Curriculum Vita

Personal Information:

Name: Assadullah Ghazanfar

F/Name: Ghullam Nabi

Date of Birth: September 29, 1983

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Married

Present Address: Dawan Begi, 5th District, Kabul, Afghanistan

Permanent Address: Band-e-Chak District, Wardag, Afghanistan

Phone: +93 (0) 700 681 171 / +93 (0) 799 265 768

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Objective:

To bring to your organization enthusiasm, productiveness, dedication, transparency, quality management and good leadership, responsibility, professionalism and good work ethic combined with a desire to utilize my skills obtained through experience and education in the related industry.

Key Skills:

Leadership & General Management, Project/Program Management, Education Management, Teaching/Training & Capacity Building, Coordination, Stakeholders Management, Staff Management, Reporting, Pre-/Post-Employability Skill Training & Jobs/Internships Placement, Job Fairs & Events Management,  Curriculum Design & Development, Training Materials Development, Translation & interpreting, Time management, Individual/Team Working, Multi-tasking, Able to us office tools & equipment, Quick learner and honest.

Education:

EMBA (Executive Masters in Business Administration) = 2014 – 2015

(Specialization: General Management), ISBM-University, Pune, India.

B. A. Degree = 2002 – 2005

English Language and Literature Department, Faculty of Languages & Literature, Kabul University (KU); (Available with TOEFL-PBT Certificate (Total Score: 667 & TWE Score: 5.5), Nebraska Omaha University-USA, Nebraska Press, Kabul-Afghanistan).

Baccalaureate Degree = 1988 – 2000

Araban High School, Wardag, Afghanistan.

Special Workshops/Courses/OJTs/Trainings:

OJT & Workshop = March/2015

FDS-Front Desk Services/Ravan Services Flow & Methodologies, GTR – Grand Technology Resources & MoFA-Ministry of Foreign Affairs, GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Workshop = February/2015

Accreditation, Course Credit System & Teaching Methodologies, Ball State University & NIMA (National Institute of Management and Administration) | Ball State University ASDP/DMTVET/MOE/WB-World Bank, Kabul, Afghanistan.

OJT & Professional Development (PD)& Training Program = June – August/2014

Competency Based Curriculum Design & Development and Implementation for Intensive English Program (IEP), Refresher Course, NIMA (National Institute of Management and Administration) | Ball State University ASDP/DMTVET/MOE/WB-World Bank, Kabul, Afghanistan.

OJT = March/2014

e-NID / (Electronic National Identity/Tazkera Program), GTR – Grand Technology Resources & MoIA – Ministry of Interior Affairs, GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.

OJT = July – August/2012

General Finance & Accounting / Microfinance / Banking / Financial Services and Management and Account Software – Octopus, OXUS-Afghanistan (International), Kabul, Afghanistan.

ToT Seminar = November/2011

Teaching Effectiveness and Assessment, Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute (ATVI)-EDC-USAID, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Workshop/Training = July – August/2008

ESL Curriculum Design and Development Training Course, Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute (ATVI)-CDP-USAID, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Computer Training Program = 2004 – 2005

Ms Office basic packages: (Ms Windows, Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Power Point, Internet …)

Kabul University Computer Training Center, Faculty of Languages and Literature, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Diploma in English Language Program = 1999 – 2000

Ghazi Mohammad Jan Khan English Language Center, Wardag, Afghanistan.

Employment History:

Special Project(s) Senior Manager           October/2017 – Present

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)-Bayat Foundation/Group | TSI-Globe, Bayat Media Center – BMC Tower, Hajari Najari, Darulaman Road, 3rd District, Kabul Afghanistan

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Responsible for the effective and efficient project management of the various special projects as designated by Senior Staff.

Managing specific project(s) with strong focus of providing schedules and resource planning with coordination of various AWCC/Bayat Group department managers and typically external suppliers/vendors.

Close cooperation with the Bayat Group entities departments, instituting quality guidelines and high professional standards as per the AWCC approved standards.

Participating in weekly professional development and training sessions, maintain accurate attendance and grade records; perform required administrative functions; Implement the special projects within the agreed schedule and ensuring that budgets are monitored and control.

Supervise and lead the reporting staff that will ensure the efficiency of each team member.

Coordinate the evaluation of quality of workmanship material and scheduling of the various subcontractors partners and vendors. Institute scheduled meetings.

Monitor and coordinate the capital expenditures of the various projects.

Provide project reports timelines (MS Project) and any other periodic report that may be required. Weekly schedules to be prepared and submitted to Senior Staff internally and externally.

Implement changes in procedures or processes when necessary in order to become more efficient and economical.

Prepare RFQs review proposals and participate in negotiations as required to award contracts for various support services and equipment.

Demonstrate leadership and guidance to a diverse group of dynamic staff personnel.

Currently implementing the Bright Future Afghanistan Project consisting 5 Pathways: (1. Bright Youth @ work, 2. Business Incubates, 3. Business Acceleration, 4. Eco System & 5. Role of Law):-

Pathway#1: Bright Youth@Work:

Responsible for:

Recruitment of young educated urban Afghans looking for a job;

Selection of potential employers willing to participate in the program;

Job readiness and demand driven (soft) skill training;

Coaching networking meetings and peer to peer exchange;

Internship followed by placement;

Project Manager (Technical Consultant)March – April/2017 Front Desk Services-FDS/Ravan Services Project, Grand Technology Resources– GTR | Ministry of Foreign Affairs – MoFA, GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Overall FDS project’s execution & implementation, pre-determined flow analysis and bringing about the due change management/quality management;

Supervising the project teams (Site Managers, Coordinators and Team leaders) performance and human resources allocation, recruiting and interviewing new employees,

Setting/identifying procedures for (Clients) crowd management;

Capacity building of the staffs and identifying further staffs’ capacity building methodology and procedures;

Designing & setting communication path and templates, stakeholders management, internal & external reporting, creating team building and coordination forward smooth operations of the project.

Head of Education Department (Advisor) July – September/2016

EiE-UNHCR Project, Coordination of Afghan Relief – CoAR, Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Overall EiE project cycle management, setting the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms,  guiding/supervising and supporting the EiE project manager, Master Teacher Trainers, Community Mobilizers and M&E Officers,

Design EiE curriculum design and teaching stuffs for the primary and secondary refugee students,

Maintain productive relationship and coordination with lined sectors, INGOs/NNGOs, Donors, GIRoA, and other education stakeholders in the nationwide;

Strategize Education Programs against relevant schedule, budget, and learning objectives;

Monitor and track program(s) results and effectiveness with Organization Mandate;

Coordinating and reporting internally and externally; developing proposals (Including Budgets);

Project/Program Manager (Consultant)             November/2015 – March/2016 Employability Skills Training and Job Placement – Project, Coordination of Afghan Relief – CoAR | AWDP/USAID-DM-TVET/MoE, GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Overall, project cycle management, setting the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, project stakeholders management,  guiding/supervising and supporting the project manager/site supervisors, Trainers, M&E and Job Placement Specialists, design and draft and implement the AWDP Curriculum (Pre-Employment Skills & Job Placement): Training Design, Training Agenda, Training Materials and its relevant stuffs’ complete package;

Leading, managing and coordinating the placement process with PSCs, AWDP-USAID / DM-TVET/MoE and the lined Job Placement Specialists and Project Manager for the successful and smooth implementation of the process;

maintaining productive relationship and coordination with lined sectors, INGOs/NNGOs, Donors, GIRoA, and other education stakeholders in the nationwide;

Strategize Education Programs against relevant schedule, budget, and learning objectives;

Monitor and track project/program(s) results and effectiveness with Organization Mandate;

Reporting internally and externally; developing proposals (Including Budgets);

English Language and Study Skills Faculty (Technical Consultant) June/2014 – June/2015

Refresher Course – RC Program, NIMA (National Institute of Management and Administration) | Ball State University ASDP/DMTVET/MOE/WB-World Bank | GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Teaching Intensive English Program (IEP);

Participating in weekly professional development and training sessions, maintain accurate attendance and grade records; perform required administrative functions;

Adopting a learner-centered and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) instructional approach, teach integrated skills classes (Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking);

Integrating Business English content into general English curricula to address learning outcomes;

Integrate multimodal content (mostly audio and video) into instructional design and materials;

designing competency/outcome-based curricula for ESL & Study Skills/Academic Success subjects;

Designing formative and summative assessments and providing students with a safe and supportive learning environment that will present multiple opportunities for personal and academic growth;

Participating actively in the Career Fair sessions, ESL Placement Test and Students Registrar process;

Training Afghan Teacher Trainees (ATT), who, eventually, will assume full responsibility for instructing NIMA students in the future;

Reporting internally and externally to the lined sectors & departments;

Team Coordinator – Training & Capacity Building-eNID        March – May/2014

GTR (Grand Technology Resources) & MoIA – Ministry of Interior Affairs, GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.  Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Responsible in the framework of implementing eNID / (Electronic National Identity/Tazkera),  for the client’s representative’s capacity building and for promoting learning, knowledge sharing and capacity building, help develop and implement policies and strategies for the counterparts’ capacity building and good practice promotion and sharing;

Updating and bringing innovation to the eNID curriculum, syllabuses and training methodology, drafting the design and agenda with lined training providers and the MoIA lined sectors;

Making sure capacity building and knowledge sharing is implemented, and ensures training providers have the capacity and skills to support and equip the government representative’s with the necessary skills, knowledge and resources to carry out their duties effectively;

Strategic planning and development, documentation and learning, process monitoring and evaluation, Coordinate training processes, practices and deliverables between GTR, government institutions and Training Providers;

Reporting internally and externally to the lined sectors;

Education & Curriculum Development Technical Advisor July – September/2013

Coordination of Afghan Relief –CoAR/WVI (World Vision International) | MOE/GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Responsible in close collaboration with Education PM and PD, develop, review and modify the teaching curriculum for the project of In-Service Teachers Training Program in Badghis and Ghoor provinces;

Actively participate in negotiation with MoE – TED over produced curriculum and teaching materials for the project(s) to define and justification and obtaining the MoE-TED approval;

Provision and development of advanced-professional level consultancy facilitations in all areas relevant to education domain, design and develop standardized multi-purpose-used curricula/curriculum & training modules package and procedure/policy for the current and intended education projects/programs: (ToT, CBE, Ad.L) and instruct potential identified employees of the Edu. – Unit in the relevant subject materials more effectively and professionally for the education unit of CoAR;

Ensure that education activities are in accordance with MoE strategy and guidelines and donors requirement;

In term of education technical aspect, work closely with the Education Sector partners in Ministries, UN agencies and NGOs;

Proposal development (Including Budgets), coordinating and reporting internally and externally to the lined sectors;

Regional Manager Central    July – October/2012

OXUS – Afghanistan (International) Micro Finance Bank, Kabul-Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Responsible for the overall management of the Central and Western Regions Branches and has to make sure that all set targets are met in terms of outreach, quality of portfolio and profitability;

Responsible for the provision of good leadership and quality management;

Supervising and monitoring all the operational, administrative, financial and lending activities of the branches;

Creating and managing the branches budget, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and cost effectiveness in the use of resources on a monthly basis in cooperation with HQ;

Responsible for maintain quality management in all areas of operations in the branches; conducting staff performance reviews and providing regular feedback to the team;

Monitoring the Branches’ teams to ensure efficiency and delivery of high quality products and services to clients; ensuring the free flow of information between the team, other Branches, HQ and external organizations;

Representing OXUS Afghanistan at all relevant meetings with governmental and traditional officials, MFIs, NGOs, and others; reporting the performance to HQ using standard reports on a weekly and monthly basis;

Participating in the institutional development of OXUS Afghanistan internally/internationally;

Head of English Department April/2007 – June/2012

Afghanistan Technical & Vocational Institute (ATVI)-EDC/CDP – USAID | DM-TVET/MoE, GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Responsible for the overall and full services administration and management, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the English Department’s: managerial, administrative, academics/linguistics services/projects and programs;

Responsible for the provision of good leadership and quality management;

Curriculum design & development and implementation of programs including: (ESL/EFL& ESP/Prep Session/Refresher Course, TOEFL/IELTS Preparation programs, Placement Tests, Co-curricular activities and Employability Skills Training;

Responsible for Pre-/Post-Employability Skills Training for Career Fair, and other programs/projects as identified or planed by the Institute;

Providing CDP/CBP/PD & ToT faculty programs to staff and lined sectors/DoDs;

Provision of multi-aspectual linguistic services facilities for all the ATVI’s family institutions and core departments, stakeholders, friend and/or donor organizations;

Recruiting staff and providing staff performance appraisals and giving feedback to the management;

Leading and managing survey/research programs/projects for various purposes as required by the lined management and/or as pre-requisite for any program;

Coordination and reporting of students’ academic performance to the lined departments and the lined management/sectors internally and externally;

Teaching to classes, prepare classroom and coursework materials, homework assignments, presentations and handouts in accordance to students level;

Participating in the institutional development of ATVI internally/externally; leading, supervising and creating of different committees, rules and regulations, events, courses and CDP/CBP programs for the overall academic, quality and disciplinary welfare purposes for the faculty and students;

Translation of various formal and informal documentations, different kinds of text books, and interpreting in various formal and informal meetings, gatherings, and conferences;

Matriculation/Entrance Examinations’ Committee-(MEC) Director & Career Fair Senior Organizer/Director      February/2009 – June/2012

Afghanistan Technical & Vocational Institute (ATVI)-EDC/CDP – USAID | DM-TVET/MoE, GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Responsible for the overall and full services administration and management, reporting, coordination and execution of  the MEC and the Job Fair Session/Events on the due time constraints and Rota;

Responsible for the provision of good leadership and quality management;

Executing, coordinating and facilitating consultation/mentorship services, training sessions and standardized training stuffs for the Employability Skills Training: (CV/Resume Writing, interviewing techniques skills and its additional pros and cons) for the students and faculty in prior to the Career Fair commencement;

Manning of security, logistical and operational affairs and coordinating control centers’ maintenance of transparency, secrecy  during and after the entrance exams;

Investigating any occurrence log and manual tracking of personal movement and guard force activities as well as the academic staff and invigilators;

Training of the coordinators, invigilators, faculty and the staff and the ATVI’s graduates during the ATVI’s Matriculation/Entrance Exams and the ATVI’s Career Fair Sessions;

Drafting, safe keeping, revising, editing, printing and supervising over the exam questions of the matriculation exams; advertising the final results of the Entrance Exam via the media;

Reporting internally and externally to the lined sectors;

Head of HR & Admin/Operations Department     October/2005 – March/2007

Wrono Construction Co. Ltd. Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

RECRUITMENT: developing job descriptions, HR planning strategies/policies and procedures, advertisements of manpower requirements, updating and checking application forms, short listing, interviewing and selecting candidates with the help of concerned departments, interpreting and advising on employment laws and rulings.

ORGANIZATIONAL: Staff supervision, evaluation, trainings and retraining (updating skills and etc.) and firing employees who are not meeting the standards along with coordination with the office of the CEO/top management.

OPERATIONS: will ensure activities in the project – both with the core team and in our implementing sites/partners related to finance, procurement, logistics and supply are executed on time and in compliance. Finally, the HR & Admin/Operations Manager will oversee the work of communicating with our donors and key stakeholders – daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly reports, success stories, and challenges – and ensuring that they are timely and meet international/national quality standards

COORDINATION: working closely with departments, increasingly in a consultancy role, assisting line managers to understand and implement policies and procedures; promoting equality and diversity as part of the culture of the organization.

TRAINING: planning and sometimes delivering training, including orientation and introduction of newly joined staff; conducts training needs analysis in conjunction with departmental managers.

POLICY MAKING: developing policies on issues such as hiring, orientation, training, medical, leave, emergency/annual leave, working conditions, performance management, equal opportunities, disciplinary procedures and other organizational management concerns.

English Language Teacher (Evening Shift)            July/2006 – March/2007

Khawaja Abdullah Ansari High School, Ministry of Education, Kabul, Afghanistan.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Teaching various English classes and also attending the absent teachers’ classes; providing various kinds of supplemental teaching materials in accordance to the grade level; lesson plan development, checking Ss assignments, taking quizzes;

Recording students marks and performance results and reporting to the lined head master(s) and management; taking part in the departmental meetings and workshops; taking part in the administrative affairs of the school;

Volunteer and Freelance Service Positions:

Volunteer Translator   Winter – 2006

Presidency of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Governor-Office, GIRoA, Maidan Wardag province, Afghanistan.

Required by the Governor of Maidan Wardag Province (Mr. Abdul Jabar Naeemi) as volunteer translator for the translation of a large book (The Five Years Developmental Plane for the Maidan Wardag Province), having more than (800) pages (Translated from Pashto & Dari Languages to English) Language).

Freelance Translator                 2006

ACSOR-(Afghan Center for Socio-economic and Opinion Research), Kabul, Afghanistan.

Translated different types of documents: text books, research papers, questionnaires, success stories and etc. from Pashto/Dari to English or vice versa;

Freelance Technical Translator             Summer – 2007

ANHAM / LLC, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Translated various kinds of technical text books, technical slides, teaching and learning materials from English to Dari for the ANA-Curriculum in specific to the Automotive industry;

Computer Skills:

Able to operate wired & wireless communication equipment like HF/VHF radio.

(Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Outlook and Internet) and familiarized with the other MS Office programs; and being able with typing speed of 20-25 W/Min. = Dari or Pashto and 30-35 W/Min. = English.

Achievements/Publications:

2007: Author of an English Grammar Book:

This book names (The Fundamentals of the English Grammar) which is taught for the ATVI’s students as a text book and it covers all parts of the English Language’s grammar.

2007: Author of a book (Phonology) / (The Science of Sounds):

This book names The Phonology of English which discusses about the study of the phonetics symbols of the English language in RP; and, it is taught as a text book for the students of the ATVI.

2008: Author of a book (The English Vocabulary):

This book names The English Vocabulary which discusses about the importance, formation of the vocabulary in the English language and its other related components which is taught as a text book for the students of the ATVI.

2008: Author of a book in two series (The Rules & principles of Translation ‘Hermeneutics’):

This book names The Rules & Principles of Translation which discusses about the rules and principles of translation and the relevant Mechanisms and specifications between English and Dari/Farsi or Pashto languages; in order that, how to translate from SL to TL or vice versa.

2009: Author of a book (Research Methods):

This book names Research Methods which indicates the ways and methods concerning to a general research methodology and its specifications related to different subjects’ contents and etc.

2009-2012: Executed and facilitated a huge volume of standardized & Comprehensive training stuffs and handouts: Pre-employability Skills Training: (CV/Resume Writing, teaching slides, interviewing techniques and its additional pros and cons) for the students and faculty regarding Career Fair, Career Services and Interviewing Mechanisms for the ATVI’s students with joint collaborations of the EDC-Stay & CDP – USAID’s experts.

2010: Author of a book (Academic Writing):

This book names Academic Writing which discusses the pros and Cons in academic writing limited to Paragraph and Essay writing in the English language.

2011: Author of an English Grammar Book:

(English Grammar through Exercises) which is taught for the ATVI’s students as a text book and it covers all parts of the English language’s grammar; and it is suitable for all Level Learners of ESL.

2012: Author of a book (The ESL Field of Study Jargon):

This book names The ESL Field of Study Jargon and includes a very prominent and comprehensive collection of the current technology terms which is managed and developed in five chapters for the five respected faculties of ATVI, such as: Construction, Business Management, ICT, Horticulture and Automotive; which discusses about the importance, formation and usages of the vocabulary in the English language via multiple exercises and it is taught as a text book for the students of the ATVI.

2014: Designed the Competency/Outcome Based Curriculum for Intensive English Program (IEP), Refresher Course – NIMA (National Institute of Management and Administration) | Ball State University ASDP/DMTVET/MOE/WB-World Bank, GIRoA, Kabul, Afghanistan.

2015: Designed the Afghanistan Workforce Development Program (AWDP) Curriculum Package: (Pre-Employment Skills & Job Placement), Training Design, Training Agenda, Training Materials and its relevant stuffs in complete, CoAR | AWDP-USAID / DM-TVET/MoE, Kabul, Afghanistan.

2016: Designed the Education in Emergencyy (EiE) Curriculum Package: (Gillan Camp Refugees- Khost), Secondary Education Program, CoAR | UNHCR Kabul, Afghanistan.

2017: Designed the Bright Future Project Pathway#1-Youth @ Work (Pre-&Post-Employability Skills Training and Job Placement Curriculum Package; Bayat Foundation/Group- Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)- | TSI-Globe, Bayat Media Center, Hajari Najari, Darulaman Road, 3rd District, Kabul Afghanistan

Language Skills and Level of Proficiency:

Languages

Speaking

Reading

Writing

Understanding

Pashto (Native)

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

Dari

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

English

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

Arabic

Fair

Very Good

Very Good

Fair

Interests:

Team work

Studying

Learning

Writing

Sport

Cooking

Teaching

References:

NB: References will be furnished based on your request.