Bob Barad Email & Phone Number

Haverhill, Ma, Us

Abuja, Nigeria

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Supervise budget and programming, M&E/VAM, school meals, nutrition and supply chain teams. Also serve as Officer-in-Charge for at least two months out of the year when the WFP Representative and Country Director is on official travel or leave. Review and approve travel authorizations, purchase requests and purchase orders, service operational agreements, and bank payments. Under delegated authority, chair recruitment, contracts, procurement, and funds management committees. Coordinate, write and review drafts and provide English mother-tongue editorial support for funding proposals, reports and briefs. Support partnerships with donors, United Nations agencies and local NGOs. Monitor staff wellness and encourage improved morale and team spirit.

Dakar, Senegal

Dakar, Senegal: Lead the review and approval process for programme documents in the region. Ensure timely compliance with deadlines for the design, submission and clearance of new projects and budget revisions. Supervise the team working on these issues and report to the Senior Regional Programme Advisor. Circulate documents for clearance within the regional bureau and communicate with country offices on next steps. Engage with the finalization of project documents during the post-programme review process and prior to submission for approval by the Executive Director or Executive Board.

Rome Area, Italy

Rome, Italy: Under the supervision of the Deputy Chief of Staff, wrote, cleared and revised speeches, talking points and background information for the Executive Director, ensuring style and content effectively communicated Executive Director's priorities; reviewed, wrote and edited publications, op-eds, and other communications of the Executive Director in close cooperation with Communications Division and other departments and divisions; working with the Correspondence Administrator, reviewed, cleared and revised correspondence issued under the Executive Director's signature, adapting style and content; based on review of media and other information sources, ensured that the Executive Director's messaging was consistent with broad WFP themes and supported by internal and external research, programmes and information; worked with the Deputy Chief of Staff on strategic thinking and external engagement to ensure WFP had a visible and productive role in major world events and to ensure the Executive Director attained the greatest possible positive impact during and after her travels.

Monrovia, Liberia: Lead 16 member team responsible for network and user support, emergency telecommunications and training, and electrical and air conditioning systems; plan, manage and implement IT and electrical infrastructure for two new WFP office premises; establish cooperative arrangement with UN Peacekeeping for extension of Liberia's only fiber-speed network to three remote warehouses; develop country-wide connectivity strategy for move to high-speed, high-availability network in preparation for cloud-based computing platforms; perform country office roles as Bank Signatory and Chair of the Contracts Committee; budget IT equipment and services for the five-year Country Programme.

Rome, Italy: Head of Operations Unit within Operations and Services Branch of IT Division; Lead strategist for WFP's harmonization of information technology services and improved IT resource sharing among UN agency country offices; IT infrastructure Team Leader for enterprise resource planning system (SAP) business improvement project; Project Manager for global rollout of satellite communications systems (VSAT) to 80 WFP country offices and over 100 sub offices.

Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire And Kampala, Uganda

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (1996-2000) and Kampala, Uganda (2000-2004): Managed teams providing information technology support and service delivery, including local area and wide area networks, electronic mail services, Internet, HF and VHF networks for voice and data, office telephone systems, and satellite communications; advised Regional and Country Directors on IT strategy, planning, implementation, budget, and management of resources; frequent travel to WFP offices in 15 African countries.

Washington, DC: Coordinated team pioneering USAID's World Wide Web and group mailing list (listserv) services; set-up and designed USAID's internal web site (Intranet); designed early project headquarters-to-field and field-to-field electronic communications systems.

Washington, DC: Provided technical assistance in electronic communications to donor agencies, academic institutions, businesses, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations; developed and operated a microcomputer-based electronic bulletin board system specializing in Africa-related communications; promoted cooperative strategies for low-cost electronic networking initiatives.

Washington, DC: Core team member of the long-term perspective study titled "Sub-Saharan Africa: From Crisis to Sustainable Growth", and lead author and editor of texts on fostering entrepreneurship and regional integration; initiated study on regional food security and cross-border trade in the Kagera Basin and Kivu region, conducted field interviews in Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Fintonia, Sierra Leone: Worked for the Government of Sierra Leone as an agricultural extension agent assigned to a rural farming community; assisted self-help projects; introduced new seed varieties and management techniques to increase crop yields; intensive training in irrigated rice production techniques, local culture, and languages.

Ma, International Relations And African Studies

Jd

Legal Intern, National Wildlife Federation, International Affairs Office. Student Attorney, DC Law Students in Court Program: Represented.

Ba, History And Political Science