ANDREW MONAHAN
Takoma Park,MD
Summary
A proven program management and strategic advisor with over 15 years of experience in managing complex programs and activities. Significant experience in managing and coordinating with diverse teams, overseeing project compliance, and delivering on technical objectives. Demonstrated experience in strategy development and home office leadership roles, program-level reporting, and compliance and financial oversight. Excellent communications, management, contractual and financial skills.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior project manager
EnCompass, LLC
11.2023 - 03.2025
- Led the improvement and growth of project management at EnCompass.
- Identified risks, monitored issues, and provided mitigation recommendations and plans throughout project lifecycle.
- Provided briefings and status reports to executives, leaders, and team members identifying key milestones and critical path elements.
- Managed change and guided the team to adopt best practices/process improvements.
- Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress, and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Developed and led multi-disciplinary team to redefine problems and reach solutions based on different perspectives.
Procurement specialist, project management director, COVID Response team lead, and contracts specialist
Chemonics International Inc.
03.2016 - 10.2023
- Project Overview: Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management
- Streamlined operations by developing and implementing improved contract management processes.
- Addressed contract disputes and provided advice and guidance to resolve issues.
- Responsible for a variety of program management activities, including: conception, development and implementation of procurement sourcing strategies for the project’s malaria portfolio; negotiations with partner organizations; ensuring environmental compliance; compliance reviews of large-scale commodity procurements; contractual reviews and clearances of project operational activities; oversight of in-country program activities and reporting; and COVID-19 Emergency Response management, coordination and reporting.
- Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management
Development outreach communications specialist
USAID/Morocco (consultant through Vistant)
01.2022 - 05.2023
- Responsible for all Mission communications, including outreach to Moroccan public, development and management of social marketing, coordination with implementing partners, branding and marking guidance, video conception and development, management of contract with public relations firm, and event management.
Strategy development consultant
USAID/Morocco
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Supported the USAID Program Management Office in development of the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) through review of CDCS requirements, strategy review and development, drafting of internal presentations to USAID leadership, and writing and editing of the five-year strategy.
Regulatory consultant
Solidarity Center
04.2019 - 08.2019
- Conducted a landscape assessment on registration and residency requirements for international NGOs, in Morocco.
- Deliverables focused on current regulations and procedures, steps taken by comparable NGOs, and best practices in obtaining registration and residency for international staff.
Project management consultant
Creative Associates International
04.2017 - 10.2017
- Oversaw the closure of one Morocco-based program and start-up of two new awards, valued at $30 million, in the education and CVE sectors.
- Responsibilities included award and corporate compliance, staff management and training, roll out of policies and procedures, and transitioning of corporate structure in-country.
Senior field operations coordinator
Creative Associates International
07.2014 - 03.2016
- Oversaw a four-person staff of senior professionals specialized in management, start-up and closeout, quality control and project support, and field office IT.
- Facilitated kick-off discussions and project start-up for all Creative programs – contracts and cooperative agreements.
- Led corporate-wide efforts related to compliance, crisis response, process mapping and improvement, record retention, and standardization of procedures between headquarters and field offices.
- Conducted short-term assistance trips to China, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria and Zambia.
Senior project manager
Chemonics International, Inc.
06.2010 - 06.2014
- Implemented and oversaw large and complex programs, typically valued from $50 – $150 million, for the company’s Afghanistan portfolio.
- Served as acting Deputy Chief of Party – Operations overseeing a staff of more than 30.
- Managed and trained Washington-based project management staff.
- Managed client relations, project reporting, contractual, financial, and environmental compliance, along with client approval processes from both the field and home offices.
- Managed subcontractor procurement, performance, budgeting, and billing.
- Wrote grants manuals, and managed grant implementation.
- Responsible for project budget, and client relations.
- Led project reporting, wrote annual reports, oversaw project M&E, and managed deliverable collection.
- Liaised between home and field office on technical and administrative issues.
- Served as regional compliance reviewer and advised home and field office staff on U.S. government regulations.
- Led several projects in start-up and close-out activities.
- Held key roles in new business development including technical writer and project management plan developer.
- Completed training in technical writing, grants management, and federal contractual compliance.
Program operations manager
Futures Group (now Palladium)
07.2007 - 07.2010
- Responsible for contractual and financial compliance, and grants management for the Communication for Behavior Change: Expanding Access to Private Sector Health Products and Services in Afghanistan (COMPRI-A).
- Developed and tracked the six-year, $34 million budget against both field and headquarters-based expenses.
- Coordinated the project’s transition from full-time field office to an independently run NGO.
- Managed project staffing.
- Provided short-term technical assistance and capacity building to field staff.
- Oversaw the portfolio for the USAID-funded Grant Management Solutions (GMS) project, in support of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
- Led all partner organization activities including management of core funding and additional 36 task orders.
- Recruited consultants and coordinated consultant teams, under the cooperative agreement, to conduct short term technical assistance for task orders assisting Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs) and Principal Recipients (PRs) in 18 different countries.
- Managed project budgets, consultant travel, financial reporting, and served as a point of contact with implementing partners.
Small business development
United States Peace Corps
09.2004 - 12.2006
- Established an annual, regional craft fair, in conjunction with a local artisan cooperative and the Ministry of Artisans to bring small business owners to new markets.
- Trained artisans in product development, budgeting, accounting, English, computer, and Internet usage.
- Conceived, developed, and managed a grant for a regional leadership and microenterprise development camp for 50 adolescent girls in conjunction with Moroccan partner organizations and the Moroccan Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Education
Bachelor of arts -
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, Indiana01.2000
Skills
- Cost control
- Quality control
- Cross-functional communication
- Client liaison
- Multi-project management
- Training and mentoring
- Client relationship management
- Documentation management
Personal Information
Citizenship: US Citizen
Publications
Review of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in HIV/AIDS Grants Awarded by The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (ROUNDS 1–7), 08/01/10, Co-author
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Arabic
Limited Working
French
Elementary
Timeline
Senior project manager
EnCompass, LLC
11.2023 - 03.2025
Development outreach communications specialist
USAID/Morocco (consultant through Vistant)
01.2022 - 05.2023
Strategy development consultant
USAID/Morocco
01.2020 - 01.2021
Regulatory consultant
Solidarity Center
04.2019 - 08.2019
Project management consultant
Creative Associates International
04.2017 - 10.2017
Procurement specialist, project management director, COVID Response team lead, and contracts specialist
Chemonics International Inc.
03.2016 - 10.2023
Senior field operations coordinator
Creative Associates International
07.2014 - 03.2016
Senior project manager
Chemonics International, Inc.
06.2010 - 06.2014
Program operations manager
Futures Group (now Palladium)
07.2007 - 07.2010
Small business development
United States Peace Corps
09.2004 - 12.2006
Bachelor of arts -
Valparaiso University
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