Free Lance Consultant Resumes in Sri Lanka: Minari

Free Lance Consultant Resume

Contact Candidate

Name:

Minari

Location:

Sri Lanka

Experience:

5-10 yrs

Willing to Relocate:

Yes

Willing to Travel:

Yes

Most Recent Job Title:

Free Lance Consultant

Personal Website:

Objective:

To secure a job in an organization that strives to improve the status of women worldwide.

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ations: Sound verbal and written communications skills; experience includes writing grants, preparing public awareness material, and writing research studies and reports. Excellent public speaking and presentation skills. Strong Networking and relationship maintenance skills of various stakeholders including government, international donor agencies, non-governmental agencies and grassroots groups.

· Work Style: Professional and academic experience working both independently and in teams. Excellent mediation and problem solving skills. Highly organized, works well under pressure and with tight budgets.

· Technical Expertise: Computer proficiency: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Filemaker Pro, and Internet research and basic website maintenance. Strong design and artistic ability.

· Language skills: English and Sinhala.

EDUCATION

University College London, London, United Kingdom
Master of Arts in Human Rights, September 2004
Focus on Gender and Human Rights; dissertation on the “implications of reconceptualising the legal definition of torture to include domestic violence”. Courses in human rights and public policy, international peace and security, equality, justice and difference, human rights law and the concepts and philosophy of human rights.

Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Bachelor of Arts, May 1999
Focus on human rights, diplomacy, international affairs, and African and South Asian politics. Conducted specific research on chattel slavery in Sudan and Mauritania, and a study of separatist politics in Sri Lanka. Minor in Theatre Arts.

AWARDS

Chevening Scholarship 2003-2004
Awarded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government for academic achievement and demonstrated leadership abilities to pursue one year of academic study.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Oxfam GB, Colombo, Sri Lanka—March 2008 to present
Free Lance Consultant
Responsibilities: Documenting best practices in promoting gender equality in three Oxfam projects in Northern, Eastern and Southern Sri Lanka and designing, authoring and laying out three booklets on these findings. Thematic focus on displaced women, women survivors of gender based violence and women heads of households.

Sri Lanka Anti-Corruption Action Plan Coordinating Committee—November 2007 to March 2008
Free Lance Consultant
Responsibilities: Convened meetings of the Coordinating Committee and formed the bridge linking the work of the Sri Lanka Anti-Corruption Program and the work of the Coordinating Committee. Compiled a report on the work being done by civil society organizations to promote good governance. Managed all secretarial work of the Coordinating Committee. Established relationships and maintained existing relationships with international donor agencies, government agencies, local civil society organizations and grassroots organizations.

USAID/ARD Anti-Corruption Program (ACP), Colombo, Sri Lanka—March 2006 to November 2007
Consultative Council Coordinator
Responsibilities: Formulated ways of mobilizing civil society and expanded the scope of the ACP’s goals. Built a coalition of actors to strengthen the anti-corruption movement in Sri Lanka. Organized various workshops, conferences and the first ever Anti-Corruption Exposition in Sri Lanka. Identified commonalities between diverse initiatives and linked them in order to strengthen the network of organizations working to improve good governance in Sri Lanka. Raised nearly one million rupees in private sector contributions towards printing a children’s book on anti-corruption. Edited white papers and a children’s book on corruption and Maintained the ACP’s website and Blog.

Global Fund for Women, San Francisco, CA, USA—October 2004 to December 2005
Development Officer
Wrote grant proposals and reports and liaised with Institutional Donors to the Global Fund for Women in raising an annual budget of $12.3 million. Informally assisted the Asia Pacific Programs team in their grantmaking in Sri Lanka and in their emergency response in the aftermath of the December 2004 Tsunami.

International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka—August 1999 to December 2002
Researcher/ Project Coordinator
Managed donor funded projects dealing with a variety of topics. Coordinated ICES’s participation at many international conferences such as the World Conference Against Racism. Coordinated the work of independent researchers and consultants and assisted senior researchers in their work. Established and maintained relationships with vendors and service providers adhered to budgets, prepared reports and proposals.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Global Fund for Women—November 2006 to November 2009
Advisor to the Asia Pacific Programs Team (3 year honorary position)
Responsibilities: Review proposals and provide feedback on grassroots women’s rights organizations in Sri Lanka applying for grant funds from the Global Fund for Women.

House of Commons, London, United Kingdom---January 1998 to May 1998
Research Assistant to Oona King, Member of Parliament
Responsibilities: Conducted research, prepared briefs and notes for speeches made by Oona King on various subjects including women in development and the provision of housing for migrant communities in the UK.

International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo , Sri Lanka—May 1997 to August 1997
Research Assistant to United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Responsibilities: Compiled a report on cases of violence against women around the world focusing on violence perpetrated by the state and produced a working paper on global policy shortcomings.

REFEREES

Mr. David Smith
Former Chief of Party of the Sri Lanka Anti-Corruption Program
Current Chief of Party of ARD project on Local Government in Albania
Email: DvdbrSmith@aol.com

Ms. Cyrene Siriwardena
Attorney-at-Law and Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives
Member of the Coordinating Committee of the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan
Phone: 077 315 4321
Email: cyrene@sltnet.lk or cyrene@cpalanka.org

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