Mansoor Faqiri

Handled selection and taking proficiency examinations of 137 public universities’ instructors to be sent to universities abroad for the year 2017 Handled selection, taking proficiency examinations and placement and sending of 103 public universities’ instructors to universities abroad in Malaysia, Thailand, India, Germany, France and Holland for the year 2016 Organized and managed technical trainings in the fields of computer sciences and library information sciences for over 75 employees of public universities in Afghanistan Organized and managed academic leadership and management trainings for over 75 high ranking officials of the eight public universities in Afghanistan

Assisted Pahna Group in completing the Afghanistan Workforce Development Project in due deadline. Provided support for job development and placement, curriculum development, organizing trainings, and other areas as needed for the Afghanistan Workforce Development Project. Designed curriculums and implementation of 36 hours educational program in marketing. Wrote proposals for different Request for Proposals as per request of the management.

Researched, found issues, analyzed and provided solutions including financial, organizational, sales and marketing systems to develop the Small and medium enterprises' capacity to move to the next level of business. Prepared monthly, quarterly, and donor reports summarizing progress of different clients and other relevant matters. Managed all of BIH marketing research activities that include, survey development and finalization, creating ODK forms for surveyors, training surveyors, analysis and presentation of survey findings to the management. Wrote proposals for different Request for Proposals as per request of the management.

Supervised, guided and motivated the newly created team to help them work together and ensure they are doing the best to sign off contracts with potential clients Met with over 10 potential clients and convincing them to work with BIH Coordinated with BIH Kabul to appropriate funds, ensure funding approvals and processing the required administrative processes Developed organizational development processes to ensure smooth operations of BIH in Herat

Developed, translated and delivered multiple short term curricula Conducted orientation sessions and providing feedback on the performances through practical training materials Developed strategic plans for the company’s employee development and testing and evaluating trainees’ progress

Worked with Professor Pearl Sims in leading 20 undergraduate students through a complex project management simulation developed by Harvard Business School. After leading students through the simulation, I was responsible to assist the professor in analyzing the results of the simulation both quantitatively and qualitatively to understand the impact of the simulation on students' learning. The results of the impact study are used to determine further use of such simulations in teaching undergraduate Human and Organization Development (HOD) students. Particular learning objectives accomplished: • Explored trade-offs among the 3 major project management levers: scope, resources, and schedule • Illustrated importance of and trade-offs associated with level, timing and type of communication • Exhibited the value of coaching and training and examined importance of team member morale on productivity • Aided in illustrating the concept of earned value management • Highlighted importance of appropriately timing changes in project resource allocation that forced students to navigate projects through uncertainty and unanticipated events • Illustrated the concept that correcting problems early in the course of the project provides significant benefit

Provided leadership training courses across various sectors such as private business, government, and NGO’s Translated any required documents or training materials from English into Dari or Pashto (or vice versa), and contextualized the training materials to target auidence

Translation of English Documents, Serials and Audio/Visual materials to Pashto and Dari and vice versa as following: • “Jewel in the Palace” and “ABC” Series • “Zhwandoon” and “Lemar Aw Stori” programs’ weekly scripts • All Lapis Pashto Projects including focus groups, advertisements and proposals (some Dari projects included as well) • “On the Road” Pashto episodes, rundowns, project tables, USAID fact sheets and related materials. • HR and Security Dept. urgent materials • Storylines of various Pashto and Dari Serials • Rundowns and concepts of the new programs • TOLO TV, Lemar TV and Arakozia Radio Website Materials

Responsible for coordinating design, information collection and publication of all printed materials including, brochures, training data, administrative documents and others.

• Teaching English Language classes as assigned • Preparing learning materials according to the student needs • Preparing classroom lesson plans • Conducting quizzes, mid-term and final tests