Ahmad Shurafa, project manager

Ahmad Shurafa

project manager

United Nations Development Programme

Location
Palestine - Jerusalem
Education
Diploma, UN managers’ courses for IPSAS
Experience
24 years, 7 months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 7 months

project manager at United Nations Development Programme
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • My current job since April 2010

Manage large scale capacity, local economic development, Anti Corruption project (Local Governance Support Programme - LGSP) including:
- Draft Project document.
- Activities planning, implementation, mentoring and reporting.
- Projects financial management.
- Draft and finalize procurement needs.
- Work closely with the Chief Technical Advisor - LGSP.
- Prepare logistics for local and international capacity development activities.
- Help in fund mobilization.
- Facilitate workshops with local counterparts.
- Prepare and manage international missions to oPt.
- Prepare all required reports and feedback.

Project Manager - Education Sector Manager at Faisal Husseini Foundation
  • Palestine - Jerusalem
  • December 2005 to March 2010

- Manage large scale EU Funded projects (Comprehensive School Reform) including proposal writing, negotiation, planning, and implementation, monitoring, following up, evaluation and reporting.
The project includes strategic planning for the schools, renovation of schools' buildings, on-the-job training for the teachers, addition of extra curricular activities, networking, and much more, main activities are listed below:
- Recruit highly skilled consultants (PHD’s), implementers, engineers, contractors, trainers, teachers, …
- Manage and supervise schools' buildings renovation and infrastructural works.
- Manage all tendering processes.
- Manage and supervise the training for the teachers.
- Monitor and follow up the adding of several extra curricular activities including: Sports, Drama, Music, PE, Chess, ...
- Follow up the Child's rights issue including elections at schools, CRC training for the prinicipals, teachers and parents.
- Manage, authorize and report project financial cash flow.
- Facilitate, document and report project stakeholders meeting.
- Play a major role in day-to-day managerial decision making process.
- Manage different projects that encounter hundreds of participants.
- Manage small scale projects for different beneficiaries.

Consultant and Trainer at Arab Technology Systems - ATS
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • December 2003 to December 2005

- Archiving and Human Resources procedural consultant and trainer.
- Operate, manipulate and prepare the training material and training sessions for electronic and manual archiving and handling internal procedures and workflows techniques inside organizations.
- Operate, manipulate and prepare the training material and training sessions includes but not limited to: Human Resources Management, Human Resources Development, Career Planning and Succession Development.

Senior Adminitrative Assistant at Arab Technology Systems - ATS
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • May 2003 to December 2005

- Follow up, organize, coordinate, communicate and observe the relations with other associations and regional partners.
- Arrange, follow up and coordinate participations in local, regional and international exhibitions.
- Prepare, organize, coordinate and facilitate launching regional office in Dubai Internet City.
- Participate in ATS strategic decisions, planning and management.
- Facilitate, co-ordinate and manage team leaders meetings, teams and staff meetings.

Operation Manager Assistant at Arab Technology Systems - ATS
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • May 2003 to December 2005

- Prepare proposals, offers and follow up potential customers.
- Arrange and develop the required presentations and marketing materials.
- Arrange, coordinate and control training courses offered by ATS Training Center.
- Prepare the training sessions, material, location of the training and training evaluation.
- Prepare RFQ’s and ToR.
- Prepare pre-training questionnaires, training daily evaluation and post-training questionnaires.

Project Manager and Technical Manager Assistant at Arab Technology Systems - ATS
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • March 2002 to December 2005

- Manage, arrange and co-ordinate different implementation projects for MIS and Database systems (Oracle Financials, Payroll, Personnel, Billing, Archiving, Fleet Management, Health Care, Shareholders, etc...) for different clients such as Utility Companies, Municipalities, Hospitals, Non-Governmental Organizations, Universities, Ministries, Commercial Companies, etc...
- Prepare, arrange, co-ordinate and conduct the meeting agendas, meetings and meeting minutes, with the clients and their consultants.
- Co-ordinate, supervises, and manages the administrative and financial work of the projects delivered by ATS in Jerusalem area, southern districts and others regions in the west bank.
- Prepare, plan, monitor and follow up the actions plans of such projects.
- Conduct, analyze, manage and report the feasible study of the potential projects.
- Product Manager for the Document Management and Archiving System.

Management Representative for Quality - MRQ at MBC Inc. Communication and Advanced Technology
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • May 2001 to March 2002

- Monitor and control the implementation of the ISO 9002 Project.
- Arrange, co-ordinate and conduct the management review meetings.
- Prepare and follow up meeting minutes.
- Modify all documents (quality manual, procedure manual, work instructions, forms, etc.) according to the Internal Audit Results, Management Review Meeting Results, Customer Complaints and Staff Suggestion.
- Follow up the implementation of the ISO procedures.
- Head of the inventory count committee

Human Resources Manager at MBC Inc. Communication and Advanced Technology
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • May 2001 to March 2002

- Identify human resources needs.
- Prepare the personnel manual and guidelines.
- Implement policies and procedures in the personnel system.
- Prepare the training sessions, material, location of the training and training evaluation.
- Participate in the interviews and prepare testing materials.
- Perform the required orientation for the prospective candidates.

Senior Engineer at MBC Inc. Communication and Advanced Technology
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • May 2000 to March 2002

- Troubleshooting, aligning, and calibrating the Quantar and Quantro Base Station Repeaters.
- Monitoring and controlling all the Trunking Systems in the (Palestinian National Authority) PNA.
- Participate in the design and installation of different projects for Video Conferencing Technology using Polyspan Products.

System Engineer at MBC Inc. Communication and Advanced Technology
  • Palestine - West Bank
  • August 1999 to May 2000

- Participating in installation and maintenance of the stations both (Conventional and Trunking Systems) for Two-Way Radios and Microwaves Communications.
- Participating in the design, determination, and installation of the equipment needed for the Police Central Control and Operation Room in Bethlehem (BETHLEHEM 2000 Project).
- Programming and servicing all types of Two-Way Radios used by the PNA.
- Participating in the maintenance of various communications towers up to 225m.

Education

Diploma, UN managers’ courses for IPSAS
  • at United Nations
  • June 2011

June, 2011 UN managers’ courses for IPSAS – Self-study

Diploma, Gender Indicators Training
  • at United Nations
  • November 2010

Gender Indicators Training for Equitable Social Delivery Service - Jordan

Diploma, UNDP Capacity Assessment Methodology
  • at United Nations
  • June 2010

UNDP Capacity Assessment Methodology - Lebanon

Diploma, Project Management Professional - PMP Candidate
  • at PMI
  • March 2009
Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Birzeit University
  • July 2004

I earned my Masters degree in Business Administration, where i fulfilled all graduation requirements inlcuding thesis and other research and projects including but not limited to: June, 2004 MBA Graduation Dissertation - Study the Implementation of Just - In - Time (JIT) System in Palestine Organizations. July, 2002 International Marketing Project - Export.. Priliminary Study of the Russian Market for Jerusalem Pharmaceuticals Company LTD. April, 2002 Organizational Behavior Research - The Effect of Implementing ISO on Both Organizational & Individual Behaviors.

Diploma, Crisis Management
  • at Panorama
  • December 2003
Diploma, Teams Structuring and Projects Planning, Managing and Monitoring
  • at Arab Technology Systems - ATS
  • September 2003

Training course on Team Structuring, managing and team leading.

Diploma, USAID Grants Pre Selection Workshop
  • at Maram Project
  • May 2003

USAID Grants Pre Selection Workshop that covers USAID Proposals’ and Offering Planning; USAID Tendering Management and selcetion

Diploma, Authorized ISO Internal Auditor
  • at Global Consulting Services
  • April 2001

ISO Internal Audit Workshop - Internal Quality Auditor

Diploma, Equipment Acceptance Test
  • at Motorola Integration Center
  • March 2001

Training on the procedures to have the Factory Acceptance Test as well as participated in the equipment inventory and check list control

Diploma, Motorola Waris Mobile Radio Launch and Training
  • at Motorola
  • January 2001
Bachelor's degree, Electronic Engineering
  • at Al-Quds University
  • July 1999

Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering, where i fulfilled all the graduation requirements including graduation project and other research and projects including but not limited to: May, 1999 Batchelor Graduate Project - Ultrasound Scaling System. May, 1999 Biomedical Instrumentation Research - Robotic Surgery. . Dec., 1998 Fiber Optics Project - Design a full Transceiver System in terms of Infra-red Radiations. Dec, 1996 Communication Research - GSM & Mobile Communication.

Diploma, Graduation Training Requirments
  • at Al-Yarmouk University
  • August 1998

45 Days at Electronics and Communications Engineering Departments in order to fulfill the graduation training requirement

High school or equivalent, Tawjihi
  • at St. George's High School
  • August 1994

Tawjihi Scientific Stream

Specialties & Skills

Capacity
Installation
Administration
MS-Office
Internet and e-mailing
Archiving Applications
Team Leading and Networking
MS Word, Typing (25 and 50 wpm) (Arabic and English)
Operating Systems and Networking.
Human Resources Applications
Public Relations
Initiative and Problem Solving

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Hebrew
Intermediate

Memberships

Engineers Association
  • Member
  • August 1999
Project Management Institute - PMI
  • Member
  • June 2005
Community Care Institution
  • Board Member
  • March 2005
Ahli Al-Quds Club
  • Board Member
  • February 2008
Engineers Association
  • Member of Jerusalem Branch committee
  • December 2008
Faisal Husseini Foundation
  • General assembly member
  • December 2007