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Project & Program Manager with 10+ years in NGO and Community Development
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Competencies
Applied in delivering development projects, including planning, execution, and financial oversight.
Supported local initiatives through training, motivation, and partnership with community leaders.
Organized and managed volunteer trips, ensuring smooth logistics and fulfilling project goals.
Handled budgeting, financial reporting, and resource mobilization across multiple roles and projects.
Facilitated youth leadership workshops and supervised teams during field interventions.
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Summary
Professional with extensive experience managing development projects, volunteer initiatives, and community programs in the Dominican Republic, with demonstrated skills in project design, financial oversight, and team leadership.
Key Achievements
- Led multiple development projects in the Dominican Republic, ensuring alignment with donor contracts and project objectives.
- Designed and implemented volunteer service trips, managing logistics, budgets, and participant coordination across several organizations.
- Successfully managed budgets and financial reporting for diverse initiatives, including social programs and construction projects.
Experience
Project Manager
Ensure that the project is executed according to the specifications contained in the donor contract., Act as an intermediary for all communications with the beneficiaries of the project and with the local coordinator for the social and economic empowerment of adolescents and young people in Barahona, management of the Barahona Programs Unit and resource mobilization., Accompany program and resource mobilization management in all meetings with the donor., Responsible for supplying all the documents and information that may be required under the contract, in particular with regard to descriptive and financial reports in the format indicated by the donor and with the pre-established level of detail, requests for payment to the selected supplier, information about beneficiaries or others., Identify and recommend to the donor, in coordination with the local coordinator, the pertinent modifications in the work plan, logical framework and budget to ensure the timely delivery of all the commitments established in the contract. Such modifications must not substantially alter either the objectives or the expected results., Prepare the final report of the project attaching publications, press releases and pertinent updates (logical framework, work plan, budget), photographs, testimonials from beneficiaries., Inform the local coordinator for social and economic empowerment of adolescents and young people in Barahona, and the resource mobilization coordination about any event that may affect the timely execution of the work plan in coordination with the management of the Programs Unit Barahona and San Juan., Inform the management of the Programs and Influence Unit of any change in the legal, financial, technical or organizational situation of the selected provider to accompany the implementation of the project's work plan., Responsible for providing all the support and documents indicated in the donor's contract at the time the project is audited., Full responsibility for financial management and ensuring that the project is implemented in accordance with the donor contract and schedule.
Program Manager
Design and implementation of development projects., Planning and execution of volunteer service trips., Budgeting., Recording, and reporting of finances, and general administrative and financial., Respond to group organizers and participants prior to trips about trip activities and projects., Support local community development initiatives and project implementation, management and evaluation., Motivate, train and accompany community partners in the planning and implementation of community development initiatives.
Country Director
Design and implementation of development projects., Planning and execution of volunteer service trips., Budgeting., Recording, and reporting of finances, and general administrative and financial., Legal responsibility for our operations in the Dominican Republic as required., Plan North American cross-cultural service learning groups throughout the year., Clean and prep work sites for volunteers., Manage budgets and funds for such groups., Manage project preparation (such as delivery of materials, water, food) for such groups., Respond to group organizers and participants prior to trips about trip activities and projects., Support local community development initiatives and project implementation, management and evaluation., Motivate, train and accompany community partners in the planning and implementation of community development initiatives., Report to NY staff and volunteer contacts during and after volunteer trips., Report to volunteers and others on project development and completion.
International Volunteer Coordinator
Using projects and workshops as tools towards sustainable development in rural communities., Hosting service-learning delegations from abroad in cultural exchange within the communities.
Coordinator Municipal
Interventions field in 3 provinces of Dominican Republic in population and housing census 2011., Follow-organized groups of interviewers in work zones., Manage budgets and funds for the census., Training in leadership, teamwork, youth group structure, technical facilitation, group dynamics, motivational dynamics., Report to Fundasep and Dominican Government on census development.
Technical Assistant
Write legal reports., Archivist.
Manager Central Store
Receive the materials required in the construction of a dam., Keep a stock of the most important materials., Supporting, monitoring and facilitating all work areas with materials supplement., Reporting to Brazil on stock in store.
Sales Manager
Purchase and sale of hardware items., Keep a stock of the most important materials.
Coordinator training young leaders
Intervention Field in several communities., Monitoring of Youth Groups., Co facilitation training workshops for youth leadership., Preparation of report.