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Mailing Address: Waqar Shams S/O Shams-ur-Rehman Vill and P/O Bajna District and Tehsil Mansehra, NWFP, Pakistan. Phone # : [login to view URL] Cell # : + [login to view URL], [login to view URL] E-Mail : Waqar Shams Objective To help those in need, to serve those who are deprived of development or have suffered from any distress either natural or manmade, to work with those living below poverty line for their sustained descent and honorable livelihood earnings. Experience 1: Job Title: Project Manager 16th Feb 2009 – Till Date Habitat for Humanity International Address: H#23 street 28 Sectror F-10/1 Islamabad. Phone: [login to view URL] Responsibilities 1. Over all management of the project, 2. Design and development of project document and work-plan, 3. Coordinate and liaise with all stake holders including ERRA, local government, communities and partners for longer term sustainability of the project interventions, 4. Regularly monitor the progress against work plan and quality and impact of interventions, 5. Prepare analytical monthly, quarterly and donor reports by agreed deadlines, 6. Monitor the project budget and ensure its effective utilization, 7. Explore program development opportunities and develop proposals to secure funding, 8. Financial management of the project, 9. Development of LFA, and work breakdown structure, 10. Stakeholder analysis, advocacy and networking, 11. VO Development, 12. Team formation and team building, 13. Conflict resolution, 14. Objective and Problem prioritization (Problem and Objective trees), analysis via brainstorming, 15. Project monitoring and evaluation 16. Proposal development and exploring opportunities, 16. Being a member of SMT (Senior Management Team) review the policy matters and decisions of the organization, 17. Resource allocation and Management, 19. project analysis via SWOT (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats ) Private Consultancies Private Consultant December 2008 – Feb 2009 World Vision International, Pakistan 3 First Aid Trainings for the staff of World Vision International Pakistan Experience 2: Job Title: District Secretary Headed / Team Leader, Pakistan Red Crescent Society, District Mansehra 16 March 2008 To 31st December 2008 Pakistan Red Crescent Society Address: PRCS District Branch Mansehra D-27 Ghazikot township Mansehra Responsibilities 1. Branch Development 2. Staff Capacity Building 3. Project Planning and Supervision 4. Branch Management and Administration, 5. Maintain close liaison with NGOs, INGOs, and Government agencies 6.Branch Budgeting and Financing 7. Monitoring and Evaluating the functionality of projects 8. Training Modules Development 9. Development of mid term Plan of Action 10. Fund Raising 11. Activity Planning 12. Ensure and supervision of program implementation 13. Coordination of relief and distribution in emergencies 14. District level disaster response teams formation, training and deployment 15. Quarterly / annually cash requests and settlements 16. Resource allocation 16. Branch activity Reporting 17. Contingency planning 18. Procurements 19. Logistics Supervision 20. Correspondence and reporting to National and Provincial Headquarters of PRCS Experience 3: Job Title: Disaster Management Officer 15 December 2006-15th March 2008 Pakistan Red Crescent Society Address: PRCS District Branch Mansehra D-27 Ghazikot township Mansehra Responsibilities 1. Project Proposal writing, Budgeting, and Planning 2.Hazard, capacity and Vulnerability Mapping 3.Volunteer Recruitment, Retention and Motivation 4.CBDP Trainings 5. Disaster Preparedness Stock Management (Ware housing) 6.Coordination with NGOs, INGOs, and Government agencies 7. Planning Designing & Implementation of DRR plan [login to view URL] and development of volunteer database 9.Identification, Strengthening and organizing Community organizations (Village Development committees, health committees) 10.Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response 11. Blood bank management 12.Orientation courses for volunteers and staff of PRCS and IFRC 13. Training facilitation (First Aid, Community Based Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Response Teams, Community Based First Aid, TOTs) 14. Activity Planning and designing 15. Activity Implementation 16. Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments 17. Volunteer Teams formation and deployment 18. Responding catastrophes 19. IDPs Camp site selection, designing (According to Sphere standards), and camp management 20. Leading Assessments and distribution teams for relief goods and coordinating humanitarian aid 21. Formulation of Disaster management plans 22. District Data collection and information sharing 23. Conducting community awareness sessions 24. Induction sessions for IFRC / PNS / PRCS staff members 25. Identification of vulnerable areas of the district and strengthening coping mechanisms on local capacities 27. Volunteer skills development and mobilization 28. Advocacy sessions and gender seminars. Experience 4: Job Title: Data Base Programmer / Developer B-23 Opposite to telephone exchange township Mansehra 27 July 06 – 14 December 2006 International Federation Of Red Cross and Crescent Responsibilities 1. Designed and Developed Database for International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent (Health care program) which is applicable not only for Pakistan Earth Quake But can be Globally utilized, 2. Development of the Health care information system Manual and testing of the manual. 3. Health staff trainings (Doctors, Paramedics, Dispensers, EPI staff) on computer basics in general and the health care application in particular 4. Comparative Analysis of the existing health care systems used internationally. Experience 5: Job Title: Field Officer (Team Leader) Earthquake 2005, affected areas Battagram, Allai, Besham B 23 Opp to telephone exchange township Mansehra 1st Nov 2005- 26th July 2006 Pakistan Red Crescent Society Responsibilities 1. Preparation of Assessment and Distribution plan and allocation of the resources 2. Allocation of man power 3.Assessment/ survey of the villages (Selecting vulnerable ) of earth quake area 4.Distribution of relief items to the vulnerable of earth quake area 5.Attended cluster meetings organized by the local Government 6.Coordinating with NGO’s for Information sharing 7. Monitoring and evaluation of the relief operation 8. Daily activity reporting 9. Monthly and quarterly activity reporting 10. Ware house management (Goods receiving, stocking, Goods Dispatch) 11. Distribution site selection designing Experience 5: Additional Responsibility Community Based First Aid, Traditional First Aid Master Trainer B 23 Opp to telephone exchange township Mansehra 3rd Feb 2007- 29th Feb 2008 IFRC / PRCS Health Responsibilities Trained over 550 volunteers in Community Based First Aid and traditional first aid in culturally sensitive areas of Tehsil Balakot on the following topics [login to view URL] mapping 2.Introduction to RC Movement [login to view URL] and Hygiene 4.Clean and Safe drinking water 5.Primary Health care 6.Epidemics and Pandemics [login to view URL] AIDS 8. Basic First Aid 9. Plan of action 10.Follow up for Plan of Action 11. Trainers of Trainees 12. CPR 13. Transporting casualty. International Trainings Emergency Capacity Building: Post graduate certification in Emergency Management and Effective Reponses 15th October 2007 15 December 2007 Bangkok- Thailand An extensive training on Emergency Management and Effective responses, constituting 3 phases, in total of 6-Months, 1-month In Pakistan basics of emergency management, 4-Months online lectures and assignments, 2-Months advance training in Bangkok, Thailand. All together a certification in emergency responses The two months advance training in Emergency management and effective responses includes an extensive field exercises and practical scenarios handling. The two months include 1. Setting field office in times of distress 2. Camp site selection and Management 3. Proposal writing and attracting donors 4. Distribution site selection and designing 5. Procurement SOPs 6. Finance and Administration 7. Assessment distribution teams formation and implementation 8. Liaison with head office and other NGOs working on the field 9. Conflict resolution 10. First Aid 11.Lesson learns National Disaster Management and Response Mechanism workshop 1st October 2007 To 6th October 2007 Colombo-Sirilanka Workshop on regional level disaster management and response mechanisms development. The objective of the workshop was to share the experiences of the countries in South Asia region and implement the experiences in respective countries. The outcome of the workshop was an affective national Disaster management policy framework. Local Trainings Training 1: Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) Curriculum Field Testing Training 2nd TO 8th August 2008 PRCS / IFRC 1. Introduction to RC/RC Movement, 2. CBDRR: a frame work of reducing risk, 3. Selecting the community, 4. HVCA (hazard vulnerability capacity assessment) Learning by doing, 5. Participatory disaster risk management planning, 6. Building and training community based disaster risk management organizations, 7. Community managed actions, 8. Participatory monitoring and evaluation, 9. Two days VCA (vulnerability capacity assessment) simulation exercise. Training 2: National Disaster Response Team (NDRT) 9th TO 15th July 2006 PRCS / IFRC Member of National Disaster Response Team Pakistan Red Crescent Society 1. RC Movement Introduction 2. Disaster basic terminologies and concepts (Hazard, Vulnerabilities, Capacities, Risk) 3. Disaster Management cycle 4. Assessing Vulnerabilities 5. Distribution planning 6. Monitoring and Evaluation 7. Logistics 8. Ware housing 9. Sphere standards 10. WATSAN 11. Preventive Health care 12. Basic First-aid 13. Geneva conventions 14. International humanitarian law 15. Restoring family links in disaster 16. Safety and security Training 3: Disaster Risk Reduction workshop 9th TO 11th January 2007 UNDP and Organized by District Govt Mansehra 1.Disaster Risk Reduction basic terminologies 2.Vulnerability of the district to Disasters 3.Identification of Hazards of District Mansehra 4.Risk reduction measures to be taken for the District Mansehra The outcome of the workshop 1. Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction Plan for district Mansehra 2. Roles and responsibilities assigned to stack holders of the District. Training 4: Community Based First Aid (Master Trainer) and First Aid 22nd to 27th, Jan 2007 Pakistan Red Crescent / IFRC 1. Community Based First Aid basics [login to view URL] methodologies 3. Training cycle [login to view URL] based Primary health care 5. Daily Emergencies 6.Basic First Aid Training 5: First Aid (Master Trainer) and First Aid 2nd to 5th, March 2007 Pakistan Red Crescent / IFRC 1. First Aid basics [login to view URL] methodologies 3. Training tools 4. Daily Emergencies 5. DRABC 6. Wounds 7. Burns 8. Fractures 9. Transporting causality 10. Triage concept 11. Bandages Training 6: Restoration of Family Links (Tracing) 17th to 20th, April 2007 International Committee Of Red Cross (ICRC) 1.Putting the tracing request 2.Restoring family links 3.Filing the tracing requests [login to view URL] Cross Messages Training 7: Assessment Monitoring and Reporting 2nd To 7th Many 2006 Organized By PRCS / IFRC 1.Reporting in humanitarian agencies 2.Conducting Assessments 3.Preparing Distribution plans and implementation 4.WATSAN 5.Logistics 6.Procurement [login to view URL] on the field 8.Recovery [login to view URL] to Monitor Relief Operation 10.Designing and developing assessment, Distribution, Monitoring and evaluation forms and formats Short Trainings Short Trainings / Diploma / Certificates 1. Camp Management [Organized By NRC] at Battagram 2. Moonsoon Disaster Response 3. Youth Reproductive Health [USAID e Learning] 4. HIV Basic (Part 1) [USAID e Learning] 5. Essential New Born Care [USAID e Learning] 6. Antenatal Care [USAID e Learning] 7. Monitoring and Evaluation Fundamentals [USAID e Learning] 8. Malaria [USAID e Learning] 9. Winter Preparedness Plan 2006/2007 Implementation [PRCS / IFRC] 10. CBFA Work shop (From Past to Future) developing a sustainable CBFA Program for Pakistan in the local context 11. Applying mission principles [Habitat University] 12. Beginnings of Habitat for Humanity [Habitat University] 13. Introduction to residential construction Basics Part-1 [Habitat University] 14. Introduction to residential construction Basics Part-2 [Habitat University] 15. Introduction to residential construction Basics Part-3 [Habitat University] 16. Self help House Ownership Opportunity Certification [Habitat University] Experiences of Emergencies 1. Earthquake 2005,Pakistan (Siran Valley, Allai Valley, Battagram, Kaghan) 2. Flood Operation July-Oct 2007 (Larkana, Dadu, Jhalmagsi, Turbat) 3. Swat relief Operation August 2008 4. Earthquake2008 Balochistan (Zyarat, Queta, Chaman, Jhalmagsi, Dera Bhugti, Pasheen) 5. Bajawar IDPs Camp Nowshera Training Module Development & Curriculum Designing Partially and fully developed the following training modules and curriculum designing for Pakistan Red crescent society and IFRC 1. Basic first aid training curriculum for the local scenario of District Mansehra 2. Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioner manual 3. Community Based First Aid volunteers Guide (manual) 4. Community Based First Aid facilitators Manual 5. Red cross / PRCS awareness session curriculum 6. Monsoon Flood response training curriculum 7. District Disaster Response team curriculum 8. District disaster risk reduction plan with UNDP and local Government 9. Community Based First aid training curriculum 10. Logistics training module for PRCS 11. Red cross crescent staff Induction course 12. Defensive and Echo Driving Areas of Expertise 1. Project and activity designing and Budgeting (with MS Project and MS Excel) 2. Contingency planning 3. Project proposal writing 4. Monitoring and Evaluation 5. Analytical Capabilities (SWOT, PERT) 6. Modules and curriculum development 7. Organizational Development 8. Report Writing (SIFT, financial, activity reporting, Monthly and Quarterly, Donor Reporting) 9. Computer skills (applications usage, application development, and Databases) 10. Interpersonal skills (Presentation, liaison and communication) 11. Administrative capabilities 12. Trainings facilitation (Master training): First Aid, Community Based First Aid, Community Based Disaster Preparedness, community awareness sessions, Disaster Response, Logistics, Watsan, Promary Health care, Disaster Risk Reduction, Warehousing, Need assessment, Relief Distribution, RC Code of conduct, Geneva conventions, Development, Gender equality, Sphere project, Training cycle, Security, Computer applications in development and humanitarian work, Communication in humanitarian responses Languages English, Urdu, Pashtoo, Hindko, Punjabi Education August 2008 Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad(CIIT) § Masters In Development Studies(continue) August 2007 - July 2008 SUIS Institute, AIOU university, Abbottabad § Postgraduate certification in Public Administration June- 31st October 2007 Emergency Capacity Building § Post Graduate Certificate In Emergency Response 2001- 2005 Riphah Institute of Informatics (UET Taxila) Riphah International University, old Haji camp Islamabad. § BSE (Software Engineering) 1st Class Honors Achievements 1. Nominee for Gold medal, for first position in Masters of development studies 4 GPA (92%) marks from CIIT Abbpttabad. 2. PSEB scholarship holder Groom 2000 project (Ref # 188) 3. Elected President of Riphah Debating Club 2005 4. 1st Prize Inter Universities Debate Competition (PIEAS 2005) 5. 2nd Prize All Pakistan Bilingual Contest 2003, Held at Ayub Medical College Abbottabad 6. 3rd Prize Inter Universities Debates competition2004, Held at Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applies sciences Nilor 7. 1st Prizes Annual Debates Competitions 2002, 2003, 2004, Riphah International University Islamabad 8. Chief Organizer of all Pakistan inter universities competition under SAFE 2005 (Software Development, Posters, Poetry, Essay writing) 9. Best Debater of the year 2000, Pakistan international Public School and college (PIPS) Abbottabad 10. Best Artist of the year (Urdu Play), PIPS Abbott Abad Reference 1 David Simon [login to view URL] , HR Manager Habitat for Humanity International Pakistan References 2 Kyle Scott Regional Program Manager, Habitat Asia Pasific References Asif Aman Khan [login to view URL] E:Mail. Country coordinator Danish Red Cross (DRC)