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Kevin’s strengths include building recruitment systems, improving candidate and employee experiences, developing strategic partnerships, managing stakeholder relationships, and translating operational insights into practical programs\. Previously, Kevin coordinated the ChargeUp Accelerator Program and gained exposure to battery and energy\-storage supply chains, fundraising, startup scaling, and clean\-energy technologies\. Across talent and activation roles in Rwanda, Kevin recruited more than 110 staff at Ampersand E\-Mobility, more than 100 employees at One Acre Fund, and more than 25 employees as a One Acre Fund recruitment intern\. Kevin also maintained an 88% application\-conversion rate for ALX programs in Rwanda, closed seven partnerships, and hosted fellowship events with an average 94% CSAT\. Kevin holds an MBA in Business Analytics from Binghamton University School of Management and a bachelor’s degree with honours in International Business and Trade from The African Leadership University\. ## Services - Operations Administration - Presentation Skills - Partner Relationship Management - Renewable Energy - Logistics Management - Business Impact Analysis - KPI Reporting - Grant Writing - Data Analysis - Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) - Knime - Machine Learning - Information Technology - Early\-Stage Startups - Pitch Development - Program Management - Business Process Improvement - CRM Program Management - Collateral Design - Grant Reporting - Internal Communications - Change Management - Creative Writing - Speech Writing - Organization Skills - Executive Administrative Assistance - Presentation Development - Talent Management - Global Talent Acquisition - Negotiation ## Highlights - Supports early\-stage battery and energy\-storage startups as a Program Support Specialist for New Energy New York’s ChargeUp Accelerator Program\. - Coordinates ChargeUp program logistics, investor\-readiness sessions, cohort communications, trainer\-database maintenance, surveys, curriculum operations, performance insights, and impact reporting\. - Assisted with ChargeUp Regional Showcase, Live Pitch sessions, Battery Week, and other ChargeUp Accelerator Program events\. - Gained exposure to battery and energy\-storage supply chains, fundraising, startup scaling strategies, and clean\-energy technologies through the ChargeUp Accelerator Program\. - Recruited more than 110 new staff at Ampersand E\-Mobility across manufacturing, engineering, assembly, and developer roles\. - Managed Ampersand E\-Mobility’s end\-to\-end recruitment process across an average of about 18 open pipelines, including offers, onboarding, contracts, and stakeholder relationships\. - Closed seven strategic lead\-generation partnerships for ALX programs in Rwanda while serving as Activation Manager at The Room\. - Maintained an 88% conversion rate from started to completed ALX applications through information sessions, calls, and SMS outreach\. - Hosted three fellowship events in Kigali in two months for The Room, with an average CSAT of 94%\. - Managed recruitment across an average of about 10 open pipelines at Co\-creation Hub\. - Designed an automated interview\-scheduling process at Co\-creation Hub that reduced average scheduling time from two weeks to three days\. - Designed and produced Co\-creation Hub’s employee development plan and internal transfer policy to support employee retention\. - Recruited more than 100 employees as a Recruitment Coordinator at One Acre Fund\. - Designed and produced a phone\-interview scheduling system at One Acre Fund to improve candidate experience\. - Recruited more than 25 employees as a Recruitment Intern at One Acre Fund\. - Designed and produced a Job Grade 1 hiring policy for “Officer” roles at One Acre Fund, intended to promote zero bias, effectiveness, and faster time to fill\. - Supported 20,000 started applications through lead generation, event planning, application facilitation, and candidate follow\-up at ALU School of Business\. - Holds an MBA in Business Analytics from Binghamton University School of Management\. - Holds a bachelor’s degree with honours in International Business and Trade from The African Leadership University\. ## Experience - **Program Support Specialist \(ChargeUp Accelerator Program\) at New Energy New York** (2026\-07\-01–present) - **Program Coordination Fellow \(ChargeUp Accelerator Program\) at New Energy New York** (2025\-06\-01–2026\-06\-01) — \* Coordinating program logistics, investor\-readiness sessions, and cohort communications to support early\-stage battery and energy storage startups\. \* Maintaining our trainer database and running surveys to support curriculum operations, gather performance insights, and enhance impact reporting\. \* Assisting with event planning and execution, including the ChargeUp Regional Showcase, Live Pitch sessions, Battery Week, and others\. \* Participating in learning sessions, gaining exposure in the battery and energy storage supply chain, fundraising, startup scaling strategies, and clean energy innovative technologies, and consistently applying these insights to prepare companies for investment\. - **Talent Agent at Spencer Campbell Talent Agency** (2024\-01\-01–2024\-08\-01) — As a Talent Agent at SCTA, I represented social\-impact professionals with an interest in an impact\-driven role\. With tailored guidance and unwavering support, empowered clients to navigate the job search journey confidently\. \* Offering personalized representation with tailored solutions to our C\-suite clients' needs while managing expectations\. \* Providing strategic career guidance, mentorship, and support to help our clients move into Social Impact roles\. \* Leveraging Talent market expertise and Network connections to maximize exposure and opportunities for clients\. - **Talent Acquisition Specialist at Ampersand E\-Mobility** (2022\-07\-01–2023\-11\-01) — \* Manage the end\-to\-end recruitment process, from Vacancy identification to extending offers and facilitating the onboarding of new hires\. for about 18 open pipelines on average regularly \- Recruited for about 110\+ New Staff across roles in Manufacturing, Engineering, Assembly and Developers\. \* Stakeholder relationship management \- Recruitment agencies, Hiring Managers and Staff\. \* Offer letters & Contracts drafting\. \* Conducted staff health check surveys to gain insights into what we're doing great and areas of improvement for better results\. \* Supported with other HR functions too\. - **Activation Manager at The Room** (2021\-06\-01–2023\-06\-01) — \* Established an activation plan for ALX in Rwanda \- designed & implemented an on\-ground talent recruitment strategy for our ALX programs in Rwanda\. \* Championing Strategic lead generation Partnerships with different local institutions i\.e\. Universities, training centers, technology hubs, etc \- Have closed 7 partnerships and counting\. \* Lead Conversion \- through different activities i\.e\. info sessions, Calls & SMSs, etc driving conversion from a started application to a completed application \- kept an 88% conversion rate\. \* Activating The Room fellowship community in Rwanda and fostering engagement through organizing different fellowship events in Kigali \- Hosted 3 events in the last 2 months with an average CSAT of 94%\. - **Talent Acquisition and Development Associate at Co\-creation Hub \(CcHUB\)** (2021\-03\-01–2021\-06\-01) — \* Handling the whole recruitment process from vacancy identification to offer extension for about 10 open pipelines on average regularly\. \* Designed and implemented an automated interview scheduling process to mitigate the back & forth \- reducing the time to schedule an interview to 3 days on average from the initial 2 weeks\. \* Designed & produced the organization’s employee development plan and internal transfer policy towards increasing the organization’s employee retention rate\. - **Recruitment Coordinator at One Acre Fund** (2019\-09\-01–2020\-07\-01) — >> Sourcing & bringing on board strong talents to ensure that our farmers get the best quality & services in every aspect ~ Have recruited 100\+ employees thus far and still counting\.\.\.\.\. \* Designed and produced a Phone interview scheduling system to improve the candidate experience with our hiring process\. \* Prospecting quality candidates for future consideration and keeping in touch over time\. \* Interviewing Candidates and tapping into getting to know more about them and their experience, in end connecting to the role's ideal qualifications to match and see if the candidate could be a good fit\. \* Coordinating with the hiring team and the candidates regarding invitation to the final round interviews and ensuring that everything is in place \(the venue, ahead of time communication and confirming with the candidate's attendance to the interview\)\. - **Recruitment Intern at One Acre Fund** (2019\-06\-01–2019\-09\-01) — Recruited great talents and professionals on the team & ensuring great candidate experience throughout our interview process ~ Recruited more than 25 employees\. Designed & produced a Job Grade 1 \- Hiring Policy for the employees titled as “Officer” that ensures Zero bias, effectiveness & same time reducing the time to fill a position and the project is soon to roll out\. - **Student recruitment and selection intern at ALU School of Business** (2019\-01\-01–2019\-05\-01) — Did a successful lead generation, events planning, facilitated the application process and conducted followups to ensure that the candidates were updated on the close deadlines and know exactly what are the next steps on each stage ~ 20,000 started applications\. ## Education - Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Business Analytics — Binghamton University School of Management (2024\-08\-01–2026\-05\-01) - Bachelors with Honours in International Business and Trade, International Business, Trade, and Tax Law — The African Leadership University (2018\-01\-01–2021\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Kevin do? Kevin is a Program Support Specialist for the ChargeUp Accelerator Program at New Energy New York\. Kevin supports early\-stage battery and energy\-storage startups through program logistics, investor\-readiness sessions, cohort communications, curriculum operations, surveys, impact reporting, and events\. Kevin is pursuing work at the intersection of business development and sustainability, with particular interest in clean\-energy innovation in the United States\. ### What are Kevin’s core professional strengths? Kevin is strongest in strategy, talent operations, program management, business development, partnership development, stakeholder management, recruitment, and professional and leadership development\. Kevin is motivated by complex, impact\-driven challenges with a sustainability component\. ### What does Kevin do at New Energy New York? As a Program Support Specialist, Kevin supports the ChargeUp Accelerator Program’s logistics, investor\-readiness sessions, and communications for its startup cohort\. Kevin also maintains the trainer database, runs surveys to inform curriculum operations and performance insights, and contributes to impact reporting and event execution\. ### What did Kevin accomplish as a ChargeUp Accelerator Program Coordination Fellow? As a Program Coordination Fellow, Kevin coordinated program logistics, investor\-readiness sessions, and cohort communications for early\-stage battery and energy\-storage startups\. Kevin maintained the trainer database, conducted surveys for curriculum operations and impact reporting, assisted with the ChargeUp Regional Showcase, Live Pitch sessions, Battery Week, and other events, and participated in learning sessions on supply chains, fundraising, startup scaling, and clean\-energy technologies to help prepare companies for investment\. ### What was Kevin’s role at Spencer Campbell Talent Agency? At Spencer Campbell Talent Agency, Kevin represented social\-impact professionals seeking impact\-driven roles\. ### What did Kevin accomplish at Ampersand E\-Mobility? At Ampersand E\-Mobility, Kevin managed end\-to\-end recruitment, from vacancy identification through offers and onboarding, across an average of about 18 open pipelines\. Kevin recruited more than 110 staff across manufacturing, engineering, assembly, and developer roles managed relationships with recruitment agencies, hiring managers, and staff drafted offer letters and contracts conducted staff health\-check surveys and supported other HR functions\. ### What did Kevin accomplish at The Room? At The Room, Kevin established an activation plan for ALX in Rwanda and designed and implemented an on\-the\-ground talent\-recruitment strategy for ALX programs\. Kevin closed seven strategic lead\-generation partnerships with local institutions, including universities, training centers, and technology hubs sustained an 88% conversion rate from started to completed applications through information sessions, calls, and SMS and activated The Room fellowship community in Rwanda\. Kevin hosted three fellowship events in Kigali over two months, achieving an average CSAT of 94%\. ### What did Kevin accomplish at Co\-creation Hub? At Co\-creation Hub, Kevin handled recruitment from vacancy identification through offer extension across an average of about 10 open pipelines\. Kevin designed and implemented an automated interview\-scheduling process that reduced average scheduling time from two weeks to three days, and designed and produced the organization’s employee development plan and internal transfer policy to support employee retention\. ### What did Kevin accomplish as a Recruitment Coordinator at One Acre Fund? As a Recruitment Coordinator at One Acre Fund, Kevin sourced and brought on talent to support the organization’s work with farmers, recruiting more than 100 employees\. ### What did Kevin do as a Recruitment Intern at One Acre Fund? As a Recruitment Intern at One Acre Fund, Kevin recruited more than 25 employees while supporting a strong candidate experience\. Kevin also designed and produced a Job Grade 1 hiring policy for employees titled “Officer,” intended to ensure zero bias and effectiveness while reducing time to fill roles the project was preparing to roll out\. ### What did Kevin do at ALU School of Business? As a Student Recruitment and Selection Intern at ALU School of Business, Kevin conducted lead generation, planned events, facilitated applications, and followed up with candidates about deadlines and next steps throughout the process\. This work supported 20,000 started applications\. ### What is Kevin’s educational background? Kevin earned a Master of Business Administration in Business Analytics from Binghamton University School of Management\. Kevin also earned a bachelor’s degree with honours in International Business and Trade, with study in international business, trade, and tax law, from The African Leadership University\. ### What program\-management, operations, and analytical skills does Kevin bring? Kevin’s program, operations, and analytical skills include operations administration, logistics management, business impact analysis, KPI reporting, grant writing, grant reporting, data analysis, business analytics, statistical data analysis, reporting and analysis, business process improvement, program management, CRM program management, project management, program launch, change management, organizational leadership, strategic planning, strategy, market research, financial accounting, managerial finance, artificial intelligence, KNIME, machine learning, information technology, and renewable energy\. ### What talent\-acquisition and people\-development skills does Kevin bring? Kevin’s talent, people, and career\-development skills include talent management, global talent acquisition, technical recruiting, recruiting, sourcing, applicant tracking systems, interviewing, interview preparation, resume writing, profile development, job\-search strategies, career development coaching, mentoring, talent development, staff development, employee surveys, employee relations, organizational behavior, people management, leadership, team leadership, management, delegation, conflict management, active listening, constructive feedback, negotiation, and workload prioritization\. ### What business\-development, partnership, and communication skills does Kevin bring? Kevin’s business\-development, partnership, communication, and delivery skills include partner relationship management, stakeholder management, strategic partnerships, establishing strategic partnerships, early\-stage startups, pitch development, collateral design, client relations, customer relationship management, professional services, marketing, networking, student outreach, conversion optimization, event planning and management, presentation skills, presentation development, public speaking, internal communications, creative writing, speech writing, executive administrative assistance, organization skills, time management, problem solving, communication, research, and English\. ### What tools and technology skills does Kevin use? Kevin works with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, and CRM systems\. Kevin also has skills in presentation development, data analysis, and reporting that support program, recruitment, and partnership work\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/kevin\-kubwimana