Mohammed Saed Rasheed, Cash Programming Officer

Mohammed Saed Rasheed

Cash Programming Officer

Oxfam

Location
Palestine
Education
Bachelor's degree, Management Information System
Experience
24 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 11 Months

Cash Programming Officer at Oxfam
  • Palestine - Gaza Strip
  • My current job since August 2021
Projects Coordinator at Islamic Relief
  • Palestine - Gaza Strip
  • March 2019 to August 2021

* Participate in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
* Prepare project proposals, time-frames, schedule and budget
* Facilitates the integration and alignment of project plans and planning activities.
* Develops a project budget and coordinates funding for sustainability.
* Conducts implementation and evaluation of the project.
* Develop a detailed schedule and ensure that all aspects of the project stay on task, including every phase of the project.
* Manage and distribute duties to project team members.
* Responsible for ensuring all aspects of the project adhere to the budget and responsible for presenting expense reports at coordinated meetings. Assesses how each step of project and all labor have affected finances and the overall budget, as well as any cost variances, to ensure that projects stays on track financially.
* Monitor and track project’s progress and handle any issues that arise.
* Facilitates focus groups, conducts site visits, and coordinates efforts.
* Acts as liaison with individuals and groups in targeted rural communities to build a network of community support for partnership projects.
* Produces, compiles, and disseminates project related information and reports.
* Provides regular reports on the status of the project, including a final report.
* Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs.
* Identifies issues and provides advice as it impacts project progression.
* Representing IRPAL in the cluster and international working group meetings.
* Coordinating and networking with all relevant internal and external stakeholders (Local authorities, donors, INGO, Local NGOs, CBOs etc.) to facilitate the implementation of project activities.

Strategic Planning consultant (Consultancy service Contract) at Islamic Relief
  • Palestine - Gaza Strip
  • March 2018 to July 2018

Development of Strategic Plan for Al-Amal Institute for Orphans
- Review of existing strategic plan (achievements and obstacles)
- Review and update situation analysis&stakeholders’ analysis
- Review and update SWOT analysis, conduct an organizational capacity assessment
- Create an action plan and monitoring plan

Projects Coordinator at Islamic Relief
  • Palestine - Gaza Strip
  • December 2011 to February 2018

* Participate in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
* Prepare project proposals, time-frames, schedule and budget
* Facilitates the integration and alignment of project plans and planning activities.
* Develops a project budget and coordinates funding for sustainability.
* Conducts implementation and evaluation of the project.
* Develop detailed schedule and ensure that all aspects of the project stay on task, including every phase of the project.
* Manage and distribute duties to project team members.
* Responsible for ensuring all aspects of the project adhere to the budget and responsible for presenting expense reports at coordinated meetings. Assesses how each step of project and all labor have affected finances and the overall budget, as well as any cost variances, to ensure that projects stays on track financially.
* Monitor and track project’s progress and handle any issues that arise.
* Facilitates focus groups, conducts site visits, and coordinates efforts.
* Acts as liaison with individuals and groups in targeted rural communities to build a network of community support for partnership projects.
* Produces, compiles, and disseminates project related information and reports.
* Provides regular reports on the status of the project, including a final report.
* Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs.
* Identifies issues and provides advice as it impacts project progression.
* Representing IRPAL in cluster and international working group meetings.
* Coordinating and networking with all relevant internal and external stakeholders (Local authorities, donors, INGO, Local NGO, CBOs etc.) to facilitate the implementation of project activities.

IT Officer at Islamic Relief WorldWide - Palestine
  • Palestine - Gaza Strip
  • April 2007 to December 2010

- Manage the operations and activities of the Information Technology Section, including:
* IT Strategy and Planning, IT Procurement, IT Policies & Procedures
* Application and Infrastructure selection, implementation and management.
* Network & Communication Support, Information System Security.
- Lead the development of IT strategy, plans and budgets.
- Develop and communicate IT standards, policies and guidelines. Monitor the consistency, effectiveness and the rollout across the organization.
- Lead the development of the IT architecture and standards throughout IRPAL.
- Identify areas of operation which require hardware or software installations / upgrades, due to changes in technology or operations.
- Evaluate proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements.
- Coordinate with IRPAL departments the implementation of major IT projects.
- Plan and direct the selection and acquisition of reliable, high performance and cost effective hardware and software applications.

Head of Maintenance & Technical Support Sec. at Municipality of Gaza - Computer & Information Center
  • Palestine - Gaza Strip
  • May 2000 to March 2007

- Planning & Leading IT strategy including solutions development, budgeting, network design, helpdesk, and computing functions.
- Planning, directing, and managing the daily IT operations.
- Member of the IT Advisory Board (Ministry of local government). Providing recommendations on technology and methodology standards.
- Determining & controlling the IT budgets and expenditures.
- Responsible for hiring, monitoring the training of new team members.
- Conducting training for the team to achieve the center's goals.
- Managing a technical team consists of 4 engineers and 6 technicians servicing over 450 users in 6 municipality locations.
- Leading the migration team responsible for upgrading the corporate network from Windows 2000 environment to Windows 2003 environment.
- Analyzing and decision making over the team’s performance.
- Preparing reports and presentations for the top management.
- Motivating the team through teamwork, cooperation and social events.

Deputy Head of Maintenance & Technical Support Sec. at Municipality of Gaza - Computer & Information Center
  • Palestine - Gaza Strip
  • July 1998 to April 2000

- Assigning scheduled tasks to the technical team, follow up daily operations.
- Designing and supervising the implementing, testing & managing Layer2 & Layer3 LAN & WAN networks.
- Participating with the procurement department in the process of IT procurement (define the required specifications, evaluate tenders and supervise delivery)
- Leading the migration team responsible for upgrading the corporate network from Win NT, Exchange 5.5 and MS Proxy 2.0 to Win 2000, Exchange 2000, and ISA 2000. This included the migration of 15 servers and 450 desktops. Team consisted of server administrators and desktop support specialists.

Computer Maintenance Engineer at Municipality of Gaza - Computer & Information Center
  • Palestine - Gaza Strip
  • December 1997 to July 1998

- Designing, implementing and testing LAN, WAN networks.
- Responsible of Hardware & Software installation and trouble shooting.
- Defining the technical specification of IT infrastructure that is required for the municipality and follow-up the procurement process.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Management Information System
  • at University of Palestine
  • February 2014

Bachelor's degree in Management Information System

Diploma, MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineer)
  • at MICROSOFT
  • January 2005
Diploma, MCSA (Microsoft Certified System Administrator)
  • at MICROSOFT
  • December 2004
Diploma, MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)
  • at Microsoft
  • June 2004
Diploma, CCDA (Cisco Certified Design Associate)
  • at CISCO
  • November 2002
Diploma, CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
  • at CISCO
  • March 2002
Diploma, Diploma in Computer Engineering
  • at Hasib Institute for Technical Training
  • December 1989

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
IT Operations
IT Solutions
Computer Hardware Troubleshooting
Team Management
MS Word
MicroSoft Visio
SmartDraw
MS Excel

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Project Management for Development Professionals (Project DPro) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017

Hobbies

  • Traveling