Canada
My career evolution has been one of life's greatest rewards. I've successfully pivoted my career across the public, not-for-profit, consulting and academic sectors in Canada and overseas. I now look forward to this exciting next chapter and new achievements in the start up sector. I've joined ParadigmForge.AI an Ottawa based tech start up focused on developing Regulatory Intelligence and Decision Support solutions. I am free-lancing as the company's Director of Outreach. As an experienced adult educator, workshop facilitator, project manager and public speaker with cross Canada and international work and life experience, I will now leverage these skills and experiences in a tech start-up ecosystem.
As Senior Program Officer on the Outbound Mobility program team, I assist with the design, implementation and assessment of the program's Call for Proposals (CFP) process. I help negotiate, prepare and manage partnerships contribution agreements for Canadian college partners successful in the CFP process. I support the CICan communications team and contractors with media roll-out and branding priorities for the new program and prepare inputs to Annual Report and Annual Work Plans are required by the program donor Employment and Social Development Canada). Support the Manager, Student Mobility programs with liaison/engagement with Universities Canada (the program's co-delivery partner) and ESDC (the donor). I am an active member of CICan's Diversity and Inclusion Committee and of course the Social, Health and Wellness Committee.
The Education for Employment (EFE) Andean project is an $18.5 M initiative funded by Global Affairs Canada which facilitates the participation of Canadian Colleges and Institutes in institutional cooperation agreements with TVET partners in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. Working closely with the Manager of Operations, I was responsible for the coordination and communication of program requirements (work planning, reporting on results, logistics liaison with Global Affairs Canada) across a wide range of stakeholders including 19 college partnerships in coordination with three field offices and CICan headquarters. Since September 26th, 2016 I have been working as a project officer supporting project and field staff on the EFE projects in Kenya, Tanzania and the Caribbean region (12 countries) I also work on the design, implementation and coordination of project activities including research, as well as guidance, support and training for member institutions.