Sami Kawash Email & Phone Number

Jordan

Amman, Jordan

- Program Manager at the British Embassy, directing a £160M health, nutrition, and WASH portfolio within the Yemen Office network.- Managing high-level donor coordination with prominent UN agencies and INGOs, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment of strategic goals.- Steering complex risk management frameworks, financial governance, and performance-based logframes, ensuring rigorous oversight and compliance.- Leading comprehensive program evaluations, including annual reviews and completion reports, to drive evidence-based decision-making.- Overseeing due diligence assessments, strategic budgeting, and financial forecasting, maximizing resource efficiency and programmatic outcomes.

Amman, Jordan

Leading large influx of complex agreements and grants with more than 5M portfolio.Managing stakeholder and donor relationship (i.e US State Department).Overseeing financial forecasting, budgeting and annual planning while tracking project costs.Building concept notes & proposals for future opportunities built upon past experiences.Leading the full project implementation cycle and continuously monitoring the project implementation within the designed timeline in compliance with donor regulations. Produce donor reports in coordination with all relevant team members.Anticipate needs for project amendment and contribute to its development.In collaboration with the relevant departments; organize and lead meetings for program kick off, progress, closeout in addition to regular donor check-ins.Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner.Plan and prepare budgets based on scope of work, work breakdown structure and resource requirements.Representing the organization in strategic meetings at the regional and country level to build relationships with key humanitarian actors, partners, government officials and stakeholders.

Jordan

Was responsible of leading activities and projects in the MENA Region and Globally.Organized coordination meetings with partners and stakeholders to ensure common understanding and clear next steps.Managed experts' contracts, deliverables, invoices, and growth involvement.Utilized Project Management best practices and tools (i.e. WBS, Charter, Budget, Gantt Charts, Tracking Tools, M&E Plans, etc.)

Amman Governorate, Jordan

Implemented the Post Distribution Monitoring of Cash Assistance program.Reviewed and analyzed data received. Supported in unifying SOPs for the emergency department.Worked in a fast-paced moving team and ensured highest quality of implementation.

Amman Governorate, Jordan

Chosen out of 400+ applicants to represent Jordan in the 2018 Lazord Fellowship for Civic Leaders. Now placed in a consultancy firm called Integrated International, which specializes in Monitoring & Evaluation, Gender, Business development and Research. Main responsibilities including: I w a s a n s w e r a b l e f o r : Leading teams visiting camps and schools to implement different projects. Collecting feedback and complaints. Support in training all M&E casual workers M&E Assessment for various projects in Za’atari camp. Focal point for more than 15 teams. Data management for different projects including: Drafting assessment tools Checking Data entered Data entry,Filing data and Data collection. Main event organizer. Professional translation. Simple data analysis. Conducting face to face and phone interviews. Logistics point. Project team member in a UNICEF project. Social media and community manager. Research team leader.

Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing, 7/10

In my third University year I was chosen as one of two students to go as an Erasmus+ exchange student to Vilnius, Lithuania for one.