Experience

World Food Programme

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

• Regional Advisor, Country Capacity Strengthening

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Operationalize and tailor WFP's corporate strategy on country capacity strengthening to the West and Central Africa Region, and provide support to the 19 Country Offices under the Regional Bureau Dakar (RBD). Support to Country Offices covers the development of country capacity strengthening portfolio strategies; diagnostics of government and non-government actors' capacity and capacity needs assessment; and development and implementation of country capacity strengthening. The region provides a very interesting challenge for country capacity strengthening, as it takes place in countries with such diverse development and security stages, ranging from relatively stable lower middle income countries to fragile and conflict-ridden states. I borrow heavily from approaches that focus on structured, bottom-up problem identification and an iterative approach to find solution. These include the Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA), Design Thinking, and Systems Approach.



United Nations Global Pulse - Pulse Lab Jakarta

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

• Senior Advisor, Performance and Strategy

  • Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

  Developed institutional strategic framework, set up and continuously improved business process, measured organizational impact, and facilitated internal learning. Transitioned Pulse Lab Jakarta from an "innovation lab" that focused on producing and showcasing prototypes to an "analytic partnership accelerator" that prioritized the adoption of innovations that leveraged Big Data, AI, and Service Design by government agencies and development partners.Part of the UN Global Pulse Network, Pulse Lab Jakarta was the first innovation lab of its kind in Asia. The Lab worked to harness the potential of Big Data and Service Design to improve public service, development work, and humanitarian effort. We set ourselves apart from other innovation labs by not focusing on churning out as many innovations and prototypes as possible, but instead strategizing and working closely with government counterparts and development partners to ensure that those innovations are truly adopted. By prioritizing quality (adoption and uptake) over quantity (number of prototypes and studies), we were able to better ensure that the potential of Big Data and Service Design in improving people's welfare could be fully realized.



Enveritas

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education Manager

  • Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

  Developed the organisation's grand strategy for its education work stream. Set up a data collection and analysis system for Cote d'Ivoire's education sector. Developed a school survey instrument and the survey's sampling frame. Built the organisation's in-house expertise in the education sector.Enveritas has a mission to lift all of the world's coffee and cocoa farmers out of poverty by helping them practice sustainable farming, generate high revenue, and provide quality education for their children.



Knowledge Sector Initiative

• Indonesia
• Strategic Management Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Nov 2018 - Mar 2019

  Facilitated the development of the organisation's 2018 annual report and 2019 annual work plan. Authored think pieces on international research collaboration and social inclusion in Indonesia's policy making processes. Facilitated the development of the organisation's 2018 annual report and 2019 annual work plan. Authored think pieces on international research collaboration and social inclusion in Indonesia's policy making processes.



UNICEF Indonesia

• Indonesia
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consultant

  • Aug 2018 - Oct 2018

  Authored a concept note on Indonesia's plan to introduce compulsory one-year pre-primary education. Authored a concept note on Indonesia's plan to introduce compulsory one-year pre-primary education.



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Short Term Consultant, Poverty Global Practice

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2018

  Analyst for the 2015 Myanmar Poverty and Living Conditions Survey and the 2017 Myanmar Living Conditions Survey. Co-authored "Myanmar Living Conditions Survey 2017: Key Indicators Report." Delivered descriptive statistics and STATA training for Myanmar's Centre for Statistics Organisation, Ministry of Planning and Finance. Analyst for the 2015 Myanmar Poverty and Living Conditions Survey and the 2017 Myanmar Living Conditions Survey. Co-authored "Myanmar Living Conditions Survey 2017: Key Indicators Report." Delivered descriptive statistics and STATA training for Myanmar's Centre for Statistics Organisation, Ministry of Planning and Finance.



CERP

• Pakistan
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  Analysed constraints faced by low-cost private schools in Pakistan in making investments to improve student learning outcomes. Data was from 1,800 schools under a randomised control trial (RCT), a self-developed survey on 75 schools, and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders. Analysed constraints faced by low-cost private schools in Pakistan in making investments to improve student learning outcomes. Data was from 1,800 schools under a randomised control trial (RCT), a self-developed survey on 75 schools, and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders.



Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Program Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Jul 2014

  Lead designer for DFAT Australian Aid Program's investment in Indonesia's tertiary education sector. Lead designer for DFAT Australian Aid Program's investment in Indonesia's tertiary education sector.



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Analyst, Education Unit

  • Apr 2008 - Dec 2011

  Managed and monitored the BERMUTU Program in Indonesia, one of the largest teacher reform programs in the world.

• Short Term Consultant, Education Unit

  • Aug 2006 - Mar 2008

  Lead interpreter and program manager.