Sarah G. Email & Phone Number

Nigeria

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

I am a project manager on CfA’s New Initiatives Team. My CfA portfolio includes civic technology, women’s digital rights, and recently, research tools for media systems.

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

● Handled incidents, service requests, and inquiries through internal communication channels ● Logged and tracked incidents, performing initial diagnosis, and escalating issues to resolve incidents within defined SLAs. ● Prioritized incidents based on urgency and impact to minimize service disruptions.

● Collated and consolidated monthly VAT compliance reports for taxpayers in Northern Nigerian states● Ensured the monthly update of tax database and maintenance of authentic list of all categories of taxpayers● Supported revenue collection through provision of value-chain information, and liaised with e-Services Coordination Offices and Field Offices on data requests.

Abuja, Nigeria

● Ran 3 different grant projects sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, Oracle, and the parent company ● Maintained financial records and prepared operations budget for all 3 projects● Managed networks of part-time educators in Abuja, Kano, Jigawa, and liaised with coordinators in Lagos ● Managed the daily operations at the Re:learn Centre in Abuja, an edu-tech practice of the Lagos based Co-creation Hub (a company visited by Mark Zuckerberg).● Created a free developmental program to maintain an educator waitlist and liaised with public schools ● Introduced daily group chats to resolve fragmented communication within the team’s existing cloud-based system ● Proposed a plan to coordinate calendars with finance and design departments ● Oversaw events and programs, and daily operations● Managed multimedia communications and marketing and social media campaigns

● Drafted compliance letters and other correspondence to new businesses and businesses restructuring their organizations● Worked with director(s) and colleagues, typing memos, using and uploading Microsoft Office documents, recording and retrieving company files, compiling reports, and check-listing legal requirements● Scored highest in department review for youth corpers.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

● Analyzed and wrote abstracts and summaries of technical documents including bills, court cases, tax legislation, budgets, press releases, for non-technical readership● Telephoned lawyers and legislators in a region of 25 states for research ● Collected, processed, and maintained data for print and electronic products for daily publication as assigned● Researched and retrieved source material from various media, and performed quality control reviews on final products

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

● Prepared and held study and review sessions to supplement political science and French classes where student athletes were enrolled in● Organized schedules, communicated and coordinated with both athletics department staff and student athletes. ● Created interactive lesson plans, booked rooms for study

Abuja, Nigeria

● Interned at a contracting company typing memos, using and uploading Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, working with the director. ● Researched Consolidated Mining contracts and documents – many of which involved government correspondence.