Mesfin Merto
Senior Project Specialist @International Development Group LLC (IDG)
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Project Specialist @International Development Group LLC (IDG)
Arlington, VA, US
Provided support for international development and economic policy projects, assisting in overall project implementation award through project closeout. • Provided direct day-to-day support to field offices, including communicating and assisting with field-office requests and overseeing the field team’s adherence to contract requirements and government regulations• Prepared and review approval requests for project-related activities; monitor compliance with approval requests• Coordinated financial aspects of the assigned projects by reviewing monthly invoices to ensure accuracy and compliance with contract provisions.• Applied USAID and host country regulations and laws, as well as IDG policies and procedures to contract implementation.• Supported recruiting of personnel.• Served in various supporting roles on proposal teams, resume formatting and/or reviewing, expatriate and local personnel recruitment, and managing communications with potential and selected subcontractors.• Assists in pre-RFP capture activities, including collecting preliminary documentation, participating in capture strategy meetings, conducting research.• Contributed to project technical work, performance/progress monitoring, and projectdeliverables, critical reviews, and providing thoughtful comments, asneeded
EDUCATION
Addis Ababa University
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Addis Ababa University
Master of Arts - MA
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Master's degree
ABOUT MESFIN MERTO
I am a PMP with experiences in international development implementing USAID funded projects in East & Sothern Africa and Asia. Environmental Science professional with experience in Program management, WASH and supporting German funded public private partnership projects. I am driven by creating solutions to complex problems by collaborating with cross-functional teams and processing project tasks in project management artifacts such as D365 CLM and monday.com. I have proven skills in field research under the policy framework of developed and developing nations- with a track record of teaching and proposal advisory at a university level; and mentoring internship students in a donor funded project. Some of my areas of expertise include: • PMP • WASH • Public Private Partnership • Environmental impact assessment (IAIA certified) • Processing invoices & wire transfers on D365, contracts and modifications on CLM • Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) • Livelihoods and economic growth • Health Economics • Subcontracts management • Teaching, mentoring and proposal advisory • Stakeholder management
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