Akm Nuruzzaman

Experience

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  Grameen Trust

  Jan 1995 - May 1997

  Research Executive

  Programme for Research on Poverty Alleviation (PRPA), Grameen Trust was committed to research for transforming the lives of the poor and the powerless. • Assisted 20 young researchers in defining a research agenda that is relevant to the grassroots in terms of the problems and constraints that they face.• Evaluated and reviewed 50 research proposals • Identified people within the government, non-government organizations, and other institutions, both in Dhaka as well as throughout the country, to participate in research on poverty alleviation and the poor. • Developed creative ways of disseminating research findings to policy makers and the people. • Monitored research projects: the work involved regular field trips to the villages, interacting with researchers and rural people on the issues being studied and• Organized more than 20 training workshops on research methodologies. Show less

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  Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)

  Jun 1997 - now

  I am accomplishing the following tasks: GM (Environment and Climate Change Unit)Monitor and Supervise Green Climate Fund (GCF), Adaptation Fund (AF), and other Development Partner-funded projectsLook after other Environmental Issues Team Leader of Low Income Community Housing Support Project, USD 18 million funded by the World Bank• Coordinating partnerships with 7 NGO_MFIs and National Housing Authority. • Maintaining fund, reporting, and other due-diligence activities with a development partner. • Hired, trained, and supervised a team of 50 staff.• Prepared a tool for affordability analysis for assessing the eligibility of a housing loan.• Prepared a guideline for sustainable housing.• Disbursed USD 10 million for constructing and improving around 3000 houses.Team Leader of Training Unit of PKSF [completed on Oct 2021]• Organised 225 batches of training for NGO_MFIs staff.• Developed 11 modules on finance, HR, Training of Trainers and other development issues. • Hired, trained and supervised a unit of 10 staff.Team Member of Project Evaluation Committee and Accreditation Process• Assessed 200 projects related to sustainable enterprise, value chain development and agriculture.• Helped PKSF to be a National Implementing Entity (NIE) of Green Climate Fund (GCF). • 6 pro-poor innovative ideas were piloted as an innovation officer of PKSF. Show less Team Leader of Food Security 2012 Bangladesh - Ujjibito Project, EUR 11 million funded by EU• Coordinated partnership arrangements with 38 NGO_MFIs and the relevant ministries.• Maintained fund, reporting and other due-diligence activities with development partner.• Hired, trained and supervised a team of 500 staff.• Mobilised 325000 extremely poor families and did community consultation to assess their needs.• Designed 33 interventions that are appropriate to reduce extreme poverty.• Involved in oragnising training on both farm and off-farm activities for 116000 extremely poor people • Helped to mobilise 16000 adolescent girls as change makers for creating sustainable communities. • Provided support to teach community-based health and nutrition education to 325000 families. • Supervised 3 research (baseline, midline and endline surveys) studies and published a book.• Organised 10 seminars to disseminate the outcomes of the project and published 35 reports. Show less • Lead a panel of five members with a view to strategic and organizational planning, financing and fund utilization monitoring of 27 MFIs, which are the Partner Organizations (POs) of PKSF. • Supervised 15 programmes and projects implemented by those 27 POs • Imparted 100 bathes of training for those POs• Participated 35 seminars, workshop and meeting as a representative of PKSF• Contributed to develop 8 types loan products for the poor • Prepared reports, presentation, and documents for management.• Lead a panel of five members with a view to strategic and organizational planning, financing and fund utilization monitoring of 27 MFIs, which are the Partner Organizations (POs) of PKSF. • Supervised 15 programmes and projects implemented by those 27 POs • Imparted 100 bathes of training for those POs• Participated 35 seminars, workshop and meeting as a representative of PKSF• Contributed to develop 8 types loan products for the poor • Prepared reports, presentation, and documents for management. Show less • Due Diligence: Managed due diligence processes (financial and legal), project management, conducting monitoring and supervision through regular inspection of the micro credit operations of a number of selective micro credit financed institutions, playing a decision-making role in sanctioning loan amounts of the 10 Partner Organizations and made financing decision based on their time-to-time performance evaluation, conducted the management audit as and when it requires.• Appraisal: Made appraisals to 27 proposals submitted by the applicant NGOs, to be POs of PKSF.Contracting and Networking: Accomplished more 120 loan contracts signed between the Partner Organizations and PKSF and built network with different development agencies.[ Show less

  • General Manager

    Jan 2019 - now

  • Deputy General Manager

    Feb 2015 - Dec 2018

  • Assistant General Manager

    Jun 2008 - Jan 2015

  • Manager

    May 2002 - May 2008

  • Deputy Manager

    Jun 1997 - Apr 2002