Gritt Richter

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About Gritt Richter

Accomplished senior professional with a growth mindset and 23+ years of experience in international work environments/international development cooperation at headquarter, regional and field level, with strong program and stakeholder management skills. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:+ Transversal skills- Program Management/ Project Cycle Management in three languages - Stakeholder Management and Leadership Skills with interdisciplinary stakeholders across language, culture, and/or distance - Critical and innovative thinking - Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning - Organizational Capacity strengthening and Leadership building - Resource Mobilization - Networking skills & + Core thematic expertise- Health: Focus: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)- Future Skills Building: Focus: Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and employability - Participation and DEI: Focus: Meaningful Youth Engagement (MYE), Gender - Human, Women's, Young people's rights - Safeguarding Children and Young People PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES- I bring passion, a high degree of professionalism as well as a huge intellectual curiosity coupled with a can-do-mentality- I successfully lead teams and keep complex projects on track with excellent leadership, time management,(intercultural) communication and problem solving skills - using diplomacy and tact- I cultivate a work culture of partnership based on respect, humility, empathy and listening- I am highly experienced in building trust-based work relationships and networks with very different stakeholders in complex and sensitive multi-stakeholder environments. REGIONAL EXPERIENCE- Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam)- Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania)- The Caribbean (Haiti)- Latin America (Brazil, Colombia) COUNTRIES I lived, worked and/ or studied in- Germany, France, Hong Kong, Mali, The Netherlands, Canada