Maximilian Ullrich

Founder, Chairman, Advisor Make Me Smile International, Make Me Smile Kenya

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

About

Experience from working in Development Cooperation for more than 10 years at Make Me Smile International and Make Me Smile Kenya. Areas of expertise include project development- and implementation, fundraising, proposal writing, project dissemination, presenting and reporting to donor organizations, M&E, finance, controlling and general coordination of International Projects. Additionally working as a Project Coordinator at FICE Austria, managing several EU projects in the field of child and youth care, focusing on quality standards, care leavers and unaccompanied minors. Since April 2018: Project Coordinator of “Leaving Care - An Integrated Approach to Capacity Building of Professionals and Young People”, co-financed by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme of the European Union. The project aims to train care professionals in how to apply a child rights-based approach in their work with young people leaving care and works to strengthen support networks for young care leavers Responsible for the implementation of the two-year program in Austria, including project management, general coordination with Stakeholders, Trainers, Trainees, Care Leavers, M&E, Finance, reporting to the Project Applicant, providing Deliverables to the European Commission, Advocacy, developing national policy recommendations etc..

Experience

  • Make Me Smile International (16 yrs 5 mos)
    • Founder, Chairman, Advisor
      Dec 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

    • Founder, Chairperson, Managing Director
      Mar 2010 - Feb 2023 · 13 yrs

  • Founder, Chairperson, Coordinator International Cooperation and Fundraising at Make Me Smile Kenya
    Mar 2009 - Present · 17 yrs 5 mos

  • Project Coordinator, Member of the Board at FICE Austria
    Apr 2018 - Feb 2023 · 4 yrs 11 mos