Christelly Badila
Program Manager
Montreal,QC
Summary
Professional Program Management Specialist with over 10 years experience working with teams to accomplish
short- and long-term program goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs. Ability to handle multiple
projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Program Manager
Sightsavers
08.2015 - 12.2021
- Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso and Abidjan - Cote d'IVOIRE
- Provided strategic leadership in conceptualizing, planning, implementing, monitoring and supervising the tropical diseases projects in Burkina Faso & Cote D’Ivoire
Technical Advisor
Sightsavers
07.2013 - 05.2015
- Collaborated with national programs coordination and trained national teams in tropical diseases control and elimination activities to accomplish set goals and benchmarks
- Tracked and reported program results to donors and stakeholders to facilitate change management activities
- Secured grants from partners (End Fund and Occitane foundation) for implementation of tropical diseases control activities in Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire activities
- Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability
- Leveraged data and analytics to make informed decisions and drive business improvements
- Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire
- Served as primary point of contact of WHO's African program for onchocerciasis control
- Contributed technical oversight to assist national team project fulfillment
- Spearheaded the administrative setup of Sightsavers in Cote d’Ivoire
- This allowed, since 2013 this NGO to work in Cote d’Ivoire
- Defined program-level goals and resource plans in coordination with regional office and senior staff
- Led development of concept notes and proposals in coordination with technical Director of tropical diseases at Sightsavers' headquarter office, program manager and Finance Teams at regional office
- Led project evaluation, resulting in downwards trend in prevalence of onchocerciasis close to zero at the border district level between Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire
Laboratory Manager
Laboratoire H2O
09.2012 - 06.2013
- Ouagadougou
- Set and oversaw quality assurance guidelines for laboratory work
- Interviewed, hired and trained lab technicians to perform experiments and analyze results
- Kept laboratory in compliance with applicable guidelines and laws
- Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members
- Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones
- Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement
- Trained personnel in equipment maintenance and enforced participation in exercises focused on developing key skills.
Deputy Director
Helen Keller International
10.2010 - 08.2012
- Supported development and implementation of annual work plans and participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion
- Created one technical working group, resulting in a successful coordination of stakeholders
- Led and directly managed a team of 4 Program Managers, including recruiting, mentoring, training and evaluating annual perfomance apraisals and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills
- Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members
- Provided high quality research and evaluation and ensured dissemination of Information and publications of major findings including submission of two articles published in a peer review journal
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations
- Successfully managed a portfolio of programs funding through various donors (Global Affair Canada,
- USAID, UNICEF, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, GiveWell).
Education
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Master - Science, technology and health, Biochemistry
University of Montpellier
09.2008 - 07.2009
Project Management for Development Professionals (Project DPro) - undefined
01.2004 - 05.2008
Master - undefined
University of Ouagadougou
02.1995 - 06.1998
Skills
Simultaneous Development Team Management
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Quote
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller
Timeline
Senior Program Manager
Sightsavers
08.2015 - 12.2021
Technical Advisor
Sightsavers
07.2013 - 05.2015
Laboratory Manager
Laboratoire H2O
09.2012 - 06.2013
Deputy Director
Helen Keller International
10.2010 - 08.2012
Master - Science, technology and health, Biochemistry
University of Montpellier
09.2008 - 07.2009
Project Management for Development Professionals (Project DPro) - undefined
01.2004 - 05.2008
Master - undefined
University of Ouagadougou
02.1995 - 06.1998
Managing Markets for - undefined
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