Policy Analyst Case Worker
Resume:
Freshta Ahrar
United Nation's Social
Services Provider / Analyst
/ Policy maker
Personal Info
*******.*********@*****.***
Phone
will be provided upon request
Skills
Software
Languages
Skilled community-based case
manager
Written and Verbal Communication
Interpretation and Problem solving
Training Others
Promotional Material Development
Hardware+
Adobe Photoshop
HTML
Microsoft Office
Adobe Illustrator
Kobo Humanitarian
Dashboard
Cash Assist
Dashboard
Humanitarian Cash Operations &
Program Ecosystem Dashboard -
Used by United Nations for Cash
transfer prokect
English
Dari
Pashto
Urdu/Hindi
Dedicated Social Services provider professional, and policy analyst for United Nations, which legally gives the status of International Civil Servant pursuant to article 1, Secretary-General’s bulletin. Expert in delivery of social assistance – from cash transfer programs to social welfare services by promoting a case management approach to enhance responsiveness. Additionally, a practitioner of United States International Development mission abraod; pursuing advocacy, communications, consulting, fundraising, policy, and research in the non- for-profit sector.
Technical reviewer for one pager for COVID-19 AND SOCIAL PROTECTION IN SOUTH ASIA: AFGHANISTAN - a joint publication of UNICEF and International Policy Center growth for inclsive growth (IPC-IG)
Technical Reviewer for joint UNICEF and IPC-IG disucssion paper on the role of ZAKAT FUND IN PROVISION OF SOCIAL PROTECTION IN AFGHANISTAN Author of "GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCES AND LEADERSHIP ABILITY: AUTOCRATIC V/S DEMOCRATIC LEADER" a term paper for MBA course " Leading People and Organization
Author of MBA thesis, "THE POTENTIAL TO POVERTY REDUCTION IN AFGHANISTAN THROUGH GENDER EQUALITY FROM PROFESSIONALS’ PRESPECTIVE" Work History
2022-01
- present
Outreach and Case Worker
Multi Lingual Counseling Center INC, Okhland, California Provide need assessment to identify the needs of
the newcomers
Refer and provide Afghan new comers with mental health information and resources/support to reduce the traumatic effects of their migration from Afghanistan to the US
Provide culturally congruent mental health support activities Provide case management services to ensure they are receiving the supports made available to them and that they are being enrolled into all eligible services
Coordinate with state and NGO actors to help figure out housing, medical, and educational components of the resettlement process Work with families to get them enrolled into eligible benefits, their children into school, and able adults into employment
2020-03
- 2021-12
Social Policy Specialist
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Kabul, Afghanistan Providing technical support to data, evidence, analysis, desgin and delivery of cash transfer modalities
Strengthening relation with key stakeholders to achieve expected outcomes of social protection such as, cash working group meetings, national Priority program meetings, UN agency meetings, World Bank anf NGO partners
Promoting delivery of integrated social protection systems through creating linkages with other social protection interventions such as health insurance, public works and social care services as well as complementary services and intervention related to nutrition, health, education, water and sanitation, child protection and HIV
Building capacity of partners for, improved monitoring and tracking of public expenditure to support transparency, accountability and effective financial flows for essential service delivery
Undertaking budget analysis aimed at equitable allocations for essential services and grants management/donor reporting on the funds in hand 2019-06
- 2020-01
Policy Advisor
United States Agency for International Development's project
(Promote, Women in Government), Kabul, Afghanistan Proposed policies, developed roadmaps and reported on costs and benefits for government of Afghanistan
Served as the subject matter expert (SME) on policies/reforms; developing new policies amending existing policies/reforms to enhance women’s success and participation in government
Drafted and finalized Phase II of National Action Plan For Women
(NAPWA II) in coordination with Ministry of Women Affairs Assist the team in developing and delivering presentations, fact sheets and reporting templates
Developed outreach and communication strategy for Ministry of women Affairs, Developed National Internship Policy to be lead by Civil service Commission, developed Women career development center’s strategy led by Afghanistan civil service institute, developed Mentorship Policy for Civil service commission, developed Affirmative Action Policy for Ministry of Women Affairs and several Ad-Hoc Gender equality policies for government partners
2017-06
- 2019-05
Ministry Liaison (Policy & Research Department)
United States Agency for International Development's project
(Promote, Women in Government), Kabul, Afghanistan Develop or revise policies, strategies, legal documents, procedures and guidelines that benefit women in civil service
Established and mentored relationships with key government officials involved in Policy making level
Organized national level conferences on the Policy Reforms for women in government
Developed conference reports with recommendations, project annual and quarter reports, donor complaince reports
Provided technical support in developing the Women Obstacle Analysis report which assessed government protections and accommodations for female staff across policy, culture, and infrastructure in Afghan government ministries and independent agencies
Provided simaltanous interpretation for international project staff in feild and official missions, government partner meetings, conferences and other relevant events to the policy and research department 2017-01
- 2017-06
Communication Officer
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (World Bank's Rural Enterprise Development Project ), Kabul, Afghanistan Developed, implemented and strengthen strategies for communication, public relations and public outreach with particular focus on spotting achievements of women in economy;
Led the process of producing outreach materials, e.g. brochures, fact sheets, newsletter and case studies, with a lead role in writing texts; and ensure that all communications materials meet the quality requirements of the program
Education
Identified, recorded, and communicated success stories; Developed of Annual, Quarter and Monthly reports
2015-04
- 2017-01
Manager, Gender and Adolescents Development
BRAC Education Program(Department for International Development-UK), Kabul, Afghanistan
Instituted gender and Child protection as a crosscutting issue in the implementation of project activities
Developed Gender Strategies, implementation mechanisms and child protection/Gender Sensitive (Informational Educational Communicational
(IEC) materials
Compiled and documented success stories, case studies, lessons learnt and challenges faced of the project activities with particular attention to the Gender issues
Facilitated sessions on Gender (patriarchy, Gender socialization, women empowerment, Gender-related terminologies) Adolescents Development, Peer Mentoring, Sexual Harassment Elimination Policy and Child protection Policy
Coordinated with Monitoring & Evaluation team in Development of checklists, self-audit tools and annual work plan for the Child protection, adolescent development and Gender related issues
2014-02
- 2015-03
Material Developer
BRAC Education Program (Department for International Development-UK), Kabul, Afghanistan
Developtment of project milestone reports and complaince reports of Material Development Unit
Review of required curriculum, modules and materials as per the Gender Sensitive guidelines of BRAC education program
Developed of the Peer Mentoring informational, Educational and communicational Materials (one of the project’s main component) Assisted the Material development unit in developing training modules and curriculum
2012-01
- 2014-01
Public Relation Officer
Social Association for Development of Afghanistan (SADA), Kabul, Afghanistan
Liaisoned with Government and private entities and coordinated of Donor meetings
Planed publicity strategies and campaigns
Produced press releases and dealt with enquiries from the public, the press, and related organisations
Liaised with clients, managerial and journalistic staff about budgets, and timescales of promotional events
2010-03
- 2013-12
English Literature, Bachelor of Arts in Languages and Literature
Kabul Education University, Kabul, Afghanistan
2017-04
- 2019-06
Business Administration, Master's of Business
Administration
American University of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan Courses
Certificates
References
2018-09 Completed the 35 hours training, a prerequisite for Project Management Professional certification KOENIG, India (New Delhi)
2016-10 Workshop training on strategic communications, Advocacy and stakeholder engagement, Kampala, Uganda
2013-01 Teaching English as a Second Language, Regional Institute of English (RIE), Chandigarh, India
2019-04 Global Practice of the World Bank and the partner institutions of Charter for Public Procurement Studies
(CPPS)
2014-12 Certified in Peacebuilding and conflict transformation - Graduate School For International Learning (SIT), Nepal
(Kathmandu)
Will be immediately provided upon request along with United Nations' Standard Performance Evaluation review for 2020 and 2021
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