Alistair Sonaram

ALISTAIR SONARAM E:-P: - A: 25 Public Road and Queen Street, Kitty Georgetown, Guyana, South America ❘ PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY ❘ SKILLS Dynamic Senior Executive Administrator with nine years of progressive experience supporting top leaders in strategic planning, organization, and management of agendas in alignment with corporate objectives. Strongly committed to service excellence, client satisfaction, and team collaboration. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ❘ WORK HISTORY Nurbality LLC - Content Manager Atlanta, GA • 10/2018 - Current • Collaborated with local and off-shore staff and key contractual developers to maintain project deadline and rectifying needs. • Tracked project status utilizing Jira, HubStaff and Excel spreadsheets in order to make timely and proactive operational monitoring. • Assisted with some facets of business operations, including financial tracking, inventory coordination and social media marketing and recruitment. • Gathered and synthesized business requirements and input from customers, stakeholders, business architects and engineers. • Identified and eliminated website bugs to improve user experience. • Troubleshoot issues with websites and fixed scripting and use issues. • Reviewed project requirements to uncover bugs and resolve issues within a timely manner. Personable and outgoing Administrative support specialist Customer-service oriented Conference planning Office management Team liaison Project Management High accuracy Team collaboration Research protocols Data transmission Documentation skills Business administration Staff management Business requirements understanding Human resources policies Global recruitment ❘ EDUCATION SOAS University of London Online International Relations and Affairs The Business School Georgetown, Guyana • 2005 High School Diploma The Business School Georgetown, Guyana • 2003 Associate of Arts: Pitman's Advanced English Qualification National AIDS Programme Secretariat - Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey Interviewer Georgetown, Guyana • 11/2017 - 12/2017 This contract entailed the review of behavioral analysis of persons who visit various locations seeking sexual partners. The purpose of this data aims to enhancing HIV /AIDS health programs in Guyana under the purview of the Ministry of Public Health; as to how persons have access to contraceptives and information pertaining to health awareness for the vulnerable communities; Men who have sex with men (MSM), Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs), Female Sex Workers (FSWs). The duties of the Interviewer are; (1) Identifying Community Informants (CIs) (2) Identifying and visiting key Priority Prevention Areas from the aggregated data received from the CIs (3) Obtaining data from persons at these key spots (4) Targeted specific community groups with wellness and disease management information. ABT Associates Inc. - National Health Accounts Data Collector Georgetown, Guyana • 08/2017 - 09/2017 This contract entailed the review of health resource tracking; System of Health Accounts (SHA) that is an international standardized framework that systematically tracks the flow of expenditures in the health system, utilizing the estimations of the SHA that was first initiated in 2011. This was a unit within the Ministry of Public Health (Guyana) that reviewed the following areas of classification; (1) Financing Schemes (2) Providers (3) Health Care Functions (4) Beneficiaries (5) Financing Agents (6) Factors of Provision (7) Revenues of Financing Schemes (8) Capital Formation In this means; the tasks set forth by the Ministry of Public Health and its partners; Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and USAID-funded project on Health Finance & Governance were; interviewing key stakeholders such as Employers, Non-Governmental Organizations, Donor Agencies and Insurers. Ministry of Education - Special Assistant to the Minister Georgetown, Guyana • 03/2015 - 07/2017 Assigned to work directly with the Honorable Minister, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine where duties would have had included and not limited to representing the Minister at external meetings and traveling on this behalf to various regions of Guyana, regionally (through the Caribbean) and internationally. Some responsibilities were; • Investigating reports communicated to the office of the Honorable Minister on issues occurring within schools, such as; lack of resources available to the student body and teachers, delay in past reports filed - that warrant the revamping building integrity. • Liaising with various officers within the Ministry; the Chief Education Officer (CEO), Permanent Secretary, Buildings Manager, Regional Education Officers to ensure that matters relative to the development and enhancement of the schooling system is achieved • Aiding as the Personal Assistant to the Honorable Minister, overseeing daily agenda, confidential communiques and parliamentary documents Tattle House Publishing - Director of Operations West End, Anguilla • 06/2014 - 03/2015 • Improve the operational systems, processes and policies in support of organizations mission specifically, support better management reporting, information flow and management, business process and organizational planning. • Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Support Services (HR, IT and Finance), through improvements to each function as well as coordination and communication between support and business functions. • Play a significant role in long-term planning, including an initiative geared toward operational excellence. • Oversee overall financial management, planning, systems and controls. • Management of agency budget in coordination with the Chief Executive Officer. • Development of individual program budgets. • Invoicing to funding sources, including calculation of completed units of service. • Payroll management, including tabulation of accrued employee benefits. • Disbursement of checks for agency expenses. • Organization of fiscal documents. • Regular meetings with Executive Director around fiscal planning. • Supervise and coach office manager on a weekly basis. Working People's Alliance - Personal Assistant, Chairman Georgetown, Guyana • 06/2010 - 05/2014 • Liaised with key accounts to deliver targeted administrative support, including estate, household and property management. • Handled incoming mail, bills and completed appropriate actions. • Identified needs and coordinated plans for travel and out-of-town functions. • Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter. • Produced accurate office files, updated spreadsheets and crafted presentations to support executives and boost team efficiency. • Orchestrated successful conferences, including associated travel for all speakers and attendees, facilities and support services. • Arranged domestic and international travel plans and itineraries, including flight, car service and restaurant reservations. • Wrote reports, executive summaries and newsletters. • Organized and attended meetings, including compiling all related documents and reports. • Executed basic banking and bookkeeping tasks. Leading EDGE Market & Research House - Recruiter and Field Agent Portmore, Jamaica • 04/2014 - 04/2014 • Discussed all employment aspects with prospective employees, including expected tasks, compensation and policies, to promote clarity from day one. • Reviewed job applications to identify, vet and recommend optimal candidates. • Wrote job descriptions with detail and accuracy. • Provided information about pay rates, dates and training processes. • Achieved or surpassed goals on consistent basis. • Performed field calculations to complete assessments. • Gathered, organized, and modeled data for reports and presentations. • Made proactive adjustments to policies and procedures to meet changing demands. • Followed local, regional, and national guidelines. Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination Project Administrator Georgetown, Guyana • 11/2012 - 06/2013 • Identified and implemented strategic plans based on accurate readings of specifications and solid collaboration with project leadership. • Collaborated with management, technical crew members and fellow supervisors to organize efficient site operations and achieve demanding schedule targets. • Completed accurate material and labor estimates for jobs with $ 3 000 USD budgets. • Handled all issues with relative ease by implementing best practices and applying critical thinking skills to find best solutions. • Established clear priorities and production quality standards. • Increased audience engagement with brand websites by finding and integrating relevant videos, tweets and other online content. • Increased credibility and client awareness by developing technical/non-technical marketing collateral and presentations, public relations campaigns, articles and newsletters. ❘ AFFILIATIONS Organization of American States : • Social Actor, National Consultations with Civil Society and Social Actors in occasion of the VIII Summit of the Americas, October 2017 – Guyana • Social Actor, Review of the policy on Democratic Governance Against Corruption with the Summits of the Americas, July 2017 – Guyana • Social Actor, Review of Civil Society Organizations and Social Actor Processes with the Summits of the Americas, December 2016 – Guyana • Social Actor, National Consultations with Civil Society, February 2015 – Guyana • Social Actor, Conversations with Youths of the Americas, December 2014 – Washington DC • Observer, Ministers and High Authorities of Education, November 2014 - Cartagena, Colombia • Observer, Special General Assembly Meeting, March 2013 – Washington DC Rights of the Child c/o Guyana Human Rights Commission, 2004 – 2007 Youth Media Guyana Video Director, UNICEF Know Your Rights campaign, 2015 Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) Provide support and research and consultations on: o Universal Periodic Review (URP) o Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) Review Activities: o Support vigil for innocent killing of youth, October 12th, 2012 o Walk for Equality, December 8th, 2012 o Support to Trinidad Prime Minister Ms. Bissessar for moves to remove laws against LGBT o Launch of the Child Protection Policy, December 13th, 2012 o Consultation/Review of the Ministry of Education report on “A Qualitative Research Study on HIV Vulnerability among Young Key Affected Populations in Guyana”, May 14th, 2013 o Planning of the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF) event, IDAHOT commemoration, May 18th, 2013 • AIDS Candlelight Memorials • Research for the Child Protection Policy, December 2012 SASOD Child Protection Policy