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Program Management | Maternal and Child Health | Global Public Health
Issues |Strategic Planning and Implementation |Database Administration |
Staff Supervision and Development | Cross-functional Collaboration
Qualifications Profile
Highly analytical and results-driven professional with extensive experience
in global health programs planning and management. Equipped with excellent
communication skills necessary in cultivating positive relationships with
clients, stakeholders, staff, peers, and management. Expert in federal,
bilateral, and foundation grant rules, regulations and systems to ensure
program compliance. Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and Access), MS Project, SAS, and R statistical software.
Bilingual in English and Amharic. Due for Project Management Professional
(PMP) Certificate.
Work Experience
Africare Washington, DC (2012-Present)
Senior Health Technical Specialist 2015-Present
Directly supervise five Africa-based senior staff members, which include
officers-in-charge, country directors, and project leads across four
Southern African countries; and ensure all their in-country operations
adhere to organizational policies and standards.
Oversee a portfolio of 14 projects in 4 countries worth more than $25M,
conducting daily duties, periodic calls, and site visits to ensure project
performance is in accordance with allocated timeline, scope, and budget.
Ensure quality deliverables to donors by developing and utilizing detailed
implementation plans; M&E plans; determining financial and programmatic
risks; performing periodic performance and report reviews; and creating and
carrying out focused mitigation plans, including provision of technical
assistance.
Serve as point of contact at Headquarters for high profile MCH and other
projects by communicating routinely with stakeholders, such as partners and
donors to establish project goals, duties, and roles; report progress; and
realign plans, thereby promoting continued partnership. Donor groups
included: Merck for Mothers, the ELMA Foundation, the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation, UNICEF, Global Fund, USAID, CDC, and PEPFAR.
Render assistance during all stages of new business development process by
seeking organizational partnerships; developing capacity statements; and
leading the drafting and review of teaming agreements, technical proposals
and budgets.
Support the chief of programs and the director of health in a programmatic
and technical capacity towards critical and routine organizational decision-
making by conducting detailed analysis of portfolio.
Perform project startup and closeout activities to accomplish full cycle
management, such as orientation workshops for country project teams
regarding organizational procedures and policies, as well as project goals
and technical approaches, which led to the creation of detailed execution
and tracking plans for projects at the outset.
Contribute on the development, standardization, and utilization of multiple
systems and tools, which optimized compliance and monitoring of various
grants and sub-grantees, including reporting calendars, closeout calendars,
and checklists.
Health Technical Specialist 2012-2015
Functioned as the health programs technical backstop in Malawi, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, ensuring quality deliverables for
programs in various sectors including maternal and child health (MCH);
HIV/AIDS; Nutrition; and, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects,
which valued over $35M.
Assumed the role of lead specialist, in charge of supporting Africare-wide
orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) projects including the Pamoja Tuwalee
$17M USAID/PEPFAR funded Tanzania project through the following:
Writing and editing programmatic reports, briefs, proposals, and capacity
statements;
Development of OVC project proposals with sum value of over $100M; and
Assistance in cultivating partnerships, setting technical direction, and
drafting concepts and proposals in response to RFAs and unsolicited
opportunities.
Served as the HQ program manager for South Africa CDC/PEPFAR comprehensive
HIV/AIDS project ($20.1M) ensuring HQ-field efficient administration of HR,
finance, and procurement compliance issues.
Led the 2-phased design and implementation of a highly visible Zambia MNCH
project, involving social mobilization and self-sustaining maternity
waiting homes model development to improve access to skilled birth
attendance.
Successfully secured support of different private donors, including Gates
Foundations, ELMA, and Merck for Mothers, leading to the formation of a
strong alliance to increase adoption of maternity homes strategy in Zambia,
in collaboration with USAID's Saving Mothers Giving Life program, Zambia
MoH and other implementing partners.
Earned the first Africare 'Ubuntu' Spirit Award, in 2014, signifying peer
assessment of 'humanity to others' in the areas of trust, respect,
collaboration, or community within Africare.
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Research Assistant - Women's Health Unit, Part-time 2012
Fulfilled duties in the company's Health Navigation program by determining
women overdue for breast exam using the electronic medical database,
identifying and resolving barriers to seeking care for individual women,
and making arrangements for screening.
Maintained database with information on completion of mammography screening
and subsequent referral for care.
Whittier Street Health Center, Boston, MA
CenteringPregnancy Program Data Analysis Intern - OB-GYN Department, Part-
time 2011-2012
Extracted 5-year data from a Microsoft Access-based pregnancy registration
database at a Boston community health center.
Collaborated with case managers in updating missing data, and performed
data cleanup.
Analyzed data to set a baseline of care and outcomes in evaluating the new
antenatal care model - CenteringPregnancy .
Managed data upkeep for the new program, including antenatal care program,
clinical information, and participant and staff evaluation.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) Foundation,
Washington, DC
Services Coordinator 2009-2010
Provided essential communication and administrative support within the
company's five affiliate organizations.
Organized logistical support for different on- and off-site conferences and
advocacy events.
Supported fulfillment of public's literature requests on health and
nutrition topics.
Executed office service requests from staff by liaising with different
vendors.
Tracked, researched, and purchased supplies needed throughout organization
on a weekly basis.
Save the Children, Washington, DC
HIV and AIDS Program Management Intern Summer 2009
Prepared HIV and AIDS program materials to update the SharePoint internal
website.
Rendered assistance to the International Technical Management Team in
coordinating programs, which focused on maternal health, nutrition, child
health, and orphans and vulnerable children.
Provided proposal development support to technical staff.
Led the update of HIV and AIDS program capacity statements for the
organization.
Provided support in tracking and managing grant mapping and AIDS fund
Authorization datasheet.
Education and Credentials
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate, In Progress (Expected
Dec 2016)
Project Management Institute
Master of Public Health (MPH) in Maternal and Child Health, 2012
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Rising Star Award, May 2012
Relevant Coursework: Planning and Managing MCH programs in Developing
Countries; Program Monitoring and Evaluation; Qualitative Methods for
program Evaluation; International Health Consulting; and Poverty Health and
Development
Bachelor of Science, Double Major in Biology and Sociology, 2009
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Graduated magna cum laude honors | Excellence in Research and Scholarship
in Sociology, May 2009 | Dean's List, 2005-2009
Study Abroad: Medical Practice and Policy, Fall 2007
Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Copenhagen, Denmark
Professional Development Training
Practical Tools in Project Management (Towards PMP Certification): Sep 2016
Federal Rules and Regulations: Grants and Cooperative Agreements: Jun 2016
Fundamentals of Project Management: A Critical Approach (Towards PMP
Certification): Mar 2016
Proposal/Grant Writing, Grant Training Center: Oct 2012
Various Courses, USAID Global Health e-Learning: 2012-Current
Protecting Human Research Participants, NIH: Jan 2012
Peer Pre-conception Educator, US Office of Minority Health: Aug 2011
Professional Affiliations
Project Management Institute |Global Health Council | Society for
International Development | CORE-Group | Devex
Publications
Lori, J.R., Munro M.L., Ahmed Mdluli, E., Musonda G.K., Boyd, C.J. (2016).
Developing a community driven sustainable model of maternity waiting homes
for rural Zambia. Midwifery, 41, 89-95. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.08.005
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