Humanitarian diplomacy, donor engagement and programme development from a country-office vantage point.

• Represent Dorcas with UN agencies, INGO and national coordination forums, local NGOs, donors and government counterparts.
• Secured and maintain participation in the HCT Localization Strategy Task Force and sub-national solutions mechanisms.
• Co-author multi-sector proposals and logframes across health, protection, FSL, nutrition and education.
• Coordinate national and sub-national representation and strengthen reporting consistency across the cluster system.

Field-facing strategy

Coordination support across a humanitarian alliance of Dutch NGOs and 18 country-level Joint Responses.

• Drafted guidance and calls on direct funding, co-leadership, risk sharing and capacity strengthening.
• Supported working groups on localisation, innovation and fundraising.
• Co-designed a multi-country learning session for 110+ participants across 18 Joint Responses.
• Combined qualitative and quantitative analysis to examine how the HDP nexus moves from design into practice.

Alliance coordination

Programme support close to communities in vulnerable neighbourhoods of Santo Domingo.

• Supported programme design, proposal writing and institutional communication.
• Worked on community outreach, field coordination and volunteer supervision.

Community practice

Represented athletes in the governance of a national federation with 80,000+ licences.

• Served in the delegated commission and governing board.
• Brought the perspective of a national-team athlete, record holder and national champion to institutional decisions.

Representation & governance