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Samsul Islam Senior Hygiene Specialist

World Largest Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
* Project Management * Strategic Planning * Relationships with GOBNGOs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

2006 2006 Master of Business Studies (MBS) at National University
2018 to 2018 Master of Public Health (MPH) at Daffodil International University
2020 -2020 Master of Development Studies (MDS) at Southeast University

Experience

01/09/2019 to continuing Senior Hygiene Specialist at Dushtha Shasthya Kendra (DSK)

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as focal point to WASH issues and liaise with relevant actors in different stages of WASH programme/project implementation to follow up on agreements and recommendations.
• Provided wash coordination, lead & expertise as a focal person and Liaison Officer in Water and Sanitation sectors within UNICEF, Government and UN related agencies.
• As counter-part team leader managed, planned, designed, Implemented, coordinated & monitored multi-sectoral community based integrated area development project, “Cox’s Bazar Refugee Camp Development” including water supply, sanitation, health & hygiene.
• Monitored and evaluated the effectiveness of WASH programmes and led the field teams to ensure the effectiveness, impact and direction of the WASH programmes, monitored, reviewed and evaluated on a continuous basis using the quality guidance of organization Policy and Procedures Manual and other international standards.
• Negotiated, coordinated & promoted excellent relations with local Government, NGO partners, communities & IDP.

16 June 2019 to 31 August 2019 Service Centre Manager at Bandhu Social Welfare Society

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Field assessment to find out appropriated location and requirement of lab facilities and services.
• Implement the SRHR program among the host community and refugees.
• Communicating and liaison with donor and providing reports and information as per their requirements.
• To raise awareness and sensitivity on sex, sexuality, STIs (HIV, hepatitis B & C), Gender Based Violation (GBV), TB and reproductive health (RH) as well as family planning and helminthes issues of host community and refugee populations at Cox’s Bazar District.
• To provide sexual and reproductive health services including those for lifestyle related communicable diseases to host community and refugees population.
• To build capacity of project staffs and service providers of referral sites on SRH care to men, boys and transgender.
• Organize Local level sensitization and advocacy meetings and Networking with other UN/INGO, Government and local organizations.
• Health services report provided at different stages like as CHWG, DGHS, EWARS, KOBO software and camp level focal point.

01st May 2018 to 15 June 2019 Health Post Coordinator at GLOBAL ONE UK

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

a. Managing and coordinating the effective and efficient implementation of the Health Post Project in Ukhiya and Teknaf for Rohingya Refugees.
b. Constant monitoring, co-coordinating and communicating with PNGOs to ensure the best outputs of the project.
c. Manage Medicine management, Hospital Instrument management, Hospital Waste disposal management.
d. Keep sound control and management on all hospital staffs.
e. Set goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with organization’s plans and vision and communicate them to subordinates.
f. Shelter, Deep Tube-well and Latrine construction work monitoring and providing technical support.
g. Health services report provided at different stages like as DGHS, EWARS and camp level focal point.

18th Sept. 2016 to 30th April, 2018 Assistant Monitoring Officer – Health & Hygiene at BURO Bangladesh

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support in developing appropriate and sustainable technology to improve access to safe drinking water supply & sanitary facilities.
• Design and implement appropriate and sustainable solutions to water supply and sanitation with regard to the technical, social and institutional constraints.
• Advise on the design and construction of tube well, latrines and bath rooms.
• Hygiene promotion strategies & dissemination of hygiene messages in communities.
• Monitoring & evaluation of project objectives & results of water, sanitation & hygiene projects –impact, coverage, effectiveness, efficiency & sustainability.
• Implementation of Total Sanitation (CLTS, SLTS) approaches and Water Safety Plan (WSP) in different districts from central level facility.

May, 2014 to 15 September, 2016 Clinic Manager at Marie Stopes Bangladesh

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To provide health care to the urban people ensuring health care through 01 (one) static (in-reach) clinic and 18 satellite (outreach) clinics.
• To organize awareness programs related to sexual and reproductive health arranged video programming and path plays.
• Enrolled by identifying the area-based pregnant mother and inform about the benefits of childbirth and ensure the delivery of the baby in the hospital.
• Responsible for program monitoring, coordination, planning and providing assistances to increase the quality MR, PAC and FP services.
• To increase access to utilization of Reproductive health, General Health, ARI, CDD, STI/RTI, Nutrition, quality maternal and neonatal health services in selected urban areas.
• Maintain service quality according to Marie Stopes International (MSI) standard checklist.

03rd November, 2013 to 30th April, 20 Clinic Manager (Surjer Hashi Clinic) at Swanirvar Bangladesh

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall management and operation of the assigned duties through strong leadership in team management and team development, team spirit, commitment, morale and inter team relationship.
• The main responsibility had to provide services of family planning including temporary, long acting and permanent methods, Ante and post natal care, General health care, RTI/STI management, Nutrition, Immunization and Child Health Care in community.
• Organize promotional workshops on sexual and reproductive health, seminars, group discussions, etc with the potential groups and agencies.
• To organize awareness sessions for hygiene, pregnant mother and newborn health services, maternal mortality and child mortality, nutrition, evil of the more than the population and variety of diseases in urban slum areas.

17th December’ 2012 to 02nd November, Programme Officer at PRIP Trust Bangladesh

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Develop training module, curriculum, materials organizing and conducting trainings with the LGUs as per plan.
• Develop and prepare monitoring tools, formats, quantitative and qualitative report and performance indicators/checklist.
• Ensure accountability and transparency of local governments with local community which is decision making for local development.
• Assist will also support elected women representatives for officials in clarifying roles and responsibilities and strengthening their capacities.
• Work with the existing Bangladesh Union Parishad Forum (BUPF) and Municipal Association of Bangladesh (MAB) to promote financial sustainability and services to member governments, and to better articulate emerging policy issues and advocate for legal and policy reforms.
• Assisted to activating women led Union Parishad Standing Committees (SC).

27th July’ 2011 to 15th December, Field Coordinator at RDRS – Bangladesh

Main duties and responsibilities:

• To ensure food security for training provided to farmers on agricultural production.
• To assist the suitability of the soil according to the skill tests and to provide the necessary guidance to farmers for crop production.
• Technical assistance to distribute materials at the community level ensuring proper entitlements and verification of necessary documents to maintain transparency.

1st September’ 2010 to 15th July, 2011 Union Coordinator at SAMAHAR – a women and Child Development Organization

Main duties and responsibilities:

a. Organize information meetings with community members to develop their knowledge in terms of water quality and hygienic practices.
b. Supervise the distribution of hygiene kits and using direction inform by the hygiene training.
c. To provide communities with access to safe water, undertaking various activities including development of a water safety plan, installation of deep tube wells, water quality tests and tube well platform construction in arsenic and saline-affected areas.
d. Planning, design and coordinate the implementation of all interventions related to water provision, protection, improving environmental sanitation, infrastructure development and hygiene awareness programs.

August' 2008 to July, 2010 Islamic Relief Worldwide at Accounts Officer

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

a. Maintain all financial transactions, documents and activity.
b. Assist for preparing the planning and budgeting and monitoring for smooth implementation of project activities.
c. Ensuring logistics management especially on inventory control, store management, procurement management, transportation and distribution management.
d. Monitor and review accounting and system related reports for financial accuracy and competencies.