Improver

Aśka Wiśniewska-Pickering

Vice President, Award Management Unit, and member of Senior Management Team Europe, International Rescue Committee

United Kingdom

• Experienced and effective senior leader and transformation manager in international commercial and non-for- profit sectors with proven expertise in developing strategies and partnerships, and ensuring quality delivery of complex programmes, initiatives and services.
• A highly experienced senior manager providing oversight and support to programme management teams with responsibility for effective service design and delivery, improvement transformation, strategic operations, commercial management, client relations and staff management.
• A member of Senior Management Team and Senior Leadership Group with the responsibility for leadership, development, planning and delivering of the strategic direction to ensure high-performing awards management team, and effective organisational policies and strategies.

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Experience:

• Deputy Vice President, Award Management Unit (International Rescue Committee)
• Deputy Director, Global Technical Assistance for Health, Health & Life Sciences Partnerships (Mott MacDonald)
• Chairperson (Stop Bengeo Quarry environmental campaign)
• Operations Manager, Global Technical Assistance, Health & Life Sciences Partnerships (HLSP, part of Mott MacDonald Group)
• Head of Fund Management, and Deputy Director of UK Aid Direct Fund (Mannion Daniels Limited)
• Regional Manager for Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (Mott MacDonald (formerly HLSP))
• Deputy Director for Global Programmes, Cambridge Education and Health & Life Sciences Partnerships (Mott MacDonald)
• Vice President, Awards Management Unit (International Rescue Committee)

Skills:

• Stakeholder Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Change Management
• Team Leadership
• Business Management
• International Development
• Programme Delivery
• Capacity Building
• Customer Satisfaction
• Operations Management
• Team Building
• Strategic Planning
• Proposal Writing
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Recruiting
• Management
• Contract Negotiation
• International Event Management
• Event Management
• Program Evaluation
• Commercial Management
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Public Policy
• Program Management
• Operational Planning
• Coaching
• Team Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Leadership
• Proposal Management
• Matrix Leadership
• Contract Management
• Resource Management
• Staff Development
• Change Project Management
• Project Planning
• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
• Organizational Development
• Business Transformation
• Humanitarian Assistance
• Project Portfolio Management
• Event Planning
• Quality Assurance
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Policy
• Strategic Leadership
• Training
• NGOs