About me
Ambitious and dynamic professional pursuing a career in International Development. Having completed a master’s degree in Violence, Conflict and Development, I possess advanced knowledge of contemporary approaches to global development and humanitarian crises. In my role as Assistant Director for an education and development charity, I’ve acquired vital experience managing project programmes and implementing strategies to support the organisation to fulfil its objectives. A natural communicator, I can forge and develop effective partnerships with key stakeholders across the public and private sector to complete project tasks. I further possess the commercial acumen to optimise business operations, manage marketing campaigns and increase revenue to ensure the success of a company. A hardworking and intelligent individual, I am currently looking for a rewarding role to build a successful career.
Areas of interest and research: Education, conflict and peace building, migration and refugees, and economic development.
Work history
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Employment AdvisorReed in Partnership
Sheffield, United KingdomFull Time
The main purpose of the role is to support unemployed jobseekers (our participants) with finding and sustaining employment,engaging with employers and making local communities aware of the benefits of our services.
Day-to-day responsibilities include meeting with job seekers, identifying any challenges and barriers with finding employment.
Booking jobseeker's onto relevant training courses including, customer service, security, hospitality, personal development, IT, literacy and many others.
supporting job seekers with CV building and the job application process.
Liaising with employers to identify any employment opportunities for job seekers.
Outreach work - promoting Reed in Partnership with the local community.
Experience of working in a performance,KPI,target driven environment.
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Assistant DirectorLearnAchieveBecome
United KingdomPart Time
• Secured lifetime unrestricted funding from George Cadbury Trust of £2000 bi-monthly since November 2017 (£10,000 to date)
• Collaborated with Madagascar Research & Conservation Institute (MRCI) to build disability centre in Nosy Be
• Secured partnership with CanopyLAB for online learning programme
• Providing strategic leadership driving the development and implementation of safeguarding policies and frameworks.
• Developed organisational governance structures in line with national and international requirements such as Charity Commission
• Project-Managed and assessed ESOL course targeted at under 21s, success of this can be measured by 57 students out of 63 receiving an English certificate and 2 students gaining employment in the tourism sector 2 months after course
• Facilitated and designed workshops for young people with disabilities to teach basic literacy skills, provide outdoor activities, develop social skills to make friendships.
• Facilitated and led evening sports workshops for young people in Nosy Be
• Established and sustained relationship with senior stakeholders such as senior government officials to build the first disability centre in Nosy Be, Madagascar
• Successfully crowdfunded £500 on social media in [2 months to achieve]
• Managing all fundraising and awareness raising campaigns online and offline
• Servicing the trustee board and providing timely updates on projects, operations and fundraising.
• Delegating and completing tasks related to fundraising, budgeting, social media marketing, accounts and annual reports
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Skills
- IT
- CRM
- Research Writing
- Academic Research
- Research
- Book Keeping
- Proposal Writing
- Qualitative Research
- Microsoft Office
- Customer Services
- Community Outreach
- Career Advice
- Career Coaching
Education
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MSc Violence, Conflict and Development (Merit)SOAS, University of London
- London, United Kingdom
Grade: Pass
● Relevant Modules: War to Peace Transition, Laws of Armed Conflict, Borders and Development, Political Economy of Violence and Development
● Thesis: Ethnic Conflict and Natural Resources: ‘An analysis of the interethnic relationship between the Banyarwanda and indigenous ethnic groups in the Kivus and natural resources as a cause of the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo’. Dr Zoe Marriage
● Spoke on a panel for French documentary film (Makala) with Director Emmanuel Gras that won the Nespresso Grand Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
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Philosophy, Politics and Law LLBSwansea University
- Swansea, United Kingdom
● Relevant Modules: Politics and International Development, Visions of Democracy, Contemporary Security, Human rights and Social Justice
● BA Dissertation: Natural Resources and Conflict: Case Study of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Botswana
● Amnesty International society
● Swansea University Mooter Bar Society