Experience

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  State university new york (usaid funded project for parliament of afghanistan)

  Feb 2011 - Feb 2012

  Program specialist

  • Handled correspondence and provided support including, but not limited to drafting documents such as memos, briefing notes, reports, and proposal communication efforts;• Supported administrative efforts, including following up assigned task for individual team members, • Coordinated travel arrangements of the project counterpart’s officials for international study tours and communicated with the finance team to process their airfare and per diems’ payments.• Processed invoices in the financial system, compiled payment packages, obtained approvals, and submitted to the finance team to process payments. Show less

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  World bank developmental funded project for afghanistan natural resource development

  Feb 2012 - Feb 2014

  Program officer

  • Provided guidance and support as requested on a wide variety of financial, administrative, process, policy and business process related matters.• Proactively planned and scheduled tasks accordingly to meet deadlines, sought direction on the prioritization of tasks where appropriate; • Provided technical and logistical support for holding training programs to build the project counterpart’s employees’ capacity;• Coordinated assigned project activities and conducted research to achieve project goals; and• Organized meetings for the program senior delegations from (U.S. Congress, USAID, or State Department), who planned to visit with Afghan Parliamentarians. Show less

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  Ecc water & power, llc, california (usaid funded project for afghanistan mining sector)

  Mar 2014 - Mar 2017

  Senior program officer

  • Facilitated communication efforts between project management teams and counterpart authorities to achieve project goals and deliver high quality services to the program beneficiaries;• Provided administrative in supporting project activities, including coordinating training programs, hiring consultants, and processing payments;• Provided logistical support for holding workshops, webinars, and other training programs to implement the program capacity building activities; and• Provided technical support for project management activities, including arranging meetings, taking notes, and processing travel requests. Show less

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  Finca international, washington d.c. (subsidiary finca afghanistan)

  Mar 2018 - Jan 2019

  Legal and corporate governance officer

  • Coordinated corporate microfinance activities between management team, board of directors, and field offices;• Identified potential legal risks threaten subsidiary operations and proposed mechanisms for mitigation and shared potential legal risks concern with management team and board of directors; • Drafted reports and resolutions out of subsidiary board of directors, management team, and shareholders’ meetings;• Supported management team of subsidiary in preparation of reports and materials for the quarterly board of directors’ meetings; and• Drafted subsidiary quarterly reports, minutes of board of directors, business proposals, and loan agreements. Show less

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  Fhi 360

  May 2020 - now

  Program officer ii

  • Backstopping assigned project partner for execution of program activities, including sub-contract management, finance, and procurement; • Reviewing & editing assigned project’s work plan, quarterly reports, and write grant proposal narratives;• Providing on-going programmatic oversight to assigned project budget execution, including monitoring, verifying, and reporting program implementation and deliverables;• Leading team efforts for communication with project’s partner staff at field office and individual consultants for developing consultants’ scope of work, training curriculums, collect training materials, arrange technical and logistical support for the program: online courses, panel discussions, webinars, and third country workshops;• Promoting and facilitating communication between assigned project team members with internal and external stakeholders, various units within headquarters (HQ), or field office;• Supporting administrative efforts with program partners, co-workers, consultants, stakeholders, and beneficiaries to ensure work style contributes to team building and project implementation in a professional and productive manner; and• Onboarding newly hired staff members on project activities and administrative processes across departments. Show less