WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Manager | Administrative & Finance Officer | Train & Travel

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2019 – 2020

  • Recruiting and training a team of 9 people
  • Organizing meetings/events with project stakeholders
  • Managing administrative tasks (schedule planning, evaluation performance of staff, meeting preparation, filing documents)
  • Managing financial tasks (running payroll, handling petty cash, budget management, use of accounting software)
Social Impact Officer | Engineers Without Borders / LONO

Toronto, Canada/Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2018 - 2020

  • Developing qualitative/quantitative tools for social studies
  • Drafting reports on subjects related to waste management
  • Elaborating surveys for end-users of the company
  • Writing grant applications ($180,000 CAD of funds raised)
  • Participating in professional networking events
Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor | Canada World Youth

Dakar, Senegal
2017

  • Designing and monitoring and evaluation forms
  • Organising calendar activities for the youth center
  • Drafting a report on youth employability in Dakar
  • Facilitating workshops on employment and entrepreneurship
  • Participating in various recruitment activities including international volunteering fairs & university events in Canada.
International Affairs Research Assistant | Washington Media Group

Washington & New York, USA
2016

  • Conducting research on the American foreign policy in Africa
  • Planning events within the African diaspora community
  • Supporting meetings by logging meeting notes

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree in International Studies

University of Montreal, Canada
2018

Specialization in Development and International Cooperation
Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

University of Montreal
2015

Specialization in Qualitative and Quantitative Research Distinction : Dean’s Honor List, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Montreal, 2014-2015

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Participant

Stop au Chat Noir |Abidjan |(2018 - 2020)

  • Online counselling and art therapy for victims of sexual abuse
Volunteer

Word Social Forum, 12th edition Canada | Montreal | 2016

  • Visa application support for participants of the Forum
French Tutor

Centre communautaire de Loisir de Côte des Neiges, Montreal| 2016

  • Assistance for newcomers in learning french basic french skills