Leadership and strategic direction to a team of evaluation and programme management professionals, including temporary surge to Head of Evaluation Unit. Role includes:• Line management of five staff members; team pastoral support; recruitment and workforce planning• Financial oversight and management of programme and staffing budgets• Leading development of Evaluation Policy and Strategy • Business Planning and Spending Review submissions • Advocating for the value of… Show more Leadership and strategic direction to a team of evaluation and programme management professionals, including temporary surge to Head of Evaluation Unit. Role includes:• Line management of five staff members; team pastoral support; recruitment and workforce planning• Financial oversight and management of programme and staffing budgets• Leading development of Evaluation Policy and Strategy • Business Planning and Spending Review submissions • Advocating for the value of monitoring and evaluation / resource• Programme development and design• Technical support to evaluation and monitoring programmes and interventions. Show less

Providing direct support to country and national offices on specific research projects as well as supporting capacity development on data collection more generally, including guideline development, training and document review. I contributed to the team’s overall strategy and direction, including leading on the development of the Research and Evaluation Agenda and the MERL Policy and Standards. I also managed global research projects, including: • Research for the 2018 State of the World… Show more Providing direct support to country and national offices on specific research projects as well as supporting capacity development on data collection more generally, including guideline development, training and document review. I contributed to the team’s overall strategy and direction, including leading on the development of the Research and Evaluation Agenda and the MERL Policy and Standards. I also managed global research projects, including: • Research for the 2018 State of the World Girls report on street harassment against girls and young women in five global cities using crowd mapping technology; plus developing a follow-up report on group harassment and toxic masculinity.• Qualitative research series on Adolescent Girls in Crisis, covering topics such as health, education, freedom of movement and violence and conducted, with girls from South Sudan, the Rohingya community (in Bangladesh), Lake Chad region.• A suite of annotated bibliographies (covering education, early childhood development, sexual reproductive health and rights, child protection, youth entrepreneurship and empowerment and boys’ and girls’ participation). • Complex global research on girls’ and young women’s aspiration to leadership, including a 19 country survey and participatory focus groups in five countries.My role included identification, recruitment, and management of academic research partners; input into research and tool design; coordination of country teams (ensuring participation in design and analysis, developing guidance and planning documents, supporting ethical clearance applications, providing remote or in-person data collection training, etc.); inputting into and coordinating others’ input into analysis; oversight, editing or writing final reports and preparing for publication; liaison with the communication, advocacy and programme teams on key messages and use of findings and recommendations. Show less

Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager for DfID-funded project to prevent and respond to violence against adolescent girls called COMPASS (Creating Opportunities through Mentoring, Parental Involvement and Safe Spaces). The programme was implemented refugee camps in Ethiopia, and with displaced communities in Pakistan and the DRC. The programme included a robust research agenda, including RCTs in two countries, qualitative and quantitative data collection, and ongoing programme monitoring… Show more Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager for DfID-funded project to prevent and respond to violence against adolescent girls called COMPASS (Creating Opportunities through Mentoring, Parental Involvement and Safe Spaces). The programme was implemented refugee camps in Ethiopia, and with displaced communities in Pakistan and the DRC. The programme included a robust research agenda, including RCTs in two countries, qualitative and quantitative data collection, and ongoing programme monitoring and learning. Show less

Selected projects:April-October 2014, M&E Expert and Facilitator, Capacity Development for Enhanced Quality Education Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF IranNovember 2013-June 2014, Document and Data Manager and Researcher and India case study, Third external evaluation of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR), UNESCO. September 2013 – March 2014 Data and Research Manager, Multi-country evaluation on Increasing Access and Equity in Early Childhood… Show more Selected projects:April-October 2014, M&E Expert and Facilitator, Capacity Development for Enhanced Quality Education Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF IranNovember 2013-June 2014, Document and Data Manager and Researcher and India case study, Third external evaluation of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR), UNESCO. September 2013 – March 2014 Data and Research Manager, Multi-country evaluation on Increasing Access and Equity in Early Childhood Education, UNICEF CEE/CIS. January - March 2014, Evaluator (including Kenya case study), Teaching Respect for All, UNESCOMay-December 2013, South Sudan: Girls Education and Research Expert, Girls’ Education Project in South Sudan. DFID/ MOE/ CGA. July-August 2013, International: Lead Researcher, evaluation of Stop Violence Against Girls in Schools project. December 2012-March 2015, Rwanda: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist, Daily teacher and pupil attendance management using SMS reporting (DFID Innovation for Education Fund)November 2012- February 2013, International: Lead Researcher, Thematic Study on Education and Gender Equality, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). January 2011-December 2012, Europe: Education Expert and Country-based Researcher, “Study of the impact of eTwinning on participating pupils, teachers and schools” (European Commission).June 2012-September 2012: Researcher, Pan-African Because I Am A Girl report on progress and obstacles to girls’ education (Plan WARO/RESA)June 2012-August 2012: International Researcher, Africa Schools Kenya - End of Program Evaluation (International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group)March 2012 – April 2012: Researcher, Paper on State of girls education in Africa: Achievements since 2000, challenges and prospects for the future. (Plan West Africa)December 2010-July 2011, International: Evaluation Manager, “Global Life Skills Education Evaluation” (UNICEF) Show less

Working on community participation and civil society organisations (CSO) engagement aspects of a wider, DfID funded education programme. Working with local counterparts to contract, train and monitor CSOs; planning and implementing the establishment and capacity building of 210 SBMCs in three Local Government Areas; sensitising community groups and education officials on access and equity issues; negotiating the design and implementation of a multi-agency Conditional Cash Transfer for Girls… Show more Working on community participation and civil society organisations (CSO) engagement aspects of a wider, DfID funded education programme. Working with local counterparts to contract, train and monitor CSOs; planning and implementing the establishment and capacity building of 210 SBMCs in three Local Government Areas; sensitising community groups and education officials on access and equity issues; negotiating the design and implementation of a multi-agency Conditional Cash Transfer for Girls Education programme; improving the systems and communications of a local education CSO network; initiating and organising high profile advocacy events; building the capacity of individuals through specific project assistance. Show less