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Timothy Dean

Timothy Dean

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  • About me

    Humanitarian Business Development Specialist at ActionAid

  • Education

    • Northumbria University

      2014 - 2015
      Master’s Degree Disaster Management and Sustainable Development Distinction

      Activities and Societies: Disaster and Development Society - Co-founder and Events Coordinator Modules studied include: - Project Management- Physical and Mental Health- Research Methods- Themes in Sustainable Development- Disaster Risk Reduction and Response- Subject Exploration: Livestock Management during Disasters- MSc Dissertation: Have the Millennium Development Goals motivated change to improve the socio-economic lives of young Brazilians? A snapshot of life in Rio de Janeiro

    • Universitetet i Bergen (UiB)

      2012 - 2013
      ERASMUS Year Abroad European Studies 2.1

      Activities and Societies: Volunteer at a student union. I studied various topics such as Scandinavian Politics, Norwegian Culture and History, Norwegian Language, Sami Religion, Spanish, and Anthropology, Intervention & Development.

    • University of Essex

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor's Degree European Studies 2.1

      European Studies is an inter-disciplinary degree therefore I was able to choose all of my modules covering a range of different topics. I studied: European Politics, International Relations, Social Anthropology, History of World Economics, New Media and Contemporary Cultural Change, Interdisciplinary Research, Political Integration & the EU, Criminology and Languages (Spanish & Portuguese). I also wrote a first class dissertation titled "Why do Norwegians excel at English".

  • Experience

    • Det Akademiske Kvarter

      Sept 2010 - Jun 2011
      Shift Leader

    • British Red Cross

      Sept 2017 - May 2019
      Senior Support Assistant

      Senior Support Assistant at the London Refugee Services which supports asylum seekers and refugees with destitution support, family reunion travel assistance, counselling, and support accessing solicitors, health services, housing and other needs. My role focused on:- Financial management- Management of a pool of between 125-175 volunteer caseworkers, interpreters and admin staff which support the service- Administrative support to the team- Supporting client enquiries and sign-posting for support Show less

    • ActionAid

      May 2019 - Apr 2022

      Working in the International Humanitarian and Resilience Team my role covers:- Manage the Disaster Preparedness and Response Fund (DPRF) including federation-wide appeals and liaises directly with countries on grants, ensuring efficient management of funds and overall reporting for the federation.- Manages the AA federation’s global surge pool (EFAST) of approximately 70 staff as well as external consultant and delegation deployments. This entails providing leadership, guidance and support to EFAST members and other deployed staff and ensuring effective coordination and support from acrossthe federation with regards to emergency preparedness and humanitarian scale ups at times of crisis.- Coordinates and supports delegations, working groups and initiatives related to humanitarian systems, surge and processes, with focus on the accountability delegation, the security working group, health and wellbeing of humanitarian surge staff and the funding delegation.- When a large-scale emergency is declared, co-ordinate and facilitate an inception and programme planning workshop with the emergency response team in country, to outline the key ActionAid humanitarian systems and processes- Leads the strategic development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of technical support across a variety of humanitarian systems and surge themes for the ActionAid (AA) federation, including programmatic and operational preparedness, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian systems and surge functions. Show less Within the International Humanitarian Action and Resilience Team (IHART), I am coordinating the federation-wide humanitarian response planning process to Covid-19 across 40 countries. This involves but is not limited to:- Reporting on the federation's response activities- Monitoring the implementation of recommendations following programme evaluations- Managing the federation-wide Covid-19 appeal funds- Coordination support to countries including on safety and security, sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse (SHEA)- Organising deployments Show less

      • Humanitarian Information Officer

        Nov 2021 - Apr 2022

      • Humanitarian Systems & Surge Coordinator

        Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

      • Humanitarian Project Officer - Covid-19

        Oct 2020 - Apr 2021

      • IHART Team Administrator

        May 2019 - Nov 2020

    • ActionAid UK

      May 2022 - now

      November 2023 - January 2024: Deployed remotely to ActionAid Palestine to lead fundraising for the war on Gaza. Since then I have still been providing support. November & December 2022 deployed as interim Business Development & Communications Specialist with ActionAid Somaliland, based in Hargeisa.

      • Senior Business Development Specialist - Humanitarian

        May 2023 - now

      • Business Development Specialist - Humanitarian

        May 2022 - May 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Refugee Services Admin Assistant

      Issued by British Red Cross on Jun 2016
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    • Teacher

      Issued by University of Essex on Feb 2014
      University of EssexAssociated with Timothy Dean

    • Urban Environment Volunteer

      Issued by Iko Poran on Jun 2015
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    • Volunteer

      Issued by ELIM Hogares on Jun 2012
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    • Volunteer

      Issued by ELIM Hogares on Jun 2010
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