Emma Marks Email & Phone Number

• Provide technical support for PMEL including training, facilitating Theory of Change workshops, developing PMEL plans, advising on after-action reviews and evaluations, capturing lessons learned, developing quality.
• Lead the adoption of the institute's M&E system, DevResults; responsible for developing training materials, ensuring quality and consistency of training, training programs, centers, core functions, and country offices
• Integrate quality control measures in DevResults, working with PMEL staff across WRI to adhere to internal standards and ensure smooth interconnections with reporting systems, set up reporting dashboards in PowerBI
• Advise on and co-develop primary data collection tools (e.g., surveys, questionnaires, semi-structured interview guides, etc.) and support implementation of primary data cleaning, analysis, and reporting protocols
• Provide dedicated support to project teams and country offices to develop and test data collection tools for monitoring livelihoods, resilience, and other key areas; ensure tools are compatible with our M&E system.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Assist WRI teams in applying best practices for Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning, including providing support for evaluations, large proposal reviews, indicator development, surveys methods, PMEL plans, and.
• Provide technical assistance and training to help teams adopt WRI's new M&E system, strengthen Results Frameworks and Theories of Change
• Research, test, and refine quality indicators with teams and create dashboards and data visualizations
• Develop and deliver customized training around M&E tracking, ensuring it meets user needs and is readily available to staff
• Develop and pilot assessment tools to increase learning related to cross-cutting areas of work (e.g., environmental justice, gender, and poverty)

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Create content for WRI’s M&E intranet subsite to help teams across WRI access M&E tools and guidance for every stage in the project lifecycle; conduct literature reviews and research best practices to promote.
• Co-design a staff-wide survey to assess the challenges faced by caregivers while working from home; analyze qualitative and quantitative results and write up a report of findings for senior staff
• Respond to internal requests for technical support; review and provide guidance on M&E plans in project proposals

Remote

• Drive the development of a MEL framework to continually learn and make results-driven decisions in regard to S3IDF's impact investment portfolio
• Work with social entrepreneurs to develop right-fit metrics to assess environmental and social results in the agricultural, waste management, and circular economy sectors
• Manage the design and production of S3IDF's annual report, including graphic design, written content, and data visualization

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Write, submit, and manage critical information for calls for proposals, expressions of interest, and other grants, awards, and contract-based applications including descriptions of project activities, budgets.
• Work collaboratively with US and internationally-based S3IDF staff at our India office to implement the organization’s fundraising plan, including developing key external funding partnerships and expanding and.
• Write project updates and reports for governments, corporations, foundations, and other funders
• Identify, create, design and edit content for electronic and print pieces, including newsletters, brochures, reports and other written material (blog posts, project stories, etc.)
• Generate new content for and contribute to the creation and revision of business development documents (project pitch documents, presentations, etc.) to drive revenue generation

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, MA

• Crafted content for Freight Farm’s blog and monthly newsletter
• Coordinated and led educational tours for groups of 10-25 elementary to high-school-aged students on the topics of food security, climate change, and urban farming
• Aggregated geographic data on produce prices (conventional and hydroponic) across 20 states to create a comprehensive database for our farmer clients.
• Managed all social media marketing, from ad creation on Facebook to promote brand awareness, lead generation, event promotion, and advertising webinars to coordinating social media takeovers
• Oversaw our team in the Netherlands and led cross-office social media marketing initiatives
• Increased website traffic via social media from under 4% to 15%

Worcester, MA

• Designed, coordinated, and oversaw programming for an intercollegiate team of 10 student interns to combat poor student perceptions of the city; coordinate with financial aid offices to secure federal work study.
• Aggregated data from exit surveys, facilitated a focus group, transcribed and summarized conversations from focus groups from our community think tank event to construct a report of findings
• Collaborated with co-founder and director of operations to write grants to local and national organizations to fund initiatives and programming; secured $15,000 for a youth art program
• Administered a national study to measure the economic impact of cultural events in the city

Worcester, MA

Remote

• Wrote articles and contributed to newsletters for an online publication with over 350,000 subscribers in areas relating to food security, poverty and obesity, food aid, and the link between climate change and global.
• Conducted interviews with thought leaders in food systems and urban farming
• Researched trends in food technology and policy

Trier, Germany

• Lead small group and individual sessions for ESL learning in grammar and pronunciation
• Collaborated to deliver targeted ESL programming to recently immigrated students
• Guest lecturer on top-down initiatives in International Development and aid projects, food security, and trade

Worcester MA

• Helped facilitate the market; organize vendors and parking in the allotted space, supervised the market set-up and break-down, collected vendor fees
• Ran the market's social media accounts
• Conducted interviews with vendors for promotional videos of the market focusing on topics of sustainability and community development
• Assisted in planning events such as the one-year anniversary of the farmer's market

Worcester, MA

• Utilized Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Pinterest, as well as photo layout and editing to make Clark activities more accessible for both incoming and prospective students; compiled photos for biannual.
• Filmed, edited and transcribed videos for Clark’s Liberal Education and Effective Practice (LEEP) video channel on YouTube to demonstrate the value of a Clark education and the on-campus opportunities, and for.
• Conducted SEO on Clark’s social media networks by adding numerous hit-tags to our Flickr and Pinterest pages to assure prospective and first-year students and families more easily find school resources
• Produced an annual report with analysis of comments posted on the accepted student and parent Facebook pages to improve communication and the clarity of information offered to families

Topsham, Maine

- Designed and executed educational activities at the CREA Ecology Center for campers ages 6-12 to teach them about the preserve and the importance of conservation in the community- Participated in trail work; maintained signage and trails for the public- Participated in an archeology dig; cleaned and categorized the pottery found on site and donated the.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Global Environmental Policy

Graduate Certificate, Environment & Sustainable Development

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Development And Social Change

Activities and Societies: Herban Gardeners, Amnesty International, Club Lacrosse

B2 Spanish, Spanish Language And Literature

Activities and Societies: Language Exchange