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International Rescue Committee
Total Duration6 yrs 5 mos
TitleProject Officer, Training & Technical Assistance
Dates EmployedJun 2007 – May 2009
Employment Duration2 yrs
LocationGreater New York City Area
Danya oversaw training for the IRC’s US Programs department and led Project Strengthening Organizations Assisting Refugees (SOAR), a federally-funded technical assistance program. Within IRC, she designed and analyzed assessments to identify the development needs of 160 job developers, career coaches, instructors, and program managers in 17 US locations and led a training team and a group of field-based subject matter experts to implement and evaluate the resulting training plan. In her work with SOAR, she cultivated clients, identified learning needs and developed plans to address them, recruited and guided trainers, led workshops on proposal writing and program design, and facilitated local partnership development. Danya also managed funder relationships, including ACS/HHS/Office of Refugee Resettlement; secured private foundation funding to expand SOAR’s services to six organizations; supervised teams of MA degree candidates from The New School and NYU Stern; and developed and facilitated workshops on SMART objectives in a variety of venues, including the 2009 ACS/Office of Refugee Resettlement Annual Conference. See less
TitleDevelopment Officer, Corporate and Foundation Relations
Dates EmployedJul 2006 – Jun 2007
Employment Duration1 yr
LocationGreater New York City Area
Danya worked collaboratively on a small team that generated more than $15 million annually. Managing a portfolio of 50 foundation and corporate donors, she focused on programs in community and economic development, youth and education, and U.S. refugee resettlement. She initiated and stewarded relationships with 49 institutional donors; briefed senior staff in advance of donor meetings; managed relationships with staff in 30 countries to gather information to write proposals, budgets, and reports; developed systems and relationships to increase communication between headquarters and field offices; and provided orientation and coaching to newly hired development managers in 12 branch offices. See less
TitleGrants and Special Projects Manager
Dates EmployedJan 2003 – Jul 2006
Employment Duration3 yrs 7 mos
LocationGreater New York City Area
As the first individual to hold this position, Danya collaborated with senior staff to develop the job description, scope of responsibility, and annual goals. Among her accomplishments, Danya founded an advisory committee that built partnerships with local employers and training partners and became a model for other IRC resettlement offices. She designed a resource development plan, growing corporate and foundation revenue by 400% in 2 years and led a proposal development team to secure a five-year, $1.5 mm grant to help refugee youth adjust to their new communities and succeed academically. She then cultivated individual donors and private foundations to provide supplemental support for youth afterschool, weekend, and summer programs. She also prepared analyses for donors, headquarters staff, and other stakeholders; coordinated semiannual fundraising events; responded to media inquiries; and created newsletters and other communications to bring more individual donations and volunteers to IRC. See less |