Business development, management and organizational capacity specialist proficient in writing, editing, and managing proposals ranging from $500,000 - $350 million, including senior management of operations and staffing. Served as project management strategist on non-profit development projects ranging across community development, gender, education, OVC and health. More than 20 years of experience in non-profit project implementation, business development, proposal management, community mapping, donor and key stakeholder engagement, financial oversight and operational sustainability planning. Seasoned civil sector advocate and innovator in change management, profiling, marketing, networking and private sector engagement, including writing reports, desktop research, mentoring, capture efforts and fund development. Service delivery specialist with experience in collaborative design of information and organizational operational architecture. Experienced public speaker accustomed to working with project teams, volunteers and board members.

KEY SKILL AREAS:

Developing M&E tools, MEL Systems, Risk Management and Quality Control, Mentorship and Tutoring. Project Development, Evaluation and Analysis. Budgeting & Annual Reports, Proposal Plans, grant writing: EU, PEPFAR, USAID, CDC, Global Fund, UN Women, DFID, UNICEF. Business Development. SETA accreditation, Community Outreach, Project Management, Public Speaking & Negotiations. Health, Education and Psychosocial implementer. Sales Force user, Share Point, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Power BI

Local Prime Capacity Building Experience: (NPI & J2S Development Strategy):

Bringing over 21 years of direct experience working with and strengthening the capacities of local organizations in the area of resource mobilizations, proposal management, lead writer, funding opportunity tracking and overall Organizational capacity support and development. Collaborated with several local, regional organizations to perform tasks related to market intelligence gathering reports, BD strategy plans, proposal manager lead roles, lead technical writer, TA support on USAID bids, strategic partnership advisor to LIPs, Support PDL and main monitor and support for USAID Technical and Cost Applications. Led the BD, proposal management (Tech & Cost applications), graphic support and lead writer efforts for Prime Locals in Kenya (USAID RMNCH - $60 million), Mozambique (USAID CORAGEM -$6 million), Tanzania (USAID LILED -$18 million), Zimbabwe (USAID Care & Treatment $70 million and DREAMS $ 70 million), including Mozambique (USAID PASSOS & COVIDA ~ $50 million each), Zimbabwe (CDC HIV/Care & Treatment-$250 million) and Malawi Tlll (USAID Food Security- $25 million). Led diverse, global proposal teams, creating consortiums, drafting of all supporting docs (TAs, NDAs, SOW, etc.), facilitated technical design sessions and provide expert validation to all BD processes. Created a solid reputation in understanding, interpreting, managing and sensitively engaging with local organizations, under the NPI Strategy and J2SR (Localization efforts) guidelines to become Prime ready for USAID and International bids.