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Harrisonburg, VA, US

East Africa Region (multi-country)

Senior Evaluator – Evaluation of WFP’s Local and Regional Food Procurement Policy Pilot Programme in East Africa – WFP RBN. QA and manage ET.

Eswatini

Senior Evaluator, QA Expert, and Evaluation Manager (Firm-Side) – Evaluation of WFP’s Home Grown School Feeding Pilot (Eswatini). Led on design and theoretical aspects.

United States

South Sudan

Senior Evaluator - FCDO Evaluation of BRACED II Resilience Program in South Sudan.

Afghanistan

Lead the Afghanistan Karakul Sheep Census for DAI’s Afghanistan Livestock Value Chain project (covering 7 provinces in northern Afghanistan).

Afghanistan

Led a Rapid Needs Assessment of Women-Owned Businesses in Afghanistan after the take-over of the de-facto authorities.

Barbados, Saint Lucia

Lead the Final Evaluation of the Joint Programme ‘Enhancing Resilience and Acceleration of the SDGs in the Eastern Caribbean’ – covering adaptive social protection system pilots, advocacy, research, and policy initiatives implemented by WFP, UNICEF, UNDP, ILO, and UN WOMEN.

Yemen

Led formative evaluation/design of viable appraisal, monitoring, and evaluation systems for the Durable Solutions project implemented by a consortium including CARE, Danish Refugee Council, Norwegian Refugee Council, International Rescue Committee, Search for Common Ground, and ACTED (lead agency).

Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania

Led evaluation team in undertaking the evaluation of WFP’s Contribution to Market Development and Food Systems in Southern Africa - covering cash transfers, school feeding, and smallholder agricultural market support in Southern Africa.

Afghanistan

Led inception phase of final evaluation of Oxfam Afghanistan's Strategic Partnership Project - covering women's rights related to protection, relief, and recovery). Wrote the inception report, constructed the theoretical framework, undertook outcome harvesting, and guided nuance of methods.

Cambodia

Baseline and Mid-Term Evaluation of WFP’s MGD School Feeding Programme; led planning stage of the evaluation and developed the conceptual framework/approach. Covered school feeding and local market development.

China

China Country Strategic Plan Evaluation; Led planning stage of the evaluation, developed the conceptual framework/approach and team.

New York, United States

Managed the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls from start to finish; led process innovations to adapt standard IAHE guidelines for this first-ever global thematic IAHE; designed country-level case studies and a companion piece on gender in the Nexus.

Zambia

Led the evaluation team in implementation of the Zambia Country Portfolio Evaluation - covering the three components of the Country Programme: 1) Home Grown School Meals (HGSM); ii) Nutrition and iii) Resilience building.

Rome

Participated in and managed the Global Strategic Evaluation of WFP’s Capacity to Respond to Emergency - covering 2011–2018 (including L1, L2 and L3 emergencies). Led data analysis and developed conceptual framework.

Cambodia

Final Evaluation of WFP’s MGD School Feeding Programme; led planning stage of the evaluation and developed the conceptual framework/approach. Covered school feeding and local market development.

Sudan

Evaluated WFP’s support for food security and nutrition for conflict-affected and chronically vulnerable populations – covering: General Food Distribution, Food Assistance for Assets and Training, School Meals, and Nutrition.

Philippines

Led design and evaluation management covering WFP’s disaster preparedness and response/climate change adaptation activities.

Nepal

Country Portfolio Evaluation; Nepal. The evaluation covered the four components of the Country Programme: Livelihood and Asset Creation, Education Support, Nutrition Support, and Capacity Development.

Liberia

Evaluated WFP’s McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program in Liberia – covering school meals, Girl’s Take Home Rations, developing school gardens, and capacity development activities.

Rome, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Led the evaluation team in adapting outcome harvesting to evaluate WFP’s response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa.

Ukraine

Led data analysis and insight visualization for the evaluation of WFP’s emergency assistance to civilians affected by the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.

Afghanistan

Led data analysis and insight visualization for the evaluation of WFP’s Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation in Afghanistan – which covered WFP’s assistance to address food insecurity and undernutrition (2014-2016).

Led the evaluation team in data analysis and insight visualization for the evaluation of WFP’s Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation in Liberia – which covered food assistance for refugees and vulnerable host populations (2016).

CAR, DRC, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, NY

Led research and data analytics for the evaluation of the Common Humanitarian Funds (CHFs) – focusing on their contributions to the collective results of the humanitarian community.

Woking, Surrey, UK

Based in Plan's International Headquarters, develop feedback mechanisms at all levels of the organization to enhance learning and effectiveness; build on existing participatory methodologies and find practical ways to close feedback loops; increasing organizational adaptability and responsiveness to complexity.

Kathmandu

Develop national child protection information management system and innovative data collection and interaction methods utilizing new technologies.

Burundi

• Seconded to Help Channel Burundi:
• Manage M&E of food security & child protection programs;
• Develop research methodologies utilizing digital mobile devices;
• Capacity building for planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning.

Kenya, Jordan

Assessed and mapped UNICEF's Early Warning systems in the Middle East and North Africa; conducted interviews with UNICEF Country Office emergency focal points; systematically analyzed data, drew lessons, and made policy recommendations.

Maldives

• Evaluated ARC's Psychosocial Support Project in the Maldives;
• Trained and supervised national staff in qualitative data collection.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Coordinated online knowledge management for the UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children.

Maldives

• Supervised and trained 12 field assistants in M&E methods;
• Developed M&E framework for Livelihoods Recovery Program.
• Realignment of UNDP’s national micro-finance program.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Researched M&E practices in emergency contexts;
• Drafted Terms of Reference for M&E roles in UNDP Country Offices responding to crisis.

Mba, Dba (Abd), Project Management And Participatory Evaluation In International Development

Field Work has included piloting of technology-enabled dialectic methods in Burundi, Nepal, Malawi, and Haiti (ongoing research).

Credit, Applied Economics, Business Management, Cooperative Organizational Models

Activities and Societies: Department of Applied Economics