James Neuhaus, Mpa/Id Email & Phone Number

Harare, Zimbabwe

A. COMMUNICATIONS1. Develop and implement internal/external communication strategies and outreach for the Country Office.2. Elaborate and implement the country office publications strategy and plan based on the corporate publications policy.3. Lead UNDP digital communications in country office for wider reach through social media, web site, intranet, and.

New York, New York, United States

• Developing partnerships with foreign and domestic governments, global private sector and academic entities and Non-Governmental Organizations.
• Leading development impact through designing and implementing programmes on entrepreneurship, distance learning; and innovative finance.
• Create UNDP Partnerships Strategy and lead a 15-person team to launch partnerships with over 500 vetted partners, including foundations and private sector companies
• Establishing new revenue streams raising an additional $30+ million per year to fund new sustainable development programs

New York, New York, United States

• Measured outcomes of sustainable development programs using ESG / SDG metrics and innovative communications technologies
• Created development programs on entrepreneurship, education, and skill-building – connecting African universities to USA Historically Black Colleges and Universities through distance learning
• Created annual reports for UNDP Africa HQ and Country Office: data collection, analysis, drafting, design, and public relations
• Reported the extent African governments finance human and economic development through analyzing country fiscal budgets
• Coordinated economic conferences at the UN General Assembly and in multiple African countries.

New York, New York, United States

• Capturing and showcasing development results:
• Videos: produced, directed, and co-edited documentary videos on Ebola Response Workers in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone; gender equality in Niger, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda; and response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
• Data visualization and infographics: produced dozens of infographics for UNDP Africa publications and led a team of graduate students to produce web-based interactive data visualizations to support UNDP publications.
• Geographic Information Systems: created a web-based GIS tool to report on the impacts of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.
• Digital publishing: produced professional graphic design for dozens of UNDP Africa knowledge products, including publications on renewable energy and the UN Sahel Strategy (ratified by the UN General Assembly for.
• Online media: created online surveys to capture results from African countries and produced multiple websites to support UNDP Africa knowledge products and conferences.Coordinating events:

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

• As East Africa’s premier road safety NGO, Amend specializes in educating primary school children on road traffic injury prevention. Given the sub-Saharan epidemic of road accidents, Amend looks to expand its success.
• Serve on a five-person team of NYU graduate students to analyze the East African market for road safety programs and provide actionable recommendations for expansion.
• Interview government, multilateral, and bilateral stakeholders to reveal nuances of donor interestand domestic demand.
• Analyze project designs and evaluations to create efficient, high-return programs.
• Develop innovative techniques to achieve funding for road safety by attracting cross-sectordonor interest.
• Produce a written plan for quick action and long-term strategy.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Provided research and photographs for UN publications:
• Research, drafting, and photographs for Violence Against Women Exposed, and Guns Out of Control, a publication on small arms abuse.
• Contacted international experts on gender-based violence and sourced photographs from photojournalists such as Donna Ferrato and Annie Liebovitz for Broken Bodies, Broken Dreams – Violence Against Women Exposed.
• Scoured international sources for information on small arms abuse, interviewed former child soldiers in northern Uganda, and co-wrote Guns Out of Control – an IRIN In-Depth Report.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, International Business

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, International Development, 3.75

Strategic management, development economics, development project design, crisis management, statistical analysis, and financial management.

B.S., Industrial And Labor Relations

Communications, Collective Bargaining, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Human Resources Management.