Enthusiastic leader specializing in driving international operations growth, developing and managing dynamic programs, coordinating valuable projects, procuring high-volume supplies, analyzing key costs, and providing world-class services eager to offer 16+ years experience toward maximizing an employer s success.

 

 

         Integral leader who offers a proven background in human and child rights; prevention of trafficking and prostitution; and migration, gender, and development, including demonstrating expertise in high-level international organizations.

         Out-of-the-box thinker who excels at social development project planning and management, program monitoring, human resources support, and data analysis / dissemination in coordination with key stakeholders and critical objectives.

         Ambitious self-starter who contributes talents in supply chain management and cost-effective procurement / purchasing.

         Excellent communicator who successfully interfaces between all levels of public- and private-sector professionals, as well as seamlessly liaising among individuals of varying cultural, ethnic, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds.

         Fluent in Bangla and English, proficient in French.

 

 

Supply Chain Management   Strategic Analysis / Planning   International Program Management

Operations Management     Large-Scale Project Management     Policy / Procedure Development

Reporting / Proposals     Team Building / Training     Procurement / Purchasing

 

National Programme Officer / Gender & Media Focal Point

 

         Applied dynamic leadership talents toward directing diverse intergovernmental projects (i.e. labour migration and counter trafficking and violence against women and trafficking), including overseeing implementation of safe migration development initiatives and core projects, and coordinating research on human trafficking and migration management.

         Liaised among Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) under the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment and additional NGOs and civil societies to ensure safe migration management in Bangladesh.

         Developed communication strategies to address safe migration and counter trafficking for IOM MRF encompassing pre-departure, migration processes, and post-arrival aspects of migration cycle, as well as creating a valuable information kit.

         Optimized efficiency by creating training manuals and videos for female domestic migrant workers in joint collaboration with Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment via Bureau of Manpower, Employment, and Training.

         Interfaced among media to promote safe migration issues and the proper profiling of Bangladeshi migrant workers.

         Coordinated research on human trafficking with the United National Special Rapporteur on Trafficking (UNSRT).

         Served as Lead Facilitator of Bangladesh Migration Development Forum (BMDF), Gender Focal Point to ensure mainstreaming in programme- and project-related activities, and Team Member / Facilitator of IOM s core training group.

 

Assistant Project Officer

 

         Strategically steered a Quality Education project (i.e. implemented activities and coordinated studies on ethnic children, children with special needs, and slum children) and an IDEAL project Intensive District Approach to Education for All (i.e. oversaw assigned districts and transference to Second Primary Education Development Programme PEDP II).

         Contributed strong communication skills toward working with Programme Coordinator and social mobilization groups to promote quality primary education under IDEAL project and UNICEF-supported activities of PEDP II, along with drafting a key communications strategy document for PEDP II and assisting with organizing stakeholders workshops.

 

 

Assistant Project Officer (Continued)

 

         Prepared all major events under Quality Education Project and interim reports for Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and donors per requirements and documentation compliance regarding studies on primary education, upazila, and districts.

         Organized a process document of activities for the IDEAL project which included World Bank-supported components.

         Initiated training on interactive theatre and script development of local theatre groups across 64 districts.

 

Programme Officer

 

         Led targeted decision-making for child labour, child prostitution, and trafficking projects in Bangladesh and India funded by Save the Children Denmark, including handling all management, monitoring, and reporting; assisting Regional Representative in media relations; and supporting technical operations and capacity building of partner organizations.

         Provided progress reporting to HQ, networking among government / non-government agencies, and general advocacy.

         Facilitated comprehensive workshop and training programmes on CRC issues for development partners.

 

Project Coordinator Paribar Unnayan Prokolpo

 

         Coordinated, directed, and managed staff and activities for Street Children s Education, Adult Literacy, Counter Trafficking, and Women s Empowerment, as well as water and sanitation programmes, via micro credit and small entrepreneurship.

         Handled all report writing and process documentation, as well as mid- / long-term organizational review.

 

Senior Staff Sociologist Research & Evaluation Division

 

         Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward handling a BRAC-ICDDR, B joint research project on socio-economic development and human well-being, including overseeing all report writing and quantitative data analysis.

         Initiated short-term quantitative studies in MATLAB, supervised overall field-level data collection, and delivered research presentations and disseminated key findings at outside and in-house seminars.

 

~ Additional Roles Held Prior to 1994 ~

 

 

Master of Social Science in International Relations

Bachelor of Social Science in International Relations

University of Dhaka

 

Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management

Bangladesh Management Development Centre

 

Sampling of Key Studies

International Relations • Ideology • Research Methodology • International Institutions • Foreign Policy Analysis

International Law • International Economic Relations • International Security • West European / Sub-Saharan African Affairs

 

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) • Microsoft Publisher • Microsoft Paintbrush • Internet Applications

 

~ Extensive Training / Development in Programme Communication, Gender & Development,

Child Rights, Human Rights, Training & Facilitation, and Additional Areas Provided Upon Request ~

 

~ Supplemental Research Reports Provided Upon Request ~