Regional Development Leader with Global Program Experience

Niamat Rasool Niamatyar

• **** Dodge Rd, Landover MD 20785 • 240-***-**** • **********@*****.*** •

WORK EXPERIENCE

Head of Base– Premiere Uregence Internationale July 2022 – February 2024

• Managing medical and social staff training, skill capacity and reporting Kunar and Nuristan, Afghanistan

• Enhancing PMI’s local credibility and localized coordination

• Leading stakeholder consultations, coordinating programs implementation and ensuring safety of assets Provincial Manager- World Bank & Afghan Ministry of Rural Development 2020-2021

• Managing the Citizen Charter Afghan Project aimed at empowering Afghanistan communities through poverty reduction

• Overseeing project infrastructure and implementation in 33 rural provinces

• Managing over 300 staff through staff coordination, payroll and appraisals Project Manager (2011-2014)

• Overseeing the Afghanistan Rural Enterprise Development Program aimed to boost income and employment for rural communities in Afghanistan

• Coordinating staff delegation to reach over 80,00 rural residents and small-medium enterprises

• Leading a sustainable model for rural enterprise development through community-led economic growth Regional Manager– British Embassy of Afghanistan 2014– 2018

• Management of the Comprehensive Rural Development Facility Kabul city, Afghanistan focused on grain production

• Leading senior management initiatives including strategic, operational and financial, oversight

• Spearheading new business proposal, engaging investors and supporting community-based investments in argicultre

• Coordinating enforcing grant and contract agreements and working closely with consultants to implement localized development strategies

Business Development Official– USAID 2007– 2009

• Coordinating stakeholders and government officials’ communications Afghanistan

• Monitoring field activities, compliance and site security of project staff and infrastructure

• Labor tracking and attendance management of staff as well as resource distributions Community and Development Manager– Mercy Corp 2006– 2007

• Supervising community development officer’s coordination, work delegation and training Afghanistan

• Leading community outreach strategies and initiatives to ensure local participation

• Curating production marketing plans and activities

• Implementing GIZ funding initiatives to ensure community education and gender balanced participation and equity EDUCATION

Masters of Arts in Law and Political Science 2017 (Afghanistan) Master’s in Business Administration 2009 (Pakistan)

• Nangarhar University

Bachelors of Arts in Law and Political Science 1993 (Kabul)

• Nangarhar University

CERTIFICATES

• Community Mobilization Certificate 2006: Mercy Corp Int.

• Community Change Behavior Certificate 2006: Mercy Corp Int

• Sustainable agricultural Management 2015: Copenhagen Denmark DANIDA/NIRAS

• Value chain Development Training 2013: Istanbul, Turkey

• Business Development MRRD/AREDP 2011: Kabul, Afghanistan SKILLS

• NGO and non-profit management and coordination

• University Lecturer

• English, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto and Dari

• Project management and logistics

• Rural and agricultural development

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