Experience

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  Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)

  • Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

  • Programme Manager - Capacity Building and Strengthening of Independent Media

    • Sep 2022 - Present
    • Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

    ▪ Planning and designing the programme and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective actions.▪ Ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the programme.▪ Initiating and setting goals for programmes according to the strategic...

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  Kosovo Women's Network

  • Capacity Building Expert

    • Oct 2022 - Present

    ▪ Revising the KWF Grants Manual based on experience and best practices, funders’ requests (including based on EU monitoring visits) in close cooperation with KWN staff members. Prepare templates and annexes related to the Grants Manual. ▪ Conducting the KWN Members’ Assessment and finalizing the report based on comments from KWN, in close consultation KWN Management Team.▪ Preparing a one-page fact sheet summarizing the findings of the KWN Members’ Assessment for public distribution. ▪ Contributing to revising the KWN Organizational Policy Manual and its alignment with the Grants Manual, in close consultation with the Management Team. ▪ Providing mentoring and support to the KWF Team and grant recipients as needed.▪ Preparing and conducting a training for KWF staff on the Grants Manual, including policies, procedures, and processes related to KWF, furthering their capacities. ▪ Mentoring and supporting the KWF Manager as part of the handover of this position, as needed; ▪ Supporting capacity building and mentoring of other KWN staff members who are working with the KWF, including by providing training in the Organisational and Advocacy Capacity Assessment (OACA), monitoring and evaluation, and EU guidelines and contractual requirements.▪ Ensure positive, feminist approach, including careful communication when communicating with KWN staff, members, and partners.

  • Grants Manager & Capacity Development Expert

    • Jan 2018 - Sep 2022

    ▪ Ensure that all activities are carried out in a timely and effective manner based on KWN’s Strategy, programs, projects, annual work plan, and guidelines in the Grant Manual.▪ Write project proposals and narrative reports.▪ Oversee all processes related to Kosovo Women’s Fund and sub-granting, including monitoring sub-grantees in collaboration with partners, sub-grantees, and other stakeholders.▪ Prepare all documents needed for the Open Call of KWF.▪ Organize orientation sessions regarding grants available in all Western Balkans countries in close cooperation with partners. ▪ Review closely all project proposals to ensure that they are complete and that all required information is provided, following up with applicants to collect any missing information within the timeframe foreseen in the Grant Manual.▪ Conduct a technical check of proposals for completeness in accordance with the Call.▪ Facilitate the Grant Review process by preparing a simple summary of each project proposed in a given grant round.▪ Prepare documents to send to the Grant Review Committee (GRC), including processing grant applications and conducting administrative checks.▪ Prepare Grant Award Letters, Regret Letters and all relevant documentation; and organize the signing of contracts with grantees.▪ Meet with new grantees and to become more familiar with their projects, visit grantees and partners, and participate in their events. ▪ Collect, review and comment on partners’ and grantees’ final reports. ▪ Conduct Organizational and Advocacy Capacity Assessment (OACA) of partners and sub-grantees and write resulting reports.▪ Support capacity building and mentoring of other KWN staff members who are working with the KWF.▪ Organize and/or provide capacity development support for partners and grantees, as needed.

  • Project Coordinator for Kosovo Women's Fund

    • Mar 2016 - Dec 2017

    ▪ Conducting assessments of 127 members’ needs and progress using the existing Code of Conduct tool.▪ Collaborating with KWN members to develop Capacity Development Plans based on the Code of ▪ ▪ Conducting assessment, risk assessments, and members’ requests. ▪ Actively supporting the capacity development of KWN members, including KWF grant recipients, through needs-based mentoring in organizational management, advocacy, and other issues identified through the Code of Conduct assessment and Risk Assessments.▪ Providing mentoring to organizations interested in applying for grants.▪ Reviewing grant recipients’ public relations materials,to ensure they are in line with donor branding guidelines.▪ Preparing all documents needed for the Open Call of KWF.▪ Reviewing closely all project proposals to ensure that they are complete and that all required information is provided.▪ Preparing documents to send to the Grant Review Committee (GRC), including processing grant applications and conducting administrative checks.▪ Preparing Grant Award Letters, Regret Letters and all relevant documentation; and organize the signing of contracts with grantees.▪ Meeting with new grantees to become more familiar with their projects, visit grantees and participate in their events; and collect final reports from grantees. ▪ Assisting with translation and interpretation in Serbo-Croatian, public relations materials, success stories about grantees, press releases, etc.▪ Attending public events organized by Women’s Fund beneficiaries, to which KWN is invited, taking photographs and writing stories about these events for the KWN e-newsletter and website.▪ Maintaining folders, including all documentation of all correspondence related to the Women’s Fund. this includes maintaining the database of all correspondence related to the Fund.▪ Preparing news briefs about KWN Women’s Fund beneficiaries’ activities and events attended.

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  National Resource Centre for Civil Society in A...

  • Tirana, Albania

  • Consultant: NPO Academy 2022

    • May 2022 - Jun 2022
    • Tirana, Albania

    ▪ Providing mentoring for NGO's on: Organizational development and governance, Financial management, Strategic planning, Project proposal writing, Project cycle management, Monitoring and evaluation; Organizational sustainability, Fundraising, Effective and strategic communication of CSOs and...

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  Network of Organizations for Rural Development ...

  • Orahovac, Kosovo

  • Strategic Planning Consultant

    • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021
    • Orahovac, Kosovo

    ▪ Establish the Monitoring & Evaluation system.▪ Develop the Strategic Plan for 2020 – 2024.▪ Support Fundraising.

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  Foundation for Women’s Empowerment Bosnia and H...

  • Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

  • Strategic Planning Consultant

    • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
    • Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

    ▪ Holding strategic planning workshop. ▪ Developing the Strategic Plan for 2021 – 2024.▪ Support Fundraising.

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  PEN Peer Educators Network

  • Pristina, Kosovo

  • Translator and Moderator

    • Mar 2016 - Sep 2016
    • Pristina, Kosovo

    ▪ Reading through original material and rewriting it in the target language, ensuring that the meaning of the source text is retained.▪ Using specialist dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books to find the equivalents for terminology.▪ Researching legal, technical and scientific phraseology ...

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  IPKO Telecommunications

  • Pristina, Kosovo

  • Product Developer

    • Sep 2014 - Mar 2016
    • Pristina, Kosovo

    ▪ Developing and creating new products to seek new revenue and profit source for the company by researching the market, defining the service, creating order flow, logistics flow/workflow, and designing support, fault and restoration flow.▪ Modifying and enhancing existing Product/Services feature...

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  The Ideas Partnership

  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Project Consultant

    • Aug 2014 - Mar 2015

    ▪ Developing capacities of project managers. ▪ Preparing final narrative reports.▪ Strategy planning.▪ Fundraising support

  • Project Coordinator

    • Oct 2012 - Aug 2014

    ▪ Producing regular and annual narrative reports.▪ Financial planning and working closely with the financial team.▪ Coordinating the activities of different stakeholders.▪ Keeping regular contact with the different stakeholders and inform them about the project activities. ▪ Making visits and interviews in the community.▪ Preparing and distributing the leaflet to present different activities.▪ Organizing and attending workshops.▪ Translating from Albanian to Serbo/Croatian and conversely.▪ Reporting to TIP management on a weekly basis and if any problem/conflict arises. ▪ Organizing donor’s visits.

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  NGO Lady?

  • Pristina, Kosovo

  • Project Coordinator

    • Jul 2009 - Sep 2012
    • Pristina, Kosovo

    ▪ Producing regular and annual narrative reports with a keen focus on financial planning.▪ Developing and meticulously monitoring work plans for streamlined project execution.▪ Coordinating diverse stakeholder activities to ensure effective collaboration.▪ Organizing and actively participating in...