Justine MacWilliam
Mission-Driven Program Director & Operations Leader | Strategic Grantmaking | Cross-Functional Team Leadership | Equitable Partnerships
- Role
- Senior Program Manager for Policy Advocacy and Partnerships at Avac
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Justine MacWilliam
Mission-driven nonprofit leader with 15+ years of experience advancing equity…
Experience
Senior Program Manager for Policy Advocacy and Partnerships
Oct 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US
Lead a cross-regional team of five staff and consultants to design and implement global programs advancing community-led health and human rights priorities, overseeing full project life cycle from strategy and implementation to evaluation and reporting.Direct strategy and operations for a 30-member global civil society coalition, including grantmaking, partner engagement, communications, and event planning. The coalition\'s approach was highlighted during Gates Foundation 2024 annual meeting as a best practice model for community-led transnational coalitions. Manage annual project budgets up to $3 million; drive donor engagement and proposal development efforts, securing $12 million in program funding.Spearhead organizational partnership strategy for a network of 300+ civil society, INGO, and research partners; lead cross-functional advisory group to develop SOPs, toolkits, and drive change management, increasing partner satisfaction by 20%.Design organizational capacity strengthening programs for community partners, including mentorship and training on organizational governance, strategic planning, communications, work planning and budgeting, and financial/grants management.Serve on AVAC\'s program strategy, operations management, and DEI leadership teams and COMPASS coalition governance committee. Present to Board on programs and cross-functional initiatives.
Education
Jacobs University Bremen
B.A.
The New School
M.A.
UWC-USA
International Baccalaureate
US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program
Urdu
Skills
- Qualitative Research
- Non-Profits
- Program Development
- International Relations
- Program Evaluation
- Nonprofits
- Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)
- Event Planning
- Editing
- Grant Writing
- Nonprofit Organizations
- International Development
- Press Releases
- Policy Analysis
- Human Rights
- Research
- Fundraising
- Grants
- Ngos
- Proposal Writing
- Program Management
- Public Health
- Community Outreach
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