Translation, taking care of elderly & children, project management

Personal Data:

Name: Sardar, Fatima

Residence Address/Contacts:

** ********* *****, ********

Virginia 20164. USA

USA Cell: +1-571-***-****

Email: **************@*****.***

Date of Birth: 10/01/1966

Current Citizenship: USA

Gender: Female

Education:

Executive Master in Business Administration Human Resources Management, 2005, Preston University, Peshawar Pakistan

Bachelor of Law Degree, L.L.B,1990, Khyber Law College, University of Peshawar Pakistan

Bachelor of Arts Degree, 1987, Jinnah College for Women, University of Peshawar Pakistan

Fellowship of Arts,1985, Jinnah College for Women, University of Peshawar Pakistan

Higher School Certificate, 1983, Presentation Convent Secondary High School Peshawar Pakistan

Languages:

English can fluently speak, write & read

Pashto can fluently speak, write & read

Urdu can fluently speak, write & read

Arabic can read & write

Punjabi can understand to some extend

Dari can understand to some extend

Certificates:

Personal Care Aide Training

CPR Certificate (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)

Various certificates from US Army while working as linguist with them

Certificates from Educational Departments where I completed my education

Certificates from various training which I attended e.g Monitoring & Evaluation, Computers & Administrative, Project Cycle and others

Professional Skills and Expertise:

-Have participated in dangerous missions with US Army and successfully achieved the objectives of the mission.

-Been a part of US Army as a linguist in various training given to Afghan Army by teams like EOD, Intelligence (S2), Technical Teams & Public Affairs.

-Have been a Cultural Advisor with US Army while dealing with local communities specially females.

-Have participated with US Army in many surveys and data collection from the local community inside Afghanistan.

-Taking care of elderly people and children who get services through Medicaid.

-Am computer literate and can type English, Pashto, Urdu and Arabic.

-Have skill of listening to recorded information in Pashto by US Army on missions and translating it into English.

-Have successfully managed and administered developmental, relief and emergency projects.

-Have directly supervised large teams in various projects.

-Effective implementation, monitoring and management of various projects.

-Planned budgets of different projects.

-Prepared financial and narrative reports.

-Worked as Union Representative on Regional Level for representing Pakistan Office in Oxfam.

Work Experience:

Capital Home Care- Virginia, USA 11th Feb 2014 - Currently

Personal Care Aide

Helping elderly people to take shower and dressing up.

Preparing light meals for them and helping them to eat.

Doing their errands and providing comfort to them.

Helping them in mobility and travelling.

Sagun Home Care- Virginia, USA 1st Mar 2015 – 17th January 2016

Personal Care Aide

Personal Grooming and bathing.

Helping in mobility and travelling.

Doing various tasks like cooking, cleaning, laundry and many others.

Taking care of the elderly

Sometimes total supervision of the patients at night also when the family members are gone out of city.

Home Goods – Virginia, USA 8th Nov 2013 – 13th Dec 2013

Associate

Marking items in the store through scanning machine.

Making a ticket of price for items.

Organizing items on the shelves while doing the mark downs.

Working as a Cashier.

Mission Essential – Ohio, USA July 2010 – July 2013

Linguist & Cultural Advisor in Afghanistan as CAT-1

Working with US Army for translation of Pashtu while going out in the villages on dangerous Missions.

Spend days in mountains of Afghanistan while being on Search Missions with US Army.

Have been working with different Units of US Army dealing with Construction of Projects, Health Clinics and Medical Camps, Civil Affairs, Scouts, Intelligence Team (S2), BRT and Female Engagement Team.

Worked with Special Forces of US Army while dealing with females in different villages for asking intelligence questions.

Provided support and guidance for developing project like skill centers for females in villages of Afghanistan.

Participated in various meetings with higher government officials and elders of the villages called Shuras.

Worked with Female Engagement Teams of US Army while going out on missions and dealing with females of various villages.

Worked as linguist while US Army provided various trainings to Afghan Army.

Translated many manuals of US Army while working with Public Affairs Office.

Translated and typed many Radio Messages for Information Office of US Army.

Qatar Charity – Islamabad, Pakistan July 2007 – June 2009

Project Manager, Women, Children and Family Support

Development of project proposals, reports and concept papers

Collaboration with various organizations about developing alliances between Qatar Charity (QC) and other organizations and government agencies

Assessment and implementation of projects relating to QC sectors

German Agro Action - Islamabad, Pakistan March 2007 – April 2007

Project Consultant

Impact evaluation of social mobilization and aid distribution in Shangla District

Visiting areas impacted and meeting with aid beneficiaries

Collecting secondary data from partner organizations

Clerical support including designing forms, data input and creating reports

Habib Bank AG Zurich – London, UK May 2006 – January 2007

Clerk / Assistant

Design and data input of spreadsheets and reports, direction of debit and credit transfers, development of pay orders and drafts

Provided exceptional customer support to new bank clients

Management of client lockers and credit/cash cards

Care International – Islamabad, Pakistan November 2005 – February 2006

Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Monitoring Care International funded projects related to recovery, relief distribution, winterization, water sanitation and psychosocial issues

Conducting field visits, focus group and individual discussions, meetings and interviews with beneficiaries and stake-holders

Development of project proposals and reports

Monitoring project progress with other officers of Care International

DELTA – Peshawar, Pakistan May 2002 – October 2005

Communication Manager

Management of six staff members

Coordination with donor agencies and government departments dealing with relief and rehabilitation programs

Creation of progress reports and correspondence with donor agencies relating to emergency situations

Designing and writing project proposals and reports relating to emergency, relief, and rehabilitation situations

Oxfam International– Islamabad, Pakistan December 1997 – April 2002

Project Officer

Development and monitoring of projects in emergency, relief and rehabilitation situations

Organization of workshops for disaster preparedness

Implementation of extensive advocacy and awareness building on violence against women and other social issues related to females and children

Coordination with other Oxfam offices in Pakistan and outside Pakistan

Khwendo Kor – Peshawar, Pakistan November 1995 – September 1996

Management Support Officer

Managed the office in absence of the Chief Executive Officer

Contributed in developing various reports

Coordinated with donors of the Organization

Volunteer Work:

Worked as Volunteer with other Teams of US Army other than my own Team to which I was assigned and participated with them in dangerous and countless missions.

Worked as Volunteer in Oxfam shop in London UK from 2006 March to 2007 February.

Worked as Volunteer for Fatima al Zuhra Organization for distribution food packages and checks among orphans and deserving community members.

Volunteer to take care, day and night care of an old woman who was fully paralyzed for more than 6 months.

Countries Visited:

United Kingdom, Italy, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar & Afghanistan

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