Dec 2014 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Lead on strategy development and delivery of AIF's programmes across health, education, livelihoods, gender equality and leadership development verticals across India;
• Represent for advocacy, fundraising and alliance building with the state and central governments, private sector and multilateral organizations, both in India and in the US;
• Supervise, coach and mentor a team of 250 full-time staff and consultants across India; directly supervise 10 Directors and chair the India Leadership Team;
• Mobilise resources and manage a INR 42-crore (USD 6 million) and growing operations for programme delivery and its monitoring and evaluation;
• Manage and grow a portfolio of more than 100 funded partnerships spanning across corporate sector, HNIs, institutional donors, the UN, state and central governments and civil society actors.

Apr 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Provide strategic leadership to Oxfam’s Euro 40 million programme in OPT/I, with 95 staff from more than 15 nationalities, 3 offices and four legal regimes (West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Israel).
• Steer Oxfam’s transformative programming on economic justice, gender justice, essential service, rights in crisis and active citizenship and its monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• Provide oversight for over 50 partnerships with NGOs, think tanks, research institutes, universities, media, civil society, youth groups and women’s organizations; foster and manage relationships with key donors.
• Take the lead in representing Oxfam and OPT/I country programme within the country, the region and globally. Provide strategic leadership to Oxfam’s global ’influencing’ work on OPT by building relevant multi-stakeholder, multi-sector partnerships, alliances and networks nationally, regionally and globally.
• As an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Association of International Development Agencies (www.aidajerusalem.org), coordinate with other agencies to influence relevant government authorities and the international community (donors, diplomats, UN, INGOs) based on Oxfam’s advocacy strategy.
• Chair Oxfam’s Country Leadership Team (CLT) consisting of five Oxfam affiliates (Oxfam GB, Oxfam Novib, Oxfam Italy, Oxfam Quebec and Oxfam Belgium) to ensure delivery of OPT/I Country Strategy, Country Operating Model and Annual Operational Plans.
• Direct performance management of 9 staff leading programme development, knowledge management, policy and media, HR, fundraising, finance, IT, logistics, staff security and health and safety functions.

Nov 2010 – Apr 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Provided strategic leadership to Oxfam’s work on food justice, land rights, resilience, climate change, protection and assistance and aid effectiveness in Russia, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Yemen, Lebanon, Egypt, OPT/I and Morocco.
• As a senior manager in the regional management team, contributed to the overall regional management and representation of Oxfam in the region, including deputizing for the Regional Director as required.
• Performance managed a highly diverse 8-member multi-functional and multi-cultural regional campaigns and programme policy team and the Head of the Cairo advocacy hub; coached and mentored around 25 policy, campaigns and media staff based in the region.
• Provided strategic technical support to 10 country programmes (including Russia, Yemen, OPTI and Tajikistan) in the region on developing Country Analysis and Strategy. Member of Oxfam’s Programme Governance Group for Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
• Influenced decision-makers and media at the country, regional and global level; networked with regional and global actors to pursue Oxfam’s regional priorities for advocacy & communications work.

Mar 2009 – Oct 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Led Oxfam’s programme development and public policy development and promoting programme quality (gender equality, partnership, accountability and MEL) across the Middle East, Eastern Europe an CIS region.
• Provided technical support to 10 country programmes on livelihoods, food security, agriculture, land rights, social protection, social enterprises, and Adaptation & Risk Reduction. Ensured that linkages are made in programme design between outcomes and learning derived from our programme practice, and policy objectives, strategies, targets and messaging.
• Provided strategic drive, developed content, ensured quality control and undertook complex multi-stakeholder relationship management for the Project Sunrise – Oxfam-Unilever joint initiative on rural development.
• Led a multi-functional team to conduct strategic review of the Oxfam’s Malawi programme on invitation of the Malawi team.
• Managed and resourced Oxfam’s research and publications in the region on sustainable rural livelihoods, agriculture and gender issues.
• Ensured development and implementation of regional advocacy and campaigns strategies, and monitoring and evaluation of their impact; development of capacity for advocacy and campaigns action in country programme teams.

Sep 2008 – Feb 2009 · 5 mos

• Provided knowledge/thought leadership to Oxfam on the issue of labour rights, specifically women's waged work and labour rights in agriculture;
• Based on the findings of 5 pieces of research in the Philippines, Chile, India, Bangladesh and Ethiopia, developed programme policy/guidance note to build capacity of affiliate staff globally to effectively incorporate women's waged work in Oxfam’s programme and policy work on sustainable rural livelihoods;
• Coordinated the global Oxfam International Labour Rights Team (OILRT) consisting of 12 Oxfam affiliates and its inputs toward development of the OI Economic Justice strategy by providing research, analysis, intelligence and new thinking highlighting issues related to women waged workers;
• Provided effective policy and program support to national-level initiatives globally; built effective participation and enhanced capacity of affiliates, regions and countries;
• Initiated and led OILRT’s strategic cross-program, cross-affiliate learning initiative on women migrant agricultural workers for programme and policy staff in countries, regions and affiliates;
• Coordinated Strategic Review of OILRT for developing strategic direction of the team and related external and internal communication around it.

Dec 2004 – Aug 2008 · 3 yrs 8 mos

• Led Oxfam’s work on Right to a Sustainable Livelihood in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and CIS region
• Conceptualized, developed and managed a multi-country (Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Lebanon) multi-stakeholder programme on ‘Euro-Mediterranean partnership’
• Managed and delivered Oxfam’s research, advocacy, campaigns and programme work on Euro-Mediterranean partnership - successfully influenced European Commission’s Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) by direct lobbying, advocacy and networking with external allies;
• Commissioned pieces of research and based on the findings, authored Oxfam International Briefing Note, “Euromed: Ensuring a Fair Deal”.
• Conceptualized and project managed regional partnership on capacity building and cross-country learning of partners, allies and staff working on Economic Justice;
• Provided technical advisory support to country programmes in Tajikistan, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Albania, Yemen, Lebanon, OPT/I and Morocco to develop, fund-raise and implement livelihoods programmes, including policy and advocacy strategies, by proactively undertaking programme reviews/evaluations and strategic planning, by helping country teams to interpret corporate priorities and global trends and, by helping to identify desired policy and practice changes with specific institutions at local, regional, and global levels;

May 2002 – Nov 2004 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Led on the theme of sustainable livelihoods; contributed to the national livelihood strategy as a member of the National Working Group on livelihoods.
• Designed, developed and managed a multi-state, multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder Euro 1.2 million sustainable livelihood programme. The programme went on to become one of Oxfam’s flagship programmes on ‘power in markets’ globally;
• Designed, developed and managed programme on ‘labour rights of women workers in readymade garment sector’, which contributed to Oxfam’s global Make Trade Fair campaign ; researched and authored two case studies on women workers in RMG sector, which were included in Oxfam’s global report on ‘Trading Away Our Rights’;
• Collaborated with state government departments in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra, international donors, local, national and multi-national private sector, media and community based organizations to develop Oxfam’s South India strategy;
• Built and managed a cohesive team of 8 partners organisations, 2 programme associates, 2 programme fellows (including a Journalist for influencing through media) and researchers to ensure effective delivery of programme objectives;
• Recruited and managed staff, budget and programme delivery during the Andhra Cyclone Response during January-February 2004;
• Trained more than 50 Oxfam staff across 5 locations in India programme leading to successful roll-out of Oxfam Programme Accountability and Learning platform;
• Contributed to implementation of ‘Global Rewards’ in the capacity of a key elected member of Staff Association’s Executive Committee representing more than 80 staff.

Sep 2001 – May 2002 · 8 mos · Jammu & Kashmir

• Worked at the State Projects Department (SPD), which undertakes effective policymaking, credit support & related services, institutional development and other initiatives for developing rural/agriculture infrastructure. Managed around 35 projects to the tune of Rs. 150 crores (GBP 20 million approx) financed under Government of India’s Rural Infrastructure Development Fund.