Program Manager Health

Curriculum Vitae, Omar Almajdalawi

*.Family Name: ALAMAJDALAWI

2.Name: Omar

3.Birth date: 03/12/1973

4.Nationality: Palestinian

5.Status: Married

6.Education:

Institution

Completed Diploma(s) and Degrees:

Gent University/ Belgium ( 2013-ongoing)

PhD: Strengthening dignity and resilience among conflict affected communities.

Al-Quds University (Jursalem-2000-2003)

Master in Public Health (MPH)

7.Languages: 1= Excellent

Language

Reading

Speaking

Written

English

1

1

1

Arabic

Mother Tongue

Mother Tongue

Mother Tonueg

8.Other Competencies:

•Expert knowledge in humanitarian and cash-based modalities, sphere standards and core humanitarian standards

•Expert knowledge and experience in planning and implementing humanitarian interventions, linking relief, rehabilitation and development and promoting community resilience to disasters.

•Expert in results-based management and reporting.

•Expert knowledge in a variety of data collection methodologies for monitoring, evaluation and learning.

•Strong research, report writing, and presentation skills.

•Strong tutoring and workshop facilitation skills – contributing to team building, collaboration and positive group dynamics.

•Vast experience in identifying management capabilities and organizational strengths and shortcomings, training and administration.

•Adept in most Microsoft office programmes

9.Employment record for the last 10 years

Dates of employment

Name of employing organizations

Positions held

March 2019– March 2020

Norwgean people aid

Country Program Manager

15.1.2018 – January 20`9

ACT Alliance-Geneva

MENA regional humanitarian advisor

15.8.2016-15.8.2017

UNDP

Recovery and Reconstruction Advisor

1.1.2013 - Present

Stategyhouse consltancy firm

MENA represnative and assoaciate partner.

1.8.2008- 31.12.2015

Dan Church Aid (DCA)

Program manager for Gaza and

MENA

2006-2008

John Snow Institute (JSI)/ Boston. USA

Community Mobilization Program Manager

2004-2005

World Bank (WB)

Human Development Strategy Consultant

2003-2004

European Commission (EC)

Consultant/ Health Sector Review Project.

2000-2002

World Vision International (WVI)

Program officer

1996-1999

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs ( NDI)

Coordinator/Facilitator.

10.Present situation:

Omar has over 20 years of experience working with international donor-funded programs in the field of livelihood enhancement, Humanitarian Aid and recovery. Omar has + 10 years of experience in planning, implementing and evaluating multi-purpose cash and in-kind distribution programmes in conflict and crises areas in the Middle East (Palestine, Libya and Lebanon). Omar was one of the driving forces behind the formulation of DanChurchAid’s global strategy for cash-based interventions and is currently conducting a Ph.d. (part time) with a focus on strengths and weaknesses of cash vs. in-kind distribution of humanitarian aid in crisis affected areas in the Mena Region. Omar has previously trained hundreds of aid workers in sphere standards, Core Humanitarian Standards and modalities for cash distribution.

Since 2008 Omar has trained and coached hundreds of humanitarian aid managers (particulary in the ACT alliance) and workers in different countries in Middle East (Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia and Libya) in disaster management sphere standards, emergency response planning, and in different modalities of Cash Based Interventions.

11.Number of years with current firm:

Omar has been providing consultancy services for the past 17 years (3 of them with StrategyHouse.dk).

Professional Experience

Experience of more than 20 years in the area of humanitarian aid and relevant guidelines and standards.

As a program advisor ( UNDP. ACT Alliance, WB and EC) and program Manager ( NPA,DCA, JSI and WVI) in Palestine and MENA region, and in parallel a part time consultant since 2000, Omar has more than 20 years of experience, providing advisory services and support to organizations in strategic planning, managing programs, formulating M&E frameworks and reporting on results. Omar’s experience includes:

•Evaluating Humanitarian and livelihoods programs.

•Design and develop strategic plans

•Review the partners and members strategic plan and develop them.

•Designing monitoring tools for many designed projects especially in livelihood and humanitarian aid including cash-based intervention projects.

•Training government employees and CSO representatives and humanitarian aid providers on project management, M&E, sphere standards and CHS.

•Solid research background and deign of frameworks for participatory assessments

Omar is closely familiar with the logical framework and theory of change approach to strategic planning, M&E .

Consultancy assignments

Examples where has acted as team leader or main consultant in evaluations

January 2014-prsesnt Stretegyhouse

Participated in developing many MEAL tools and training materials.

October2020 Women Affairs Center

Training course on CHS and accountability (feedback and complaints system)

June 2020 Women affairs Center

Training in CHS and complain mechanism

June-July 2020 Social Development Forum

Strategic plan development

May-July 2020 Women Affairs Center

Needs assessment for GBV women in COVID-19

March 2020-Present Women Affairs Center

MEAL Advisor

December-January 2020 Care International

Needs assessment Study on Cash intervention for ECHO

July -August 2018: Norwegian Refugee Council

Consultant/evaluator to Evaluate NRC Occupancy Free of Charge Modality of the shelter Program in Lebanon

December 2017-May 2018: Oxfam International

Consultant to develop Oxfam national humanitarian advocacy policy in Palestine.

October 2017: Oxfam

Team Leader for Improved Access to Markets for Female and Male Small Scale Farmers in the West Bank ( End line study).

September-October2017 Welfare association ( Tawoon)

Team leader/ Impact Assessment of Public Libraries in Palestine and Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon.

September 2017: Oxfam Italy

Team leader/ to develop influence policy strategy, advocacy needs assessment and training on power analysis

May 2017: Kafina Tel Kafina and Women Affairs Center

Extrarenal Evaluator for end of Project ( advocacy and Early Marriage)

March 2017: Oxfam

Team Leader for Improved Access to Markets for Female and Male Small Scale Farmers in the West Bank ( Midline study)

January -February 2017: Norwegian Refugee Council

External Evaluator for evaluation of the project ‘Urban Displacement outside Camps: Engagement and facilitation of community support to internally displaced families outside camps.

January 2017: Dan Church Aid

Team Leader End of Project evaluation Early recovery of Livelihoods for vulnerable and disabled women

July 2016 Women Affairs Center/ Social Development Fund/France.

Team Leader for end of project evaluation "Promoting income and employment opportunities for Marginalized

Women-Headed Households and Female Graduates in the Gaza Strip"

July 2016 Welfare association and Aisha society

Team Leader for endline study for livelihood protection for orphans.

June 2016 Handicap International

External evaluator (Strengthening Disabled People’s Organizations’ role in multi-stakeholder dialogues for democratic changes in Egypt, Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territories)

May 2016 ( Laura Davis/DIFID)

Local expert scoping potential UK support to strengthen domestic accountability through non-state actors in the OPTs.

March 2016 Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC

External evaluator (Enhancing Youth Employability, implemented by Islamic Relief - UK)

February 2016 Campaign for the Children of Palestine: CCP Japan

External Evaluator "Early Detection and Intervention for Children with Hearing Disabilities" funded by the Government of Japan.

February 2016 Women Affairs Center/Gaza

External Evaluator Assessed the capacity of the center at organizational level in order to establish a complaint system.

January 2016 Women Affairs Center/Gaza

External Evaluator Assessed job creation program for fresh graduate people

December 2011 Atfaluna Deaf Society/ Gaza

External Evaluator Assessed the EC-Funded project (community outreach and early detection of hearing problems and intervention).

May 2008 Women Studies Center/Gaza

External Evaluator Aassessed the EC-Funded project (aawareness raising campaigns on the dangers of early marriage and rights of female children).

February 2009 Maan Development Center/Gaza

External Evaluator Assessed the need of Internally Displaced People in Gaza North. This study implemented by Maan Center and funded by Save the Children Federation UK .

May – December 2008 Norway Consulting Group (NCG)

External Evaluator Assessed performance of Norwegian NGOs that receive core fund from the Norwegian Government to donate local projects in Palestinian Territories.

October 2007 International Mercy Corps/ Gaza

External Evaluator for Job creation program, which is ECHO project and implemented by International Mercy Corps.

August 2007 Save the Children/ Gaza

External Evaluator For Emergency Relief Psychosocial Support Activities for Palestinian Child and Youth, which is ECHO project Implemented by Save The Children Federation.

June 2005 Women’s Affairs Center/ Gaza

External Evaluator For the Women empowerment project, implemented by Women’s Affairs Center and funded by Ford Foundation.

April 2005 Maan Development Center/Gaza

External Evaluator For the Building Livelihoods through Community Development and Food Security in Gaza, implemented by Maa’n and funded by APHIDA.

December 2004 – March 2005 Maan Development Center/Gaza

Assessor and Planner Conducted a damage assessment study including development plans in the northern and southern affected areas of the Gaza Strip covering the period from 2000 to 2004. The study covers the sectors of agriculture, construction, and infrastructure, economic and environmental health. This study is done in favor of MAAN Development Center and funded by Norwegian’s People AID (NPA).

December 2004 Ministry of Agriculture/ Palestine

External Evaluator For the social impacts of agricultural Development project, which implemented by Ministry of Agriculture and funded by UNDP.

13.Qualifications:

•18 years of experience designing, planning, implementing and monitoring grants management schemes related mainly to humanitarian, livelihood and recovery.

•Solid experience in public health and health systems

•Providing advisory services to government stakeholders and NGOs in advocacy, the organizational and strategic set-up of funding and cooperation schemes, monitoring frameworks and procedures for reporting.

•Conducted numerous evaluations of NGO projects and programs.

•Good trainer and coacher.

14.Specific country experiences (on-site consulting, and field visits):

Country

Date from - Date to

Jordan

201*-****-****-present

Palestinian areas

1996-present

Egypt

2010-1012. 2018-2019

Lebanon

2011-2014.

2017-2019

Syria

2011-2014.

2018-2019

Libya

2011-2013

Tunisia

2011-2013

Iraq and Erbil

2018-2019

Turkey

2011-2012

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