Muhumed Aftin

With over a year of experience supporting project implementation in Civil, Water, and Environmental Engineering, I am an enthusiastic, adaptable, and highly motivated professional with a strong understanding of engineering principles, project coordination, and implementation processes. I also have experience in customer service, where I developed excellent communication, problem-solving, and client relationship skills. In addition, I have volunteered in community development initiatives and participated in teaching and mentoring activities, supporting learners and promoting knowledge sharing.

I am a collaborative team player with strong organizational, administrative, and interpersonal skills, committed to delivering quality results and contributing to engineering, humanitarian, customer service, and community development projects.

hygiene promoter at Volunteerly (2025-04 – 2025-08)

• Conducted hygiene promotion sessions for mothers, caregivers, and community members focusing on handwashing, safe water handling, food hygiene, and sanitation practices.
• Sensitized pregnant and lactating women at the MCH on personal hygiene, child hygiene, and disease prevention, including cholera and diarrhea prevention.
• Demonstrated proper handwashing techniques and use of hygiene materials during group and one-on-one sessions.
• Supported the distribution and correct use of hygiene kits and WASH supplies to vulnerable households.
• Collaborated with health workers to integrate hygiene messaging into maternal and child health services.
• Mobilized community members to participate in clean-up campaigns and sanitation improvement activities around the MCH and surrounding areas.
• Monitored hygiene practices at household and facility level and provided follow-up guidance to improve behavior change.
• Collected basic community feedback and reported hygiene-related challenges to supervisors for program improvement.
• Promoted menstrual hygiene management (MHM) awareness among adolescent girls and women where appropriate.
• Maintained accurate records of hygiene promotion activities and attendance.

Industrial Attachment at Ministry of Water, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (2022-05 – 2022-08)

• Producing designs, both initial outlines and full plans, for sewerage, water treatment, flood defence structures and other water-related projects.
• Using specialist software to map out scenarios such as flood defence failure.
• Managing and maintaining water and sewerage infrastructure operations.
• Presenting project details and technical information to colleagues and clients.
• Keeping up to date with changes in regulatory legislation and guidelines.
• Writing and advertising tender documents and managing contracts.
• Liaising with clients, contractors, government agencies, local authorities and suppliers.
• Engaging in public consultations about water projects.
• Monitoring conditions at sites – for example, checking water levels.
• Maintaining professional relationships with clients.
• Supervising staff and site workers.
• Ensuring that projects keep to budgets and timescales.
• Maintaining an awareness of current environmental issues.
• Ensure timely implementation of the project activity against the prevailing poor security situation.

Community Service at MADWASCO (2021-04 – 2021-08)

• Evaluate, plan, design and support management of projects for water/wastewater/stormwater treatment and conveyance (pipelines and pumping facilities).
• Assess, develop, and support the management of sustainability and resilience projects including vulnerability and mitigation assessments, and planning and design for utilities, municipalities, and cities.
• Perform fieldwork activities such as site visits, sampling, water quality analyses, technology evaluations, and plant operations information, process troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Support Asset Management projects performing data analytics, operational and organizational assessments, condition assessments, and overall performance evaluations of water/wastewater/stormwater facilities.
• Support preparation of reports, presentations, and other audio-visual materials, and participate in client meetings.
• Ensure project compliance with all Arcadis practices and quality, health and safety standards, and facilitate coordination for timely completion and submission of projects on time and budget.
• Work independently and as part of a team, with the flexibility to accommodate collaboration with team members across MADWASCO.

Teacher at Al Irshad islamic school (2018-01 – 2019-12)

• Teach all areas of the primary curriculum.
• Take responsibility for the progress of a class of primary-age pupils.
• Organise the classroom and learning resources and create displays to encourage a positive learning environment.
• Maintain discipline.
• Prepare and mark work to facilitate positive pupil development.
• Meet requirements for the assessment and recording of pupils' development.
• Ensure that pupils are safe and that all child protection and safeguarding measures are followed in accordance with school and national policies.
• Provide feedback to parents and carers on a pupil's progress at parents' evenings and other meetings.
• Coordinate activities and resources within a specific area of the curriculum, and support colleagues in the delivery of this specialist area.
• Work with other teachers, teaching assistants and other relevant professionals to plan and coordinate work.
• Keep up to date with changes and developments in the structure of the curriculum.
• Organise and take part in school events, outings and activities, which may take place at weekends or in the evening.
• Meet with other professionals such as education welfare officers and educational psychologists, if required.

English, kiswahili, mathematics and Science Teacher at Fino Primary (2018-09 – 2019-12)

• Planning appropriate lessons to meet national curriculum guidelines, keeping up to date with changes.
• Creating engaging lessons to involve pupils of all abilities, coordinating with colleagues and TAs where needed.
• Setting up the classroom, organising displays and equipment.
• Using a mix of resources to enhance pupil's exploration of the topic.
• Using different teaching methods, including whole class, group work, independent research, demonstrations, experiments and play, to motivate and encourage interaction in the class.
• Encouraging children to work together to achieve goals.
• Providing help and support to individual pupils as required, taking responsibility for their academic progress.
• Carrying out assessments and setting homework.
• Completing administrative work. E.g., taking registers, updating records, marking work and writing reports.
• Creating a learning environment that pupils respect.
• Setting expectations for discipline and behaviour including dealing with inappropriate behaviour according to school policy.
• Providing a safe, healthy environment, and following safeguarding procedures.
• Organising outings, after school clubs, social activities and sports events.
• Participating in training and development activities.

Diploma in Water Engineering – Kenya Water Institute (2023-01 – 2025-12)

Certificate in Water Engineering – Kenya Water Institute (2021-01 – 2023-12)

Certificate in Plumbing and Pipefitting – Kenya Water Institute (2020-01 – 2021-12)

Certificate in Computer Studies – Marifa College - Mandera (2017-12 – 2018-02)