Experience

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  Self-employed

  • Consulting Specialist

    • Oct 2023 - Present

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  Catholic Relief Services

  • Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Head of Programs

    • Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
    • Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  International Development Consultant

  • Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and North America

  • Organisational Development, Management and Technical Consultant

    • Jan 1999 - Jan 2023
    • Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and North America

    Over eighteen years of experience building a holistic consulting company focused on meeting both technical and operational needs of a range of clients operating in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North America. Successful completion of 69 short and long term contracts for a range of clients including UNICEF, CARE, Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services, USAID, CDC, PEPFAR, MAESTRAL Consulting, IBTCI Consulting, IRRI, World Fish Centre, EU, PACT, Oxfam and Mercy Corps. Key accomplishments:- ➢ Provision of technical support in child protection, gender and education issues to a range of development actors, community groups and government institutions. ➢ Enhanced organisational capacity through direct program management, training, facilitation and other knowledge transfer mechanisms. ➢ Delivery of holistic strategic plans and funding proposals designed to meet core work areas of a range of clients➢ Completion of multiple social research projects exploring the impact of poverty and climate change on gender and protection outcomes for vulnerable populations➢ Design and delivery of a wide range of program monitoring, evaluation and documentation tools➢ Establishment of internal compliance mechanisms for consulting firm to ensure full adherence to applicable labor and taxation provisions. ➢ Training and management of administrative and programmatic staff➢ Ongoing liaising and networking with a range of clients to explore current and future technical or management support needs.

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  Redd Barna

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Capacity Building and Fundraising Advisor

    • Jan 2009 - Jul 2009
    • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

     Identified capacity building needs of key programmatic staff Conducted an extensive training program for staff including developing three human resource related curricula training packages Mentored program coordinators through the proposal development process Supported the drafting of the strategic plan and annual work plan Successfully developed multiple proposals for a variety of international donors and foundations including UNIFEM, USAID, AUSAID, NORAD, and UBS Optimus. Supported the strengthening of documentation, reporting and advocacy functions in the agency Advised on protection and education issues Identified key funding sources for Save the Children and its 35 national partners

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  Save the Children US

  • Basra, Iraq

  • Child Protection and Education Program Manager

    • Jan 2003 - Nov 2003
    • Basra, Iraq

    Conceptualized and guided Save the Children’s child protection and education program activities in Iraq. Major accomplishments;  Design and management of multiple education and protection projects serving over 15,000 children, adolescents and their families. Conducted regional child protection assessments in remote and volatile areas in southern Iraq to identify needs and future SC program interventions. Establish and maintenance of key partnerships with local and international non-profit organisations, government agencies, coalition authority representatives, community leaders and local officials. Developed SC monitoring and evaluation systems for educational interventions. Creation and institutionalisation of an office wide staff development training program that included child to child approaches, gender issues, evaluation tools, community mobilisation, child safety and training of trainers. Successful solicitation of funds (US$900,000 for 8 months) from the international donor community including UNICEF and Danida. Conducted ongoing budget monitoring and donor reporting (DANIDA, UNICEF and private foundations) Oversaw the recruited, training and supervision of thirty five programming staff including one international staff person  Assisted in strategic planning and identification of future program interventions in light of continued instability, including restructuring and retraining of the existing protection staff

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  Save the Children Federation (USA)

  • Education Project Manager

    • Jan 2000 - Dec 2001

    Co-ordinated and implemented Save the Children’s early childhood and humanitarian assistance programactivities for internally displaced and refugees in Montenegro (FRY). Major accomplishments;  Designed and managed multiple early childhood and protection projects serving over 2,000 internally displaced, refugee and host community children and their families. Assisted in agency preparedness planning, which included the design of program contingency plans with UNICEF. Conducted child protection and care assessments in remote and volatile areas to identify areas for SC program intervention. Established and maintained key partnerships with local and international non-profit organisations, government agencies and local officials. Developed Save the Children´s Montenegro office monitoring and evaluation systems for psycho-social programming. Created and institutionalized a two year SC staff development training program that included child to child approaches, caregiver support, evaluation tools, community mobilisation, and training of trainers. Successful solicitation of funds in excess of US$1 million from the international donor community including USAID/BPRM, ECHO and UNICEF. Conducted ongoing budget monitoring and financial and narrative donor reporting. Recruited, trained and supervised of five programming staff, three training staff, various consultants and sixty-five site leaders. Assisted in strategic planning and identification of program interventions.

  • Program Assitant

    • Jul 1999 - Jan 2000

    Conducted program assessments and liaised with donors. Major accomplishments; Successfully solicited funds from European and US American donor agencies.  Conducted a micro-credit assessment and developed a project proposal for SC. Assisted in the design and maintenance of security guidelines and procedures for SC field operations.

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  Hostelling International USA

  • Washington, DC (USA)

  • Program Director

    • Jun 1998 - Jul 1999
    • Washington, DC (USA)

     Designed a pilot community based program focusing on inner-city at-risk youth. Recruited, trained and supervised a core of one hundred and fifty volunteers.  Oversaw the implementation of programs focusing on environmental awareness, political responsibility and intercultural exchange for adolescents at various project sites. Institutionalised and supervised the implementation of a volunteer training package. Solicited funding sources including in-kind and cash donations. Hired, trained and co-ordinated the annual special events volunteer staff of two hundred. Identified and enlisted sponsors, exhibitors, performers and speakers.

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  International Rice Research Institute

  • Philippines

  • Special Projects Coordinator (Intern)

    • Jun 1997 - Dec 1997
    • Philippines

     Established a working team for piloting internet based training units. Conceptualised and co-ordinated the web publishing project. Evaluated and identified organisations technological capacities. Mobilised needed technological and human resources