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Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Project ManagementDay-to-day coordination of a clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of ivermectin vs standard of care in three trial sites in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mozambique. Overseeing the timely submission and quality control of monthly project deliverables to our funding agency, including reminding and following up with the responsible person/institution. Developing legally binding agreements with the support of the internal legal team and overseeing service agreements and payments of subcontractors and service providers. Financial ManagementOverseeing the use and close-out of a 6.5 million euro budget including overseeing financial reports and spending from all partners.CommunicationCoordinating communication between six consortium members across three continents, including facilitating monthly meetings and regular catchups to ensure project progress.

End to end development, analysis, and report writing of qualitative research capturing the experience and effects of COVID-19 on older people and people with disabilities in Myanmar.

Working Remotely From The Uk

Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) focal point for the Better Health Programme MyanmarProgramme ManagementManaging multiple timelines and deliverables for five workstreams under the Better Health Programme, a three-year programme funded by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) resulting in successfully meeting all deadlines for year 1 targets despite Covid-19 delays. Working collaboratively with colleagues, external partners, stakeholders and FCDO to change plans when required leading to maintaining trust and good communication between programme counterparts.ReportingCollated information and summarized both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the programme as the lead writer for the annual report resulting in good feedback from FCDO and the portfolio manager. CommunicationUsed various styles of written and verbal communication including email, written reports, and virtual meetings to build relationships with internal and external counterparts.Collated information and conducted research to develop multiple needs assessments on diverse topics including Myanmar’s current data strategy for non-communicable diseases, Cancer Control Plan, and public health education system resulting in reports being presented to government counterparts and used by consultants.

London, England Metropolitan Area

Communication: Clarified scoring requirements and timelines with the Department of Transport to confirm structure of scoring matrix resulting in the clear and unbiased selection of successful grant applications. Frequent communication with applicants to clarify missing or unclear information allowing grants to be compared fully and funding allocated respectively. Problem Solving:Mapped and compared alternative sites providing similar services in a systematic and replicable way in order to decide between applications that received the same score. Finance:Calculated available funding from the previous grant cycle to determine which applicants, and how many applications, would be able to receive funding. Adaptable: Quickly assimilated to a new team and acquired the necessary skills to review floor plans, map proposed locations, and understand grant requirements resulting in providing feedback on grant recipients in under the allotted time of one month with minimal supervision.

Boston

Communication:Led the writing, organisation, and overall application of SAMHSA, a large federal grant leading to the clinic being approved funding of around 2.5 million dollars to expand the OBAT program over the next five years. Wrote monthly reports, updating funding agencies on the progress of the SUSTAIN grant resulting in the approval of our clinic participating in the second round of funding. Maintained communication with multiple entities including patients, pharmacies, insurance companies, and social services as well as being the main contact person for the office resulting in improved care for patients and relationships with external agencies. Organisation:Organised and led weekly team rounds, collated concerns and announcements to present to the team for discussion in order to improve decision making, communication, and workflow. Maintained clinical schedules for six clinicians including answering phone calls, scheduling appointments, and managing patient prescriptions in an organised and calm manner resulting in high-quality care for our 150 patients. Interpersonal:Led the collaborative development of a proposal linking recently released ex-offenders with services at our clinic through scheduling cross-institutional meetings with the local penitentiary and NGO, setting/updating goals and delegating tasks leading to the clinic being granted new funding. Co-led two group counselling session with a licenced therapist and provided translation services in Spanish when necessary providing access to mental health services for our Spanish speaking clients.

Greater Boston Area

Marketing: Conducted activities to promote social media presence on Instagram including photo competitions, elective brand ambassadors and documenting social events resulting in a growth of Instagram followers from zero to 1500 and increased awareness of social events. Administration: Administered, collected and submitted English as a second language exams for grading resulting in assisting in the neat and organised account of every student’s exam results.

Blacksburg, Va

Project Development: Promoted Peacework service trips through developing relationships with university staff, presenting Peace Work projects and investigating the potential for collaboration.

Blacksburg, Va

Communication: Interpreted between English and Spanish for clients in educational and judicial settings facilitating Spanish speaking students’ access to mental health counselling as well as understanding of court proceedings.

Lámud, Perú

Research:Conducted community-wide diagnostics through focus groups, surveys, census information and informal interviews to create a community diagnostic, including needs assessment for the community. Presented findings to community groups through various meetings with local stakeholders and successfully garnered support for future projects.Program Development: Coordinated the collaboration of local stakeholders including the public school, health post and municipality to work together in order to fund and execute a reproductive health initiative with a focus on anti-discrimination, sexual health, and inclusion.Created a “big brother big sister” program with the local special-education teacher connecting disabled children with mentors in the local high school.Collected and reported indicators for each project to submit to funding agencies resulting in securing funding for the continuation of the projects. Teaching Skills: Created dynamic and interactive sessions for distinct audiences around the topic of sexual and reproductive health, vocational orientation, and English as a second language.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Organisational:Administered bi-weekly school registration and immunization clinics for school-age refugee children, resulting in all newly arrived children to have up-to-date immunization records and doctors visit.-Developed, promoted and oversaw an adult mentoring program aimed at connecting refugees with local adults in the community resulting in providing support for newly arrived refugees.

Huntingdon, Pa

Interpersonal Skills: -Led group activities and participated in one-on-one interactions with residents

Masters Of Science, Public Health

Principle Modules Include: -Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases -Statistics -Epidemiology -Principles of Social Research.

Bachelor’S Degree, Peace And Conflict Studies

Education record

Study abroad

Spanish Language

High School