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Washington, DC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Oversees CIPE’s full ~ $35 million funds from National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Works across regional & thematic teams to prepare, review, and submit all proposals and reports. Serves as CIPE's primary liaison.
• Provides substantive contributions to reviews of all proposals and reports to donors, including NED, DRL, State Department, USAID, embassies, and others.
• Coordinates with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and Grants teams to ensure rigor in project deliverables, track implementation, and adhere to reporting requirements of ~ 150 active projects.
• Develops and facilitates staff training sessions. Including on CIPE and donor policies and procedures, proposal writing, and effective narrative reporting.
• Works with Program Associate to maintain PCU project tracking tools. Responsible for ensuring all regional and thematic teams are informed of- and comply with- key deadlimes, such as for proposals, narrative reports.
• Assists Managing Director for Organizational Planning in developing innovative strategies for democracy and development for CIPE. Frequently interacts with CIPE’s global teams to foster culture of collaboration.

• Consulting Associate (since May 2020)Assistant Consultant (April 2019 - August 2020)
• Coordinates build-up of global business development unit and integration of SOPs at an international entity.
• Conducts in-depth analysis and evaluation of quantitative, statistical, and qualitative data for situation analysis, reporting, and strategy development.
• Liaises between departments, international offices, and with external partners.
• Provides substantive and backstopping support to expert group and panel meetings.
• Serves as Project Manager Assistant and Coordinator. Monitors, tracks, and assesses the implementation of international technical programs.

United States

• United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Section at New York HQDepartment of Peace Operations (DPO) Office of the Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI)
• Assisted Chief of DDR Section, managed schedules, prepared and briefed for meetings, proxied in meetings as and when required. Pre-Screened documents for accuracy and contentious content
• Conducted research on field operations, data analysis, and literature reviews on DDR, CVR (Community Violence Reduction), Gender- & Youth-Sensitive programming, international migration, local empowerment, community.
• Co-Authored and coordinated the creation of the brochure “Gender-sensitive DDR: Promoting the Women, Peace and Security Agenda”.
• Analyzed the use of DDR related tools as a mechanism to support safe and fair electoral processes. Compiled, visualized, and presented results in a report.
• Liaised with Senior Field Officers, UN entities, Member States, regional organizations, NGOs, and other external partners on special assignments and projects.

Ottawa, Canada

• Legislative Assitant to Member of Parliament in House of Commons for Dorval-Lachine-LaSalleParliament of Canada, Ottawa
• Served as primary staffer to Member of Parliament (MP) Anju Dhillon. Supported MP at meetings, events, and administrative office duties.
• Prepared MP for House and Committee sessions. Briefed on debate topics, party positions, and attending witnesses.
• Drafted inputs to statements, potential interventions, and questions for Committee, expert panel, and working group meetings.
• Conducted research on political developments, statistics, and trends, with a strong focus on social, economic, and environmental topics.
• Composed advocacy, communication, and outreach material on current issues and events. Contributed to, prepared, and disseminated written outputs to various audiences, including online publications, newsletters, and.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba With High Distinction, Triple Major: International Affairs, French Studies, And Political Science, Gpa: 3.92

Shaping a career in International Affairs and French with a focus on Global Affairs, socio-economic and political issues, Human Security.

High School Diploma, General Studies, Summa Cum Laude