Minal Singh

Minal Singh Phone:- Nationality: Nepalese Gender: Female Email:- KEY SKILLS - ESR projects run through partnership with UNICEF under Business Community Resilience - Demonstrable track record of leading/supporting the design and development of project ideas and proposals for i) multilateral donors like UNWOMEN, UNFPA ii) bilateral donors like DFID, EU, DFAT, DANIDA, Finnish Aid, NORAD, SDC, iii) Institutional donors like- ROTA, Comic Relief, SVRI, Electric Aid, iv)Trusts and Foundations like Guernsey Group, UK Giving Club and, Corporate donors like SCB and Nabil Bank (In-Country) and Unilever - Good experience in developing materials for donor communication - Strong coordination (internal and external) and network building skills (Coordinated various meetings in coordination with government and non-government stakeholders) - Reporting and Documentation with excellent writing skills - Good knowledge and experience of ensuring Donor Compliance and requirements - Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities - Good knowledge on MS Power point, MS Word, MS-Excel, MS Outlook Education -Masters in Business Administration (MBA)(2014) Major course: Project Management, Minor course : Marketing Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM), Lalitpur, Nepal -Bachelors in Social Work (BSW, KU affiliated) (2011) St.Xavier’s College, Kathmandu Nepal Current Professional Experience i. Daraz Position: Environment and Social Responsibility Manager January 2022 to Present • Set goals, objectives and priorities; assign and review project tasks and performance on a regular basis, benchmarking against key milestone deliverables Escalate approvals on scope changes and critical path issues Work with internal teams and external partners to manage work streams and deliverables for the launch and implementation of projects Work with external partners to collect feedback and finalize program contents; work with internal partners to ensure contents are integrated and launched on appropriate platforms; support launch of platform and associated training activities Work along the internal project team and external partner to design the project contents Establish a strong network with the potential partners and all stakeholders Perform cost-benefit analysis of the existing and proposed ESR approaches and activities Collaborate with cross functional team on all project management deliverables • • • • • • • Past Experiences ii. ActionAid International Nepal (AAIN) Position: Associate Fundraising Officer May 2017 to January 2021 The overall responsibility is to contribute to explore new funding resources, handle statutory reporting requirements of institutional development partners and other donors and support in finding appropriate projects within or outside the working areas of AAIN and ensure timely donor communication and maintain good liaison with the funding countries and donors. o Actively track funding opportunities, facilitate a Go/No-Go process, coordinate with technical leads, and program team, for further proposal development process o Explore funding opportunities from private sectors; develop concept notes to tap on CSR funds from private o o o o o o o o o o o o o sectors Develop project proposals/ concepts with rigorous study and research in relation to the call in close collaboration with thematic leads, program team and affiliates as proactive fundraising initiatives Develop budget as per need of the ToR/donor requirements in coordination with the Finance team Support Resource Generation (RG) team in potential donor scoping (including corporate donors) for funding opportunities especially in Nepal and manage the application process in coordination with different thematic coordinators exercising RACI matrix Develop donor communication materials aligning with branding and communication strategy Support FR team in managing Contract Management system Database for Nepal Responsible for proper online and offline documentation including opportunity tracker to keep track of successful/submitted/in-preparation/rejected/pipeline proposals Support project teams in finalizing reports by ensuring quality and narrative compliance as required by the Donors Ensure that all the reports from project team/project focal person are consistent with the proposal presented to the donor Deal with donor queries and concerns on a timely basis and respond to them Liaise with project team/focal person to find out about possible projects and programmes Support Fundraising unit in developing Fundraising annual report, Quarterly Performance Report to ensure it is in accordance with the requirement and progress made Provide support to prepare donor communication materials in coordination with communication unit for visibility and branding of AAIN works among donors Represent ActionAid with donors, INGO, NGO partners and government stakeholders Relevant Trainings - Online training on “Taking the Fear Out Of Corporate Fundraising” organized by Udemy - Four Days Training on “Contract Management System” from ActionAid International - External Orientation on “SHEA and Safeguarding” - Orientation on “RACI matrix” and “How to Develop a Capacity Statement” - Two days training on “Writing a Winning Proposal: A How-To Course for NGOs” - Training on “Keys to Successful Fundraising and Capacity Building” - Online Training on “Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control - Online Training on BSAFE, Security Awareness Training by UNDSS iii. Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) Position: Research Officer (October 2014 to May 2017) Position: Intern (June to September 2014) Deputy Team Leader of the thematic area: Reproductive Health Rights / IEC/ Advocacy / Empowerment & Dissemination I was mainly responsible to monitor and evaluate SAAF project activities that was carried out in five districts of Nepal, closely monitor partner organizations and provide technical assistance to them and prepare performance reports to be submitted to donors. I was also assigned responsibility to network and communicate with national/international, district/local level stakeholders and consortium members. Besides SAAF project, there were numerous research projects I was involved in where my responsibilities included recruiting supervisors and enumerators for field work, prepare training materials and organize capacity building training for research works and partner NGOs. o Network and Communicate with national/international, district and local level stakeholders and consortium members o Assist team leader in Proposal writing (technical and financial) as per donor requirement o Closely monitor implementing partner organizations and provide technical assistance to PNGOs o Monitor and evaluate project activities and prepare performance reports o Recruit supervisors and enumerators, prepare training guideline, training materials and organize capacity building trainings for research works and Partner NGOs o Assist the Principal Investigator in developing training module, conducting trainings, assuring quality of work and performance appraisal of team members Paper accepted and presented at the 3rd International Congress on Women's Health and Unsafe Abortion and made oral presentation on "Young girls’ groups in villages work together to create enabling environment for marginalized women to access safe abortion information and services: Experiences from Nepal " held in Bangkok, Thailand in January 2016 Projects involvement: • "Expanding Access: Underprivileged rural women and girls utilize safe and free abortion services in Nepal" funded by Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF) -) • A pilot study on "Investigating service providers' perspectives on the factors denying legal abortion service in Nepal" funded by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) (2017) •“Breaking the Barriers: Marginalized Women and Girls access safe abortion information and services in Nepal” funded by SAAF -) •“Her Choice Baseline Study on Child Marriage, Girls Education and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights", AISSR/UvA (2016) •“Effectiveness and Acceptability of the counseling service provided by pharmacy workers on safe use of mifepristone and misoprostol to women seeking medication for induced abortion: An Operations Research Study”, PSI/CREHPA 2015 •"Medical Abortion Availability Study 2015: Coverage of Medication Abortion Drugs in Nepal", PSI/CREHPA 2015 • “Factors for delayed safe abortion seeking by women and pregnancy outcomes” under SAAF project (2014) •“The study of abortion incidence in Nepal and its role in Maternal Mortality”, CREHPA/Guttmacher Institute (2014) iv. Youth Led SRHR Advocacy Nepal (YO SHAN) Position: Vice-Coordinator October 2015 to October 2017 o Perform in-depth research on grant making organizations and organizations' guidelines o Develop concept for proposal writing by identifying opportunities and needs o o o o Networking with donors, international, national and district based partner organizations Prepare a budget and financial proposal as per the project need Arrange logistics required for internal tasks of the network and also for carrying out project activities Prepare financial report of the completed projects as per the donor requirement Academic Projects - Research project on Execution of Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF) Project III-“Breaking the barriers” through the empowered district based intermediaries in Banke and Bardiya - Development of the Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) plan for “Himalayan Java Coffeehouse” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntwWkr6EyuU - Research project on “The impact of Ecological Sanitation (Ecosan) toilet on the livelihood of people of Khokana Village”