Managing a growing grants function within the organisation’s development team, including overseeing all grantwriting and reporting, managing the team’s impact metric needs, and prospect research.

Reporting to the Director of Development, writing fund development communications, including sole responsibility for grant applications and reports, as well as writing email and mail campaigns, event speaking notes and annual report content.

Devising and executing a communications strategy and all communications work for a small non-profit offering play-based programs in urban areas for Indigenous and vulnerable youth and children.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, in this newly created role I managed and carried out a range of projects of strategic importance to the organisation, including in communications, advocacy and organisational governance.Global Witness investigates and campaigns to prevent natural resource related conflict and corruption, and associated environmental and human rights abuses.

In this stand-alone role, I provided sole support to the Board of Directors and Senior Management Team in all aspects of their work. I reported to these five directors.

I worked on programmes and advocacy projects at a very small human rights NGO in Mexico City. Key elements:- Writing a policy position paper submitted to the Government of Canada and US Department of Labor.- Producing urgent actions in Spanish and English to press for protection of human rights defenders at risk. - Research project identifying international business and human rights standards and related advocacy opportunities.