Codou Thioub

Bachelor in Economic and Social Sciences: Consumer Advisor

Bachelor in Home Economics: Family Advisor Home Economics

Training Certificate in Home Economics

 Senior Locally Employed Staff responsible for the financial, program, human, and property resources that supported Public Diplomacy (PD) projects and programs regionwide.
 Supported the Grants Officers for the administration of all PD Section grants region wide and was the Section’s coordinator and technical advisor on grants and cooperative agreements.
 Drafted grants and cooperative agreements; reviewed and analyzed Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) and other solicitations drafted by colleagues to ensure adherence to U.S. Government (USG) regulations, Mission, and PD goals.
 Served as a reviewer on the State Assistance Management System (SAMS) Overseas workflow to ensure that Grants Officers Representatives (GORs) are complying with appropriate procedures, including compliance with USG-mandated databases that track federal assistance and determine exclusions from doing business with the USG.
 Ensured that GORs have entered complete and full information into SAMS Overseas as the permanent electronic record at the close-out of the grant, in accordance with 2CFR Parts 200 and 600 and the Federal Assistance Directive.
 Reviewed, validated, and processed grantees drawdown requests of payment (SF-270) and federal financial reporting documents (performance reports and SF-425)
 Overseen the use of multiple and diverse funding streams (“.7 funds”, Economic Support Funds-[ESF], counterterrorism funds [CT], American Spaces funds, cost sharing funds), and ensured their compliance with all relevant USG regulations and Senegalese and Bissau-Guinean laws.
 Planned and coordinated annual post budget requirements and projections for both Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.
 Tracked resources from the Bureau of Global Public Affairs (GPA) and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECE), both those administered directly by post and those managed in Washington but allotted for programs that affect the PD Section workload (e.g., the International Visitor Leadership Program [IVLP], the Fulbright Programs, the Mandela Washington Fellow Program, the Alumni activities).
 Served as the Section’s Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), purchase card holder and sub-cashier.
 Provided day-to-day administrative and logistic support to all Public Diplomacy staff
 Supervised and coordinated PD Section’s End-Of-Year purchases and funding liquidations
 E2 Travel Arranger for all staff.

 Monitored and coordinated Regional Directors Agenda
 Managed all administrative, financial, logistical and HR functions and requirements of activities in the countries covered.
 Organized and supervised logistics for all regional Training and Workshops

 Coordinated activities in West and Central Africa and managed all administrative, financial, logistical and HR functions.
 Participated in regional fact-finding missions to enlarge Consumers International memberships and assessed their needs, activities and level of development.
 Issued calls for proposals and assessment of grants solicitations / project proposals from member organizations (consumers associations)
 Supported and assisted member consumer organizations in the sub-region for their initiatives on consumer education, awareness campaigns and information, consumer protection and strategic planning meeting.
 Advised and provided technical support to members on programs/projects planning, budgeting, implementing, managing, monitoring, and reporting.
 Provided and organized capacity building training and workshops for member organizations.
 Provided technical support and advice to grassroots women’s groups on implementing income generating activities, consumer education, home economics, household budget management, energy and water conservation, nutrition, hygiene, etc.
 Facilitated networking and cross-fertilization of experiences between member organizations.
 Facilitated and supported members in their representation work at the national, regional and international meetings/forum to influence policy and decisions input into sub-regional, regional and global policy formulation.