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Phnom Penh, Cambodia

• Led the generation of relevant evidence assessing the socio-economic fallout of the Ukraine war including food and nutrition security bulletin, trade analysis, monthly market & seasonal bulletins, and quarterly.
• Helped position WFP as a leader in vulnerability analytics by producing and strategically disseminating relevant research studies and knowledge products and participating in various panel discussions
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• Initiated/developed strategic knowledge partnerships including with UNICEF, UNDP, ADB, Save the Children International, Ministry of Social Affiars, National Social Protection Council
• Contributed to WFP’s work in the area of shock-responsive social protection by managing the 2021/22 Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) analysis and validation exercise jointly with Save the Children International and the.
• Supported the provision of M&E technical assistance to the Ministry of Education on National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme including co-creation of Theory of Change and M&E framework

Somalia

Amman, Jordan

• Lead on the generation of evidence on topics such as food security, essential needs, vulnerability, multi-dimensional poverty among refugees and host populations and provide overall quality control of analysis and.
• Conduct and lead relevant assessments and studies on food security, nutrition, and essential needs including annual inter-agency needs assessments, Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) assessment, quarterly food security.
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• Lead on the design and implementation of joint targeting approaches for Syrian and non-Syrian refugees in collaboration with UNHCR
• Oversee the monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities, providing technical analysis and interpretation to enable strategic and programmatic decision-making and learning
• Lead operational partnerships relating to VAM and M&E, including inter-agency collaboration with UNHCR and UNICEF, to ensure integration of assessments and assistance programming

Yaounde, Cameroon

• Set up M&E system for level 2 emergency response in anglophone North West and South West regions in Cameroon, including third party monitoring (TPM), mobile VAM system to collect outcome and market price data, and.
• Conceived targeting approach based on household vulnerability criteria for the anglophone crisis in the West and Central African Republic (CAR) refugee crisis in the East

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

• Conducted final project evaluation of Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded resettlement project to assist households that were resettled in the course of the Cambodian railway rehabilitation project to restore their.

Kananga, Democratic Republic Of The Congo (DRC)

• Led the VAM/M&E (Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping, Monitoring & Evaluation) unit managing and training a team of 5 field monitors and developed the M&E capacity of Programme staff
• Set up monitoring system for level 3 emergency response in Central and Eastern Kasai provinces regularizing process, output and outcome monitoring activities and tools for data collection, analysis and reporting
• Managed monitoring activities for innovative large-scale Multi-Purpose Cash (MPC) operation… Show more
• Managed monitoring activities for innovative large-scale Multi-Purpose Cash (MPC) operation, touching upon health and educational sectors
• Planned and lead large-scale representative household data collection exercises in the deep field (budgeting, sampling, programming of questionnaires, training of enumerators)
• Conducted regular analysis on food security, nutrition and MPC indicators using corporate tools (ODK, ONA, SPSS) and supervised timely data registration in corporate tool COMET

Regional Bureau For Latin America And The Caribbean, Panama City, Panama

• Provided strategic guidance, oversight and technical assistance to 11 country offices in the region with regards to regular M&E exercises (sampling; data collection, processing, analysis and evaluation; planning.
• Particular focus on communication with affected communities and development of complaints and feedback mechanisms (CFMs). Implemented a beneficiary feedback hotline for the emergency response to Hurricane Matthew in.
• Particular focus on communication with affected communities and development of complaints and feedback mechanisms (CFMs). Implemented a beneficiary feedback hotline for the emergency response to Hurricane Matthew in.
• Conducted national and (sub)-regional training courses to country office staff and undertaken support missions to improve data collection and use; facilitate uptake of innovative tools for data collection, registration.
• Managed a range of knowledge management platforms at regional level to document best practices, provide learning opportunities, and create a pool of evidence to strengthen the role of M&E in operations/ programmes..

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1. Participation in a learning mission on Social protection, Food Security and Nutrition (SP, FS&N) in Cambodia. Evaluation of different SP mechanisms/ modalities against their contribution towards enhanced food and nutrition security. Assessment of the stakeholder and policy landscape, involving collaboration and field visits with the World Food Programme.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Intern with Regional GIZ project ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems (ASEAN-SAS). Drafting of inputs for public priavte partnership (PPP) to build up a Green Innovation Center in Phnom Penh (Eco-Agri Center, EAC). Comprehensive impact evaluation of organic contract farming, assessing effects on rural livelihoods of smallholders (in Takeo province) during a.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Linking Policy to Practice (LPP) project: Social Protection portfolio Drafting of inputs for desk studies, policy reports, and online reviews to mainstream Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) touching upon Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)Support to HIV-sensitive Social Protection

Frankfurt Am Main, Deutschland

Safety Management in foreign countriesCountry Risk Assessments

Master'S Degree, International Development Studies (Ids), 1.4 ('Outstanding'​)

Activities and Societies: Spokesman for the IDS Master's course and member of the active student board

Master'S Degree, Evaluation

Individual Courses, Peace Studies And Conflict Resolution, 95%

Bachelor'S Degree, Latin American Studies / Economics, 1.4 ('Outstanding'​)

Activities and Societies: Member of the University's 'Columbia Group'​