Gulnoza Nadjemidinova

Professional Summary

Inspirational Project Leader with talents in planning and implementing all stages of projects and selecting the most effective approaches and processes for timely project completion. Outstanding personal organization and risk management abilities. Engaging and friendly with the ability to manage work quality, key milestones, and deliverables. Experienced in fast-paced environments and adapts well to changing situations.

Work History

Private university - Head of Master’s Program

09/2022 - to now

Duties include: operational management and leadership in coordination with the university rector; overseeing all operations, including administration, human resources, procurement and logistics, IT, communications; overseeing the development of curriculum faculty policies, marketing campaigns and programmatic and operational budgeting.

Uzbekistan Education for Excellence Programme, RTI International - EFL Technical Specialist

09/2020 - 08/2022

Provided operational management and leadership in coordination with the COP and DCOP. Acted as technical, operational and management support to the EFL component of the project. Contributed to the development of annual work plans and operational budgeting. Prepared required reports and deliverables, including quarterly, annual reports in accordance with USAID guidelines.

Achievements:

●Coordinated and participated in the Textbook Appraisal and selection as well as customization and piloting of EFL textbooks for Grades 1-11

●Developed range of materials: Trainer and Teacher Training Manual for EFL, adaptation of the content for EFL online teacher-training course, presentations at international conferences

●Delivered teacher and trainer training sessions across 2 regions (6 districts)

Ministry of Public Education- Head of Assessment, ESN Project

11/2019 - 03/2020

Member of the Ministry of Public Education's ESN (English Speaking Nation Project Implementation team). Provided leadership for all Program tasks and activities related to language education (English as a Foreign Language) to ensure that the Program achieves its objectives.

Achievements:

●Developed and followed baseline project plan and milestones for task completion.

●Evaluated and solved technical problems affecting project deliverables.

●Monitored deadlines and milestones to keep the team on track with project schedule.

●Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.

●Gathered requirements for ongoing projects and organized details for management use.

Private Language School - Academic Manager

05/2019 - 07/2019

Achievements:

●Designed new performance-driven teacher appraisal system that was adopted across all branches.

●Developed and implemented recruitment strategies, interviewed applicants, and managed hiring process including executing employment contracts.

●Recommended and administered appropriate solutions, sanctions, and discipline for non-compliance to rules and standards for teacher performance and behavior.

●Recommended training programs for teachers and teaching assistants to further professional growth.

British Council Uzbekistan - Examination Services Manager

01/2005 - 04/2019

Developed and managed large examinations operations across Uzbekistan.

Achievements:

●Oversaw all aspects of exams operations, including administration, human resources, procurement and logistics, IT, communications

●Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain efficiency and responsiveness to demands.

●Conducted performance reviews each quarter, offering praise and recommendations for improvement.

●Established and administered annual budget with effective controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.

●Directed day-to-day operations focused on attainment of key business metrics, continuous improvement initiatives with related direct reports.

●Accelerated efficiency of operations by controlling budgets, overseeing customer accounts, managing scheduling and driving meetings.

●Collaborated with IT and business teams to develop and enhance architecture in order to better track business KPIs.

●Increased profit margin by successfully negotiating development costs with overseas vendors and supplies.

British Council Uzbekistan - Project Coordinator

10/1996- 01/2005

Provided operational management and leadership in coordination with the Director. Acted as technical, operational, and management support to the projects listed below

●"Resource Learning Centre for UzTEA"(2001-2002, funded by OSI foundation),

●"Fly High 5" textbook development project (2001-2003)

●Organizing committee of the International Language and Development Conference (Tashkent, 2003)

●"Educational videos for Uzbek TV" (2003-2004, funded by DFID Fight the Poverty fund)

●"University Entrance Test Development Project" ( 2001-2006, British Council and State Testing

●DFID funded - "Regional Academic Partnership Programme" (1999-2001)

●ADB funded "Basic education textbook development" project (2001-2003)

Uzbek State World Languages University - English Language Teacher

09/1994 - 09/1996

●Worked one-on-one with students needing individualized attention and developed with special learning plans for struggling people.

●Designed exams to test fluency in reading, writing, speaking and comprehension of English language.

●Created language arts lesson plans for students to meet learning needs, adhere to curriculum standards and build interest in learning.

●Developed teaching materials to supplement standard materials in order to better communicate concepts and add interest to lessons for specific concepts.

●Prepared, administered and corrected weekly tests and examinations to observe student overall performance.

Referees:

Geri Burkholder, COP Uzbekistan Education for Excellence Program adx1g7@r.postjobfree.com

Flavia Ramos-Matussi, Senior Research Associate & CISERD Associate Director, Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University, adx1g7@r.postjobfree.com

Jamilya Gulyamova, Deputy Director, British Council Uzbekistan, adx1g7@r.postjobfree.com

adx1g7@r.postjobfree.com

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Skills

●Project Management

●Monitoring outcomes

●Systems analysis

●Conflict Resolution

●Performance analysis

●Coaching and mentoring

●Leadership

●Recruitment

●Staff training and development

●Client account management

●Strategic planning and execution

●Process improvements

●Business planning software knowledge

●Budget planning and management

●Profitability and revenue generation

Education

Performance Consultants International – coach training and leadership development, Greater London, England; Certificate of Professional Development: Coaching For Performance - Level 2

British Council Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Developing Managers

British Council Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Project Management

Multimedia Marketing.com

Interactive Marketing Award: Marketing

British Council Uzbekistan

Business Intelligence

British Council Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Managing Change

British Council Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Marketing

Uzbek State World Languages University Тошкент

TEFL

Languages

English : fluent

Russian: fluent

Uzbek: fluent

Tajik: basic

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