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Washington, DC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Strategic leader and manager promoting cross-functional, interdisciplinary initiatives to advance a Just Agricultural Transition, Just Energy Transition and Finance for Just Climate Action. Designing to leverage the power of a global network through local to global influencing of government and corporate climate policies, strategies, and finance at all.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Clients: CARE USA, CARE Australia, IFAD, The Global Resilience Partnership (hosted by the Stockholm Resilience Centre), CORUS International, Practical Action & Itad (for WFP).Projects included: Developing an international climate justice program; developing an organizational environmental and social impacts screening system; comparative review of community.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Leadership of a global network of 250+ resilience research, measurement, evaluation and learning specialists committed to "Strengthening the Evidence Base for Resilience Investments". Successfully co-designed and delivered the RMEL Conference and Convening 2018, "Measuring up to the Resilience Challenge", attended by 200 delegates. Led the transition from.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Engaging executive leaders, fund-raisers and teams across CARE’s 14-member confederation to develop strategic partnerships, programs and policy advocacy to advance gender-equitable climate action. Cultivating.
• Member of the CARE International climate secretariat, representing CARE’s climate change portfolio with partners, funders and CARE offices.
• Led CARE’s partnerships with: the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) research program of the CGIAR; IFAD’s Adaptation in Small-holder Agriculture Program (ASAP); and the FAO, leading to outputs such.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Leadership of CARE International’s Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) strategy, championing integration of CARE USA’s economic development, water, nutrition, small-scale agriculture, and financial inclusion agendas.
• Portfolio management to finalize and launch the six-country Pathways to Empower Women in Agriculture program (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation).
• Developed, launched and managed the CARE-Cornell Collaboration with the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, and the CARE-WWF Alliance, delivering outcomes including the Impact through Innovation Fund for research.
• Advanced research, knowledge synthesis and policy analysis, and facilitated internal debate, shifting CARE’s FNS strategy towards a focus on just and sustainable food systems.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Responsible for policy analysis and representing CARE in policy advocacy debates on social protection, food security and climate change alongside the government relations team. Engaged with USAID around the launch of Feed the Future, and developed policy advocacy documents with the Roadmap to end Hunger coalition.

Tanzania

Innovation role in the CARE Access Africa team for scaling-up savings-led financial inclusion. Provided technical support to country offices to explore the policy and practice linkages between social protection and financial services for marginalized people and communities. Developed guidance on social protection, a social protection strategy discussion.

Tanzania

Responsible for strategic leadership, business planning, technical guidance and management oversight of the health portfolio of CARE in Tanzania. Manager of a team of health program staff, comprising 3-6 project teams operating in 18-24 Districts of Tanzania at any one time. Projects included: CARE as implementing partner of: i) the Tanzania National.

Tanzania

Leadership of the DFID funded initiative, managing 7 staff to deliver a transparent, high quality service on a fast-paced national grant-making program, managing around 80 grants at any one time, and 2 confidential grant selection committees. Managed the strategy for, and transition to become, the Tanzania Foundation for Civil Society (2003).

UK And Tanzania

Strategy development for Concern Tanzania and Concern Burundi, including design and facilitation of participatory retreats with communities, local and national government representatives and other stakeholders, using the Appreciative Inquiry approach.

Tanzania

Strategic leader and manager of HPA’s Tabora and Singida Region programs, working in partnership with over 40 villages, 6 Local Government Authorities, and 2 Regional Administrations to institutionalise participatory approaches to primary health, education, WASH, natural resource management and food assistance. Facilitated the formation of a successful.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Member of the Program Team leading the design and production of the Open University’s innovative Diploma and Master’s Program in Development Management, working across Development Studies and the Business School. Co-authored core courses in Capacities for Development Management and Institutional Development.Proposed and co-edited the core teaching book.

Post-Graduate Diploma, Environmental Economics

Post-Graduate Diploma, Epidemiology

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Development Policy And Practice

Master'S Degree, Development Studies

Bachelor'S Degree, Modern History