Program Manager, Sociologist

Paulina Ojeda Harvez

Walnut Creek, California, USA +1-415-***-****

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Program Management – Social Impact – Consulting

Professional with 13 years of experience as a consultant, independent auditor, and entrepreneur. Demonstrated expertise and knowledge of essential sustainability criteria, regulatory standards, and compliance. Skilled in start-up and non-profit operations, including procurement of capital and investment funding. Proven ability to collaborate with all members of the organization to achieve business and financial objectives.

Social Impact

Data analysis

Project Management

Social enterprise

Recruitment

Sustainability Programs

Customer service

Spanish

Global Experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Community Housing Partnership San Francisco Bay Area, CA 9/2019 – 9/2020

Social Enterprise Manager

Managed Solutions SF, a social enterprise of the non-profit Community Housing Partnership (CHP) that provides on-call lobby services to affordable housing buildings and Navigations Centers.

Restructuring Solutions SF team, improving internal processes and increasing quality services.

Managed metrics of the workforce development program, and provide accurate reporting to the Learning and Evaluation Department.

Achieved 10% sales growth compared with the last fiscal year.

Customer relationship owner, providing solutions 24/7.

Managed a team of 5 supervisors and employment specialists, and a staff of 120 desk clerks.

Care Association, San Francisco Bay Area, CA 5/2019 – 06/2019

Fundraising Manager

Responsible for managing fundraising campaigns, planning and leading grants applications.

Non-Profit operations; volunteer and events coordination.

Fundraising management through Salesforce for Non-profit.

FOCOOSIN, San Francisco Bay Area, CA 5/2015 – 04/2019

Co- Founder

Co-founder of Focoosin, an automatized Project Management software.

Successful in acquiring venture capital from Start-Up Chile (batch 2016 Seed) selected from more than 2000 applicants. Engaged in further efforts to pitch for capital and funds and applying to business accelerators.

Managed marketing, recruitment, media, legal compliance, and services from third-party vendors.

ERNST & YOUNG (EY), Santiago, Chile 6/2013 - 1/2015

Senior Consultant

Provided business advisory, designing sustainability strategies with adherence to global standards to companies from salmon and mining industries.

Designed CONECTA, software to support client’s decisions about social investment, integrating demographics, social data, and socioeconomic factors.

Assessed environmental impact and prepared pre-feasibility reports to inform about the impact of investment projects in transportation and energy generation.

Provided technical mentorship and professional counseling to the new members of the team and interns.

GEQ, Santiago, Chile 8/2008 - 6/2013

Environmental Consultant

Independent auditor for the mining project Pascua Lama, reporting social and community performance regarding commitments acquired by Barrick Gold via the Environment Impact Assessment Law in Chile.

Board member for Acción Empresas (Chilean NGO) to align large and medium-sized companies in developing sustainability initiatives.

Engaged communities and stakeholders in the identification of environmental impacts with regards to energy generation on territories in consideration for investment projects.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Master of Science, Human Settlements and Environment, Sustainability,

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 2012.

Bachelor of Social Sciences, Sociology, Universidad de La Frontera, Araucanía, Chile, 2007

Additional coursework:

Software Processes and Agile Practices University of Alberta, issued by Coursera. October 2020

Introduction to Software Product Management. University of Alberta, issued by Coursera. September 2020.

Training Online Essentials. UC San Diego Extension. July 2020.

Business Strategies for Social Impact. University of Pennsylvania issued by Coursera. April 2020.

Managing Project Risks and Changes by University of California, Irvine on Coursera. July 2019.

Initiating and Planning Projects; Budgeting and Scheduling Projects. Coursera

Intro to Project Management (Principles and Practices Specialization). Coursera.

Executive Data Science; Building a Data Science Team; Managing Data Analysis

Prejudice and discrimination: Crash course, Psychology. Udemy.

Understanding diversity in the work place, Udemy

GRI Sustainability Reporting Process, GRI Certified Training Program, PWC Chile, 2010; Global Reporting Initiative G4, Bogotá, Colombia, 2014

Project Management, Ernst & Young University, Santiago, Chile, 2013

Communication on Progress from United Nations Global Compact, Santiago, Chile, 2010.

Software

SPSS - Salesforce (Nonprofit Success Pack)- MS Excel.

Humanity (Shift planning) – ADP (Human resources) – Smartsheets

Scholarships and Grants

Start-Up Chile, Generation 16. Equity free grant for technology start-ups in seed stage. Chilean Production Development Corporation, 2016.

Scholarship (Master & PhD Studies), National Commission of Scientific Research and Technology, 2011.

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