Leslie Sligh

Experience

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  BOMB Magazine

  Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

  Editorial Intern

  •Supported project to digitally archive 31 years of content for established quarterly arts publication; uploaded, coded, formatted, and edited online content•Assessed short fiction submissions to determine short-list candidates for publication•Assisted with marketing projects and outreach; represented BOMB at events around NYC

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  Atrium Staffing

  Jun 2012 - Mar 2015

  Associate

  •Covered temporary positions at offices throughout NYC, most significantly the Entertainment Industry Foundation (see above).•Refined organization and self-management skills, developed adaptability in varied environments•Established reputation within Atrium as an exceptionally competent, reliable associate

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  Entertainment Industry Foundation

  Oct 2013 - Apr 2015

  Business Development Consultant

  •Provided 8 months support over the course of a year and a half, as needed•Created and compiled donor/collaborator reports and presentation materials •Performed research and created reports on potential donors and campaign ambassadors•Provided administrative support, managed personal schedules and department logistics•Provided logistical support for large fundraising events including: Stand Up 2 Cancer telecast, Revlon Run/Walk for women’s cancers, and Ken Burn’s documentary premiere, Cancer: Emperor of All Maladies Show less

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  Women In Need, Inc. (Win)

  Dec 2013 - May 2014

  Research Assistant

  •Worked directly with VP of Research for nonprofit that provides housing and services for women and families experiencing homelessness •Gathered data through in-person interviews with shelter residents and phone interviews with past clients• Compiled, organized, and visually rendered data•Collaborated on reports and prepared power point visuals for donor presentations

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  Peace Corps

  Aug 2015 - Oct 2017

  Educator and Gender Specialist

  • Taught full course load of English and art classes at low-resource school in rural village• Chair for gender equality and leadership youth camp in Windhoek, Namibia attended by 44 students from all 14 regions - Managed program development, organized logistics, and acted as point-person for country-wide communications - Led 14 Peace Corps and 6 Namibian facilitators; designed and facilitated pre-camp teacher training - Co-crafted camp budget, funded USD$10k grant and secured USD$4k in community contributions• Gender working group co-chair; co-developed and co-edited 227-page after-school club programming addressing gender equality and leadership for corps-wide distribution in Namibia; incorporated built-in Monitoring & Evaluation tools for easy data collection and reporting• Independently drafted 10-page needs-assessment report upon arriving at site• Monitored projects and submitted semi-annual reports to Peace Corps Headquarters Show less

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  The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

  Program Assistant

  •Managed coordination of pre-clinical medical courses and 4th-year clinical course; supported more than 20 medical and clinical faculty and 500 medical students•Supervised team of 4 administrative support members•Liaised closely with course directors and effectively managed-up to problem solve and organize moving parts

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  The World Bank

  May 2020 - Aug 2020

  Impact Evaluation STC, Africa Gender Innovation Lab

  • Researched, designed, and funded SEL-based intervention designed to mitigate anticipated increase in risky sexual behavior due to Covid-19 in Côte d’Ivoire•Supported impact evaluation for youth development program implemented by the IRC in Côte d’Ivoire• Used Stata to inform program design choices (conducted power calculations to generate sample sizes; explored previous cohort data) • Translated baseline questionnaire from French to English for IRB approval; conducted 60% of work tasks and communications in French Show less

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  United States Institute of Peace

  Sept 2020 - Aug 2021

  Research Assistant—Learning, Evaluation, and Research Team

  • Developed and authored a case study on the institute-wide uptake of a gender analysis framework • Assisted the LER Team with tracking impact across USIP efforts to better understand alignment with the Institute’s strategic plan• Co-developed and supported the piloting of policy activity tracking tools to create a user-friendly process for collecting information that yields high quality data

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  Energy Peace Partners

  Oct 2020 - May 2021

  Strategy Consultant

  • Conducted research assessing opportunities to facilitate renewable energy transitions in large-scale humanitarian operations in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo• Mapped the humanitarian-energy space in South Sudan and DRC by 1) developing an interactive Tableau map that located humanitarian operators by cluster and 2) creating energy profiles for each target country that outlined inhibiting and enabling factors for Peace Renewable Energy Credits (P-REC) application to humanitarian energy projects that would support surrounding communities• Conducted 10 expert interviews and used insights generated from these conversations to inform three strategic recommendations to support solar mini-grid development in UN humanitarian operations Show less

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  United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

  Feb 2023 - now

  Decarbonising Humanitarian Energy Secretariat Officer

  Working with the Decarbonising Humanitarian Energy (DHE) Multi Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) and the Global Platform for Action (GPA) on Sustainable Energy Access in Displacement Settings in partnership with NORCAP and UNDP to develop and pilot a Centralised Clean Energy Service that aims to address structural challenges that have led to piecemeal clean energy projects in humanitarian operations to-date, support a global transition from diesel-powered to sustainable energy in humanitarian settings, engage the private sector in emerging energy markets, and facilitate sustainable energy access for displaced communities. Show less