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Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Oversaw recruitment of program staff and managed a team of five international and local program staff. Coordinated tasks, provided feedback on performance and programmatic support to them. • Conceptualized, planned and oversaw implementation of activities and documentation of activities’ achievements which support pre-service and in-service One Health professionals. • Supported the implementation of a USAID-funded global consortium project including facilitating of management calls, reviewing and developing partner workplans, and liaising with partners on project management issues.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Served on the Executive Management Team to consult on strategic and organization-wide issues. • Recruited and supervise two program staff covering M&E, project implementation and communications. • Led resource mobilization including project design, preparation and submission of proposals to donors. • Oversaw M&E and external reporting including reviewing of documentation processes, preparing and submitting donor reports, and coordinating external program evaluations. • Developed new networks and partnerships with international and local organizations.

Yangon, Myanmar

• Represented the organization at external coordination meetings.• Led pilot community-based protection and resilience initiatives and locally-led humanitarian responses. Learning capture from these pilots led to continuation and scale up of these interventions, fully resourced from donors. • Organized and led technical trainings and organizational development support for local partners.• Led design of all projects including writing and coordinating timely submission of proposals to donors, successfully securing a total of nearly nine million USD in funding over a three year period. • Mobilized resources for sudden, onset emergencies including analysis of existing funds, and developed procedures for disbursement of funds to community-based organization (CBO) first responders. • Participated in M&E and Program Management Team working groups. • Wrote and ensured timely submission of project reports to donors.

Sittwe, Myanmar

• Represented the organization at external coordination meetings. • Liaised with agencies on advocacy efforts, and contributed to joint messaging and strategy documents. • Managed five staff including coordination of tasks, and reviewing job performance and work objectives. • Led emergency responses including coordinating needs assessments, mobilizing resources, and overseeing implementation of activities.• Contributed to and led planning processes for follow-on and new humanitarian response projects.• Supported gender-based violence, health and WASH interventions including budget and grant management, and providing guidance to staff on planning and implementation.• Supported the management of four field offices, and served as IRC’s security focal point for Rakhine State.

Yangon, Myanmar

• Managed team of four staff including coordination of tasks, and reviewing job performance and work objectives. • Administered grants through grant review meetings, review of agreements, and donor engagement including program updates, grant revision requests and updating grant tracker database on key grant deliverables. • Prepared and delivered trainings on donor rules and regulations to staff and partners.• Coordinated with sub-grant unit on partnerships and partner training needs.• Reviewed, edited and wrote and coordinated submission of project reports to donors. • Supported proposal development through drafting of proposal sections, and reviewing proposals and budgets.

Takoma Park, Md

• Review and edit donor reports and ensure timely submission; liaise between field staff and donors on key grant issues. • Develop toolkit for headquarters and field staff on key USAID/USG funding rules and guidelines.

Sri Lanka

• Supervised four staff including coordinating tasks, and reviewing job performance and work objectives. • Liaised with Sri Lanka Ministry of Health counterparts on handover of rehabilitation activities. • Managed a $2 million USAID-funded project budget including budget management and follow-up.• Organized quarterly review meetings, and reviewed and updated activity and procurement plans. • Prepared project reports to USAID and ECHO. • Drafted Terms of Reference documents for consultancies including project evaluations.• Managed relationships and coordinated with two local NGO on project implementation. • Coordinated activities from other rehabilitation projects to strengthen overall rehabilitation support to local stakeholders including leveraging of resources from respective projects.

Takoma Park, Md

• Developed US donor funding strategies, and supported positioning of country programs for future funding. • Developed networks and relationships with US donors and NGO partners for new business opportunities.• Identified and analyzed funding opportunities and provided recommendations on writing proposals for field staff.• Provided contributions to headquarter and field staff on proposal submissions. • Supported project report writing, and liaised between field staff and donors on key grant issues. • Tracked project burn rates and developed plans to ensure complete expenditure of funds during project period. • Trained field staff on US donor funding processes and regulations through trainings.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Drafted consultant agreements, developed budgets for grant proposals, and drafted monthly activity reports.

Washington D.C.

• Collaborated with team in proposal writing; managed one million USD budget; wrote reports to donors; and organized trainings on poverty assessment tools.

Alexandria, Va

• Supported coordination of major events including Annual Conference.

Gao, Mali

• Organized and led agro-forestry workshops, focusing on tree planting and soil erosion control techniques; trained co-operative in income generating methods; wrote and won approval for grant to fund local well.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), International Development

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics