Muhammad Abdullah

MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH Current Address: House # 71, Street # 3, Sector K-2, Phase # 3, Hayatabad Peshawar, Pakistan. Cell Phone: (- Email Address:-/- CAREER OBJECTIVES Seeking a challenging position in dynamic and well reputed organization that offer good opportunities and challenging working environment that in return would help me in building up my Career, knowledge and Experience and enhancing professional exposure, technical skills, managerial approaches, value added relations and communication skills at all levels.. CAREER HISTORY: UMMEE CREATIVE HUB (Publishing, designing, printing and consultancy firm) (October-16 to date) As an office Supervisor, I provide assistance to ensure all daily operations are consistent, reconcile process accounts comparing entries on ledgers with invoices, journal vouchers, and purchase orders to verify accuracy of posting and receipt of payment for services provided by the process, provide support to publishers, authors and designers for timely finalization of textbooks for review and approval, Draft contracts, agreements and memorandums for Schools and Suppliers/Contractors, development of office record keeping systems, Ensure smooth and seamless service, managing day-to-day activities. MOJAZ FOUNDATION – Concern Worldwide funded project for provision of Transitional Shelters to the most vulnerable TDPs of NWA living in District Bannu. MOJAZ Foundation (MF) is a not for profit organization, promoting socio economic empowerment through inclusive rights based approach and working for neglected & vulnerable segments of society. MOJAZ Foundation has good presence in PUNJAB, SINDH and KP.MF contributed in complex emergencies responses in PUNJAB, SINDH and KPK. MF also responded flood emergencies in Punjab &Sindh since 2010. (December-15 to September 16) As a Project Coordinator I supervised a team of 16 members, which includes Managers, M&E Officers, Social Organizers, field engineers, Warehouse incharge, Admin & finance officer and logistic officer and was directly reporting to Manager Programs. Worked at the Field Office, Bannu I was looking after program related activities which included; management and development of the detailed implementation plan (DIP) for the project, development of baseline survey report, submission of weekly/bi-weekly reports to donors, monthly implementation plans for donors in order to achieve activities as per the approved DIP, ensured that the project is being implemented as per donor regulations, overall responsibility of the project including regular monitoring, field visits and learning, Initiate and oversee needs and technical assessments and analysis, as well as preparing the follow up reports in coordination with the PDMA/FDMA, district government and other line agencies, Identified and monitor risks, constraints or escalated issues and informed senior management immediately, ensure contractual activities are completed on time, within budget and with acceptable quality. Initiated and managed emergency responses, and prioritized activities according to the emerging humanitarian needs, oversee TDPs tracking mechanism, Track and manage team attendance, Regular field visits to monitor the activities and their quality in compliance with the proposal. Agribusiness Support Fund–USAID Funded Project (Jan-13 to October-15) The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), The Agribusiness Project (TAP) is an initiative of the USAID in collaboration with the Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF), a Section 42 Company registered under the Companies Ordinance, 1984. The project aims at enhanced competiveness of agricultural value chains in Pakistan with a focus on horticulture and livestock including dairy, meat and fisheries. Since Pakistan’s economy is agrarian in nature, at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of production, the overriding objective of USAID's Agribusiness Project is to support and create improved conditions for broad-based economic growth in Pakistan and to create employment opportunities for poverty alleviation. As a Senior Manager Grants & Contracts I supervised a team of Manager, Assistant Managers and Grant Officers and was directly reporting to Director Grants & Contracts. Worked at the Project Office, Islamabad I was looking after multiple Grants related activities which includes, capacity assessments of Non-Governmental Organizations(NGOs)/Rural Support Programs (RSPs) for sub-awards, drafting of Request for Applications (RFAs) for all products launched by the Project, finalization of cases to be presented in meetings for approval from Grant Evaluation Committee, drafting of approval packages for approvals from USAID Agreement Officer (AO) and Agreement Officer Representative (AOR), directing and corresponding with five (05) regions all over Pakistan on Grant activities, elaborating M&E and Communication departments on Grant activities for development of effective branding & marking plans and M&E templates for applicants and social media, drafting of agreements for finalized applicants as per USAID rules & regulations and forwarding the same to Regional Offices. Drafting and submission of monthly reports on Grants products to USAID, drafting of contracts as per USAID policies for Capacity Building, Training and Awareness Programs with National and International Organizations, drafting and finalization of adverts of Grant products in English and Urdu for national newspapers. Directing Grants team on day to day activities and assigning tasks to team along with follow-ups and deadlines. Getting Regions and applicants’ issues resolved, by involving relevant stakeholders from all levels of management. Liaison with monitoring & evaluation and program divisions to monitor progress of funded projects from disbursement to completion, identifying any potential problems with implementation and, as appropriate, prepare a report to Director Grants. We play an important role throughout the procurement procedures and distribution of in-kind grant items. In coordination with M&E and Programs department, we conduct regular field monitoring visits and manage the close-out of completed projects. Agribusiness Support Fund – USAID Funded Project (Nov-11 to December 12) As a Manager Programs, I was responsible for business operations of the company in all four provinces (Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan) and as well as Gilgit-Baltistan, FATA and AJK, and assisted the middle management in developing business network with relevant stakeholders (i.e. the business community and government departments), business promotional activities, identifying business opportunities, determining business requirements of potential applicants and encouraging them to apply for financial support, analyzing & evaluating grant applications & project proposals and ensuring the accuracy of the information provided by the client, preparing review reports and submission of recommendations based on the proposals for grant approving authority, developing of appropriate monitoring & verification procedures and objectives, facilitating disbursements, supporting monitoring & verification procedures through field visits and ensuring implementation of the developed objectives and procedures. Agribusiness Support Fund (ADB funded project) November 07 to October 11 As an Assistant Manager Operations I was responsible for the company’s financing operations in KPK, Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan Provinces. In accordance with the Asian Development Bank’s guidelines/rules/requirements, I appraised grant applications received from provinces, ensured proper documentation, assessed viability of the proposed projects, examined financial capability of the applicant, analyzed expected future returns, studied feasibility reports, conducted pre-award assessment & verified information submitted, assessed eligible grant awards for the applicants, prepared and presented formal cases to the appraisal panel committee for approval, drafted grant contracts, set milestones & payment modes for disbursements. I was successful in building a grant funding portfolio of Rs. 78 million approved in favor of the farming communities & associations based in the rural areas, private sector SMEs and NGOs. Sarhad Rural Support Program (Funded by Pakistan Poverty alleviation Fund) May 04 to October 07 Designation: Credit OfficerLocation: Haripur/Abbottabad Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP) is a province based NGO working in rural areas using the approach of social mobilization. The main objective is to alleviate poverty and improve the life standard of the under-privileged and marginalized segment of the society through participation. Conduct credit feasibility, preparation of credit cases and submission to regional Credit Officer for approval. Regularly update credit MIS i.e. punching of credit cases, recoveries and preparation of Daily Cash Flow Statement. Preparation of Bank reconciliation Statement thereby checking the figures of credit disbursement and recoveries as reflected in the bank statement with office records. Identification of intended clients for credit and capacity building trainings via holding credit meetings and follow up visits with Community organizations. TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED: Four Days Training on Financial Analysis to Micro-Finance, Organized by SRSP, Peshawar Three-day “New Credit Policy of NRSP” organized by NRSP, Mardan Six Days Training in “Social Mobilization and Gender Issue” organized by SRSP, Peshawar. Ten Days training on “Training of Trainers (ToT) for Farmer Enterprises” funded by Agribusiness Support Fund organized by ECI (Pvt) Ltd., Islamabad Attended two days training on Grants and Procurement System Management, funded by CNFA at Serena Hotel Islamabad. Attended two days training on Environment and Gender Integration, organized by The Agribusiness Project. Attended five days training on Procurement Management for Senior Managers of CSOs organized by ASP-LUMS and funded by USAID at Rausing Executive Development Centre (REDC) of LUMS Lahore. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: Master of Business Administration: Institution: Institute of Management & Information Sciences (Al-Khair University Peshawar) GPA: 3.75 Subjects: Managerial Policy, Project Evaluation, International Financial Management, Business Application to Computers, Business Communication, Accounting and cost Accounting etc. BACHLOR OF SCIENCE Institution: F.G Degree College Peshawar. Subjects: Mathematics (A), Mathematics (B), and Physics. REFERENCES NAME Organization E-Mail Contact # Designation Mr. Iqbal Shahid Concern Worldwide - Pakistan- - Programme Coordinator- RAPID Fund Mr. Shad Muhammad Agribusiness Support Fund- Head of Programs Mr. Shafqat Ali Sayed Agribusiness Support Fund- Director Grants & Contracts