Experience

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  Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs

  • United States
  • Strategic Management Services
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • Senior Program Officer, GHS and COVID programs

    • Jan 2022 - Present

  • Program Officer II

    • Mar 2019 - Jan 2022

    At CCP, I serve as activity manager for a portfolio of USAID-funded risk communication and community engagement activities for zoonotic disease preparedness and public health emergency response in francophone West Africa (Mali, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire and Niger) through the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). I support four in-country teams with technical backstopping, project and budget management, reporting and documentation, sub-recipient management, compliance with USAID policies and requirements, and new business development related to my areas of focus. I also assist teams to design and implement communication activities for specific outbreaks, most recently for COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

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  Catholic Relief Services

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Health Systems Strengthening Program Manager

    • May 2016 - Mar 2019

    • Ensure strong management including programmatic, budget and consortium management of Project Djomi, a CDC-funded Global Health Security Agenda project focused on strengthening health systems against key epidemic diseases in six health districts in 2 regions of Mali• Monitor and empower sub-recipient partners to ensure effective implementation, and use of project resources, as well as quality reporting on activities towards the achievement of objectives• Support the Chief of Party to ensure strong external representation of CRS in CDC and GHSA networks and coordinating bodies and among implicated government ministries; and facilitate good working relationships with key stakeholders at national, regional and health district level. • Produce high-quality and timely reporting and other documentation on the project for the donor and other stakeholders•Ensure preparation and submission of relevant budget modification requests and continuation applications, including development of annual program/technical narrative, budget and work plan• Work with CRS/Mali management to develop and continuously refine technical approaches and programmatic strategies, and to explore synergies between Djomi and other CRS health projects • Manage ~$150k annual Gavi civil society constituency fund; monitor and provide assistance to a local sub-recipient CSO in planning, implementation, and reporting on their capacity building and SBCC activities for vaccination and HSS.•Support new business development in health, including capture planning, pre-positioning, opportunity assessment, and serving as lead writer, reviewer, or technical lead for health related opportunities- Coordinate and lead consultative processes for development of a health business development strategy for the country program

  • International Development Fellow

    • Aug 2015 - May 2016

    • Provided support to program management unit, particularly in the country’s nutrition/health portfolio, in: project planning and startup for a new USAID nutrition project; donor reporting and documentation; MEAL activities, including data collection and routine monitoring of integrated community nutrition groups; budget monitoring and modification; partner organizational capacity building, including in the development of proposals and concept notes; in addition to providing support to the Operations and Finance teams. Served as acting Program Manager for a Dutch-embassy funded child nutrition project. • Developed successful concept note for integration of Early Childhood Development programming into existing nutrition intervention sites; and for expansion of nutrition advocacy activities for Rwanda’s Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN-CSA) (with CRS as lead). • Developed and implemented a qualitative study to examine the barriers to male engagement in child nutrition in the context of CRS/Rwanda’s three-year EKN Nutrition program• Completed Temporary Duty Assignment in Eastern Cameroon, responsible for project startup, including MEAL system development and training of project staff on MEAL system for an emergency social assistance project for CAR refugees.

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  Tulane University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Research Assistant/Consultant, DRC Projects

    • Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

    • Managed and developed new content for http://planificationfamiliale- rdc.net, a Gates Foundation-supported, bilingual website developed to serve as a knowledge management resource for family planning advocacy and information on all aspects of FP in the DRC. Liaised with consultant and other actors in FP in DRC in order to obtain updated information about events, activities, BCC materials, reports/studies, and achievements to be featured on the site. • Carried out field workshop for partners in DRC’s MOH and National Reproductive Health Program on the use of the website as an advocacy and information-sharing tool, and to solicit their input on the information presented• Developed all data collection tools and drafted research protocol for a qualitative study examining the acceptability and feasibility of Sayana Press among women of reproductive age in Kinshasa; prepared submission of project to IRB • Contributed to proposal development for ACQUAL II, a $3M, 3-year health systems strengthening project in DRC focused on FP service delivery• Drafted proposal to New Venture Fund and assisted in organization and selection of abstracts for the 3rd National Conference on Repositioning FP in the DRC, which brought together more than 400 participants from government, private sector, NGOs and the donor community under the theme: FP: Pillar of Economic Development in DRC.• Provided support in the preparation of lit reviews, project reports and abstract submissions for international conferences with a DRC delegation, including French to English translations as necessary.

  • Program Coordinator

    • Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

    • Served as the liaison between national and regional Peace Corps offices, students currently serving as Peace Corps Volunteers under the Masters International program, and the university• Developed and implemented monthly educational and reflection seminars, service opportunities, and social events for students participating in Tulane SPHTM’s Peace Corps/MI program • Served as editor-in-chief of The Internationalist, the biannual magazine of the Tulane Peace Corps community• Assisted currently serving PC/MI students with coordination of their academic requirements

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  Plan International

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Graduate Intern, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research

    • May 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Lusaka, Zambia

    • Designed qualitative study for formative research for a Plan/UNFPA child marriage prevention program, to examine local drivers and characteristics of vulnerable girls• Trained field staff in data collection, field tested and revised tools, and produced report of preliminary findings which infor...

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  Peace Corps

  • Solenzo, Burkina Faso

  • Child Nutrition Specialist, Centre de Récuperation et d'Education Nutriti...

    • May 2012 - May 2013
    • Solenzo, Burkina Faso

    • Developed and implemented FARN (Foyer d’Apprentissage et de Réhabilitation Nutritionnelle)/Déviance Positive community-based malnutrition rehabilitation programs, reaching 50+ mothers and their children• Created training module for FARN and co-trained 25 district health personnel in the mode...

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  Peace Corps

  • Mali

  • Health Education Specialist

    • 2010 - 2012
    • Mali

    • Designed and implemented MCH education and promotion activities in rural village health center serving 5000 subsistence farmers, including maternal health sensitization campaigns, promotion of oral rehydration therapy, home visits and outreach for malnutrition cases and pregnant mothers, cookin...

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  StandUp For Kids Chicago

  • Chicago, IL

  • Director of Volunteers, Chicago chapter

    • Sep 2009 - Jun 2010
    • Chicago, IL

    • Recruited and trained volunteer counselors for a homeless youth outreach program, including using Idealist and social media; developed and implemented trainings based on national training model and local needs• Wrote and submitted monthly monitoring reports on Chicago program activities to the ...

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  Youth Organizations Umbrella, Inc

  • Student Youth Worker

    • 2008 - 2010

    • Planned & implemented an after school and summer youth development program for at-risk high school youth, including spearheading a young women's empowerment group and nutrition/health groups• Provided intensive tutoring in reading and math and guidance in the college application process

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  Youth Guidance

  • Research and Program Evaluation Intern

    • Jun 2009 - Sep 2009

    • Assisted with year-end evaluation of Community Schools and violence prevention programs in 22 Chicago Public Schools, including analyzing data on attendance, demographics, participation, program outputs and survey data using SPSS and Excel • Developed portfolios summarizing and visually represe...