At my job interview, the ARC regional director mused that if I could fare well as a production manager of a circus, then I should be able to manage a medical supply project in Bosnia.
PROJECT MANAGER, USAID/OFDA MEDICAL SUPPLY PROJECT, CENTRAL BOSNIA, March 1996–August 1997
Project Description
- Program covered two entire cantons (Middle Bosnia and Zenica-Doboj) as well as towns in an additional four cantons, with total coverage of over one-third of BH territory and residents
- Direct beneficiaries numbered over one million person-treatments
- Total project budget: $1.3 million
Responsibilities as Project Manager
- Made administrative, logistics and financial decisions related to project
- Scheduled and supervised project activities: Needs assessments; procurement, delivery and distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies and equipment; monitoring of delivery sites
- Supervised project staff
- Coordinated activities within ARC and with partner organizations and Bosnian health institutions
- Fulfilled documentation and reporting obligations
HEAD OF OFFICE, ZENICA FIELD OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN REFUGEE COMMITTEE, December 1996–August 1997
Zenica Field Office Activities
- Field office staff of between eight and twelve persons
- Field office monthly expenditures averaged $20,000
- Two major projects in reconstruction and health sectors with a combined budget of $2 million
- Numerous small projects (under six months, under $15,000 each)
- Projects covered six cantons, about a third of BH territory
Responsibilities as Head of Office
- General internal and inter-office coordination and management
- Made administrative, logistics and security decisions related to field office
- Financial management of field office and granted projects
- Acted as liaison with local and international authorities, ensured legal compliance
- Reporting, special projects
- Project development and fundraising
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