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Moroni, Grande Comore, Comoros

Serving as the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) of the United Nations Development System in Comoros. Representing the United Nations at the highest levels of the State and, together with the relevant agency representatives, fostering engagement with the government, civil society, bilateral and multilateral partners, academia and the private sector, in order for the UN development system to help address the country’s needs, priorities and challenges to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Coordinating operational activities for development of the UN in support of the country’s efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda.Promoting and advocating for the fundamental values, standards and principles of the UN Charter, including respect for and protection of human rights and gender equality and advocacy on the SDG commitment to leave no one behind in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and reaching the furthest behind first.

Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Leadership:Oversee the Section’s 203 staff in 7 Office locations across the DRC. Provide subject matter expert advice to Mission Senior leadership as a direct report to the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Protection and Operations (DRSG P&O) as well as contributions as a member of Mission leadership bodies. Strategy, Programme Implementation and AdvocacyEnsure that the Mission and its mandate is effectively and consistently represented to relevant interlocutors at the sub-national level by the Civil Affairs component.• Ensure that the Mission is provided with high-quality information and consistent analysis on conflict dynamics at the sub-national level.• Advocate for and provide advice to the Mission on, adherence to the principle of local ownership towards transition of responsibilities to State institutions and authorities.• Provide leadership for the development and integration of conflict management strategies into strategies to address protection threats, including mechanisms for information-sharing, crisis response, early warning, community alert networks and protection of civilians.• Convene and oversee support dialogues and negotiations between groups in conflict. External relations, representation and Partnership• Provide leadership and vision for effective cooperation between Civil Affairs and state institutions.• Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships through formal and informal contacts with Mission Components, UN and non-UN partners, national authorities and representatives, civil society and other stakeholders; to support development of associated policies and guidelines to enable protection of civilians.

Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan

Leadership:Oversee the RRP Section’s 68 staff in 10 Field Offices across South Sudan. Provide subject matter expert advice to Mission Senior leadership as a direct report to the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General/Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator (DRSG/RC/HC) as well as contributions as a member of Mission leadership bodies. Strategic development and AdvocacyIn my technical role as Senior Recovery Return and Reintegration Officer, I am programmatically responsible for promoting a coherent approach by the RRP Section towards protection of civilians, advocacy and facilitation for expanding delivery of humanitarian and protection services to hard-to-reach areas and laying the ground for return and reintegration of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in close coordination with the international community, in particular the members of the UNCT, the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), other humanitarian and protection partners such as I/NGO’s and the substantive sections of UNMISS, seeking to ensure synergies and alignment of plans and priorities. This includes oversight of and accountability for the Mission’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs). External relations, representation and PartnershipEstablish and maintain collaborative working relationships through formal and informal contacts with Mission Components, UN and non-UN partners, national authorities and representatives, bilateral and multilateral donors, regional organizations, international financial institutions, the private sector, civil society and other stakeholders; and guide the Section on constructive engagement with IDPs, vulnerable communities and local authorities to support development of associated policies and guidelines to enable protection of civilians including improved delivery of Humanitarian assistance and ending displacement.

Kampala, Uganda

Voluntarily separated from CARE at the end of June 2015 and now work as an independent consultant primarily across Africa, but also beyond. I offer consultancy services mainly within the NGO/not-for-profit sector in the following areas: 1) Governance, Management and Administration: office set-up, reorganisations, interim management roles, strategic planning support, management and governance assessments, Tax and Compliance issues, etc.2) Programme Implementation: project start up or close outs and programme evaluations, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), Sustainability. All aspects of Emergency Preparedness and Response Management.3) Fundraising: preparing fundraising strategies, supporting various aspects of proposal development. 4) Also available for short term deployments as a management staff.

Kampala, Uganda

Strategic Planning, Advocacy and implementation of programmesResponsible for 5 year strategic planning and annual plansManagement of all office locations; Reorganized CARE from direct implementer to working through partners reducing from 5 to 2 sub-offices.Led in-country Advocacy on various issues, highlights being combating Sexual and Gender Based Violence and promoting Financial inclusion for the poor. Directly supervised CO's emergency response to the South Sudanese refugee influx following the December 2013 armed conflict in South Sudan. CARE's response began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Human Resources:Responsible for 98 staff members of which 7 were direct reports Senior Management team developmentRevised Human Resources Management Policy, Job evaluations, salary scale reviews Financial Management and FundraisingResponsible for annual budgets and reporting.Fundraising: Management of donor relations: a.o. DFID, USAID, SIDA, EU, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Howard G. Buffet, Government of Uganda. Successfully raised funds from these donors during tenure and positioned CARE favourably for continued funding relationships. External relations:Management of external relations, various tiers of the Government of Uganda, Donors counterparts in community, Media, CARE Federation Members, etc.

Accra, Ghana

Strategic Planning:Developed Regional Strategies, responsible for implementationHuman Resources: Responsible for some members of the regional team (2 direct and 3 indirect staff), in themes of conflict management, peacebuilding and transition and emergency preparedness and response.Support to Country offices Ghana, Togo, Benin Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone and LiberiaSet-up and was responsible for coordination of regional IT working groupEmergency preparedness and response capacity in all countriesRisk management (including support to COs to prepare Security Plans)Management:Set up of West Africa Management Unit office, Set up of CARE Liberia officeManagement of direct reportsResponsible for External relations management:Represented CARE with engagement with the following regional bodies and donors:West Africa Network for Peace building, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, ECOWAS. Donors including DANIDA, DfID, Global Fund, KfW, USAID and other private donors such as the Howard Buffet Foundation, etc.

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo

Strategic development and Advocacy: -CO strategy development. Annual plan development and implementation (circa $5.000.000 per year). - Engaged with Oxfam’s campaigns including: Control Arms campaign against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, extractives and their connection to the East DRC conflict; various campaigns for protection of civilian victims of conflict and provision of relief needs. - Programme implementation, 5 sub-officesEastern DRC: Emergency relief Kinshasa and Mbandaka: long term development programming, mainly in Education and WASH. Team management and leadership:7 direct reports, 140 staffLed a reorganization processExternal relations and representation:Various levels of authority in government, donors, including fundraising. Participation in the Country Humanitarian Country team as only one of 2 INGOs invited to participate.

Horn, East & Central Africa (Based In Kampala, Uganda)

Providing training to Oxfam GB and partner staff in the field to enable their understanding of the need for protection by civilian victims of conflict. Undertaking analysis and evaluations of field projects and providing recommendations to put in place or improve protection measures for civilians caught in or affected by conflict, particularly in situations of displacement.

Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo

Led MSF-H's advocacy work from the field based on analysis of the medical and other information gathered in our work - neglect, rapes, killings, mutilations, malnutrition, etc. - using a humanitarian/International Humanitarian and Human Rights law lens. Supported HQ and MSF International colleagues in preparing advocacy strategies and with field-based articles. Participated in various exploratory and assessment missions to the then unserved Shabunda (South Kivu) and Ituri areas which had been cut-off by conflict.

Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo

HR Policy development Reviewed existing litigation against MSF and developed strategy and advice for the Country Management to end them.Aligned national staff administration policy to Congolese Code du Travail (labour law).Set up systems and procedures to avoid future organizational exposureTasks undertaken and achievements include: • Review and reorganisation of MSFH-DRC national staff administration policy to align with the Code du Travail (labour law) of Congo DRC.• Developed standardised administration documents (contracts, leave, intake, etc.), which conformed to the Code du Travail for use in all MSFH-DRC project locations in the DRC.• Reviewed (then) on-going court cases against MSFH-DRC and advised on strategy to achieve end of court cases. Achieved “0” litigation from a total of about 12 cases pending with judgements against MSF-H of about $140,000 USD. • Prepared lessons learned document and end of project report as well as set-up systems and procedures to prevent future organisational exposure to similar legal problems.

Lagos, Nigeria

Administrator and in-house legal advisorSupported set-up of the MSF permanent office in Nigeria by working with the Head of Mission to develop HR and administration systems and procedures, compliant with local law.Recruitment of staffProvided legal aid and drafting legal agreements;External relationsRepresented MSF to engage and negotiate with various Nigerian counterparts, government etc.

Jos, Nigeria

Legal representation for indigent persons, mainly in criminal defence and human rights violations cases. Administration, managing the office, staff and finances

European Masters (E.Ma), Human Rights & Democratisation

Activities and Societies: Elected Students Representative (one of 2) for the Academic year and Member of the EMA Board as Student's Rep.

Certificate Of Enrolment/Licence To Practice, Law

Professional mandatory course required to be able to practice as a solicitor and advocate in Nigeria.

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.) Hons, Law

Undergraduate Law Degree