Experience

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  Open Society Foundations

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

  • Senior Associate Program Manager (Refugee Project, Global Programs)

    • Apr 2022 - Present

    - Expertise in refugee protection and migration systems developed by building upon previous academic studies in International Refugee and Migration Law while contributing to strategy and advocacy efforts for the expansion of mobility pathways for persecuted rights defenders/activists under the Connected Protection Strategy of OSF’s Refugee Project: conducting research and analysis; monitoring policy, legal and political developments; synthesising information and data from multiple sources; and offering conclusions and recommendations. - Strong familiarity with key partners in the Refugee Protection field due to ongoing day-to-day liaison with grantees and partners, providing guidance and information on proposal submission, grant structure and reporting requirements, and ensuring effective due diligence on grantees. - Substantive grant-making experience in the refugee protection field gained by reviewing grant proposals, drafting and editing funding recommendations and organisational assessments, examining grantee reports for monitoring, evaluation and learning, and ensuring overall alignment with project strategy.- Effective grant processing skills covering all stages from proposal solicitation to grant closure (in Salesforce), including grant structure design, preparation for compliance review, anticipation and clearance of OFAC, COI and lobbying holds, collaboration with internal specialist units, tracking and requesting payments and reports, closing out grants. - Managing consultancy contracts by contributing to discussions with consultants, drafting terms of reference, advising on contract structure, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, coordinating approvals, monitoring progress, and processing invoices, payments, and closure.

  • Senior Portfolio Analyst (Global Rights Team, Human Rights Initiative)

    • Jan 2020 - Mar 2022

    - Substantive knowledge of major global human rights groups and ecosystems gained by participating in team meetings on funding decisions, conducting research, monitoring developments, and drafting grant recommendations for grantees working on accountability and justice issues. - Strengthened technical grant-making expertise through processing grants and consultancy contracts, producing reports and data visualisations and presenting grant-making statistics to inform strategy.- Collaboration with grantees and external partner organisations across the globe, providing information and grant-related guidance, organising and contributing to grantee meetings. - Covered for two Program Officers in HRI’s Justice team for six months.

  • Senior Program Administrative Specialist (Global Rights & Accountability Team, HRI)

    • Jan 2015 - Dec 2019

    - Grant-processing, contracting and coordination of programme activities and expert meetings in support of the portfolio’s accountability work in Sri Lanka and Latin America.- Optimisation of team’s grant-making progress by devising and employing team plans, schedules, tracking tools, log frames and progress reports to effectively manage 70-80 grants per year well within deadlines and budget targets.- Effective communication with external partners, experts and internal colleagues.- Financial expertise, preparing and monitoring team budgets and tracking team expenses.

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  INTERIGHTS (The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights)

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Programme Support Officer (Equality, Security & Rule of Law, Africa, South Asia)

    • Jul 2001 - Apr 2014
    • London, United Kingdom

    - Provided programme support and project management for the programmes on Equality, Security & the Rule of Law, South Asia and Africa and the Legal Director.- Led the organisation of major events in all their logistical aspects, including conferences, judicial colloquia, expert meetings and litigation trainings in South Asia and Africa.- Contributed research, editing and publication assistance for handbooks on international law and women’s rights.- Acted as Union staff representative.

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  Amnesty International UK

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Urgent Action Volunteer

    • Sep 1998 - Jul 2001
    • London, United Kingdom

    - Gained campaigns and advocacy experience by corresponding with activists and supporters on urgent actions for pressing human rights issues.

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  RONIN Corporation (Market Research & Fieldwork Experts)

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Research Assistant & Market Research Supervisor

    • Apr 1996 - Jun 2001
    • London, United Kingdom

    - Managed research, fieldwork, and data projects for a large, continuous IT study. - Trained and supervised telephone interviewers, conducted phone surveys, moderated focus groups.