Director General, Enrichment Programs
King Abdulaziz Foundation (Mawhiba)
Total years of experience :23 years, 10 Months
A non-profit organisation established by King Abdullah to assist gifted students in Saudi Arabia.
Responsibilities
* Planning of gifted youth enrichment programs and overseeing the delivery to ensure the creation of future Saudi leaders and researchers in line with Vision 2030.
* Taking part in organisational strategic planning activities and cascading the strategy to the team to translate the objectives pertaining to the department into programs and projects.
*Securing extra programs funding in the form of sponsorship and partnerships by leveraging an extensive professional network.
* Implement quality assurance measures to maximize programs output and minimize operational cost.
* Foster a culture of knowledge transfer and teamwork.
* Executing 5 innovative National Programs and developing 25 Enrichment Curriculum's targeting gifted youth, that resulted in more that 300% growth in
enrollment.
A non-profit national centre specialising in assisting Saudi entrepreneur through training, counselling and assistance to obtain financing.
Job Role:
* Work closely with the CEO & Board and participate in policy formulation, decisions, fundraising and increasing the overall visibility of Riyadah.
* Developed and executed continuous improvement plans.
* Established and maintained relationships with various organizations which enabled Riyadah to secure funding and achieve it's strategic goals.
* Achieving great result by increasing the number of small business start-up created by Saudi entrepreneurs.
* Analyze key aspects of proposed business to evaluate the factors driving results which resulted in entrepreneurs success.
* Developed new process for employee evaluation which resulted in marked performance improvements.
Job task:
* Assisting many client organisations in creating visions, missions and strategies.
* Planning, creating and developing policies and objectives for the organisation.
* Designing organisation structures and manuals, job descriptions and HR manuals.
* Implemented innovative programs to increase employee loyalty and reduce turnover.
* Improving client quality and customer satisfaction practice (procedure, service catalog, and customer journey).
* Developed work-flow charts and diagrams to ensure production team compliance with client deadlines.
Research Title: Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia. The objectives of this research are to identify the CSFs for SMEs in Saudi Arabia. Based on the literature review, 20 factors have been identified and subsequently structured into three groups, namely entrepreneurial, enterprise and environmental factors. The study also focuses on the SMEs Support Programme by identifying the current situation and accordingly providing recommendations based on those made by the support providers.
Introduction to research and research methods outline some key areas, such as: 1. Research and research methods Definitions 2. Research approaches 3. Stages of the research process 4. Background reading and information-gathering 5. Data collection 6. Ethical issues in research 7. Data analysis
The Course cover a comprehensive understanding of the subject of performance management and a critical appreciation of how TQM processes can be embedded into business planning and operational management through process orientation and a focus on customer satisfaction. Courses Studied: 1. Total Quality Management 2. Advanced Business Process 3. Principles of Business Excellence 4. Performance management 5. Six Sigma 6. Strategic Management 7. Change Management 8. Benchmarking 9. Performance Measurement
