SALIM GHAUSI
Istanbul – Turkey
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SUMMARY
A bright, talented and ambitious project manager with over 26 years of experience in the field of humanitarian and development. Salim has a long track record of ensuring livelihood projects are delivered to the highest quality, within budget by effectively organizing, managing and utilizing all resources. He has demonstrated understanding on projects design, implementation, monitoring and able to analyses data against project indicators. Salim with professional project management skills always wanting to be actively involved in all aspects of the project life-cycle, he can deliver high-value projects in matrixed organizations and across different geographies. Salim is willing to travel and/or spend long periods in the field, and is currently looking for a suitable position with an International none governmental organization.

CAREER
Sep 2018 – Jan 2020
Organization Name:
Oxfam GB – Iraq
Job Title: Program Manager – Diyala
Provide strategic, operational and representational leadership to ensure that Oxfam activities are meeting their goals and deliver on time and within budget, recommending program adjustments when necessary to keep program(s) on track.
The key areas of work include:
• Ensure that program activities are in compliance with donor rules, requirements, and regulations, as well as with organizations’ internal policies and procedures.
• Oversee project monitoring and evaluation to ensure effective implementation & to measure project impact
• Providing appropriate management and leadership support to entire program team and supervision of staff; including staff performance management and transparent and timely recruitment of national and international staff,
• Lead formulation of annual work plans, and develop quality reports and written documentation related to technical activities to the management and donors, including monthly, quarterly and annual reports,
• Ensure support services (Finance/Administration/Logistic/HR) are functional and in compliance with the organization and donors’ procedures/requirements,
• Financial Management and budget control of multimillion multi years projects from different donors
• Analyze the security context and define, potential risks
• Ensure good collaboration with local and international partners, authorities and all key stakeholders
• Ensure beneficiary feedback mechanisms are in place.

Feb 2018 – Sep 2018

Organization Name:
Oxfam GB – Iraq
Job Title: Roving Program Manager
Supporting program implementation across Iraq, through interim management coverage of 5 program areas while the Program Managers were out of the country.

Oct 2017 – Dec 2017

Organization Name:
DAI Europe in Tajikistan
Job Title: Consultant, Rural Development
Preparation a scope of improved strategies for rural development and gender issues in an integrated approach, learning of present experience on national and regional level with special focus on the targeted areas of operation.

Jul 2016 – Jun 2017

Organization Name:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH – Tajikistan
Job Title: Consultant, Community Inclusiveness
Supporting 6 National and International implementing partner organizations to work with smallholder farmers for quality and sizable production based on market demand and motivating private sector lead companies to develop, introduce or adapt inclusive business models in which smallholder farmers are included on the supply side as distributors, suppliers or employees.
Main activities and responsibilities
• Ensure good collaboration with local and international partners, authorities and all key stakeholders
• Leading efforts to promote best practices in selected crops value chain development.
• Organizational development support to implementing partners, selected service providers as well as farmer;
• Capacity building of agricultural small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs); to play an active role on specific agricultural commodities value chain development.
• Providing technical inputs and guidance to project staff and ensure that technical quality and standards are considered during project implementation.

Nov 2019 – Jun 2013

Organization Name:
Oxfam GB – Tajikistan
Job Title: Program Manager
Leading the overall management and implementation of various DRR, food security and sustainable livelihood projects according to donor requirements in coordination with stakeholders, including government.
The key areas of work include:
• Oversee all aspects of program implementation through direct supervision and monitoring of its project components, by establishing quality control standards and tracking implementation in line with Oxfam’s policy and best practice
• Ensure coordination between organization’s departments (finance, HR, operation’s team, M&E…)
• Developing and reviewing program strategies and identifying strategic opportunities and new areas of intervention,
• Identifying and mitigating of program risks; and ensuring achievement of project results and objectives.
• Representing Oxfam towards relevant stakeholders, government officials, UN agencies and other NGOs.
• Promotion of women’s economic leadership through developing sustainable mechanisms that enable women and youth to leverage their involvement in the specific agricultural commodities value chain development,
• Creation of a broad partnership base and strategic relationships with private sector.
• Develop and maintains a positive and inspiring environment for the team, coordinating timely discussions on strategic programming issues.

May – Jun 2012

Roving Program Manager – Yemen (secondment)
My role was to support country team on developing strategic direction of Yemen program through laying the ground for shifting from pure humanitarian services to recovery and more sustainable livelihood projects design and implementation;

Feb 2006 – Nov 2009

Organization Name:
Oxfam GB – Afghanistan
Job Title: Program Manager
Lead country program strategy development and ensuring that program strategy is relevant to the needs of poor and vulnerable men and women and generally aligned with regional and corporate objectives / priorities.
Main activities and responsibilities:
• Provide support to the CD in representational programmatic, strategic development and quality control duties; and liaise with donors and government stakeholders to respond to their informational, data and monitoring requirements;
• Oversee program quality and timely management of all projects, across Afghanistan.
• Lead all humanitarian and development projects development including implementation, contingency and preparedness planning.
• Lead implementation of country strategic plan via daily interaction with the program team & frequent field visit
• Over all financial control and management of humanitarian and development projects budgets.
• Performance Management of all direct reports. Including objective setting, performance review and personal development plans.
• Manage a multidisciplinary team including internationally recruited positions.
• Ensure program is implemented in a consultative, participative, transparent, and gender sensitive way.
Feb 2000 – Jan 2006

Organization Name:
Oxfam GB – Afghanistan
Job Title: Program Coordinator
Responsible for overall management of North-East Afghanistan Regional Office (Feb 2000 – Jan 2004),
Responsible for overall management of Central Afghanistan Regional Office (Feb 2004 – Jan 2006),
Oversee projects quality and timely management of all activities,
Coordinating all program focused strategic planning including human resource management & financial management.
Main activities and responsibilities:
• Define project scope, objectives, milestones and deliverables.
• Pro-actively manage project risks and issues and minimize their impact on the project.
• Ensure staff safety and security procedures are monitored, updated and implemented.
• Oversee recruitment, management and development of local staff in line with organization policies, including ensuring that project teams are adequately resourced and equipped to implement projects successfully.
• Maintain teamwork among program staff and departments, ensuring that WASH, food security and good governance projects are implemented in a consultative, participative and gender sensitive manner.
• Build staff capacity as mentor and trainer, through conducting trainings and coaching.
• Ensure that technical preparation & implementation of humanitarian projects are according to SPHERE minimum standards.
• Financial management including, timely submission of financial reports to country office and donors (Echo, EU, SDC, WFP, FAO, DFID)
• Ensure compliance with project monitoring, evaluation and learning expectations and approaches.
Jul 1993 – Jan 2000

Organization Name:
Oxfam GB – Afghanistan
Job Title: Project Officer (Humanitarian)
Main activities and responsibilities:
• Responsible for implementation of WASH projects in the ground.
• Ensure that WASH projects are in compliance with donor and organizational standards and that all reporting is of good quality, and is done in a timely manner.
• Ensure that the WASH program is implemented in a consultative, participative, transparent, & gender sensitive way.
• Work with Program Coordinators and Program Manager for the development of a single country program with strong synergies between the different elements.
• Lead initial rapid assessments and situation analyses in collaboration with the field staff, community leaders and affected population; determine priorities and immediate needs.
• Develop, invent and identify new methods and activities that ensure community received well hygiene promotion activities.
• Support WASH project implementation and supervision in Tajik refugee camp in North Afghanistan
Mar 1986 – Jun 1993

Organization Name:
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
Job Title: Planning Officer
Main activities and responsibilities:
• Project planning and design, budgeting, Reporting and organisational staff chart, management of women income generation projects
• Project monitoring and evaluation, staff management, financial control of on-going projects planning for next projects, organizing, Directing, coordination and project supervision.
• Irrigation Project implementation, planning, staff management and coordination.
Publications
 Land Use Planning, Conceptual basis for Community Mobilization,
 Community Mobilization model
 Local NGO capacity building manual
 Fee based Village Advisory Model
 Practical steps of organizing smallholder farmers into Producer Group
Projects Designed, Implemented, Monitoring and Evaluation

o Afghan IDP response (Camp Management and WASH) (1993-1996),
o Tajik Refugee response (Camp Management and PHP ) (1996-1998),
o Emergency Food security and livelihood (Food distribution , Food for work, Cash for work) (1998-2000),
o WASH (Provision of potable water , Safe sanitation and Public Health Promotion )(1998 – 2000),
o Gender Enterprises and Market (women empowerment) (2000—2002),
o Women Economic leadership (2000-2002),
o Emergency Food security and Sustainable Livelihood (FFW, Cash for work, Income generation) (2002-2009),
o Public Health interventions to address the immediate needs of vulnerable communities & children (2009-2010)
o Humanitarian response for flood affected people in Tajikistan (distribution of inputs) (2010)
o Enhancing individual incomes and improving living standards in Tajikistan (2009 -2011),
o Sustainable rural livelihoods and climate change adaptation in Tajikistan (2010-2011),
o Strengthening Participatory Multi – Hazard Disaster Preparedness in Tajikistan (early warning system, village mapping, preparedness planning) (2010-2011),
o Food security and Sustainable livelihood (linking smallholder farmers to the market, capacity building on land use planning and sustainable land management) (2011-2012),
o Environmentally sustainable rural livelihoods in Tajikistan (Watershed, Pasture management,)(2011-2012),
o Economic Development through Collective Action in Tajikistan (2012-2013),
o Investing in Small holder farmers for sustainable local economy in Tajikistan (Diversification of agricultural production) (2012-2013), funded by GIZ
o Flood disaster risk reduction (2012-2013), funded by ECHO
o Natural Resources Management (2011-2013), funded by GIZ
o Growth in the Rural Economy and Agriculture in Tajikistan (Private sector development, working with lead companies to increase capacity, working with smallholder farmers to improve quality production) (2013-2016),
o Toward Rural Inclusive Growth and Economic Resilience (Value chain development, Market mapping, Fee based agricultural advisory services (TRIGGER) (2016 – 2017) funded by GIZ/DFID
o Humanitarian Assistance and Building Resilience in North Iraq (2018 -2020) funded by GAC
o Integrated WASH and Protection response to conflict affected communities in Diyala governorate (2018-2020) funded by SDC
o Building Partnerships for Integrated Recovery (2018-2020) funded by BMZ
Seminars

– Mar 9th – 11th 2015 enhance communication and presentation skills, FFPSD/GIZ, in Dushanbe – Tajikistan
– Oct 6th – 13th 2014 – Study Tour on quality and effectiveness of development interventions in East Germany – AKDN – Tajikistan

workshops
 Dec 3rd -4th 2013 Sustainable Land Management, Land Use Planning workshop, GIZ/FFPSD, Dushanbe – Tajikistan
 Mar 21 – 25th 2013 Good governance, women rights and empowerment workshop, Oxfam International, Tbilisi – Georgia.
 Sep 14 – 21st, 2008 Measuring change workshop, Oxfam GB & DFID, Oxford – Great Britain
Trainings
 Apr 6th – 8th, 2002 Gender equity and Anti-Harassment training Oxfam GB, Kabul – Afghanistan
 Jan 6 – 10th, 2004 Program Accountability & Learning Training Oxfam GB, Islamabad, Pakistan.
 Mar 28th – 30th, 2004 Advocacy training Oxfam GB, Kabul – Afghanistan.
 May 24th – 28th, 2004 Management Development Program Training Oxfam GB, Kabul Afghanistan.
 Jul 12th – 19th, 2004 Basic & Principles of Participatory Approaches training, Praxis Institute, Delhi – India.
 Oct 18th – 21st, 2004 Need assessment in Emergencies Training RedR India, Colombo – Sri Lanka
 Oct 03 – 06th 2006 Financial management and financial control, training, Oxfam GB, Kathmandu, Nepal
 Apr 20 – 25th 2009 Livelihood and Food Security training, Oxfam GB, Kabul – Afghanistan
 Dec 6 – 10th 2010 Emergency Food Security and Livelihood training, Oxford – Great Britain
 Aug 15 – 17th, 2011 Good practices in Community based climate related Natural Hazard Risk Reduction training, Focus and EC, Dushanbe – Tajikistan
 Oct 25 – 28th 2011 Disaster Recovery Training, UNDP, DRMP, Dushanbe – Tajikistan
 Nov 14 – 18th 2011 Market based approach for sustainable livelihood training, Oxfam International, Dushanbe – Tajikistan
 Jun 29 -30th 2018 Violent Environment Preparedness Training (VEPT) Erbil – Iraq
Course
 May 2006 – May 2007 Management and Leadership training, Oxfam GB, Oxford – Great Britain
 Oct 2014 – Mar 2015, Sustainable Land Management and Land Use Planning training, GIZ/Asian Institute for Development – Tajikistan