Olivia Padis

Public health professional with 8 years’ experience in international health program management. Wide-ranging experience including work plan development and implementation, financial tracking, qualitative interviewing, and complex document translation. Recognized for flexibility, professionalism, and ability to prioritize and manage numerous fast-paced and dynamic portfolios. Professional proficiency in spoken and written French. 

Country Support Officer                                           November 2022 to February 2025

John Snow Research & Training Institute, Inc., Arlington, VA                                           

• Led development process, co-wrote, and edited 13 country work plans across five Francophone countries for the Country Health Information Systems and Data Use (CHISU) Program 
• In collaboration with Resident Advisors, coordinated the timely implementation of 250+ work plan activities, ensuring in-country teams received appropriate resources and assistance from home office
• Reviewed, edited, and quality checked 200+ deliverables 
• Co-wrote, reviewed, and edited quarterly, bi-annual, and ad hoc progress reports
• Performed two new activity scoping missions to host-country government and implementing partner offices in collaboration with CHISU in-country and home office teams
• Collaborated and negotiated with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Missions and headquarters to ensure program activities aligned with donor priorities
• Developed country support and home office support standard operating procedures (SOPs) in collaboration with the CHISU Country Support Unit
• Coordinated with the CHISU Finance and Operations team to manage sub-partner awards, including reviewing agreements, deliverables, and invoices
• Participated in staff recruitment, including writing job descriptions, reviewing applicant submissions, and conducting interviews at the country and home office levels
• Conducted a process and mixed methods analysis of six Stages of Continuous Improvement (SOCI) assessments implemented in CHISU-supported countries 
• Led and facilitated a technical working group comprised of CHISU and USAID staff to review and revise CHISU learning questions as part of a larger program-wide effort
• Co-designed the revision to the CHISU deliverables strategy and guidance as part of a small task force

Research Aide                                                        September 2020 to December 2021

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA           

• Assisted faculty with research pertaining to family planning and maternal health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including conducting literature reviews and performing basic data analysis
• Drafted, edited, and reviewed sections of manuscripts for publication

Program Assistant                                                            November 2017 to July 2020

Global Health Support Initiative-II and -III, CAMRIS International, USAID Bureau for Global Health, Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH), Washington, D.C.

• Supported the management of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, Census Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA), MEASURE Evaluation, and Data for Impact (D4I), including reviewing work plans, annual results reviews, performance management plans, and award fee determination reports
• Served as USAID management team activity backstop for seven DHS surveys and ten international censuses
• Supported the financial management of core (USAID headquarters) and field support (USAID Mission) funds for the DHS and Census IAA, including preparing annual financial reviews, quarterly financial reports, daily financial tracking, coordinating with Program Office (PPP) budget team to ensure timely obligation of funds, and leading incremental funding amendment processes
• Provided overall Mission Health Office support as Alternate Team Lead of the Afghanistan Country Team, including reviewing and providing feedback on annual Health Implementation Plans (HIPs) and Performance Plan and Reports (PPRs) and ensuring compliance with Bureau reporting requirements
• Provided Mission Health Office support to Cote d’Ivoire as PRH family planning liaison 
• Supported USAID Missions virtually and in-person in project and strategy design, including participating in stakeholder consultations; drafting and reviewing Country Development Cooperation Strategies (CDCS) and Project Appraisal Documents (PADs); and facilitating collaboration across the Agency 
• Drafted congressional notifications, memoranda, waivers, and other program documents
• Participated in the 2018 evaluation of the Continuous Demographic and Health Survey 2012-2017 in Senegal, includingassisting in drafting and editing evaluation instruments, helping conduct 60+ key informant interviews (KII) in French and English, coding KII transcripts, and assisting in drafting and editing final evaluation reports in French and English

Administrative Assistant                                                                          November 2015 to November 2017

Global Health Support Initiative-II, CAMRIS International, USAID Bureau for Global Health, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Washington, D.C. 

• Provided administrative support to the Service Delivery Improvement Division; Policy, Evaluation, and Communication Division; and the PRH Front Office 
• Tracked, compiled, analyzed, and presented Office travel budget data for the PRH Front Office
• Compiled, reviewed, and edited divisions’ yearly budget request, financial review, and results review 
• Coordinated logistics, prepared agendas, and recorded minutes for internal and external meetings 
• Served as Team Lead representing PRH support staff in interactions with our hiring contract (GHSI-II)
• Summarized and disseminated highlights of newly-released DHS-7 reports to USAID/Washington and Mission colleagues 

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA                                                                                                                             2023

• Master of Public Health, International Health and Sustainable Development, concentration in resilience
• Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation

        Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA                       2012

• Bachelor of Arts, French and Francophone Studies