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Manchester, GB

Salford, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

Net Zero Strategy Governance and Business Management.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

- Work closely with the Regional Director (RD), Regional Programmes Manager (RPM) and assigned programmes’ Country Management Teams as the focal point in MAG HQ for a specific MAG regional portfolio, to support the delivery of country business plans and strategies through: The effective coordination and representation of the regional portfolio in relation.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The Support Services Manager (SSM) provides leadership and oversight to Support Services functions and systems within the programme, including Logistics, Procurement, HR and Administration management (including IT and Health and Safety), plus Finance and Security ensuring system design, implementation and continuous improvement in line with MAG policies.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Support Services Coordinator, Mano River Programme based in Sierra Leone Responsible for leading and coordinating finance, logistics, HR and admin across 2 countries (Sierra Leone & Liberia). Member of 4-person Country Management Team reporting to County Director. Activities/ achievements included:- Staff management: Direct management and capacity-building.

Maputo, Mozambique

Responsible for leading and coordinating finance, logistics, HR and admin across the programme. Member of 3-person Country Management Team reporting to County Director. Activities/ achievements included:- Staff management: Direct management and capacity-building of 3 senior managers and a site administrator- HR: Managing a complete review of the national.

Manchester, UK

Based in the Programmes Department, responsible for developing tools for collating and disseminating all types of programme management information across the organisation. Liaison is with Senior Managers in Country and information managers at all levels across the organisation, including Directors. Responsibilities / achievements include:- start-up and.

Manchester, UK

Providing detailed support to field projects, including: writing proposals and reports for funders (including DfID, EC, SIDA, Belgian and Dutch Governments, US Department of State); detailed project management support for programme staff including grant management, financial monitoring, HR issues, interviewing and briefing of new staff, procurement and.

• Expat Administration Coordinator: MSF Belgium, Liberia Nov. ‘06 – June ‘07
• Responsible for all administrative issues including; ensuring the legal functioning of the mission within the context of Liberian law; all policy development and implementation in the area of staff management; HR.
• Responsible for all administrative issues including; ensuring the legal functioning of the mission within the context of Liberian law; all policy development and implementation in the area of staff management; HR.
• Member of the country management team (total 5 people) with shared responsibility for the management, control and development of the projects and for security in the mission.Expat Admin/Fin: MSF Luxemburg.
• Responsible for all Human Resources issues for the 165 national staff in the project, management of day to day issues for +/- 8 expats, rent and legal issues, training of national staff admin/fin team.
• Budget control of 1,500,000 EUR including budget planning and follow-up, day to day cash management, responsibility for sign-off of all purchase orders, regular budget presentations to field coordinator.Interim Expat.

• Fundraising & Communications Manager: Leap Confronting Conflict, LondonJuly ‘04 – March ‘05Fundraising & Marketing Officer: Leap Confronting Conflict, LondonJan. ‘02 – June ‘04
• Sole full-time fundraiser and communications/press-relations manager. Responsibilities included: planning sustainable income growth in support of short-term and long-term organisational development; generating income.
• Sole full-time fundraiser and communications/press-relations manager. Responsibilities included: planning sustainable income growth in support of short-term and long-term organisational development; generating income.

• Donor Care Executive: Médecins sans Frontières, LondonApril ‘01–Jan. ‘02 Fundraising Administrator: Médecins sans Frontières, LondonAugust ’00 – March ‘01
• As Donor Care Executive, responsible for managing relationships with and between the Fundraising Department’s suppliers (eg database managers, telephone fundraising agency, Payroll Giving agency, bank, Charities Aid.
• As Donor Care Executive, responsible for managing relationships with and between the Fundraising Department’s suppliers (eg database managers, telephone fundraising agency, Payroll Giving agency, bank, Charities Aid.
• As Fundraising Administrator, general administrative duties to support the department Show less

• Language specialist (translator/copywriter/proofreader): e-fact, (corporate design and branding agency), LondonJune ‘99 – July ‘00Receptionist: e-fact, LondonSept. ‘98 - May ‘99 /
• As translator/copywriter, responsible for translation and proofreading of all corporate literature from German to English, as well as translation into English of design briefs, research and organisational papers
• As receptionist, carried out telephone and administration duties in German… Show more Language specialist (translator/copywriter/proofreader): e-fact, (corporate design and branding agency), LondonJune ‘99 – July.
• As receptionist, carried out telephone and administration duties in German and English Show less

• Predominantly adult students, including a 1st certificate group

International Development

Distinction (level 2 course) studied part-time while holding full-time paid position

Professional Certificate In Voluntary Sector Management, Accounting For Managers, Managing Voluntary And Non-Profit Enterprises, Winning Resources & Support

Postgraduate professional certificate; study undertaken part time with Open University Business School, while working full-time

Ba 1St Class Combined Honours Degree With Distinction In Oral German, Music And German

Activities and Societies: Exeter University Symphony Orchestra