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London, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

• Manages programmes focused on maternal health, sexual and reproductive health, and WASH in Tanzania and Uganda.• Contributes to Programme Funding Strategy Development.• Collaborates and works directly with Country Offices.• Manages institutional and corporate donors.• Provides technical assistance for grant management, reporting, donor stewardship, and monitoring and evaluation.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Managed international programmes supporting people with disabilities working in Argentina, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Haiti, India, Kenya, Uganda, Ukraine, the United States and Venezuela. • Managed relationships with major donors and corporate sponsors.• Worked directly in community settings with people with disabilities in countries of operation.• Strong interpersonal skills effectively across cultures, working with directly with teams in countries of operations, national and local governments, international organizations, local NGOs corporate sponsors, civil society organizations, and other key external stakeholders. • Managed one direct report and country offices, also a budget of over £500,000 ($635,000).• Professional communication and writing skills, for example, writing reports for the governing board, major donors, international partners and external stakeholders. • Collaborated with partners to troubleshoot issues and support them with reporting, for example, I implemented new reporting templates and monitoring and evaluation systems.• Used information technology tools and CRM systems including Salesforce, Trello, Adobe, Microsoft Office, and Canva.

London

London, United Kingdom

• Managed four large programmes across the UK working in partnership with the UK government and corporates. Worked with 46 member foundations to tackle socio-economic issues. • Managed financial database systems, CRM systems, reporting and communications • Wrote reports on the impact and learnings from programmes which were published. • Facilitated and represented organization at key stakeholder meetings. • Collaborated with diverse stakeholders and funders to develop capacity building workshops and trainings.

London, United Kingdom

• Planned and organized projects, workshops, conferences and learning events with over 20 teams across the organization and community partners.• Created project plans, drafted programme agendas, evaluation of events and projects, organized venues, managed event and financial administration. • Supported the administration and development of funding programmes such as the women’s mental health support fund by assessing 50 project proposals.• Worked directly in community settings and organized events with community partners such as women’s mental health workshops.

London, United Kingdom

• Planned and organized with the UK government and the Commonwealth Secretariat to deliver the Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF).• Managed 50 young people from diverse backgrounds as delegates and a £10,000 ($12,000) budget. • Managed additional events of all the Commonwealth work, including an event with the UK Prime Minister at Downing Street.

Beirut District, Lebanon

• Drafted research paper and achieved UN research credit in publication “Strengthening Social Protection for Persons with Disabilities in Arab Countries” (ESCWA, 2018).• Conducted desk-based research using secondary data sources and policy analysis on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and social protection policies of ESCWA member states.

Master’S Degree, Human Geography

Specification in Political Geography. Core modules also included GIS, statistics and research thesis.

Bachelor'S Degree, Geography, 2:1 (Hons)