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England, United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

Managed two SHM Foundation flagship projects, overseeing stakeholder communication, activities, impact and MEL, budgeting, proposal writing, and fundraising. Additionally, facilitated internal capacity building, established the foundation's methodology and learning library, and coached the team on these new systems.Achievements:● Developed Ember and Project Noor's internal methodology, which involved creating projectdiagnostic tools, internal learning libraries, communication and… Show more Managed two SHM Foundation flagship projects, overseeing stakeholder communication, activities, impact and MEL, budgeting, proposal writing, and fundraising. Additionally, facilitated internal capacity building, established the foundation's methodology and learning library, and coached the team on these new systems.Achievements:● Developed Ember and Project Noor's internal methodology, which involved creating projectdiagnostic tools, internal learning libraries, communication and referral systems, and facilitating planning and capacity building.● Carried out an internal assessment of the foundation team's ways of working and built an internaldevelopment plan based on the findings.● Facilitating and managing Ember’s programme partnerships with 4 organisations working in Africaand Asia. Building the capacity of those organisations in the topics of bringing digital innovation,fundraising, governance, stakeholder management, communication and Impact Evaluation.● Bringing Digital innovation into the Ember Programme by creating online Workshops and learningmodules on the ED App. Show less

United Kingdom

Overall project management including design and implementation of activities, budget management, andmonitoring and evaluation, creation and dissemination of information sheets for UNITAR’s gender andyouth-related programmes to inform potential donors and writing of project proposals to donororganisations.Achievements:● Implemented gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment training in Lebanon and Jordan,including capacity-building for the National Commission of… Show more Overall project management including design and implementation of activities, budget management, andmonitoring and evaluation, creation and dissemination of information sheets for UNITAR’s gender andyouth-related programmes to inform potential donors and writing of project proposals to donororganisations.Achievements:● Implemented gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment training in Lebanon and Jordan,including capacity-building for the National Commission of Women and ministries' gender focalpoints. This covered gender mainstreaming in line with each country's National Strategy for Womenand the implementation of National Action Plans for UNSCR 1325 WPS.● Conducted needs assessment and executed a project in Afghanistan, collaborating with the Ministryof Communication and three technical universities to train 1,000 young Afghan women in digitaltechnology and social entrepreneurship. Also, supported gender mainstreaming with the Ministryand local universities.● Created two successful partnerships for UNITAR in a period of 8 months, which was utilized to workwith youth organisations in Central Asia and Eastern Europe on gender mainstreaming. Show less

Brighton, United Kingdom

Institute of Development Studies (IDS) | Coalition for Religious Equality and InclusiveDevelopment (CREID)● Provided research assistance and established a network for organisations distributed in Pakistan,India, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Afghanistan. The research focused on gender relations in minoritycommunities and the impact of those gender relations on women in particular. The network wasused to share experiences, challenges, successes, and lessons learned.● Liaised… Show more Institute of Development Studies (IDS) | Coalition for Religious Equality and InclusiveDevelopment (CREID)● Provided research assistance and established a network for organisations distributed in Pakistan,India, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Afghanistan. The research focused on gender relations in minoritycommunities and the impact of those gender relations on women in particular. The network wasused to share experiences, challenges, successes, and lessons learned.● Liaised and facilitated CREID’s Heritage Preservation Programme for minorities in conflict-affectedcountries. Worked to establish a network of academics, NGOs and young activists to implement theproject and publish the work. Show less

Hiroshima, Japan

Iraq

Japan And Iraq

Overall project management duties including programme needs assessment, development of trainingmaterials, workshop facilitation and participant mentoring, budget management, and data-gathering formonitoring and evaluation, building a network of participants/alumni and facilitating exchanges of bestpractices.Achievements:● Successfully executed Afghanistan's Women's Leadership Programme, training 25 Afghan womenon gender, SDGs, mainstreaming, equality, and leadership… Show more Overall project management duties including programme needs assessment, development of trainingmaterials, workshop facilitation and participant mentoring, budget management, and data-gathering formonitoring and evaluation, building a network of participants/alumni and facilitating exchanges of bestpractices.Achievements:● Successfully executed Afghanistan's Women's Leadership Programme, training 25 Afghan womenon gender, SDGs, mainstreaming, equality, and leadership. Post-program, participants effectivelyimplemented gender projects in their respective ministries, NGOs, and academic institutions.● The successful implementation of the Syrian Youth Empowerment programme. Training 25 youngSyrians on entrepreneurship and leadership. Following the end of the programme; participantssuccessfully implemented various projects related to their field of work.● The successful Implementation of Transforming the Future of Youth Leaders for Iraq. Training 30young Iraqis on setting up and managing social projects. Following the end of the programme;participants successfully implemented various projects related to their field of work.● Created and maintained partnerships with three international NGOs. Show less

Iraq

Organizer at Startup Weekend Baghdad

Iraq

Overall follow-up of the programme’s activities and monitoring of output progress against theimplementation timeline and budget management. Additionally, I provided guidance for local implementing partners on issues related to women's protection and empowerment, enhancing theperformance of two women's shelters in Baghdad.Achievements:● Facilitated communication amongst 8 local Iraqi women’s organisations and MADRE. The resultingpolicy recommendations were then communicated… Show more Overall follow-up of the programme’s activities and monitoring of output progress against theimplementation timeline and budget management. Additionally, I provided guidance for local implementing partners on issues related to women's protection and empowerment, enhancing theperformance of two women's shelters in Baghdad.Achievements:● Facilitated communication amongst 8 local Iraqi women’s organisations and MADRE. The resultingpolicy recommendations were then communicated to the Iraqi government.● Researched and documented the cases of Yezidi women survivors from ISIS in Iraq, providing datafor MADRE to present on national and international levels and to the International Criminal Court.● Facilitated the referral and support of all the vulnerable cases until they reached safety in shelters.● Updated MADRE’s local partner training guides to meet Iraq’s specific context on topics includinggender mainstreaming, safeguarding, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, andcase-referral, management and documentation. Show less

Iraq

Conducted project needs assessment, managed implementation, monitoring, and budgeting. Facilitatedcollaboration among diverse alternative actor groups (young civil and political activists), enhancing theircapacities to form a network of volunteer groups across Iraqi provinces for shared experiences.Achievements:● Conducted Iraq's first nationwide research on alternative youth civil society actors, investigating theiroperations, challenges, and opportunities.● Developed… Show more Conducted project needs assessment, managed implementation, monitoring, and budgeting. Facilitatedcollaboration among diverse alternative actor groups (young civil and political activists), enhancing theircapacities to form a network of volunteer groups across Iraqi provinces for shared experiences.Achievements:● Conducted Iraq's first nationwide research on alternative youth civil society actors, investigating theiroperations, challenges, and opportunities.● Developed an adaptable implementation strategy based on research for Mercy Corp's youth projects.Collaborated with consultants to train youth actors in gender mainstreaming, policy advocacy,citizen journalism, and Trainining of Trainers (ToT) techniques. Show less

Iraq

● Managed policy reform advocacy grants, overseeing proposal evaluation, organizing advocacytraining, and enhancing partner capacity in advocacy-related areas.● Managed Iraqi Parliamentary Election Monitoring grants, including proposal assessment andcapacity-building for local partners in monitoring election campaigns, special voting days, andelection day. Supported successful election monitoring across Iraqi provinces, resulting in aninternationally circulated monitoring… Show more ● Managed policy reform advocacy grants, overseeing proposal evaluation, organizing advocacytraining, and enhancing partner capacity in advocacy-related areas.● Managed Iraqi Parliamentary Election Monitoring grants, including proposal assessment andcapacity-building for local partners in monitoring election campaigns, special voting days, andelection day. Supported successful election monitoring across Iraqi provinces, resulting in aninternationally circulated monitoring report. Show less

Master Of Arts - Ma, Development Studies

MA Development Studies at the Institute of Development Studies - University of Sussex

Fellowship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

6 months fellowship by UNITAR about entrepreneurship and project management including 2 trainings in Jordan and Japan.

Diploma, Organizational Leadership

Participated in the Young Leaders Visitors Programme in Sweden by the Swedish Institute. This Programme offered experience-based.

Bsc, Information Technology

Activities and Societies: BSc in Networking engineering

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