Karima Kassi Email & Phone Number

StrengthsPolyvalent with extended experience in auditing various public sector organizations; Ministries, public agencies, CSOs, etc…Ambitious with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.Experienced at managing time and prioritizing tasks to accomplish projects efficiently and meet deadlines.Enthusiastic and persuasive in negotiation through my experience with different national and international stakeholders (Donors – National constituent Assembly – political parties – etc…).Creative and strong team-working, leadershipFlexibility and open to discussion, working in a multicultural environmentManager of the WFD programs in Algeria, my main duties can be summarized in building a network of relationships and ensuring the implementation of all the WFD programs in a way that helps reach their outcomes.As part of my job at WFD I have been responsible for:•Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders (Parliament, Political parties, Embassies, INGOs, CSOs,…) to support project implementation.•Ensuring the continued relevance of program activities to the political context in Algeria•Ensuring the activity planning and implementation, monitoring and evaluation•Developed detailed implementation plans and Work Breakdown Structures.•Preparing contracts and ToR's for consultants•Briefing experts and resource people on the exact needs of beneficiaries and on the key learning points and the key training points that the program's success requires.•Engaged with relevant thematic stakeholders, including government officials, parliamentarians, civil society, and the public•Drafting reports as needed for project evaluation.•Contributing to developing and acquiring knowledge on parliamentary processes from global best practices and utilizing it to enhance the impact and implementation of the project's activities and support its overall goal.•Supervise research projects implemented by external stakeholders.•Follow up of program performance using appropriate M&E tools and log frames to monitor and track progress•Monitoring the status and spending of programs ’budgets through monthly financial reports and the development and update of budgets to fit the needs of the program.•Manage short-term experts recruited for the program and ensure the quality of deliverables.•Identifying funding opportunities, developing new programs, and reshaping the existing programs as required by the changing environment to remain responsive to the beneficiaries changing needs (concept notes, Activity Based Budgets, program proposals, rationales, etc ...)

Listed skills include English, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Microsoft Office, and 14 others.