Experience

JOKALANTE

• Senegal
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Development Consultant

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  • Leading Jokalante’s Business Development and Knowledge Management activities. Coordinating across multiple teams to consolidate and generate learning materials and centralised, accessible resources (French and English); in addition to writing high-level proposals (UKAID, USAID, UN), pitching presentations, market research, business plans and impact demonstration reports. • Developed Jokalante’s new Gender Strategy and delivered internal capacity-building training on mainstreaming and collaborative enhancement of strategy activities. • Supporting broader corporate strategy design and development activities; coordinating across teams for collective approach to design and implementation. Show less



CGA Technologies

• United Kingdom
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Consultant (Cash and Voucher Assistance lead)

  • Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

  Providing CVA expertise to a range of CGA programmes in both humanitarian and development contexts. • Project Manager for CGA's support to Corus International leading cash programming design and delivery in Poland, providing Ukrainian refugees with monthly multi-purpose cash transfers in the wake of the war. The approach developed with Corus will facilitate support to over 60,000 individuals in Poland through Lutheran World Federation centres. Also leading CGA's CVA expansion into francophone West Africa: • Project Manager for CGA's role in the 'Projet d’Appui à la Scolarisation des Filles Affectées par le Conflit au Mali' (PASCOFI) programme in Mali. Leading the programme's technical innovation components overseeing system design for both cash transfers and attendance monitoring tools. • Project Manager for CGA's expansion of the UP2U voucher system in Central African Republic for PLAN International programmes. • Project Manager for CGA's system support to World University Services Canada delivering cash transfers to refugee and host communities in Turkana County through the 'Learning Through Education and Access to Employment Pathways' (LEAP) programme. Show less

• Deputy Country Coordinator - Malawi

  • Mar 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Daily management of junior team (4 developers and 3 operational/programme staff); workload distribution, deliverables monitoring and all pastoral support.• Comms and Outreach lead for the national Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme (https://mtukula.com/) within CGA's role as TA to programme (2020-2021)• Project Manager for 3 of CGA’s Malawi programmes, overseeing the development and rollout of Management Information Systems for:- Perivoli School’s Trust (http://www.perivolischools.com/) pre-school programme: data collection, programme monitoring and impact evidencing across Malawi, Namibia, and Zambia.- Local Government Accountability and Performance Project Local Authority MIS (https://localgovernment.info/app_login/): national governance system designed to harmonise reporting and (devolved) sector monitoring at District-level. - PROSPER programme MIS (https://sustainablepartnerships.info/app_Login/): a harmonised reporting and monitoring system for entire consortium (9 UN and NGO members) to provide a common data collection and progress visualisation platform capturing information for over 1 million beneficiaries. Show less

• Associate

  • Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Supporting CGA Malawi education system programmes with materials, training, report writing and system monitoring/testing:o The World Bank national Malawi Education Sector Improving Programme. o DFID Girl’s Education Challenge (Malawi) school attendance monitoring tool for vulnerable and marginalised girls (https://teamgirl.info/about.php). • Supporting the CGA Kenya team on the LEAP cash transfer programme for refugee and local girl learners (https://wusc.ca/how-cash-transfers-help-girls-continue-their-education-in-kenya/) in Kakuma and Kalobeyei camps. Show less

• Fellow

  • Nov 2018 - Nov 2019



Fuelling Relief

• Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Nov 2018

  Helped establish and manage a short-term, emergency response charity working to support over 10,000 refugees in Northern France by providing recycled fire-wood to facilitate independence and promote community. Responsibilities included: • Supporting the management and development of all charity operations in Northern France. • Coordinating operations with umbrella organisations. • Liaising with French-speaking local government, security services and partner organisations. • Acting as a charity representative at regional French-speaking meetings. • Coordinating between 10-20 volunteers daily. • Supporting the implementation of eventual project hand-over; included the creation of guides and manuals for follow-up teams. Show less



A Little Bit of Hope

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Communications Intern

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2016

  Intern responsibilities included: • Liaising with field teams to gather data and monitor project progress. • Keeping relevant partners informed through reports, blogs and monthly newsletters. • Managing the organisation’s online presence through social media platforms. • Taking minutes at quarterly meetings. Intern responsibilities included: • Liaising with field teams to gather data and monitor project progress. • Keeping relevant partners informed through reports, blogs and monthly newsletters. • Managing the organisation’s online presence through social media platforms. • Taking minutes at quarterly meetings.