Jessica Feldman Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Va, Us

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

• Spearheads FAR compliance initiatives while managing a robust $10 million+ portfolio of USAID time and material subcontracts• Empowers a team of 20 embedded USAID employees to achieve optimal performance and project success through effective supervision and guidance• Proactively addresses USAID's recruitment needs with DEIA initiatives and timely and tailored responses, ensuring efficient staffing• Streamlines subcontract implementation by employing an analytical approach to identify and eliminate organizational bottlenecks• Optimizes resource allocation by developing and managing a $200,000 travel budget while ensuring strict adherence to USAID's international travel policies

• Provided project management support to a $400 million health-related contract• Crafted, implemented, and executed standard operating procedures and streamlined workflows to reduce friction• Removed roadblocks and anticipated customer needs to free up engineers to focus their time and attention on technical issues• Assisted in client management by providing operational support and thought leadership around a high-profile customer project priority

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• Managed extensive agriculture, agribusiness, and entrepreneurship/economic development contracts (cost-plus fixed fee) and cooperative agreements in Tajikistan and Lao PDR for USAID and USDA with a ceiling of $30 million• Directly contributed to leadership and strategy changes that led to improved CPARs• Built budget trackers and provided regular updates on spend-to-date totals with an average monthly deviation of less than 5% for projections versus actuals• Built the capacity of project grants and procurement staff to implement a grants portfolio of $4.7 million to successfully procure complex agribusiness equipment within a limited geographic area • Developed program policies and procedures, which were frequently adopted by the organization, including policies related to cost share, expatriate benefits, administration, procurement, and operations• Drafted client reports with limited supervision, including work plans and quarterly and annual reports

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed the buy-in process for USAID Missions worldwide under an institutional support contract embedded within USAID• Pivoted based on client needs and managed USAID's private sector engagement and access to finance trainings worldwide, including trainer recruitment and content management. • Monitored the project budget, including tracking of expenditures and forecasting, and contributed to the development of scopes of work, implementation plans, budgets, and forecasts for individual project buy-in tasks and institutional support areas• Managed subcontractor relationships and ensured proactive and compliant mobilization of subcontract expertise• Managed a team of three staff

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed economic growth, Feed the Future and access finance projects (cooperative agreements) with a combined value of $122 million• Developed systems for and overseeing the management of sub-grants and international sub-contract and sub-agreement portfolios• Drafted and rolled out volunteer recruitment and management strategies and mobilized 50+ volunteers over three years• Managed the full program lifecycle, including proposal development, program start-up, and program close-out• Developed a detailed budget, built out budget tracking systems, and ensured the accuracy of budget estimates• Led a grants surge that resulted in the review of 300 grant proposals and 100 concept notes• Oversaw service agreements related to compound rentals and life support for a team of ten expatriate staff• Organized audits of projects’ financial and operational systems in the first year of implementation• Ensured program and sub-contractor compliance with IESC and USAID policies and procedures (2 CFR 200)

Kabul/Kandahar, Afghanistan

• Led a 90-day grants development surge, resulting in the development and implementation of 60 small grants in the short term and 150 grants over nine months• Wrote and edited small grant activities for the Kandahar-based regional office using the OTI Database• Drafted and oversaw the implementation of a successful strategic communications strategy • Supervised the work of nine regional and provincial communications officers• Planned logistics for and developed event presentations and handout materials for six successful regional outreach conferences in Kandahar, Kabul, and Helmand, which were attended by more than 300 Afghan NGOs and private companies

Kabul, Afghanistan

• Edited and updated CBSG deliverables, including Work Plans, Grants Manual, M&E Manual, Program Management Plan, and Branding and Marking Plan• Initiated and managed audits of direct beneficiaries for over 900 completed small grant activities• Trained staff on and managed project partners' USAID branding & marking compliance

Washington D.C. Metro Area And Kabul, Afghanistan

Provided remote and in-country administrative support for a series of complex activities in Afghanistan.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Organized $80 million worth of humanitarian aid in 2009 and 2010• Provided operations support for 12 program offices in Iraq under a $644 million cooperative agreement• Conducted strategic planning for in-kind needs by working with field staff and program officers to estimate project needs and match them to available resources

Certification, Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions And Contracts Management

Advanced training in the field of USG procurement and contracts management.

Bachelor'S Degree