Sonia Recuerda
Sonia Recuerda

Project Manager | Programme Coordination, MEAL & Recruitment | Open to Remote Roles | ES · PT · EN

Open to offers · Member since 15 Sep 2026
Location
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Desired salary
Confidential
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Part Time, Freelance, Temporary
Experience level
Mid

About

Professional summary

I am a project and operations professional with international experience across Africa, Latin America, and Europe. I specialize in project coordination, operational planning, stakeholder management, reporting, onboarding, and team support.

I have managed multidisciplinary teams, volunteers, community health workers, and external partners in humanitarian, social, health promotion, and community-development settings. My work combines strategic planning with practical field implementation, logistics, administrative follow-up, and budget monitoring.

I am experienced in building operational tools, tracking systems, dashboards, and reporting processes that improve data quality, accountability, and decision-making. I also support training, induction, capacity building, and workflow improvement for distributed teams.

My professional background includes work with Médecins Sans Frontières, the Spanish Red Cross, Refugee Women's Centre, TETO Brasil, MPDL, and Fundació Pere Tarrés. I have coordinated programs involving community engagement, psychosocial support, social protection, health promotion, and emergency response.

Based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, I have experience collaborating remotely across time zones with European and international teams. I am fluent in Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, and English, with working proficiency in French.

I am seeking remote project management and project coordination opportunities where I can contribute strong operational organization, people management, stakeholder engagement, and results-focused implementation.

Skills

30 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Collaboration

Communications

Design

Development

Experience

Career history

Health Promotion, Community Engagement & Social Work Manager Médecins Sans Frontières OCBA

I coordinated a multi-component programme strategy in Bobo-Dioulasso, translating objectives into activity plans, operational tools, training sessions, and field follow-up systems.

I managed and coached a 12-person team of supervisors, health promoters, and social workers. I also coordinated with authorities, community leaders, associations, and humanitarian actors, while supporting four local associations with reporting, facilitation, funding preparation, documentation quality, and activity tracking.

Health Promotion & Community Engagement Manager Médecins Sans Frontières OCBA

I led planning and implementation follow-up for the Health Promotion and Community Engagement project exit strategy in Mueda, ensuring continuity, coordination, and clear handover processes.

I supervised the Ministry of Health community component across three districts and 135 community health workers. I managed supervisors, district focal points, and health promoters, and supported emergency response activities for internally displaced people through institutional coordination, database follow-up, and epidemiological analysis.

Recruitment Officer Refugee Women's Centre

I worked remotely from Belo Horizonte with a team based in Calais, identifying staffing needs, drafting volunteer role descriptions, screening candidates, and coordinating interviews across time zones.

I assessed candidates' motivation, availability, skills, and values fit to support structured recruitment decisions. I also created and delivered a volunteer onboarding package with welcome documentation, mentoring, and continuous improvements to recruitment workflows.

Assistant Project Manager Providens – Ação Social

I monitored the implementation and budgets of a foster family service project, supporting deadline compliance and administrative follow-up.

I prepared reports to track results, measure impact, and support project decision-making. I also designed and implemented activities focused on youth wellbeing, autonomy, and community engagement.

Project & Administration Manager MPDL – Movimiento por la Paz

I managed logistics, databases, monitoring, and learning support for projects involving rural and Indigenous community organizations in Tumaco, Colombia.

I coordinated with institutions and local stakeholders and supported trainings on human rights, leadership, and community participation. I also contributed to advocacy, documentation, and awareness-raising activities in a complex field environment.

Psychosocial Assistant Refugee Women's Centre

I coordinated activities, logistics, and stock follow-up for psychosocial support programming serving refugee women in Calais and Dunkirk.

I maintained the Kobo Toolbox data system for social cases and supported the accurate organization and follow-up of case-related information.

Community & Social Engagement Coordinator TETO Brasil

I coordinated community actions and participatory assessments in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, supporting engagement with local communities.

I coordinated internal teams and resource follow-up to ensure activities were organized and aligned with project objectives.

Project Director Fundació Pere Tarrés

I coordinated community, educational, and health-promotion projects in Barcelona, managing implementation activities and operational follow-up.

I managed teams and volunteers, led onboarding processes, monitored budgets, prepared reports, and handled administrative follow-up.

Social Projects Coordinator Spanish Red Cross

I supported migrant orientation and service coordination activities within social protection programming in Barcelona.

I contributed to partner engagement, reporting, project follow-up, and operational coordination for service delivery.

Social Protection Officer Spanish Red Cross

I supported non-food item distribution planning and the coordination of social protection services for migrant populations.

I contributed to partner liaison, reporting, project monitoring, and the operational follow-up of program activities.

Education

Learning history

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Postgraduate Degree, International Cooperation Projects

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Master's Degree, Psychosocial Intervention and Research

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Bachelor's Degree, Psychology

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