founder and director
IREEN RAHIMAN-MANUEL
Ireen is the Founder and Director for Impactdev360 Ltd. She has over 20 years of experience in design and planning, impact measurement, and working within the development sector in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and 16 Pacific Island Countries.
Ireen has specialist skills in thoughtful leadership and has taken lead roles in the development of numerous national strategic and implementation plans which include work in planning and policy development, sector strengthening, regional alignment and standardization of practice, and societal wellbeing. She has extensive experience in leading large and complex strategic programmes of work in dynamic settings. As a strategist, trusted advisor, and international development consultant, Ireen advises and supports governments, international agencies, non-profits, governance boards, and corporations on specific projects or programmes of development for large population transformational activities.
Ireen holds a Bachelor of Teaching and Learning degree from University of Canterbury and a Masters in International Development from Massey University, New Zealand.
These are in health, education, social development, tourism and agriculture. She has vast experiences and qualifications in cross-cutting issues and themes, good governance, change management, monitoring & evaluation, impact evaluations, benefits realisation, risk management, information analytics and information systems, digital transformation projects, sector transformation, identifying service gaps, reporting, facilitation, and using various frameworks and methodologies to assess impact.
Ireen embraces programmes that are focused on indigenous communities, mothers and children.
She fluently speaks in Fiji Hindi, India Hindi, English and mixed conversational Fijian dialects.
As a collective, we believe that meaningful impact is gained when we approach our work in a holistic perspective. In development, our focus is to maintain a balanced approach at all times, hence our infinity and 360degree inclusive focus.
The koru is an integral symbol in our Pacific Polynesian culture and symbolizes new life, growth, strength, and peace. The representation of the twirling growth within this koru symbolizes the richness of diversity, people, places, connections, and partnerships that we embrace within our communities and as global citizens.
Strategic organizational objectives:
- Enhance the capabilities of our people, communities, systems and processes.
- Strengthen engagement and collaboration with our partners across communities, countries and sectors.
- Impart our collective technical, cultural, scientific knowledge and expertise.
- Address development priorities through multi-disciplinary approaches locally, nationally and internationally.
- Improve planning, prioritization, evaluation, learning and innovation for our communities and partners.
OUR VISION
To grow impactful work in a holistic manner that mirrors the diversity of our global community.
OUR PURPOSE
Transforming our communities to prosper and own development initiatives.