Zaina Smadi, Livelihood Program manager

Zaina Smadi

Livelihood Program manager

Action Against Hunger

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, Agriculture Economics and Agribusiness Management
Experience
7 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :7 years, 7 Months

Livelihood Program manager at Action Against Hunger
  • Jordan - Madaba
  • July 2020 to November 2020

1: Set up, implement and report on FSL projects
• Identifying humanitarian needs in the field of FSL and in area of activity, this to include the submission of reports pertaining to such matters;
• Identifying the technical constraints associated with the implementation of the projects;
• Proposing innovative technical solutions in response to such constraints;
• The implementation of technical recommendations concerning for projects;
• Supervising programs, by means of internal reports monitoring tools, regular presence in the field, maintenance of a timeline, monthly review of the budget
• Maintaining the profile of both the funding agency and ACF on the project sites;
• Preparing in time to meet deadlines the FSL components of external and internal reports relating to projects;
• Identifying and implementing safety measures for both the teams and the wider population.
2: Contribute to the quality, accountability and impact measurement process of FSL program
• Promoting and taking part in the evaluation of the impact of project (external assessment);
• Promoting and contributing to learning and improvement of quality (internal evaluation and joint visits);
• Implementing complaints procedures for ethical and transparency reasons, particularly in respect of the beneficiary populations;
• Ensuring that a double KAP survey is put in place (baseline/final).
3: Participate in the coordination, representation and partnerships of ACF in area of intervention
• Participation in visits by funding bodies
• Representing ACF and ensuring coordination with partners, the authorities, agencies of the United Nations and NGOs in Solid Waste Management sector, in collaboration with the Field Coordinator
• Contributing to the process of selecting partners, formalizing partnerships and enhancing their capabilities
• Reinforcing the FSL capabilities of partners.

4: Supervise and manage the team
• Determining size and recruitment of team;
• Team management (leadership, monitoring, motivation);
• Evaluation of team members;
• Staff development of team members.

Program Manager at Action Against Hunger (ACF)
  • Jordan - Zarqa
  • February 2017 to December 2019

1: Set up, implement and report on FSL projects
• Identifying humanitarian needs in the field of FSL and in area of activity, this to include the submission of reports pertaining to such matters;
• Identifying the technical constraints associated with the implementation of the projects;
• Proposing innovative technical solutions in response to such constraints;
• The implementation of technical recommendations concerning for projects;
• Supervising programs, by means of internal reports monitoring tools, regular presence in the field, maintenance of a timeline, monthly review of the budget
• Maintaining the profile of both the funding agency and ACF on the project sites;
• Preparing in time to meet deadlines the FSL components of external and internal reports relating to projects;
• Identifying and implementing safety measures for both the teams and the wider population.
2: Contribute to the quality, accountability and impact measurement process of FSL program
• Promoting and taking part in the evaluation of the impact of project (external assessment);
• Promoting and contributing to learning and improvement of quality (internal evaluation and joint visits);
• Implementing complaints procedures for ethical and transparency reasons, particularly in respect of the beneficiary populations;
• Ensuring that a double KAP survey is put in place (baseline/final).
3: Participate in the coordination, representation and partnerships of ACF in area of intervention
• Participation in visits by funding bodies
• Representing ACF and ensuring coordination with partners, the authorities, agencies of the United Nations and NGOs in Solid Waste Management sector, in collaboration with the Field Coordinator
• Contributing to the process of selecting partners, formalizing partnerships and enhancing their capabilities
• Reinforcing the FSL capabilities of partners.

4: Supervise and manage the team
• Determining size and recruitment of team;
• Team management (leadership, monitoring, motivation);
• Evaluation of team members;
• Staff development of team members.

5: Contribute to deliberations on strategy and the positioning of the FSL Department
•Ongoing, systematic and thorough analysis of the humanitarian situation in respect of FSL and of the context of Solid waste management intervention;
•Internal dissemination of information gathered and its analysis to the Field Coordinator and the Head of Department;
•Taking part in the determination of strategy in area of activity and sectorial strategy at national level;
•Taking knowledge of transversal problems associated with FSL initiatives (HIV, Gender issues, Disaster Management, Environment, Handicap, etc.).


Achievements
•Support in the establishment of new base for ACF intervention in Azraq town.
•Plan, construct and run a sorting and composting unit in Azraq town as a pioneer environmental business.
•Engage more than 50 vulnerable Jordanians and Syrians in the CfWs program.
•Build the capacity of a local municipality and two local cooperatives to be able to manage solid waste management businesses.
•Conduct intensive awareness sessions and public events to increase the awareness of the solid waste management best practices for more than 11, 000 people.

Program Officer at Princess Basma Youth Resource Center / Jordan Hashimaite Fund for Human Development
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2015 to November 2016

Duties
• Prepare the overall work plans for the program,
• Manage a local youth network for JOHUD (youth committees’ network),
• Conduct a national election for more than 3000 members of the local network,
• Mange youth project that aims to building youth capacities through life skills trainings, Youth-Led initiatives, Debate clubs, Media and innovation labs,
• Facilitate youth trainings as Basic life skills, Training of Trainers “TOT”, etc,
• Manage five employability centers,
• Reporting for the overall program activities in monthly bases,
• Monitor and evaluate all projects to ensure the quality of implemented activities and take corrective actions when needed,
• Use the research approach in all program activities,
• Maintain the sustainability of the program, and
• Write-up new proposals to sustain the finished activities.

Project Coordinator at JOHUD
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2013 to December 2014

For Youth and Civic Engagement Program, at (PBYRC) \ (JOHUD), Amman, Jordan

Duties
•Create regional youth network named “Electron”.
•Prepare a youth polling questionnaires targeted youth and youth organizations.
•Analyze and publish the result for the questionnaires to help in establishing new youth-based organizations.
•Mange the regional youth network.
•Build youth capacities who are part of this network.
•Prepare a map for the Youth-Based organizations which created for youth in Amman, Zarqa, Tafilah and Ma’an (Mapping the youth networks’ activities in the most marginalized areas).
•Conduct regional and local conferences that help youth in the network to share their experience within the same regional youth network.
•Enhance youth to successfully networking at the local level as well as the regional level.
•Report the network activities in monthly, quarterly and annual bases.
•Monitor and evaluate the achieved targets in reference to the planned targets.
•Create new ways to maintain the sustainability of the network.

Achievements
•Successfully managed the regional youth network.
•33 youth organization participated in the youth polling questionnaire.
•203 youth are part of Jordan youth network.

Trainer at JOHUD
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2013 to June 2013

• Support the team in reviewing the life skills manual which created by PBYRC for Syrians in the camps.
• Coordinate for the training sessions.
• Guide Syrian instructors to build their capacities in order to create a core team of Syrian trainers.
• Create new activities for Syrian adolescents and enhance them to positively participate in Civic services initiatives.

Intern
  • August 2012 to February 2013

Youth and Environment Program", at (PBYRC) \ (JOHUD), Amman, Jordan

Duties
•Coordinate for workshops.
•Conduct training related to the program and PBYRC.
•Create new ideas to implement it in the program project which achieving project sustainability.
•Evaluate the ideas of the program projects to choose the sustainable ideas.
•Address the success stories in the program on the social medial tools.
•Interact with beneficiaries to advertise the program and PBYRC.
•Document all program activates and events.
•Assist the program officer in the administration tasks.

Achievements
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Education

Master's degree, Agriculture Economics and Agribusiness Management
  • at Jordan University
  • June 2018
Bachelor's degree, Agriculture Economics and Agribusiness Management
  • at Jordan University
  • June 2012

Factually of agriculture, Business Management

High school or equivalent, Agriculture Economics and Agribusiness Management
  • at Dahet Al-Rashed School
  • June 2008

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Specialties & Skills

Business
Training and Development
Food Security
Project Management
Solid Waste
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