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RESUME OF   A. K. M. MAMUNUR RASHID

A.         PERSONAL INFORMATION                 

Name                                              :           A. K. M. Mamunur Rashid

Mailing Address                              :          Training and Awareness Raising Specialist

                                                                      (Team Leader-Service Delivery)

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP)

Ministry of Food and Disaster Management

Disaster Management and Relief Bhaban (6^th Floor)

92-93, Mohakhali Commercial Area

Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.

Email:   mamunur.rashid@cdmp.org.bd

Telephone Numbers                                     88-02-9890937 (9:00 am to 4:30 pm BD time, Sunday to Thursday)

                                                                  88-01714-083937 (cell phone, available in 24 hours and 7 days a week)

Permanent Address                         :           92, North Khal Bank Road, Khulna-9100, Bangladesh

Date of Birth                                   :           09 November 1971.

Nationality                                       :           Bangladeshi by birth.

Sex and Marital Status                     :           Male, Married. 

B.         EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION

 1.       Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (Institute of Bangladesh Studies, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh) (Dissertation is submitted before Examination Committee, degree yet to be awarded)

Dissertation Title: “Food and Nutrition System of a Marginal Peasant Community in Bangladesh-An Anthropological Study”.

Course Works: Bangladesh: History, Politics, Economy and Culture, Demography, Anthropology, Social Work, Research Methodology, Geography of Bangladesh and Folklore.

 2.       Masters of Social Science in Anthropology (Obtained from Jahangirnagar University in 1996).

Major area of study: Anthropology of Development, Recent Trends in Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, Research Monograph.

 3.       Bachelor of Social Science with Honors in Anthropology (Obtained from Jahangirnagar University in 1995).

Major area of study: Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Bangladesh Economics, Study of Map, Economic Geography, Physical Geography, Cultural Geography, Introduction to Anthropology, Theories in Anthropology, Traditional Society and Technological Change, Bangladesh Agrarian Structure, Peasant Society, Research Methodology, Gender Development, Contemporary Issues in Anthropology, Other Culture, Bangladesh: History, Society and Culture, Political Anthropology, Economic Anthropology, Development Anthropology, Radical Anthropology.

 C.         SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL SKILL

 Area of Experiences and Expertise:

·         Preparation of Country Paper/Long Term Strategy Plan/ National Plans of Action

·         Development of National/Regional Framework of Action

·         Community Disaster Risk Assessment & Disaster Risk Reduction Program Development

·         Community Based Disaster Risk Management

·         Design of Awareness and Advocacy Campaign

·         Development of Communication Strategy

·         Project Management and Staff Supervision

·         Human Rights, Advocacy, and Partnership

·         Policy Analysis

·         Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Tools Development

·         Multi-Criteria Assessment of Programme Evaluation

·         Disaster Risk Reduction Training Curriculum Development

·         Capacity Building of Local Level Disaster Management Committees

·         Climate Change induced vulnerability reduction programme

·         Multi-Exposure Analysis of Vulnerabilities

Summary of Experiences:

I have graduated in Anthropology, and submitted Ph.D. dissertation in the field of Anthropology of Food Security, presently working in UNDP Bangladesh as Community Risk Reduction Specialist in its Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme since October 2004. I have ten years experience in development organizations and had a part-time teaching position in the Urban and Rural Planning Discipline in Khulna University, Bangladesh. I have working experience in program development, program implementation, program management and research. My key experience, expertise and interest lies in the field of disaster risk reduction, climate change induced vulnerabilities, communication and advocacy, human rights, rights based approach, working with children, disability and development, livelihood and food security, and rural development. I have several publications in reputed journals and organizations. I have also received a good number of professional training from different organizations. In my carrier life, I have worked in several local, national and international NGOs in the area of training, awareness raising, human rights, advocacy, environmental risks and vulnerabilities, disability and development, health care system, community nutrition, child rights, forest dependent livelihoods, sex workers human rights and climate change. I have expertise in disaster risk analysis, vulnerability assessment, community based programme, national and regional program designing, monitoring and evaluation, socio-economic study, partnership development, and operationalization of Rights Based Approach (RBA) into programming.

Computer Skill:

·       Microsoft Word with typing speeds 25 wpm in English layout and 20 wpm in Bangla Bijoy layout

·       Microsoft Excel

·       Microsoft Power Point

·       Basic Training in SPSS 10.0

·       Self-Practice in GIS (ArcView 3.2)

·       Visual Basic 6.0

·       Microsoft Access

·       Internet Browsing

Language Proficiency:

·         Bangla: Mother tongue.

·         English: Fluency in written and verbal communications.

 Other Skills:

Photographic Skill

Professional Radio and Television Script Writing

Debating Skill

 D.         SUMMARY OF RELEVANT EXPERIENCES: 

1.       Total Year of Job Experience:                    Ten Years.

 2.       Summary of Employment Record:

E.        DETAILED EMPLOYMENT RECORD

CURRENT JOB

Training and Awareness Raising Specialist (Team Leader-Service Delivery), Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP), UNDP Bangladesh (Since October 2006)

Major Job Description

Assist Ministry of Food and Disaster Management and its agencies (Disaster Management Bureau (DMB), Directorate of Relief and Rehabilitation (DRR) and Directorate of Food) to shift their programmatic approach from response to risk reduction that the disaster management mechanism of Bangladesh Government become more comprehensive in nature and risk reduction oriented. Thus to provide technical support to deliver services of DMB (Trainings) and DRR (Risk Assessment) through mobilizing a team of technical advisors and continuous coordination and consultation with MOFDM, DMB and DRR stakeholders. The TARS will also oversee the activities of CDMP at community level to the disaster management committees and other stakeholders in building their capacities for taking risk reduction programme at community level, develop standard community risk assessment guidelines and build the capacity of District Relief and Rehabilitation Officers (DRROs), Project Implementation Officers (PIOs) and Key Persons of different Disaster Management Committees (DMCs) on risk assessment and risk reduction planning.

·       Development of Service Delivery Model and Implementation Plans

·       Strategic Meeting with Donors, GO and NGOs

·       Build Strategic and Implementing Partnership

·       Support the MoFDM in developing and revising National Disaster Management Plans, Standing Order on Disaster Management, Professional Development Plans for MoFDM and its agencies (DMB and DRR) staff

·       Support MoFDM Leaders in preparing Country Paper for International Conferences and Workshops

PAST EXPERIENCES 

Program Experiences 

October 2004 to October 2006

Community Risk Reduction Specialist, Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP), UNDP Bangladesh

Major Job Description

Assist Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) and Directorate of Relief and Rehabilitation (DRR) to shift their programmatic approach from response to risk reduction that the disaster management mechanism of Bangladesh Government become more comprehensive in nature and risk reduction oriented. Thus to review the roles and responsibilities of community level disaster management committees and other stakeholders and building capacity of these committees for taking risk reduction programme at community level, develop standard community risk assessment guidelines and build the capacity of District Relief and Rehabilitation Officers (DRROs), Project Implementation Officers (PIOs) and Key Persons of different Disaster Management Committees (DMCs) on risk assessment and risk reduction planning.

Working experience and skill performed in the current Job:

·       Development of National Tsunami Risk Reduction Plan of Action for Bangladesh

·       Technical Assistance to UNESCO country capacity assessment team for development of Indian Ocean Countries (IOC) Tsunami Early Warning System

·       Facilitate coordination mechanism for delivering community based programmes of DRR (training on risk assessment and risk management planning) and DMB (training on roles and responsibilities of DMC members).

·       Build capacity of DRR staff to develop their existing programme in the light of risk management framework.

·       Development of Guideline for Mainstreaming Risk Reduction into Development

·       Revision and Finalization of the Roles and Responsibilities of Disaster Management Committees (DMCs) in the light of Comprehensive Risk Reduction.

·       Monitoring and Evaluation Tools Development for capacity enhancement of DMC Members

·       Development of Community Risk Assessment Guidelines

·       Development of Risk Reduction Planning Templates to be used at Village (union), sub district (Upazila) and district level

·       Capacity building of DRR staff and DMC Members on Risk Assessment and Risk Management Planning Process

July 2003-September 2004 

Advocacy Coordinator, Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change (RVCC) Project, CARE Bangladesh, Khulna Field Office, Khalishpur, Khulna-9000, Bangladesh.

Major Job Description

·         Lobbying at national level with policy stakeholders

·         Technical assistance to partners for development of Communication Materials (teachers guidelines, easy reading book, flip chart, booklet, poster, leaflet, folk drama, folk song, and radio spot)  

·         Planning and implementation of communication strategy, awareness campaign and advocacy campaign of the project.

·         Lead the communication, human rights and advocacy team of the project

·         Building partnership with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) NGOs, CBOs, Press Clubs and Media for effective implementation of project’s communication strategy, awareness campaign and advocacy campaign.

·         Design and develop Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior (KAB) and Media Use Behavior study for the project.

·         Risk and Vulnerability Assessment

·         Develop/refine appropriate and effective training modules and project tools on communication, human rights and advocacy issues.

·         Information and communication management

·         Partnership with CSOs, NGOs, CBOs, Press Club and Media

·         Development of project’s Awareness and Advocacy Campaign

·         Monitoring and Evaluation Tools Development

·         Development of Advocacy Components Gender Operationalization

·         Institutional Assessment/Review for Advocacy

·         Community Vulnerability Assessment of Climate Change Effects

·         Contributing CARE’s Rights and Social Justice resource development as a member of the group

July 2002-June 2003 

Project Development Officer (PDO) -Human Rights, Reducing Vulnerability        to Climate Change (RVCC) Project, CARE Bangladesh, Khulna Field Office, Khalishpur, Khulna-9000, Bangladesh.

Major Job Description

·         Planning and implementation of human rights and social justice program

·         Design and develop study for human rights and social justice issues and networking in the southwest region

·         Policy advocacy on human rights and social justice issues

·         Develop/refine appropriate and effective training modules and project tools on human rights and social justice issues

·         Information and communication management

·         Networking, liaison and coordination activities

Working experience and skill performed in the current Job:

·       Vulnerability Assessment

·       Selection of Rights Issue

·       Partner Selection

·       Knowledge-Attitude-Behavior (KAB) Study

·       Development of project’s Communication Strategy

·       Training Module Development on Rights Based Approach

·       Organizational Capacity Assessment

July 2001-June 2002 

Manager Research, Jagrata Juba Shangha (JJS), Khulna, Bangladesh.

Major responsibility was to lead and manage organization’s research activities. 

Working experience and skill performed in the Job:

• Study on Gender Participation and Market Chain Analysis of Selected Forest Products of the Sundarban Reserved Forest in Bangladesh.
• Study on Sex Workers Human Rights Issues.
• Study on Human Wildlife Interactions in relation to the Sundarban Reserved Forest in Bangladesh.
• Design of Sex Workers Human Rights Campaign
• Facilitate for Developing Organizational Policy towards Sex Workers Rights and Related Programming.

July 1999- June 2000 

Policy Analyst, Choral, Khulna, Bangladesh.

Major responsibility was to review and formulate proposed policy paper on Shrimp Cultivation and Water Logging in the context of Southwest Bangladesh for Advocacy.

Working experience and skill performed in the Job:

• Vulnerability Assessment of the people to Selected Vulnerability Contexts (Water logging and Salinity)
• Relevant Policy Reviewed and Proposal Submitted to the Ministry of Fisheries Ministry of Water Resources.
• Monitoring and Evaluation Checklist for Advocacy Progress
• Stakeholder Analysis for the Advocacy Initiatives

July 1998-July 1999 

Field Coordinator, Community Based Nutrition Project (Rural), The Save the Children Fund (UK)-Bangladesh Country Programme.

Major responsibility was to implement, develop, and monitor the Community Based Nutrition Project (Rural).

Working experience and skill performed in the Job:

·                   Capacity building of self-help initiatives to hold people’s participatory planning for their own community and villagers.

·                   Development of Community Based Nutrition Projects implementation plan (PIP)

·                   Development of participatory project monitoring tools with self-help initiatives.

·                   Overall supervision of the project implementation.

·                   A study on Food and Nutrition System of Hakimpur Union. 

August 1997-June 1998 

Staff Anthropologist, Research and Documentation Cell, Choral, Khulna, Bangladesh.

This position of one-year contact was with the key responsibility to conduct anthropological investigation in different Health Issues.

Working experience and skill performed in the Job:

• Assisted the Executive Director to develop the project proposal
• Conducted action research to develop the village development model of the organization.
• Provided anthropological insights into the project planning and implementation.

May 1996- July 1997 

Material Developer and Research Officer of the Pilot Project “Integrating Disability Issues into Community Development in Bangladesh (IDICD’B)” of the partner organization Social Assistance and Rehabilitation for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV).

Major responsibility was to develop material for raising positive awareness of the person with disabilities, family member of PWD’s, and community people.

 Working experience and skill performed in the Job:

• Developed three materials for raising positive awareness, namely, “Where are We- a booklet of successful case studies of PWD’s”, “Attitudes Towards Disability”, and “Messages for Changing Attitudes”.
• Presented a paper in the national seminar on Disability and Development.
• Conducted a rapid appraisal of impact of tornado on the lives of people in Tangail.    

Teaching Experience/University Experience

 November 2001-June 2002

Visiting Teacher, Urban and Rural Planning (URP) Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.

This position was to conduct the course titled Sociology for Planners to the student of URP Discipline.  

July 2000-June 2001

            Research Fellow, Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS), University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi,            Bangladesh.

Research Experiences 

2003          Peoples’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior regarding climate change causes, effects and adaptation in southwest Bangladesh. RVCC Project, CARE Bangladesh. 

2003          Media Use Behavior of Peoples of Southwest Bangladesh. RVCC Project, CARE Bangladesh.

2002         Human-Wildlife Interactions in the Sundarban Reserved Forest (SRF) in Bangladesh. Sundarban Biodiversity Conservation Project, Ministry of Forest and Environment.

2001          Bonded Sex Worker in Sex Trade: Case study of Baniashanta and Bagerhat Brothel in Bangladesh. JJS.

2001         Gender Participation and Market Chain Analysis of Selected Forest Product of Sundarban Reserved Forest (SRF). Sundarban Biodiversity Conservation Project, Ministry of Forest and Environment.

1999          Food and Nutrition System of Hakimpur Union of Bangladesh. Save the Children (UK).

1997-1998  Perceived Disease Causation and Health Seeking Behavior Related to the Five Water Borne Diseases in a Village of Bangladesh. 

F.         PUBLICATIONS 

Journal Article:

1.         “South Asian Ethnicity: An Anthropological Exploration”. Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh      Studies.Vol XXVI, 2003

 2.        “Perceived Disease Causation and Health Seeking Behavior Related to Five Water Borne             Diseases in a Village of Bangladesh”. Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine (JOPSOM) Vol.          19 No. 1 June 2000.

Research Report:

1.         Bonded Sex Worker in Sex Trade: Case Study of Baniashanta and Bagerhat Brothel-situation       analysis from humanitarian and human rights perspectives. Khulna (Bangladesh): Jagrata Juba Shangha. 2001. 

Seminar and Workshop Paper: 

1.         Bonded Sex Worker in Sex Trade: Case Study of Baniashanta and Bagerhat Brothel-situation       analysis from humanitarian and human rights perspectives. Khulna (Bangladesh): Jagrata Juba Shangha. 2001.

2.         Disaster and Governance: A Missing Link in Disaster Management in Bangladesh. Presented in    International Seminar organized by ActionAid International in Bangladesh in 2004. 

G.         TRAINING COURSES UNDERTAKEN

On Job Training

Other Training

 H.         Affiliations

1.       General Committee Member of Shaplaful, a local NGO, non-paid, voluntary position

2.       Executive Committee member of ADO, a local NGO, non-paid, voluntary position

3.       Convener, South-West Water Partnership in Bangladesh, non-paid, voluntary position

4.       President, Center for Advancement of Social Science, non-paid, voluntary position

5.       Leader, Participatory and Applied Research Working Group, CASS, non-paid, voluntary position

6.       Member, Khulna City Photographic Society

I.          REFEREES 

Could be available based on necessity and as part of further requirements.

J.   Certification: 

"I certify that all information stated in this resume, is true and complete to the best of my knowledge. I authorize the employer to verify the information provided in this resume."

A. K. M. Mamunur Rashid

Date: 11th December 2007