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Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

* Lead for driving new business with Alinea's primary institutional donor, Global Affairs Canada, and leading outreach/engagement with key Departmental Branches: Bilateral, Partnerships, International Security, and Global Issues.* Provide support on funding opportunities with secondary institutional donors: UK Foreign Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development, European Commission, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, and World Bank. Experience with multiple funding mechanisms including: Unsolicited Proposals, Calls /Requests for Proposals, Department Initiated Proposals, Peace & Stabilization Operations Program Proposals, and Framework Call-downs (Conflict, Stability & Security Fund, International Multi-Disciplinary Programme, etc.).* Oversee entire proposal development process from tracking opportunities to identifying and qualifying new leads, mapping competitors and potential partners, developing proposal strategies, managing bid capture teams, reviewing technical and financial proposals, and packaging hard-copy and digital submissions.* Support head office and overseas recruitment efforts, including conducting interviews, screening candidates and on-boarding of new staff.

Ottawa, Canada Area

* Managed day-to-day operations of two large-scale projects in Ghana ($20M budget) and Ethiopia ($7.5M budget), and conducted field missions to monitor project performance and provide technical assistance.* Responsible for generating new business development opportunities across all CFTC countries of operation, including identifying leads, designing new projects, and developing solicited and unsolicited concept notes and proposals.* Developed new tools and processes to streamline CFTC's institutional funding and strategic relations objectives and support roll-out of five year Strategic Framework. Led preparation of annual workplans and semi-annual and annual narrative reports, and provided quality assurance on financial reports against contract requirements. * Collaborated with Fundraising Team to develop proposals and communication materials for corporate sponsors, foundations and high net worth individuals.

Ottawa, Canada Area

* Provided technical and project management support on seven multi-year, multi-million dollar projects in South Sudan, Ethiopia and Cambodia with a combined budget of more than $30M. * Worked directly with local partners, civil society and government agencies, leading dozens of stakeholder consultations as part of efforts to monitor project progress, integrate best practices and learnings into program design, and inform project decision-making and delivery. * Developed Project Implementation Plans (PIPs) and annual workplan budgets, established Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) systems, and prepared semi-annual, annual and end-of-project narrative reports to donors.Supported business development efforts ultimately bringing in more than $15M in new programming via Solicited, Unsolicited and Call for Proposals funding mechanisms.* Led policy research project assessing the Government of Canada’s food security programming in Ethiopia and Honduras as CHF’s representative on the Canadian Food Security Policy Group.

Ottawa, Canada Area

* Improved analytical and written communication skills while preparing high-level presentations, briefing notes and key messages on Canada’s approach to human trafficking for the Minister, Deputy Minister and Assistant Deputy Minister.* Lead for Citizenship and Immigration on the Interdepartmental Working Group responsible for developing the Trafficking in Persons Action Plan, along with stakeholders from 16 other government agencies/departments.* Restructured the Department’s human trafficking database to more efficiently extract, analyze and disaggregate key factors relating to human trafficking victims to ensure they have legal immigration status in Canada and access to healthcare and other social services.

Ottawa, Canada Area

* Acquired valuable networking, interpersonal and communication skills while maintaining relations between Canada and various Pan-African Institutions, including the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the African Union (AU).* Using classified information, prepared high level reports on issues ranging from the impact of the 2008 economic crisis on Canadian interests in sub-Saharan Africa to the regional implications of Muammar Gadaffi’s tenure as the Chair of the AU Assembly.* Coordinated the Government of Canada’s 2010-2011 bid to secure a seat on the UN Security Council, and prepared briefing packages for senior Canadian diplomatic personnel for the 2009 African Union Summit in Sirte, Libya.

Ottawa, Canada Area

* Main point of contact for all matters relating to Canada’s bilateral relationship with Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.* Gained impeccable time management and organizational skills while coordinating the logistical arrangements of the 2006 Canada-EU Summit in Niagara-on-the-Lake as well as several Canada-EU Expert Working Group Meetings.* Prepared, analyzed and synthesized briefs for senior Canadian diplomatic personnel on, among other topics, Canada-EU Relations, Canada-EU Streamlining, and EU Integration/Enlargement.

Masters Of Arts In International Development: Poverty, Conflict And Reconstruction, Planning & Managing Development; Poverty & Livelihoods; Reconstruction & Development

Bachelor Of Social Sciences Honours In International Development And Globalization, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, History

Certificate In Livelihoods And Markets, Micro-Enterprise & Market-Led Development; Public Private Partnerships; Pro-Poor Strategies For Valu

International Exchange Program, Political Economy, Global Politics, Anthropology, Mandarin (Chinese)

High School Diploma