Nicholas Smith Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, GB

Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia

Country manager for a £2.5 million energy programme in Zambia funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. The programme is focused on supporting the government to attract private sector investment in renewable energy generation.

London, England, United Kingdom

Contributed to the delivery of country scoping reports and the detailed design of programmes across Water, Energy, Climate Finance, and Urban Planning in Zambia and Mozambique for the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office’s £48m Green Cities and Infrastructure Programme.

Remote

Managing the funding of projects implemented by existing partners from countries including Somalia and Kenya focused on frontline medical assistance and educational scholarships by communicating program updates regularly, ensuring program objectives are met, and addressing any issues that arise in a timely manner Expanding the organisations geographic and.

Reconciled historic impact data from numerous sourcesDeveloped a new impact tracking system which saved administrative time and improved the organisations’ marketing Used these systems to collect impact data and stories from partners in Syria, Pakistan, Somalia, Greece, Lebanon, and Colombia Supported the preparation of marketing materials including.

London, England, United Kingdom

Project managed a needs-based IDEO and Issue Analysis driven process to design a digital mental healthcare intervention for Ukraine. Presented outcomes to senior management who moved forward with my recommendations

Co-authored, with a Kyiv based psychologist, research on the mental healthcare need, mental healthcare structures, and mental health provision in Ukraine, together with a broader healthcare and societal context. Published this research on ReliefWeb, a service provided by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs which receives.

Remote

Ensured reports exploring political and macroeconomic events published by the think tank were rigorously researched, balanced, and measured by fact-checking and content and style editing

Wrote regular articles on topics including China’s unbalanced economy, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and the Rohingyarefugee crisisLeveraged Flourish data visualisation software to illustrate my arguments to readers.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Development Studies, Distinction

Specialised in the interaction between climate change and international development: Specifically green industrial policy, infrastructure.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Economics - First Class, First Class

Courses: Econometrics, Development Economics, International Economics, Economics of Inequality, The Chinese Economy, Health Economics.