lana halassa, project manager

lana halassa

project manager

Location
Jordan
Education
High school or equivalent, The Average of General Secondary Certificate:
Experience
13 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 5 Months

project manager
  • My current job since November 2022

- Key Responsibilities: 1. Ensure that all project's goals and activities are delivered on-time within scope and within budget 2. Coordinate and supervise all project activities in close collaboration with the Operations Manager and technical advisors and coordinators 3. Ensure coordination with local partners and international actors 4. Coordinate and supervise local partner activities 5. Prepare detailed planning and reporting of project activities including (human resources, risk mapping, schedule, budget, quality control) 6. Assess procurement needs, coordinate and supervise the correctness of WV finance/admin procedures in line with the donor and in close collaboration with Finance and Logistic/Procurement Manager; 7. Ensure that soft and hard records are kept for all procurement contracts (services, goods, works); 8. Ensure timely and supervise project payments; 9. Monitor expenditure, budgets and expenses tracking activities for the project, address under/over expenditure as necessary 10. Coordinate for payment of regular expenses, payment schedule and installments to contractors related to the project 11. Prepare monthly financial planning related to the project

WASH/ Renewable Project Manager Engineer
  • January 2021 to February 2023

World Vision International, A Korean funded project.
-Key Responsibilities: 14. Being responsible for Budget, Reporting and implementation monitoring. 15. Leading the communication with the governmental stakeholders and select the targeted schools and locations. 16. Design and supervise the technical aspect of the system construction by supplier/ contractor according to the agreed budget in the proposal. 17. Liaison with local contractors/partners and communities on project implementation and supervision. 18. Prepare Daily progress reports outlining project activities 19. Work closely with procurement department for ordering key supplies. 20. Prepare detailed technical designs and estimates related to construction 21. Conduct assessments of Schools and beneficiaries for the suitability of the interventions 22. Carry out field-level technical assessments and data analysis 23. Supervise field-level WASH infrastructure works related to the project (e.g. supervision of contractors and suppliers

Technical WASH Officer
  • August 2020 to January 2021

Working as Technical WASH Officer with Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)/SRO office supporting the most vulnerable people in Idleb camps in North of Syria.
-Key responsibilities 1. Ensure compliance with NRC polices, guidelines & standards. 2. Ensure compliance with WASH strategy, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards. 3. WASH specific technical responsibilities for implementation of technical activities, quality control and monitoring of ongoing activities. 4. Provide required technical support and capacity building for project staff. 5. Provide specific technical analysis and prepare reports. 6. Ensure the project target beneficiaries most in need

Acting Program Manager at World Vision
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2019 to February 2020

Working as an Acting Program Manager with World Vision Organization for YOUTH RESOLVE project funded by the European Union (MADAD Trust Fund).
-Key responsibilities: 1. Finalize the MADAD Youth Resolve WASH component activities & reporting. 2. Maintain effective project reporting, evaluation and communication systems. 3. Coordinate the monthly reports among all units and submit it on time. 4. Manage Program budget within approved spending levels & ensure accurate and timely financial reports internally. 5. Ensure project expenses are reasonable, allocated as per assigned budget, prudent and spent in accordance with donor rules & regulations to ensure low risk audits. 6. Coordinate with the MEAL department to implement the Youth Resolve MEAL plan. 7. Coordinate the Remedial Education unit staff & make sure they work towards archiving the set objective. 8. Support the livelihood unit under Youth Resolve when needed & coordinate with the livelihood coordinator for reporting. 9. Represent Youth Resolve in meetings inside & outside WV. 10. Attend & contribute to the regular coordination meetings for Youth Resolve Consortium. 11. Maintain the project's library and make sure needed documentation and files are stored in the right place.

Senior WASH Engineer at World Vision Organization.
  • April 2018 to August 2019

- Key responsibilities: Being responsible of the WASH component in YOUTH RESOLVE project funded by the European Union (MADAD Trust Fund), The Youth RESOLVE consortium aims to strengthen youth resilience and empower youth as leading actors in post-conflict reconstruction in three countries: Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. The Action focuses on improving the capacity of refugee, host communities and IDP youth to participate in economic and social life and mitigate conflict in their communities through context specific activities including livelihoods, education, social cohesion, youth-led programs to upgrade community level infrastructure and peace building activities. including: 1. Prepare all the required reports to the line manager and to the donor. 2. Prepare the MOUs with the related ministries (MOE and MOSD), and do the required follow up. 3. Create the required templates and assessments tools to facilitate the selection of targeted schools and centers to receive the WASH facilities rehabilitation. 4. Conduct various sites visits, prepare the required BOQs. 5. Leading the tendering process and contribute with procurement department to select the implementing contractor. 6. Daily follow up on the work schedule and make the works are implemented as the required BOQs, Specifications, drawings and within the allocated budget and time.

Deputy WASH Manager at CAREInternational/South Syria Office in Jordan
  • January 2016 to March 2018

Being responsible for WASH project funded by OFDA (OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE) to support conducting different activities in south Syria (Dar'a & Al Qunatira Governorates) to support the people affected by the war and the crises.
-Key Responsibilities: 1. Ensure conducting the proposed activities of the project to meet the dead lines and get the targeted number of beneficiaries. Activities are:
•Rehabilitation of 12 wells
•Installation of 12 solar pumps
•Installing 200 small-scale bulk water storage (1 cubic meter) tanks
•Installing 5 bulk water storage tanks
•Water trucking for 90 days
•Construction of 120 gender-segregated latrines with cleaning kits
•Desludging of 250 septic tanks
•Conducting Hygiene promotion messages 2. Manage, monitoring and controlling remotely the Engineers working in site and provide them with the required assistance. 3. Work collaboratively with local partners to define aims and objectives of WASH activities and support them to conduct RNA (Rapid need assessment) and to determine priorities and immediate activities and resources. 4. With guidance from the WASH Program Manager, ensure that:
-Issues of protection, gender, livelihoods, DRR and environmental impact, operation and maintenance and sustainability are factored into the program design. - Sphere standards both qualitative and quantitative are considered and any departures documented. 5. Manage day-to-day activities with partner. 6. Provide on-going regular technical support to implementing partners to ensure that WASH activities are completed correctly and on time. 7. Organize with the Procurement & Logistics Team materials and support needed for all activities. 8. Under the direction of the WASH Program Manager, provide WASH training and capacity building for local partners in relevant areas including Water Safety Plans (water quality testing and monitoring) and hygiene promotion/community mobilization. 9. Working closely with the M&E team, review partner data and reports and assist in the preparation of donor reports for WASH projects and WASH activities of multi-sector projects. 10. Provide regular updates to CARE WASH Program Manager and team on progress, priorities and constraints - verbally and in writing.

WASH Engineer
  • September 2014 to January 2016

humanitarian organization working in nearly 100 countries, dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice), being responsible in different projects as follows;

WASH Engineer
  • January 2015 to January 2016

Affairs, Trade and Development for the project (Emergency WASH-Friendly schools and education support in Jordan).
-Key Responsibilities: 1. Participating in preparing selection criteria documentation to :
-Select 34 schools to receive the sanitation unit and water supply rehabilitation also hygiene promotion activities.
-Select students' families who will participate in the conditional CASH programming and will get additional water tank/container 2. Participating in preparing detailed implementation plan (DIP) for the whole project and covering all related activities which are related to the technical part. 3. Preparing the procurement plan for the technical part and summarize all what is needed to implement the rehabilitation of sanitation units in 34 and providing water tanks for 500 households. 4. Preparing General specification and BOQs for the project. 5. Conducting the technical assessment for WASH and sanitation units schools selected to be rehabilitated. 6. Ensure the implementation of Water and sanitation schemes as per approved design, quality and quantity as per the designs 7. Participate in conducting maintenance sessions for the schools' beneficiaries.

Supervisor WASH Engineer
  • January 2014 to June 2015

Syrian Refugees for the project (Emergency Response to Syrian Refugees and their Host Communities in Jordan)..
-Key Responsibilities:

Supervisor WASH Engineer
  • September 2014 to October 2014

sanitation units in 100 schools funded by Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development for the project (Emergency Response to Syrian Refugees and their Host Communities in Jordan).
-Key Responsibilities: 1. Ensure the implementation of Water and sanitation schemes as per approved design. 2. Ensure the quality and quantity of material of water and sanitation schemes as per design. 3. Ensure timely and efficient monitoring and evaluation of project activities. 4. Prepare technical drawings, BOQ, specifications for water and sanitation infrastructure. 5. Preparing and checking contractors' down payments and guarantees. 6. Helping in preparing Final Report and documentation to submit to the Canadian Donor.

Documents Control Engineer
  • October 2011 to October 2012

Working as a Documents Control Engineer at Jordan schools project (JSP); (AlMarj basic girls school, approximate cost is 5 million US $). Funded by USAID, with Camp, Dresser and Makee - CDM International inc.; it is an American one Billion company.
-Key Responsibilities: 1. Following up site construction process, through daily, weekly and monthly reports, also recording minutes of meetings and meeting notes.

Education

High school or equivalent, The Average of General Secondary Certificate:
  • March 2023

Bachelor's degree, B.S.c in Civil Engineering
  • at Mutah University
  • January 2011

Specialties & Skills

Civil Engineering
Legal Translation
CONSTRUCTION
PROCUREMENT
COMMUNICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT (CDM) REGULATIONS
LIBRARY
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
REGISTRATION EVALUATION AUTHORISATION AND RESTRICTION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) REGULATIONS
SUSTAINABILITY

Languages

Korean
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Arabic
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English
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