Clemens Von Heimendahl

Dedicated Professional Practioner with 20 years of experience planning special campaigns and humanitarian responses Enthusiastic about supporting issues related to humanitarian causes. Accomplished in working with corporate leaders to receive sponsorships and initiate matching gift programs. Self-motivated development professional well-versed in individual, corporate and foundation fundraising techniques. Excellent track record of managing donor relationships and identifying new partnerships to increase fundraising support.

Proven skills in the management of missions abroad (including setup and operation of remote satellite offices/operations), supervision of finances, human resources, logistics (incl supply chain) and security management

• Pro-active fund acquisition, marketing and active networking, representation also in worldwide networks, designing and launching appeals and fund requests on different levels
• Human centered approach(HCD) to management, ability to promote and structure teamwork
• And audit preparation
• Emergency Field Response : 1980 to 2000 voluntary involvement in humanitarian projects (mainly in Nicaragua, but also Maghreb and Middle East); active humanitarian emergency responses since Hurricane Mitch (1998), Salvador Earthquakes (2000), Nyiragongo outbreak (2001), drought Southern Africa (2002), Darfur crisis (2003 to 2006), Pakistan Earthquake (2005), Baluchistan Floods (2007) and Cyclone Yemcin (2008); Cyclone Nargis (2008), Cholera Zimbabwe (2009), Pakistan Floods (2010), ongoing South Sudan crisis since 2013, droughts/El Nino effect in Eastern and Southern Africa (2016 to 2020); COVID-19 program coordination and response (2020 to 2021) in Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa and Madagascar; cyclone Batsirai Madagascar (2022)
• Project management with funding sources of USAID/OFDA; FCDO; DFID; DEC, AFD, EC-Development, ECHO, different UN agencies (including CERF, ERF, PCA and SSA types), CFGB, HPF, DEZA/SDC and Glückskette, German Humanitarian Aid (AA) and Development Aid (BMZ), KfW, Danida, SIDA, CIDA, AUS-aid, World Bank, African Development Bank and Asian Development Bank; Green Climate Fund as well as with large charities, foundations and pool funding
• Well experienced in security management incl respective Risk Analysis and Security based decision implementation
• Remote management of Teams in hostile environments Pakistan, South Sudan; N/W/S Darfur; Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea; Triangle Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia) and acute disaster surroundings
• Trained as Trainer of Mine Action Awareness by UNMAO 2005 and certified graduate of UN/German Army organized Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) Training in December 2017 at Hammelburg barracks, Germany.

• References all work related) (last employer
• 1.) Tsialoninarivo (Tse) Rahajary; National Director SAF/FJKM; tsialoninarivo_rahajary@saf-fjkm.org and tserahajary@yahoo.fr +261-34 020 76 00
• 2.) Mathew Varghese, Senior Coordinator, System-Wide Evaluation; Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations; mathew.varghese@un.org +1 917 703 2925; former supervisor Red Cross (IFRC)
• 3.) Monique Frey, Project manager and Swiss consultant in international development cooperation; monique.frey@gmx.ch; Monique.frey@cbmswiss.ch former supervisor Caritas Switzerland;
• 4.) Siyad Adan; Director of Operations ZAMPHIA Project University of Maryland; sadan@mgic.umaryland.edu; + 260-979- 827 451; former colleague/co-worker
• 5.) Soe Myat Naing; Head of Office Myanmar Trocaire,;