Skills
MS office, internet
About
I have completed PhD in Biodiversity and Conservation Ecology from Department of Botany, Faculty of Biological Science, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; and MS & BSc in Forestry from Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
I have been working in the field of natural resources management (NRM) & planning, environmental management, climate change adaptation & mitigation (CCA/M), climate risk assessment (CRA), disaster risk reduction (DRR), environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA), environmental & social safeguard, community risk assessment (CRA), community development & resilience, climate adaptive agriculture/livelihoods, ecosystem conservation, Locally Led Adaptation (LLA), Nature based Solution (NbS), adaptation research & innovation, policy advocacy, strategic planning, program/project development & implementation, private sector engagement for 24 years ongoing as follows •Forest Department~Sustainable Forests & Livelihoods (SUFAL) Project, Funded by World Bank as Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist for 01 months (8th October 2023 to till now) •UNDP~Formulation and Advancement of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Process in Bangladesh as Project Manager •IUCN~Humanitarian-Conservation Actions for Biodiversity Protection in Cox’s Bazar as Senior Programme Officer •BRAC~Urban Development Programme as Programme Specialist (Climate Change, Environment and Resource Mobilization) •CNRS~Coastal Embankment Improvement Project as Social Forestry Specialist •HELVETAS~Local Government Initiative on Climate Change as Project Manager • GOPA~Sundarbans Management Project as Protected Area Management Advisor •CEGIS~Senior Specialist (Ecology, Forestry and Biodiversity Division) •CNRS~Climate Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods Project as NRM & Livelihoods Coordinator •Agriconsulting~ SEALS Project as PA Management Expert •UNDP~Integrating Community-based Adaptation into Afforestation and Reforestation Project as National Project Assessment Expert •Intercooperation~AFIP Project as Associate Coordinator •UNDP~CWBMP Project as NPPP •RDRS~Nishorgo Support Project as Site Coordinator •Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change~Forest Department, Sundarban Biodiversity Conservation Project as Assistant Conservator of Forests •BRAC~Rural Development Program (Agroforestry) as Regional Sector Specialist •PROSHIKA~Social Forestry Program as Program Organizer.
By this long time I have gained a lots of experiences by managing donor-funded projects of World Bank, GCF, UNHCR, FAO, FCDO, BMZ, EU, SIDA, UNCDF, WFP, ADB, UNEP, GEF, UNDP, USAID, SDC. In the previous jobs I was engaged in program/project planning, design, implementation, backstopping, coordination and management, project cycle management, project impact monitoring and evaluation, budget monitoring & procurement along with the management of partner organizations grants and contracts. While working for such reputed organizations as well as programmes/projects, I worked for project proposal preparation, strategy formulation, fund raising, knowledge management, survey, data collection & analysis and report writing to headquarters and donors, protocol with foreign delegates, donor agencies and higher officials and represent the organization & projects. I have developed partnership and strategic alliance with the local government, government departments, line ministries and national institutions, universities, NGOs, private sector and donor community. I am used to direct and manage staffing focusing on developing capabilities appropriate to the strategic and operational needs of projects/programs, develop organizations/associations, facilitate rural enterprise, technology transfer, training and market linkage in relation to livelihood development and capacity building of NGOs and key partners.