LUANDA MUSAFIRI
Colorado Springs
Summary
Leader with 8+ years of experience advancing child protection, mental health, education, and women’s rights in conflict-affected settings. I am a dedicated and results-oriented Client Relationship Associate with a strong background in client support and relationship management. Proven ability to deliver high-quality service and foster client satisfaction. I lead community-driven, locally grounded solutions. Passionate about equity, localization, and youth leadership, I bring strong governance insight, inclusive partnerships, and global advocacy to drive systems change.
Professional administrative professional with track record in supporting executive leadership. Proven ability to handle confidential information and manage executive schedules effectively. Focused on fostering team collaboration and meeting dynamic business needs through exceptional communication and organizational skills.
Experienced with managing executive schedules, travel arrangements, and meeting coordination. Utilizes strong interpersonal skills to facilitate communication and collaboration among team members. Knowledge of office management software and administrative protocols.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Executive Assistant
Relief Energy
02.2024 - 08.2024
- Coordinated executive schedules, optimizing meeting times for efficiency and productivity.
- Managed communications between executives and stakeholders, ensuring timely information exchange.
- Developed and maintained organized filing systems, enhancing document retrieval processes.
- Assisted in preparing reports and presentations, contributing to effective decision-making meetings.
Executive Director
TUMAINI for Refugee Women
09.2018 - 07.2024
- Provide strategic direction and organizational leadership for a national NGO serving refugee women and children through programs in education, GBV prevention and response, MHPSS, and child protection.
- Lead a diverse, multidisciplinary team of 45 staff and volunteers, fostering a culture of inclusion, mutual respect, and empowerment.
- Champion localization and equitable partnerships with international actors, advancing sector-wide commitments to shift power to local communities.
- Secure multi-year funding from bilateral donors, INGOs, and foundations; oversee budgets with transparent financial and impact reporting.
- Led strategic initiatives to enhance support programs for refugee women, improving service delivery and outreach efforts.
- Developed and implemented policies addressing the unique needs of refugee women in collaboration with stakeholders.
Consultant
Consultant – Refugee-Led Governance & Localization
01.2021 - 2023
- Co-facilitated learning sessions for INGOs on shifting power to refugee-led organizations.
- Supported documentation of best practices in RLO governance and accountability systems.
- Advised GRN’s strategic planning processes to integrate youth leadership indicators.
- Project-Based
- Led stakeholder engagement initiatives to enhance refugee-led governance frameworks.
- Developed localization strategies to improve service delivery in diverse communities.
Master Trainer Consultant
UNICEF UPSHIFT
03.2021 - 07.2022
- Lead the design and delivery of UPSHIFT trainings for youth, building their skills in social innovation, entrepreneurship, and problem-solving.
- Train and mentor national and regional cohorts of facilitators and youth trainers, with a focus on inclusion, refugee participation, and sustainability.
- Support the localization and contextualization of the UPSHIFT curriculum to ensure relevance to conflict-affected and refugee-hosting communities.
- Collaborate with implementing partners including War Child Canada, ILO, Eleku, and Unleashed to identify and scale innovative youth-led solutions.
- Represent refugee youth perspectives in UNICEF-supported platforms advocating for youth economic empowerment and digital inclusion.
- Co-designed digital learning pathways and virtual mentoring spaces to extend UPSHIFT access to remote and underserved refugee youth.
- Contributed to the development of impact measurement tools and learning frameworks to track youth progress and program outcomes.
- Facilitated cross-border knowledge exchange between youth innovators, enabling peer learning and collaboration across humanitarian contexts.
Program Fellow – Girls’ Education & Leadership Initiative
Save the Children International
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Supported design and learning for projects improving school retention and leadership pathways for adolescent girls.
- Delivered training sessions on menstrual health, child rights, and psychosocial support.
- Led participatory program reviews with girls’ clubs, integrating their feedback into action plans.
Education
Certificate - International Affairs
Kavendish
Uganda04-2028
Skills
- Strategic Leadership & Governance
- Child Protection & MHPSS
- Youth Engagement & Leadership
- Gender-Sensitive Programming
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL)
- Localization & Systems Change
- Donor Relations & Coordination
- Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration
- Advocacy & Public Speaking
- Accountability & Safeguarding
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Digital M&E tools and reporting
- Basic budgeting & financial oversight
- Report writing & documentation
- Executive support
- Administrative support
- Office management
- Strong problem solver
- Office administration
Accomplishments
- Planned corporate meetings, lunches and special events for groups of 100+ employees.
Certification
- UNICEF UPSHIFT Master Trainer Certification UNICEF Uganda Certified: 2023
- Certified ILO Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Trainer International Labour Organization (ILO) Certified: 2022
- Digital Skills for Women Entrepreneurs Refine Program, Mercy Corps Uganda Completed: 2023
Languages
English – Fluent
Swahili – Fluent
French – Intermediate
Kinyarwanda – Fluent
Spanish – Intermediate
Timeline
Executive Assistant
Relief Energy
02.2024 - 08.2024
Master Trainer Consultant
UNICEF UPSHIFT
03.2021 - 07.2022
Consultant
Consultant – Refugee-Led Governance & Localization
01.2021 - 2023
Program Fellow – Girls’ Education & Leadership Initiative
Save the Children International
01.2019 - 01.2020
Executive Director
TUMAINI for Refugee Women
09.2018 - 07.2024
Certificate - International Affairs
Kavendish
Hobbies and Interests
Creative writing and storytelling (used in youth healing circles), Reading books on leadership, resilience, and human rights, Gardening and promoting green spaces in refugee communities, Public speaking and youth mentorship, Photography and documenting community stories, Listening to music as a form of self-care and relaxation
Work Availability
monday
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