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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Provided project management surge support to fill critical team gaps on USAID/OTI SWIFT 4 and SWIFT 5 projects. Provided financial management including pipeline preparation, invoicing, corporate budgeting, budget tracking, and supporting field office with financial, human resources, procurement, IT, and operations management including assisting the field team to adhere to USAID and Chemonics regulations and policies. Facilitated OTI training and manage and mentor staff. Surge support to projects includes USAID/OTI Iraq Regional Program I and II, USAID/OTI EXPLORE Asia, USAID Iraq Durable Communities and Economic Opportunities (DCEO) and USAID/OTI Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative III (UCBI III) and USAID/OTI Libya Transition Initiative 4 (LTI 4).

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Provided backstop support for the USAID Toward Enduring Peace in Sudan (TEPS) assisting with management of program budgets, recruitment, travel assistance, procurement and subcontract. Reviewed and edited program weekly, quarterly, and annual reports. Drafted CO and COR levels approval requests for technical, rate and international travel. Supported DT Global’s USAID Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI)-funded Transition to New Sudan (TNS) nine months project helping with the financial, operations, human resources, procurement, and subcontract management and closeout efforts. Processed and received Department of Commerce’s BIS approval licenses for international procurements to Sudan.>Field assignment: (Khartoum, Sudan; June-July 2021) Short-term surge support to provide programmatic and operational procurement compliance, improve management processes and provide procurement training.>Business development: Provided support to the development of OTI proposal and USAID capture efforts

Washington D.C.

Provided backstop support for the USAID/OTI-funded Libya Transition Initiative (LTI 3) program implementation. Assisted with project operations, human resources, travel assistance, financials and procurements, and subcontractor management. Supported monthly budget forecasting and reforecasting, drafting CO and COR levels approval requests and notifications of intent to subcontract.>Business Development: Supported USAID proposals development undertaking major roles as Coordinator, Personnel writer, Management and Staffing Plan writer, Recruiter, and Subcontractor Liaison. Co-facilitated CV writing for New Business training to more than 30 staff members.>Thought Leadership: Supported youth development technical efforts.

Washington, Dc

Provided start-up support efforts remotely for the USAID Iraq Durable Communities & Economic Opportunities (DCEO) Task Order 1 supporting procurements and operations start-up activities. Drafted request for quotations (RFQs) and blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) for goods and services, and commercial items. Conducted administrative review of submitted proposals, ensured record management of filing systems, and updated project inventory.

Erbil, Iraq

Supported project closeout efforts of the USAID/OTI Iraq Community Resilience Initiative (ICRI). Conducted review of human resource and personnel files ensuring completeness and accuracy of adequate documentation. Conducted spot check of operational procurements and reviewed visual compliance screening of vendors and suppliers. Finalized other operational oversight tasks reviewing project inventory and relabeling of field office equipment. Managed the boxing, packing, and arranged the shipment of all hard copy files to the home-office in the US.

Washington D.C.

Assisted in review of programming activities and operational procurements for USAID/OTI, U.S. State Department, and UK DFID funded projects in Syria to ensure export, reexport, and transfer of equipment or services were authorized by U.S. export control regulations. Conducted research, drafted memorandums, and processed and received Department of Commerce’s BIS and Department of Treasury’s OFAC requested licenses. Helped interpret export compliance regulations and reviewed Visual Compliance (VC) screening results. Coordinated annual partners fairs for U.S. small businesses and internal stakeholders. Assisted in client relations identifying U.S. small businesses, reviewed and processed bi-annual subcontracting reporting (ISR/SF-294) to USAID in eSRS. Assisted in reviewing and editing of current templates, guidance manuals and process maps to maintain improvements. >Business Development: Supported USAID proposals development undertaking roles as subcontractor liaison, CV writer, and recruiter.>Thought Leadership: Supported the update of Chemonics’ Remote Management Toolkit (RMT). Interim coordinator of a 5-person team, interviewed stakeholders with experiences managing projects in complex environments to collect information on best practices and lessons learned, and contributed as a section writer.

Washingto D.C.

Provided surge support to the technical practice and USAID/OTI SWIFT IV Project Management teams. Helped with management and recruitment of candidates. Provided technical support to capture and proposal teams. Assisted with coordination of Fall 2018 Chemonics’ OTI 101 multi-session training course building the capacity of over 30 staff. Assisted with the preparations for Alliance for Peacebuilding’s PeaceCon 2018.

Washington D.C.

Reviewed prime USAID and other client’s contracts, subcontracts, modifications, and agreements in advance of the Senior Vice President signatures, ensuring documents were in accordance with corporate policies and government regulations. Assisted in regular maintenance of internal reports and trackers, analyzing active and pipeline contracts trends for the executive management and financial analysis teams. Provided operational support to a 50-person department, liaising with internal and external stakeholders.

Washington D.C.

Processed USAID-funded projects expense reports in Deltek GCS Premier and SharePoint for the monthly closing finances. Managed payment requests made to vendors and consultants, and processed invoices. Undertook embassies visits acquiring visas for staff field assignments and managed office operational procurements.

Rosslyn, Virginia

Conducted qualitative assessments of prime actors and NGOs associated with Iraq and Syria, assessing on the political and socio-economic issues. Contributed to the initial drafting of SF's field manual.

Master Of Science - Ms

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba