Kathleen Schaffer Email & Phone Number

Provides support, advice, technical assistance, and analytical services to private businesses and government agencies on managing and administering state and Federal grant programs.

Greater New York City Area

Select Projects:∙ Evaluator - Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) Securing Health through Advocacy and People’s Empowerment project. ∙ Gender Equity and Analysis Strategy - MomConnect/Praekelt.org

Greater New York City Area

• Managed FCI’s portfolio of projects for the Anglophone Africa program.• Managed financial oversight of program including preparing the annual budget, monitoring expenses, and reviewing financial reports from field offices.• Developed, evaluated, monitored grant funded contracts, work plans, budgets and spending and the achievement and evaluation of program and project objectives. • Prepared and managed grant-specific budgets. Ensured proper documentation to comply with donor and institutional reporting requirements.• Ensured that FCI country teams implemented program and financial policies and procedures.• Lead and supported in-country meetings and trainings with project partners.• Initiated concept development and fundraising for programs and contributed to proposals that covered broader cross-regional or global programs.• Developed relationships and forged strong partnerships with organizations to further project goals• Produced top-notch advocacy and education materials informed by the best data and research available.• Drafted training guides and toolkits for health facility staff, community leaders, and local advocates on a range of sexual and reproductive issues.• Developed campaigns, presentations, talking points, advocacy and policy briefs, and coordinated advocacy and dissemination activities for various projects. • Worked with communications teams internally and with partner organizations to create digital campaign. • Set up online sites for news and knowledge sharing on various reproductive health issues.

Greater New York City Area

• Provided program support and technical assistance to local FCI staff in Kenya and Tanzania (through 2009) for maternal and adolescent sexual and reproductive health initiatives. Regular activities include developing work plans, budgets, program and training materials, monitoring and evaluation tools and activity reports.• Reviewed, edited, and contributed to the development of proposals to foundations, multilaterals and bilaterals for projects in Kenya and Tanzania. • Conducted statistical analyses on data collected during the Skilled Care Initiative, a 5-year operations research in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Tanzania project funded by the Gates Foundation. Also developed presentations for dissemination of research results at the local and national level in Kenya and Tanzania..• Provided program support to the coordinator of the Postabortion Care Consortium (PACC) and the International Consortium on Emergency Contraception (ICEC).

Greater New York City Area

• Provided program support to women’s sexual and reproductive health initiatives. Supported country program in Uganda in the submission of financial quarterly reports. • Conducted literature reviews, drafted concept papers and edited technical guides for the Safe Motherhood Program, which provided technical assistance and training in emergency obstetric care, postabortion care, HIV prevention and more.• Identified and organized key research articles, program documents, and training materials on obstetric and traumatic fistula.

Greater New York City Area

Provided comprehensive case management, including needs assessment, individualized service plans, information and referrals for domestic violence survivors and victims of September 11th.

Ghor Al-Hadeetha, Jordan

• Taught English in a government girls’ school, and initiated English language pilot program for first and second graders.• Established and administered an English summer camp for fifth graders.• Coordinated and implemented an End of Service conference for Peace Corps Volunteers.• Participated as an elected member for the Peace Corps Volunteer Action Committee.