Emily Parker Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

• Lead OTI research and learning portfolio on topics in crisis operations and international assistance to ensure country programs have access to relevant actionable research; conduct and coordinate research and complex.
• Develop and feed into comprehensive knowledge management strategies, track common themes and demands to feed into broader learning questions/agendas, and identify/hone research questions to meet needs of country.
• Support Office-wide and Agency events to socialize and disseminate information to support organizational learning and analysis, increase opportunities for peer-to-peer dialogue
• Lead and mentor junior staff; assign and review research tasks to respond to information needs in crisis operations and political transitions; serve as Acting Team Lead
• Develop and maintain working relationships with a variety of stakeholders from other federal agencies/bureaus; participate in Agency and Bureau working groups and develop products to support implementing partners and.

• Reviewed and provided technical feedback to improve M&E Manual (including theory of change, results frameworks, evaluation and learning plans, indicators) for multisector community development and crisis response.

• Led the roll-out and piloting process of 6 of WFP’s global country offices in the “Resilience Building Blocks project,” facilitating and monitoring WFP’s contribution to resilience building and operationalization of.
• Facilitated “Piloting Working Group;” co-lead processes of validating resilience measurement products with HQ, country office, and regional bureau colleagues
• Designed guidance and tools for resilience programming; finalized and packaged resilience products (measurement frameworks, guidance notes, measurement tools) and disseminated amongst country offices and regional bureaus
• Co-developed and reviewed country office measurement frameworks and tailored monitoring approaches
• Wrote new content for Resilience Building Blocks products and adjusted existing content
• Worked with regional bureaus to select country offices to engage in testing and validation of approaches and tools

Somalia And Kenya

• Designed and managed six program learning evaluations: developed methodology, oversaw data collection, analyzed data, wrote inception report and final report, and presented findings on best practices and lessons learned
• Delivered presentations with policy recommendations to senior Somali government officials and international actors
• Conducted research and collected case studies from the field; used various methodologies (including desk reviews of evaluations and reports, bilateral interviews and key informant interviews, and surveys) to identify.
• Maintained strong relationships with colleagues and UN counterparts across regional and country offices
• Managed junior staff members, providing coaching for program learning consultants
• Built and maintained strong donor relationships; liaised directly with donor (USAID/OTI)

Nairobi, Kenya

• Developed SatDRR’s first ever knowledge management and PME strategy and led its implementation
• Managed and delivered rigorous evaluations, baseline surveys, scheduled evaluations, and other M&E data collection
• Coordinated directly with a number of partners, including Kenyan government agencies (such as the National Disaster Operations Centre), private sector organizations, NGOs, and UN agencies
• Developed funding concept notes; wrote content for successful proposals, including funding from DFID
• Led capacity building efforts on M&E in the region to staff and partners, including through training
• Developed Consortium's gender strategy and gender sensitivity approach; incorporated gender perspective in all work

Beirut, Lebanon/remote

• Wrote final full-scale report on research findings (addressing durable solutions, peace and conflict, as well as relations among refugee-hosting and refugee communities throughout Lebanon – with a focus on gender and.
• Conducted extensive literature review on resilience frameworks, conflict drivers, and contexts
• Produced inception report for research project agenda and designed related research tools and methodology
• Conducted Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and oversaw focus group discussions (FGDs)

Gaziantep, Turkey And Amman, Jordan

• Designed and adapted M&E/MEAL and Research strategy, RBM approach, and methodology to measure and enhance the outputs, outcomes, and impacts of Syria-related protection, security, community engagement, and justice.
• Managed M&E and reporting mechanisms
• Strengthened monitoring and reporting capacities in offices in Syria, Jordan, and Turkey by leading trainings
• Developed monitoring tools, logical frameworks, performance questions, and SMART indicators; designed and harmonized data collection tools (Key Informant Interviews, Community Perception Surveys, etc) and processes
• Monitored, analyzed, and reported on humanitarian developments, disaster relief/management and emergency situations
• Reported on qualitative and quantitative analytics to six donor governments; wrote performance monitoring reports

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed advocacy initiatives around protection of civilians in crises through monitoring crises and key protection concerns and drafting advocacy documents (op-eds, media campaigns, articles, talking points, appeals.
• Organized and participated in working groups, meetings, conferences, and consultations with other agencies, humanitarian partners, government officials, and media on humanitarian and emergency relief-related matters
• Established and maintained contacts with government officials, UN agencies, NGOs, diplomatic missions, and media
• Organized online meetings and webinars; encouraged attendance, supported logistical aspects
• Built Crisis Action’s social media presence and enhanced outreach by regularly posting on Twitter and LinkedIn
• Cultivated new strategic relationships; expanded Crisis Action’s network through effective communications campaigns

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Authored and published content and policy recommendations for published USIP Special Report on gender and emergencies in the MENA region; focused on recommendations for international and local actors to mainstream gender
• Developed and managed case-studies of Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Tunisia through conducting field interviews and using other qualitative and quantitative information on gender, peace.
• Interviewed locals of various backgrounds on issues related to women, peace, and security (WPS)
• Conducted background research on global implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and National Action Plans

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Prepared presentations, memos, talking points, and briefs used by Deputy Assistant Secretary during briefings
• Researched topics pertaining to human rights and humanitarian issues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and compiled reports to aid in policy formation; produced briefing notes and memos circulated.
• Served as a review panelist to evaluate proposals for DoS/NEA/PRM and USAID/OFDA funding related to human rights
• Represented DRL/NEA at meetings with UN, government, and civil society officials and issued meeting reports
• Gave weekly updates on the political and human rights situation in Tunisia to Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS)
• Wrote and disseminated Daily Action Reports (DARs)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted research on women’s political participation in the Middle East and human rights abuses in the region
• Composed daily Middle East news bulletins distributed to internal and external listservs
• Maintained Middle East Program website
• Organized public events; attended and reported on Middle East-related events in Washington

Tunisia

• Carried out investigative reporting throughout Tunisia and along the Libyan borders: monitored Tunisia’s post-revolution transition on-the-ground; pitched and researched stories; developed storylines; wrote and.
• Conducted interviews on a variety of topics, including with vulnerable populations (with a focus on regional inequalities, justice, protection, migration, gender and youth, and human rights)
• Managed and motivated a team of 20 local Tunisian and international reporters
• Wrote articles for Tunisia Live website and for external publications (approximately 5 articles per week)
• Conducted daily editorial meetings and served as Editor-in-Chief on weekends
• Developed extensive network of contacts; booked and carried out interviews in English and Arabic

Bethesda, MD

• Organized knowledge sharing events for women’s rights NGOs; facilitated live online sessions, meetings, and webinars
• Maintained website and repository of learning materials for women’s rights organizations in the global South
• Oversaw program reporting activities, including quarterly reports for partner organizations
• Translated content into Arabic and managed technical interface for global online classes on women’s leadership
• Assisted with production and packaging of multimedia curricula
• Contributed to identifying relevant project opportunities and new proposal development

• Organized and ran conference for international parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs)
• Monitored news in Iraq and Syria and composed reports of developments in Iraq and Syria for NDI staff and donors
• Oversaw program reporting activities, including quarterly reports for partner organizations and final program reports to funders and the US State Department
• Supported field staff (booked/tracked plane tickets, hotel reservations; communicated with staff abroad; tracked employee locations; monitored budget and program expenses)
• Attended conferences in Washington, DC; wrote proceedings reports distributed to NDI employees
• Tracked budget and program expenses

Medford, MA

• Organized sustainability-related tours and trips to local recycling facilities, Medford wind turbine; publicized events
• Planned and organized World Car Free Day at Tufts and organized university-wide competition
• Composed weekly newsletter using Constant Contact
• Maintained Office’s website using Thinwire
• Created brochures, fliers, pamphlets for public education

• Researched UN Security Council Resolution/UNSCR 1325 implementation in the MENA region and Afghanistan – with a particular focus on gender and conflict, community stabilization, and the WPS (women, peace, and security).
• Researched gendered humiliation, vulnerability, honor, and shame in Middle Eastern societies in conflict; compiled annotated bibliography of resources, including personal notes
• Translated NGO Working Group on Women and Security Monthly Action Plan into Arabic
• Conducted speaker outreach work, researching scholars in the area doing relevant work

Master'S Degree, Arab Studies

M.A. at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service -GPA: 3.92 -State Department merit-based full FLAS Fellowship (2013-2014) -CCAS.

Bachelor Of Arts, Middle Eastern Studies; Arabic Language

-Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.93) -Evelyn and Joseph Shapiro Scholarship (2008-2011); Arabic Language Culture and Literature Award (2011).

Education record

Cumulative GPA: 3.96

Arabic, Middle Eastern Studies

-Semester-long intensive Classical and Colloquial Arabic instruction, content courses -Adhered strictly to Arabic-only language pledge in.

Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Tunisian Arabic

Studied Arabic intensively in Egypt (2009) and Tunisia (2011).