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• Oversee the full contract lifecycle, from initial negotiations through execution, renewal, and close-out, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.• Lead the contract management components of RFP responses, analyzing requirements, assessing risks, and aligning propose terms with organizational standards to increase competitiveness and minimize contractual exposure.• Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks within contracts and RFP responses, upholding company policies and regulatory standards to safeguard organizational interests.• Serve as a primary point of contact for contract-related inquiries, facilitating cross-functional collaboration to align contract terms and RFP responses with organizational objectives.• Develop and refine contract and RFP management processes to improve efficiency, reduce turnaround times, and support scalability.• Oversee the full contract lifecycle, from initial negotiations through execution, renewal, and close-out, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.• Lead the contract management components of RFP responses, analyzing requirements, assessing risks, and aligning propose terms with organizational standards to increase competitiveness and minimize contractual exposure.• Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks within contracts and RFP responses, upholding company policies and regulatory standards to safeguard organizational interests.• Serve as a primary point of contact for contract-related inquiries, facilitating cross-functional collaboration to align contract terms and RFP responses with organizational objectives.• Develop and refine contract and RFP management processes to improve efficiency, reduce turnaround times, and support scalability.

• Contract Management Lead for Diamond-level clients.• Act as contract management’s client facing role, building trusted relationships with client counterparts.• Work with account leadership, client, commercial and business stakeholders to understand and support client needs and priorities such as account strategy, objectives, and opportunities. • Lead contract management staff across multiple projects and accounts providing input into performance management and ensuring compliance and data protection within all levels of the agreement between parties. • Support the identification, escalation, and resolution of commercial and contract risks and issues working with contract management and project leadership to ensure the best outcome for all parties. • Engage in pre-award sales activities; negotiations and discussions with delivery teams, potential deal shaping, and contractual outcomes with sales teams and business leadership, including contract drafting support.• Backed up the French-Canadian contract management team during periods of staffing shortages, utilizing French language proficiency and contract management experience to maintain continuity in service.• Promoted from Contract Specialist to Associate Contract Manager in Sept 2022.

• Responsible for reducing risk by completing federally compliant close-out procedures at the task order and subcontract levels by: securing internal approval for close-out, coordinating with the subcontractor to receive a signed release of claims, and liaising between the subcontractor and finance team to reconcile any differences in financial reporting.• Assist the subcontract close-out team with tracking and updating current and future close-out statuses to ensure client and fiscal year priorities are being reached.• Contribute to the timely execution of contracting documents including: purchase orders, consulting agreements, subcontracts and modifications, and task orders and modifications.• Ensure the current e-file system for contracts remains up-to-date while the team transitions to a new cloud storage system.

● Facilitated project support related to USAID-compliant; reporting, contract requirements, consultant agreements, and travel planning.● Responsible for overseeing the competitive selection of contractors and consultants, creating their contracts for approval by the contract manager, and overseeing contract completion, including deliverable status and processing invoices.● Provided administrative, financial and programmatic support to field program offices in Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, etc… and SHOPS technical/health leads.● Led budgeting and expenditure analysis to monitor project burn rates against implementation timelines.● Contributed to the development of project materials, reports, presentations and communication.● Supported the monitoring and evaluation team, including contributions to the Performance Monitoring Plans for Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.

• Served as the main point of contact for 152 SfN chapters, implementing strategies that result in the development and expansion of chapters.• Ensured all chapters abide by SfN agreement, inclusive of the prompt and precise filing of the annual report.• Coordinated chapter-related events and prepares all required materials. • Updated content on chapters’ page of SfN Web site and make recommendations for content improvements to optimize efficiency.• Provided staffing for an array of activities and meetings and handles daily committee correspondence.• Assisted with services to over 41,000 members, including responses to; member inquiries, membership database updates, and financial processing.

• Supported program management of the grant and partnership agreement process for the $479 million flagship Haiti Assistance Program.• Reviewed proposals and quarterly progress reports to ensure budget was on track and reported recommended edits to program staff.• Maintained, updated, and distributed accurate statistics, transparent records, and thorough documentation of the portfolio of 50+ programs.• Researched project and proposal information and prepared for presentations.• Provided executive and administrative assistance to national headquarters Haiti Assistance Program staff and to the Haiti field delegation.

- Manage all out-going national & some international expenses, office management.- Executive assistance with administrative tasks, projects, & scheduling.- Manage all HR processes; background checks, trainings, orientations, & the entrance & exit procedure. - Write & edit national policies and procudures.- Contribute to the launch process of new Venture teams & maintain the database of over 2000 teams.

- Created employee diversity packets for staff & volunteer training.- Coordinated logistical planning for national summit.- Requested grants & wrote follow-up requests for volunteer events & staff trainings.- Led recruitment process for local office administrative positions, fielded first round of interviews.

- Researched, reviewed, & ordered over 80 books on International Humanitarian Law to begin building a reference library on the topic for organizational & community use.- Wrote & edited a proposal for media distribution in the linguistic & cultural identity of Arab-Israelis.- Attended a conference on the Mediterranean Union & then created information packets for staff use.