Farah Kamal, Research and Development Specialist

Farah Kamal

Research and Development Specialist

BePro Consultancy

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, Occupational and Business Psychology
Experience
8 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 3 Months

Research and Development Specialist at BePro Consultancy
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since March 2018

-Conduct research and develop material for human development training to meet organisational needs.
-Research and present new initiatives and products for HR consultancy.
-Develop and implement research and development procedures and techniques.
-Assess the scope of research projects and ensure that they are on time and within budget.

Middle School Counselor at Modern American school
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2014 to July 2015

Main responsibilities:

•Deliver advisory classes (peer pressure, bullying, time management...etc)
•Develop methods and teach students how to cope with bullying, study and test taking skills
•One on One/Group counceling services
•Communication, problem-solving, decision-making and conflict resolution
•One on one parent conferencing
•At-risk student identification and implementation of interventions to enhance success
•Adhoc requests
•Assisting the floor coordinator …………….
•Hallway invigilator during exams period
•Review papers for Ministry Of Education
•Substitute for teacher In the absence of the regular classroom teacher to help students to learn subject matter and/or skills that are required for scheduled lessons and to provide meaningful instruction for assigned classrooms.

S.A.T. proctor at Amideast
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2014 to June 2015

Main responsibilities:
•Assists with the protection of secure, highly confidential and valuable documents by maintaining logs and testing files.
•Counts tests; places tests in numerical order; distributes answer sheets and test booklets.
•Verifies candidates' identification and seats them appropriately.
•Checks for breaches of test security and notifies supervisor in difficult situations.
•Assists in clarifying test instructions for candidates
•Collects test materials at end of testing period.

homeroom teacher at Amman Academy School
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2013 to July 2014

Main responsibilities:

•Implementing the Preschool Year Program (PYP), part of the International bacalureate, by developing and planning Units of Inquiry (UoI). These form the basis for the teaching curriculum as they are designed to trigger enquireies by the learner.
•Responsible for developing workshop activities that reflect classroom environment and input into the UoI modification using concept based ideas rather than toppic based.
•Facilitate learning by meeting learner’s needs individually.
•Working within a team of three supervising and teaching KG students.

Education

Master's degree, Occupational and Business Psychology
  • at Kingston University
  • October 2017
Bachelor's degree, Psychology
  • at Lebanese American UniversityModern American School
  • June 2013

Child psychology, social psychology, mind and behaviour, development across lifespan, biological basis of behaviour, introduction to human rights, theories of learning, theories of personality, psychology of youth, abnormal psychology, exceptional child, counseling theories. Senior study – psychology; dissertation title: Attitudes of youth toward seeking professional psychological help. Grade: B

Specialties & Skills

SUPERVISORY SKILLS
Proficient communication skills
Continuous eager learner
Computer literacy : Microsoft Office

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Spanish
Intermediate

Memberships

British Psychological Society
  • Test User: Occupational Ability Qualification
  • April 2017

Training and Certifications

Certificate in Occupational ability test user (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2017
Strengthschope Energizing Peak Performance: Strengthscope practitioner certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2016
Professional development (Training)
Training Institute:
Modern American School
Making the PYP happen (Training)
Training Institute:
Amman Academy School
Professional development (Training)
Training Institute:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Hobbies

  • Piano
    Grade 4, The Associated Board of the Royal schools of Music
  • Soccer fan
  • Reading