Experience

Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland
• Iceland
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Specialist, multilateral development cooperation

  • Nov 2016 - Present


World Food Programme

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

• M&E/Reports Officer

  • Mar 2016 - Oct 2016

  • Design and implement the M&E system for a 5-year and $25 million school feeding programme, targeting 83,000 students in 104 schools; oversee baseline study, identify online platform for data collection, harmonize monitoring efforts of all partners, produce monitoring checklists, train field officers, design follow-up surveys; • Reports officer: produce donor reports, funding proposals for the refugee response and internal reports. • Design and implement the M&E system for a 5-year and $25 million school feeding programme, targeting 83,000 students in 104 schools; oversee baseline study, identify online platform for data collection, harmonize monitoring efforts of all partners, produce monitoring checklists, train field officers, design follow-up surveys; • Reports officer: produce donor reports, funding proposals for the refugee response and internal reports.



UNICEF Uganda

• Uganda
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Consultant

  • Mar 2014 - Feb 2016

  • Provided technical support to the Ministry of Finance‘s Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU) to enhance Government‘s ability to monitor the delivery of basic services affecting children. Conducted joint health monitoring visits with BMAU officials. Developed policy briefs based on pre-visit analysis and key findings from the field. • Coordinated the development of a national child focused policy research agenda, in cooperation with the National Council for Children and the Uganda Bureau of Statistics. • Provided technical guidance and quality assurance of country office research and survey based initiatives, including the Situation Analysis of Children in Uganda, Violence Against Children Survey, and Children with Disabilities Study. • Facilitated Knowledge Management activities, including the coordination of monthly Speaker Series at UNICEF, drafting policy briefs and disseminating to key stakeholders and hosting bimonthly Parliamentary Committee advocacy meetings. • Implemented, monitored and updated the Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (e-IMEP). • Monitored research progress in various sections in the country office. Reviewed output, produced research and evaluation briefings and disseminated. Show less



European Union

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Assistant

  • Jan 2014 - Mar 2014

  • Prepared the launch of a Strategic Environmental Assessment of the energy sector in Rwanda, assessment incorporated into Rwanda‘s 5-year national energy policy. • Prepared the implementation of accompanying measures for a road project in northern Rwanda, e.g. HIV/ AIDS sensitization campaign, road safety public campaigns, sensitization on gender aspects in road works. • Prepared the launch of a Strategic Environmental Assessment of the energy sector in Rwanda, assessment incorporated into Rwanda‘s 5-year national energy policy. • Prepared the implementation of accompanying measures for a road project in northern Rwanda, e.g. HIV/ AIDS sensitization campaign, road safety public campaigns, sensitization on gender aspects in road works.



UMCOR

• Brazil
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2013

  • Consulted with team for the United Methodist Committee on Relief as a part of a final thesis at NYU Wagner. • Assessed the financial and operational sustainability of several health facilities in Sierra Leone. • Conducted stakeholder interviews, patient surveys and collected various financial and operational documents (travelled to Sierra Leone in January 2013 along with teammates for this work). • Performed a bottleneck analysis of pharmaceutical procurement and distribution and suggested improvements to the current system, which were subsequently approved and implemented. • Team nominated for Howard Newman Award of excellence for teamwork, quality of deliverable & client relations. Show less



UNICEF Uganda, U-report

• Intern

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Data analyst at U-report (which advocates community-led development through social SMS technology and utilizes citizen’s engagement in monitoring): provided logistical support on variety of issues (e.g. during Family Health Days), performed data cleaning and analysis, summarized data analysis for non-technical audiences, researched various topics related to subject matter of each SMS poll, designed media and communications material, etc. Data analyst at U-report (which advocates community-led development through social SMS technology and utilizes citizen’s engagement in monitoring): provided logistical support on variety of issues (e.g. during Family Health Days), performed data cleaning and analysis, summarized data analysis for non-technical audiences, researched various topics related to subject matter of each SMS poll, designed media and communications material, etc.



Prof. Örn Daníel Jónsson, University of Iceland

• Research Assistant

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Research Assistant to Economics Professor, Örn Daníel Jónsson: conducted literature review on the economies of Iceland and Uruguay and gathered economic data (such as GDP growth, changes in HDI, business indicators, etc) for his paper, The Open Economy Paradox: Iceland – Uruguay. Research Assistant to Economics Professor, Örn Daníel Jónsson: conducted literature review on the economies of Iceland and Uruguay and gathered economic data (such as GDP growth, changes in HDI, business indicators, etc) for his paper, The Open Economy Paradox: Iceland – Uruguay.



Reykjavík Municipal Work School

• Head Instructor and Payroll Manager

  • May 2008 - Aug 2009

  • Head instructor (summer 2009): Managed 300 teenagers and 14 instructors working various summer jobs provided by the municipality. • Payroll manager (summer 2008): Managed the wages of approximately 3500 employees of the Work School, along with office management. • Head instructor (summer 2009): Managed 300 teenagers and 14 instructors working various summer jobs provided by the municipality. • Payroll manager (summer 2008): Managed the wages of approximately 3500 employees of the Work School, along with office management.



Grund Nursing Home

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting

• Nursing Aide

  • May 2002 - May 2007

  Provided care at a home for patients with alzheimer, with increasing responsibilities (part-time). During the last year served as head nursing aide where I supervised 25 residents and 5 employees. Provided care at a home for patients with alzheimer, with increasing responsibilities (part-time). During the last year served as head nursing aide where I supervised 25 residents and 5 employees.