Royston Wright Email & Phone Number

United States

Sierra Leone

• Led monitoring and evaluation function in the Health and Nutrition section (Health Section included immunization, newborn, community, nutrition, and HIV programmes) and supported larger Country Office program planning, design, monitoring, results analysis and performance monitoring, including the use of RAM, CSIs, and RWPs, and the development of CPDs and UNDAF/UNSDCF.• Planned, designed and updated situation analyses of health (included immunization, newborn, and community health), nutrition and HIV programmes.• Planned, designed, managed programme baseline studies, and evaluations, and research that meets UNICEF/UNEG standards, and for major donors including USAID, DFID, CanGIVE, Korea• Engaged in strategic programming discussions and decision making on planning of health, HIV and nutrition programmes.• Designed, monitored and evaluated health systems strengthening programmes, ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, Country Programme, and coherence/integration with the UN Sustainable Development Corporation Framework (UNSDCF).• Assessed and prepared reports on monitoring and evaluation (reports on programme logframe) and lessons learned for programme planning, issues identification and course correction.• Led the setup of data systems using quantitative and qualitative data - surveys and routine data.• Led field monitoring and analyzing of key performance indicators.• Prepared regular and mandated programme/project reports for management, and donors.• Provided technical guidance to improving health systems for quality delivery of primary health care programmes including strengthening data and monitoring systems. • Participated in emergency preparedness and response.• Reviewed Program Corporation Agreements (PCAs), partner Program Documents - proposals (PDs).

Sierra Leone

• Grant managed and provided M&E support to the USAID funded, Advancing Partners & Communities Post-Ebola Global Health Emergency Team (GHET) Pillar II Program.• Provided grant management, program and monitoring and evaluation leadership– including data analysis, results and performance monitoring, and reporting - to the USAID funded “Food for Emergency Ebola Virus Disease Response” cash transfer programme (conditional and unconditional) in the Kailahun district of Sierra Leone. • Grant managed, monitored and ensured grant compliance of local NGO/CBO partners receiving funding for implementing programs in Education, Health, Child Protection from donors such as USAID, EC, DANIDA, UNICEF, SIDA, NMFA.• Coordinated process programme reviews, and donor reporting to ensure donor reports are high quality and delivered on time.

Sierra Leone

• Carried out scoping and identifying of new funding opportunities with institutional, private and high value donors in Sierra Leone and internationally.• Led concept note and proposal development for donors such as USAID, EU.• Built and maintained donor relationships, and negotiated donor contracts.• Chaired ‘Fundraising Business Meetings’.• Led project inception meetings/workshops, progress meetings, and project monitoring and learning activities.• Developed project monitoring system and tools and carried out project monitoring.• Capacity-build staff/partners in proposal development and contract management.

• Ensured quality planning, appraisal and implementation of socio-economic development projects funded by the EC Designed monitoring system, tools and plans and carried out monitoring of projects being implemented by government ministries, departments, agencies, local council and NGOs.• Ensured project implementing institutions apply procedures in project implementation in accordance with EC regulations. • Worked with EC to support alignment of activities, policies and priorities to the national development agenda as defined in the Agenda for Prosperity, government strategies and policies

• Provided Technical Assistance to capacity build key WASH sector institutions in Serra Leone.• Led detailed performance-based training & capacity building (TCB) needs assessments and programmes for identified national and local government institutions (E.g. Ministry of Water Resources, and Local Councils).• Worked with private service providers to provide TCB services and support government WASH policies/ initiatives.• Designed and implemented a Training and Capacity Building Monitoring and Evaluation system and plan.• Managed project budget ensuring accurate forecasting, utilisation/expenditure and reporting.• Liaised with Technical Experts of programme.Coordinated activities/plans of the TCB programme with external partners and other capacity building programmes in the WASH sector

Sierra Leone

Project Cycle Management- project planning, appraisal and design; project proposal development; project monitoring and evaluation. Disaster Risk Reduction Programming Emergency Response Management

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

• Supported good programme management by World Vision National Offices (Sierra Leone and Senegal) - including the design, monitoring and evaluation of projects in the areas of livelihoods, health child protection, and education.• Led/facilitated the monitoring and evaluation of child focused projects within the programming portfolio (Portfolio included projects in child protection, Health, WASH, economic development, and social protection).• Worked with WVUK Grants and Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Team, and provided support to National Offices to manage existing and acquire new grants (e.g. projects funded EC & DfID).• Reviewed Area Programme Plans, evaluation reports and Programme Design documents using LEAP review tools.• Carried out research/analysis of ‘The use of Clustering Models by World Vision Area Development Programmes in Africa’.

Development Program Management Project ManagementTraining Planning and Facilitation

Sierra Leone

Manage and provide leadership in the BoL Micro Enterprise Project. Lead in the achievement of project goals and objectives. Preparation of project reports

Msc Project Planning And Management, Project And Programme Management, Project Management Skills Project Planning, Design And Appraisal

Diploma, Humanitarian Assistance

Master'S Degree, Development Studies