MOHAMMED ZAHIDUR RAHMAN

P: +977 9808376765 (Nepal), +88-01759428667 (Bangladesh)

E: zahidur1982@gmail.com, zahidbd82@yahoo.com
W: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahidur-rahman-30414419/

PROFILE
Development professional with experience in programme conceptualization, design, implementation, and management
spanning Asia and Africa in a strategic operational capacity. Results-driven, efficient in high pressure environments, and
proactive, with the ability to work effectively with multi-cultural teams in diversesocial and geographical contexts.

CAREER STRENGTH
Twelve years experience in project design, implementation, supervision, and reporting across Bangladesh, Nepal,
South Sudan and Uganda.
Specialized in food security, economic empowerment, ultra-poor graduation, youth skill development, peace
building, disaster risk reduction, integrated project and organizational capacity development.
Experienced in fund raising (Bangladesh-23.5m, South Sudan- 2.4m & Nepal-.3m USD), networking and partnership.
Donor dealing and reporting experience with CIDA, DFID, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, SDC, WB, Dutch Embassy,
Norwegian Government, European Union, OFDA, UNICEF, WFP,UN Women, UNDP and UNFAO.
Skilled in large team(>50) supervision, capacity development and mentoring including national staff and expatriates.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Manager Programme Operations September 2014 - Present
BRAC Nepal ,Pavitra Niwas, Italichowk-3, Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Company Profile: BRAC is registered as an International NGO on 30th September, 2015 under Government of Nepal to
work for emergency response and long term recovery in Nepal(PAN - 603648982, https://www.brac.net/Nepal).

Key Responsibilities:
Implement integrated development programme (food security & economic empowerment, health, WASH, youth
development components) and urban youth skill development programme.
Contextual analysis and project proposal, budget, logical framework and implementation strategy development.
Capacity enhancement of team members on project management skills, quality assurance and confidence building.
Operational coordination to identify progress, gaps & potentiality and update Regional Director with solutions.
Networking with community leaders, NGOs, UN agencies, local government and donor community.
Ensure financial control mechanism by Enterprise Resource Planning System, physical verification and reporting.
Technical support to Monitoring Officer for project monitoring following MEAL and Real Time Evaluation methods.
Develop partnership for expansion, solving problems, resource exchange, cooperation, coordination and coalition.

Key Achievements:
Developed "Operational Strategy 2017-2020" and "Human Resource Policies & Procedures" for BRAC Nepal with the
help of Human Resource Department and Senior Management.
Led the team to successfully complete 1st Phase of BRAC Integrated Development Programme (2016-2017) with
"excellent" grade by Social Welfare Council of Nepal Government.
Designed 2 years BRAC's Integrated Development Programme(2017-2019) and Youth Skill Development Programme.
Played a key role to grow BRAC Nepal's portfolio by 120% (geographical, component and budget coverage).
Smoothly ran BRAC operation as Country In-Change for 4 months in transitional period of Country Representative.

Programme Manager Food Security & Livelihood September 2013 to August 2016
BRAC South Sudan, Country Office, Block L-14, Atlabara, Juba, South Sudan

Company Profile: BRAC South Sudan has been operating its programs as INGO since 2006 under the RSS registration
number 031 in seven states covering 1.6 million population. (https://www.brac.net/south-sudan)

Key Responsibilities:
Lead to implement Food Security & Livelihood, WASH and Youth empowerment programmes both in emergency &
long term development context.
Responsible for geo-political and social-economic analysis, project and proposal development, implementation.

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 Design and implement cash, grant and loan based livelihood & food security project for farmers and ultra-poor.
Facilitate strategy, policies, procedures and guidelines development process as core team member.
Networking and relationship building with bilateral and institutional donors, UN agencies, BRAC affiliates.
Enhance capacity of team(national& expat) on working knowledge, project implementation &confidence building.
Provide expert inputs to public and government bodies, INGOs, cluster group and UN agency policy development.
Project report preparation and presentation to different donors (CIDA, DFID, OFDA, UNICEF, UNDP, Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, SDC, UN Women, WB, Dutch Embassy, WFP etc.) government, partners and internal reporting.
Provide support to the Country Management Team for decision making process and smooth operation.
Facilitate development process of organizational security protocols in coordination with emergency response team.

Key Achievements:
Implemented Ultra Poor Graduation Model first time in South Sudan with scoring "A" from DFID.
Implemented Livelihood Restoration Project for 12,770 refugees, IDPs and conflict vulnerable population,
recognized as one of the most effective projects by Western Equatoria State authority of South Sudan.
Increased BRAC South Sudan Food Security & Livelihood programme portfolio from USD 3.2 million to 5.6 million
and extended operation to 5 states among 10 within 3 years.
Established BRAC South Sudan as the biggest partner of UNFAO in 2016 within 2 years of operation and networking.
Managed a consortium of 10 organizations including NNGOs, INGOs, UN Agencies and government ministries.
Provided expert support to World Bank, Handicap Int., Leprosy mission Int. to frame poverty alleviation programme.
Provided technical support to the South Sudan government to incorporate ultra-poor graduation model components
in National Social Safety Net strategy.
Designed Real Time Monitoring and Evaluation System (RTME) in partnership with Deloitte Humanitarian Fund.

Senior Manager Disaster, Environment and Climate Change Programme November 2008 to August 2013
BRAC Bangladesh, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

Company Profile: BRAC is the largest non-governmental development organisation in the world ranked 1 by NGO
Advisors among Top 500 NGOs World Rankings in 2016 and 2013. (www.brac.net)

Key Responsibilities:
Implement disaster risk reduction, emergency response,and climate change adaptation programmes.
Develop concept note, proposals, project documents based on contextual and socio-economic analysis.
Provide technical support to develop organization strategy by reviewing national policies and strategies.
Facilitate climate change adaptation techniques for vulnerable population through modern food security and
livelihood options in most difficult context.
Effective financial management of the projects through resource based budgeting, time bound programme
planning, forecasting of cash and liquidation, and project balances.
Prepare reports for different stakeholders, donor (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Norwegian Government,
UNDP), European Union, government and partners.
Technical assistance to partner organizations and other NGOs through project monitoring, research, capacity
development, reporting, project evaluation, political, social and economic analysis.

Key Achievements:
Designed and implemented BRAC's biggest climate resilient programme to provide livelihood support to 4,000
climate vulnerable women in 10 disaster prone districts of Bangladesh.
Developed BRAC Standard Operating Procedures for management and provided training to 8,000 mid-level manager
in collaboration with ADPC, Bangkok and RedR, India as team lead .
Handled 23.5 million USD budget with 98% burn rate for BRAC's biggest Disaster Preparedness Programme with
zero corruption record and without major financial audit objection.
Managed a diverse team of Project Manager, Sector Specialist, Trainer, 3 Regional Managers, 40 Programme
Organizers following diversity, gender equity, inclusion values.
Worked for emergency in SIDR (EU funded-13m Euro) and AILA (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-23m USD)cyclone
in Bangladesh to provide immediate relief, livelihood restoration and basic supports for affected population.

Project Coordinator Geographical Solutions Research Center Ltd. February 2005 to October 2008
BSRS Bhaban, (9th Floor), 12, Kawran Bazar Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Company Profile: Geographical Solutions Research Center is a leading GIS based research organization working in
collaboration with USAID, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Geo-informatics Society and private investors.
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Key Responsibilities:
Develop Geographical Information System based integrated livelihood and food security project for urban slums.
Lead to develop project concept notes, proposal, project strategy, budget and reports for investors and donors.
Develop working methodology for GIS based project (urban crime pattern analysis, bank location set up).
Enhance capacity of 30 technical staff on project implementation, financial efficiency and quality assurance.
Ensure financial management through cost effective budgeting, financial control, monitoring cash and liquidation.
Partnership building and collaboration with investors, partners, GIS specialist, government bodies, researchers.

Key Achievements:
Led the team to develop "The Urban Food Security Atlas of Bangladesh 2008: Towards Strengthening Efforts for
Eradicating Food Insecurity & Poverty in Urban Areas" with the help of UN and UNWFP.
Gathered technical and practical knowledge on GIS technology for planning, project designing and implementation.
Presented research finding in Bangladesh Geographical Society, Bangladesh Geo-informatics Society, Dhaka
University, and government ministries.

Project Manager -GSRC with Int. Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research February to March 2005
Dholpur, Jatrabari Project in collaboration with GSRC (Research and project implantation)
Key Responsibilities:
Design and implement Urban Socio-economic Context Analysis Project by ICDDR,B to identify health intervention.
Coordinate surveys, rapid assessments, training, planning, analysis and report writing
Analyze field finding and data through different software to prepare final report and present it in different forums.
Assess and provide technical assistance to partner organizations to design and implement GIS based project.
Coordination and communication with government, private sectors, NGOs and other stakeholders.

Research Executive (Part time )- Helpline Resources November 2004 to January 2005
46/1, SobhanMansion, PuranaPalton, Dhaka - 1000, Bangladesh. (http://www.helplineresources.com)

Key Responsibilities:
Develop research methodology (quantitative and/or qualitative) research project and implementation strategy.
Provide technical support to NGOs, partners and private developer to design research project.
Coordinate data collection, validation, analysis based on geography, demography, and socio-economic dynamics.
Consult and coordinate with investors, co-investigators and funding agencies for potential funding in research.
Develop reports and present research results to stakeholders.

EDUCATION
Masters in Geography and Environment 1st class 3rd position 2008
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bachelor in Geography and Environment 1st class 2nd position 2006

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Ultra-poor Graduation Model ensuring sustainable livelihoods for ultra-poor, BRAC USA, Bangladesh, April,
2015.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings Skills for Emergency Response and
Training of Trainers, by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Bangkok, January 2011.
Certificate course (One semester) on Disaster Management from BRAC University, 2011.
ToT on Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR), Organizational Level Disaster Preparedness
(OLDP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) by RedR, India, September 2010.
Governance and Natural Resource Governance by IUCH in collaboration DFID-GTF, March 2010.
WASH Cluster Emergency Response conducted by RedR, UK and UNICEF, 2010
One year training on Managerial Effectiveness for professionals by BRAC Training Division

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NETWORKING AND AFFILIATION
Member of National Social Safety Net Strategy Committee of South Sudan Govt., World Bank Safety Net
Committee and protection, Food Security, Livelihood Peace Building cluster & Civil Society Working Group.
Member of Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB), WASH and FS&L Clusters, Bangladesh Society of
Geo-informatics and Bangladesh Japan Friendship Organization.
Member of Santosh Shah Foundation and Food Security and Livelihood Cluster Group in Nepal.

AWARD
Awarded by the BRAC Brand Ambassador Award 2010 for protecting and promoting the BRAC brand.
Honored by Deans Award and Gold Medal from Science Faculty of Dhaka University for extraordinary
result.

PUBLICATION
Special Analysis of Criminal Activities of Dhaka Metropolitan Areas: A GIS Based Study; Journal of
Bangladesh Geo-informatics Society, Volume 1.

CONTRIBTION FOR POLICY FORMATION

Five years (2016-2021) development strategic plan for Bahr El Ghazal region, 2015, by UNICEF, South Sudan.
Five years (2015-2020) strategic plan development workshop for Oxfam, July 2014, Juba, South Sudan.
5th Asia Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) of IUCN, 27- 30 September 2011, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
1st Regional Earthquake Response Seminar;30 May to 02 June, 2011; Defense Cooperation, Bangladesh.
Fifth International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change; 24-31 March 2011,
organized by Bangladesh Centre For Advance Studies and International Institute For Environment .

LANGUAGE SKILL
English Bengali Hindi Urdu Nepali
Fluent Mother tongue Working proficiency Conversational level Conversational level

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Mother's name : Nasima Akter Date of birth : 26th June 1982
Father name : Sofiur Rahman Nationality : Bangladeshi
Address : Flat A6, Holy Homes Rafiq Castle, 176
College Road, Tongi, Bangladesh

REFERENCES

A B M Monimul Islam Dr. Manoranjan Kumar Mondal Md. Bodiuzzaman Mia

Country Lead of Human Resource
and Capacity Development,
BRAC Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
E:monimul.im@brac.net,
P:+256 704 493 850,
S:monimul3
Project Scientist Senior Program Manager
Crop and Environmental Sciences Division FRIENDSHIP International
International Rice Research Institute Dhaka, Bangladesh
E:m.mondal@irri.org E: bodiuzzaman@friendship-bd.org
P:+880 1711430203 P: +880-1786502216

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