Suliman Mahir, Senior Program Officer

Suliman Mahir

Senior Program Officer

Silatech

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Public Policy and Management
Experience
11 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 11 Months

Senior Program Officer at Silatech
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since August 2015

Senior Program officer at Silatech, a nonprofit that works to create jobs and expand economic opportunities for young people throughout the Arab world:

- Managed the ‘Ta3mal’ initiative, the Middle East’s first online employability portal, reaching over a million youth in the region.
- Established programs in the MENA region leading to the creation of over 30, 000 employment opportunities across 10 countries.
- Coordinated global, regional and national partnerships between public, private, NGO, and the public sector.
- Responsible for the regular analysis and presentation of complex data sets relating to project performance.

Program Officer at Silatech
  • Qatar - Doha
  • March 2013 to July 2015

Promoted to the position of Program Officer following a six-month consultancy, expansion of roles and responsibilities:

- Drove Monitoring and Evaluation efforts measuring program efficiency and efficacy
- Developed and submitted detailed SRS documentation used in development of regions first online employability platform.
- Point of contact for international, regional and local partnerships.
- Developed program manuals and best practice documentation used in projects across 8 countries

Consultant at Silatech
  • Qatar - Doha
  • September 2012 to February 2013

- Launched Qatar Ta3mal, a local employability platform that provides youth with access to E-learning, work opportunities and career guidance tools and assessments.
- Managed Social Media channels, created and implemented social media strategy primarily through Facebook.
- Led content development on multinational youth employability platform (Ta3mal.com)

Intern at Silatech
  • Qatar - Doha
  • June 2012 to August 2012

- Part of an international team that launched the Arab region's first 'Employability' platform.
- Created engaging content for an innovative, first of its kind youth employability online platform.

Education

Master's degree, Public Policy and Management
  • at University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies
  • December 2016
Bachelor's degree, International Politics
  • at Georgetown University
  • May 2012

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Program Design
Research
Proposal Writing
Project Management
Microsoft Office
Development Projects
Economic Development / Employment Projects

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker
French
Beginner