Siobhan Girling

The USAID Maji Safi (Clean Water and Sanitation) project is a five-year (August 2021 – July 2026) $25 million activity. Working under overall direction of the Chief of Party and in coordination with project technical staff, operations team, and home office project management, held primary responsibility for ensuring timely provision and delivery of all required project financial, administrative, MEL, compliance, grants, procurement, and subcontracts support. Provided technical input and QA/QC to deliverables across the project.

• Overhauled project MEL plan and developed and rolled out complex data collection, analysis, and reporting procedures.

• Provided technical guidance to sanitation team to adapt a Market Based Sanitation Approach to the Tanzanian context.

• Built capacity to transition management of project operations to local staff.

WASHPaLS is a $29M five-year task order that seeks to improve programming approaches for delivering high-impact WASH interventions. Worked under overall direction of Project Director in coordination with project technical staff, with primary responsibility to ensure timely provision and delivery of all required project financial, administrative, compliance, grants, procurement, and subcontracts support. Provided technical input and QA/QC to deliverables across the project.

• Managed two multi-year impact evaluations of USAID projects in Kenya (RAPID) and Cambodia (NOURISH).

• Provided short-term STTA to performance evaluations of USAID programs (Kenya Integrated WASH, Ghana WASH for Health, Kenya RAPID), participating in data collection, analysis, and report writing.

• Established and oversaw the project M&E system.

Provided administrative, financial and technical assistance to project managers and field offices on implementation of long- and short-term USAID contracts. Responsible for day-to-day project oversight and ensuring compliance with contracts. Assisted in proposal preparation by supporting development of all aspects of proposals.

• Provided technical assistance to WASH-FIN on Fecal Sludge Management in Nepal, including scoping trip to identify project towns, developed work plan for Municipality of Gulariya, drafted Standard Operating Procedures for small-scale Fecal Sludge Treatment Plant, and developed Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan.

• Researched landscape of Information Communication Technology as applied to WASH sector and applicability to support Community-Led Total Sanitation programming; wrote report for WASHPaLS.

• Supported new business and proposal writing efforts in Haiti and Mozambique.

Supported Global Health Bureau's Assistant Administrator overseeing staff of 500. Engaged with USAID Mission in Uganda to support WASH programming and conducted global assessment on training and resources needs in WASH and behavior change programming. Engaged in various stand-alone activities, such as revision of Maternal and Child Health Commodities Policy and drafting documentation on environmental compliance.

Supported cross-cutting agency priority of ending preventable child and maternal deaths (EPCMD) through weekly internal coordination meetings and liaising with Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Assistance Subcommittee on EPCMD. Supported Deputy Assistant Administrator overseeing Office of Health, Infectious Disease, and Nutrition and Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact. Supported USAID Mission in India by engaging with DC-based country support team and participating in field visits to provide strategy guidance on WASH and maternal and child health programming.

Investigated suitable software and delineated procedures in support of product development. Utilized MapInfo, ArcGIS, FME, Microsoft Office Suite. Engaged with UK Local Authorities to identify and obtain environmental datasets. Updated GIS databases using MapInfo referenced by GroundSure consultants.

Promoted sustainable, community-driven development in small, rural community, with primary focus on environmental health. Coordinated with Bridges to Prosperity to improve community access by constructing pedestrian bridge. Designed and managed community drinking water supply project and established new 5-year community development program with Engineers Without Borders.

• Led trainings on community water system management, leadership and project management, and water system design and maintenance.

• Engaged in youth development through leadership training and sexual health education and implementation of World Map Project.

Investigated suitable software and delineated procedures in support of product development. Utilized MapInfo, ArcGIS, FME, Microsoft Office Suite. Engaged with UK Local Authorities to identify and obtain environmental datasets. Updated GIS databases using MapInfo referenced by GroundSure consultants.

Designed, supervised, and coordinated rural water and sanitation infrastructure projects. Collaborated with local staff and communities to assess water requirements and resources in rural communities. Completed altitude surveys and determined feasibility of pipeline routes. Analyzed and designed gravity-fed water systems using Microsoft Excel. Documented projects including report writing for donors in English and Spanish. Hosted volunteer groups from Engineers Without Borders as translator and field guide.

Analyzed environmental data and historic mapping to assess risk of contamination according to Environmental Protection Act of 1990. Reviewed/wrote reports for property owners and recommended appropriate follow-up regarding required remediation depending on proposed land-use. Managed daily workload for team of six consultants.

Performed quality control analyses for various industrial and civil clients using specialized equipment for high standard of detail and accuracy. Managed monitoring and reporting in compliance with IPPC Licenses. Liaised with client contacts in industry; interpreted results and drafted reports. Conducted on-site monitoring and sampling of compressed gas, groundwater, odor, noise, and emissions. Specialized in compressed gas for pharmaceutical industry, ISO 8573.