Zoë Gan Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Malaysia

• Chief of the collective portfolios on Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Disability Inclusion and Gender Equality in the Malaysia Country Office
• Supervising a team of 4 staff members and several international and national consultants
• Budget Owner and Output Lead.
• Member of the East Asia and Pacific Regional Rapid Response Emergency Mechanism Roster
• Technical advice and capacity building for staff in programming, communication, operations and management.
• Programme lead for Malaysia Country Office End Child Marriage Programme and Early Childhood Intervention for Children with Disabilities Programme

Malaysia

• Cross Sectoral Programme Support Output Lead for change strategies on gender transformative programming, disability inclusive programming, private sector engagement and partnerships, social and behavioural change.
• Member of the East Asia and Pacific Regional Rapid Response Emergency Mechanism Roster
• Technical advice and capacity building to support UNICEF Malaysia CO’s cross-sector disability-inclusion and gender-integration mainstreamed and targeted programming, communication, operations and management.
• Programme management: Special Olympics Asia Pacific COVID-19 programme; Inclusive Playground Initiative, Accessibility Assessment of UNICEF Offices and MCO operationalisation of Global Procedure on Disability Inclusive.
• Evidence generation: Rapid Needs Assessment (KoBo) Malaysian Emergency Flood Response 2021, Policy Brief: Impact of COVID-19 on Children with Disabilities (immediate, mid/longer term recommendations, 2021).
• Partnership development: women-led organisations and organisations of persons with disabilities.

Global

• Lead the development and growth of an UNICEF employee resource group dedicated to providing support, advocacy, and advice to UNICEF employees with disabilities across the globe.
• Creation of confidential safe spaces for colleagues to share their experience; advocacy and influencing division such as DHR/ Programme/ Culture Change /GCA on issues that affect employees with disabilities; awareness.
• Development and management of SharePoint and Yammer Engagement Group.
• Member of the Reasonable Accommodation Fund panel; Disability Inclusion Technical Working Group; Disability Inclusion Strategy and Policy Working Group.

East Asia And Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok, Thailand

- Coordinate Gender Thematic Fund (GTF) Girls Leadership in Disaster Preparedness and Climate Action call for proposals.- Provide technical assistance and support to EAP Gender Focal Points and COs on:a. Draft Country Programme Documents (CPD) and Programme Rationale (PR)b. Gender Programmatic Reviews (GPR)c. Gender Thematic Situation Analysis (SitAn)d..

Europe And Central Asia Regional Office, Geneva, Switzerland

• Technical assistance in the development of an advocacy package of ECAR case studies and videos on addressing stigma and discrimination of children with disabilities through social and behaviour change interventions for.

Global

• Collaborate with Task Team members to collect data on experiences of racism and discrimination within UNICEF via Yammer Engagement group, surveys, FGDs and validation workshops.
• Contribute to the communication and advocacy sub-committee to amplify the work of TT Anti-Racism and Discrimination via UMessage, ICON stories, Sharepoint, Yammer Engagement Group and advocacy videos.
• Analyse and draft Recommendation Report / Action Plan on Anti-Racism and Discrimination.
• Coordinate the Global Dialogue on Anti-Racism and Discrimination. Including co-lead the Intersectionality - Race, Disability and Discrimination speaker event.
• Disseminate findings and recommendations to UNICEF OED and All Staff via Global Meetings, interviews, and videos.

Malaysia

• Technical advice and capacity building to support UNICEF Malaysia CO’s cross-sector disability-inclusion and gender-integration mainstreamed and targeted programming.
• Child Protection programme management: MHPSS Teletherapy COVID-19 programme for children with disabilities, Positive Parenting Programming, Gender-based Violence Prevention, Disability Social Movements, Gender.
• Evidence generation: Issue Brief: Childhood Disability in Malaysia (2019), Rapid Needs Assessment (RapidPro) COVID-19 Lockdown on Children with Disabilities and their Families in Malaysia (2020).
• Partnership development: organisations of persons with disabilities.

Malaysia

Coordinate and support UNICEF Malaysia to implement a cross-sectoral approach to addressing stigma and discrimination, and promoting inclusion of children with disabilities in Malaysia.Coordinate and capacity build a the Malaysian Partnership on Children with Disabilities (MPcwd). This partnership is a multi-stakeholder coalition of Children and Youth with.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Business Development, Strategic Design Thinking, Innovation, Research, Social Enterprise Development, Fundraising, Project Management, Specialist Technical Advice and End User Engagement Strategies for International and National NGOs in MalaysiaAreas of expertise: Criminal Justice, Disability and NGO with focus on women, children and vulnerable minority.

United Kingdom

Advise and capacity build CSO/NGOs to secure funding and develop sustainable models for income generation. This includes the development of social enterprise, trading arms, commercial and business policy and practice, as well as traditional forms of bid and tender writing to secure public service contracts, trust/foundation grants, social investments and.

Salford

Design, implement and manage research projects related to Young Adult Carers. This consisted of mapping and consulting with Black and Minority Ethnic communities to increase institutional knowledge of these communities and how to forge innovative ways of increasing their engagement. Specialised in human centred design, and participatory/peer-to-peer.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Development Manager responsible for ensuring all front line services were delivered to the highest quality. This involved project design, people management, service user engagement, project/contract management and policy influencing. The services included: Police Arrest Referral System, Prison Visitor Centres, Court Family Support Service, National.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Responsible for the developing and managing:- strategic statutory and private sector partnerships- internal organisational operations- advocacy and communications campaigns- fundraising initiatives - volunteer programmes - policy influencing and lobbying

Manchester, United Kingdom

Part time secondment to redesigned and restructure the organisation's finance department. This involved Change Management and the introduction of new accounting software packages, restructuring staff team, implementing a new purchase/sales control system and management reporting.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Secondment to set up a new NGO umbrella coalition. This involved developing a communication and support network for other non-government Black Offender Support Groups within the UK.

Harnessing The Power Of Data To Address Harmful Practices (Child Marriage And Fgm)

Genderpro Gw, Gender Studies, High Level Exemplary

Activities and Societies: Gender-Intergration, Gender-Mainstreaming, Intersectionality, Gender Transformative Programming

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Civil-Miltary Relations Forged During Humanitarian Response

Partially completed

Master'S Degree, Humanitarianism And Conflict Response, Award For Highest Scoring Thesis

Winner of the 'Most Outstanding and Highest Score Thesis Award 2011'. Thesis title: The Curious Tale of the Fig Tree and Wasp....

Professional Certificate, Fundraising Management

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Zoology