Dr Jayshree Thakrar Email & Phone Number

St Ives, England, GB

Funded by FCDO in strategic partnership with the World Bank, and other donors such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF, the EdTech Hub is a global research partnership. Its goal is to expand the global evidence base and influence policy and practice on the use of technology in education (Edtech) in low- and middle-income countries. I am.

FCDO Tanzania has been supporting the Government of Tanzania and the Tanzania Institute for Education and other government education bodies with technical assistance to complete the new plan for the implementation of Teacher CPD and strengthen governance through improved education data management and data-driven decision-making. This adaptive project will.

Supporting the Risk-Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) Secretariat Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Advocacy Coordinator as they implement the REAP MEL Framework, Monitoring Plan, and Developmental Evaluation activities.

Launched at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) brings together climate, development, and humanitarian stakeholders with the aim of making 1 billion people safer from disaster by 2025. I am leading the development of the REAP MEL Framework and supporting the REAP Secretariat with its implementation.

FCDO has engaged Tetra Tech to provide third party monitoring services to support theverification of programme monitoring in the Africa region across its Africa Regional Departmentportfolio of programmes. I'm conducting Data Systems Reviews for selected FCDO-funded programmes to assess the quality and suitability of delivery partners’ systems for results.

Providing MEL technical proposal development support for a live tender.

Coordinating data collection and undertaking data analysis to capture lessons and recommendations for future TVET interventions in the cross-border areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, part of the €14m, EU-funded Building Opportunities for Resilience in the Horn of Africa (BORESHA) programme.

The Prosperity Fund is a UK government initiative supporting inclusive economic growth in partner countries through a £1.2 billion portfolio of programmes over 7 years. The Fund’s activities will contribute to achieving SDGs while creating opportunities for international business as a secondary benefit. The Prosperity Fund consists of 24 programmes.

The Zambia Accountability Programme (ZAP) is a £26.5m, five-year DFID-funded adaptive programme encompassing the following focal areas: education; political processes and democratic institutions; and inclusive growth. ZAP was conceptualised as an adaptive programme, where implementing partners would respond to/influence and exploit changes in the political.

Provided technical bid development support in response to opportunities from donors such as DFID, across various sectors. Worked collaboratively across the bid development team, including, where relevant, across consortia partners.

AiiN is a seven-year, £46.3 million, DFID-funded technical assistance programme which aims to support the Government of Nepal to address key constraints to inclusive and transformational growth takes a “politically smart and adaptive” programming approach, and emphasises the involvement of local experts, as well as use of ongoing political economy analysis.

Conducted evaluation data and context analysis as part of the final reporting for the impact evaluation of market sectors supported by the DFID-funded, seven-year, £18.4m, Samarth-Nepal programme that sought to improve income and growth for marginalised people within key economic sub-sectors using the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach.

Communications Facilitator for the Sustainable Agriculture Intensification Research and Learning in Africa (SAIRLA) project funded by the UK Department for International Development, which has a particular focus on Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Burkina Faso and Ghana. Civil Society Expert for the independent evaluation of the Zambia Accountability.

Admitted as a full-time doctoral candidate under Professor Gary Minkley, South African National Research Chair in Social Change, for a PhD in Social Science. Proposed, awarded and managed National Research Foundation grant ZAR 1.8million. Short-term technical consultancies: - Facilitated LED strategy development for Nkonkobe local and OR Tambo district.

Established a new Centre that acts as a repository of community engagement initiatives; undertakes research in community engagement; develops, monitors and evaluates associated policies and practices; and sustains dialogues on community engagement in higher education. Raised over ZAR 3 million in research and development funds. Hosted a series of.

Reporting to the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, project managed the development of the institutional Strategic Plan 2009 – 2016: Towards our Centenary. Reporting to the Dean of Education, facilitated TESSA communications across the consortium, including the design and development of an African-wide newsletter, leaflets and information letters and presented.

Reporting to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, project managed the development of the institution’s self-evaluation report in readiness for the institutional quality audit conducted by the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), Council of Higher Education in May 2008. Communicated to internal and external stakeholders using a variety of platforms, including.

Researched and drafted new policies including the Quality Management & Assurance Framework and Continuing Education Policy. Supported Faculties undergoing National Reviews and Professional Body Accreditation of their programmes. Fundraised a total of R460k raised for the Unit and promoted quality assurance literacy across the Fort Hare community.

Conceptualised, researched and developed a financial management training and academic framework, curriculum and materials for all levels of staff, across all Eastern Cape Provincial Government Departments. Managed a team of 17 staff; the design team of the Short Courses, Certificates, Diploma and Honours Degree and Post Graduate Studies. Project managed.

Supported and trained all staff with finance duties in all the SCFUK offices within Southern Africa and technically advised the Regional Director of Southern Africa. Facilitated ‘train the trainer’ workshops for UK-based staff and finance workshops for SCF staff in Western Africa and Latin America regions.

Project managed the implementation of the SUN system in Malawi, Burundi, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guatemala and Haiti (working in each country for up to 5 months), tailoring the system to local requirements.Trained all finance staff located across head and field offices to use the system and co-developed a user manual (translated into French and Spanish).

Taught Grades 8-12 in a new post-apartheid rural school some 200km from the Angolan border; achieved 100% pass rate in IGCSE Accounting. Additional subjects taught included English and History. Undertook research on effective school management of financial resources for the Namibian Presidential Commission on Education and Training.

Systems and year-end audits as well as two value for money investigations.

Standards 4 - 6, Little Flower School, India; full and part-time students at CESAL, France; and private tuition to adults, Limassol, Cyprus.

A portfolio of audit clients covering the media and communications, retail and manufacturing industries. Internal secondments to Corporate Finance Investigations, working on two six-month long fraud cases, one involving overseas work in Holland; Management Consultancy on the privatisation of water companies; and Internal Training and Development, training.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Social Sciences

Master'S Degree, Education, Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Education (B.Ed.), Business Information Technology Education, 2:1

Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants, Accountancy, Levels 1, 2 And 3

Association Of Accounting Technicians, Accountancy, Qualified Member

Teach English As A Foreign Language (Tefl) Certificate, Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor, Pass