Experience

World Food Programme

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Special Assistant to Emergency Director

  • Jan 2021 - Present



World Food Programme

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Gender Unit

  • Feb 2018 - Sep 2019

• Gender And Protection Adviser

  • Mar 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Research, track and analyze national and regional political developments and providing gender segregated analysis and impacts of contextual risk • Contribute gender-related information on potential impacts of corporately identified conflict, economic and natural hazard risks• Provide analytical and technical support to Regional Bureaux and Country Offices through the development of improved gender-sensitive risk assessment tools.

• Gender Capacity Development Consultant

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2017

  • Develop tailored courses on gender considerations for Senior Managers to utilize WFP’s Gender Policy 2015-2020• Develop and implement participatory learning activities for WFP, partners and technical experts. • Lead the knowledge management strategy and capacity development strategy for the Gender Results Network and associated implementation plans aligned with the regional and country specific strategies • Create mechanism for capturing and documenting key successful GEWE interventions and package them into knowledge products for dissemination to stakeholder audience within and outside WFP.



UN Women

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partnership Development & Resource Mobilization

  • Nov 2015 - Jun 2016

  o Draft reports and provide due diligence for UN Women’s top 20 donor countries that fund majority of the organization’s core and non-core $300 million budget, undertaking gender analysis of funded programmes and their alignments with Agenda 2030. o Prepared funding proposals of grants, donor reports and accompanying financial reports in compliance with donor requirements for internal and external audits. o Provided complex visualization and reports of UN Women’s financial statements for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the success of its Flagship Programmes Initiatives in sub-Saharan Africao Researched and developed quality donor intelligence reports that highlights the relationship between UN Women and its multilateral and bilateral partnerships. o Provided technical assistance on monitoring and evaluating the success of Women’s Economic Empowerment programs as well as Violence against Women and Girl’s in targeted countries for the purpose of donor reporting.



FORWARD

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Officer

  • Mar 2015 - Nov 2015

  o Drafted high quality concept papers on policy documents, assisting on-going research and desk review on multi-ethnic issues concerning child marriage, female genital mutilation and obstetric fistula. o Researched and developed a 60-page toolkit entitled “Implementing Programs for Vulnerable Girls and Young Women: Toolkit for Project Partners”, which informed the development of existing resources on youth mentoring programs in Africa- specifically Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone. o Contributed to advocacy efforts by conducting literature reviews, analyzing gender development data and producing policy briefings and memos on short-notice. o Developed and maintained effective working relationships with key donors and catalyzed the development of social impact investment by private and philanthropic companies. o Participated in pre-funding discussions with donor and managed the administration incoming grantso Ensured accuracy of reports by data review and resolving discrepancies internally for assigned reportso Provided interpretation of data to and periodic reports to senior management regarding status of assigned projects and recommend corrective actions when necessary



CIBC

• Canada
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Advisor

  • May 2012 - Sep 2014

  o Actively contributed to the articulation of the strategic direction and vision for the sales division by advising and selling mutual fund investment products in accordance with CIBC policies and procedures. o Identified and developed portfolio solutions including customized investment management for clientso Stay abreast of relevant financial policies and compliance requirements and trained new staff on mutual fund compliances and other workflows. o Created and maintained database of prospective clients for the purpose of introducing CIBC’s new mortgage, savings, or investment rates. o Provided financial analyses and consultations to clients with portfolios exceeding $250,000o Exceeded all personal sales targets and recognized as top mutual fund sales performer in the Greater Toronto Area.