PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• MY OBJECTIVES:

  • Job opportunities
  • Consulting assignments
  • Recruiting experts
  • Track projects & tenders
  • Identify partners
  • Professional networking

• EDUCATION:

  • Sustainable Development, Master's Degree, University of London, SOAS , United Kingdom , February 2008 - December 2008
  • Architectural Design, Master's Degree, University of Idaho , United States , March 2002 - October 2004
  • ImpEx Management, Bachelor's Degree, Fachhochschule Vorarlberg , Austria , September 1982 - October 1984

• PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

  • European Evaluation Society
  • ECOHB European + Global Network of Organisations for Environmentally-Conscious and Healthy Building

Experience Summary

• Skills, Background, and Experience:

  Expertise in financial grants management, project cycle management and institutional capacity development. Experienced in working with such international and humanitarian aid Donor Agencies as WB, ADB, CIDA, DFID, DEC, German BMZ/AA, USAID/OFDA, EC/ECHO, SDC and AusAID. Skilled in development strategy team management, livelihood assessments, Household Livelihood and Food Security, local governance, water/sanitation/public health. Award-winning manager adept at all aspects of grant proposals, management and monitoring.

• Areas of Expertise:

  Agriculture, Anthropology/Sociology, Construction, Democracy & Governance, Education, Engineering, Environment & Natural Resources, Finance/Accounting, Human Resources, Infrastructure, Institutional Development, Micro & Small Enterprise, Private Sector Development, Project Management, Relief/Post-Conflict/Post-Disaster, Scientific Research, Technology, Trade, Training, Urban & Regional Development, Administrative, Agribusiness/Agribusiness Development, Architecture/Design, Associations, Business/NGO Consulting, Capacity Building, Civil, Construction - Other, Curriculum Development, Democracy & Governance - Other, Energy, Engineering - Other, Environment & Natural Resources - Other, Environmental Impact Appraisal, Field Research, Financial Planning, Food Aid, General Contractor, Geographic Information System (GIS), Grant Management/Matching, Industrial, Infrastructure - Other, Local Governance, Micro & Small Enterprise - Other, Natural Resource Management, On-Site Training, Performance Measurement/Monitoring/Evalu, Project Design, Project Management - Other, Re-engineering/Change Management, Recruiting, Relief Planning/Administration, Relief/Post-Conflict/Post-Disaster - Oth, Rural Development, Senior Management, Small Business Development, Structural, Tourism, Trade Promotion & Facilitation, Trade Promotion (Import/Export), Train-the-Trainer, Vocational Training, Water/Irrigation, Water/Waste-Water, Central Asia, East Asia & Pacific, North Africa & Middle East, South Asia, Southern Africa, Western Europe, Austria, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe

• Responsibilities:

  • Run a company, NGO, or a major department
  • Manage projects in the field
  • Conduct research
  • Provide technical advice on projects
  • Write proposals/grant requests
  • Pursue new business
  • Recruit candidates

• Opportunities I Might Consider:

  • Long-term consulting assignment

Employment Summary

• March 2008 - February 2009 Country Representative, Swiss Red Cross
  The Swiss Red Cross (SRC) sponsored programmes in Bangladesh deliver water and sanitation (WatSan), public health, primary health care, HIV/ Aids treatment (trough CAAP Confidential Approach to Aids Prevention – first full VCT and Treatment Day Clinic in Bangladesh) as well as support and disaster preparedness and response services for people living in absolute poverty. This is achieved by utilizing the capacity built within the communities, the local government (Union Parishad UP), Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) and the private sector.
• May 2006 - February 2008 Country Director, Oxfam GB
  • Management of Tajikistan Country Programme with over 70 staff and an annual operating budget of ₤ 2.5 Million BP. • Developed a long-term vision / National Change Strategy 2007 to 2012 with country analysis and action planning to achieve significant impact on own programme unit/region and Oxfam’s ability to change policy and practice in the external world. • Introduced the Organic Agriculture Concept in Tajikistan and successfully sourced funding for an Organic Agriculture and BioCotton integrated Household Livelihood Security programme as first NGO in Tajikistan through a 3 years pilot programme including certification, labeling and marketing. • Piloting the Participatory Marketing Management Approach in Oxfam’s Household Livelihood Security programme’s and in organic agriculture • Conducting a comprehensive Household Livelihood Security and Poverty Assessment in the Kathlon Province covering 15 district and analyzing more than 15.000 questionnaires (in collaboration with TANGO International) • Initiated and was lead in three research studies one on Climate Change and one Participatory Marketing and one on Rural Migration and its impact on livelihood development in Tajikistan.
• October 2005 - May 2006 African Programme Manager, Care International Germany
  Based in the Southern African Regional Management Unit, Johannesburg Team Member of Care’s international Programme Strategy team and the Southern African Household Livelihood and Food Security response team. • As CARE ID program manager Africa (CPOA) I focused on CARE programs in countries, where CARE ID had or has actual or potential project responsibilities (Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia). The main purpose was the support to relief, rehabilitation and development projects of CARE ID in the region, in planning, acquisition, monitoring and reporting. • Responded to the ongoing food insecurity in the Southern and Western African region, development of Food security proposals (including rehabilitation of small dams, trip irrigation, treadle pumps and home gardens) and submission to ECHO and EC for Lesotho, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi with a volume of € 7,5 Mio • Developed Emergency WatSan projects, including budgeting, development of M&E plan, Training on ECHO project implementation, successfully submission of proposal to ECHO in Kenya, Somalia, Malawi and Zimbabwe and Mozambique with a approved volume of over € 4,5 Mio. • Developed EC ACP Water facilities concept papers and full proposals for submission to the EC for Mozambique, Ethiopia and Zambia with a volume of € 15 Mio (3 projects x5) • Conceptualized the than awarded Project after full proposal Development for the EC CfP for poverty related disease’s for Zambia with a proposed volume of € 5, 4 Mio. • Project and full proposal Development for global Call NGO Co-financing, 2 Household Livelihood Security proposals with a volume of € 3 Mio.
• March 2003 - August 2006 Country Adviser, World Vision International
  Country Advisor Jordan, Acting Representative for Iraq (12/2004 - 8/2005) • Responsible for World Visions Emergency programming, representation, policy, programs, finance, personnel Iraq response remote programme coordination involving local Iraq partners EC Coordinator Amman, Jordan (9/2004-8/2005) Promoted to assignment to coordinate ECHO/EC funding to World Vision offices in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. • Oversee budgeted programs including EC / ECHO, Food Security, NGO/Co-financing, Partnership for Peace and environmental budgets. • Provide support to field offices with particular attention on Lebanon and Palestine. • Build and maintain cordial relationships with ECHO and European Union delegations and other institutional partners. Program Manager, Zimbabwe (2003–2004) • Assigned responsibility to direct water/sanitation projects with CIDA, USAID/OFDA, ECHO and AusAID grants. • Manage over $7.5 MM (U.S.) in appropriations, largest single implementation programme in World Vision Zimbabwe. • Oversaw diverse water and sanitation programs in 28 districts including the construction of over 150 new water points, rehabilitation of over 1350 water points and establishment of 1350 water user committees. • Implementing joint programmes in WatSan and Household Livelihood Security (Conservation Agric and Local Traders) • Recipient of “Man of Excellence” 2003 for outstanding performance WV Zimbabwe.

• Current status:

  looking for a job

• Upcoming assignment:

  No information

• Employment status:

  Employed on a short-term contract

• Career Level:

  Executive-level

• Citizenships and Permanent Residences:

  1. Austria

• Total Years of Experience:

  30 years

• Languages:

  1. English
  2. German
  3. Portuguese
  4. Spanish