Head Of Humanitarian Affaires
CurrentIn charge of the humanitarian team and program portfolio as well as the development of the institutional strategy for Children in Crisis (including advocacy and communication).
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Patrick Robitaille is listed as Humanitrian - Management, Evaluation, Training, Emergency Response. at Save the Children Canada, a with 130 employees, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at savethechildren.ca and a matched LinkedIn profile for Patrick Robitaille.
Patrick Robitaille previously worked as Head of Humanitarian Affaires at Save The Children Canada and Senior Advisor, Policy and Government Relations at Save The Children Canada. Patrick Robitaille holds Master, Political Science from Université Du Québec À Montréal.
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Currently Senior Advisor, Policy and Government Relations for Save the Children Canada (until July 2023), I have been in the international aid sector since 2002. I have worked in more than 30 countries and humanitarian crises contexts ranging from welcoming refugees from Darfur in 2004, contributing to the early response and reconstruction following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 or responding to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone in 2014 with organizations such as MSF, Care and the Red Cross.During these mandates as well as director of programs for organizations such as Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde, I ensured the rapid development of project portfolios (I currently managing a $50M portfolio), I ensured the leadership of teams (up to several hundred employees and collaborators), contributed to developing strategic planning and structuring networks, developed advocacy campaigns and ensured media representation. Holder of a master's degree in political science as well as other degrees in administration, communication and marketing, I am also a lecturer at the School of Management of Laval University and I have conducted several international consulting mandates.I am passionate about the challenge of contributing to the social changes needed to create a World that is more just through good governance of organizations, social and technological innovations and the development of communities of practice and solidarity networks across borders.
Listed skills include Organisation Non Gouvernementale, Ngos, Humanitarian, Program Management, and 30 others.
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In charge of the humanitarian team and program portfolio as well as the development of the institutional strategy for Children in Crisis (including advocacy and communication).
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Responsible for the Policies and Canadian government relations and development of SCC advocacy strategic plan 2022-2027. Leading children in crisis and Climate Justice related advocacy.
Quebec, Canada
Summer course on the management of international cooperation organisationDirector of Humanitarian Simulation (SimEx)
Montreal, Canada Area
Humanitarian program management, evaluation, research and training.Consultation for field evaluation, program management and training.British Red Cross / ADVISEM, Deputy team leader, Final Evaluation, Haiti Evaluation of Construction, Livelihood, govenrnance, public health programs in Delma 19.CARE International Jordan, M&E specialist, Jordan Jan-Feb 2015Development MEAL systems for Southern Syria Operation. Development of a comprehensive MEAL Framework. - Universalia/ UNICEF, Sr Evaluator, Philippines March 2014Real Time Evaluation fact finding mission to evaluate UNICEF response. See http://www.unicef.org/evaluation/index_60823.html-Universalia/ UNHCR, Sr Humanitarian Adviser, Canada January 2014Produce a list of all sectoral indicators, along with a simplified/concise list of recommended indicators which will inform the content of the M&E tool.- ODI / IASC, Independent Evaluator, Niger February - March 2013Analysis of financing mechanisms and funding streams to enhance emergency preparedness. As part of an international research for the IASC Task Team. - CARE, Independant Evaluator, Djibouti September 2012Rapid Accountability Review (RAR) and After Action Review (AAR). Field evaluation of WASH and Health Programs supporting two UNHCR refugee camps- USI / UNOPS, Evaluator, Haiti July 2012Lead the UNOPS post earthquake shelter and livelihood program evaluation, working with a team from the Unité de Santé Internationale de l'Université de Montréal (USI). - CARE, Information management, Niger June 2012Support the emergency program department in the management of internal and external information. Coordination with the IASC clusters. - CARE, Evaluation Team Leader, Jan-Feb 2012 ChadProvide an overview of the drought situation in key affected areas and assess current capacity of CARE. - Humanitarian Coalition, Final Evaluation team member, Nov 2011.Haiti
Lead operation for the Emergency Management Directorate (EMD). Prepare daily regional EM report for the Assistant Deputy Minister briefing to Minister’s office. Represent EMD at regional Emergency Operation Center (EOC) and Regional Government Operation Center meetings. Prepare seasonal risk evaluation presentation for senior management. Participation in emergency preparedness exercises.
Toronto, Canada
The Director of Programs (DP) shapes, guides and manages several of MSF Canada’s most directlyoperational contributions to the OCs and the wider MSF movement. The scope of activities within thePrograms Department has expanded significantly in recent years and includes a diverse range ofimpactful activities including: providing cutting edge telemedicine support to MSF field operations;building staff capacity throughout the organization through tailored learning modules; contributingproactively and reactively to operational advocacy on themes such as access to essential medicines andmigration; managing relations with the Canadian government for advocacy and fundraising purposes,and; managing MSF-Canada-sponsored Transformational Investment Capacity projects.
Montreal, Canada Area
Responsible of the development and management of a portfolio of the humanitarian and development programs from 5 to 15 millions $Can per year in 6 countries. Overseeing the operations in Haiti: 80 employees in 3 offices. Monitoring and evaluation of the projects in Mali, Colombia, Iraq. Co-development of MdM International emergency response framework. Co-President of the Humanitarian Response Network.
Montreal / Toronto
Research and Development of a portfolio of activities to support MSF including: - Review of MSF Operations in Middle Income Countries - Iraq, Libya, Kyrgizstan, Lebanon. 20 academic contributors, 40 interviews. - Support to the Medical Care Under Fire campaign- Negociation project- Review of information technology- Advocacy, conference and book launch.
Strategic direction, planning, onsite coordination, budgeting, recruitment 40 volunteers. The Simulation Exercise part of the CCHT (Canadian Consortium of Humanitarian Training) program. Designed to simulate a complex humanitarian emergency. For the participant, this involves understanding cultural context, war, natural disaster and forced migration of the local population in addition to other challenges injected to add stress to the participants. Participants are in the simulation for 72 hours, working in multidisciplinary humanitarian teams to perform a series of assessments on the affected population.
Haiti, Project Manager, 3 weeks, January 2010, Management of Maternité Solidarité Hospital (evacuated due to partial destruction). International and local supply of medical and non-medical relief items to projects, management of human resources and property, link with MSF sections and NGOs.Congo (Démocratic Rep. of), Project Coordinator, 2 monthsProject start-up: 2 clinics, vaccination campaign, NFI distribution. Security management, relations with local and regional medical and political authorities.Congo (Rep. of), Project Coordinator, 3 monthsHospital and clinic support, expat and national staff coaching, new project implementation, security officer, development of Memorandum of Understanding, relations with local authorities and hospital managers.Chad, Logistics Coordinator, 6 months.Set-up of country logistics systems: Staff hiring, Management Capital base (N’djamena) and Supply Center (Abeche), International Procurement for mobile clinics and 2 refugee camps, supervision of Water & Sanitation major infrastructures, clinic construction.Pakistan, Logistician and Team Leader, 3 months.Mobile clinics in response to floods: Office and base set-up, mission closing, local and international supply, nutritional program and crowd control, support to watsan project, budget and administration, team leading 1 month.Sierra Leone / Ivory Coast, Logistician and CapitalAdministrator, 9 months.Maintenance of clinic and hospital infrastructure, project administration and financing, administrative and logistic systems setup and maintenance, human resources, construction supervision, watsan.
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders Canada
Co-Chair of the Board Association CommitteeAttendance at the Congress of the Operational Center GenevaAttendance of the International Association Meeting in Berlin
Léogane, Haiti
Coordination of the action of the 6 Red Cross National Societies in Leogane in support of the host society. Representation of the Red Cross activities at the local level and through the IASC cluster system. Responsibility for the Health and Watsan programs (10 million chf), management of 9 delegates and 63 national staff. Humanitarian diplomacy and advocacy.
Haïti
Planning and implementation of a program of construction of 4500 shelters in Leogane. Supervision of one shelter delegate, 6 national staff and 105 contractual workers. Strategize and develop a land ownership policy. Coordinate the program implementation with the sister project of Jacmel as well as with the other Red Cross partners in Leogane. Coordinate with other NGOs of Leogane through the shelter programs. Development and follow-up on the budgets and plan of action. Analysis of the program development and reporting to the various stakeholders.
Montreal
Main link between the Board of Directors, the management team and the members of the organization. Foster leadership and activism within the MSF Canada Association & network. Coordinate regional groups across Canada and link with the various international sections of MSF, cultivate strong, vibrant and well informed membership through online debates and organization of the Annual General Meeting, database management and intranet development.
Région De Ottawa , Canada
Humanitarian crisis monitoring, emergency preparedness support and training for Country Offices, CIDA grant management, emergency deployment (Pakistan, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Chad, Zimbabwe, Cuba), human resource management of emergency pool, international humanitarian initiatives support (ECB, HAP, GHD, UNHCR ExCom), national NGO initiatives (Humanitarian Coalition, PAGER), advocacy, Government of Canada (CIDA, DFAIT) briefing, media representative.
Montreal, Canada
E-commerce supplier for the hotel industryMarketing, sales and customer support:* Competition and market analysis* Sales and promotion of e-commerce solution to Quebec and American hotels* Customer service department set-up
Montreal
Convention and incentive travel logistics (20 to 20,000 participants), Field coordination and supervision of field teams of up to 70 employees, suppliers-clients relationship management (contracts up to 1 million $)
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• Concentration: International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Development. • Research Interests: Media impact.
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