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Millennium Partners ConsultingActivity Manager - USAID Global Accountability Program
Mar. 2024 - Dec. 2025United StatesOne of the key leaders in a $28.5 million, five-year USAID-funded project aimed at enhancing partner country systems and capacity to counter malign influence of foreign states and disrupt transnational corruption. Led the co-design of the "Disabling the Enablers and Activating the Gatekeepers" initiative, a $3M global anti-corruption project. Managed the Short-Term Technical Assistance (STTA) Fund ($3M), including leading significant sub-Activities in Albania, Hungary, Palau, and Senegal. Contributed to the development of internal procedures and policies, led staff meetings, managed and coordinated multiple staff members, and onboarded and trained consultants to ensure project alignment and execution excellence.
MANAUSSenior Consultant
Jun. 2017 - Jan. 2024In 2023, executed on projects generating $332,000. Doubled the revenue from repeat business, generating $142,000 in revenue from clients managed projects of in 2022. Over six years, led/ performed research and evaluations for clients. This included: • IDB: Performed 15 evaluations over three years, utilizing IDB evaluation methodology to assess the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of IDB group projects across Latin America. Evaluated over US$500 million in IDB group spending across 15 projects, 12 Latin American nations, and in three languages.
• United Nations Foundation: Led and performed the academic research for a piece on worker wellbeing and health. The 25 page research project had over 250 citations to academic documents and was written for a conference submission on behalf of a leading academic, who provided comments and edits. • Economist Impact: Sexual Violence Against Children: Provided legal expertise on the laws surrounding sexual violence against children in six African and Cariibbean countries
• Levis Strauss Foundation: Worker Well-being research. Led the research over two years examining the evidence of how production systems impact workers. • Verite FFACT project on Trafficking: Led the midline and end-line evaluation of a project focused on improving knowledge and use of data collection methods for debt bondage.
Self-EmployedConsultant | Trafficking in Persons & Justice Sector Capacity Building
Mar. 2015 - Jan. 2024London, United KingdomProviding technical advice and capacity building. Clients include UNDP, the American Bar Association, International Development Law Organization, and U.S. Department of State among others. Highlights include: · IDLO, Liberia (July 2020-Present) Consultant, Trafficking in Persons:
- Standard Operating Procedures for Law Enforcement Referral Mechanisms. I worked with the Government of Liberia to develop and support the implementation of reporting, monitoring and tracking protocols and procedures for cases of trafficking in persons. · IDLO, Liberia (July 2020-Present) Consultant, Trafficking in Persons:
- Development of Bench Book for Court Officers. I worked with the Judicial Institute of Liberia to develop a Bench Book covering Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Developed a Bench Book with six chapters covering a wide range of topics;
Performed a detailed 3-hour presentation of the Bench Book to the Judiciary and key stakeholders.
Bench Book highlighted by U.S. Department of State as an example of best practice. · UNDP, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Dec 2016- April 2017) Consultant. I worked with the Judicial and Legal Training Institute and Supreme Court of Sierra Leone to perform/ produce:
A rapid needs assessment of judicial training needs. Using both qualitative and quantitative tools (surveys, KIIs, and focus groups) conducted 63 interviews, surveying over 50% of the nation's judiciary, and a significant proportion of civil society. Used that data to determine the skills, and resource gaps to be addressed in the short, medium, and long-term; Developed in-service and induction judicial curriculum;
Developed a curriculum for prosecutors, judiciary, and magistrates;
Performed Training of Trainers (ToT) for the judiciary, prosecutors, and 24 civil society members. All training has since been successfully rolled out nationwide. Publicly thanked by both the Chief Justice, Judicial and Legal Training Institute, and Senior Judiciary.
Palladium: Make It PossibleAssociate Consultant | Growth and Livelihoods | International Development (DFID, EU, UN)
Aug. 2014 - Mar. 2015London, United KingdomDeveloped proposals for large UK Gov (DFID) projects, focusing on justice, rule of law and social development. Ensured both bids and projects complied with DFID standards, including M&E requirements. Worked with project teams and senior government officials to implement DFID projects in Tanzania and Afghanistan
• Supported the design, proposal and project management of a £6 million Parliamentary reform project. Inputs included project design, staffing, and M&E design. • Supported the design and management of a £25 million agricultural development project in rural Afghanistan, promoting crop diversity and sustainable development. Inputs included assisting in project design, proposal, staffing and M&E design.
DataMotivateCo-Founder
Mar. 2014 - Mar. 2015London/PhilippinesCo-founder of an organisation offering survivors of trafficking economic freedom, and "at risk" individuals an opportunity to break the cycle before it begins. DataMotivate (DM) is a social enterprise that provides high quality outsourcing, and simultaneously provides employment, training and education to survivors of trafficking. A field with high market value, outsourcing is a skill set that break the cycle of abuse and gives survivors the financial independence to build a successful life, escaping the vulnerability they once had.
KPMGAssociate
Jan. 2013 - Mar. 2014London, United KingdomAssociate Consultant - International Development Assistance Services • Writing proposals for development projects from the UK government and European Union worth a total of £40 million. These projects work at all sectoral levels; from the governmental level through to grass roots organizations in order to alleviate poverty, protect the vulnerable, create good governance, bring infrastructure development and provide robust monitoring and evaluation. • Projects bid for include (among others):
o Parliamentary Reform in Zambia Eur 3.2 million
o Led the European Union proposal for a government technical assistance project in South Africa- £3 million. o Sierra Leone - Creating Public Private Partnerships- £2 million.
International Justice MissionLegal Fellow- Trafficking in Persons
Sep. 2011 - Dec. 2012South East AsiaThe role was two fold; firstly to enhance the capacity of local partners (Police, Prosecutors, Judges), and secondly to support the litigation of cases of trafficking for sexual exploitation in Cebu City, Philippines. • As part of a team of lawyers prosecuted over 60 cases of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, setting a field office record for successful convictions in one year; • Developed training with the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA). Creating curricula in partnership with Supreme Court Judges on victim sensitivity, protections of children in court, and human trafficking;
• Performed training for specialist units of the Philippine National Police (PNP), creating presentation slides and handout materials. Created handbook for Police detailing procedure for initial arrest, including guidance on suspected cases of human trafficking. Information included guidance on, Miranda rights, human rights, and a checklist for evidence collection; • Worked with government officials, being described as “friendly and sincere.”
HelpAge InternationalProgram Officer
Nov. 2010 - Jul. 2011SudanResponsible for managing a complex project in El Geneina Darfur, where I led a needs assessment of 12,000 older people spread across 16 camps in El Genenia, Darfur. This was eventually halted due to the Arab spring. Wrote a 52,000 word thesis on international law relating to older people as IDP’s and refugees accepted for publishing. Advised on strategy for data collection in the 14 IDP camps at El Geneina, Darfur.
United NationsIntern - Trafficking in Persons
May. 2009 - Aug. 2009Turin Area, ItalyProject manager for United Nations Inter-regional Crime and Justice Research Institute. Worked under department head, focused on human trafficking.
Researched human trafficking and international law for a UN publication, including publishing two articles; and writing multiple speeches for the director and head of unit.
Coordinated conferences on national migration and trafficking legislation, including with senior Italian Police and army officers
Coordinated the human rights training of two groups of senior government officials from Egypt
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