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New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Oversaw grant portfolio of approximately $15 million across seven countries funded by a variety of institutional donors, including foundations, corporations, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Worked with overseas colleagues and other departments at Concern U.S. to monitor grants and ensure compliance with donor awards throughout life of the grant. Finalized and produced donor reports and success stories tailored to the particular donor and its priorities, and held calls with donors to provide additional programmatic updates. Reviewed grant financials, burn rates, pipelines against cash flows, and donor invoices; reviewed and analyzed new grant agreements; and ensured grants were successfully closed out and obligations to donor met. Developed grant management trackers and tools and compliance training materials for Concern U.S. and country-based staff. Conducted field visits for reporting, monitoring, and donor engagement in Kenya, Uganda, and Liberia.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided project management support to two economic growth projects in the Middle East funded by USAID: the Jordan Tourism Development project and the Tunisia ICT-Enabled Business Reform and Competitiveness project. Duties included ensuring contractual compliance with USAID regulations and Chemonics’ policies; editing contract deliverables; managing project files; drafting subcontracts, successfully closing out subcontracts, and liaising with subcontractors throughout period of performance; fielding consultants, recruiting new consultants, devising and managing tracker systems for fielding of short-term consultants and monitoring time worked against contracts; reviewing invoices for consistency and budget compliance and assisting in home office budgeting and forecasting; working closely with support departments in the areas of procurement, contracts, and personnel.Business development experience included writing the corporate capabilities section of the Jordan Tourism Development follow-on proposal after researching company strengths and past performance in key areas; researching corporate capabilities for anticipated Egypt tourism proposal; representing Chemonics in two-week local recruit in Amman, Jordan for anticipated USAID-funded Jordan Fiscal Reform III project, networking, gathering intelligence, and promoting Chemonics’ work while meeting with and interviewing experts in the areas of access to finance, SMEs, and fiscal policy; coordinating proposal process for a feasibility study of a citrus processing plant in Egypt funded by the USTDA, working with proposal writers to ensure deadlines were met, overseeing proposal editing and production; writing past performance reviews for the USAID-funded East Africa Trade and Investment Hub proposal.Billable assignments:Feb-March 2014: Recruited and hired local staff for project in Gaziantep, Turkey during four week recruiting assignment.Jan-Feb 2015: Two week billable assignment in Tunis, Tunisia.

Arlington, Va

Analyzed RFPs, edited project proposals for USAID contracts, assisted in crafting proposal language and writing portions of technical proposals, and managed proposal documents. Compiled and reviewed consultant CVs, created decision matrices for proposal staffing, and built organizational charts using online software. Assisted with Pink Team and Red Team Reviews of proposals. Conducted research on economic and social effects of EU conditionality on Western Balkan countries to be used in new business and wrote 5 page report. Provided general project management assistance for USAID contracts. Researched industry and economic trends for various countries for use in new business ventures. Wrote two entries for company blog on trade facilitation in Africa and learning by exporting.

George Washington University, Washington, Dc

Managed staff of approximately twenty writers and editors. Managed the weekly stream of submissions for the Elliott School’s online publication, working with writers and editors to ensure that submissions went through editing process according to schedule. Collaborated with writers to improve their writing and with editors to improve their editing. Recruited and trained new content editors, copy editors, and writers throughout the year. Made editorial decisions regarding what should and shouldn't be published. Filled in doing copy editing and photo editing when necessary.

Washington, Dc

Member of the English-Language Arts content team in the educational assessment division. Supported the development of federally mandated computer-based standardized tests and alternative assessments, assisted with client meetings, created technology enhanced standardized test questions, and supported the writing of project proposals.

Amman, Jordan

Worked independently to research and write report on the efficacy of community-based child abuse prevention models. Created an intern and volunteer training manual to help streamline and formalize the volunteer process.

Ba, Sociology And Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Study abroad in Australia and New Zealand, Carleton Knightingales (female a cappella), News Editor.

Ma, International Affairs, International Economics

Activities and Societies: Arabic study abroad in Jordan, International Management study abroad in Turkey, Managing Editor.