Carly Sheehan

Country Experience: Australia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, Yemen.

Carly is a specialist in Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP). She has more than 15 years humanitarian experience, including over 10 years working exclusively in low-income countries and fragile states. Her experience includes multiple categories of humanitarian crisis and response, protracted disasters, post emergency planning and long-term development.

Carly has worked for several international NGOs and UN agencies. She has worked in a range of positions, including programme management, coordination, and information management.

Carly has held a long passion for improving accountability to communities, and now represents Oxfam on the Board of the Core Humanitarian Standard Alliance. She has been closely involved in the development and roll-out of Oxfam’s innovative ‘Your Word Counts’ digital feedback system and specialises in helping Oxfam and partners improve their culture of accountability through training and capacity strengthening.

Carly holds a Master’s degree from the Australian National University in International Affairs.