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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, Dc

Oversee four-person team that supports program staff with procurement, financial management, and reporting while managing PRB's financial, compliance, and operational risk. Ensure timely and high-quality service. Drive ongoing operational innovation to increase efficiency and better serve staff, partners, and recipients. Train staff, for example on policies, systems, and contextual knowledge like indirect cost rates.Continuously improve PRB information systems. Create dashboards and reports that integrate data from different systems to provide real-time visibility into financial monitoring (budget vs. actuals), staff billability, contract backlog, and business development pipeline. Conceptualize and implement expansion of Salesforce to address an increasing range of business needs, most recently comprehensive tracking of project results. Serve as Salesforce admin for an org with ~60 users. Maintain intranet and unit SOPs.Lead or support operations improvement initiatives, for example on working together effectively as an increasingly distributed organization. Coordinate PRB's annual budgeting process. Support strategic planning. Create financial models and ad-hoc analyses for PRB leadership to support decisions. Prepare price proposals for large or complex bids.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Monitored compliance with contract terms, regulations, and policies for PRB's entire portfolio, which consists of grants and contracts funded by the U.S. Government as well as private entities like Bill and Melinda Gates, Hewlett, and Annie E. Casey Foundations. Oversaw day-to-day procurement and grantmaking. Served as Finance Director on $34M USAID cooperative agreement. Developed budgets for complex projects and proposals. Significantly increased efficiency and transparency by digitizing key business functions. Moved tracking of awards, business development, procurements, and payments to Salesforce as the single source of truth. Automated generation of contracts and payment requests. Revised key forms to reduce burden and user error. Created comprehensive budget tracking and forecasting tool used to monitor PRB's most complex projects. Wrote and maintained procurement and travel policies in compliance with regulatory requirements. Supported annual Uniform Guidance audits. Facilitated quarterly compliance reviews for all projects.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington, Dc

Perform operational management on contracts and cooperative agreements in compliance with company policies and SOPs. Responsibilities include financial, contractual, HR, procurement, and subcontract management for a portfolio that includes a $15M, USAID-funded evaluation training contract, a $3.5M maternal health cooperative agreement in Afghanistan, and several smaller evaluations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led program operations in the M&E Practice. Monitored compliance and profitability across the portfolio and coordinated client financial and technical reporting. Guided staff in interpreting and applying contract terms, regulations, and policies. Aggregated and shared best practices internally. Created tools and streamlined forms to increase quality and efficiency of business processes. Recruited, hired, and supervised 4 Managers and 3 Associates.Responsible for contractual, financial, personnel, and procurement management on IDIQs and short-term evaluations with close involvement in work planning, SOW development, and client technical reporting.

Working with the Executive Team, helped address operational challenges resulting from rapid growth from 10 to 80 employees in three years. Provided quality assurance for corporate forecasting and participated in monthly project performance reviews. Developed and delivered internal training. Facilitated application, renewal, and termination of business licenses abroad.Developed and held several internal training sessions on topics like project knowledge management or USAID-compliant branding. Provided quality assurance for corporate forecasting and participated in monthly project performance reviews. Responsible for facilitating application, renewal, and termination of corporate business licenses abroad.

Arlington, Va

Responsible for contractual and financial management, personnel administration, subcontractor oversight, regular client reporting, and day-to-day coordination on a 3-year, $11m monitoring and evaluation project supporting USAID/E3's Global Climate Change Initiative. Duties included: Ensuring compliance with contract requirements and Federal regulations, liaising with client counterparts, monitoring and projecting expenditure, tracking project tasks and progress, drafting personnel and assignment SOWs, preparing assignment budgets, overseeing personnel recruitment and mobilization on overseas assignments, developing and revising processes and tools, and others.

United States

Coordinated proposal development teams for two successful prime IDIQ bids and numerous others. Developed IDIQ rate structures and complex budgets for USAID and State Department proposals. Represented dTS in subcontractor price negotiations. Supported operational project management on several USAID-funded contracts.

Arlington, Va

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Helped develop online Learning Portal for evaluation in peacebuilding, targeting over 200 professionals and scholars. Designed strategy to optimize site development and usability. Researched content.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Researched and wrote manual on survey design and data analysis for use by SFCG field offices. Analyzed and recommended changes to research methodology proposed for assessing media landscape in Pakistan. Developed strategy for harmonizing organization-wide listenership data collection in consultation with external and internal experts.

Produced print publications, online publications, motion graphics, and websites for non- and for-profit organizations to support fundraising, raise public profile, and promote events

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Played lead role in development of web-based clearinghouse for conflict-related multimedia with the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Peace Media Clearinghouse (no longer online). Advised on site goals and features. Planned and executed beta-testing. Added over 200 resources to database

Freetown And Kambia, Sierra Leone

Conducted mixed-method field study in Sierra Leone to assess the impact of community radio on development. Co-developed and pilot-tested data collection tools used for four research sites. Oversaw administration of survey, interviewed 40 development actors, and facilitated 10 focus groups.

St. Gallen, Switzerland

Co-organized a two-day conference on social responsibility in higher education, which was attended by 80 international participants from academia and the private sector. Developed a database of potential event sponsors and assisted in bringing $22,000 of funding to the conference. Co-led a team that developed conference agenda, designed 7 workshops, and organized potential speakers. Designed and authored invitations, brochures, and web content.

Master Of Arts, Conflict Resolution

Bachelor Of Arts, International Affairs

Activities and Societies: As a member of the Student Union, co-organized two-week student exchange with BI, a Norwegian business.

Basic Studies, Law

Activities and Societies: Served as elected representative in law faculty's parliament. Represented student concerns as member of DAF.