Program Manager
Commission for Social Safety and Poverty Reduction - Sudanese Federal Ministry of Social Development
Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months
Mother and Child Cash Transfer (MCCT+) Program.
Is a social protection program aiming to support woman and children during the 1000 days of life from the ongoing economic reforms, which has a direct effect in woman and children malnutrition.
The program is leading by the Commission for Social Safety and Poverty Reduction - Sudanese Federal Ministry of Social Development, with technical support from UNICEF Sudan. And funding by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through KfW Development Bank.
The first phase of the program will cover 50, 000 pregnant and lactating woman in both Red Sea and Kassala states with some of the highest levels of childhood malnutrition in Sudan.
Main job description:
1. Lead the implementation and supervise.
2. Follow up, review and provide direction to state level.
3. Develop and manage a detailed program budget, schedule, work plan & field monitoring.
4. Coordinate the MCCT program with other social protection initiatives by the Government and relevant development partners
5. Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement.
6. Continues field visits for follow up and monitoring.
- Identifying problems, determining solutions and implementing changes.
- Scheduling of the Minister’s timing.
- Planning and coordinating all Minister Files, meetings, speeches, events and other activities
including the politically sensitive and/or controversial nature.
- Public, business, government and international communication including calls, emails, meetings, online meetings and all other communication channels.
- Responsible for the interpretation and application of policies and procedures of the Minister.
- Decision making authority relates to office operations, independently composing replies to
correspondence on a regular, on-going basis and independently arranging for materials.
- Accountability includes researching, compiling and coordinating appropriate materials to ensure the Minister is properly prepared to participate in meetings, events and
announcements.
- Supervising office staff and is accountable for prioritization and delegation of workload,
coaching and training of staff, managing attendance and performance and
overseeing/participating in recruitment and selection activities.
- Assist in the preparation of cabinet papers on issues pertaining to industry and trade
requiring cabinet approval or support.
- Managing projects and submitting regular update reports to the Minister and other related firms including the Ministers Council.
- Planning, organizing, managing and delivering all Minister Media interviews, social media
pages, materials and contents.
- Establish the Market Research Department.
- Plays a leadership role in setting marketing objectives, strategies and business principles by
providing guidance to business team in identifying and articulating key business issues and knowledge gaps, and in finding opportunities for the assigned brands.
- Provides complete marketing research project support to assigned brands through
identification of appropriate research objectives, directing resources in executing projects against same & Leads more strategic and complex research.
- Ensures proper focus and prioritization of marketing research resources against assigned
brand needs and help ensure that the right “team” resources from other functions are
brought to bear on brand needs.
- Ensures that marketing conclusions and recommendations for all research conducted are clearly communicated, bringing the research conclusions of studies directly to bear on the
marketing issues and opportunities.
- Develops and articulates new consumer insights, ensureslearning’s are understood
by the team & participates in identifying the strategically valuable consumer.
- Demonstrates ownership of product and credible business sense, uses this business
knowledge and strategic thinking ability to help direct the interpretation, use, and
implications of consumer, marketplace, competitive and environmental information to
improve business decisions and knowledge base for future strategic planning.
- Collaborate with stakeholders throughout the division to assess and prioritize business
intelligence and reporting needs, develop key performance indicators and dashboards
and deliver reporting and analytic solutions to stakeholders providing data-driven
insight into business performance, issues and initiatives.
- Manage daily / weekly / monthly / quarterly / annual analytics reporting to enable the
business to operate transparently and efficiently while capitalizing on insights to track
revenue success/opportunities.
- Help & support the stakeholders to understand the market share, opportunities,
challenges &complete map all over Sudan “Khartoum & Upcountry”.
- Fully understand the competitors view in the market including stock, marketing activities,
prices, product type, services available & profile. This will support the stakeholders to lead the companies to the first line from the competitors.
- Qualitative & Quantitative Marketing Research Project
- Analysis & Reporting
- Modulation
- Field Planning & Managing
- Improve the company market position and achieve business growth.
- Heading up expansion in new markets as well as expansion among existing clients
- Builds key customer relationships, identifies business opportunities.
- Maintains extensive knowledge of current market conditions.
- Manage existing clients and ensure they stay satisfied and positive.
- Building relationships with existing clients in an attempt to ensure them satisfaction.
My Duties and Responsibilities include:
-All the office management duties and tasks.
-Managing & Controlling the Market Research Projects work follow process in collaborate with my colleague.
-Prepare & Manage all the financial issues.
-Working some times with the field survey teams as data collectors, supervisor, and quality control as a motivation work.
-Most of the Internal & External communication & public relations tasks.
-Prepare and submit the market research breakdown and proposals with my colleague.
-Prepare, Organize, Select and Train the Market research projects team.
-Data Cleaning, Analysis & Reporting.
-Worked as Moderator for many Focus Groups and did many In-Depth Interviews.
-Any other task present to any new issue.
- Assist in Market Research Projects through direct team managing & controlling.
- Market Research Projects data collection, quality control, data entry & cleaning.
- Prepare and submit the market research breakdown and proposals with my colleague.
- Prepare & Manage all the financial issues.
- Most of the Internal & External communication & public relations tasks.
- Responsible for all office daily management activities.
- Any other task present to any new issue.
I came back to work with CAFA after i lefted my job at Basant, where i playing my old role with new tasks as the following:
-Volunteer at most of the organization offices with active role at all it activities.
-Participate as participant at many of the organization workshop, lectures, courses and days.
-Present the organization at many events and formal meeting & events.
-Prepared and facilitated at many events including workshop, lectures, courses, and open days at many field like health, peace, human rights, education, election, personnel development and public relation.
-Prepared and submitted of many projects proposals for many national and international NGO inside and out side Sudan.
-Work as project Assistant for many health, human rights, income generation, and other projects.
-Participate on Ahfad University Rural Extension Field Trip as a trip supervisor, which was include 15 students.
My main Duties & Responsibilities was:
-Managing & Organizing the work plan & time table.
-Preparing all the project proposal & plans.
-Participate in preparing, design and finishing of the company magazine "Basant International Magazine".
-Khartoum Financial Investment Forum done by Basant International Institution in collaborated with Khartoum Financial Stock Market at Al-Salam Rotanaa Hotel from 21 - 22 February 2010, where i was responsible from: prepared & finalized the KFIF Proposal and recommendation, prepared all the related papers, contact & follow-up all the international & national participants, follow-up & organize the internal management duties.
-Volunteer at most of the organization offices with active role at all it activities.
-Participate as participant at many of the organization workshop, lectures, courses and days.
-Present the organization at many events and formal meeting & events.
-Prepared and facilitated at many events including workshop, lectures, courses, and open days at many field like health, peace, human rights, education, election, personnel development and public relation.
-Prepared and submitted of many projects proposals for many national and international NGO inside and out side Sudan.
-Work as project team member for many health, human rights, income generation, and other projects.
I was graduated on 2010, but up to now i have one course that i didn't finished it. that was because during that year i stopped every things according to my MAM infected with breast cancer & the surgeries and then to take care for her till it death on 2-4-2011 Now i came back to university as carry over student in order to finalize it and get my certificate.
