Daniel Coyne Email & Phone Number

Lisbon, Portugal

Coordinating project funding proposals, drafting and refining budgets and compiling supporting documentation in readiness for formal submission. Acting as the IISD contact point for the funder throughout the process.Managing active projects, ensuring deliverables are achieved and invoiced for in a prompt manner. Managing periodic reports to funders as stipulated in a project grant agreement, liaising with technical and finance colleagues throughout the process. Working with the project team to discuss possible changes to ongoing work, including staffing changes, revising budgets accordinglyOnboarding new external consultants and drafting their contracts, in adherence to internal procurement proceduresReviewing and querying/approving project expenses, checking that they align with the funder’s and IISD’s policiesOrganising a wide variety of events, from small workshops and roundtables to complex multi-day events, delegating tasks and supervising junior colleagues when required to ensure successful deliveryProviding a strategic review of my subprogram’s finances and resourcing, identifying pressure points and opportunitiesCollaborating with colleagues to provide feedback, ideas and input to better streamline internal project management processes

London, England, United Kingdom

Working with colleagues in the Research Development team to understand the contractual and financial background to each new research projectTaking over the post-award management of new projects, finalising their set up in LSE databases and in the OneFinance system and scheduling future overhead costsReviewing project expenditure, approving and querying expenses and invoices as appropriateRaising and submitting invoices to funders as per award agreements (typically either fixed sums or quarterly based on expenditure)Being the primary point of contact for my LSE departments on all matters related to project expenditure Designing and updating financial statements to monitor and forecast spend, assisting departmental centre managers and project leads to plan and prioritise their activitiesDrafting and reviewing consultancy and collaboration contracts with UK-based and overseas partners and arranging signatures through DocuSignSubmitting interim and final financial reports to funders, checking that all information is correct and to the satisfaction of the sponsorAs required, contacting and responding to auditors, providing them with all necessary information and documentation to obtain swift approval of the activities and expenditure on my projects Reviewing my projects at LSE year-end, ensuring continuing projects are on track and those that have ended have been balanced and closedFamiliarising myself with the research funding landscape, particularly at the UK and European levels, and the terms and conditions of the main sponsors for my portfolio of LSE departments

London, United Kingdom

Managed Religion and Global Society, the LSE's public-facing interdisciplinary blog which seeks to promote an understanding of religion and its relevance in world affairs.Sourced, edited and published original research-led content by religion experts from LSE and beyond.Ran the RGS blog's twitter and facebook accounts.Organised public events on religion at LSE.Regularly evaluated the blog's performance to plan effectively for further growth.Monitored the news cycle and the latest academic research when updating the editorial schedule.Represented the blog at external events and conferences.Explored potential research collaborations.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Ma, Philosophy And Religion, Distinction

Bsc, International Relations, 2.1 (Hons)