Dr Martina Nicolls
Independent Consultant
Citizenship(s)
• Australian
• British
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What I Do
I have 25 years experience in project management and the implementation of international transitional and development projects. I have recently served in the post-conflict environments of Southern Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Liberia. In a recent assignment, as part of a team, I conducted the Final Evaluation of USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) peace-building activities in Southern Sudan (from 2003-2005) and a Final Evaluation of USAID's activities in Afghanistan (from 2002-2005). In Liberia, I provided specialist technical advice to the USAID Liberian Transition Initiatives Accelerated Learning Program, advising on monitoring and evaluation, teacher training, and curriculum development. I also conducted an evaluation of USAID's Liberian Community Peace Building and Development Program, USAID's Governance and Democracy Program, and the European Commission's Institutional Support Program.
I have also conducted assessments of child labor programs in Africa and Asia. In Liberia and Sierra Leone, I conducted an assessment of the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) Countering Youth and Child Labor through Education (CYCLE) program in January and February 2008. From September to November, I conducted the Final Evaluation of the USDOL project to combat child labor in East Africa, entitled Kenya, Uganda Rwanda, Ethiopia Together (KURET). I also conducted a child labor assessment for USDOL/ILO-IPEC in India from January to February 2009 and Nepal.
I also spent ten months as Team Leader of the Accelerated Learning (AL) Program in Iraq, under the USAID-funded Revitalisation of Iraqi Schools and the Stabilisation of Education (RISE) Project. In Afghanistan, I worked with staff at the University of Kabul in 2002, and in September 2007 conducted a mission as the Conflict and Stability Expert within a community development and governance program. In 2009 I conducted an assessment of funding for women and girls programming for USAID.
I have extensive experience in quality management, monitoring and evaluation, data quality assessments, database management and statistical analysis. I am particularly adept at leading evaluation teams for high level change management. My skills include: strategic planning, facilitating participatory reviews, and devising planning procedures focusing on gender and cultural issues.
I have worked predominantly in Muslim countries and in post-war conflict situations. Countries of work experience include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Darfur (Sudan), Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kashmir, Kenya, Kosovo, Liberia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria and Uganda. Examples of recent assignments appear below:
