Somiron Gregory Email & Phone Number

Dhaka, Bangladesh

I am working as a General Manager at Agami Education Foundation (AEF). I supervise 5 Managers. Besides these, I oversee different projects, namely school programs, Teachers’ Trainings, Health programs for school going students. I also oversee the budgets, maintain communications with donors and stakeholders. I have been in charge of doing the following things in particular.I provide leadership to Agami Education Foundation team for the development, management and implement of all programs, projects and initiatives (PPIs)• Oversee the PPIs are on track, perform review and analysis and keep the higher management properly informed.• Develop and maintain consistent, clear and timely communications and reporting for all PPIs and update with the relevant executives in Bangladesh and US office of Agami.• Responsible for developing standards and promoting activities that enhance operational procedures.• Responsible for managing office services by ensuring office operations and procedures are organized.• Oversee preparation of organizational annual report, press release,• Responsible for preparation and control of annual budget.• Responsible for resource mobilization for smooth operation of the organization.• Maintain liaison and coordinate with media, concern departments, service providers and GoB counterparts• Participate actively in the planning and execution of Agami’s events. • Mitigating conflicts between staffs.

Bangladesh

As a Deputy Divisional Manager (activities with stakeholders)I am the Divisional Head of Sylhet division. I led a small team to implement and monitor EIA teacher Training and Support and the quality. Currently, I was in charge of 20 upazilas of Sylhet division. I was also a bank signatory of my divisional bank account of the project. I gave strategic input on how to embed the EIA approach and methodology in the government education system, I also kept regular need based communication and build rapport with education officials, trainers and teachers from division to upazila levels. I also arranged and conducted training for teachers, Teachers’ Trainers, Master Trainers and Education Officials. I led and oriented my colleagues working under my supervision. during my visit, I met with teachers and sometimes SMC members and even upazila chairman to exchanges views. As a Deputy Divisional Manager (activities with the Management Team)I prepared monthly reports on the divisional activities and progress. I also prepared reports on GoB officials’ visit to our EIA events or schools. I continuously kept the management updated about divisional progress and activities. I prepared monthly and yearly activity planned and accordingly prepared budgets in consultation with Finance Manager and Deputy Team Leader. I closely worked with Finance Manager, Deputy Team leader and Head of the Teachers’ Training and Support. I was a bank signatory of my divisional bank account. I also do the day-to-day management of divisional office, I also kept a close eye on audit requirements. As a Deputy Divisional Manager (activities with Admin-)I was responsible for HRM of divisional team. I prepared the time sheet, maintain leave balance attendance sheet of the office staff. I procured stuff for office looked after office assets, looked into Benefits, trainings and allowances, per diems. I arranged visits for foreign colleagues to the events and schools when necessary.

Bangladesh

Leading a small team of three people. Jointly make plans and implementing them at the field level. After every event, Identifying and sharing the strengths and challenges and revising action plan as and when necessary.• Selecting and interviewing potential teachers to recruit them to be TFs. • Analyzing the stakeholders’ needs and requirements, challenges, and transferring them to the management team as needed.• Orienting the stakeholders about social inclusive policy, diversity and equity at the education field.• Contributing to sorting contents and preparing workshop plans as well as facilitating workshops for education officials, English teachers and trainers. • Undertaking field visits, visiting schools, holding meetings with teachers at the school.• Uploading EIA A/V teaching materials onto the SD cards of the teachers on their mobile phones. Orienting them about the navigation and the use and maintenance of the mobiles and amplifiers and how to use these two devices together in the class to practice English language.• Collecting Evaluation forms filled in by the participants after the events, identifying strengths and challenges from them and sending report to the management to for further necessary actions and supports. • Selecting and interviewing potential teachers to be Teacher Facilitators (TFs) and finalizing the lists with all necessary information, sending them to the relevant department to be approved by the ministry. • Writing reports on every events, regularly preparing monthly divisional meeting minutes and staff meeting minutes and circulate it among the group. • Coordinating with UK Open University (OU) colleagues in preparing workshop plan. Arranging hotel accommodation for OU colleagues or any persons from the management visiting fields. • Communicating with the vendors for food for the participants, settling the cost, collecting bills.

Dhaka Bangladesh

As a Coordinator: I facilitated trainings for Primary and Secondary English Teachers and Head Teachers on Teaching Communicative Teaching English. I undertook field visits to different divisions as required in order to do all these activities. I also provided training for the Teachers Facilitator (TFs). I observed Cluster Meetings run by these TFs and also observed classes conducted by our EIA Teachers at the Upzilla level of different divisions. I also facilitated orientation workshops for GOB Education officials. In addition to that, I did quarterly Progress Sharing Meetings with concerned GoB Education Officers. During every field visit and event in the field, I wrote reports on the findings and provided necessary recommendations.

Bangladesh

In this position, my main role was to conduct training for Education officials, Teacher Trainers, Master Trainers and English teachers of primary and secondary in Bangladesh. I also developed and designed content and the process of delivering the training.

Luxmibazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Brief Summary of My Role as a teacher:I taught from class-5 to class-10. As an invigilator in the exam hall, I did everything. As a moderator of the Gregorian Debating Club, I organized Inter-school Debate Competitions and National Debate Competitions in the school every year with cooperation of other teachers and wrote Invitation Letters and Thanks-giving Letters to the guests of high profile such as Ministers, Economists, renowned artists, Sponsors etc. On this program. I answered to queries of the parents and participants about the program and helped them understand their role during their stay in the school campus. I also prepared reports for print media on all the national and annual events. On National Debate Competitions, I arranged 3-day food and accommodation for the participants from outside Dhaka. I ordered crests for guests and prizes for the winners. I also prepared the outlines for the Master of the Ceremony (MC) to conduct the Opening Ceremony and the Closing Ceremony of the programmes in the chronological order. On the stage I arranged the crests and prizes serially and picked them up for the Headmaster to give away them to the guests and the winners respectively.Teachers' Facilitator:As a Teachers' Facilitator of English In Action (EIA), a Ukaid project, I conducted training for English teachers. I arranged venues for the workshops, budget for food, selected the food menu, and arranged food and drinks for the teachers,guests and foreign observers mainly from UK Open University. I also did administrative work of the training. I disbursed money (given by EIA) among the participats. I also contacted with and distribute ed letters to the school authorities of different schools so that they would send their teachers to attend the workshops. At the end of every workshop. also did the work of evaluation of the workshop by EIA Evaluation forms. I also produced reports on the evaluation sheets submitted by the teachers.

Master Of Arts - Ma, English Literature (British And Commonwealth), -A

Honours, English Literature (British And Commonwealth), B+

Activities and Societies: Social and Voluntary Work: I was a member of Bonpara Christian Chhatra Kollyan Songho, Young Men’s Christians.

Hsc, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Second Division

Ssc,, Arts, 1St Division

Master'S Degree, English Literature (British And Commonwealth)