Yumi Chia Email & Phone Number

Malaysia

Malaysia

- Lead end-to-end project management for environmental accelerator programmes, overseeing execution, budget monitoring, stakeholder liaison, team coordination, and reporting.- Co-design and develop business proposals and grants, collaborating closely with clients to meet their needs.- Support in developing and implementing funding plans and strategies for programme sustainability.- Collaborate with internal and external teams to plan, design, and execute project activities effectively.- Manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring alignment of objectives and maintaining communication channels.- Monitor, evaluate, and communicate programme progress and impact transparently.- Oversee and support Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) processes for over 30 environmental organisations, ensuring continuous improvement.- Manage participant recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing support, ensuring a positive experience.- Facilitate mentorship opportunities aligned with participants' needs.- Plan and Facilitate workshops in various settings, ensure to deliver engaging and impactful learning experiences.Project Manager for the Social Enterprise Accelerator Malaysia (SEAM) programme, a partnership between Biji-biji Initiative and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship, with the support of IKEA Malaysia.

Project Manager for the Environmental NGO Accelerator 2021 programme and Environmental SMEs Accelerator 2022 programme, fully funded and supported by Yayasan Hasanah.

- Lead, designed & developed environmental education modules for indigenous children; Introduced specialized environmental education modules to engage children in ecological awareness, emphasizing forest biodiversity.- Lead, coordinate and implement capacity-building training and learning approaches: financial literacy & environmental conservation project planning and implementation under UNDP- All Light Project; - Lead and coordinate 6 indigenous village schools under educational project Mobile School; Equipped 12 youths as community educators across 6 indigenous villages, promoting local capacity and knowledge sharing.- Responsible for producing monthly brief and project report;- Responsible for liaising with stakeholders; funders, clients, other NGOs & government bodies.

Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia

- Lead capacity building and livelihood training workshops with local youths;- Responsible for designing and conducting a conservation programmes;- Lead outreach programmes and awareness talks on marine conservation;- Assist in running the six SJ SEAS programme areas - shark conservation, turtle conservation, coral conservation, tackling marine debris, outreach and eco-resort;- Assist in running turtle hatchery and turtle rehabilitation centre and collecting data for turtle research projects.

Perhentian, Malaysia

- Responsible in planning and conducting weekly school clubs for local children - Lead volunteers with daily schedule - Liaise with local community regards on marine conservation and waste management- Conduct and monitor community projects (marine awareness campaign, mural art paintings)

Master Of Environment, Environmental Studies

Dissertation: Assessing Visitor Perspective of Willingness to Pay for Plastic Pollution on Mabul Island, Sabah, Malaysia

Bachelor Of Arts And Social Sciences, Psychology

Online Workshop, Shark: Global Diversity And Conservation