Project and business manager with excellent experience - Dan
Daniel Charles is a Project and Business Manager with excellent experience looking for employment in London
Full name: Daniel Charles
Skills:
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & SKILLS
Demonstrable senior project management capabilities
Project management (design, monitoring, implementation, budget, reporting)
Financial management (auditing, control, reporting variance)
Organisational/Institutional Development (organisational design, culture change, leadership)
Human resource management (HR legal policies, JD design, recruitment, development, training, disciplinary process and procedures).
Risk management (tools, assessment, analysis, review and evaluation)
Professional Disaster Management Programme Management accredited by Leadership Development Institute, London, UK
Professional Management Accounting accredited by MANGO, Oxford, UK.
Project Cycle Management, Results-based Management (CIDA), Monitoring & Evaluation, Reporting (USAID)
Business & Marketing Analyst (PADR, KAP, Capacities Vulnerabilities Assessment)
Security Management (Assessment, Threat, Vulnerabilities, Capacities, Mapping)
Multi-donor relations and reporting (CIDA, USAID, DEC, CFGB, Tearfund)
Partner management, change management, organisational partnership assessment.
International Red Cross relief standards (RRCC, SPHERE, HAP-I)
Demonstrable superior sales and customer relationship management
Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Computing skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook, XML, etc.)
Media - Photography and Web design
Team / Individual coaching skills
Emergency First Aid (American Red Cross)
PADI Advanced Scuba Diver (1996 present)
Work Experience:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER, INDONESIA (August 2006 July 2008)
TEARFUND (London, UK)
Managed Country programme office to implement tsunami recovery strategy in Indonesia.
Managed £4.6 million programme budget to ensure good financial risk management and spending targets are met.
Ensured programme delivered within agreed timeframe and budget. Coordinated all reporting to major UK donor (Disaster Emergencies Committee) over 2 consecutive years including preparing proposals, financial variance expenditure reports, and narrative reports.
Designed and managed multi-sector programmes from assessment to completion
Managed reconstruction projects in emergency relief (food, water, temporary shelter, trauma counselling) and reconstruction projects (Housing, Water & Sanitation, Livelihoods, Health Education, Nutrition) to high quality standard including seismic resistance to reduce risk of recurring disaster.
Managed multiple private sector building contractors to ensure successful timely delivery of housing construction on budget.
Designed and managed project monitoring and evaluation schedule.
Senior coordinator and team leader of 70+ staff with ethnically diverse workplace. Responsible for staff recruitment, appraisals, and developing personal development plans.
Managed external consultants, auditors, and translations, and external resource persons to ensure a well managed programme implementation.
Active member and leader of inter-agency coordination, collaboration of programme activities and events, especially to UN Office Relief and Coordination, Govt of Indonesia Coordination Office (BRR).
PROJECT MANAGER
National AIDS Prevention Programme, Ethiopia (February 2005 July 2006)
Managed programme design and implementation of AIDS Project funded by USAID, TEARFUND and CFGB donors.
Ensured project delivery within agreed timeframe and budget.
Managed 12 program staff and over 700 trained volunteers across 7 geographical zones in Ethiopia.
Recruited and trained competent staff to deliver project outputs.
Managed project monthly project budget, reporting, and review against targets.
Conducted staff training in project management.
Designed and coordinated community level project assessments.
Ensured project input delivery according to set schedule.
Design and implemented a monitoring, evaluation, and reporting system.
Ensured project complied with Government of Ethiopia policies and regulations.
Networked with other agencies to exchange knowledge, policies, and information.
Prepared regular presentations to donors to demonstrate project success and delivery documenting lessons learnt.
ASSISTANT PROGRAM COORDINATOR & MARKETING ENTERPRISE SPECIALIST
Agriculture Marketing Diversification Project, Bangladesh (September 2003 February 2005)
Co-led project implementation including budget control, human resource management, customer relations, donor liaison, financial and narrative reporting.
Lead strategic project planning for 3 year Livelihood Diversification and On-farm Research (2004-2007) programme in conjunction with PARE staff.
Evaluation Taskforce Coordinator on 5 year Program Evaluation responsible to donor bilateral government funding from CIDA and DFID.
Assistant coordinator for flood and emergency relief, Donor liaison, Proposal preparation, monitoring delivery and achievement.
Networked with local NGOs, government agriculture research institutions, and international institutions such as FAO for project needs.
Conducted economic assessments of on-farm technologies with recommendations for extension and further research development.
Carried out economic impact assessment of previous cash for work projects.
Designed and trained PARE staff in disaster preparedness and mitigation and project design, logical framework, and donor proposal development.
BUSINESS CONSULTANT
Various Private Sector Companies, Canada (May 2003-Aug 2003)
Conducted market analysis for potential business seeking to invest.
Design economic development strategy for City of Thompson to develop tourism potential, cold weather automobile testing, and logistical inter-modal transport linkages throughout North America.
Prepared market analysis for private sector businesses.
BUSINESS PROJECT OFFICER
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada (August 2001 April 2002)
Developed advocacy tool to promote Business Corporate Social Responsibility by providing practical business tools and best practice in line with ISO9000 and ISO14000.
Co-coordinated a youth project to help inspire, inform, and involve youth in Information Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives to help poor people receive better to technology.
Prepared business case studies and developed private sector marketing strategy to secure funding.
Prepared news reports capturing best practice in the Global Mining Industry reporting to the World Business Counsel for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
TRADE POLICY ANALYST
Canadian Food Grains Bank, Canada (April July 2001)
Conducted trade market research to identify emerging potential markets for Canadian markets.
Collaborate with Government of Canada Department of Foreign Investment and Trade sharing market knowledge, product development, and potential trade interests for Canada.
Prepared trade analysis and briefings for Canadian Agricultural Exports/Trade, World Trade Organisation Agreements on Agriculture, and studies on the Canadian Wheat Board.
Contributor to publish a book Managing the Invisible Hand: Markets, Farmers, and International Trade.
Developed user friendly project database
Prepared annual donor reports to CIDA
INTERN PROJECT OFFICER
Catholic Relief Services, Pakistan (July 1999 Jan 2000)
Contributed to design of national Micro Finance programme in Pakistan
Designed and coordinated Micro Finance training for CRS partners.
Assisted with emergency relief design and implementation of European Food Assistance to 200,000 malnourished people.
UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
University of Winnipeg, Canada (Various contracts, April 2000 April 2001)
Assisted Business Professor research Corporate Social Responsibility ISO 9000 and Environmental ISO 14000 and its implications on International Business.
Education:
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
BA in Economics and International Development (Honors), 1996 2001
BA in Business Administration, 1996 2001
1st Place Scholarship International Development Studies program
Valedictorian for Class of 2001
International School of Islamabad, Pakistan
American accredited High School Diploma 1996
Team Captain and Most Valuable Player (MVP) award 1995 & 1996 (Volleyball, Basketball, Rugby, and Swimming)
Member of concert music band, and theatre club
E-mail: danieljcharles@gmail.com
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