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PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEIraq: Dohuk/Avro City Apt. B38PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLEPROFILEDevelopment worker specializing in education and skill-building for over 10 years. As an education officer, I was responsible for overseeing the learning program in both emergency and development contexts. Successfully managed educational programs throughout all phases of the project cycle, including design, implementation, and monitoring.. to support local authorities and NGOs in advocating and prioritizing quality formal and nonformal opportunities; and to be heavily involved in helping departments of education develop the education sectors plans to strengthen education system across the country.Excellent communication skills with teams and counterparts and making sure achieving the best results through new innovative approaches and making sure programmes are designed to be resilience to also address Climate Change, fluent English, Arabi and Kurdish speaker.Substantial experience in advocacy with a focus on promoting the rights and engagement of women and minority groups. Offer guidance to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and youth groups. Engage in the coverage of parliamentary sessions, involvement in the adoption of new constitutions.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEUNICEF, IraqEducation Officer (NOB) May 2013 PresentChief of Filed Office in UNICEF Iraq Northwest Zone (Ninewa/Mosul and Dohuk. In charge of leading and managing WASH, Health and Nutrition, Child Protection, SBM and C4D in addition to managing education team making sure all the section are planning and implementing the annual Rolling Work Plans (RWP).Responsible for entire range of operations activities including financial, human resources and administrative management, policy interpretation with full responsibility for funds and assets.Participates in all educational programs, evaluation, planning, implementation, and assessment, as well as in formal, informal, women, and adult educational activities, in addition to mine awareness and educational census and surveys, and has helped over 500,000 students to be enrolled back in schools after being liberated from ISIS through rehabilitation of over 300 schools, provision of education supplies, preparation of qualified teachers, and helping the Department of Education (DOE) Ninewa in mapping the needs.Assist DoEs and schools/students including local communities to implement the Life Skills and School Based Management (SBM) models to enhance the quality of education and formation and empowerment of schools and local communities to address learning and environmental needs to address the quality of education and Climate Changes.Providing technical support to department of educations to develop 3 years Education Sector Plans. Supporting blended learning during COVID-19 through digitalizing education curriculum and helping children to have access through social media channels and helping with establishment of education TV and other learning platforms.Acts as a leader and co-leader in the education cluster and sector.Actively supports the Ministry of Education in reviewing, producing, developing, and printing new curriculums.Helps establish the new Ministry of Education and its departments in Iraqs Kurdistan Region by building schools, providing training to teachers, giving school supplies, and introducing a computerized educational database for planning purposes.Continue supporting DoEs to develop and operationalize the GESP, Education (authorities) and stakeholders can mitigate, prepare for, and respond to all quality education and learning needs including emergencies.Undertakes field visits to project sites to assess the needs, local conditions, accomplishments, and constraints and monitor the usage of UNICEF inputs.Identifies necessary actions for project adjustments and consolidates information for situation analysis, program/project planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation purposes.Keeps statistics of the beneficiaries supported by the implemented activities and interacts with government officials for advocacy purposes in support of and as a follow-up of activities related to primary education, early childhood development, and alternative learning opportunities for adolescents, including girls education.Participates in the formulation and development of program/project goals and strategies.Holds dialogues with DOE authorities on educational policy issues adhering to the achievement of educational objectives and priorities and assesses the feasibility and effectiveness of projects jointly with local counterparts.Organizes periodic program reviews vis--vis work plan objectives and proposes program adjustments and documents and updates changes to the work plans.Identifies and proposes a selection of technical supplies and equipment for the program, prepares distribution plans jointly with counterparts, and closely monitors the timely delivery of goods from warehouses to beneficiaries.Conducts financial monitoring of cash and supplies assistance by reviewing reports to ensure that implementation is per plans, maintains the proper records of cash assistance from the government, and does a careful review of liquidations presented by the government/NGOs, as well as prepares supporting documents for the processing of program transactions.In cooperation with the DOE staff, prioritizes, plans, and monitors school rehabilitation activities and provides required support to consultant engineers on all administrative and financial issues and ensures timely compliance of obligations with UNICEF contractors.Assists government partners in the institutional strengthening, capacity building, and sustainability of projects and supports government authorities in planning and organizing training programs.Identifies training needs and objectives for capacity building, program sustainability, promotion, and advocacy.Participates in intersectoral collaboration with other program colleagues and assists in the development of appropriate communication and information strategy for the project.US Army Department of Defense Aug 2008-Feb. 2013Help US army with screening local employees.Work as cultural and social advisor.Help with translation and conduct missions.Diplomatic Language Centre USA VA Aug 2008-Feb. 2012Teach Arabic.Translate Kurdish and Arabic documents.US Embassy BaghdadLead Political Specialist July 2024-July 2007Encouraged parties/groups to participate in the new Iraqi political process and did political reporting on activities affecting the US policy in Iraq.Monitored and advised the political counselor/FSOs on events in Iraq/Northern IraqServed as a political advisor on political developments, particularly those involving human rights and civil society and minority group rights.Monitored individuals and groups right to practice basic political rights according to the new and modern constitution.Monitor and address violence against internally and externally displaced people. Provide analyses and propose solutions.Monitored and assess national political developments in Kurdistan, Mosul, and KirkukSpecialized and attended the Iraqi national and regional council of representatives (COR), including region local councils.Maintained strong working relationships with national-level legislators and government officials.Encouraged the politicians/legislators to prioritize and vote on laws meeting and positively affecting human rights and international standards, such as international agreements and understandings.Observing all new introduced laws and legislations in process in the agenda of Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR), mainly those that affected Iraqi national rights and empowered the role of religion and religious leaders.Often involved in highly sensitive political issues and attended high-level official meetings with top government and party officials.Monitoring media coverage regarding the new developments in Iraq and neighboring countries that affected national and regional politics.Acted as a liaison between political officers and senior national and provincial leaders and attended and conducted virtually all meetings and visits independently with little direct supervision.Served as an official interpreter at high-level meetings and translated documents from English to Kurdish or Arabic and vice versa.Worked closely with the national and regional council of representatives (the roster of Kurdish contacts included many senior and civil society leaders as well as up-and-coming leaders)Covered all political events at national and regional levels (election, referendum, and constitution)Supported the State Departments Foreign Service Institute (FSI) to translate Arabic materials into Iraqi dialect and taught the Junior State Department officers on Arabic and Iraqi culture, the past and present political process, and the working environment in Iraq.UNICEF Iraq July 1992-Nov. 2003Education OfficerTargeted programs to direct the educational system to meet international standards, a new system that focuses on the rights of children and women and human principles; made citizens aware of the right to freedom and quality-based lifestyle; participated in international and local events and workshops managed by UN human rights agencies and regional ministries specializing in adult and children education and empowering the role of women in the society.helped 2,800 primary schools, 12,000 teachers, 50,000 women, and 600,000 children with education and training, along with acquiring school supplies, providing recreational educational equipment and training, and printing of four million new textbooks; assisted with the rehabilitation of 500 schools and building 280 new ones.Acted as the officer in charge for almost 60 staff, meeting fully all tasks delegated.Acted as the education focal point for UNICEFs Education Section, covering all the Kurdistan Region, North Iraq, to help around 1.5 million students and 30 teachers.Supervised and helped the Ministry of Education and womens groups in literacy education.Supervised and helped the Ministry of Education and NGOs in mine awareness projects, advocacy programs through TV stations, educational channels, and printing messages on educational materials.Served as UNICEF Sulaymaniyahs senior warden (security focal point)Implemented the Oil-for-Food Education Program (US$4 million/year) by helping the Ministry of Education with the evaluation, planning, and implementation of projects.Acted as the focal point for the Education and Child Protection sections of the north of Iraq (Kurdistan), helping the Ministry of Social Affairs to support disabled and children with special needs and difficult circumstances.Helped reenroll overaged primary school children into the formal education system and provided technical support.Supported the Ministry of Education in establishing the Education Management Information System unit.Assisted in conducting the first educational survey, with studies and data collection to enroll children.Supported the establishment of a high-quality printing press for the Ministry of Education and assisted in training local press staff through international experts, supplying machines and consumable supplies and helping the Ministry of Education to review and change textbooks to meet model and quality education.Monitored and supervised the distribution of educational supplies for 1,300 schools.Trained 12,000 schoolteachers by preparing training manuals, its implementation, and its financial requirements to support teachers financially and provide them with teaching skills.EDUCATIONMaster of science in project management, University of Salford, UK 2018-2019.Bachelors in applied management, Grand Canyon University, USA 2009-2012.Diploma/associated degree in teaching, Ministry of Education Iraq/Arbil High Central Teacher Training. Institute (English literature), 1990-1991.Associated degree in emergency management, FEMA 20 college credits.Certificates and AwardsThree international workshops on adult and womens education.Certificate from UNICEF executive director for high appreciation.Political Training for Foreign Service Officers, State Department Foreign Service Institute.Over 10 Agora certificates on RBM, HACT etc.Certificate on Deserved a Greater Reward and the Chairs Coin given in recognition of excellence.Honor awards from the US embassy for an outstanding political performance |
