Beate Friederike Maass
Address
Steinkuhlstr. 23
44799 Bochum
Germany
Email
Phone
Skype
[email protected]
+49 234 9342 9495
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PROFILE
! Independent consultant with ten years experience in managing and advising
relief and rehabilitation projects in Sri Lanka, Central Africa and the
Caribbean
! Attentive to detail with strong skills in results-based management,
performance monitoring, analysis and reporting
! Specialized in disaster relief/humanitarian aid, disaster risk reduction, food
security and rehabilitation of infrastructure
! Proven expertise in proposal/grant writing, project management in complex
environments, assessments and monitoring of humanitarian interventions, as
well as the facilitation of workshops and trainings
EDUCATION
10/2004 - 12/2005
Master in International Humanitarian Assistance
10/1997 - 01/2004
Diplom (equiv. to Master degree) in Regional Sciences of Latin America
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict/ Network on
Humanitarian Assistance (NOHA), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
University of Cologne, Germany
CONSULTANCIES
Since 04/2015
Program support and training - Welthungerhilfe, Central African Republic
! Elaboration of a concept note for the European Union (Fonds Bêkou) for a
project in food security / infrastructure rehabilitation
! Elaboration of a proposal for a gender-based violence (GBV) project for the
German Federal Foreign Office (AA)
! Facilitated a training on humanitarian quality and accountability standards
(covering HAP, SPHERE, Do-no-Harm and the Core Humanitarian Standard)
for staff from Welthungerhilfe, ACTED and Concern Worldwide
04/2015
Institutional Donor Relations Unit - Welthungerhilfe, Bonn, Germany
! Provided support in ensuring donor compliance of project reports for the
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
01/2015 - 03/2015
Program support, workshops and training - Welthungerhilfe, Haiti
! Facilitated two workshops to optimize the organizational structure and
administrational processes in the WHH country office in Port-au-Prince
! Conducted a financial management training for heads of projects
! Translated and revised a BMZ proposal for a food security/ agriculture project
11/2014 - 12/2014
Interim Program Coordinator - Welthungerhilfe, Central African Republic
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Developed planning documents and monitoring plans for humanitarian aid
projects in the sectors food security and infrastructure rehabilitation
Prepared the annual country report for 2014 and the annual plan for 2015
Provided support for the improvement of working structures and
administrative procedures in the Bangui country office
Prepared a GBV project in cooperation with the Italian NGO COOPI
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CONSULTANCIES (CONTINUED)
08/2014 – 09/2014
BMZ proposal – Welthungerhilfe, Haiti
! Translated and revised a proposal for a food security and public health
project for the BMZ
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
08/2010 – 04/2014
Head of Projects / Area Manager
Welthungerhilfe, Petit Goâve, Haiti
! Overall responsible for the program in West and South-East Haiti;
! Wrote and revised project proposals; secured grant funding from the
European Commission, the BMZ and FAO totaling more than 7 million Euros
! Coordinated projects with a total volume of more than 10 million Euros in the
following areas:
– Integrated urban development (Europeaid);
– Community based disaster risk reduction (DIPECHO);
– Shelter construction and WASH (ECHO, own funds, private donors);
– Erosion control / watershed management (FAO);
– Livelihood / small scale agriculture (BMZ);
– School reconstruction / rehabilitation (Private donors);
– Emergency relief (ECHO, own funds)
! Set-up a monitoring and evaluation system; supervised needs assessments
and baseline/endline studies, facilitated planning workshops
! Managed media, donor and partner relations
! Managed human resources (up to 70 employees), provided training and
coaching for national and expatriate staff, managed staff security
01/2010 – 07/2010
Humanitarian Coordinator
Malteser International, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
! Coordinated the emergency intervention of Malteser International in Haiti in
the direct aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake
! Set-up a country office (Port-au-Prince) and a field office (Léogâne)
! Managed staff security, set-up security guidelines
! Conducted needs assessments
! Identified, planned and coordinated relief and rehabilitation projects
(Emergency health care/ basic health care, distribution of NFI, construction of
transitional health centres, WASH interventions)
! Supervised project personnel (36 employees, 10 international volunteers)
! Gave interviews (radio, television/ video, print-media) to German and
international media, accompanied journalists on visits to Haiti
! Represented Malteser International vis-à-vis donors and partner
organizations
06/2008 – 12/2009
Project Manager
Welthungerhilfe, Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo
! Managed an integrated food security, infrastructure and community
development project for 15,000 returned IDP families funded by the BMZ
! Assured budget management, reporting and supervision of audits
! Conducted needs assessments, supervised the project baseline survey
! Recruited and supervised project personnel (30 employees)
! Identified and developed new projects, wrote and revised project proposals
(USAID, private donors), identified national partner organizations
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OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)
02/2007 – 05/2008
Project Administrator
Welthungerhilfe, Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo
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03/2006 – 01/2007
Managed the financial administration of emergency and rehabilitation
projects, including bank/cash, bookkeeping and budget control
Prepared audits and financial reports for donors (ECHO, USAID,
OCHA/UNDP, BMZ)
Co-wrote and edited project proposals for USAID and BMZ
Program Assistant
Johanniter International Assistance, Colombo, Sri Lanka
! Supported the program coordinator in the management of disaster
preparedness and rehabilitation projects
! Trained members of the local partner organization “St. Johns Ambulance" in
the planning, proposal writing and implementation of projects
! Managed all administrative and financial matters within the Sri Lanka program
07/2005 – 10/2005
Intern in the Early Warning Unit
UN-Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), New York, USA
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02/2004 – 10/2004
Assisted in the monitoring and analysis of emerging humanitarian crises in
sub-Saharan Africa
Wrote country-specific early warning reports and risk analyses
Freelance Producer, Foreign Affairs Department
Public TV Broadcasting Company „Westdeutscher Rundfunk“, Cologne, Germany
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08/2003 – 10/2003
Provided research and production assistance for newscasts, live discussions
and political reports
Intern in the Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales (ILDIS)
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Quito, Ecuador
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Conducted research and prepared a study on the regionalization of the
Colombian conflict and the effects of the Plan Colombia on Ecuador
TRAINING
Project / Grant
Management
! ECHO Single Form 2014, Punto.sud, ISPI, MDF, Particip Consortium,
Distance Learning, 12/2014
! Management of European Union Grants, Arkipelago Consulting, 07/2013
! Conflict-Sensitive Action, Welthungerhilfe, 10/2008
! SPHERE Standards, Indicators and Guidelines, NOHA, 10/2004
Monitoring and
Evaluation
! Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, Duke University/Village Earth, Sixweek online course, 01-02/2015
! Equity-focused and Gender-responsive Evaluation, UNICEF/IOCE, Online
course, 09/2014
! Impact-oriented Project Planning and Monitoring, Welthungerhilfe, 05/2009
Security
! Personal Security for Humanitarian Staff, Clarity Security Training, 12/2013
! Anti-stress and Burnout, TraumaTransformConsult, 09-10/2011
! Safety and Security in Missions Abroad, Academy for Emergency Planning
and Civil Protection, 10/2008
! First Aid, Security, Safety and Survival in the Field, German Red Cross,
06/2005
Leadership
! Leadership Training for Area Managers, Manager Institut, 02/2014
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TRAINING (CONTINUED)
Climate Change,
WASH, Food
Security
! Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate, Cologne
University of Applied Sciences/United Nations Environment Programme,
MOOC, 01-02/2015
! Climate Change, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Online
course, 08/2014
! WASH (Hygiene Promotion, Water supply, Sanitation), RedR, 06/2011
! Diagnostic Tools and Decentralized Intervention Strategies in Food and
Nutrition Security, Inwent, 08/2008
LANGUAGE SKILLS
German
English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Native tongue
Full professional proficiency
Full professional proficiency
Professional working proficiency
Professional working proficiency
OTHER ACTIVITIES
12/2013
01/2003 - 04/2003
03/2001 – 09/2001
! Gave a lecture on DRR and climate change for students of the Master course
in International Humanitarian Assistance (NOHA) in Bochum, Germany
! Developed and implemented a Capoeira (Brazilian martial art/dance) project
for children of the Township Khayelitsha, South Africa
! Academic Exchange Semester at the Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil,
Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
REFERENCES
Bettina Iseli
Head of Institutional Donor Relations,
Welthungerhilfe
+49 (0)228 2288 322,
[email protected]
Georg Doerken
Country Director Central African
Republic, Welthungerhilfe
+236 7244 4218,
[email protected]
Jelena Kaifenheim,
Program Manager Latin America and
the Caribbean, Malteser International,
+49 (0)221 9822 214,
[email protected]