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Bethesda, Maryland, United States

A critical member of the Africa division, serving as the primary interface between field-level interventions, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and DAI’s Home Office team. Provides project management oversight support to the $74M USAID Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub (TradeHub) project and the $40M USAID and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Malawi Local Government Accountability and Performance activity in the areas of grants and financial management, programmatic reporting, contract compliance, work planning, and monitoring and evaluation. Promotes effective project management by ensuring compliance with federal regulations, onboarding, and capacity building of the staff, as well as providing remote and technical support. Collaborate with field staff to design and adapt technical assistance and capacity building approaches and materials. Facilitate communication with senior project staff, home office staff, partners and USAID to ensure administrative, operational, and technical support needs are met to achieve project activities. Proposes solutions to a variety of project implementation issues relating to personnel, subcontracts, and financial matters and work to ensure compliance with cooperating countries' local laws, USAID and US Government regulations, and DAI policies. Contributes to new business efforts, responsible for start-up and closedown activities, budget management and quality control for all deliverables.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Provide strategic support to the largest cabinet within City government consisting of ten human services departments, including the Boston Public Health Commission, Office of Fair Housing and Equity, the Office of Recovery Services, the Boston Centers for Youth and Families and the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment. • Supporting the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including standing up testing facilities. • Leading Cabinet-level initiatives that advance HHS’ strategic goals, amplify impact, and introduce innovations.• Managing the execution of community engagement initiatives, developing engagement pathways for community partners and volunteers and managing relationships with stakeholders.• Provide support and direction to department directors on partner identification, cultivation and engagement strategies.• Serving as a delegate for the Mayor and Chief of Human Services in meetings, councils, and events.

Cap Haïtien, Haiti

Provide technical and managerial leadership to $41.8 project focused on expanding access to safe water and sanitation services to vulnerable communities by strengthening local and national institutions and private sector actors.• Lead coordination and transversal planning for the project, including the administration of two units, the Planning and Coordination Unit and the Crosscutting Technical Services Team, to enhance project operations.• Directly supervise the work of the Crosscutting Technical Services Manager, M&E Specialist, Environmental Compliance Specialist, Gender/Social Safeguards Specialist and GIS/Spatial Planning Specialist in achieving on-time and high-quality deliverables such as quarterly reports, updated M&E plans and environmental compliance documentation. • In close coordination with the COP and component directors, led planning and revision of work plan activities by reviewing budgets and procurement requests for activities and grants submitted to client.• Develop project plans and dashboards with technical and component managers.• Led the preparation of- and provided oversight to- firm which executed the project’s 5-commune, 1,600 rigors household baseline survey.• Work closely with technical and communications teams in the development and writing of annual work plan, annual and quarterly reports and other polished deliverables submitted to client.• Supervise direct staff and wrote their performance evaluations, succession planning and professional development programs.• Liaise with Home Office to ensure field project is in compliance with guidelines and best practices. • Represent the project to USAID, partner organizations and other actors in donor and stakeholder meetings.

Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

Responsible for coordination between project teams to increase efficiency and support achieving project goals. Liaising between program team, and grants, subcontracting and procurement, and operations teams. Gathering critical information and providing it to project component leads and project management in a timely manner as needed. Supporting the overall management of the M&E and Reporting Unit. Coordinate the activities of the various teams (Data Collection, Data Entry and Database Management, Data Reporting, GIS, Communications) to increase efficiency and timelines of field data collection for project management and M&E purposes. Responsible for writing portions of quarterly and monthly reports and reviewing written submissions such as snapshots and newsletters submitted to client.

-- Led program development efforts in one of three priority USAID\Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) development corridor communities.-- Responsible for overseeing a broad portfolio of USAID\OTI field activity and grant making from concept through development and implementation related to community stabilization, increasing citizens’ engagement and strengthening the municipal government capacity in fast-paced, transitional environment in post-earthquake context. -- Work focused on conflict mitigation efforts and strengthening the capacity of local government institutions and community-based organizations. -- Managed full compliment of staff persons, including program development, monitoring & evaluation, and engineering officers, field staff, and STTA consultants. Oversaw staff evaluations and provided oversight related to administrative procedures regarding program development, human resources, and training. -- Acted as regional program manager in RPM’s absence. -- Liaised with USAID, Embassy, Inter-American Development Bank and other international funding agencies and stakeholders on project development, as well as local government officials and community-based organizations. -- Oversaw development of high-impact grants related to reconstruction, disaster preparedness, technical assistance programming and conflict mitigation efforts. -- Wrote snapshots and thematic fact sheets for congressional staff delegations and other USG officials. -- Possess strong knowledge base of USAID and Chemonics regulations, OTI E-Rooms, database, and csvs. -- Organized and participated in competitive tenders for infrastructure projects, communications campaigns and technical assistance consultants. -- Responsible for a broad set of complex project management and grant compliance matters for initiative.

Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the secretariat’s research and policy analysis division, including managing internal staff, overseeing performance reviews, and external consultants from universities and consulting agencies; overseeing a robust portfolio of grant funding and project management to state, local and community-based agencies; and playing a key role in communicating with senior government officials and other municipal agencies while supervising the production of the agency’s publications – including research reports, newsletters, and other documents. RPAD works to promote judicious investments of state and federal grant monies by advancing data-driven, research-based recommendations and utilizing performance-based methodologies. Work included working on Massachusetts’ Homeland Security and Emergency Response grant funding to local government entities, providing research to Commonwealth’s Homeland Security division focused on disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness methodologies for local communities, and liaised with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) related to research questions on Commonwealth’s preparedness. Appointed to a number of special commissions and working groups addressing sensitive and confidential matters. Selected, through a competitive process, to participate in the Commonwealth Management Certificate Program (September 2010).

Responsible for the successful execution of key aspects of the foundation’s major public safety, civic engagement, policy advocacy and emergency response at the neighborhood level through grant funding and project management of a number of other important Foundation initiatives. Work included hiring and supervising staff; supervising all aspects of the grant making process, including budgeting evaluation, and civil sector convening; overseeing and designing communication strategies with key stakeholders; and managing multiple, time-sensitive projects. Additionally managed large, complex dockets of initiative and discretionary funding related to civic engagement, out-of-school time and public & community safety, including writing policy and position papers, memorandums and research briefs based on data and best practices to inform grant-making. Member of the Foundation’s Employee Development Committee, Proposal Review Committee, and Curtis International Fund grant making review committee. Recipient of Distinguished Employee Award (December 2008).

Masters Of Public Policy, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

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