Research Assistant

Summary of Achievements

• Over * years experience in program design and implementation, fund acquisition management, research and development, monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning and policy development

• Analyzed and budgeted project strategy and implementation plan, successfully incorporating five new contracts into the existing project

• Handled and reconciled large volume of data set for around a total of 170,000 beneficiaries and 70 million USD contract amount

• Coordinated peer organizations, donor agencies to assist in technical support, fund acquisition and project management

• Visited remote areas to conduct research, implement potential strategies and enhance project activities in 10 new districts

• Defined and implemented an incentive plan to increase employee performance level, doubling monthly disbursement, reducing outstanding loans, and increasing number of beneficiaries by 5%

• Sold real estate products to customers, achieving highest sales volume recognition

• Designed and implemented marketing and promotional tools, increasing sales volume by 25%

• Successfully maintained and coordinated customer services in real estate sector, decreasing monthly overdue by one third and increasing customer satisfaction

Education

Sep 2008 - May 2011 MAg (Master of Agriculture), Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

• Project research on Alberta’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation Potential in Agriculture Sector, Farmers’ behavior and attitude towards Climate Change and participation in the Alberta Carbon Offset Market,

Aug 1998 - Jun 2002 BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration), major in Finance

Independent University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Professional Experiences

Jan 2005 – May 2008 Financial Analyst, Program and Fund Management

Microcredit - Rural Economic Development

BRAC Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan

• Enabled the most disadvantaged and marginalized people to benefit from different credit and technical facilities through Economic Development programs

• Prepared and analyzed program implementation and planning, contract agreements, expenditures report, program budgeting

• Performed as co-facilitator of financial management courses conducted for BRAC employees and officials of the Ministry of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

• Facilitated microcredit project proposal and budget analysis for Afghan Women Council (National NGO), in the year of 2006-2007, as a member of the technical advisory division

• Coordinated event management, beneficiaries’ survey, and microcredit staff recruitment and training of new employees to enhance leadership and management skills in mid level positions

• Participated in project performance meetings (internal and external)

• Prepared and designed microcredit related resources and material and performed other administrative tasks

Oct 2002 – Dec 2004 Executive Officer

Marketing and Promotion Division

Concord Real Estate & Development Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Executed strategic planning coordination of marketing activities

• Developed marketing and promotional activities designed to accelerate base business

• Performed communication, promotional activities, various reports writing, event management, budget analysis, media marketing management

• Conducted marketing research on real estate sector

Jan 2002 – May 2002 Internee

South East Bank Ltd. Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Worked in credit analysis section

• Performed Import LC (Letter of Credit) activities

• Analyzed and evaluated performance of the private commercial banks in Bangladesh

Additional Experiences

Apr 2011 to Present Post Office Clerk

Shoppers Drug Mart, Edmonton, AB

• Provide knowledgeable, friendly and effective customer service at the retail postal outlets

• Act on retail postal operations, loss preventions systems and procedures, department cash register and inventory management

Sep 2009 – Dec 2010 Research Assistant

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

• Designed and gathered primary data from an online questionnaire survey of crop and livestock farmers to elicit information

• Collected data and performed statistical analysis

• Interpreted data and prepared survey report

Sep 2008 – Apr 2009 Research Assistant for Resources Section

Rural Economy Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

• Sorted and stacked books depending upon their publication, author, type and various other attributes and maintained a record in computerized database

• Recorded details of books borrowed and returned by the students

• Processed new materials including books, audiovisuals and DVDs

Volunteer Experiences

Mar 2011 - Aug 2011 Volunteer

Canadian Red Cross Society, Edmonton, AB

• Performed fund related activities

Mar 1994 – Dec 2002 Volunteer

Gandaria Kisholaya Kachi Kanchar Mela (National Children-Juvenile Organization), Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Worked emergency relief activities for vulnerable communities (poor women, disabled children, older people) affected by emergencies and disasters such as flood, drought, slum fire and other emergencies providing food, winter clothes, pure drinking water, free health clinic

Training and Development

August 2005 MIS workshop for Microfinance Institutions (MFI)

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and EDA Rural Systems, India

April 2006 Financial accounting workshop for MFIs in Afghanistan

CGAP and EDA Rural Systems, Kabul, Afghanistan

June 2007 Workshop on anti-money laundering regulation and compliance requirements DeAfghana Bank and World Bank, Kabul, Afghanistan

Language Skills Fluent in spoken and written English and Bengali

Functional proficiency in spoken Hindi and Dari

Computer Skills MS Office Suite, Statistical program R, SAS, SPSS, Email and Internet applications

Publication

Monjur, Mohammad Golam; Farmers’ behavior toward participation in carbon offset market; LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Berlin, Germany; ISBN 978-3-8454-2161-2; 2011

Project Research and Evaluation

Executive Member of BRAC’s Microcredit Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment team funded by USAID

Supporting Member of Portfolio Audit and Project Evaluation of Microcredit program performed by Micro-Credit Ratings International Limited

Major Project Reports

Annual reports of BRAC Afghanistan (Microcredit part) for the years 2005, 2006, and 2007

Paper on the program Tax Exemption for Afghanistan Revenue Department, Ministry of Finance

Concept Paper of Housing Loan Scheme for the Government School Teachers in Afghanistan

Monthly Information Bulletin of BRAC rural development activities in Afghanistan

Microcredit Project Proposal Implementation Plans for six remote provinces in Afghanistan

Concept Paper of ZAHARA Microcredit Foundation for BRAC Afghanistan

Academic, Professional Affiliation and Membership

Executive Committee Member as GSA Representative of REGSA, University of Alberta (Rural Economy Graduate Students' Association), 2009-2010

Executive Committee Member, Bangladesh Student Association, University of Alberta, Canada, 2009-2010

Member, Technical Advisory Support Team, Afghanistan Women Council, Jan 2006 to Dec 2007

Member of the Financial Board of Afghanistan Microfinance Association from July 2006 to June 2007

Independent University of Bangladesh Alumni Association

Hobbies and Interests Traveling, playing and watching cricket, reading, information technology

References Available upon request

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