Our Team
A community of dedicated & passionate professionals working around the globe.
Central Support Unit
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Ruba Hijazi
Head of Programs
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Max Vieille
Global Director
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Weicong Zhang
Outreach Manager
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Rajaa Jamaani
RIL Innovation Fellow
Country Labs
Gaza
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Amir Ismail Yasin
Gaza Lab Manager
Northwest Syria
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Yaman Sarraj
Lab Manager
Somalia
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Mohamed Anoy Ali
SomReP Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
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Brian Gitta
Innovation Advisor
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Abdirahman Bare Dubad
SomReP Livestock, NRM & IBLI Technical Advisors
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Nishant Das
Chief of Party: Somali Resilience Program (SomReP) & RIL Executive Committee Member
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Jerome Galagade
SomReP Head Quality Assuarance, Knowledge Management and M&E
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Liban Mohamed
Somali Response Innovation Lab Manager
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Malehera Budoto Willy
Innovation Advisor
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Sandra Ndung'u
SomReP Senior M&E and Knowledge Management Coordinator
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Mekailah Stephens
Lead, Somali Response Innovation Lab
Uganda
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Kullein Ankunda
U-RIL Learning Hub Manager
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Stuart Kanyesigye
Research Officer
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Patience Kyomugisha
U-LEARN Consortium Manager
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Grace Nakibaala
U-RIL Lab Manager
Affiliate Facilities
Iraq
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Aeshah Mohammed
Project Manager, Rwanga Foundation
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Kamiran Shivan
Director of Programms, Rwanga Foundation
Jordan
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Abdullah Jbarah
Chief Executive Officer (Majlisna)
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Qasem Khalifah
Head of Operations (Majlisna)
Nepal
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Rupendra Aryal
Innovation Specialist
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Arnav Bhadra
Nepal Innovation Lab Manager
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Pramiti Munankarmi
Innovation Lab Coordinator
Puerto Rico
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Gilberto Guevara
Puerto Rico Lab Manager
Work with RIL
Currently we do not have any job openings. Please follow our LinkedIn page to stay updated.
Interested in an internship with us? Please reach out to admin@responseinnovationlab.com together with your CV and a cover letter.
Join as a volunteer
Our Labs across the globe often need volunteers to support the labs as well as innovators in a variety of roles. Please note, these are unpaid opportunities.
If your interest and experience fall into any of these categories, please send your CV to admin@responseinnovationlab.com
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We are looking for an experienced web designer or web developer to help enhance our global and local Labs website. The expected commitment is open to discussion depending on your availability. We hope you are familiar with Squarespace and had experience working on website for organizations with similar scope of work (humanitarian/innovation/social impact).
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The Response Innovation Lab is looking for technical experts to volunteer their time (6-12 hours per assignment) to support our matchmaking approach through reviewing a challenge that links to your technical expertise, providing options for possible solutions to the challenge, and supporting the development of a complete solutions pack for the organization seeking RIL’s help.
In order to provide our clients (to whom this service is provided gratis) with the most qualified expertise available, we ask that our volunteers meet the following criteria:
Technical expert in a given sector (ie WASH, Food Security, and Livelihood, Education, Health, Nutrition, Humanitarian Accountability and Safeguarding, Logistics, Displacement/Migration, ICT4D or other)
Familiarity and experience in the humanitarian, development or emergency sectors
Ability to write concise, credible and analytical documentation in English
Highly creative, highly collaborative, analytical and proven results-focus
Passionate about improving the humanitarian sector operations
Engaged with a global network of experts and knowledgeable about past and current innovations
If this sounds like you, please apply as a Subject Matter Experts.