Experience

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  Georgian foundation for strategic and international studies (gfsis)

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  Research intern
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  European student think tank

  Oct 2013 - Aug 2016

  Editor and contributor
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  Ministry of foreign affairs, netherlands

  Jun 2015 - Nov 2015

  Intern

  Multilateral Organisations and Human Rights Department

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  Afghanaid

  Dec 2016 - Aug 2021

  Managed a complex large scale women’s empowerment project implemented across multiple provinces of Afghanistan which uses an innovative and multi-faceted approach to leverage the transformative impact of women’s economic empowerment in the household and community in order to improve women’s access to other aspects in their lives, contributing to poverty reduction and gender equality.• Developed a holistic implementation approach ensuring the quality, impact, and sustainability of the implemented program and guaranteeing implementation was in line with organizational policies and procedures, as well as donor agreements and regulations.• Financial management of a £4.9 million budget that includes a 25% co-funding portion provided by 5+ different donors, including FCDO, NORAD, and IADC. • Recruiting, managing, mentoring, and coaching a team of 35 mostly female staff across three provinces of Afghanistan• Managing the relationship with and intervention of partner organization AEPO. • Stakeholder management, including coordination, representation, and networking.• Providing high quality and timely project reports to donors and other stakeholders. • Setting up and managing monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems for the program.• Supporting program development and resource mobilization for co-funding projects and other planned Afghanaid interventions. The project received an ‘A’ score by its donor for each year of its implementation. Show less

  • Project Manager Women's Economic Empowerment

    Apr 2018 - Aug 2021

  • Programme and Communications Officer

    Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Communications Coordinator

    Dec 2016 - Sept 2017
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  Cordaid

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2022

  Technical advisor and programme manager private sector development

  • Providing technical advice to Cordaid’s projects within the private sector development thematic area in Afghanistan, including involvement in redesigning and restarting these projects following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. • Acting Project Manager of a four-year (2020 – 2023) private sector development project (October 2021 - March 2022) implemented in consortium with NRC in Herat and Kandahar, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to grow and develop so as to create jobs for displaced youth. • Responsible for developing and reviewing concept notes and proposals for new projects within this thematic area. Show less

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  Afghanaid

  Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

  Consortium and project manager inclusive livelihoods

  Leading a consortium consisting of Welthungerhilfe, Concern Worldwide, Humanity & Inclusion and Afghanaid to implement an €8M inclusive livelihoods project funded by INTPA. The project aims to enhance the food security of vulnerable Afghan communities through strengthening and increasing community-based employment, income-generating opportunities, and opportunities for micro and small businesses, particularly for women and people with disabilities, as well as enhancing food security through improved climate sustainable food production and processing capacity, and enhanced watershed and natural resource management. Show less

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  Danish refugee council / dansk flygtningehjælp

  Jan 2024 - now

  Economic recovery coordinator ukraine

  • Leading the strategy and development of DRC's Economic Recovery portfolio in Ukraine, including the development of a proposal for BHA worth USD10m focusing on improving agricultural production and market systems development. • Supporting the implementation of DRC's Economic Recovery programme across 8 oblasts through technical guidance, overseeing an expansion and transition of economic recovery programming from a focus on sectoral cash to more substantial and early recovery focused programming. Developed and rolled out a vulnerability score card for more transparent vulnerability prioritisation in targeting. • Chairing the monthly Livelihoods Technical Working Group meetings under the Food Security and Livelihoods cluster, leading and contributing to the development of technical guidance for working group members and involvement in rolling out deduplication tool for micro and small business grants. Show less