Yaikah Jeng-Joof

Senior bilingual (English, French) global health development professional with progressive strategic leadership roles and over 19 years of experience leading on organizational development and change, country operations management, including security and risk management, strategy development and operationalization, portfolio and programs management, program design, quality, and personnel/team management and backstopping USAID funded programs Demonstrated track record of strategy development, creative thinking, continuous learning and excellence in project, program and team management, technical assistance, donor engagement (USAID, AfD, KfW, KOICA, BMZ, EU, USDA, DOS), compliance, mentoring, coaching for results. Significant contextual experience in the West Africa region-Senegal, Guinea Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, Niger, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Madagascar, Haiti, USA. Substantial sector experiences in health (maternal, newborn and child health, health systems strengthening, SRHR, FP, community health), nutrition, education, Women's economic empowerment/women's justice, climate justice, WASH, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods/agriculture humanitarian/emergency response, to build resilience, improve health and wellbeing, alleviate poverty. Adept at networking at country, and regional levels, resource mobilization, advocacy and communications and boosting visibility of projects or country offices, as Country Director. Skillful at intra-organizational cross-fertilization/cross learning, capacity building, mentoring Experienced in establishing and sustaining partnerships/relationships with internal and external stakeholders, donors, local communities, policy leaders. Skilled in organizational restructuring/change management Have led or contributed to approximately $50million in resource mobilization with portfolio management of about $60million.