Asad Ali Butt

**** ******* ***.,

Apt.*B, Brooklyn

New York 11214-6239

317-***-****

Education

July 1997: Master’s in Business Administration

School of Business and Commerce, Islamabad

Affiliated Campus of Preston University, USA

July 1991: Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)

University of the Punjab, Lahore – Pakistan

August 1988: Higher Secondary School Certificate – 12 grade Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Islamabad – Pakistan

June 1985: Secondary School Certificate – 10 grade Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Islamabad – Pakistan

Computer Skills MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook) Work Experience

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of

the United Nations, Islamabad

Founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of

nutrition and standards of living, to improve agriculture productivity and to better the condition of rural

populations, FAO is the largest specialized agency in the United Nations systems and the lead agency for

agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development. Program Associate/Operations Officer

13 Jan. 2003 – to date:

Provide operational support to operationally active projects.

Project budget monitoring and carry out budget

revisions and project extensions of operationally

active projects.

Undertake appropriate actions in Field Program

Management Information Systems (FPMIS) on

projects.

Provide support and inputs on HR/Procurement

and work plans for assigned projects.

Support operations unit with staffing planning.

Provide operational support for pipeline projects by entering data in FPMIS and acquiring entity

numbers.

Maintaining close collaboration with program team and respective Lead Technical Officer and Funding

Liaison Officer.

Responsible for obtaining relevant clearances such as technical, budgetary and financial.

Ensure timely project closures and reporting.

Operational and financial closures are reviewed and ensured.

Quarterly, six monthly and terminal reports are

submitted duly in collaboration with Programme

team.

Hard commitments are removed for financial

closure and followed up with program/admin

teams.

Update delivery estimates as and when required.

Achievement

Organization of various workshops on Livestock,

Fisheries, Earthquake-2005.

Population Communication Int’l (PCI)

UNFPA Project “PAK/97/P03”

(Population Welfare Education through radio in

conjunction with Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation & Ministry of Population Welfare)

Population Communication International (PCI) is an experienced and reputed International NGO with its headquarters in New York. It has extensive experience in the development of entertainment education

programs utilizing radio and television to tackle such complex issues as family planning, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention and gender equality. PCI works in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the primary donor of this project and has full responsibility of funding the project. This is a three-year entertainment education project relying on the strength of drama to reach out the rural populations in Urdu, Punjabi,

Pushto, Baluchi and Sindhi and try to bring about

behavioural changes.

Project Secretary: 21 August 2000 – 12 Jan. 2003

Prepare content analysis of the episodes of the

radio drama broadcast each week in Urdu and

Punjabi languages.

Arrange appointments and meetings and keep

their records.

Arrange travel, prepare travel schedules and

maintain travel records.

Preparation of budget, accounting reports, expense and payroll vouchers.

Arrange training workshops/seminars.

Maintain database of important contacts.

Maintain office stocks and keep record of

inventories.

Provide any other secretarial/facilitating functions. Achievement

Organize three-day workshop on Script Design for drama project.

The British Council, Islamabad

(June 1994 – February 2000)

Development and Training Services (DATS), British

Council Pakistan’s largest operation in the world for technical assistance contracts. There are over 120 specialists across the four provinces of Pakistan and beyond (including over 60 education, health and

governance professionals). They implement a range of major contracts for consulting services.

Sindh Primary Education Development Programme,

Balochistan Primary Education Development

Programme, North West Frontier Province Primary

Education Project, Northern Areas Education Project, Assistant Contract Officer: 1 June 1998 – 29 Feb.00

Management of educational projects managed by

the British Council.

Equipment procurement for Department for

International Development’s (DFID) funded

Northern Areas Education Project (NAEP), Gilgit.

Arrange importation of vehicles for projects.

Manage delivery of equipment through Customs to

site.

Maintenance and leasing of houses for project

consultants.

Import and export of personal effects of project consultants.

Support to SAPP-II Education, First Family Health

Project, North West Frontier Province Second Family Health Project, Balochistan Second Family Health

Project, Punjab and Police Training Project are the examples.

Make all logistic arrangements for international and national consultants.

Review of project reports as per British Council guidelines.

Maintain project offices inventory and make six

monthly visit to project offices to check inventory.

Assist Contract Officer with preparation of financial reports on monthly basis.

Line management of 2 persons.

Achievement

Developed a database for international and national consultants who worked on different projects

managed by the British Council.

Organize training workshops.

Management Information Systems Administrator:

17 April 1995 - 31 May 1998

Assist Projects Officer Management Information Systems with the monitoring of the implementation of contracted projects and training activity in Pakistan.

Maintain the databases.

Line management of 1 person.

Achievement

Developed a database for Information Resource Centre. Office Administrator: 18 Sep.1994 - 16 April 1995

Assist Assistant Director (Finance & Administration) in the general administration of the office.

Maintain all spreadsheets for Finance Department.

Responsible for obtaining CBR booklets and Visas for London appointed staff and consultants.

Make transport, travel, protocol, and office supplies arrangements.

Liaison with Government Department.

Draft routine office correspondence.

Line management of 6 persons.

Assistant Scholarships Officer: June 1994 -

17 Sep.1994

Assessment of Britannia (Chevening) Scholarship forms.

Maintain scholarship database.

Respond to the queries related to scholarships

COMMUNICATION & NETWORKS Office Manager: Dec. 1993 - May 1994

"COMNET", Islamabad

Preparation of budget and accounting reports.

Maintain hardware inventory.

Design suitable computer hardware & software solution for customer.

Provide support in case of hardware & software trouble shooting.

Line management of 8 persons.

SBS COMPUTERS, Islamabad Accountant: Oct. 1991 - Nov. 1993

Preparation of Branch office budget, accounting reports

(monthly and annual), expense and payroll vouchers.

Recover the receivables.

Record keeping of hardware inventory up-to-date.

Maintain files and keep filing up-to-date

Short Term Assignment

United Nations High Commission for

Refugees (UNHCR), Islamabad

An emergency section was set-up to speed up the

procurement procedures and delivery of Non Food

Items (NFI) to new Afghan Refugees coming in Pakistan as a result of war against terrorism in Afghanistan. These NFI includes cooking stoves, quilts/blankets, jerry cans, buckets, and toilette/laundry soap. This also includes the clearance and delivery of NFI’s coming from other countries as an aid/gift to these Afghan refugees.

Senior Logistics Assistant : 15 Oct – 30 Nov. 2001

Provide logistics support to Senior Regional Supply officer.

Provide advice and assistance in respect of local procurement.

Obtain detailed data, specifications and quotations on items required to be purchased on the local

market and provide evaluations, comments and

recommendations.

Undertake administrative and operational

procurement employing standard UNHCR practices

and arranging delivery of goods.

Maintain updated logistics files and computerized databases of companies and suppliers.

Supervision of the UNHCR rented warehouse and

stock records.

Personal

Date of Birth: 4 November 1968

Marital status: Married with three daughters and a son Official Address

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations NARC Premises, Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad-Pakistan References

Available on request.

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