CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Abul Kalam Azad, CLP Secretariat, RDA Campus, Sherpur, Bogra, Bangladesh. Mobile # 01715048167, E-mail: azad_clp@yahoo.com, Skype: akazad430

CAREER SUMMARY

A goal and result-oriented Development Professional qualified through learning by doing and practical field experience. Approx. 25 years' experience in developing, leading, designing, managing and budgeting large development projects in the areas of building resilience, social development, social protection, Cash transfer through Mobile, community rights & empowerment, , WASH, and livelihoods development with poor & extreme poor households. Currently working as Infrastructure Coordinator with Maxwell Stamp PLC for Chars Livelihoods Programme-CLP (£80 million program), jointly funded by DFID, UK & DFAT, Australia. CLP works for extreme poverty reduction in island char villages of 10 northern districts of Bangladesh. Also have experience to work in Integrated Food Security Program with CARE-Bangladesh funded by USAID.

Well experienced in developing strategic vision, innovative ideas/ concepts and raising donor funds for development organizations. Well capable to lead/ guide implementing, strategic and technical partner NGOs, local government stakeholders at different tiers and a team of mid-senior level staffs. I have strong capability to manage peoples’ forums and utilization of local resources in an effective manner and able to create working environment for smooth operation of different projects and working for gender equality

Major expertise is strategic planning, designing and management of big extreme poverty reduction and sustainable development programs including operational & financial controls.

Besides, I have Expertise on staff development, training facilitation, capacity building to NGO & Local Government, PRA, CLTS, Household Livelihood Security Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, Team member of Project design (SHOUDARDO-1), Communications and liaison, report writing, computer skill, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Position with Maxwell Stamp PLCChars Livelihoods Programme (CLP), July 2012 to Present Designation Infrastructure Coordinator (A mid-senior management position at CLP)Major responsibilities:

Lead, plan, manage, budget and report under Unit projects of livelihoods through climate change resilience, Stipend transfer through mobile, employment through CFW, WASH to ensure that these are carried out within annual budget (average 220 million BDT/ year) and achieve CLP Log frame outputs and outcomes.

Develop project summary, design new/ pilot project, scale up these initiatives and prepare Requests for Proposals, Terms of Reference and annual budget.

Manage and guide 17 partner NGOs and 23 CLP mid-senior level staffs in 7 CLP District office and indirectly 137 staffs in partner organization.

Assign management responsibility to Unit staffs, set objectives, agree on priorities, provide feedback, support and assess staff performance and develop through training.

Support & work closely with M&E and Communications Unit for continuous improvement of project delivery and quality outputs at field to meet log frame target.

Support Contracts and Procurement Unit to prepare Grant Agreements/ contracts and to disburse funds in timely manner.

Major achievements: Covered 77,145 household under disaster resilience through plinth rising above flood line. Created employment opportunities of 67,445 vulnerable female and male through CFW. Restructured CLP WASH interventions and achieved improved WASH outcomes. Transferred monthly stipend of 27,870 participants through mobile jointly with bkash Established and capacity building to 250 community group for sustainability of WASH.

Developed various documents including implementation guidelines, modules, technical handbook etc.

Responded to 2007, 2012 and 2015 floods very quickly within the shortest possible time which was appreciated by DFID.

Designation: District Infrastructure Manager (A mid-level management position at CLP) April 2005 to Jun 2012

Major responsibilities: Lead, plan, design, manage, budget and report building resilience, CFW, WASH project. Achieve project activities, deliverables and expected results within the annual work plan, budget

and agreed timeframe, and to the highest standards. Manage and guide 06 partner NGOs, 9 CLP field staffs and 50 staffs under NGO indirectly. Lead the team for vulnerability assessment to select project participants. Training to fellow staff and staff under NGO directly implementing activities. Review the project approach, strategy and output and revise for further improvements. Communication and liaison with NGO, Local Government, Upazila and district administration for

smooth implementation of project activities. Monitor progress of implementation of regular activities under Unit activities and identify potential

barriers to progress and benefits and take appropriate measure to implement smoothly. Making field visits regularly to verify the quality of the works and document the best ideas,

practices, lesson learns and share in different forum and ensure reflection of it in quarterly and annual reports.

Major achievements: Properly selected project participants. Achieved outputs targeted annually with best standard timely. Developed technical handbook for designing of WASH interventions. Developed community mobilizing Guidelines. Developed labor orientation Guidelines for better understanding of implementing strategy.

Positions with CARE – Bangladesh, 1st September 1999 to 30th September 2004Assistant Project Manager (A senior management position at CARE)

Major responsibilities: Lead, plan, design, manage, budget and report BUILD intervention and institutional capacity

building through ensuring much awareness in different level of project participants and involving community people

Provides effective guidance and supervision as project head to implementation teams in 13 district of southern Bangladesh through supportive listening, teaching, monitoring and facilitating behavior.

Arranged and attend in the progress review meeting with Executive engineers, Assistant Engineers and Upazila Engineers of LGED for better coordination and smooth operation of Project activities in an effective and timely manner.

Supervised and Coordinated different team such as training, M&E, environment and finance. Reviewed project related complex problems that forwarded by field staffs and take necessary steps

to resolve those on a priority basis. Strengthening Capacity of Union Parishad for good governance practices. Aware community on roles and responsibilities of UPs, citizen’s role, rights of the people for

facilitating the democratization process and formulating transparent management Responsible to set up strategies for ensuring effective service from Union Parishad and ensure to

establish a gender sensitive female friendly Market. Participating and assisting in surveys, interviews and facilitation for studies like FGD/PRA between

participant and counterpart for policy formulation and intervention selections. Explore the IGAs for vulnerable communities to change their life bringing food security initiative.

Major achievements:

Worked as a team member of SHOUHRDO -1 design team. Worked as a core member of PRA training team. Worked as a member of Policy Change Management team. Constructed about 100 KM of Paved road, 20 UP complex, 40 Female friendly rural markets and

huge number of bridge & culverts. Worked as a team member of core trainer group. Attended relief work in 1991, 1998. 2000.

Field Officer: (A mid-level management position at CARE) July 1996 to August 1999

Lead and manage a group of Engineers working in the field in a specific District for ( Food For Works (FFW)

Prepared monthly schedule and undertaken the technical survey with a cost effective manner through environmental screening.

Design of interventions and estimate with LGED rate schedule and forward to senior management for approval.

Participated in the LGED district level tender committee and select contractor with set criteria by the GoB.

Provided training to CARE and LGED staff on various technical and management issues for smooth implementation of project activities.

Assistant Field Engineer April 1990 to June 1996

Regular field visit to survey of interventions road, bridge and culvers in assigned area. Check / recheck of survey and estimate the interventions following LGED rate schedule. Conducted regular monitoring of intervention to verify the quality and payment to labor. Prepare field reports as and when required.

Training received: Jan 2002 to Sep 2003

Disaster Management, Environmental management, Program Management, Effective Office Communication, Local Level Planning, Performance management, Gender, Local Level Planning, IGA, Household Livelihoods Security Assessment.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONSComputer Skill: MS Office Package, e-mail and internet applications and browsingLanguages: Bengali (native); English (fluent in reading, speaking and writing)REFERENCES1. Zubairul Hoque, Designation: Unit Manager- Infrastructure, Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP), RDA Campus, Bogra, Mobile # 01715030376, E-mail:zubair@clp-bangladesh.org2. Md. Shafiqur Rahman, Senior Technical Manager, CARE – Bangladesh, Sirajgang Region, Sirajganj, Mobile # 01715779931, E-mail: Shafiqur.rahman@care.orgDECLARATION I do hereby declare that the information provided in my CV is true and accurate. I understand that any misrepresentation, omission or false statement may be cause for rejection or later dismissal from my job.

(Abul Kalam Azad)