Abhijeet Goyal

Conducting program management in international development and governance on U.S. government project in collaboration with different departments of Ukrainian government, including:

Tracking and reporting on project initiatives, as well as analysis of project progress.

Managing grants and monitoring procurement of new digital services as well as reconstruction activities, including upgrades to Ukrainian ministries’ digital portals and communications.

Conducted program support, oversight, and legal compliance for multiple international media support projects, with duties including:
-Organizing and holding program briefings and webinars with field staff, funders, and key stakeholders as well as maintaining regular communications between other departments or with funders,
-Supporting activity planning, including budgeting and progress tracking,
-Developing and improving internal learning tools, and processes, also maintaining these by conducting editorial quality control on project-submitted reports and materials, reviewing agreements, and liaising with monitoring and evaluation staff and consultants.
-Managing project annual and quarterly reporting processes and editing communications materials for funders and external audiences,

Developed proposals for new projects, including writing and editing or collecting past performance reports and information, and contributing to winning proposals for six new projects.

Developed content for toolkits for local governments, media, community groups, and content creators on media, digital rights and development, as well as contributed to evaluation and selection of trainees for media support projects and annual awards.

Implemented multiple projects from separate funders covering different sectors of local government, civil society, and crisis response internationally, including:

-Evaluating project and partner performance, creating monitoring & evaluation plans, analyzing project performance data, and reporting to and communicating with stakeholders.

-Managing procurement, statistical review, dissemination, and presentations of the organization’s polling in Central Asia (six polls, with both in-person and telephone methodology), as well as developing visual presentations of polls. This included shifting from an in-person operational model to remote management and presentation when adapting to COVID-19 restrictions in polled countries.

-Managing budgets, federal donor compliance, and financial tracking for all regional projects, including through project administration and grant submission software.

-Researched and analyzed policy in the program region, including through research trips, regular reports to organizational leadership, and briefings with in-country stakeholders.

-Developed internal organizational policies on inclusive programming globally as chair of the Inclusivity community of practice, as well as facilitated buy-in for these among different teams and departments.

I conducted an independent research project on Kyrgyzstan's informal communities, or novostroiki, and internal migration to urban areas of the Kyrgyz Republic. My research included stakeholder interviews, literature reviews (including translation of Russian sources), and a survey of 125 denizens of the communities. The report of this project will be published soon through the Tian Shan Policy Center and the American University of Central Asia.

In addition to my research role, I participated in cultural exchanges, and led a weekly discussion group on urban development and issues, as well as an English language practice group, at the Bishkek American Corner.

I worked with the Knowledge Management team of the USAID-funded Strengthening Partnerships, Resources, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project, supporting multiple teams and country offices in tasks related to content preparation, publishing, editing, translation, design, and knowledge capture activities. This included dedicated time on the project's Linking Agriculture and Nutrition team, as well as support and facilitation of various working groups in the field of Global Nutrition, such as the Accelerated Reduction Effort on Anaemia (AREA) Community of Practice, and the Ag2Nut Community of Practice.

As part of my role, I hosted and managed global meetings, events, and online knowledge exchanges for practitioners across the nutrition and health fields. These included the SPRING global webinars, which regularly reached over 300 registrants (averaging ~150 attendees live and ~120 recording views). Webinar preparation included promotion of the event, preparation of the Adobe Connect technology, editing content, moderating the event as it took place, and packaging all follow up materials and recordings after the fact. I also hosted live and hybrid events with the SPRING Project and JSI, and online knowledge exchanges for the AREA and Ag2Nut communities of practice.

I also wrote and implemented a strategy to communicate with target groups in the Kyrgyz Republic via social media to share improved nutrition and health practices via video, articles, and participatory discussions, eventually reaching 200,000 people (over a fifth of Kyrgyz people with internet access who indicated interest in learning more about health, nutrition, and food security).

Within the communications aspect of Knowledge Management, I also supported design and editing of various project documents and tools, including online interactive tools, especially management of animated video production process in my capacity as a member of the project's Linking Agriculture and Nutrition team.