Nicholas Prichard Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

U.S. State Department Near East Affairs Bureau, Assistance Coordination Office• Oversaw independent evaluations, data collection, and monitoring activities for Iran program. Manages sub-contractors and consultants for evaluations, surveys, and other monitoring efforts.• Developed theories of change, designed monitoring and evaluation plans and served as the onsite expert in their incorporation into program awards. Created and revised custom indicators for projects and reviews office indicators for revisions. Reviewed funding proposals and provided technical expertise to determine funding of new grants.• Provided technical assistance to grantees on best practices, best methodologies, indicators, program design, and performance management. Trained grantees on MEL and CLA topics.• Managed existing monitoring system. Oversaw monitoring of 60+ ongoing projects and provided feedback to improve program design and implementation. • Utilized PowerBi to create visualizations of monitoring data and leads presentations to leadership to drive decision making and promote stronger evidence based decision making.• Collaborates with interagency offices and led on decision making to develop MENA Joint Regional Strategy, inform policy, and determine foreign assistance funding.• Team member for State Department 'Afghanistan Evacuation Response' Efforts.

Washington, District Of Columbia

U.S. Dept of State: International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office (INL) of Western Hemisphere Programs (WHP)• Managed in-country specialists in Eastern Caribbean.• Developed and managed performance indicators for programs and projects related to corrections institutions, transnational organized crime, and program management. • Worked with in-country counterparts, implementers, and embassies to determine data collection, visualizations, and reporting. Oversaw management of reporting cycle, data collection for all corrections measures, analysis, and reporting to INL/WHP and stakeholders. U.S. Dept of State: Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) and Partnership for Regional East Africa Counterterrorism (PREACT) Contract• Led monitoring team in Nouakchott, Mauritania for military FLINTLOCK exercise, comprising of eight countries focused on counterterrorism response. Conducted field assessments in Niger and Chad.• Conducted desk research and reporting for the continuous assessment of TSCTP and PREACT activities. • Conducted monitoring and oversight of counterterrorism projects across West and East Africa.• Managed interagency monitoring and evaluation working group efforts for collaboration and capacity building. • Contributed to the design of and conduct field testing of the evaluation methodology, participatory data collection methods and protocols, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks. • Independently conducted evaluations, assessments and produced recommendations on counterterrorism programming.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

USAID E3 Analytics and Evaluation • Conducted data collection, management, and analysis to inform the US Government on the creation of new policy and development programming as part of the E3 Analytics and Evaluation Project, which directly supports USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (E3).• Led client through evaluation topics and issues for study, creates evaluation plan and budget, interviews consultants and partners to join evaluation team.• Devised and conducted stakeholder interviews to inform recommendations, and reports for studies and final evaluations on topics including: best practices for investment and collaboration with secondary cooperative; gender-based projects; developing urban infrastructure that can accept and integrate displaced populations.• Contributed to USAID E3 policy documents that outline recommendations and best practices to inform the creation of new USAID projects and policy regarding gender equality, economic growth through cooperative development, volunteer centered programming, and mass migration.USAID Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Training• Provided management support to a $15 Million USAID Flagship Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Training contract conducted in the DC Metro Area and at 25 USAID Missions worldwide. • Created work plan, budget, and training schedule for management of contract and 2 subcontractors and 10 independent consultants.• Collected, managed, and evaluated training data to measure effectiveness of training programs. • Coordinated development research, drafts content for training courses, and creates content for dissemination to USAID posts worldwide including all internal and external reporting. • Conducted field work in Paraguay to capture best practices that led to the development of case studies and vignettes to enhance classroom-based and e-learning training content for the Agency.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Delivered an efficiency driven ‘change’ implementation plan to solve issues regarding the Embassy’s military and civilian housing policy by liaising with industry stakeholders and the Embassy’s commercial teams to evaluate current support focused contracts to deliver value for money.• Provided clear recommendations for changes to housing policy and processes improvement for onboarding, move-in, furniture, logistics, housing criteria, and selection. • Achieved cost savings through consolidating duplicative offices with minimal job loss, leveraging merged offices for greater value for money contracts, creating a set process to enforce policy, and tracking sustained service levels.

Berlin Area, Germany

• Leveraged €10,000 of investment, managed contracts with local businesses for space sharing and sales.• Created business plan and managed budget for a new four product lines microbrewery.• Created social media campaign and marketing schemes.• Liaised with Berlin Chamber of Commerce on legal, business creation, and licensing processes.• Assisted in brewing, recipe creation of four products.

Delray Beach, Florida

• Conducted background checks and investigations to identify abnormal patterns of behavior and wrongdoing, and exposed fraudulent insurance claims and stolen funds to the amount of $250k +. • Research and investigations led to over 100 clients winning reparations in the form of monetary settlements, property, claims, and child custody in legal cases, gaining over $1 Million in billings.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed sponsorship, charity, children’s, and promotional events at the Club’s Stadium for business partners, charities, and the public. Assisted first team staff and players during charity events to raise over £100k and increase awareness for various causes.• Liaised with media outlets on match days regarding match operations, equipment setup, sideline photographers, and press conferences. • Assisted communications and media department with generating public facing content for the website. • Conducted tours and educated visitors and athletes on club operations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Operated as a Federal Emergency Response Official supporting the US Department of Homeland Security’s Crisis Action Team, providing real-time reporting and analysis during disaster response, training, and exercise efforts to the Secretary and other Executive leadership. • Created comprehensive “Incident Response Plan” detailing procedures for involvement and collaboration with responders in humanitarian efforts, disaster response, and man-made attacks (domestic and international) in order to increase government capacity for faster response, increasing the opportunity to save more lives. • Briefed senior leadership, the White House, and Cabinet on updates to plan during natural disasters including the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, and 2010 Haitian Earthquake responses.

• Chairman of the National Fraternal Affairs Committee. Maintained four directory databases, and developed implementation strategy of newly approved national policies.• Visited chapters across the country and routinely met with senior university officials regarding professional development of chapters and universities.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted fundraising calls and presentations for alumni, sponsors, and University officials to raise money and sell tickets for the University’s Homecoming (attendance 1000+, 25+ sponsors), alumni networking events (attendance average 100), and alumni trips (Ireland, Spain, etc attendance average of 35 buying packages costing $2000+ per person), Totaling over $500k in funding.• Created and updated databases as well as extract pertinent information regarding donors, vendors, and donation history, then identified possible new donors and avenues for contributions.

Delray Beach, Florida

• Met with clientele on location to devise and implement plans to sell products. • Worked in material production of magazines, newsletters, and other take aways for clientele from design to final production.• Conducted final review of on location construction and marketing strategy with clientele before opening campaigns to the public.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Created unique database encompassing elected officials of Malaysian government including; personal information, relationships between members, term information, relevant news articles, monetary donations, etc. so that the clients could better enact political campaigns.• Created workload planning and analysis for proposals for prospective contracts with organizations in Middle East and Southeast Asia.

• Researched and analyzed data from monitoring news organizations, websites, blogs, and press releases, and captured information related to congressional races, election results, exit polls, and political debates, and speeches. Produced updates, briefs, and alerts, for internal and external dissemination.

• Responded to constituents’ concerns and questions, managed Capitol tours, tracked legislation, and completed research projects for legislative staff.

Master Of Arts (Ma), International Relations

Master's Degree in International Relations with an emphasis on development, civil societies organisations, and economics. Thesis.

Bachelor Of Arts Degree, Political Science, World Affairs

Activities and Societies: Alpha Delta Gamma, Cross Country, Intramural Football, Walk for Life

Certificate, Gender-Sensitive Governance And Gender Stereotypes