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Atem P. Malak

Atem P. Malak

Washington,USA

Summary

Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Co-Founded

Pawuoi Clinic on Wheels (PaCOWs)
01.2020 - Current
  • Company Overview: PaCOWs provides healthcare services to the vulnerable people in South Sudan. The mobile clinic is currently based in Juba, South Sudan, and it travels to several locations across the country.
  • Lead an effort to fundraised $200,000, procure the mobile clinic vehicle and ensure a safe shipping of the vehicle to South Sudan.
  • He also volunteers as Vice President of the community-based organization (Awulian Community Development Association) that helps mentors the youth with college applications in the US as well as helping the youth who grew up in the US to learn about their culture.
  • In the last six years, played mediation, stakeholders' mapping role in ensuring that two communities in Jonglei, South Sudan who had participated in communal violence which resulted in the lost 29 lives made peace and conduct blood compensation.
  • PaCOWs provides healthcare services to the vulnerable people in South Sudan. The mobile clinic is currently based in Juba, South Sudan, and it travels to several locations across the country.

Senior Program Associate

International Republican Institute
01.2021 - 02.2025
  • Managed USD 15 millions programs for East/Horn of Africa.
  • Maintain an understanding of funder and the institute's policies and procedures related to grant compliance and oversight.
  • Responsible for administrative and programmatic support for current awards and develops programs in the East Africa portfolio; Lead efforts to implement grant(s) and ensure grant compliance, including logistical support for program activities and events.
  • Develops Scope of Work for consultants, grantees, and contractors and tracks pending procurement requests, procurement approvals and related monitoring; Deep understanding of funder and institutional policies and procedures related to grant compliance and oversight.
  • Leads monthly budget analysis, tracks spending and regularly updates budget tracker; cross-reference on monthly basis with relevant units; Monitor program activities related to the approved grant workplan and monitoring & evaluation plan. Suggest activity shifts based on changes in the environment.
  • Work on proposal development process for new funding opportunities, including the development of new program ideas, proposal drafting, identification of partners, setting up the appropriate monitoring & evaluation requirements.
  • Conduct desk reviews, assess context, mapping stakeholders key to the successful resolution of the conflicts, and identifying the main issues to be addressed.
  • Proposed and conduct peacebuilding activity with the local, religious and local government stakeholders for example, the Unity Festival.
  • Supports the Institute's communication strategy including branding and outreach plans on projects assigned, including desk reviews, drafts and updates program summaries and other outreach materials, and drafts web stories.

Deputy Resident Manager

International Student House
01.2017 - 01.2023
  • Company Overview: A place that hosts over 300 scholars and interns from over 70 countries each year.
  • Manages 25-30 resident assistants each month.
  • Part of Atem's work is to be a liaison between ISH-DC administration and international scholars. This includes budgeting and logistics-related activities under the direction of the Resident manager.
  • A place that hosts over 300 scholars and interns from over 70 countries each year.

Intern

Peace Tech Lab
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Company Overview: Innovative media effort to support peace in South Sudan.
  • Generated social media contents for Sawa Shabab, a drama radio program in South Sudan, which promotes peace through story telling.
  • Organized Listening and discussion Sessions.
  • Collected hate speech terms on social media and wrote reports on the meaning of the new terms.
  • Increased awareness about the negative consequences of online hate speech and misinformation.
  • Innovative media effort to support peace in South Sudan.

Education

Master of Arts - International Affairs, Conflict & Conflict Resolution

The George Washington University
Washington, DC
05-2018

Bachelor of Arts - History and Economics Minor, International Trade and Finance

Walla Walla University
College Place, WA
06-2015

Skills

  • Drafting professional memos
  • Opinion writing
  • Press release development
  • Effective communication strategies
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Performance reporting
  • Skilled in resolving conflicts
  • Stakeholder engagement mapping
  • Conflict resolution analysis
  • Conflict resolution
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Financial planning
  • Budget oversight

Certification

  • Budget Certified
  • Vena Solutions Certified
  • Ongoing Certifications: Coursiv & AI for Everyone Coursera

Languages

Dinka
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Arabic
Limited Working

Timeline

Senior Program Associate

International Republican Institute
01.2021 - 02.2025

Co-Founded

Pawuoi Clinic on Wheels (PaCOWs)
01.2020 - Current

Deputy Resident Manager

International Student House
01.2017 - 01.2023

Intern

Peace Tech Lab
01.2016 - 01.2017

Master of Arts - International Affairs, Conflict & Conflict Resolution

The George Washington University

Bachelor of Arts - History and Economics Minor, International Trade and Finance

Walla Walla University

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