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Consultant for international NGO working with civil society in Morocco

Served as elections observer with two international observers during the 2007 Moroccan parliamentary elections.

Provided technical assistance to the Kuwait based Focus Marketing Consultancy in conducting focus groups in Kuwait on the image of women in politics.

Actively designed creative and efficient recruitment and operation strategies; establish mechanisms for more efficient focus group center operations.Trained, managed and monitored recruiters and supervisors.Established contract templates for the types of services that the focus group centre regularly uses (translation, recruiters, etc.)Drafted service and partner/client contracts.Conducted effective and efficient advance work to lay the foundation for successful focus groups in the field.Supervised the technician of focus groups recording, filming, and streaming to remote partners.Moderated more than 150 focus groups in various topics especially for political parties, associations, and government organizations both in rural and urban areas.Translated various reports and documents from Arabic and French into English.

Trained recruiters and moderators, in Nouakchott, Kiffa, Kaedi and Nouadhibou.Managed logistics for 16 focus groups in Mauritania.

Provided technical assistance and training on focus group research to Berci, a DRC based market research firm, contracted by NDI to conduct focus groups on the perception of people on their newly elected leaders.

Manager of 'Economic Education for Action Program (EEAP)'Coordinated with Moroccan partners for conducting activities with agriculture workers.Organized and supervised trainings for agriculture workers in MoroccoPrepared needed budget before activities and budget tracking after each activityPrepared reports after each activity.

Managed a network of journalist unions in the Maghreb

'.Coordinated with Journalists unions in Morocco, Algeria, and TunisiaOrganized and supervised trainings for journalists in Morocco, Algeria, and TunisiaConducted one-day training on IT tools for 12 journalists in the north of Morocco.Prepared monthly news reports regarding press freedom in the MaghrebPrepared needed budget before activities and budget tracking after each activityPrepared reports after each activity.

Conducting focus groups in Morocco and other countries in the region such as Kewait, Congo, Mauritania, etc.

Morocco Assisted in developing teaching methodologies for implementing and sustaining Peace Corps educational programs.Supervised Language teachers to make sure that all trainees are thought the same competencies in the same period of time.Organized one-on-one meetings with all trainees to assess their language development and to diagnosis their language needs. Translated Arabic and French documents into English.Provided simultaneous translation to Peace Corps director in communication with local partners. Served as Regional Security Officer during consolidation before evacuation in 2003, and

Master Of Arts; Distinction, Applied Linguistics And Tefl

Bachelor Of Arts; Distinction, English Language And Literature; Linguistics