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Kabul, Afghanistan

Remote (Supporting 20 Countries)

1. Streamlined content creation and audience engagement by developing and implementing comprehensive content and social media guidelines, encompassing editorial standards, social media content strategies, account management protocols, editorial workflows, and content templates.2. Led verification of 10 Facebook pages enhancing audience trust, search visibility, and protection from impersonation.3. Introduced Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tools and techniques which helped teams optimize content to be relevant to users' search queries and displayed prominently in search results. 4. Instrumental in securing USD 82,000 in Meta ad credits for 19 Signpost Facebook pages, empowering teams to reach more vulnerable communities with crucial information while optimizing promotional budgets for broader outreach.5. Globally fostered team development through facilitated training sessions, interactive discussions, and comprehensive feedback and content review processes.

Kabul, Afghanistan

1. Implemented successful communications and advocacy strategies that positively impacted stakeholders and generated support.2. Adroitly managed crisis communications in response to challenging events in Afghanistan, creating effective crisis strategies and engaging key stakeholders.3. Built community engagement and support through targeted campaigns, digital outreach tools, and community events, reaching hundreds of thousands of youth and women.4. Facilitated productive partnerships with local organizations and government bodies, creating opportunities for community decision-making and advocacy.5. Conducted successful conferences, seminars, workshops, and outreach campaigns, utilizing strong presentation and media skills.6. Provided insightful policy analysis and advocacy recommendations to the country office and headquarters, ensuring appropriate actions were taken.7. Promoted organizational impact through a range of effective visual communication materials, including audio-visuals, policy briefs, infographics, newsletters, brochures, fact sheets, posters, blog articles, web content, media visits, case studies, and success stories.8. Maintained strong relationships with project donors, regularly submitting reports and coordinating visits to showcase project success.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Dhaka

1. Successfully advocated with the government's health department to introduce the sanitation business in two city areas.2. Conducted 20 effective advocacy campaigns focused on promoting the health and safety of cleaners, resulting in the introduction of health insurance for this group.3. Developed and led communications and knowledge materials efforts, including the creation of four audiovisuals, four brochures, two flyers, three factsheets, a lesson learn book, five web contents, photo stories, conference papers, and two human interest stories.4. Acted as the media spokesperson for both national and international media, identifying potential media relation opportunities, monitoring news and views, and actively engaging the media in organizational interventions.5. Provided valuable advisory support to communication and media agencies, consultants, photographers, PR agencies, storytellers, country management team, staff, and partners on both internal and external communications and media relations.

Kabul, Afghanistan

1. Implemented successful communication, crisis communications, and advocacy strategies for girls' education in Afghanistan, leading to increased access to education for 25% in 3 provinces.2. Advocated for key issues on girls' education with the Ministry of Education, resulting in improved safety for girls in the local level.3. Provided insights on global and national policies and practices on girls' education to the country and international offices through analysis of donor regulations and policies.4. Conducted 210 campaigns, leading to a 25% increase in girls' access to education in 3 provinces of Afghanistan.5. Developed comprehensive communications and knowledge materials, including brochures, two-pagers, newsletters, posters, infographics, impact videos, and success stories, to promote girls' education.6. Effectively managed media crisis and introduced media monitoring, mapping, and database to ensure positive media coverage.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

1. Implemented a documentation hub and knowledge repository, as well as online data management.2. Reached 0.3 million parents and children through 320 campaigns and 80 advocacy workshops to enhance early grade reading skills.3. Advocate for the use of mobile-based reading applications for early graders through events with the Ministry of Education.4. Secured media coverage with 24 news articles and 4 stories published in national newspapers.5. Gathered best practices, learning, and success stories, produced related books and documents, and shared internally and externally.6. Compiled, edited, and shared annual, quarterly, bi-annual, and event reports.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

1. Led 34 campaigns aimed at ending violence against women and children.2. Provided support for the implementation of "Girls Not Brides" campaigns in Bangladesh.3. Influenced national and local newspapers to publish news and opinion pieces on the issue through strategic media outreach.4. Organized advocacy workshops, exhibitions, meetings with USAID Ambassador, learning sharing events, seminars, and media roundtables to raise awareness and drive action.5. Created advocacy and campaign materials, including audiovisuals, success story books, infographics, newsletters, brochures, fact sheets, and posters, to reach national and international audiences.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

1. Developed an effective advocacy, knowledge management, communication, and media relations strategy as the leader of the BRAC Community Empowerment Program's Knowledge Management Unit.2. Boosted media presence by arranging three successful journalists' visits to the field and publishing eight features, as well as organizing two national media round-table discussions.3. Improved local governance by identifying ten advocacy issues, placing them on local and national platforms, and producing two insightful reports.4. Strengthened communication efforts by producing a wealth of informative materials, including three success storybooks, five eye-catching infographics, 12 impactful stickers, seven concise fact sheets, six informative newsletters, 22 inspiring success stories, five informative case studies, ten attention-grabbing posters, four thought-provoking articles, two engaging brochures, and 39 effective press releases.5. Fostered advocacy efforts by organizing 23 impactful workshops, two insightful learning-sharing events, three informative seminars, and two successful exhibitions at the national level.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

1. Developed two annual reports, ten newsletters, 11 infographics, four brochures, 18 success stories, 14 fact sheets, and good numbers of posters, stickers, banners, articles, and press releases.2. Arranged three learning and sharing events, 12 campaigns, three workshops at the national level, and 120 campaigns at the local level. 3. Introduced an Official Facebook page and website along with regular updates. 4. Prepared ten project progress, five completion reports, three evaluation, and ten event reports.

Jhenaidah District, Khulna, Bangladesh

1. Developed and implemented knowledge management, communication, and advocacy strategy.2. Raised funds from UNESCO, UNHCR, and UNFPA through project proposal development.3. Led copy-writing and production of key organisational publications, including four annual reports, 17 newsletters, and good numbers of posters, infographics, stickers, banners, fact sheets, success stories, case studies, articles, press releases, and brochures, etc.4. Developed corporate website, Facebook page, and blog.

Masters Of Development Studies (Mds), Development

Master Of Arts (Ma), English

Activities and Societies: Debate Team, BNCC Studied English Language and Literature

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English

Activities and Societies: Debate team, BNCC

Hsc, Science

Activities and Societies: House Leader Studied Science