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Berlin, Germany

• Technical advice to country teams in Latin America in programme, partnerships and awards management for initiatives with a particular focus on the protection of the rights of women in migration and internal displacement.• Leading knowledge exchange efforts between county offices and delivery of trainings on effective programme management.• Resource mobilization via proposal writing and revision for European and UN donors, identification of European donor opportunities.• Provision of key programmatic and awards-related communications to European donors, drafting reports and briefings for donor engagement, and guidance to country teams on donor compliance for European donors.Achievements:• Successfully managed a complex 14.7 M USD portfolio (including monitoring implementation and finances).• Secured funding for 3 new projects.

Hamburg, Germany

• Leading the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of gender equality projects (especially on the protection of and socio-economic opportunities for migrant women) in coordination with the respective Country Offices in Latin America.• Leading resource mobilization efforts and representing the focal point for the strategic partnership engagement with multilateral and bilateral donors (e.g. German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), EU INTPA, etc.).• Participation in the development of programme and sector strategy documents, as well as capacity building in the programme countries.• Financial management, managing risks, monitoring progress against results and controlling changes to plans when adjustments are needed to achieve expected results using results-based management tools.• Supporting country offices in the development of annual work plans, timelines, budgets, advocacy and communication tools.• Liaising with project partners (M&E team, grants management team, technical specialists, etc.).• Preparing reports to donors and representing the organization in key events. .• Identify best practices and lessons learned to guide programme improvement and strategy planning.Achievements:• Led and managed successfully a €7.3 million programme portfolio in Latin America, including tailored programmatic guidance provided to Country Offices for 4 projects (on the protection and economic integration of Venezuelan migrants and refugees, ending violence against migrant women and girls and strengthening the capacity of human rights defenders) for effective project planning and implementation in accordance with donor agreements.• Secured €3.7M funding for BMZ and EU INTPA supported projects.• Effective supervision of 3 support staff members.

New York, United States

Managed effectively a portfolio of 23 UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women funded civil society organizations in Africa and Latin America with a total grant amount of $9.9 million to ensure successful implementation of ending violence against women projects (including with a focus on migrant women):• Led the coordination with different teams on all aspects related to the portfolio. • Technical guidance to civil society partners in the programmatic and financial management of their projects on ending violence against women, including migrant women. •Offered partnership development and capacity building assistance.•Monitored ethical, programmatic and operational risks and addressed these by developing risk mitigation measures.•Reporting support through drafting inputs to strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue, e.g. for the UNTF annual donor report, the Commission on the Status of Women report and Spotlight report.• Organized knowledge sharing events, researched and documented lessons learnt and best practices. Achievements: • Revised and approved 29 reports, annual workplans and budgets and advised 23 civil society partners. This support contributed to strengthening their capacities in results-based EVAW programming.• Performed review of financial reports, facilitated 13 disbursements, revised and approved 7 project modifications in cooperation with financial focal points. • Guidance offered to 3 new civil society partners on the finalization of their results frameworks, budgets and baseline studies, which allowed them to start rolling out effectively their projects.• Supported 3 Cycle 24 grantee partners in the co-creation of knowledge management products. This enabled to promote the visibility of their projects’ achievements.• Led a knowledge sharing event between 9 active UNTF grantee partners in Nigeria and the Nigeria Country Office, facilitating experience sharing on EVAW strategies.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Provided substantive support for the implementation of the Assistant Secretary General (ASG)/Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, UN System Coordination, Sustainability and Partnerships (DED), Anita Bhatia, priorities and of major corporate priorities:• Ensured successful meeting/missions/events preparations and follow ups via providing coordination and technical support to the DED in internal and external interactions (e.g. developing and reviewing information packages with briefing documents, concept notes, speeches and presentations, including for high level partnership engagements on gender and migration).• Contributed to the creation and nourishing of new partnerships, event coordination and conducted research and analysis for the DED’s engagements.• Served as the focal point for innovative financing in the DED's Office.• Supported the East and Southern Africa Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) team in review of impactful knowledge and policy products on women’s economic empowerment through climate smart agriculture and gender sensitive social protection, including with a focus on migrant women.• Bolstered visibility and outreach around the DED's priorities through supporting the DED in leveraging social mediaand other communications platforms. Achievements: • Elaborated, provided timely inputs to and finalized background documents for ASG/DED's numerous high-level engagements, including on gender and migration.• Revised and finalized a Social Protection study.• Shared quality inputs to innovative financing initiatives. • Prepared and published timely and qualitative communications content on UN Women’s and the Executive Leadership Team’s priorities and engagements

Senegal

•Elaborated programme proposals and strategies, offered substantive technical support to 12 county offices and their partners for the implementation of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) programmes in West and Central Africa, including on gender and migration.•Developed knowledge and policy products and supported their dissemination.• Facilitated knowledge exchange among Women's Economic Empowerment colleagues at Country Office and Regional Office level via developing knowledge management tools such as a knowledge resource database.•Prepared and reviewed periodic national and regional reports to donors and the regional team on the progress of programs.Achievements: • Formulated 7 program documents on Women's Economic Empowerment (including for migrant women).• Developed a partnerships and resource mobilization strategy. 4.3M USD secured in cooperation with relevant colleagues.• Supported building partnerships and coordination with FAO, UNDP, WFP, World Bank, African Development Bank and others. • Assisted Country Offices in the planning, implementation and monitoring of flagship programs related to Women's Economic Empowerment, including via developing Results Based Management tools and performance indicators, as well as regularly conducted field visits.• Supported the design of the regional WEE annual workplans and budgets and drafted inputs to country strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related WEE (e.g. the IMF-led report for the West African Economic and Monetary Union on "Sharing the Dividends of Growth'').• Led the launch and maintenance of a regional Community of Practice to share best practices, lessons learnt and other relevant information on Women's Economic Empowerment which guided programme improvement.Elaborated 7 reports and brochures for donors and the regional management team on program progress and the region's achievements on Women's Economic Empowerment.

Guatemala

• Supported the elaboration of strategic program documents on womens’ participation in politics and electoral processes.• Led effectively the coordination and management of joint projects on ending violence against women and girls, including contributing to the capacity development of implementing partners, results-based program monitoring, leading advocacy campaigns, supporting the development of key partnerships, and ensuring synergies with other UN agencies in the projects.• Recruitment and supervision of 3 national UN Volunteers.• Prepared reports on programme results (including targeting donors), monitoring missions, as well as revised financial reports. • Contributed to UN Country Team joint programme proposals and thematic coordination, ensuring the integration of gender-sensitive and results-based management approaches in joint peacebuilding programmes. Achievements: • Supported the production of an impactful policy report measuring the progress and challenges to women's political participation by conducting data gathering, gender analysis, drafting and editorial assistance. • Contributed to the effective implementation and closure of joint programmes on Ending Violence against Girls, through leading results-based project management.• Managed partnerships, identified capacity building needs of civil society partners and led technical assistance to partners, including providing guidance on Results Based Management tools.• Led successfully an advocacy campaign on UNiTE to End Violence against Women.

New York, Usa

• Built the knowledge of visitors about the history and work of the United Nations in the field of peace and security, economic and social development, human rights, and disarmament through conducting one-hour lecture tours in English, French, Spanish and German to approximately 80 visitors per day.

Région De New York City, États-Unis

• Provided quality assurance in the revision of over 100 grant applications to the FGE and offered recommendations regarding the eligibility of NGO applications.

Région De New York City, États-Unis

• Promoted knowledge sharing on women’s economic empowerment and political participation through the development and maintenance of FGE's knowledge management tools.• Developed communications pieces of the FGE’s programs on women’s economic empowerment and political participation.• Contributed to successful roll out of the 2015 Call for Proposals through facilitating communications outreach and dissemination of the call. Achievements: • Provided substantive assistance in the development and review of the first communication and knowledge management strategy of the Fund. • Crafted a database to combine and share knowledge about different grantee programs.• Developed several grantee profiles and evaluation summaries. • Created first social media tools for the Fund, organized a grantee photo competition to enhance visibility of the grantee programs.

Dakar, Senegal

• Served as Regional Focal Point to 19 civil society partner organizations across sub-Saharan Africa (including Ethiopia and South Africa), monitored program progress, prepared and reviewed evaluations, and provided managerial backstopping on all issues concerning program implementation, with a particular focus on women's economic empowerment. • Reviewed narrative performance and financial monitoring reports of programs related to women's economic empowerment. • Created knowledge management products including briefs on lessons learned and best practices, and assistedin the writing of substantive reports (e.g. annual donor report, quarterly monitoring reports and grantees stories).Achievements: • Successful support to 19 grantee partners in terms of monitoring, reporting and evaluation.• Drafted and edited innovative information and knowledge management products (e.g. in the context of the Beijing +20 campaign, researched, edited and published stories of change on women of achievement from grantee programmes).

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

• Coordinated the successful roll out of the National Meeting of 30 Dominican UNESCO Associated Schools on the subject of "Innovations for quality education", which comprised more than 50 participants.

Dschang, Cameroon And Montpellier, France

• Supported fundraising, public relations and budget management of the organization• Participated at the construction of a training center with 16 French and Cameroonian Volunteers

Montpellier, Occitanie, France

• Facilitated the successful organization of German French cultural events (data research, drafting communication material and coordinating the engagement with partner institutions).

Master Of Arts (Ma), Master’S Degree In Political Science, International Cooperation And Development, Mention Bien

Thesis: The evolution of migration policies in Dominican Republic regarding the Haitian population and its descendants

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology, A

Erasmus exchange program

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology, Mention Tres Bien