Debora Neumann

Debora Neumann

Master in Social/Cultural Anthropology

Humanitarian Aid Coordinator & ECHO

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  • 8031 Zürich
  • Switzerland

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Personal information

Professional experience (9 years, 10 months)

  • Employment status
    Freelancer

Educational background

  • Jun 2008 - Sep 2009
    GSBA (Graduate School of Business Administration) Zürich

    International Business Administration, BBA and MBA

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2001
    University of Western Australia

    Ethnology & Sociology, Certificate

    Australische und Asiatische Kultur und Lebenssituation

  • Oct 1997 - May 2003
    Universität Basel, Schweiz

    Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Master in Social/Clutural Anthropology

    regional: Zentral- und Südasien, Pacific Entwicklungsarbeit, -projekte und -theorien

  • Languages
    German, English, French, Urdu

About me

Personal Record (CV)
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Personal data
Family name: Neumann
Given names: Debora, Christina
Date/Place of birth: 26. January 1977, Binningen
Marital status: single
Nationalities: Swiss, German
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Profile
 
Development and Relief Consultant with five to seven years of varied working experience in conflict, emergency and development programs, which includes program design, policy formation, community development, emergency and post-disaster management, with a special experience in health, social development, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and relief/rehabilitation (construction) programs.
 
I take pleasure in working with culture diverse teams, where my ability for team building, support and strengthen of existing capacity is required. I enjoy to solve problems and difficult tasks through an open discussion, coordination with all involved parties and to find a productive and sustainable solution, this includes to work exact, independently, to adapt to new situations easily and to keep abreast of new developments.
 
Education
 
2nd Studies: Graduate School of Business Administration Zürich (GSBA)
Subject: Bachelor of Business Administration (graduation in May 2009)
1st Studies: University of Basel, WS 1997 – SS 2003
Main subject: Social and Cultural Anthropology
Side subjects: Sociology, physical Anthropology
Degree: Master in Social and Cultural Anthropology with focal points on Asia and the Pacific area & Development Work (graduated in July 2003)
Schools: Gymnasium BS, 1989 – 97
Primary BL, 1984 – 89
 
Educational leave: Salomon Islands (Malaita) and French Polynesia (2003), Tibet (1998), Australia (1997), Indonesia, Irian Jaya (West Papua) and Sulawesi (1996), Malaysia (1994), Indonesia: Mentawai, Sumatra, Java und Bali (1992), Papua New Guinea (1996, 1990)
 

Employment Record
 
Dec 06 – May 08 UN-HABITAT (United Nations Human Settlement Programme)
Pakistan (HQ: Fukoka, Japan)
Head of Operations / Senior Housing Reconstruction Specialist
The main consultant duties where composed of establishment, management and support of all (8) Training Centers in Pakistan Administrative Kashmir for the policy based training/reconstruction program of the Government.
• Support, supervision and coordinating/facilitating trainings for earthquake affected population, artisans, INGO staff members and communities in earthquake resistant construction technique.
• Manage and oversee the overall operation in Kashmir of more than 100 direct subordinates and 500 staff members (HR, Finance, Admin,. Logistic, Procurement and Coordination).
• Forging partnerships/coordinating with government departments, INGOs, UN Agencies and private organizations, as well as contracting out work when necessary.
• Assist in policy developments and changes to guarantee a sustainable reconstruction process.
Achievements: Demonstrating professional competence in mastering the work. Trained/Supported and facilitated over 300’000 artisans, affected and technical staff in 2 years. Through a clear leadership, collaboration and respect among diverse team members, achieving the target in the set budget, time and material frame. Standardizing all financial, procurement, logistic procedures (Development of a Field Operation Manual) for the country-wide mission.
 
Feb 06 – Dec 06 Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Pakistan (HQ: Berlin, Germany)
Programme Coordinator/Country Representative
The main duties were over all implementation of the rural reconstruction program and leading the country office.
• Planning, implementing and evaluating the whole reconstruction project in Pakistan Administrative Kashmir.
• Setting up, implementing and handing over a field hospital, reconstruction of a Basic Health Unit and handing over the full functional structure to the Ministry of Health.
• Responsible for concept notes, project proposals, plans, budgets and contracts, MoUs and general strategic plans for the country-wide mission as well as regular reporting (financial and narrative) to donors.
Achievements: Establishing a reconstruction project to rebuild over 10’000 rural houses. Developing goals, indentifying priorities, which are consistent with the organizational and governmental strategy for reconstruction. Employ, support and train over 50 national staff members. Through a clear leadership, collaboration and respect among diverse team members, achieving the target in the set budget, time and material frame. With regular monitoring and monthly coordination/presentation with government agencies, the mission was declared a success (demonstrated by the honor letter of the government).
 
Sep 05 – Jan 06 German Agro Action (Deutsche Welthungerhilfe)
Sri Lanka (HQ: Bonn, Germany)
Programme Administrator
The main consultant duties were training of the national administrative/financial staff in international, organizational and donor’s regulations and guidelines and head of the overall administrative management.
Achievements: Training/capacity building of 10 national staff members in 4 locations over a period of 3 month, as well as actively supporting the development and career aspirations of the respective admin. staff. Running the office in tsunami hit Trincomalee, keeping within the set budget, time and material constringes (incl. successfully running through an ECHO audit).
 
Feb 05 – Aug 05 Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Sri Lanka (HQ: Berlin, Germany)
Programme Administrator / Dep. Programme Coordinator
See above
 
Oct 04 – Jan 05 Diakonie Emergency Aid (Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe)
Iran (HQ: Stuttgart, Germany)
Head of Office
Short term consultant mission for establishing the office.
Achievements: Setting up a full functional office with 5 permanent office staff members, including HR, accounting system, maintenance, procurement and logistic) in 3 month to support a reconstruction project for 4 public schools and 400 rural houses. Comprehensive training and hand over to national staff.
 
June 04 – Oct 04 Caritas Switzerland
Iran (HQ: Luzern, Switzerland)
Administrative, Representative and Finance Delegate
Responsible for all non-technical duties in the mission.
Achievements: Assessment/research on input and improvement of the project on the affected population. Forging partnerships and coordination with government departments, INGOs, UN Agencies as well as successfully acquiring new funds within the caritas network. Through clear and comprehensive presentations/explanations guiding visitors, media, Swiss government official and Swiss donors (e.g. Swiss Solidarity, SDC) through the process of the mission.
 
Aug 02 – April 04 Caritas Aargau/Solothurn
Switzerland (HQ: Aarau, Switzerland)
Caritas representative
Responsible to guaranty a fair asylum process/interrogation for refugees coming into Switzerland.
Achievements: Through collection of relevant information and keeping abreast with the current asylum policy, successfully guaranteed fair process through over 500 reports in 2 years.
 

Research Project Record
 
Feb 04 – April 04 India (Kolkata): Head of the sociological research project about the socioeconomic surrounding of „malkins“ (female owner of prostitutes) in their red light area, Sonagachi, in Kolkata. The data was collected with biographic, qualitative interviews on behalf of the Calcutta Project Basel. The aim of the research was to improve the social as well as the health situation of the target people.
 
Oct 01 Australia (Perth): Part of the research team for evaluating and developing solutions to solve medical and social problems of non-English speaking immigrants in Australia on behalf of the Anthropology Department at the University of Western Australia.
 
July 00 Nepal (Mountains of Solo Cumbu area): Anthropological research and data collection for producing a collection of 100 traditional Tibetan medical plants, incl. medical explanation on behalf of the Shelkar Tibetan Medicine Institute and the tashi-delek Society Switzerland.
 
July 99 Switzerland (Basel): Part of the interview team in the research project „Sozialumfrage“, which evaluates the socio-economic conditions of the students at the University of Basel. The research was performed by the Department of Sociology at the University of Basel.
 
Trainings and Workshops Attended
 
Dec 08 Current Trends in International Development Cooperation and their Implications on evaluation
Introduction in new trends and instruments and their implication on programme management and evaluation methods for development cooperation, conducted by FEEZ (www. feez.de)
 
Oct 08 Consultants in the Field of Development Aid Programmes
Introduction into the quality skills of an consultant for Swiss development agency and development aid programmes, conducted by cinfo (http://www.cinfo.ch)
 
April 03 Regional Training for West-Africa
Quality Control for Refugee Programmes in West-Africa and their impact and challenges, conducted by Médecins sans Frontières.
 
Aug & Nov 02 Basic Training for Delegates
Introduction and basic guidelines for Delegates in Refugee/Asylum Support programmes in Switzerland, conducted by HEKS and Caritas.
 
June 00 Strategic and Operative Controlling for Project- and Information Management
with the example of managing project at University Basel, conducted by University Basel.
 
Additional Skills
 
Languages: German: mother tongue
English: fluent oral and written
French: good oral and medium written
Urdu: basic knowledge
 
IT Knowledge: Accounting programs: „Banana“, „MSMoney“ and “ProAbis”, daily work with Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Photoshop as well as with the Internet (Mozilla/Internet Explorer).
 
Driving licences: Swiss driving licence: motor cycles (A), motor vehicles up to eight seats (B,D,E) as well as Sri Lankan and Pakistan licence.
 
Social activities / Interests / Memberships
 
DeGEval Deutsche Gesellschaft für Evaluation/German Association for Evaluation; Member since 2008 (http://www.degeval.de)
 
BASAID Member since 2008 (http://www.basaid.ch)
 
Swiss-Pakistani Society Member since 2008 (http://www.swisspak.com)
 
SEG: Schweizerische Ethnologische Gesellschaft / Swiss Anthropology Association, since 1999 (http://www.seg-sse.ch)
 
skuba: (University Basel Student Corporation): head of the executive board, Feb. 00-01 and President of the Student Council, Feb. 99-00
 

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