Experience

BRAC International Holdings B.V.

• Netherlands
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director-Programmes

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Dhaka, Bangladesh Leading and responsible for the development of BRAC International's core programs and ensuring quality implementation across the BI countries towards creating an impact in the lives of 250 million people globally.



BRAC

• Bangladesh
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director -Integrated Development Programme and Advisor-SELP & Protection Cluster-HCMP

  • Apr 2009 - Jan 2022

  Dhaka, Bangladesh • Responsible for leading and management of Integrated Development Programme at BRAC. Providing strategic direction and management leadership of Integrated Development Program including its different projects under this core program. At the same time providing advisory support to Social Empowerment & Legal Protection ( SELP) and Protection Cluster-Humanitarian Crisis Management Program • Strategic leadership in designing programmes/projects, strategy formulation, resource mobilization and… Show more • Responsible for leading and management of Integrated Development Programme at BRAC. Providing strategic direction and management leadership of Integrated Development Program including its different projects under this core program. At the same time providing advisory support to Social Empowerment & Legal Protection ( SELP) and Protection Cluster-Humanitarian Crisis Management Program • Strategic leadership in designing programmes/projects, strategy formulation, resource mobilization and managing donors, partnerships and coalitions for the programmes • Ensuring implementation, management, M&E and impact assessment of the programmes and its different projects and components with quality and results. • Exploring new innovations in the changing new context to stay relevant and ensure managing changes and adaptation • Act as one of the senior management team members in the organization and represent in different strategic and decision-making committees/forums like a member of Change Management Committee, Disaster Management Steering Committee, Safeguard Core Group member, Performance Management Core group etc. • Represent BRAC and its different programs in national and international forums and networks • Led the BRAC Community Empowerment Programme as Director during 2009- September'2021 and Ultra Poor Graduation Programme’ during 2014-June’2016 • Provided leadership in leading gender mainstreaming in programs, enterprises and in the organization during 2016 to mid 2020 as the Director Show less



CARE Bangladesh

• Bangladesh
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Head of Gender Equity& Diversity and Human Resources Department

  • Sep 2008 - Apr 2009

  Dhaka, Bangladesh • Managed the functions of Human Resource Department and Gender Equity & Diversity section. • Was part of operationalizing the Long Range Strategic Plan of the organization, programme shift, Change Management ,Talent Management, Internal leadership development initiatives etc. where contributed to include Gender Equality agenda in the processes successfully including in large scale programme development and in the change management process .

• Gender Equity and Diversity Coordinator

  • Apr 2003 - Aug 2008

  Dhaka, Bangladesh • Led the Gender Equity and Diversity (GED) department of the organization. The responsibilities included gender mainstreaming within the organisation and programmes .Provided support in policy formulation and implementation, engendering programmes,organisation's policy procedure by integrating gender equality objectives. Ensured technical support for staff, sr. management and for partner organisations for mainstreaming Gender Equality agenda. • Reviewed project proposals, worked in… Show more • Led the Gender Equity and Diversity (GED) department of the organization. The responsibilities included gender mainstreaming within the organisation and programmes .Provided support in policy formulation and implementation, engendering programmes,organisation's policy procedure by integrating gender equality objectives. Ensured technical support for staff, sr. management and for partner organisations for mainstreaming Gender Equality agenda. • Reviewed project proposals, worked in project design teams and provided technical advice for GED integration. The projects included Livelihoods, Food Security, Education, Health, Local Governance in both urban and rural settings, Dairy value Chain project, Women’s Access to Market, Stop Violence against Women, Cost of VAW, Economic Empowerment of women and market linkage, Emergency Response projects etc. • Developed Gender Analysis Framework and guided gender analysis of some projects/programmes to understand gender equality contexts • Worked jointly with programmes/departments to develop gender monitoring indicators and established monitoring mechanism to track changes yearly • Reviewed partnership strategy and included gender equality objectives. • Involved with different national and regional/international gender networks, forums of women’s organisations, human rights organisations and government for accelerating gender equality promotion and to strengthen policy advocacy on gender issues.

• Gender Advisor-Programming

  • Apr 2002 - Mar 2003

  Dhaka, Bangladesh • As Gender Advisor – Programming, the role was to work with Programme Departments, line-management to ensure gender integration throughout the project cycle- proposal design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation including supporting Partner Organisations (PNGOs) for gender integration. During the period CARE was operating about 21 projects. The projects included Livelihood security, Capacity building of local governance, Empowerment of Women, Health, HIV-AIDs, Agriculture, Disaster… Show more • As Gender Advisor – Programming, the role was to work with Programme Departments, line-management to ensure gender integration throughout the project cycle- proposal design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation including supporting Partner Organisations (PNGOs) for gender integration. During the period CARE was operating about 21 projects. The projects included Livelihood security, Capacity building of local governance, Empowerment of Women, Health, HIV-AIDs, Agriculture, Disaster Management etc. • Worked with respective programmes/ departments and provided support to develop their action plan to operationalize gender policy and to advance gender equality agenda.



Caritas Bangladesh

• Bangladesh
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Coordinator- Integrated Women’s Empowerment Programme (Known as Gender and Development)

  • Jan 1991 - Apr 2002

  Dhaka, Bangladesh •Provided leadership management, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of this multi-sectoral program, which focused on women’s empowerment with an integrated approach. The program included institution building, awareness raising on socio-economic condition, women's empowerment & leadership, health care, education, legal support and vocational training for employment, and advocacy for rights establishment of marginalized poor and women. • The responsibility also included proposal… Show more •Provided leadership management, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of this multi-sectoral program, which focused on women’s empowerment with an integrated approach. The program included institution building, awareness raising on socio-economic condition, women's empowerment & leadership, health care, education, legal support and vocational training for employment, and advocacy for rights establishment of marginalized poor and women. • The responsibility also included proposal design, implementation, reporting and maintaining donor and GO NGO liaisons • Was successful in management and implementation of the complex integrated pilot phase for three years and expanded the initiative for another three phases with scale and with multiple donors involvement • Initiated number of study/assessment for learning and scale-up of the program • Carried out number of project evaluation/assessment of partner organisations

• Programme Officer (Child Care and Orphanage Management)

  • Jan 1988 - Jan 1991

  Dhaka, Bangladesh • Led the planning, implementation and management of the projects in the organisation, • Coordinated and managed the trainings/workshops for staff of orphanages, Managing Committee members of the orphanages and orphan children to raise their awareness on importance of child friendly environment child rights, violence against children and primary health care, rehabilitation of orphan children etc. There were about 35 orphanages across the country under this initiative • Assisted… Show more • Led the planning, implementation and management of the projects in the organisation, • Coordinated and managed the trainings/workshops for staff of orphanages, Managing Committee members of the orphanages and orphan children to raise their awareness on importance of child friendly environment child rights, violence against children and primary health care, rehabilitation of orphan children etc. There were about 35 orphanages across the country under this initiative • Assisted orphanages to undertake Income Generation Activities /SMEs and running them as profitable initiative (i.e. rice husking mills) for their sustainability • Reviewed proposals from orphanages/ child care institutions to assess their feasibility.