Lesley Benny
Port Moresby,National Capital District
Summary
Responsible and passionate about delivering outstanding quality and service through teamwork and motivation.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Resource Mobilization Officer
Papua new Guinea Red Cross Society
05.2023 - 11.2023
- Grant proposal writing
- Focus on developing and implementing money-generating activities
- Contributed to the development and implementation of business development opportunities, such as PNG Red Cross Commercial First Aid Business Development Plan 2023.
- Worked with business development team to ensure effective execution of the new Commercial First Aid Business Development Plan.
- Partnership engagement with one of PNG's biggest airline company to sponsor airline tickets for 29 delegates across PNG to attend the PNG Red Cross Society General Assembly hosted in Port Moresby, July 2023.
- Installation of donation boxes at various location throughout the city to raise funds for the PNG Red Cross Society Inclusive Education Resource Center - a school for students with special needs.
- Chair of PNG Red Cross Society Fundraising Committee, leading a team of 7 staff to plan and implement income-generating activities for the organization. Highlight of this position was successfully leading the team to host the Corporate Fundraising Dinner 2023 raising about K200,000 for Disaster Preparedness Activities & Operations.
Project Officer
Papua New Guinea Red Cross Society
11.2022 - 04.2023
- Documented project analytics and progress onto Microsoft Excel for analysis and reporting.
- Attended meetings with managers to take notes and minutes on project scope for later analysis.
- Ensured projects stayed cost-effective and continued to achieve desired targets.
- Supported meetings and project updates by collecting, arranging and distributing supporting materials.
- Acquired various financial document such as invoices and purchase orders for projects.
- Created monthly reports for stakeholders regarding project information including results, budgets, expenditures and analytics.
- Managed internal and public inquiries regarding project matters by phone, email and face to face.
- Managed and organizing logistics for project.
- Monitored costs and resources used to achieve project success.
- Tracked costs and expenses for analysis against original budget, strengthening internal cost controls of projects.
- Acted as first point of call for queries around deliverables and problem solving to maintain smooth running operations.
- Controlled project expenses by improving resource allocation, resulting in improved efficiency and cost-control.
- Ensured transparency and accountability of donor funds by submitting acquittals
Volunteer/Trainee
LYKES Consultancy
10.2022 - 11.2023
- Assisted to developed project proposals for climate change projects/ activities funded by donors through the PNG Red Cross Society.
- Involved in facilitating "Haus-Man session" on Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI) for a technical & instrumentation company.
- Maintained clean, safe working environments to eliminate accident risks.
- Create budget and plans and communicate deadlines to complete projects on time for volunteer programs and activities.
- Handled volunteer concerns and escalated major issues to the Head of Consultancy.
- Met budget targets through responsible planning and resource allocation.
Education
Bachelor of Environmental Health -
Divine Word University
Madang2022
Skills
- CPR /First Aid certified
- Project Management
- Community Engagement
- Partnership Development
- Fundraising Strategy
- Donor Relations
- Advocacy & Awareness
- Excellent communication skills
- Independent Worker
- Leadership
- Acquittal Management
- Health & safety oriented
- Adaptability
Certification
- Comprehensive Workplace and Remote Area First Aid Course, PNG Red Cross Society, April 2023
- Fire Safety Management – ILO, October 2022
- Introduction to Child Protection – UNICEF, October 2022
- Emergency Response and Preparedness – UNICEF, August 2022
- Introduction to International Labour Standards – ILO, August 2022
- Standard Precautions: Waste management – WHO, July 2022
- Introduction to Health and Safety in the Workplace –ICRC, July 2022
- Risk Management – ICRC, July 2022
- Project Management – ICRC, July 2022
- Introduction to Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)−UNICEF, July 2022
- Fire Safety −ICRC, July 2022
- Microsoft Excel 2016 – Divine Word University, July 2021
Affiliations
- Member of PNG Independent Directors Association (PNG IDA)
Timeline
Resource Mobilization Officer
Papua new Guinea Red Cross Society
05.2023 - 11.2023
Project Officer
Papua New Guinea Red Cross Society
11.2022 - 04.2023
Volunteer/Trainee
LYKES Consultancy
10.2022 - 11.2023
Bachelor of Environmental Health -
Divine Word University
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