Political Consultant seeking work in Latin America, USA

Children Change Colombia, London March 2015 - Present\r\nTrust Fundraising Officer \r\n\r\n• Write funding proposals and applications for trusts and foundations, corporate donors and institutional funders such as the UN, EU and Ford Foundation\r\n• Prepare narrative and financial reports for donors, using monitoring information from partner organisations \r\n• Maintain and develop relationships with trusts and foundations including new trusts \r\n• Manage the calendar and budget of funding applications through database \r\n• Conduct ongoing research into new trusts and donor trends and match them to funding priorities \r\n• Monitor and record income from trusts, foundations, corporate and institutional funders\r\n• Coordinate the internal management of information on restricted funds and analysis of project data\r\n\r\nMinority Rights Group International, London December 2014 – November 2015\r\nProgramme Officer\r\n\r\n• Researched and created advocacy strategies and liaised with UN and EU officials on pressing issues for various minority groups\r\n• Coordinate and manage events to raise awareness for campaigns tackling discriminatory practises against minorities\r\n• Translated documents from English to French and provided subtitles in English (from Spanish audio) on a number of documentaries\r\n• Wrote publications on Afro-descendant communities and mobilisation and other human rights issues in Latin America\r\n• Interviewed human rights lawyers in the Dominican Republic and helped set up a documentary on discrimination against Haitian-Dominicans\r\n\r\nCitigate Dewe Rogerson, London October 2014 – March 2015 \r\nPublic Policy Assistant\r\n\r\n• Maintained relationships with clients in the financial and consumer sectors\r\n• Researched and summarised policies of international organisations and national parties on issues such as, finance, SMEs, and human rights including the Modern Slavery Bill and UK Bribery Act\r\n• Compiled policy documents and weekly updates for distribution to clients on above policies\r\n• Wrote political profiles and developed strategies of engagement with relevant MPs and think tanks\r\n\r\n