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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

via World Resources Institute

London, England, United Kingdom

Led bi-annual beneficiary reach calculation exercise, improving data quality and streamlining data flow resulting in informed c-suite decision-making and stronger income generation capability.Developed and implemented knowledge management strategy resulting in improved cross-team collaboration and shared learning. Produced 7 iterations of the products in 5 months through documentation review and key informant interviews.Provided technical consultation services to three country offices advising on designing and implementing project management and evaluation frameworks, data collection and analysis, research design, and report writing; led reporting to partner Liverpool Football Club Foundation, including report writing and delivering presentations with data and recommendations.

London, United Kingdom

Contributed to design, data analysis, and report writing for social research projects:- Analyzed primary data and wrote report for client – Haitian National Government – presenting findings of the violation of children’s rights in orphanages in Haiti, which client cited as a contributing factor to their implementation of a moratorium on new orphanages.- Co-led a baseline assessment of children in boarding schools in rural Colombia and Russia – clients: local governments – which influenced the design of policies improving access to education and supporting the right to family life.- Led research into the scale and scope of private UK funding streams supporting orphanages abroad, collaborating with specialist in data scraping technology, the results of which underpinned a global anti-trafficking advocacy campaign.Co-developed and led implementation of organization’s first results framework to measure performance of organizational health and projects in 7 countries. Key contributions include:- Identified and implemented mechanisms to report against key performance indicators (KPIs) for marketing, finance, HR, operations, and program teams through interviews and document review.- Created technical definitions and data collection tools for all KPIs to ensure systematic, robust approaches; led roll-out strategy, including trainings and hands-on support.- Led annual data collection, quality assurance, and collation of results against KPIs; developed and produced related dashboards in Excel, presented to senior leadership and used to inform all external communication and marketing.Identified opportunity for saving budget equivalent to 1.5 FTE by transitioning to free mobile data collection tool (KoboToolbox); project managed successful transition, including developing data management process, ensuring data protection regulation compliance, transitioning questionnaires to new platform, and training enumerators and project staff.

London, United Kingdom

Promoted from Research Assistant to Research Officer Jan 2019

Lusaka, Zambia

Extended Peace Corps work via a one-year contract with World Vision Zambia to create products addressing the gap in information sharing and progress reporting between Zambia-based project staff, US/UK-based donors, and Zambian Government partners.Interviewed project staff and service recipients from multiple Gender Based Violence Survivor Support program sites across Zambia to produce program summary reports, annual reports, technical briefs, best practices and lessons learned reports, case studies, and brochures. Designed community awareness campaign targeting post-exposure prophylaxis provisions for survivors of sexual gender-based violence.Supported coordination of events and conferences; took minutes as needed.

Zambia

Elected chair of volunteer-led committee. Chaired bi-annual committee meetings. Gathered and presented volunteer feedback to Peace Corps administration, advocating for fair policies and treatment on behalf of over 200 Peace Corps volunteers.

Mwense District, Luapula Province, Zambia

Full-time English and ICT teacher in a rural primary school. Also facilitated clubs on HIV/AIDS education, women and men's empowerment, and adult literacy. Established school library and rural health resource centre. Engaged traditional leaders to conduct community water supply analysis, partnered with Plan International and Ministry of Water and Sanitation to improve and maintain community wells

Masters Of Research, Politics, 1St Class Honors

Activities and Societies: Achieved highest average grade in the cohort of students across three Master of Research programmes.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Politics, Concentration In International Politics; Minor In Africana Studies, 3.5/4.0

Activities and Societies: Dean's ListGraduated from a four year B.A. program in three years.