Gaziantep, Türkiye
Experienced humanitarian leader with a nine-year track record of successfully managing multi-sector programs with multi-million-dollar budgets. Proven ability to lead and mentor teams, develop compelling project proposals, and build strong partnerships in challenging emergency environments. Expertise includes coordination, needs assessments, analyses, reporting, risk management, area-based approach, and community engagement. Dedicated to humanitarian principles of accountability and inclusion.
Key responsibilities include: • Strategic Planning & Management: Develop strategic plans aligned with IHH’s mission and prepare annual work plans in collaboration with the International Relations department. • Grants & Donor Management: Draft, submit, and manage project proposals; ensure transparent communication and reporting to donors; manage full grant lifecycle from application to closure. • Coordination & Collaboration: Coordinate inter-sectoral activities; facilitate collaboration through regular meetings with specialists and field teams to monitor performance and assess needs. • Team Leadership: Identify team capacity-building needs, delegate responsibilities, and evaluate staff performance; provide motivational leadership during crisis. • Stakeholder Engagement: Represent IHH with stakeholders, including UN agencies, local authorities, and NGOs, as well as strengthen collaboration and visibility on national and international platforms. • Monitoring & Reporting: Monitor project progress and outcomes and ensure timely submission of technical and financial reports, besides regularly updating the International Relations department. • Risk & Compliance Oversight: Ensure compliance with local and international standards, proactively manage operational risks, and enforce safety protocols in the Damascus office.
Key responsibilities included: • Project Development and Reporting: Contributed to developing proposals, budgets, work plans, and risk plans, contributing new ideas throughout the process. • Project Management: Provided comprehensive technical, programmatic, logistical, and administrative support for project development and implementation. Established operational parameters for program success and developed project tools and assessments for implementation tracking. Successfully led projects funded by Denmark, ECHO, the Ukrainian Humanitarian Fund, UCRF, Chehz, FCDO, and Japan. • Budget Management & Expense Tracking: Contributed to tracking project budget expenses and commitments using the IOM PRSIM platform. Developed tools to compare budget expenditures with project achievements, enabling reporting on budget deviations. Managed a direct budget exceeding USD 4 million, supporting over 6,200 individuals across Ukraine. • Project Monitoring: Developed comprehensive implementation tools and trackers to monitor project quality and achievement. Collaborated with and mentored local partners to ensure successful project implementation and goal attainment, representing IOM throughout. • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborated closely with teams, partners, community leaders, and local authorities to develop effective community-level targeting strategies. Represented IOM in OCHA Cluster and Working Group meetings and with other UN agencies on shared interventions. • Systematization & Work Organization: Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Terms of Reference (ToRs) for assigned interventions. Collaborated with MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) to review tools and needs assessment reports. • Team Engagement & Capacity Building: Effectively managed and mentored a team of six, fostering collaboration and achieving project goals through daily coaching and weekly team meetings.
Key responsibilities included: • Strategic Planning: Collaborated with local and global FSL (Food Security and Livelihoods) cluster teams to develop cluster strategies, coordinating efforts with OCHA and ICCG members to achieve cluster goals. Developed strategic plans for three cluster technical working groups, contributed to one HNO report, and updated one HRP log frame. • Emergency Response & Contingency Planning: Led cluster response efforts in three northwest Syria emergencies resulting from military conflict. Spearheaded the largest emergency response following the 2023 earthquake, providing support to over one million people within six months, coordinating 30 partners across 20 projects with a USD 30 million budget. • Cluster Coordination: Led coordination among 100 cluster partners, fostering technical and operational collaboration and consensus-building. Represented the FSL cluster in meetings with OCHA and other clusters. Coordinated the partners caseload and warehouses to respond collectively with avoiding overlap. • Advocacy & Donor Engagement: Regularly engaged with donors, presenting FSL cluster needs and proposed solutions. Directly engaged OCHA, ECHO, BHA, and FCDO to ensure donor understanding of ongoing interventions. • Needs Assessment & Analysis: Led collaborative needs assessments with partners IMMAP and REACH, defining survey topics with Technical Working Groups. Oversaw the completion of over 20 assessments annually covering all FSL areas, and contributed to the OCHA multi-sectoral needs assessment for the HNO report. • Program Evaluation: Led the evaluation of FSL proposals submitted by partners to OCHA, working monthly with the cluster team to identify gaps and mobilize partner resources to address them. • Capacity Building: Led and contributed to over 15 workshops and trainings for cluster partners, building capacity and promoting the cluster vision.
Key responsibilities included: • Context Analysis: Contributed to conducting multi-sectoral needs assessments and collaborated with MEAL and partnership units to identify needs and present them to clusters and INGO partners. Participated in leading over six context analyses and needs assessments. • Project Design: Developed over 15 proposals, including budgets, work plans, procurement plans, and MEAL plans. Developed effective risk management strategies to mitigate potential threats and ensure project success. • Project Management: Led the implementation of 12 multi-sectorial projects with a combined budget of nearly USD 15 million, serving hundreds of thousands of people. Developed project management trackers and tools to monitor implementation quality. • Budget Management: Managed project expense tracking and prepared budget projections for accurate donor payment requests. • Program Policies & Compliance: Developed over 10 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to standardize work processes and ensure compliance with donor regulations. • Program Monitoring & Evaluation: Designed program quality monitoring tools for each project activity to enhance achievement and quality. Collaborated with the MEAL unit to develop baseline, midline, and endline tools for impact measurement and gap analysis. • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborated with FSL and ERL clusters to present activities and achievements, providing recommendations to enhance the area-based approach with other partners. Worked with supporting departments to improve collaboration and achieve project goals. • Change Management & Capacity Building: Provided comprehensive performance management oversight for a team of over 50, including eight direct reports. Delivered coaching and support and contributed to staff capacity development.
Key responsibilities included: • Project Design: Contributed to the development of over 30 proposals, including budgets and work plans; 20 of these were value chain proposals for livelihood interventions. • Project Management: Led the implementation of 25 projects with a total budget of approximately USD 20 million, benefiting approximately 300,000 people. Developed project management trackers and tools to ensure implementation quality. • Budget Management: Participated in budget control by tracking project expenses. • Program Monitoring & Evaluation: Collaborated with the MEAL unit to develop baseline, midline, and endline tools for impact measurement and gap analysis. • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborated closely with FSL and ERL clusters and their working groups to optimize implementation and minimize overlap. • Team Leadership: Provided guidance and support to a team of over 40 members to ensure timely and effective project results.
Key duties included: • Project Management: Managed six livelihood projects with a combined budget of approximately USD 5 million, under the guidance of a supporting line manager. • Reporting & Communication: Provided monthly reports to the cluster and regular/ad-hoc updates to program managers and donors, highlighting project progress, challenges, and achievements. • Work Planning & Implementation: Developed detailed work plans for projects to ensure effective daily implementation. Led daily coordination with field teams to maintain clear communication and facilitate smooth project execution. Provided weekly project updates to supervisors for interdepartmental coordination. • Compliance & Operations: Adhered to established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure donor compliance. Participated in warehouse and stock management for project materials.