Becca Smith Email & Phone Number

Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Technical advisory services for clients including: Grand Challenges Canada, Oxfam GB, Overseas Development Institute, CARE International, Ethical Trading Initiative, Coffey International Development, DAI Europe.
• Knowledges Mobilization advisor, Indigenous Innovation Initiative at Grand Challenges Canada
• Co-lead of a baseline study for the Healthy Relationships for a Violence-Free Future Activity, World Vision Timor-Leste/USAID
• External Evaluator, summative evaluation of the Code Blue advocacy campaign to end impunity for UN personnel who commit sexual offences
• Team Lead and Methodological Specialist, qualitative evaluation of the Tipping Point project to end child marriage in Nepal and Bangladesh
• Design and implementation of research studies and evaluations using SenseMaker, including examining women's working conditions in the agricultural sector in Morocco, the experiences of people displaced by conflict in.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Leadership and growth of the KMT team of a feminist impact-first investor, working across global health, humanitarian, and Indigenous innovation programs.

London, United Kingdom

• Provision of technical leadership for MEL activities and business development with a focus on promoting evidence uptake, knowledge management and learning, and on strengthening gender and inclusion within project.
• MEL Technical Advisor, Humqadam School Construction and Rehabilitation Program, Pakistan (DFID)
• Learning Specialist, Green Economy Transition Evaluation and Learning Activity, Tajikistan (EBRD)
• Communication and Learning Specialist, UK Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) West Africa
• Technical Lead on Gender and Social Inclusion, ASEAN Low Carbon Energy Programme (FCO Prosperity Fund)

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia And London, UK

• Technical leadership in developing the Girl Hub country programme’s monitoring, learning and results (MLR) framework. Implementation of an MLR strategy for measuring the efficacy of strategic partnerships and the use.
• Developed the measurement strategy for ‘Yegna’, an innovative and inspiring youth-focused brand and media platform that combines entertainment and behaviour change communications with community outreach activities in.
• Designed and oversaw the first pilot research project in Ethiopia to use the SenseMaker story collection methodology. Designed further applications of SenseMaker including a large-scale baseline study and a study to.
• Annual review and business case writing for DFID; strategic senior management role
• Partnership building with research collaborators and suppliers
• Translation of research into knowledge products

Dakar, Senegal

I conducted analysis of feminist and sociological texts to inform the global literature review for an applied research project on young women's political participation and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in francophone West Africa. The project employed intersectional feminist theory and sought to develop innovative.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Program development and coordination activities for the Women's Rights and Citizenship program, an initiative that provided funding and project support for feminist researchers in developing countries.
• Monitoring a $4 million CAD annual budget;
• Program development and strategic planning, drawing upon expertise in the areas of gender and democratic governance and women's economic empowerment;
• Writing and editing narrative reports and generating and compiling data for corporate reports;
• Technical review of research funding proposals;
• Representation at the UN Commission on the Status of Women;

Lusaka, Zambia

• Work with the Zambian NGO Women for Change through a partnership with the Victoria International Development Education Association (VIDEA), based in Victoria, Canada.
• Designed and implemented gender-focused grassroots community development programming for traditional leaders in rural Zambian communities
• Project development, monitoring and evaluation, communications and advocacy
• International partnership building
• Rapid humanitarian needs assessment of flood-affected communities
• Qualitative field research interviewing community gatekeepers to identify new operational areas

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Analysis of Canadian foreign policy on gender equality and women's human rights; preparation of briefing notes, correspondence, and background materials
• Member of the Canadian delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2007; assisted with multilateral negotiations

Ottawa, Canada Area

I attended and wrote rapid reports on Canadian parliamentary committee meetings. I also produced communications products including newsletters on the Canadian forestry industry; website content; and weekly online updates on parliamentary affairs.

Postgraduate Certificate, Data Science, Innovation And Technology

Ma, International Affairs

Activities and Societies: Rights and Democracy

Ba Honours, Development Studies And History

Activities and Societies: Queen's Project on International Development, HIV/AIDS Regional Services