Anita Anastacio
Skills
Timeline
Professional experience for Anita Anastacio
- 4 years and 11 months, May 2019 - Mar 2024
Director, Early Childhood Development
LEGO Foundation
- 2 years and 7 months, Oct 2016 - Apr 2019
Deputy Regional Director, Programmes, East & Southern Africa
ChildFund International
+ Technical Advisor in ECD, Education, Child Protection and Youth Development in region, supported annual planning, program and grant design & execution, fundraising, and MERL. + Setup and managed Community of Practice in the region. + Managed regional staff and in regional networks and alliances. + Achievements: Program Strategies and Standards improved. Additional funding secured. Community of Practice strengthened relationships between country offices and quality of child protection programming.
- 3 years and 8 months, Feb 2013 - Sep 2016
Director, Child and Youth Development and Protection
ChildFund International
Managed team of six health, education, youth and ECD specialists. Oversight of Strategy Execution, Program TOC Standards Development. Technical Advisor to several country offices, including development of new projects and collaborating closely with other ChildFund Alliance fundraising offices (Germany, Australia, Korea). Representation with donors, governments, UN and NGOs, including public speaking.
- 7 months, Jul 2015 - Jan 2016
Interim Vice President, Program Development
ChildFund International
As a Member of Senior Leadership Team contributed to new Global Strategy and represented program division in board meetings. Management and Oversight of Program Development Division, including 5 direct reports and 35 program, MEL, business development staff. Achievements: Global Strategy with focus on child protection and Program Strategies and Standards in ECD, Education, Youth Development and Child/Youth Protection developed.
- 3 years and 6 months, Aug 2009 - Jan 2013
Senior Technical Advisor, Education
International Rescue Committee
+ Managed team of five education staff who provided technical advice and support to IRC’s country offices; + Strategic leadership to IRC’s education sector globally & Led the growth of the education sector globally. + Advocated for Education in Emergencies & Represented IRC on foras and events + Provided technical support to education programs in Horn & E Africa, Asia and the Middle East Served as a Steering Group Co-Chair of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
- 2 years and 10 months, Aug 2006 - May 2009
Chief of Party, Partnership for Advancing Education in Afghanistan
CARE
+ Resp. for PACE-A, a $24m USAID funded education project that expanded quality education to over 90,000 children in Afghanistan. + Led Project Management team of about 10, managed relationships with three consortium partners and project execution and learning. + Represented CARE Afghanistan with USAID, MoE, and other stakeholders within the country and globally, including public speaking assignments. + Member of the INEE
Educational background for Anita Anastacio
- 2 years, Sep 2004 - Aug 2006
International Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
- 3 years and 9 months, Sep 1986 - May 1990
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Hochschule Wismar, University of Technology, Business and Design
Languages
German
C2 (Expert / native speaker)
English
C1 (Fluent)
Portuguese
B1-B2 (Good)
Dari
A1-A2 (Basic)
Spanish
A1-A2 (Basic)
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