Omar Alawad

Project Manager at The African Middle Eastern Leadership (AMEL) Project
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United Kingdom, UK

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Experience

    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Manager
      • Aug 2022 - Present

      •Managing the Sudan Democracy Action program, which supports Sudan's transition to democracy. •Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing Sudan's democratic transition and creative approaches for assisting it. •Exceeded the organization's and donors' expectations of the project results while demonstrating great leadership and management abilities by leading teams remotely across different countries. •Managing the Sudan Democracy Action program, which supports Sudan's transition to democracy. •Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing Sudan's democratic transition and creative approaches for assisting it. •Exceeded the organization's and donors' expectations of the project results while demonstrating great leadership and management abilities by leading teams remotely across different countries.

    • Sudan
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • Founder and Managing Director
      • Oct 2019 - Present

      DTD is a capacity development program aimed at supporting Sudan’s democratic transition by strengthening the capabilities of civil society, in addition to creating a development community. DTD is a capacity development program aimed at supporting Sudan’s democratic transition by strengthening the capabilities of civil society, in addition to creating a development community.

    • Sudan
    • Food and Beverage Manufacturing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact Team Leader
      • Nov 2020 - Sep 2021

      Propose and implement strategies and projects to address various environmental concerns including energy use, reduction of pollution, and recycling. Plan, implement and sponsor projects to address most urgent development and humanitarian issues, such as clean water, education, women and youth empowerment, and health. Build and maintain partnerships with Government, private sector, INGOs, local NGOs, and youth initiatives. Monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and communication. Propose and implement strategies and projects to address various environmental concerns including energy use, reduction of pollution, and recycling. Plan, implement and sponsor projects to address most urgent development and humanitarian issues, such as clean water, education, women and youth empowerment, and health. Build and maintain partnerships with Government, private sector, INGOs, local NGOs, and youth initiatives. Monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and communication.

    • Sudan
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Corrdinator
      • Sep 2019 - Oct 2020

      Planning and implementing innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship programs. Supervising all aspects of projects. Setting deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor and summarize project progress. Preparing reports for senior management and stakeholders. I achieved the implementation of two batches of the Orange Corners Program; a 6-month incubation program in cooperation with the Netherlands Embassy, and the implementation of a total of 300 participants in Entrepreneurship Hackathons, one of which was online. Also, a business trip to Darfur State. Show less

    • Business Analyst
      • Jan 2018 - May 2019

      ACCEL is a leading software company in Sudan. My responsibilities were gathering data from external stakeholders, by having meetings with all layers of employees, mapping processes and workflow, analyze requirements, and create suggestions for solutions. Prepare system requirement specification (SRS) document, design test cases, installation, and training. ACCEL is a leading software company in Sudan. My responsibilities were gathering data from external stakeholders, by having meetings with all layers of employees, mapping processes and workflow, analyze requirements, and create suggestions for solutions. Prepare system requirement specification (SRS) document, design test cases, installation, and training.

Education

  • University of Sussex
    Master's degree, Development Studies
    2021 - 2022
  • Saylor Academy
    Political Science
    2020 - 2020
  • Center of Development and Public Policy
    Course, Development and Public Policy
    2018 - 2018
  • Sudan University of Science and Technology
    Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    2012 - 2017

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