cv sharon hall_dec_16
TRANSCRIPT
CURRICULUM VITAE• Family name: Hall• First names: Sharon• Date of birth 02-12-1964• Nationality: British• Civil status: Single• Education:
Ref # Institution Degrees or Diplomas obtainedA Queens University, Belfast, N. Ireland 1989 Masters in Social WorkB Queens University, Belfast, N. Ireland 1989 Certificate of Qualification in Social WorkC University of Ulster, Jordanstown, N. Ireland1987 BSc Psychology (Hons)
• Language skills: (5 to 1 where 1 is the maximum)Language Reading Speaking Writing
English Mother tongueFrench 3 3 3
• Membership of professional bodies: • Other skills: (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.): Microsoft Office, Access, Excel, SPSS, Internet, Microsoft Project Management• Present position: International Senior consultant on Social Protection issues.• Years of professional experience: 20• Key qualifications:
• Over 20 years’ of professional experience in the field of international consultancy, among which extensive practice of and 15 years in performing the role of Team Leader on several EC, DFID and WB projects
• Solid educational background with 15 years of international professional experience in projects the of social welfare and social protection
• Strong experience of over 15 years in the field of evaluation in areas of civil society experience and transparency initiatives as well as advocacy and good governance. This experience is combined with strong analytical skills and experience with programme review methodologies (Statistical Analysis, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP), social survey analysis, training needs analysis, programme evaluation cycle).
• Experience in development and implementation of strategic and action plans performance management system in policy and strategies formation
• Advanced Degree in Social Work• Strong working experience in providing Technical Assistance and support to governmental bodies • Sound and practical experience of delivery capacity building services, research skills training, applied
research, training needs analysis, organizational analysis and development• Proven ability to supervise and coordinate technical and administrative aspects within projects
including overseeing financial arrangements and staff recruitment• Experience in development and implementation of strategic and action plans performance management
system in policy and strategies formation• Effective networking and negotiation, excellent all- levels• Experience in social protection in Ukraine in improvement social policies in Ukraine• Knowledge of peculiarities of social policies and systems of social assistance/protection • Experience in cooperation with government bodies in the field of social policy including national level
documents development in social sphere• Experience in carrying out evaluations of civil society
• Specific experience :
Country DatesUkraine 1997-99 2000-2 2005, 2014Moldova 1999-2007FYROM 2008 – 2010, 2001 – 2002
Kyrgyzstan 2001-2002CIS /Tajikistan 2005: 2015-2016
Kosovo 2005 – 2006, 2002 – 2004; 2002; 2000 – 2001Palestine 2010
BIH, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia 2002 – 2005; 2015-2016Afghanistan 2011Sierra Leone 2016
Yemen 2011-13Mongolia 2016- 2018
• Professional experience selection record:
Dates Location Institution / Company Position Description
01/11/16-31-01/17
Mongolia UNICEF Child Protection Expert
Providing advice and support in implementing the new Child Protection Law through training and mentoring.
09/2016 -02/2018
Mongolia Economic Governance for Equitable Growth Project
Short term Social Protection expert
I am providing advice and support to developing services for people experiencing Domestic Violence and older people. This involved developing quality care standards as well as providing training in these areas. I also undertook a review of the social contracting for NGOs
1.05/2015- 25.05/2015
Sierra Leone
Adam Smith [email protected]
DFID
Social Protection Lead
I provided advice and support to the Presidents Delivery Team in the recovery Programme (10-24months) in the areas of social assistance and social protection to ensure that Ebola Survivors and other vulnerable groups were being care for with services and social assistance cash transfers. This included developing monitoring procedures. Advised on social policy reform and institutional capacity building to improve effectiveness and efficiency in social services. Advised on legal issues to extend and reform the existing social protection policy framework to encompass all areas and prepare by-laws for approval by parliament. Provided assistance to the new social protection policy and legal framework implementation in the context of social protection reform. This also involved review and coordination of NGOs.
01/09/2015 – 01.03.16
EU
Team Leader Coordination tasks:• coordination of the inputs of the team
of experts appointed for the Project and ensuring good quality of deliverables produced by other
members of the team of experts (key and non-key)
• ensuring sound utilisation and planning of the working days of the team of experts under the Project and the daily management of the Project activities
• developing employment policies and services for people with disabilities and children in vulnerable families
• technical involvement in all activities of the Project
• elaboration and timely delivery of the Project reporting
• Evaluation of current systems and practices
• Evaluation of civil society providing social services
• Evaluation of civil society grants• Development of guidelines for civil
society grants
01/10/2015-01.05.2015
Tajikistan GFAJoachim. [email protected]
EU
Social Sector Leader
Tasks included:Developing a Comprehensive social service delivery system with Central Government, Local Authorities and NGOs providers is operational nationwide which included the development and piloting service specifications and standards for new categories of social services( .g.: Community Based Rehabilitation, Early Intervention, Residential Care for people with learning disabilities. I also supported the process of re-structuring of state residential institutions with introduction of new forms and methods of work based on a process of case-management for child protection. I also developed and implemented Professional standards of the workforce in the social service system which included grievance and complaints procedures. This also involved restructuring of the social contracting to increase to 2-3 years.Review of civil society grantsDevelopment of guidelines for grants
01/06/2015- 15/08/2015
Northern Ireland
Belfast Trust Social Worker
I was part of the child and family team providing support and advice to all young people in the area who had been in care or left care age 16. This involved providing support advice and help to families who are vulnerable and are living in difficult circumstances.
26/01/201 Tajikistan KSC Macedonia Social As a Social Protection Expert I carried out an
5-14/02/2105
EUProtection Expert
evaluation for the first and fixed tranche of € 6m of the Human Development Support Programme II (HDSPII) scheduled for disbursement in October 2015. The purpose of the review is to provide the European Delegation to Tajikistan and opinion and specific recommendations on the country’s continuing eligibility to receive budget support. The evaluation criteria included in the Financing Agreement of 2014 signed between the Republic of Tajikistan and the European Commission in October 2014. The general conditions assessed for the fixed tranche and in addition I evaluated a first mid-term assessment of work progress and issues related to the specific conditions agreed for the end of 2016 and 2017 governing the variable tranches payments for the next two years which included civil society and local governance. This included an evaluation of the social assistance cash programme as well as civil society grants
24/03/2014 - 2/04/2014
Ukraine Coffey Sinead [email protected]
DFID
Social Protection Expert
This short term evaluation project aimed to gain a better understanding of the likely impact of structural adjustments on different income groups and the social protection arrangements to include civil society and local governance that might be drawn upon to report back directly to DFID to structure their input. This short project focused on human rights and social inclusion in relation to the burgeoning crisis within Ukraine to protect the rights of Ukrainians especially in Eastern Ukraine. This also involved evaluation of civil society.
9/5/2011-10/08/2013
Yemen [email protected]
EU
Team Leader The objective of the project was to improve the quality of life for the poorest in Yemen society by helping develop and provide a cash payment system targeting the most poor as well as helping those able to become more economically active. This involves providing support advice, coaching and mentoring as well as developing and delivering training for all staff within the Social Welfare Fund. This role also involved providing reform, design, and/or management of social assistance and social benefits systems as well as developing policies, guidelines and strategies for the poorest and most vulnerable including people with disabilities to promote labour and social inclusion.• Advised on social policy reform and
institutional capacity building to improve SWF’s effectiveness and efficiency in
decentralising social services. Advised on legal issues to extend and reform the existing social protection policy framework to encompass all areas under the mandate of the SWF and prepare by-laws for approval by parliament. Provided assistance to the new social protection policy and legal framework implementation in the context of social protection reform.
• Introduced institutional changes to further promote and extend the social services decentralisation process within the SWF. Provided technical support in the institutional development and social services decentralisation;
• Conducted Training Needs Assessment (TNA), on-the-job trainings, workshops and capacity development for the SWF’s staff. Provided assistance to the SWF with the organisation of training courses and workshops at all levels (central, governorate/branch and district) in the context of social protection reform and institutional development
• Child protection manuals
• Development and implementation of grievance and complaints process
• Development of review of civil society
• Development of 5 year policy strategy
14/08/2011-14/11/2013
Afghanistan
Social Protection Expert
Evaluation of the Identification of the needs and opportunities for future action: Taking into consideration the results of the evaluation for each sub sector of Social Protection in Afghanistan, I was involved in drawing up recommendations for the update of the EU Social Protection budget funding policy as well as identify new activities to be funded in the next framework. This involved a review of civil society.
3/2011- 05 2011
Home based
Icon [email protected]
UNICeF
Team Leader The objective of the project is to review and improve statistical information and analysis in TransMonEE managed by UNICEF and to scrutinize and identify those indicators that provide further disaggregation. This introduced a more systematic approach to providing good
quality data which is pertinent to the region and provides an Equity focus on those who are in most need and are socially excluded in CIE/CEE.
01-2008-01-2010
FYROM Donnelly Hall Ltd
World Bank [email protected]
Expert in social services
Expert for decentralisation and deinstitutionalisation for the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. The overriding objective of this consultancy is to provide advice and assistance to the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP) to review and strengthen the national management and co-ordination capacity of the MLSP and Social Welfare Centres (SWCs) to decentralisation and deinstitutionalisation. I was responsible for targeting and developing sustainability for developing the maintenance of community based social services as well as the development of standards and criteria for social workers and licensed social services providers as well as reform of social assistance system to improve /standardise in services. Restructuring institutions for children and developing principles for child protection. This also included an evaluation of social services to include civil society and local governance.
02- 08/2010
Palestine Jeremy. West [email protected]
EU
Team Leader Advise on policy and management of a Technical Assistance project aimed at the organisational reform and capacity building for the Ministry of Social Affairs, by developing a unified social safety net and upgrading social protection legislation and developing MoSA’s organisational structure and working methods to strengthen Human Resources Development and improve staff performance, providing specific support to developing the HR Department. Training needs analysis and training programme as well developing business plans for all departments. This involved on the job support to social workers through standardizing work protocols and developing monitoring systems.• Led the Technical Assistance (TA) project
aimed at the organisational reform of the social protection system and institutional development of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA); by developing a unified social safety net and upgrading social protection legislation for a more effective decentralised social service delivery system covering all poor and vulnerable segments;
• Leadership and management of a Technical
Assistance project aimed at the organisational reform and capacity building for the Ministry of Social Affairs, this also involved providing strategies for decentralization. Undertaken TNA and subsequent training
• Development of social policies
• Provided technical support to improve the capacity of the Ministry to carry out its mandate regarding social protection, including modernisation/restructuration of its administration;
• Provided technical advice in formulating strategies to support the process of social services decentralization and restructuring
• Development and implementation of grievance and complaints procedures and guidelines for civil society
12-01/ 06-07
Moldova NICOGraeme [email protected]
DFID
Team Leader Improving Agricultural and Social Statistics. Providing overall management for Family Budget Survey and Labour Force Survey. Also responsible for providing a dissemination strategy, as well as providing better quality and more robust statistics for the Ministries of Agriculture, Social and Labour. This project provided a training needs analysis, training for staff and elaboration of training programmes. This also involved utilising labour statistics and proving support to the Ministry of Labour. Training of interviewers and field supervisors. This also involved restructuring institutions. Evaluation of social services to include civil society.
05-05/12-05
Ukraine British CouncilEU
Team Leader • Team Leader of Regional Social Services in Rivne and Volyn. The overall goal for this project was to improve the effectiveness and cost efficiency of Social Services in Ukraine, providing Technical Assistance and increasing the capacity of the Ministry of Labour and Social Services and its regional departments to facilitate the effective implementation of the provisions of the Law on Social Services. Developing and testing strategic planning innovative models to reform social service provision for vulnerable groups.
• Included developing innovative ways of developing and conducting a training needs analysis, preparing a training manual and delivery of training to all social work staff as well as developing guidelines and standards for elderly, people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems. This project involved training social workers to include working with people with disabilities and developing university qualifications.
• Developed innovative models to reform the social services delivery system and support the decentralisation process of services for child protection; Developed guidelines and standards to facilitate the decentralisation process.
• Contributed to the social policy• Developed and implemented social work
standards which involved grievance and complaints procedures.
• Developed child protection guidelines• Development and implementation of
restructuring of institutions for children• Evaluation of social services to include civil
society• Development of guidelines for civil grants
07-05/07-06
Kosovo Paul [email protected]
omUNDP Kosovo
Evaluation Expert
Expert for End of project review evaluation of three year UNDP funded programme designed to prepare the Kosovo Police Service for local administration and control. This review was concerned with internal and external oversight issues and internal affairs mechanisms including budgetary issues.
06-03/05-04
Moldova Donnelly Hall LtdCostel CeoceaMoldova SIFWorld Bank
Social Impact expert
Impact Evaluation Of Social Investment Fund project involved a review of the Moldova Social Investment Fund and making recommendations for future programmes. Elaboration and development of several major surveys of beneficiaries of 2000 participants and counterfactual communities of social services to include civil society and local governances as well as individual and focus group interviews, complex data analysis and preparation of reports and contributing to civil society to include all levels of society. This included a review of civil society. Organising a study tour to Northern Ireland.
01-02/05-04
Kosovo Donnelly Hall Ltd
World Bank Kosovo
Senior Expert
Technical Assistance for the Review and Update of Applicable Social Laws, undertaking a review of current social welfare legislation
to include children and people with disabilities in the context of best practice and human rights conventions, preparation of new draft legislation and regulations and advising government on the passage of the legislation through the Assembly which involved strategic planning and policy development. This involved developing grievance and complaints procedures.This was a major two year process involving a highly participative approach to the preparation of new laws and regulations. It entailed the complete revision of all current European social welfare legislation and its replacement with new statutes especially in the area of child protection and people with disabilities. This also included an evaluation of social services to include civil society and local governance.
01-02/01-04
Moldova HTSPEJeremy West
Training Expert
Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection: Social Capacity Project. Provision of training and capacity building activities to introduce a single social assistance form, to help target the most disadvantaged groups and socially excluded. This helped to develop the social assistance programme and included an evaluation of social services and civil society as well as local governances.
09-02/07-05
Croatia, BiH, Serbia, Montenegr
o
Donnelly Hall Ltd
DFID
Senior Expert Field Management Consultancy: Balkans Conflict Prevention Fund. Supported team leader for the UK funded Safety, Security and Access to Justice Programme in the Balkans. Tasks: Oversight on behalf of DFID of an extensive Technical Assistance programme, including courts, prisons, police and prosecutors; Contributing to the development of project ToR and designing logframes; Involvement in the approval of project technical proposals and budgets, consultants’ recruitment; Monitoring 13 justice sector projects throughout the Balkans and included an evaluation of social services and civil society as well as local governances.; Conducting Programme reviews of the above projects; Liaising with international donors and British Government Ministers ; Liaising with counterpart ministries, Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), OHR Office of the High Representative in BiH, OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; Advising DFID on Safety Security and Access to
Justice issues in the Region .
05-07/02 Kosovo Donnelly Hall LtdDFID
Social Protection Expert
Social Protection Design of Certified Social Work Training and Continuous Professional Development Expert. Advisor undertaking a scoping study for the provision of a social work course in Kosovo, commissioned by DFID. Commissioned to review the current state of professional development and make early recommendations on the organisation and regulatory framework that would be appropriate for the development of social care services. I developed the curriculum design for the bachelor level degree especially in the area of child protection and people with disabilities.
09-99/01-01
Moldova NICODFID
Research and Statistical Expert
Statistics Expert providing training in research skills, interviewing skills, data collection and analysis for staff within the Bureau of National Statistics. Provision of staff training in identifying national health and social indicators to help develop social policy.
11-01/01-02
Kyrgyzstan NICOEU
Statistics Expert
Kyrgyzstan Health Statistics. Statistician involved in project to advise the National Statistics Office and the Medical Information Centre of the Ministry of Health in taking forward the implementation and development of the international classification of disease and the development of health related statistics and indicators. This involved reviewing how the National Statistics Office was recording statistics and developing a system to re- classify these statistics so that they were adjusted to the EU Standards. This led to massive changes within the NSO changing how they collect and analyse the data.
01-99/09-02
Ukraine NICO(see above)DFID
Social Assistance Expert
Enhancing the Capacity for Social Assistance Project. Expert adviser aimed at supporting the capacity building of social assistance agencies in Ukraine. Building on the work of a previous TACIS project this project demonstrated how targeting of social benefits to the most needy can be improved through building the capacity of delivery agencies at central, regional and local government levels.
12-00/11-01
Kosovo Donnelly Hall LtdDFID
Social Protection Expert
United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo Capacity Building Project. Expert adviser on a UK Government funded project aimed at supporting the capacity building of social protection and social assistance
agencies in Kosovo as well as developing guidelines and standards for social workers in the area of child protection.
04-06/01 Kosovo Donnelly Hall LtdCARE
Social Protection Expert
Development & Introduction of Child Protection Procedures & Manual for UNICEF. Senior Expert for project undertaking preparation of Child Abuse Manual and Child Care Procedures for UNICEF in Kosovo. This Manual was used within all the Balkan Countries.
1-12/2001 Belfast Donnelly Hall Ltd
DHSS
Evaluation Expert
Evaluation of Aftercare Services for Young People Leaving Care. This was an evaluation of the Aftercare services for teenagers leave care. Review of standards in Northern Ireland Social care and health agencies. All statutory social service and health agencies in Northern Ireland were targeted and their systems of how they manage their staff and adhere to national standards were reviewed and monitored for the HRD and social policy
01-00/01-01
Ukraine Donnelly Hall Ltd
DFID
Senior Expert Local and Regional Government Institutional Reform Support Project. Expert Advisor to a Technical Assistance project involved with restructuring and developing the institutional interface between Central Regional and Local Government. Tasks: design and support of a demonstration sub-project focused on the monitoring of health and social needs in the city of Lviv; evaluation of the impact of services and advice on a more efficiently targeting system for policy development, especially in the area of child protection and included an evaluation of social services and civil society as well as local governances.
01-00/01-01
Belfast Donnelly Hall LtdDHSS
Team Leader Database Construction and Critique of Social Research. Gathering all social work research throughout Northern Ireland and providing a critique of each study. This database was then housed in the National Library to be used by social and health care workers.
06-12/2000
Belfast
Donnelly Hall LtdDHSS
Evaluation Expert
Evaluation of child Protection Inter-Agency Protocols. Evaluation of operational protocols between police, social service and medical agencies; presentation of recommendations for service improvement for social policy development; analysis of documentary records, group discussions and individual interviews with professionals implementing the protocols. Development of standards and guidelines
2002 Belfast Dept of Health and Social Services
Expert Adviser
Inspections of NGOs receiving government grant aid: Inspectorate
Donnelly Hall Ltd Several inspections of NGOs that were in receipt of central government grants to provide specialist services e.g. bereavement counselling, services to people with brain injuries etc. These were standard SSI inspections focusing on professional standards and value for money issues.
2001
Belfast
Dept of Health and Social Services
Donnelly Hall Ltd
Expert Adviser
Review of organisational standards in Northern Ireland social care agenciesBy means of interviews with senior personnel and questionnaires returned by all statutory social service agencies in Northern Ireland mapped out the extent to which these agencies participated in formal organisational standards schemes; Investors in People, Charter Awards, BSI9000 etc
2001
Belfast
Dept of Health and Social ServicesDonnelly Hall Ltd
Expert Adviser
Review of professional audit practices in Northern Ireland social care agencies and provision As well as interviewing personnel in social services agencies, we undertook a postal survey of 2,500 social service personnel in Northern Ireland. The resulting report lead to the promotion of professional audit as a key element in the development quality standards in social care services.
2000
Belfast
Dept of Health and Social Services
Donnelly Hall Ltd
Expert Adviser
Preparation of statutory regulations for guardians ad Litem in Northern IrelandCommissioned to prepare draft statutory regulations and formal guidance for guardians ad Litem representing children’s interests in court proceedings
09-97/12-99
Ukraine Donnelly Hall Ltd(see above)
Social Protection ExpertFull time
EU TACIS Social Assistance TA Project. Expert responsible for: the development and support of training strategies to enable the implementation of new social protection legislation ; establishment of training task forces in the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy; development of the trainer programmes and oversight of the delivery of training to 500 staff throughout Ukraine; establishment of a national training centre for staff working in social protection/social assistance at central and local government levels. I also developed on-the-job support to improve/standardize their work protocols and monitoring
01/1997– 09/2000
England and
Scotland
Donnelly Hall LtdPaul Donnelly [email protected]
Various councils in
Expert Trainer
Training on Risk Management. This included training social workers and managers on child protection and risk management. Developed and delivered training courses to a number of social work agencies throughout England and Scotland.
England and Scotland
01-98/01-99
Australia Donnelly Hall Ltd Senior Expert Review of Social Work Education in Australia. Development of regulatory framework for social work education and training in Australia to develop their strategic planning: commissioned by the Commonwealth Government of Australia and the Australian Association of Social Workers. This involved taking statements from all universities with all state and territories within Australia with cross comparison to social work courses in Europe.
01-2009-02 2009, 01 2012- 04 210201/205
Northern Ireland
Randstad Agency Social workerFull time
Duty Social worker for team that provide support to children and families. This involved : Interviewing and counselling individuals, families, and groups, Assessing needs and developing response plans, Referring clients to professional or community services, Coordinating responses between civic, religious, governmental, and other organizations.
09-94/05-97
London England
Prof T. CraigGuys and St Thomas Hospital [email protected]
Research FellowFull time
Responsible for major research project on Child and Family Health examining how health beliefs are transferred between mothers and children with disabilities as well as parents who have mental health issues. Training researchers, collate information using SPSS and qualitative methods, analysis and present results at conferences.
09-94/06-98 Kingston
England
Hilary Thompsett [email protected]
LecturerFull time
Developing and delivering of training related to child protection and child development and families at Masters Level. Writing and developing curriculum for social work students at Masters Level. This involved preparing students for placements and monitoring their progress.
01-92/08- 94
Dundee Scotland
Peter [email protected]
PsychologistFull time
Responsible for day to day management of child development project. Carried out the cognitive tests on 200 children. Other duties included data input and analysis and presentation of the results at academic conferences. I was also responsible for providing counselling to those women who were identified with vulnerable children.
01-91/01- 92
St Andrews University Scotland
Prof C Cullenmailto:[email protected]
Psychologist
Full time
Responsible for the training needs analysis of all staff working with people with profound disabilities throughout Scotland. Development of a training schedule in relation to the results from this research .I also provided support and counselling for people with profound disabilities as well as
their families.09-89/01-91
Dundee Scotland
Prof N [email protected]
Research Psychologist
Full time
Responsible for day to day management for young persons’ lifestyle project and young peoples’ perceptions of AIDS and safer sex. This involved collection of data, analysis and report writing and presentation at academic conferences. This project focused on 5000 young people. Responsible for psychology tutorial programme for undergraduate students.