OSAMA NASSAR TELFAH

Amman, Jordan
Date of Birth: 27 Mar 1980
Cell. 00962 77 66 540 57
E-mail: otelfah@gmail.com
Skype: otelfah

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

- Local Governance - Strategic Planning

- Conflict Analysis
- Project Managements Development
- Community Empowerment & mobilization
- Youth Development & Engagement
- M&E
- Programs Implementation Specialist
- Social & Economic Development Plans
- Capacity Building & Need Assessment
- Emergency relief response
- Policy Support

A senior development advisor, conflict management & mitigation analyst and peace building, local
governance specialist & strategic planner. A Researcher & National Consultant, Project management &
NGOs specialist, with Ten years of professional experience in different NGOs fields in particular local
governance & strategic planning, capacity building, conflict analysis, peace building, facilitation
management, emergency relief, need assessment, youth development and research. Fully experienced in
motivating and supervising others, team builder, and a leader who inspire the team members to
maintain high levels of performance. Self- motivated with positive approach to problem solving,
analytical and skilled problem solver. Professional in appearance and presentation. My interpersonal
skills, along with my organizational and communications skills, all combine to make me ideally suited for
a major leadership role.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
Entrepreneurship and sustainable development.
Project management development (Successful manager of people, resources, projects, and
communications; a relationship-builder and networker).
Civil society activist and volunteer.
Organizing skills for organizations and people.
Community development skills and leadership trainer.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences Jordan University
Project Management for Development Professionals - Certified
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development Columbia Global centers Middle East
Columbia University 2011.

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 WORK EXPERIENCES & PROJECTS

Senior Advisor / Programs Implementation Manager USAID CEP Project. Feb 2016 Present
- Managing and leading 98 Projects in some Jordanian communities, in different fields such as
governance and municipal services, education, health, cultural projects, constructions and
rehabilitation.
- Developing, designing and Leading Municipal Pilot Project of the Strategic Planning and Feedback
Mechanism.
- Developing different Management tools and tracking systems related to the hard and soft
activities.
- Developing monitoring and evaluation tracking tools.
- Provide cross-cutting program implementation support to all field offices, with a particular focus
on establishing, supporting, and maintaining strong program implementation systems and
protocols.
- Design, approval, and timely implementation of all field activities.
- Supporting to ensuring smooth implementation of all activities; recognize, systematize, and
replicate implementation successes; and cross-pollinate lessons learned in implementation across
the field offices.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of annual work plans, specific action plans
related to implementation, and overall vision for the implementation of USAID CEP.

Freelance Missions & Consultancies April 2015 Feb 2016.

National Consultant & Expert (Strategic planner)
- Developing and Implement the Local Economic Development plans and strategic planning
targeted municipalities in Jordan USAID Local Enterprise Support Project (LENS) August
2015 Jan 2016.
- National Consultant: Develop and map the risk and resources for 16 municipalities and cities in
Jordan and preparing the implementation plans after the deliverables in order to implement the
projects under citizen priorities. UNDP AND World Bank. March July 2015.
- National Consultant: Conflict Development Analysis. Analyzing the conflict drivers and the peace
engines among the Jordanian society and developing strategic plans based on that in order to
prepare the implementation plans for the priority projects. UNDP May September 2015.
- National Consultant UNDP Projects Proposal Evaluator. October 2016 February 2017.
- National consultant IUCN Preparing and developing country profiles and situation analysis for
Jordan, Syria and Lebanon focusing on the natural resources and how the Syrian crisis affects the
natural resources in the mentioned countries. January February 2016.
- Technical Advisor and Consultant, (Youth and Local Development) trainer in different fields with
youth committees in "Saida- Lebanon" with Palestinian refugees (Ain Al-Helweh Camp) May July
2012.

Senior Project Coordinator /Deputy Programs Manager - Mercy Corps. May 2014 May 2015.
Senior Technical Program Officer Women protection and Empowerment Project. IRC
(International Rescue Committee). February May 2014.

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 Senior Assistant Program Officer, IRI (International Republican Institute) August 2012 2014.
Local Governance, Youth Programs and Political Parties Empowerment.
Head of building survey research capacity program. IRI (International Republican Institute).
2013 February 2014.
Senior Projects Coordinator, Community empowerment program, Youth Unit. Jordan River
Foundation, April 2011 May 2012.
Consultant, Program Coordinator / Women Helping Women Program (The Electoral network of
Jordanian Women), (NDI) National Democracy Institute. 2008 -2009.

Specific duties and responsibilities are available upon request

All Workshops, Seminars and Courses are available upon request

Memberships
Agricultural engineers association [http://agrieng.org.jo]
Languages
Fluent: Arabic and English

Skills
Computer literate.

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