# Sonia Recuerda

Sonia Recuerda is a remote worker on Himalayas, Health, Community & Social Work Manager at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCBA, based in Brazil.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@soniarecuerda

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Project & Operations Manager | Remote from Brazil (UTC-3) | ES · PT · EN · FR
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Brazil |
| Authorized to work in | Spain, Brazil |
| Salary expectations | 36k-50k USD |
| Job categories | Operations Manager, Operations, Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Administrative Assistant, Executive Assistant, Recruitment Manager, Customer Support |
| Skills | Project Management, Operations Management, Stakeholder Management, Team Management, Team Coordination, Process documentation, Reporting and Analytics, Recruitment, Budget Management, Cross Cultural Communication, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 |
| LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-recuerda |

## What I'm looking for

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A stable, long-term remote role I can hold from Brazil (UTC-3). After six years managing programmes across three continents, I'm moving into work I can build on from one place — a deliberate choice, not a step back. Open to operations, project management, coordination, EA/admin and recruitment, including below my current level. Employment or contractor.
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## About

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Project and operations manager, 6+ years running programmes end to end — planning, budgets, execution, reporting, handover. Most recently with Médecins Sans Frontières, managing distributed teams of up to 39 across three regions.

Strengths: building process and documentation from zero, keeping multi-stakeholder work on track, team onboarding and performance management, end-to-end recruitment, stakeholder reporting.

Now based in Brazil (UTC-3), moving to remote work full-time. Open to project management, operations, coordination, EA/admin, recruitment or reporting roles — including below my current level.

ES/CA native · PT C2 · EN C1 · FR B2. Available
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## Experience

### Health, Community & Social Work Manager (current)

[Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCBA](https://himalayas.app/companies/msf-international). Mar 2026 - Present

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Lead the full project cycle for the 2026 programme strategy: planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting. Manage a 12-person multidisciplinary team, including performance management and coaching. Coordinate with authorities, partners and other organisations to enable implementation and resolve constraints. Build tools, SOPs and training materials. Strengthen 4 partner organisations.
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Skills: Project-Management, Team-Management, Capacity-Building, Community-Engagement, Health-Promotion, Social-Work, Reporting, Monitoring-and-Evaluation, Stakeholder-Coordination, Training-and-Development

### Health & Community Programme Manager

[Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) OCBA](https://himalayas.app/companies/msf-international). Mar 2025 - Dec 2025

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Managed the full project exit and transition strategy, ensuring handover to the Ministry of Health. Supervised a 39-person team across 3 districts and monitored 135 community health workers.
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Skills: Project-Management, Team-Leadership, Emergency-Response, Data-Analysis, Training, Documentation

### Recruitment Officer

Refugee Women's Centre. Jun 2024 - Mar 2025

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Identified staffing needs, drafted role profiles, and led the full recruitment cycle. Screened applications, coordinated interviews, and supported onboarding and mentoring.
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Skills: Recruitment, Interviewing, Onboarding, Mentorship, Remote-Team-Collaboration

### Assistant Project Manager

Providens Ação Social. Aug 2024 - Oct 2024

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Supported day-to-day project follow-up and budget tracking, ensuring deadlines were met. Produced reports for results monitoring and impact measurement and designed activities focused on youth well-being, autonomy, and engagement.
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Skills: Project-Management, Budget-Tracking, Reporting, Impact-Measurement, Activity-Design, Youth-Engagement

## Education

### Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Master of Business Administration, Project Management

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Pursuing an MBA in Third Sector Project Management, expected to complete in 2026.
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### Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Bachelor's Degree, Psychology

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Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
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### Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Master's, Psychosocial Intervention and Research

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Master's degree in Psychosocial Intervention and Research from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
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## Tech stack

- Microsoft SharePoint
- Google Analytics
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft Office 365
- Trello
- Asana
- Notion
- Microsoft Excel
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Canva
- Microsoft Power BI

To contact Sonia, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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