Constance Teage

About Constance Teage

Experienced Land Tenure Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the International Development field in a post-conflict nation. Skilled in report and proposal writing, policy analysis, advocacy, budgeting, planning and staff management. Experience managing large grants from USAID and EU.

Experience

1. Liberia Program Director

   Landesa

   May 2022 — Present · LR

   Advising Landesa’s Executive Leadership as a member of Landesa’s Global Advisory Team.• Maintaining a real-time view of the issues in the ecosystem in which her program operates and how Landesa can engage.• Leading the development of the program’s strategic objectives and annual goals. • Approving or making the case for pursuing opportunities that align with Landesa’s mission and strategy.• Ensuring that her team is aware of and aligned with Landesa’s strategy• Ensuring governance functions are met.• Ensuring compliance with local laws and with Landesa’s internal policies. • Managing direct reports by promoting their professional development including through coaching, mentoring, and delivering critical feedback; cultivating mutually supportive team dynamics; and, ensuring sustainable and balanced workloads. • Developing and maintaining a culture built on Landesa’s core values.• Making staffing decisions, building, and maintaining an accountable, high-functioning, diverse, inclusive and collaborative team.• Overseeing budgets under her portfolio and billability of her direct reports to effectively reach program, project and operational objectives.• Maintaining a real-time view of the actors, platforms, and funders in the ecosystem in which her program operates and how Landesa can engage.• Determining partnerships needed. Initiating and fostering relationships with key national and local stakeholders from government, civil society, and donors; supporting local management staff, as needed, with key government and partner relationships.• Determining funding needed for her portfolio and works with Program leadership and RDev, as appropriate, to cultivate relationships and to secure funding.• Overseeing the quality and strategic alignment of work products and leveraging them to advance program goals.

Education

• University for Peace

  Study Abroad, Human Rights

  2013 — 2014

• Arcadia University

  Master of Arts (M.A.), International Peace and Conflict Resolution

  2014

• Hollins University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cognitive Psychology and Modern Dance

  2004 — 2008