Zainab Tahir, Cultural Advisor

Zainab Tahir

Cultural Advisor

FSI-US Goverment

Location
United States
Education
Bachelor's degree, English Littreture
Experience
19 years, 4 months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 4 months

Cultural Advisor at FSI-US Goverment
  • United States
  • My current job since October 2009

I help in training US personnel getting ready to deploy to Iraq to serve on US Provincial Reconstruction Teams. My work Location is on Arlington, VA with Marianne Goodwin, President of Goodwin International LLC, and Negotiation Trainer

6355 Walker L. at INOVA Health System
  • United States
  • My current job since July 2008

I work as a customer service specialist. My Duties include, Collect patients COP, answer phones, scheduling appointments, dealing with Insurance Companies for the benefit of patients and much other admin stuff, besides, I share my language abilities professionally to help customers at work.

Contractor specieliest at Joint Contracting Command
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • March 2004 to October 2007

• Served in wartime contingency environment as an Administrative Contracting Officer. This Contingency Contract Administration Services (CCAS) was in support of the Joint Contracting Command of Iraq's reconstruction mission.
• Possesses organizational skills as an administrative contracting officer. Contributed in the auditing process of more than 40, 000 contracts, closing more than 30, 000 and securing more than $119M in reusable money for the reconstruction effort. Skilled in cross-cultural relations. Directly supported the reconstruction effort with the strategic goal of closing 3653 Developmental Funds of Iraq (DFI) contracts valued at $2B, and its transition to the Iraqi government. Exercised tact and consideration while dealing with authority and cross cultural relationships.
• Served as a cultural expert for Governance support team with the responsibility of providing instruction, information on perception, religious customs gender issues and Moral/value norms within the Iraqi culture.
• close out contracts auditing, and return the excess payment to the Government

Education

Bachelor's degree, English Littreture
  • at Baghdad Univ
  • July 1998

Specialties & Skills

Government
Governance
Training
Organizational Skills
Negotiation