Program Manager Officer
Resume:
Huda Alrudaini
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EDUCATION
University of Baghdad, Iraq 2011-2007
BA in Political Science
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
International Republican Institute (IRI)- Iraq June, 2022- March 2024
Program Officer:
1. Crafted a Detailed Two-Year Work Plan: Developed a practical work plan spanning two years, outlining achievable steps to meet project goals effectively. 2. Guided Eight Impactful Advocacy Campaigns: Led a team of Iraqi activists in executing eight advocacy campaigns, addressing a range of social, economic, environmental, and political issues with tangible results.
3. Efficiently Managed Program Activities: Organized meetings, workshops, and public events smoothly, including developing workshop materials and facilitating sessions with support from the Program Manager. In addition to writing the weekly and quarterly reports. 4. Facilitated Collaborative Training Efforts: Worked closely with national and international trainers to provide valuable training sessions, empowering activists with actionable strategies for campaign advancement.
5. Implemented Effective Monitoring and Evaluation Plans: Executed monitoring and evaluation activities effectively under the guidance of the M&E team and Program Manager, contributing to informed decision-making.
6. Providing Constant Mentorship for the Activists: Provided hands-on mentoring to activists, offering practical guidance on navigating security challenges while implementing advocacy campaigns in Iraq.
International Commission on Missing Persons, Iraq January, 2021 May, 2023
Government Relations and Civic Society Initiative Officer: 1. Event Coordination: organize formal meetings, field missions, trainings, and events, ensuring smooth logistics and high engagement for impactful outcomes. 2. Strategic Stakeholder Mapping: Strategically mapped governmental and NGO services in Iraq and Kurdistan, optimizing resource utilization and fostering collaboration between ICMP and key counterparts to address missing persons issues effectively. 3. Field Mission Deployment Excellence: Demonstrated agility in deploying to diverse missions, including mass graves, providing vital translation, reporting, and administrative support. 4. Effective Monitoring and Evaluation: Played a pivotal role in monitoring and evaluating field activities, ensuring adherence to objectives in excavations, blood sample collections, and training sessions.
5. Capacity Building: Collaborated with the Training Unit to enhance NGOs' capacity in supporting missing persons' families, establishing a network of service providers for legal and psychological assistance, and strengthening support structures.
International Committee of the Red Cross, Iraq January 2016- December 2020
Senior Program Officer: Missing Persons’ Unit
1. Conducted comprehensive interviews and follow-ups with families of missing persons to accurately identify their needs, facilitating referrals to legal, health, and psychological support services.
2. Played a key role in formulating an actionable plan to address the needs of missing persons' families, based on insights gathered from interviews. 3. Collaborated closely with governmental institutions involved in the missing persons' file in Iraq, identifying staff skill gaps and delivering targeted training sessions to enhance their communication with affected families.
4. Facilitated meetings, coordinated field trips, provided bilingual (English to Arabic and vice versa) oral translation during discussions, and meticulously drafted meeting minutes to ensure clear communication and documentation.
5. Spearheaded the planning and execution of events and workshops pertinent to the Missing Department, fostering community engagement and awareness of missing persons' issues. Danish Refugee Council, Iraq September, 2014
April, 2015
Child and Adults Protection Officer:
1. Assist in the timely implementation of project activities under the guidance of the Child Protection Team leader, providing periodic updates on progress, challenges, and achievements. 2. Perform field visits to various locations where the internally displaced persons (IDPs) were located such as camps, local councils, mosques, schools, and unhabituated buildings to assess their needs based on gender, age, and diversity.
3. Ensure that protection monitoring and field assessments are conducted in a timely and technically proficient manner, with a specific focus on child protection. 4. Aid in data collection efforts and provide weekly reports on notable issues and trends. 5. Carry out vulnerability assessments and identify assistance cases based on predetermined criteria.
6. Facilitate the referral of protection cases to relevant departments or agencies, while also maintaining updated records in the database.
Baghdad Women’s Association, Iraq December, 2012
October, 2013
Program Assistant: Gender-Based Violence:
1. Conducted interviews with women and young girls affected by gender-based violence. 2. Assisted survivors by addressing their needs and referring them to social workers and other relevant organizations.
3. Organized awareness workshops to raise legal and social awareness among women and promote gender equality.
4. Followed up with survivors to provide ongoing support and updated their cases as needed. 5. Provided weekly reports on association activities. 6. Completed data entries for collected cases and updated case information. PROJECTS & EXTRACURRICULAR
Project title August, 2019
• Adult Mentor for the Iraqi students within the Iraqi Youth Leadership Program (IYLEP) for one month in the USA.
SKILLS
Computer software/ frameworks: Microsoft Office (word, excel, PowerPoint) Languages: Arabic (Native), English (Advanced)
Office Skills: Writing reports (weekly, monthly, and quarterly)
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