Brenda Jerono

Trilingual (English, Kiswahili, Kalenjin) education and communications professional with a Bachelor of Education and 5+ years' experience in translation, interpretation, teaching, and content quality assurance across education, health, and legal contexts. Skilled at communicating clearly with diverse stakeholders, adapting content and language for different audiences, maintaining confidentiality, and delivering accurate work under deadline pressure. Experienced in facilitating learning, supporting assessment processes, quality-checking documentation and data, and conducting data collection, analysis, interpretation and visualisation using Excel and SPSS/Stata.

Seeking to bring strong community engagement, language, data, and documentation skills to a program support, M&E, communications, or field-facing role in the NGO/development sector.

Contract Translator / Machine Translation Post-Editor at Toppan Digital Language (UK) Ltd. (2026-07 – Present)

• Review and refine translated content for accuracy, clarity and cultural appropriateness, including healthcare-related material — relevant to communicating program information clearly to diverse beneficiaries.
• Quality-check content and terminology against strict guidelines, demonstrating strong attention to detail and consistency, important for accurate reporting and documentation.
• Manage time-sensitive assignments independently while following structured project and delivery requirements.

Contract Swahili Interpreter at MidLocalize International DWC LLC (2026-06 – 2026-06)

• Provided video remote interpretation between English- and Swahili-speaking participants, directly transferable to liaising between programs and Swahili-speaking communities or beneficiaries.
• Maintained confidentiality, accuracy and professionalism while adapting communication for different audiences and contexts.

Translator at Linguistica International (2024-08 – Present)

• Translate and edit legal and educational documents from English to Swahili, ensuring accessible, accurate communication of formal content — relevant to translating program materials, consent forms, and community communications.
• Review documents for accuracy, clarity and completeness before delivery, supporting high standards of reporting and documentation.
• Manage assigned work independently and consistently meet project deadlines.

Call Translator / Transcriptionist at Lingual Consultancy (2023-12 – 2024-05)

• Transcribed and translated audio/video content with close attention to detail, useful for documenting interviews, focus groups, or field data.
• Performed quality assurance on completed work, checking for consistency and accuracy before submission.

Swahili Tutor / Interpreter at Self-employed (2023-03 – 2023-11)

• Planned and delivered individualised language support based on learner needs, reflecting strong facilitation and adaptive communication skills.
• Provided interpretation and communication support in professional settings, bridging language gaps between parties.

Contract Swahili Teacher at Sing'ore Girls High School (2022-05 – 2023-02)

• Taught, assessed and mentored secondary-school students, demonstrating strong facilitation, classroom management and community-facing communication skills.
• Prepared, administered and marked examinations in line with the national syllabus, reflecting structured planning and assessment experience relevant to education-sector programming.

English/Kalenjin Translator & QA Reviewer at Gengo (2020-03 – 2021-11)

• Provided translation and linguistic quality assurance between English and Kalenjin — a local-language skillset valuable for community-level engagement in Kalenjin-speaking regions.
• Reviewed content for accuracy, consistency and cultural appropriateness before delivery.

Bachelor of Education in Physical Education and Sport – University of Nairobi (2017 – 2024)

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education – Sing'ore Girls High School (2012 – 2015)