Awarded Cover Letter and CV for Education related Project Coordinator position -SMPLE

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Subject: Application for the position of “Project Coordinator”.

 

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Dear Sir,

I would like to express my interest in working for your esteemed organization and to introduce myself, I am a Bangladeshi citizen with substantial field experience in the development sector. I have a CV for the position mentioned for your consideration, and attached briefly:

 

• I have obtained two post-graduation degrees both MBA in Marketing and Masters in Management. 
• I have more than 16 years of hands-on managerial experience in project management in very diverse contexts with a wide range of stakeholders. Besides, I have 5 years of extensive experience in child and adolescent development on child rights, sponsorship programs, women's rights & empowerment, with a human rights-based approach. Besides, extensive experience in education, trafficking, food security, cash for work, DRR, and WASH project management. 
• During my career, I have worked for child development through 20 child centers, reached thousands of sponsorship children, accessed water and sanitation to 1 million people in urban and rural areas, established 300 community organizations, formed women's federations; created employment for 2000 women through business interventions. 
•  I have adequate skills in project leadership such as analytical skills, networking, communications, people management, project management, staff management, and belief in teamwork for optimum resource utilization. Acquainted in partnership management with LGIs & NGOs. 
•  I have supported and worked for different donor-funded projects, i.e., Plan Bangladesh, ActionAid, WSUP, EU, USAID, Plan, WaterAid, Ministry of Health & Education, Local Government, and so on.
•  As an experienced person, I have always used to carry on hard work with full endeavor under a proper strategic plan that helps to do assigned tasks smoothly and systematically, i.e., Planning, documentation, budget preparation, report writing, monitoring & evaluation, negotiation, coordination, facilitating a meeting, seminar, and workshops.
• I am a person with a positive mind, am gender-sensitive and have an excellent ability to manage complexities and follow a result-oriented approach. 
• I am fully familiar with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and email communication, moreover, have to work, write, and speak fluently in English. I have a valid license for motorcycle driving.

 

I am strongly intent on the above-mentioned position and therefore, I am applying for the same. I will be extremely grateful for your kind consideration and review of my application which I am sure will satisfy you to call me for an interview.

 

Sincerely Yours,

 

 

M.R. Akand

 

 

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M.R. AKAND

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Key Expertise:

 

Fields of Specialization	Description
	-Conducted training, prepared of PNGO budget, monitoring, and controlled the program.
Partnership management	Writing skills, preparing training modules, budgeting, planning, concept note & proposal development, documentation, problem-solving & decision-making.
Empowerment	-disciplinary team, resource Mobilization, monitoring, capacity building of program participants, conduction of seminars, workshops, and advocacy meetings.
development	Networking, and linkage with Division, District, and Upazila level Govt. Officials, staff, NGOs, and donor agencies for wider support and harmony.

 

Education:

Degree obtained	The main field of study	University/Board	Result	Year of passing
Master of Business Administration (MBA)	Marketing	Rajshahi University	3.42 out of 4.00	2017
Master of Commerce	Management	National University	2nd Class	2000
Bachelor of Commerce	Management	National University	2nd Class	1999
Higher Secondary Certificate	Commerce	Rajshahi Education Board	2nd Division	1995
Secondary School Certificate	Social Science	Rajshahi Education Board	1st Division	1993

Relevant Job Experience:

I.    Organization: RUPANTAR. Position: Project Coordinator-Child Led Development Project. Duration: December 17, 2009, to December 31, 2010. Location: Lalmonirhat, Funded by: Plan Bangladesh. 

Responsibilities:

• To build awareness of child rights, child marriage protection, education, cultural engagements, advocacy, and civic engagement.
• Community mobilization on the sponsorship program, imparting training programs, facilitating children's organizations, and functioning standing committees of Union Parishad.
• Established child groups, clubs, and cultural teams for enhancing child rights through training, day observation, cultural interventions, etc.

 

Key Achievements:

• 24 Children's organizations are mobilized.
• Community people mobilized on the child rights issue.
•  Adequate changes have happened to stop child marriage in the project areas.
• 04 Union Parishad was aware of protecting child abuse.
• Children are more aware of their rights as per CRC.

 

II.   Organization: SKS Foundation. Position: Project Manager-Advancing Women to Activate on Rights & Empowerment (AWARE) projects. Duration: 08 January 2013 to 31 December 2014, Location: Gaibandha 

Responsibilities:

• Child center management sponsorship interventions.
• Child-based cultural & journalist group operation.
• Coordinated successful project implementation for the empowerment of ultra-poor women and girls.
• Facilitated awareness raising and capacity building to improve the women’s rights and status of women, adolescent girls, boys, and young children on GBV, child rights, etc.
• Coordinated with the women's collectives for developing linkages and partnerships for productive employment and financial inclusion of communities for delivering community-based services.
• Assisted in creating an enabling environment for rights holders to claim rights to the local authority through dialog sessions.

Key Achievements:

• 1232 women changed their lives through training, IGA support, business, and education.
• 01 women leaded shop has functioned.
• 1232 women participants are aware of women's rights, VAW, and early marriage.
• 56 women's collectives are organized in common issues i.e. Economic development.
• 1000 sponsorship child is benefited.
• 10 child centers are established through community participation.

 

III. Organization: MANOSIKA. Position: Program Coordinator-School Feeding Program. Duration: January 01, 2011, to January 06, 2013. Location: Pabna & Lalmonirhat Districts.

Responsibilities:

• Distributed food aid commodities through the field staff effectively in collaboration with DPE and school teachers.
• Checked warehouses physically including warehouse staff performance in keeping food aid and other facilities of warehouses.
• Coordinated with DPE, WFP & EU personnel concerned about the project interventions and administration.

Key Achievements:

• Contributed to reducing absenteeism of 405 primary school students by supplying biscuits.
• Contributed to reducing reaching out to students at primary schools.

 

IV.    Organization: SKS Foundation. Position: Project Coordinator-South Asia WASH Result Programme. Duration: January 01, 2015, to September 18, 2017. Location: Rajshahi Division

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated implementation and management of successful interventions to ensure sustained handwashing practices among primary school children through awareness campaigns on handwashing practices in 5 critical times at the Rajshahi division.
• To promote School WASH facilities, hygiene awareness, and practices, unable to sustain the use of hygienic and implement an intensive handwashing campaign in selected primary schools.

 Key Achievements:

• 3536 Govt. Primary schools are aware of handwashing in 5 critical times.
• 342 schools have available soap at the handwashing station through his Little Doctors' Club.
• 37% of community contribution has increased in school wash components.
• Led a wide range of areas i.e. 8 Districts and 15 Sub-districts.

V. Organization: SKS Foundation. Position: Project Coordinator-WASH in Health Project. Duration: September 19, 2017, to January 14, 2021 Location: Meherpur District

Responsibilities:

• Organized Partner Union Parishad’s program in a useful manner and ensured outreach activities, particularly community clinics at the unions and Upazila level, Also worked and advocated with local level key stakeholders in health and local government for upholding WASH Health issues.
• Coordinated to strengthen the capacity of health workforces and local-level health service systems and to improve the health issues associated with poor WASH conditions.
• Ensured capacity-building support to selected UPs, Community Clinics, CGs, CSGs, CSOs, and Volunteers to enhance wider support to the community people.
• Organized different types of training, meetings, workshops, seminars, and conferences at the District. Upazila and unions level to meet the project objectives.
• Coordinated mobile-phone-based monitoring & information system (mPMIS) and data management.

Key Achievements:

• 50 thousand community people are aware of handwashing in 5 critical times.
• 20000 sanitary napkins are distributed among the 75 school students and 38 wheelchairs are provided at the community clinic through advocacy.
• 31 Community Clinics & 7 schools, renovated WASH facilities, reaching 1 million people.

Other Job Experience:

 

I.Organization: TMSS, Position: Zonal Coordinator-FSVGD, Counter-Trafficking, ROSC, and HELP-UP Projects. Duration: February 06, 2005, November 22, 2009. Location: Thakurgaon, Jaipurhat & Rangpur. 

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated to strengthen the skills of poor women to plan and manage their businesses i.e. shops, cow and poultry rearing, fish culture, small business, etc.
• Coordinated groups to build awareness on early marriage, education, nutrition, birth registration, safe spaces, access to legal aid, and WASH.
• Implemented victim support program, including capacity development of victims of ' livelihood, life skills, and services for survivors of trafficking persons.

Key Achievements:

• Reduced 1,200 poor families' poverty through training, food supply, and IGAs support
• 60 women collectives are established through business interventions.
• Enhanced awareness of anti-trafficking among the target stakeholders at Joypurhat District.
• 10 trafficked victims have been rehabilitated.

 

Training in Abroad

 

#	Title of Training	Duration	Provided by	Location
1	Midterm Evaluation & Report Writing Workshop	8 Days	ActionAid	Nepal
2	COPASAH Global Symposium 2019	4 Days	WaterAid	India

 

Training in Home

 

#	Title of Training	Duration	Provided by	Location
1	Training on Safeguarding	2 Days	WaterAid	Dhaka
2	TOT on Child-Centered Community Development	6 Days	Plan Bangladesh	Lalmonirhat
3	TOT on Protective Behavior Change for Child	4 Days	Plan Bangladesh	Lalmonirhat
4	TOT on Child Protection	6 Days	Plan Bangladesh	Lalmonirhat
5	Training on Local Governance Support Project	3 Days	Plan Bangladesh	Lalmonirhat
6	The Basic TOT on Human Trafficking	5 Days	IOM and USAID	Dhaka
7	Training on Project Cycle Management	5 Days	CDD-brac	Dhaka
8	TOT on Advocacy for Policy Reforms	3 Days	USAID-PROMOTE	Dhaka
9	Training in Financial Management	6 Days	WaterAid	Gazipur
10	Training on Monitoring including mPMIS	3 Days	WaterAid	Dhaka

 

Extra-Curricular Activities:

• Computer Proficiency: Microsoft Office & Internet operation and hardware troubleshooting.
• Motorcycle Driving: Strong Motorcycle driving ability with a valid license, No-JH0018357C00002
• Enjoy family time with my children and visit interesting places with family.

 Language Proficiency:

 

Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
Bengali	High	High	High
English	High	Medium	Medium

 

Referee (s):

MR. --------------- Director-Development Programs              Name of organization--- Organization Address Cell: ------------- Email: ---------

MR. --------------- Director-Development Programs             Name of organization--- Organization Address---- Cell: ------------- Email: ---------

 

I certify that all information is true and correct without any consequential omissions of any kind whatsoever.

 

M.R. Akand