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Rome, IT

Rome, Latium, Italy

• Lead the identification of global advocacy opportunities and strategies to embed approaches into CGIAR planning, implementation and evaluation frameworks
• Oversee the identification of key global and regional issues and fora to inform CGIAR’s advocacy focus and efforts.
• Provide insight and advice around best practices in advocacy for impact to external partners and stakeholders to ensure alignment with CGIAR advocacy for impact campaigns.
• Provide insight, advice, and support to ensure that CGIAR leadership and staff are fully briefed and prepared for advocacy for impact engagements to ensure consistency and quality of messaging and responses
• Network and build capacity with CGIAR Regional Groups, influencers, and external advocacy experts to ensure that CGIAR is at the leading edge of advocacy for impact campaigns and is positioned as a thought leader in.
• Establish Advocacy for Impact best practices and mechanisms for capacity development/sharing across the Unit, as well as CGIAR regions and countries to ensure that standards serve to continuously advance and increase.

Lima Province, Peru

• As a senior management team member, support the implementation of CIP's strategy and plans, represent the organization externally, and provide expert advice to leadership on reputation management and engagement.
• Design, direct, revise and enhance CIP’s global engagement strategy, tactics, and plans, with clear metrics of success.
• Lead and empower the communications and public awareness team to carry out campaigns that engage targeted media, donors, and other influencers to advance corporate objectives.
• Develop strategic partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders to gain support for and maximize the impact of campaign strategies.
• Create an enabling environment for internal and external stakeholders to showcase CIP’s impact and inform and influence policy and investment decisions of key decision-makers.

Rome, Latium, Italy

Co-led the development and approval of the CGIAR Engagement Framework for Partnerships & AdvocacyOversaw a review of best practices and challenges for CGIAR advocacy engagement, with recommendations for the establishment of the Advocacy Unit of the CGIAR Global Group

Rome, Latium, Italy

Provide strategic direction and oversight of activitiesSupport fundraising activities

Rome, Latium, Italy

• Guide diplomatic outreach and launch of the Alliance of Champions for Food Systems Transformation (ACF), successfully securing funding for the ACF Secretariat hosted by CGIAR and support from countries to establish the.
• Provide strategic guidance to countries in developing outreach plans for showcasing their achievements, positioning ACF and their country leaders in a number of high-level events at UNGA, Africa’s Food Systems Forum.
• Identify spaces and partners to raise ambitions, including positioning ACF and countries in discussions on food systems transformation
• Support countries in drafting talking points, op-ed, and speeches for their leaders related to food systems transformation, successfully placing an opinion piece in Forbes magazine and coverage in other media outlets.

Rome, Latium, Italy

Co-led a multistakeholder team in the development of the IPPC’s 2022-30 Communications Strategy in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The strategy was approved by member states in September 2023.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Played a leading role in the design and rollout of ILRI’s institutional advocacy initiative, developing policy positions, plans, tactics and metrics, including providing strategic guidance to senior managers and.
• Developed and implemented policies, guidelines, tools and processes to hardwire communications and policy advocacy into ILRI’s operation model including digital engagement.
• Led the team responsible for the delivery of high-profile corporate products and multi-stakeholder events, translating science into policy recommendations and demonstrating impact.

Rome, Italy

Designed and delivered university course, positively evaluated by the university and students, many of whom subsequently took up employment in human rights-related fields.

Rome Area, Italy

• Developed and implemented the global communications strategy, advocacy and fundraising campaigns and key messages; and contributed to organizational plans.
• Led regional and international teams responsible for content production, publications, and partner and media engagement.
• Directed the development and implementation of policies, guidelines, and operating procedures to promote and protect the JRS brand.
• Provided strategic inputs to senior leadership and external stakeholders in developing flagship advocacy and fundraising campaigns, and supported message development for key audiences.
• Designed and led implementation of global campaigns and messaging for key audiences.

Rome Area, Italy

Led teams on field visits to gather material and define advocacy campaigns strategies in refugee-hosting countries worldwide.

Dublin, Ireland

Managed and co-authored 15 research reports and policy papers, built partnerships and engaged with policymakers, helping improve legal protections and receptions conditions for asylum seekers.

Dublin, Ireland

Produced a report on supports for volunteers which, following internal discussion, informed changes in the structures promoting activism at the Irish section of Amnesty.

Rabat, Morocco

Managed a small team, producing a quarterly newsletter and providing advocacy training to local NGOs.

Dublin, Ireland

Produced background discussion papers for four major reports and supported the organization of events for key policymakers.

Masters Of Arts, European Social Policy Analysis

Certificate In Managing Non-Profit Organizations, Management Theory, Human Resource Management And Organisation Development

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics, Mathematics