Wei-Cheng Chen, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Serves as a Team Leader to a team of 8 staff in the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking. including functioning as a coach, facilitator and/or negotiator in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus building activities among team members.• Provides team with the day-to-day guidance on work projects, and distributes and balances the workload in accordance with established workflow.• Consults with the Division Chief and articulates and communicates to the team the assignment, project, problem to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or research/programmatic issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completion.• Formulates policy and program recommendations including coordinating and developing official positions on assigned programs including developing budget requirements, preparing papers and briefing materials, and collaborating with other agencies, foreign counterparts, and others to ensure policies and programs respond to DOL and U.S. priorities and interests.• Coordinates with other U.S. federal officials and with representatives of international agencies to develop strategies and work plans to implement and affect delivery of technical assistance programs.• Drafts and provides written feedback on documents, as assigned, including analytical assessments, concept notes on proposed technical assistance projects (grants and contracts), monitoring and evaluation documents, and implementation evaluation documents.• Plans, develops, oversees, provides technical support for monitoring and evaluation activities and uses qualitative and/or quantitative methods to measure results and assess and improve program effectiveness and/or projects or systems.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Develops and prepares in-depth analysis of assigned issues at national, regional and global levels to provide inputs for reports, assessments, audits, and other monitoring, evaluation, and audit projects• Prepares relevant reports, papers, talking points, briefing books, memos, letters, proposals and background papers including Congressionally-mandated reports for managers and senior staff as directed• Provides technical oversight and review of the design, implementation, and analysis of monitoring and evaluation plans, and/or program evaluations, and/or audits, and/or research• Conducts project performance reporting, including, but not limited to, establishing and refining indicators, and/or establishing and refining systems for data collection, and/or establishing and refining systems for data validation and data quality, and/or establishing monitoring procedures, and/or establishing audit procedures• Implements, develops, and oversees project monitoring and evaluation systems, and/or project audits• Prepares and reviews reports and deliverables; conducts appropriate follow-up to ensure that agreed actions have taken place according to the established timeline• Formulates and executes comprehensive planning and oversight of the production of evaluations, and/or research, and/ or audits

Washington D.C., Usa

• The primary responsibilities of the position involve ensuring the efficiency and functionality of the research unit through day-to-day management of projects and the design and implementation of appropriate systems for project management• Work with clients to make decisions about sample composition, research locations/venues, etc• Serve as the Research unit’s point of contact with contractors (i.e., social scientists based domestically and internationally). This includes managing contracts, responding to inquiries, and offering timely guidance about project work• Monitor and manage continuing compliance with legal and ethical standards for human subjects research and data protection; pursue IRB clearance for specific projects that require itUse project management systems and technologies to plan and keep track of project staffing and timelines and to manage capacity, and develop and implement new systems as needed

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Managed both quantitative and qualitative research and evaluative projects which include surveys, in-depth interviews, worksite observations, focus groups and other ethnographic research techniques for federal agencies to study issues on international development, such as child labor, forced labor, human trafficking, public health and food security• Oversaw the full life cycles of the research and evaluative projects, from performing research design, managing budgets, constructing research instruments, creating field protocols, identifying and training field agencies/consultants, supervising field execution, conducting data analysis, writing analytical reports, to presenting research finding to the clients• Managed multiple field agencies and consultants to ensure projects and relevant tasks are carried out as specified in the research/project plan, and the deliverables are completed on time, within budget and of high quality• Provided technical guidance and training to in-country research teams to ensure proper development and implementation of field projects to meet the research goals within timeline and budget• Oversaw the planning and implementation of Population-Based Surveys (PBS) for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of Food for Peace (FFP) to measure key performance and project specific indicators as a basis of evaluation and inform the design and improvement of Development and Food Aid Programs (DFAP) in Ethiopia (2017), and Democratic Republic of Congo (2017)• Managed Board of Broadcasting Governors (BBG) In-Depth Interviews project in Hong Kong (2017) to study how BBG’s target audience in China availed themselves of new media technology to circumvent internet firewall, obtain and share sensitive information; solicit feedback on how the audience evaluate sample BBG programs via various platforms (radio, TV and internet) and suggestions for improvements in a highly developed yet suppressed media environment

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Supervised the planning and implementation of Population-Based Surveys (PBS) for USAID FFP to collect data on key performance and project specific indicators as a basis of evaluation and inform design of Development and Food Aid Programs (DFAP) in Bangladesh (2016), Nepal (2015), Malawi (2015), Zimbabwe (2014)• Developed and managed BBG In-Depth Interviews project in Vietnam (2015-2016) to study how young and active news-seeking Vietnamese utilized new media technology to circumvent internet firewall, obtain and share sensitive information; solicit feedback from participants for improvements of BBG programs to advance reach in a highly developed yet suppressed media environment• Supervised research teams working on editing and research for U.S. Department of Labor on the congressionally mandated annual report of Findings of Worst Forms of Child Labor on child labor and forced labor conditions in US beneficiary countries

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Oversaw the implementation of Population-Based Surveys (PBS) for USAID Office of Food for Peace to collect data on key performance and project specific indicators as bases of evaluation and inform design of Development and Food Aid Programs (DFAP) in Uganda (2013)• Developed and completed the mixed method research study on child labor issues in the fishing industry in Uganda (2010, 2011), which consisted of key informant in-depth interviews, supply chain mapping exercises, worksite observations, cognitive interviews and child worker surveys• Supervised the mixed method research on child labor issues of the gold mining sector in Suriname (2011), which included key informant in-depth interviews, worksite observations and working children interviews• Designed and managed the mixed method study on child labor in the informal garment production in Bangladesh (2011-2012), which incorporated supply chain mapping, key informant in-depth interviews, worksite observation, and child worker surveys• Provided technical assistances to the design of research instruments for a USAID baseline evaluation survey in Haiti to assess the impact of US-led reconstruction strategies in post-earthquake Haiti, whose scope encompasses agricultural production, employment, public health, food security, infrastructure, energy and governance in Haiti (2012)• Collaborated with in-house research team and the clients to develop standardized quantitative instruments on child labor issues which are being implemented in the agricultural sectors in Paraguay and Rwanda (2010)• Managed and identified research consultants to provide research and editorial support on issues related to child labor, forced labor and human trafficking in more than 150 countries for U.S. Department of Labor for the its annual congressionally mandated publication of Findings on the Worst Form of Child Labor

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted both quantitative and qualitative research projects, including surveys, in-depth interviews, focus group, website usability studies, to evaluate the programs and gain insight into the trend of media market• Served as the Survey Specialist in Asia Team and oversaw all Asian survey projects to ensure effective and efficient execution of research projects within agreed specifications and budget• Supervised all research projects in Greater China Region (China, Hong Kong and Taiwan), performing research design, subcontractor selection, budget management, fieldwork supervision, data analysis, report writing, and client presentation• Managed the annual China national surveys (’07, ’08 and ‘09), each with 8,000 nationwide randomly selected residents in about 50 cities/towns/villages to help clients understand the media market of China and the public opinions of its citizenry• Designed and managed the integrated qualitative research on the use of new media technologies in China, which consisted of expert in-depth interviews, ethnographic shadow tracking and focus group discussions with young and early technologies adopters • Oversaw cross-country surveys in China and India with 3500 randomly selected respondents in each location to delineate the contrasting communication patterns in the two countries• Designed and conducted tailored surveys for international broadcasters with 200 listeners in ten selected cities in China to help the client better understand the audience’s needs and preferences• Produced a consulting report for Radio Netherland Worldwide recommending a strategy for the Chinese media market, which resulted in the launch of their Chinese website in January 2008

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assisted research manager in collecting information and data to prepare and launch research projects• Liaised with fieldwork firms, clients, partners and others to ensure smooth operation of research projects• Produced customized analyses and presentation materials as required

Mpa/Ma-Ir, Public Administration/International Relations

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism