Imesha Abeysekara

• Maintaining cleanliness and safety of aircraft interiors, ensuring a welcoming environment for passengers.
• Collaborating with team members to meet strict deadlines and maintain high standards of service.
• Adhering to all safety regulations and protocols during cleaning operations.
• Participating in staff training sessions, acquiring new skills and knowledge.

• Managed a portfolio of 45 high-value healthcare grants (totaling USD 5 million) to enhance the delivery, utilization, and quality of primary healthcare services in Sri Lanka.
• Overall coordination of the implementation of the Pandemic Emergency Facility Fund (1.7 M USD) supported COVID pandemic activities to address the crosscutting themes (GBV, communication, mental health).

Key Duties.

• Developed SOPs and implemented project methodologies to meet audit standards
• Coordinated grant proposals, evaluations, approvals, and agreements
• Managed budgets, procurement plans, and activity execution within targets
• Assisted in recruiting consultants and research staff as required
• Monitored work plans, costs, and project progress with the M&E team
• Ensured compliance in payments, procurement, and financial reporting
• Prepared progress reports, status reports, maintained grant databases, and ensured stakeholder communication.
• Implemented a robust monitoring and evaluation system for ongoing grants, providing insights, and recommending adaptations to improve the implementation.
• Liaised with the procurement team to provide specific information to initiate the tender procedure, invitation of bids, and order placement according to the World Bank procurement guidelines.

• Managed the Innovation Grants (individual grant of USD 0.1 M to USD 0.8 M) scheme of the SHSDP project in line with the Operational Guidelines and the Project Development Objectives.

Key Duties

• Coordinated all procurement activities aligned with the World Bank 2016 procurement guidelines.
• Managed all stocks, inventories, issues, and receipts of the items procured through the project.
• Coordinated with the project finance unit for all suppliers/vendors' payments.
• Coordinated with the legal officer to sign the legal agreements with the grantees and suppliers.
• Coordinated dissemination of the findings of the grants with relevant stakeholders.
• Produced reports for the Project Director for necessary reviews and meetings.
• Coordinated the SHSDP project’s overall closing activities.
• Resource person for writing the project final report

• Coordinated and implemented the activities of the 1,200 research grants in line with the Operational Guidelines.

Key Duties

• Arranged meetings and workshops with relevant stakeholders to review and monitor the progress of research grants.
• Produced progress reports, annual reports, and published them on the web portal of the Ministry of Health, and prepared reports for submission for audit purposes.

• Implemented the monitoring framework of the Global Fund Round 6 TB control project, implemented in the National TB Control Programme in Sri Lanka, in line with the project appraisal document.

Key Duties

• Developed data collection tools to collect relevant data and information at District Chest Clinics, National TB Laboratory, and Main Drug Stores.
• Trained staff to familiarize themselves with the data collection tools enables them to collect qualitative and quantitative data on time in order to run the real-time M&E database.
• Developed the e-Patient Management Information System for the National Tuberculosis Control Program of the Ministry of Health.
• Coordinated Data Entry staff to update the e-PMIS, provide necessary guidance, and supervision.
• Trained staff (Medical Officers, Para-Medical Staff, Data Entry Operators) to implement the e-PMIS island-wide.
• Analyzed data using statistical packages for managerial decisions, and produced M & E reports accordingly.
• Compiled information and produced reports annually for internal and external stakeholders (SAARC TB report, WHO TB reports).

• Independently managed national-level projects that have a wide range of thematic coverage; full responsibility for monitoring and evaluation of national-level projects; deeply engaged in community-based organization for project planning, monitoring activities, capacity assessment, and organizational development.

Key Duties

• Implemented the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of the GFATM Round 8 project activities.
• (Malaria elimination)
• Implemented the Monitoring and Evaluation framework of the housing development project activities implemented in the Northern Province.
• Trained regional, peripheral staff for qualitative and quantitative data collection to streamline the monitoring activities in projects implemented by the Sewalanka Foundation.
• Produced donor reports according to the reporting timelines.
• Coordinate donor mission meetings as per the mission schedules.

• Focal point to monitor and coordinate the Sustainable Livelihood Development project activities implemented in three districts: Galle, Matara, and Trincomalee, supporting 5,000 tsunami-affected households to uplift their lost livelihoods during the disaster.

Key Duties

• Implement the household operational plan (HOP), ensuring the improvement of five capitals (Human, Financial, Physical, Social, Natural) of project beneficiaries.
• Managed a 5,000 household-level income database to monitor the progress of livelihood development plans.
• Identify the project vulnerable categories (poor marginalized, widow, disability) and close monitoring of their income generation by frequent field visits
• Implemented a GIS/MIS system to monitor the project.
• Developed thematic maps to assess the progress of project beneficiaries.
• Developed data collection tools to support the monitoring process, and trained field staff to gather information accurately and frequently.
• Analyzed information, data for necessary reviews, and monitoring purposes of the project were submitted to senior managers for further decisions.
• Produced progress reports, and Project Narrative Reports, as per the Dorner reporting timelines.
• Coordinated all sectorial specialists (i.e., Agriculture, Gender, Business Development, Marketing) for their timely implementation of monthly action plans, and conducted frequent reviews with them for necessary revisions and updates.
• Coordinate donor mission meetings, and arrange necessary monitoring visits at the project beneficiary area.