Samuel Holmes Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc

• Serves as a subject matter expert and resource to internal and external stakeholders for countries within portfolios; is knowledgeable about all facets of current programs as well as program factors.• Maintains a comprehensive knowledge of political, social, and economic trends and keep leadership informed of difficult and/or controversial issues and unique problems impacting or involving assigned posts and recommend solutions to management which effectively solve problems at the operational level.• Reviews, analyzes, interprets, and ensures the timely completion of tasks including Program Plan process, Ops Plan and budget review, annual data review, region specific reports, and other requests for support from assigned post.• Supports travel logistics for TDY and new USDH staff – Travel Authorizations, itineraries, Electronic Country Clearances (ECCs) for US Embassies, briefings, Travel Vouchers, visas, TDY guides• Develops and presents briefings to high level staff including agency leadership that enables staff to make high-level, well-informed decisions. Serves as Post advocate and representative on presenting its issues, concerns, and requests.• Trains new CDOs and acts as a mentor for them. Fosters an environment of collaborative learning by consistently providing support and answering questions.• Coordinate with Placement Officer and locally employed Program Managers to develop and post new volunteer openings on the Peace Corps website for assigned posts.• Simultaneously manage multiple 4–6-month long onboarding processes and logistics for new volunteers (invitees)• Coordinate with post staff and current volunteers to conduct three pre-departure calls for invitees • Build relationships with staff at foreign embassies in DC to obtain visas for PC staff and invitees. • Serves as staging coordinator for all staging events for assigned countries and resolve all emergencies that arise.

Round Hill, Virginia, United States

Served as main POC in charge of deployment coordination in support of Operations Allies Welcome which aided in the resettlement of Afghan Refugees.• Created 44 deployment requests for Operations Allies Welcome• Coordinated and managed deployment operations for Qatar and Germany duty stations.Served as main POC in charge of deployment coordination in support of Southwest Border which aided coordination of migrant crisis along US-Mexico border.• Created 612 deployment requests for Southwest Border• Demonstrate expert knowledge by accurately articulating deployment policies and explain technical aspects of the deployment processes to various stakeholders such as field leadership, SPOCs, HR staff, FEMA responders and others.• Lead training on deployment procedures, processes, and functionality; including Responder Portal, Deployer Portal and Event SPOC roles.• Lead in-service and new hire training.• Develop, review and present SOPs and external briefings.• Mentor other deployment specialists.• Nominated for Administrator’s Award for accomplishments with the Federally Supported Vaccination Center project group.• Provided superior customer service for FEMA stakeholders by answer phone calls to the deployment operations hotline and routinely handle 1,000+ emails per month in the deployment operations mailbox.• Deployed in support of the Deployment Field Team to 4611DR-LA for Hurricane Ida.

Kigali, Rwanda

Support CRS Rwanda programming team in all phases and aspects of project implementation and reporting with a special focus on project evaluation and learning. • Collected data for a technical report on sustainability, profitability and customer satisfaction after one year of programming and produced technical report and presentations for multiple CRS regions to inform future programming and best practices. • Used SPSS to perform data analysis, interpret findings and draw meaningful insights to guide future activities. • Created map of project beneficiaries using ArcGIS online. • Collected necessary information and rewrote Two-Pagers for all CRS Rwanda country programs and projects resulting in accurate public education about CRS projects in country.

Tubmanburg, Liberia

Build capacity of Liberian teachers to provide effective literacy education in low resource schools.• Mentored and coached 36 WE-CARE primary school teachers at seven schools to earn their C-Primary Teaching Certificate• Evaluated teachers’ appropriate and complete lesson plans and discussed what went well and what they could improve for each lesson observed. • Facilitated training sessions for 36 teachers during two week-long training workshops and a final evaluation resulting in enhanced teaching practices.

Boston, Ma

• Performed periodic, routine quality control inspections of all units, common areas and building exteriors to ensure consistent delivery of a Short Term Rentals Boston quality experience to guests.• Used customer reviews to supplement quality control inspections and repair and maintenance punch lists. • Acted as first responder on-site to assess problems and resolve them when possible; coordinate with the property management team as-needed and track all work to completion.• Assisted in the procurement and set-up of furnishings, hardware and décor for existing and new properties.• Managed inventory and enter purchase orders for items such as cleaning and linen supplies, kitchen/bath-ware and small appliances.• Managed reservations through our property management software (PMS) as needed.• Promoted the company and our brand by serving as the “on-site” face of the organization.

Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica

Manage software-based two-year English literacy and math project, in partnership with Rockhouse Foundation• Drove improvement in the school’s literacy rate up by 200%; from 28% to 84%. • Generated, analyzed and shared Cumulative Performance Reports and Areas of Difficulty Reports with principal, teachers and The Rockhouse Foundation resulting in deep understanding of students’ needs. • Taught local Jamaican to effectively do the same job after close of service resulting in sustained success and growth of program more than 4 years later. • Conducted one-on-one intervention sessions, with high risk students identified through performance reporting, facilitating mastery of critical skills in English literacy and math. Peace Corps Pre-Service Training March 2014 - May 2014 • Intensive 12 week field-based training consisting of approximately 23.5 hours of Jamaican Patois language and culture lessons, 153 hours of technical training (literacy education), 16 hours of In-Service Training and 16 hours of Project Design and Management training.

Breckenridge, Co

•Taught three to six year old children how to ski. • Effectively handled all day classes ranging from one to eight children.• Reported children’s progress to the resort and to their parents as well as answered any questions guests had.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Volunteered tutoring high school students at a winter school in Masiphumelele township.• Assisted in teaching Life Skills at Ocean View High School.• Lived with a host family in Ocean View township, a community created during the relocations of apartheid.

Concord, Ma

• Served as Patrol Leader and Senior Patrol Leader (the highest elected position)• Inducted into the Order of the Arrow, the Scouting honor society.• Planned and led extended winter and summer outdoor expeditions in New Hampshire, New Mexico and California.• Acted as liaison between adult leaders and youth leaders in the troop.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Monitoring, Evaluation And Design, 3.94

Activities and Societies: President of Peace Corps Club

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History

Education record

Study Abroad in Florence, Italy