompany CulturePaid sick leave401k matchPersonal development programsCareer advancementTeam Building / Company RetreatsHealthcare benefitsWork-life balancePaid time offStock Options / Equity / Profit Sharing

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
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thursday
friday
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morning
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Running

Love to jog at least 15K a week to keep me in shape

Timeline

Chief Strategic Officer (CSO) & Cofounder

Accompanied Health Initiative (ACHI)
04.2021 - Current

Executive Director and Co-founder

Teach For Uganda (TFU)
02.2016 - Current

Global Fellow | Manager, Special Projects, Labournet

Acumen
11.2014 - 12.2015

Senior New Voices Fellow

Aspen Institute New Voices Fellowship
03.2014 - 03.2015

School Partnerships Manager

Educate
08.2013 - 10.2014

Program Assistant, Single Stop

Global Health Corps
01.2012 - 01.2013

Research Fellow, Social Innovations in Microfinance & Education

BRAC
01.2012

Global Health Fellow

The Carter Center
01.2011

Master of Arts - Sustainable Development And International Policy

School For Int. Training (SIT) Graduate Institute

Master of Public Health - Health Policy and Administration

Florida State University College of Social Sciences & Public Policy

Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Mathematics

Florida State University

Associate of Arts - General Business Transfer

Tallahassee Community College

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