Laurence Gaubert-Henry

Experience

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  Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgique

  Jun 1998 - Jun 2003

  - Ensuring medical teams have the necessary logistic’s support to accomplish their tasks (supply, health structures rehabilitation, access to water)- Coordinating the logistic’s intervention to respond to the basic needs of the population in distress: access to potable water, shelters, food and non-food items distribution, vaccination campaign, etc.

  • Field Coordinator

    Sept 2002 - Jun 2003

  • Logistics Coordinator

    Jun 1998 - Sept 2002
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  Médecins Sans Frontières Suisse / Ärzte ohne Grenzen Schweiz

  Jun 2004 - Jun 2014

  Head of Mission

  - Field-missions in Uganda, DR Congo, Cameroon, Honduras. - Till 300 collaborators and a maximal budget of 10M CHF per mission.- Working to meet projects’ goals and monitor crisis situation.- Performing needs’ assessment and collecting information in the communities.- Identifying and analyzing data, risks, assumptions and constraints, and adapting the operational strategies.- Leading and directing multidisciplinary teams- Ensuring that projects are completed according to the project scope, schedule, and budget.- Evaluating performance against performance measurement baseline to maintain the quality standards. - Reporting on projects’ performance, holding meetings and presenting achieved results to the Program Manager at HQ level.- Developing solid networks at medical, political, and academic levels. Show less

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  SERVICE INTEGRE D'ACCUEIL ET D'ORIENTATION SIAO

  Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

  Head of Service in the social sector

  Coordinating the regional system offering access to emergency housing for homeless people and families of migrants while leading a team of 15 collaborators.Developing the network with partners’ associations and the Departmental Directorate for the Social Cohesion to find solutions for the most vulnerable.In charge of the design, technical implementation and monitoring of the housing’s process at regional level (Gironde): emergency, orientation, integration, access to housing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Coordination de la plateforme téléphonique du 115 (dispositif destiné a répondre aux demandes d'hébergement d'urgence des personnes sans-abris et d'assurer leur orientation vers d'autres dispositifs en fonction des besoins) et du Service Intégré de l’Accueil et de l’Orientation (SIAO) ayant pour vocation de simplifier les démarches d’accès à l’hébergement et au logement, de traiter avec équité les demandes, de coordonner les différents acteurs de la veille sociale et de l’accès au logement, de contribuer à la mise en place d’observatoires locaux.FONCTIONS :◊ Gestion d’une équipe de 15 personnes (animation, élaboration de planning, conseils techniques, etc.)◊ Supervision et coordination technique des acteurs concourant au parcours des bénéficiaires◊ Animation (préparation, coordination, participation, compte-rendu, bilan, suivi) des commissions de veille sociale◊ Conception et développement d’outils en lien avec l’activité◊ Représentation du dispositif auprès des instances ayant compétence ◊ Evaluation de l’ensemble du dispositif et supervision de la veille sociale en lien avec l’observatoire. Show less

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  Médecins Sans Frontières Suisse / Ärzte ohne Grenzen Schweiz

  May 2016 - Sept 2020

  - Directing a team of 5 trainers and managing an initial budget of 150K CHF.- Developing an innovative partnership initiative to promote dialogue and exchange between the Congolese's authorities and MSF and thus agree on response strategies for emergencies. - Initiating and planning the project by creating the project charter, business case, stakeholders register, project management plans including scope, schedule, costs and risks management.- Designing a professional training named "Emergency school in DR Congo" in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and the University of Kinshasa to improve the response capacity to emergencies of frontline workers.- Delivering successfully the vocational training program.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chargée de concevoir un nouveau modèle de partenariat avec les autorités congolaises capable de promouvoir le dialogue et les échanges afin de s'accorder sur les stratégies de réponse aux urgences en RD Congo.- Développer un curriculum de formation professionnelle, appelé l'"Ecole des Urgences en RD Congo", en étroit partenariat avec le Ministère de la Santé Publique et la Faculté de Médecine de Kinshasa afin d'améliorer la capacité de réponse aux urgences des travailleurs de première ligne en RD Congo. Show less - In charge of a portfolio of 6 countries: RD Congo, Cameroon, Niger, Burkina Faso, Greece, Colombia, >500 collaborators, >50M CHF budget- Ensuring that the projects’ selected support the strategic goal of the NGO.- Guiding and supporting field-based Heads of Programmes’ efforts and teams - Performing data analysis, conducting performance reviews to fulfill requirements and ensure qualitative interventions with measurable impact. - Planning and managing communication, developing advocacy strategies.- Analyzing and writing activity reports, presenting funding proposals to key donors: DDC, ROLEX, IKEA… etc. Show less

  • Senior Project Program Manager

    Jan 2020 - Sept 2020

  • Deputy Program Manager

    Dec 2016 - Dec 2019

  • Operations Support Officer

    May 2016 - Dec 2016
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  Terre des hommes

  Feb 2022 - now

  Emergency Response Service Manager