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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Collaborating with the Home Depot Canada Foundation Community Investment team to development, execute, our strategic direction to engage The Home Depot associates, vendors, supplies and customers to support ending and preventing youth homelessness across Canada.- Management of the granting software to effectively evaluate annual granting programs including Community Impact Grants program, Youth Opportunity Grants Strategic Partners, and TradeWorx.- Developing strategic partnerships with The Home Depot's community of vendors and suppliers to strengthen 3rd partyy fundraising and incorporation THDCF's mission into vendors and suppliers own ESG strategies and create opportunities for stakeholder engagement in programs.- Convening national conversations to strengthen the Foundation’s network of charity partners, increasing partners’ capacity to evaluate their programming and lead The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s ongoing monitoring and evaluation work. - Supporting the storytelling done through fundraising by collecting metrics and impact statements

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Supporting the development of operational processes and procedures to achieve OCIC’s vision, mission and mandate, strategic directions and funded programs• Providing logistical and administrative support OCIC’s Gender Equality Hub, Youth Policy Makers Hub, capacity building workshops, International Development Week events, SPUR Change program, and other activities in accordance with ethical operational practices and policies• Capturing quantitative and qualitative data on an ongoing basis.• Coordinating the annual membership renewal and development processes, including preparing renewal packages, receiving payment and processing renewals, providing speaking notes to Board Directors for annual calls, drafting membership surveys to align with the Councils’ reporting requirements, and gathering feedback received for annual reporting and strategic planning

Toronto, Canada Area

• Supporting the Council in achieving its 2019-2023 “Inspiring Action for Global Citizenship” Global Affairs Canada (GAC) contribution agreement.• Enabling OCIC's member network to create meaning and sustainable global change by enhancing cross sectorial communication, cooperation and creating collaborative environment.• Building and maintaining relationships with current and future prospect OCIC organizational, network/institutional and associate members.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Working with the Community Outreach team to increase and enhance the participation/engagement of new Community members across TEDxToronto and specifically the GTHA- Enhancing the awareness of TEDxToronto’s work in the overlooked and unreached local communities

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

- Implemented APC's mission of empowering organizations, social movements and individuals through the use of information and communication technologies to build strategic communities and making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability.- Contributed to the Local Access Networks (LocNet) team in managing projects which create a more enabling environment for community owned and operated networks.- Reviewed, researched, and gathered results from the previous year’s project activities and produced narratives for outputs to complete final and midterm reports for the Swedish International Development Agency.- Supported the development of external communications including the monthly newsletter and the interview series featuring global network experts.

Panajachel, Guatemala

- Implemented poverty alleviation and women's empowerment of rural local artisan indigenous women through community-based education programs, market access to international partners and asset development through microloans and savings initiatives. - Exceled in stakeholder relationships and public engagement through connecting our community of individual and corporate supporters to the organization’s work and impact.- Assisted in the development and implementation of communications for institutional partners and private donors including stewardship materials, social media content, beneficiary narratives, and donor progress reports.

Toronto, Ontario

- Provided first point of contact solutions and guidance to clients experiencing financial hardship.- Developed long and short term financial plans to reduce risk of loss, improve credit, and manage personal debt while creating opportunities for clients to expand on their financial literacy and financial planning.

London, Canada Area

Mpika, Zambia

- Provided technical support to the Southern African Nutrition Initiative (SANI Project) in Muchinga Province of Zambia.- Delivered capacity-building sessions with vulnerable communities through collaboration with local ministry guidelines to design training material that was gender sensitive and supported the maternal and infant nutrition related goals of our project. - Engaged stakeholders, such as local ministry officials, local leaders and other NGOs operating in the catchment area, by building relationships and mobilizing the community for the continued implementation of project activities with gender, social protection, environmental and governance considerations.

Graduate Diploma

Post Graduate Certificate, International Development With Honours

Global Citizenship Certificate

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Community Development