Manage a portfolio of ~$6.5M in sub-grants to partners across Eurasia and Southeast Asia for public health policy advocacy. Programs include: Tobacco Control, Drowning Prevention, and Cardiovascular Health funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and Resolve to Save Lives. Individual grant amounts range from $40,000 – $1.6MProvide ongoing grant monitoring and programmatic/financial guidance to grantees to ensure progress towards project milestones, financial compliance and reportingLead the grant negotiation process for new and renewing grantees, including performing due diligence, desk reviews of proposals and consolidating proposal feedback from technical units and in-country teamsPerform in-depth budget reviews to ensure compliance with CTFK’s internal policies and coordinate with in-country staff to ensure local laws and regulations are followedFinalize grants documentation, including narrative, budget, work plan and grantees’ organizational documents for approval from CTFK executive management using Fluxx grants database and DocuSignCoordinate technical assistance for grantees from HQ’s legal, research and communications unitsEnsure grants align with high-level country strategies and actively contribute to the development and execution of country-level advocacy campaignsTravel to grantees in low-and middle-income countries for site visits, grant negotiations, and strategic planning meetingsSupport growth of the Grants Unit by interviewing and training new staff and updating and refining SOPs

Coordinated program outputs and outcomes with in-country staff in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria for donor reporting and developing new grant/contract proposalsManaged production and submission of grant applications including formatting, compliance review and submissionTraveled to field offices in Jordan and Turkey to coordinate trainings, develop proposals and gauge funding trends in the regionTracked progress towards milestones in active projects in coordination with in-country staffWorked closely with Finance Department to ensure accuracy in reporting and compliance with donor requirementsSpearheaded SAMS Grants Management System start-up, subsequently tracking grants and projects using the SharePoint-based GMS softwareContributed to raising $4m in grant awards from governmental and non-governmental international donors

Supported management of projects in Turkey and Syria by developing timelines and implementation plans, designing data collection tools to track milestones and liaising with Field Officers for regular updatesWrote and submitted narrative progress and final reports in compliance with donor requirements including lessons learned, project successes and challenges based on field dataCoordinated the implementation of trainings/workshops by developing and overseeing work plans and outputs for workshop support staff as well as writing workshop observer reportsTracked Turkey office budget and financial reporting

Full time (22hrs+/wk.) English language instruction at Zirve University's English Preparatory School (student pop. 1,500) with class sizes averaging 20 students from all levels

Taught full time (36hrs/wk.) ages 13-21 from Elementary to Upper-Int. in a classroom setting as part of an English learning/American culture focused summer campAdditional duties included: proctoring placement testing and advising students

Assisted in events planning and program development, including preparing for the annual Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street Y, conduct research for the 92nd Street Y’s diplomatic roundtable dinner series, and other special eventsCompiled weekly research about grants and fellowships for Ford Fellow alumni whom number 252 individuals from 65 countriesConducted research projects on various topics as requested by the Director, including research on particular countries, non-profit organizations, recent world events, etc.

Delivered excellent service to customers by responding to phone and email inquiries about products, order statuses and technical website issuesInterfaced with Order Processing, Marketing, Application Support and IT departments to further develop website functionality and ensure customer satisfactionHandled ordering, sales and delivery of merchandise via online ordering platform