MARTINA NICOLLS
 
This site is dedicated to my work as an aid development consultant. It presents an example of my expertise and experience.

 

 

 

Dr Martina Nicolls
Independent Consultant 

 

Citizenship(s)
• Australian
• British
 

 

 

 

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. In Liberia and Sierra Leone, I conducted an assessment of the United States Department of Labor's (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 USDOL's 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.

 

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.

 

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, Ethiopia, India Iraq, Kashmir, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria and Uganda.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

1 Monitoring and Evaluation; Evaluation of Programs
2 Data Quality Assessments

3 Countering Child Labour Assessments

4 Conflict Mitigation and Stability 
5 Accelerated Learning and Multi-grade Teaching 
6 Vocational Education and Training (VET) 
7 Community and Regional Development 
8 Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening 
9 Educational Administration

10 Report Writing; Editing

 

                                                    
 
 
For a current Curriculum Vitae/Resume email me.
 
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     MARTINA NICOLLS
     PO BOX 1039
     CIVIC SQUARE (CANBERRA)
     ACT 2608 

     AUSTRALIA
     martina@iimetro.com.au
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