March 2019 - Present

Monitoring, evaluation, learning, and change programme for UK AID Yemen’s humanitarian portfolio.

Includes development of indicators and metrics and lead on a range of briefs, reviews, and evaluations.

October 2022 - Present

Monitoring, evaluation and learning programme for UK AID Syria’s humanitarian portfolio.

Includes assessment of MEAL systems and reviews on cross-cutting issues, e.g. gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Jan 2019 - Oct 2022

Monitoring & Evaluation of the Somalia Humanitarian Programme (MESH).

Includes a call centre, a full-time cadre of in-country monitors, and a suite of evaluation products, with all results displayed in ‘real time’ in on-line dashboards. (www.mesh-somalia.net)

MESH is cited as one of the most innovative UK AID programmes globally.

Oct 2021 - Aug 2022

Evaluation of UNICEF’s Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) approach in the Middle East and North Africa in relation to the COVID-19 response.

Included four country case studies (Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, & Yemen) and global data sets from social media to assess changes in attitudes and behaviours.

Report available here.

Jan - Jul 2022

Evaluation of Somalia Health and Nutrition Programme (SHINE), a four-year health programme to increase utilisation of essential services for women and children.

This was a highly diverse programme that included direct EPHS support combined with innovative approaches like Human Centered Design to increase utilisation.

Report available here.

Mar – Jun 2022

Strategy for Roma inclusion in Europe.

This included developing a theory of change, conducting a portfolio review, partner engagement survey, and facilitating a strategy workshop with stakeholders.

May – Jun 2022

Review of how UK Aid Yemen use value for money and financial management to increase programme performance while adjusting to global economic forces, e.g., volatile commodity prices, currency destabilisation, etc. Includes standard frameworks to use VFM for operational performance.

Feb – Apr 2022

Review of how UK Aid Yemen partners develop targeting strategies to reach the most vulnerable.

Includes recommendations on how to improve targeting to include vulnerable groups along with needs assessments.

Brief available here.

Apr 2021 – July 2021

Review of how UK Aid Yemen partners work towards gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) as a rights-based and effectiveness issue.

Includes ways GEWE informs design, delivery, and performance. Assessed how GEWE may be better integrated into peace process.

Brief available here.

Jul - Aug 2021

Advice and counsel on evaluation of UNRWA medium-term strategy 2016 - 2021, following-up on evaluation of previous medium term strategy.

Report available here.

Oct 2020 - Jan 2021

Evaluation of immunisation and health strengthening programme in Somalia.

Included a survey of hospitals, healthcare centres, and of community perceptions.

Report available here.

Jun – Sep 2020

Review of climate change and humanitarian action in Yemen.

Assessment of UK AID supported activities related to climate change adaptation and policies and frameworks applicable in complex humanitarian responses like Yemen.

Brief available here.

Nov 2018 – Jun 2019

Global evaluation of UN Women’s contribution to humanitarian action focused on the role it plays and how gender equality and women’s empowerment contributes to results.

Included field reports of Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, Jordan, and South Sudan.

Report available here.

Apr – Jun 2019

Rapid review of a demand creation programme for the health sector in Somalia, focused on women’s health.

Included human centred design (HCD) and other systems-based approaches for changing behaviours. Rapid review assessed progress and efficacy of HCD approach.

Report available here.

Oct 2018 – Apr 2019

Evaluation of the No Lost Generation (NLG) initiative, an advocacy and resource mobilisation initiative designed to bring attention to the needs of children affected by the Syria crisis.

Evaluation used innovative qualitative trend analysis tools to assess trends in how the NLG initiative influenced different stakeholders.

Report available here.

Jan 2017 – Mar 2019

Development of a global Refugee Response Index designed to assess country responses and with deep contextual analysis for different refugee influxes/country conditions.

Led by Dara (www.daraint.org).

Sep 2015 – Dec 2018

Impact evaluation of FAO, UNICEF, & WFP and NRC led NGO consortium resilience programme for UK AID’s 4-year Humanitarian Programme in Somalia.

Gauged longitudinal changes in resilience and how different combinations of interventions contribute to increased resilience. Included a sample of 2,600 households and paired counterfactuals.

Report available here.

Apr 2017 – Mar 2018

M&E Advisors for the assessment of UK AID’s Iraq partners’ monitoring and evaluation capacities in Iraq.

Included tools/strategies for rapid capacity development.

Oct 2017 – Feb 2018

Evaluation of the EU’s funding for projects related to vulnerable Lebanese and refugees from Syria as well as institutional capacity development for local and national authorities.

This was a follow-up evaluation to that from 2015, noted below.

Report available here.

Mar 2017 – Jan 2018

M&E Advisors/Quality Assurance for the assessment of UK AID’s Syria partners’ monitoring and evaluation capacities.

Included independent review of all M&E assessments.

Apr 2017 – Dec 2017

Emergency Response Management for the third-party monitoring of UK AID’s £160 million commitment to a food security crisis in Somalia.

Included remote electronic data collection, third party monitoring (for health and nutrition), a 32-person call centre (for direct cash support), and on-line visualisations for optimising operational response and performance.

Mar – Oct 2017

WFP Global Partnership Survey, a requirement under WFP’s Corporate Results Framework.

Informed the revised WFP partnership strategy. Survey exceeded target sample and provided insights from over 800 WFP partners.

May 2016 – Oct 2016

Country Portfolio Evaluation, encompassing all WFP activities in Burundi as part of country strategy, 2011 – 2014.

Report available here.

Feb 2016 – Sep 2016

Strategic evaluation of UNRWA’s emergency Job Creation Programme in Gaza.

Included a range of public and private sector components.

Jan - Apr 2016

Evaluation of UK AID’s Internal Risk Facility, a mechanism designed to provide funding for early response to emergencies.

This was a new financing model to provide funding sooner than existing mechanisms.

Report available here.

Sep 2015 – Dec 2015

Evaluation of the EU’s €83 million of funding for 14 projects related to vulnerable Lebanese and refugees from Syria as well as institutional capacity development for local and national authorities.

Report available here.

Mar 2015 – Jun 2015

Evaluation of the Oslo Center’s Joint Kenya and Somalia Programmes that focuses on democratisation, human rights, institution building, and overall governance.

Evaluation used behavioural analysis tools and qualitative evidence to determine impact and long-term institutional change.

Feb - Mar 2015

Evaluation of UK Aid’s first multi-year humanitarian programme that incorporated direct emergency support with longer-term resilience building for vulnerable communities.

Report available here.

Sep 2014 – Mar 2015

Evaluation of OCHA’s Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia.

Advised team on methodologies on how to measure the results and impact of the CHF. Team leader for South Sudan CHF evaluation.

Report available here.

Apr 2014 – Jan 2015

Evaluation of UNHCR’s refugee response in Lebanon & Jordan.

First comprehensive external evaluation of UNHCR’s role in the response.

Report available here.

2011 - 2015

Advisor for IFAD’s Partnership & Resource Mobilisation Office.

Included strategies for public and private partnerships and internal resource management.

Dec 2013 - Apr 2014

Meta-evaluation of the quality, efficiency, and overall impact of Sida’s Framework Agreement for Evaluation & Advisory Services.

Included proprietary methodologies to evaluate the quality and impact of over 80 independent evaluations.

Report available here.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2016

Impact evaluation of an US$25 million EU funded emergency job creation programme for private sector in the Gaza Strip.

Focused on economic, social and business performance indicators.

Report available here.

Sep 2012 - Jan 2013

Evaluation of UNRWA’s Medium Term Strategy.

Focused on how the strategy guides planning and budgeting, decision-making, programme adaptations/improvements, resource mobilisation, amongst other strategic issues.

Report available here.

May - Jun 2012

Provided counsel for IOM’s strategy for migration flows in South Europe and North Africa.

Included Chiefs of Mission and IOM senior management who developed strategy.

Aug 2011 – Sep 2013

Evaluation of US$220 million annual UN Junior Professional Programme (AE/JPO/APO), a multi-donor talent management initiative.

Assessment focused on impact and stakeholder value.

Report available here.

Jun – Sep 2011

Evaluation of training programme for International Health Regulations set forth by the WHO in 2007.

May - Oct 2010

Development of a 5-year strategy.

Strategy repositioned organisation by focusing on core competencies and competitive advantages.

2006 - 2008

Provided counsel on developing mentorship programme for UNICEF, ensuring that best practices were used while addressing UNICEF’s complex needs.

Piloted for NETI programme.

Oct – Dec 2007

Evaluation of a US$23 million Nigeria-UNESCO initiative in Science and Technology Education for Primary and Secondary Schools and Colleges of Education.

Report available here.

Aug - Dec 2007

Designed and delivered a change management programme for FAO to align resources with new advisory strategy.

Aligned business processes, roles and behaviours with new strategy.

Mar – Jul 2007

Evaluation of a US$2.1 million change management programme for in UNESCO; recommendations aligned with MediuReport available here.m Term Strategic Plan.

Report available here.

Jul 2006 – Apr 2007

Performance expert. Designed a competency assessment and certification process for Protection Officers placed on United Nations pre-approved rosters.

Included simulation and action-based learning techniques.

Apr – Jun 2006

Evaluation of a US$2.5 million management and leadership development programme for Professionals and Directors in the ILO.

Aug – Oct 2006

Management review, recommendations, and affiliated design improvements for young professional recruitment programme for WFP.

Jun – Oct 2006

Management review and recommendations regarding WFP’s performance management system PACE; provided general counsel on recommendations’ implementation.

May – Jul 2005

Management review and design improvements for the inter-Agency Management Development Centre, a joint initiative between the UN agencies FAO, WFP & IFAD.