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Public health and humanitarian sector professional with strong strategic skills and consistent delivery of business results. Demonstrated success in managing projects and teams in multicultural and cross-functional environments. Sound strategical and leadership skills. Master of advanced studies in Humanitarian Action. |
 Contact Kasia Daghigh
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Area of Expertise: |
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Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
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Professional Experience: |
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland (2004-2016)
Program Officer, Grant Management Division (2012 - 2016)
• Coordinated grant negotiations and implementation of 7 multi-million-dollar HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis grants in Niger and Senegal (multiple missions per year);
• Reviewed and analyzed grant performance (KPIs), financial (budgets, contracts), and contextual information (assessments); prepared briefings and mission reports;
• Built and managed relationships with in-country stakeholders including senior staff in ministries of health, donors, UN partners to ensure the effective and efficient use of resources in order to support people living with HIV/AIDS, pregnant women and children under 5, vulnerable groups by applying the gender approach;
• Maintained internal information data portal related to reporting, budgeting and cost management processes and provided on-going technical support and training to internal stakeholders;
Program Officer, Local Fund Agent Coordination Team (2012-assignment of 7 months)
• Collaborated with colleagues across the Global Fund Secretariat, LFA headquarters and external entities to create solutions and resolve issues at the country and headquarter level in accordance with the LFA mandate;
• Maintained the LFA Portal, ensuring effective LFA budgeting and cost management processes and providing on-going technical support to the LFAs and internal stakeholders;
• Worked on the issuance, monitoring, revision, and closure of the LFA purchase orders.
Executive Assistant to the Executive Director (2010 - 2012)
• Acted as focal point for internal and external contacts of the ED of a 13 billion US$ public-private international organization with over 500 employees, using the appropriate level of knowledge and diplomacy;
• Screened, analyzed and assessed priority of material, identified confidential and sensitive correspondence requiring specific treatment before presenting it to the ED, on a daily basis;
• Supervised the workload and task distribution among administrative staff members in the Office of the ED;
• Undertook survey initiatives; designed data collection tools; reviewed, analyzed and interpreted responses, identified problems/issues and prepared conclusions for ED and his advisers.
Training Coordinator, Human Resources Department (2008- 2010)
• Organized and conducted technical training for staff members;
• Managed and facilitated the onboarding induction program for new employees;
• Participated in developing training tools, training portals and managed the training registration IT portal.
Senior Associate, Board and Donor Relations Department (2004 –2008)
• Managed the administrative and logistical aspects of multiple Board Meetings and Partnerships Fora;
• Analysed and researched information on donors and prepared substantive briefings;
• Monitored team budget and served as the focal point for funded Board Members a
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Education: |
• Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Action (MAS) at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Thesis: “Challenges of family planning program implementation in humanitarian settings. Case study Yemen"
• Certificate of advanced studies (CAS): “Designing Strategies & Projects in Humanitarian Action” (Jan 2016-Jun 2016), Geneva, Switzerland
• Certificate of advanced studies (CAS): “Health in Emergencies” (Sep 2016-Dec 2016), Geneva, Switzerland
• Federal College in the Social and Services Sector (1990-1994), Innsbruck, Austria
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