Experience

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  Hope4MENA

  • Director of Communications

    • Aug 2021 - Present
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  RZIM

  • Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  • RZIM Academy Moderator

    • Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
    • Atlanta, Georgia, United States

    Successfully completed an intense 14-week training. Promoted to Moderator.

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  Focus on the Family

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Content and Program Development Manager

    • 2008 - Jul 2018

    Content Management which entails:- Creating new curricula for specific audiences- Creating presentations for a wide array of marriage and parenting seminars.- Closely monitoring family and youth trends and selecting appropriate resources that meet the needs of families in the Middle East. - Supervising the publishing, production, and quality control of new products (from planning to execution), while ensuring that all products are accurately translated and culturally sensitive.- Establishing the main framework of the company’s bilingual website, and managing all website content; selecting appropriate material, and “culturalizing” content to fit local ME context.- Updating and revising current impact programs curricula and presentations.Impact Programs Management which entails:- Directly managing program coordinators.- Training leaders from throughout the ME on Focus on the Family ME Impact Programs. - Presenting seminars to teenagers, married couples, leaders, parents, and teachers.AskFocus Email Correspondence Management which entails: - Creating new culturally-sensitive Arabic prototypes, and building an Arabic database.- Training and managing a small team of volunteer email counselors; ensuring they are trained on Focus “philosophy”.- Responding to counseling-related issues via email, using our prototype database.- Counseling constituents via phone, and following up calls by mailing out appropriate materials via regular mail or email.Strategic Decision Making Team Member which entails:- Attending all management team meetings.- Taking part in placing fiscal year plans, and monitoring the success/failure in achieving organization goals.- Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual fiscal year reports.- Training new staff members and volunteers on Focus on the Family “philosophy.”

  • Program Manager

    • 2001 - 2008

    - Setting, managing and executing a detailed strategic plan for youth outreach. - Managing the youth curriculum entitled No Apologies, an abstinence-based character building program from Focus on the Family.- Directing and training leaders, school teachers, and administrators on No Apologies usage (length of training: 10-12 hours).- Directing and running No Apologies youth retreats for 200+ teenagers (length of retreats: up to five days).- Directing parent seminars on the impact of media on children and teenagers.- Presenting No Apologies and other youth-related topics to students in various schools (length of program at times spanned entire academic year).

  • Counseling Intern

    • Sep 2001 - Dec 2001

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  Palm Beach Atlantic University

  • West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

  • Admissions Assistant

    • May 2001 - Jun 2001
    • West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

    - Administered tours to prospective students and parents.- Completed filing, mailings, and data entry of student application files.

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  Palm Beach Atlantic University

  • West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

  • Resident Assistant

    • Aug 1999 - May 2000
    • West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

    - Supervised freshman female residents.- Provided individual counseling to residents in academic, social, and personal areas.- Demonstrated servant leadership: confrontation, enforcement andexemplification of university rules and policies.- Handled paperwork and emergency situations effectively