ABDUL AZIZ ARIAEY

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Baltimore, MD 21217

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Institutional development professional with 17 years’ experience in leadership, management, research, program budgeting, procurement, human resource management, monitoring and evaluation, project management, policy development, strategic planning, stakeholders’ coordination, anti-corruption/good governance, elections dispute resolution, event management, media communication and coaching. Advanced MS Excel and MS Office skills. Fluent English, Arabic, Pashto, and Urdu.

KEY SKILLS

Institutional development, policy development and results-based management

Research (all components) and report writing

Procurement and Human Resources management

Advanced MS Excel and MS Office

Fluent English, Arabic, Pashto and Urdu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

President 03/21/2021 - 03/20/2022

Turkistan University Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan

Turkistan University is a private higher education institution with 107 employees and 1,800 students in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan.

Oversaw to completion a comprehensive university campus rehabilitation project.

Filled 25 administrative and lecturer positions.

Overhauled all administrative functions including finance, HR, procurement, students and academic affairs.

Established a new Faculty of Medical Sciences, enrolled 327 new students and graduated 356.

Translator 06/01/2020 - 03/05/2021

Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) Kabul, Afghanistan

IWA is an Afghan civil society organization with more than 50 employees, formed to facilitate citizen-engagement in anti-corruption efforts regarding Afghan public service delivery.

Translated 15 professional documents and seven anti-corruption reports.

Chairperson 11/23/2016 - 02/12/2019

Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) Kabul, Afghanistan

IECC was the highest electoral dispute resolution authority in the country with over 600 permanent and 7,000 temporary employees.

Established 34 provincial IECC branches.

Recruited 517 permanent/6,735 temporary employees, increased female employees 3% to 35%.

Endorsed 55 legal and administrative procedures, established a reliable electoral dispute resolution system and enhanced public trust in IECC from 0 to 89%.

Adjudicated 27,328 electoral complaint cases.

Vulnerability to Corruption Assessment (VCA) Team Lead 10/21/2012 - 11/21/2016

Management System International/ USAID/ 4A project Kabul Afghanistan

MSI is a US government contractor with more than 1000+ employees all over the world

Led teams which published 16 VCA reports, produced 361 recommendations targeting 473 corruption vulnerabilities in the Afghan government, which resulted in simplicfication of 16 major government service delivery processes.

Traveled to most of Afghanistan’s provinces, met with high-level government offiicals, conducted one-on-one interviews, focus groups, and collected key documents. Appeared on live television and conducted press conferences to detail the findings of VCAs.

Conducted 16 workshops with government employees, NGOs, CSOs, and citizens on strategies and processes to best combat corruption.

Reduced corruption in 16 public service delivery government departments by 21%.

Procurement Controllers Coordinator 01/04/2011 - 10/20/2012

PFMR/ World Bank/ Ministry of Finance Kabul Afghanistan

World Bank is a multilateral organization that finances development projects and has, thousands of employees.

Drafted an amended version of Afghanistan Public Procurement Law and associated procedures.

Recruited 23 procurement controllers for various governmental budgetary units.

Increased governmental authorities’ procurement transperency from 32% to 56% and reduced Corruption by 16% in public procurement authorities and reduced public projects cost by 18%.

HR & Capacity Development Advisor / Program Manager 02/15/2009 - 04/01/2011

High Office Oversight and Anti-Corruption/USAID Kabul, Afghanistan

The High Office of Oversight (HOO) was a newly formed Afghan government structure, funded by USAID, with 450+ employees aiming to reduce corruption and enhance good governance in public service delivery.

Established HR recruitment procedure in HOO employment process.

Developed HOO organizational structure/terms of reference and recruited 307 positions.

Approved and implemented a civil servants’ integrity capacity development strategic plan.

National Coach/Trainer 05/01/2008 - 02/14/2009

Capacity for Afghan Public Services Project/UNDP Kabul, Afghanistan

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is a worldwide UN-led agency with over 5,000 employees, which reduces inequalities through the sustainable development of nations in more than 170 countries.

Developed 3 coaching modules and provided training to 35 senior officials on management, HR, procurement, program budgeting, audit, monitoring and evaluation, and strategic planning.

Alternative Livelihoods Officer 02/07/2007 - 04/30/2008

Poppy Elimination Program/USAID/MCN Kabul, Afghanistan

Poppy Elimination Program was a joint project of USAID and the Afghan government Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) with 100+ employees formed to reduce poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

Conducted 4 AL surveys and summarized information into reports that were submitted to the MCN and US Embassy’s Counter Narcotics Section.

Established AL working groups to coordinate 53 national, international, and provincial entities.

Distributed seeds for alternative crops to 24% of target population and reduced poppy cultivation by 1.4%.

District Administrator 06/05/2005 - 02/06/2007

Afghan Aid Badakhshan Afghanistan

Afghan Aid is a UK-based NGO with 1,000+ employees aiming to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods.

Recruited 45 staff to the National Solidarity Program (NSP).

Formed 204 Community Development Committees (CDC) and coordinated the implementation of 135 NSP-funded construction projects by these CDCs.

Reduced unemployment in target population to 9% and increased females’ participation to 28%.

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

University Lecturer (Part time) 03/25/2005 – 08/12/2021

Prepared and delivered lectures to more than 5,000 students in public and private universities including Badakhshan Public University, Dunya University Kabul, and Turkistan University Balkh on Islamic business law, computer basics and research methodology. Authored a textbook on Islamic business law.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts, Islamic Law, IIU, Islamabad, Pakistan (05/28/2005)

Post Gradutate Diploma, Computer Sciences, IAT/UMT Islamabad, Pakistan (05/14/2004)

BA Sharia Law, IIU, Islamabad Pakistan (06/05/2002)

Advanced Dipluma in Computer Sceinces Super Tech Institute, Islamabd, Pakistan (08/15/2001)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/AFFILIATIONS

NESA Strategic Studies Center/National Defense University, Washington, DC (09/10/2012)

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, France (04/17/2012)

Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India (10/10/2011)

Civil Service College of Singapore, Singapore (06/29/2009)

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