Md. Abu Saleh
Development Professional
Dhaka
Summary
Experienced in implementing projects focused on Child Protection, Gender Equality, Health, and Women's Empowerment since 2012. Notable roles include Program Coordinator for Violence Against Children & Women at UNICEF Bangladesh and Project Manager at Plan International Bangladesh. Skilled in developing strategies to prevent Gender Based Violence and promoting Girls' economic empowerment. Proficient in gender mainstreaming, community-led monitoring tools, and result-based management. Proven track record of successfully leading big-budget projects and teams.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Coordinator-Violence Against Children & Women-(VACW)
UNICEF Bangladesh
12.2022 - 12.2024
- Company Overview: (Recruited by E-Zone HRM Ltd, deputed to UNICEF)
- Its main role is to provide technical and programmatic support for rolling out child protection (CP) resource packages, including Positive Parenting, Online Safety, COVID-19 handouts, Ending Child Marriage, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and Violence against Children and Women (VACW), in 41 Districts of Bangladesh, including Cox’s Bazar (Host community).
- Coordinate with the Implementing ministries such as MoWCA, MoYS, MoLE & MoSW.
- Support to enhance the use of toll-free child helpline (1098) and 109 to- i) MoWCA including Bangladesh Shishu Academy (BSA); ii) Division of Women Affairs (DWA) field officials, Kishor Kishori clubs (KKCs) and Gender Promoters and Accelerated Protection for Children (APC) clubs; iii) Front line workers of APC and KKC project; iv) Parents, caregivers and CBCPC members; v) Social Workers and other relevant CP actors; vi) health facilities; vii) school premises.
- To ensure monitoring and implementation of the child protection-harmful practices (HP) like child marriage and violence against children and women (VACW) programme in coordination and collaboration with the government and other relevant stakeholders.
- To enhance coordination and capacity building of social workforce and community volunteers and to ensure identification and referral of violence cases are established and fully functioning.
- To build up the capacity in line with the national sustainability strategy and violence against children UN Agency internal strategy, the Child Protection Program Strategy Note (CP PSN) and the national VAC action plan.
- Ensuring Quality Child Protection (CP) (HP and VAC) Program implementation.
- Working with Community Based Child Protection Committee, Child Marriage Prevention committee, religious, police, social welfare, militaries and all other services including donor agencies for effective implementation.
- Coordinate and collaborate with community volunteers to establish and community-based system and a family-strengthening approach.
- Build up the capacity of the adolescent club members, parents, caregivers, CBCPC and other relevant Child Protection (CP) actors.
- Ensure supply and logistics for implementing the activity nationwide.
- Monitoring, evaluation, and quality assurance of the program.
- Develop Annual Work Plan (AWP), Reporting and documentation, Budget tracking & Monitoring.
- Support to develop project proposal, concept note, CP-related different modules, SitRep, PCR, sector assessments/reports, PCR and ToRs.
- Ensures that UNICEF’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People, PSEA, SGBV, CP and Gender Equality and Inclusion.
- Support in the Financial management of the implementing partner.
- Capacity building of the implementing partners’ staff.
- (Recruited by E-Zone HRM Ltd, deputed to UNICEF)
Project Manager
Plan International Bangladesh
04.2020 - 12.2022
- Company Overview: Funded By GAC
- This position supervises the project's total budget (approximately 2 million euros per year) and has a delegated authority for expenditure.
- Planning and managing the project through two partner organizations and District Commissioners’ Offices.
- Implement various awareness activities related to Child Protection (CP).
- Additionally, I worked as an Emergency Response Project Manager for the COVID-19 response.
- Lead the Implementation of the Girls’ Economic Empowerment component through the Self & Wage employment approach.
- Recruited staff, provided on-the-job coaching, conducted yearly staff appraisals and supervised 7 Specialists, including Child Protection, Gender & Finance and budget Specialists, and an admin & Procurement Coordinator.
- Led a big team of Plan International Bangladesh and multi-implementing partners.
- Develop Entrepreneur development through Skill development intervention.
- Ensuring both qualitative and quantitative achievements of key project deliverables including such as the increased agency of adolescent girls and boys to protect themselves from harmful gender norms and practices.
- Leads the process of developing and executing the implementation plan of CEMB project in Bhola and Jhalokati District with detailed activities, operational processes and budget on the basis of the project design.
- Implements the M&E Framework of the Project to support comprehensive and quality monitoring of the project performance at all levels following the logic model.
- Supports functioning Project Steering Committee (PSC) and the Project Management Team (PMT) to provide strategic and day-to-day challenge-solving guidance to the project.
- Develops documents on the lessons learned and provides quality donor reports to the supervisor on time.
- Lead to implement GBV & SRHR-based Gender Equity Movement in Schools-GEMS model at the School.
- Led to the development of various Gender, SRHR, and Competitive Standard-CS-related modules and protocols.
- Lead the Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) and Quick Income Generating Activities training.
- Link to the job provider for job placement of the beneficiary and the financial organization for loan support for the entrepreneurs.
- Develops and maintains partnerships with the implementing partner for developing synergies and increasing the sustainability of the project achievements.
- Coordinate with other agencies working on child marriage and updates to the senior project manager as and when necessary.
- Worked as Emergency Response Manager from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic 1st wave and distributed various aid among the community.
- Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People, PSEA, CP and Gender Equality and Inclusion.
- Funded By GAC
Jr. National Consultant
Directorate of Secondary & Higher Education- DSHE
01.2020 - 03.2020
- Company Overview: A Project of UNFPA, Funded by GAC
- Maintain liaison with the Directorate of Secondary & Higher Education (DSHE) and other relevant stakeholders and partners.
- Implementing the GBV, Child Protection & SRHR-based Gender Equity Movement in Schools- GEMS Model.
- Conducting Training Sessions on the GEMS Model with School/Madrasah Teachers.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and yearly reports following the annual work plan; analyze and review the progress of the activities by the plan.
- Meet audit observations and maintain activities related to financial matters.
- Organize training/workshop, joint field visit per the TAPP: develop and manage the budget for training.
- Prepare session plans for training and develop the overall training package.
- Develop a training schedule for trainees.
- Support the preparation and planning of field visits for the concerned persons if necessary.
- Support PD and APD to implement the overall project activities.
- A Project of UNFPA, Funded by GAC
Project Coordinator (PC)
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) BD
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Company Overview: (A UK-based Intl. development Org.)
- Work as a mentor for volunteers to implement AYSRHR, Gender, CP, Livelihood and Social accountability-related activities.
- Implementing Livelihood and Social Accountability related intervention.
- The support team for developing a standard operational plan (SOP); project performance tracker (PPT) and agreement paper for partnership development.
- Support Volunteers for conducting baseline surveys on Adolescent & Youth Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (AYSRHR), livelihoods and social accountability.
- Provide guidance & support to Volunteers for conducting training needs assessment of primary actors and organizing employability skill training & Entrepreneurship/ Enterprise development.
- Develop Peer Educators (PEs) from the local youth for awareness raising/capacity building of the community people on AYSRHR, primary health care, child marriage, drug addiction, dowry system and other social issues.
- Develop adolescent-friendly health corner (AFHC) and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) corner in community clinic, School and Madrasha.
- Develop social enterprise model of sanitary napkins in School and Madrasha involving the class teacher and student’s class captain.
- Provide support to volunteers for the establishment of linkages with the backward & forward market actors.
- Support to arrange pre-placement, in-country training, mid-phase review and debrief workshops and facilitate the training sessions at all levels training for volunteers.
- Perform project monitoring to identify unintended outcomes, underperformance, or emerging opportunities.
- Develop budget and monitor the implementation.
- Recruited staff, providing on job coaching, staff evaluation, and supervising.
- Manage multi partners, networking with Girls not Bride, NEARS, Youth for Change, NYEN.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly progress reports and assist Volunteers in preparing case studies, and special studies, and documented all process & project success on time in a disciplined way.
- Support to conduct action research, and develop various reports.
- Support to conduct Community Led Monitoring (CLM) through Community score card and FGD.
- Capacity building of volunteers on SDGs, 7th five-year plan, AYSRHR, Social Accountability and budget through in-house training sessions.
- Assist to Project Manager in implementing the project activities.
- Prepare annual work plans related to training.
- (A UK-based Intl. development Org.)
Asst. Project Officer
Directorate of Secondary & Higher Education-DSHE
01.2016 - 12.2018
- Company Overview: A Project of UNFPA, Funded by EKN
- Conducting participatory Monitoring & Evaluation activities through field visit comply with the Project Log frame.
- Implementing the Gender Equity Movement in Schools-GEMS Model.
- Conducting Training Session on GEMS Model with School/Madrasah Teachers.
- Providing technical support to the Master trainer, DEO/USEO to organize training session.
- Communicating with the various ministries, concerned UNFPA Personnel as well as Umbrella partners.
- Communicating with District Education Offices/USEO offices for implementing the project activities.
- Partly organize the Project Steering Committee (PSC) and Project Implementation Committee Meeting (PIC).
- Processing project-related GoB file and E-filing.
- Preserving the project related monitoring documents and other documents.
- Participate to develop monitoring tool and report format for smooth implementation.
- Participate to develop/revise training manual on AYSRHR and GBV.
- AYSRHR strategy and action plan to promote girls participation to meet the project target.
- Monitor, evaluate and coordinate the gender/AYSRHR/social inclusion related activities and maintain database.
- Assist Director/concern officers to implement the project.
- Any other related works as assigned by the authority.
- A Project of UNFPA, Funded by EKN
Project Manager
Swanirvar Bangladesh
04.2014 - 01.2016
- Implementing Essential Service Package-ESP based on Family Planning.
- Supervise the Clinic Manager, Medical Officer and other staff.
- Monitor the ESP Program implementation.
- Worked in GFATM the Global Fund to Fight AIDS TB and Malaria through Smiling Sun clinics.
- Implementing children-focused component for adolescents and reproductive health.
- Development of project proposal, implementation, and management of the project.
- Coordinate BCC, IPC/C activities.
- Developing IEC/BCC material on FP, Maternal Health & SRHR.
Senior Project Officer (SPO)-Food Security & Livelihood
Action Contre la Faim-ACF International
07.2013 - 12.2013
- Led survey on WASH, Nutrition, and Food Security.
- Supervised the Survey Team and provided technical support.
- Conducted Market Survey every week in Satkhira District.
- Coordination with GoB and local stakeholders.
- Distributed Hygiene kits and food items to the water-logged affected people.
- Conducted Cash for work and Cash for training.
- Collected qualitative through conducting FGD, KII, etc.
- Capacity building of partner staff.
Education
Master’s in Public Health (MPH) - Population & Reproductive Health
01.2020 - 12 2021
GPA: CGPA-3.71 (Thesis is ongoing)
M.S.S. - Sociology
01.2011 - 12 2012
- Grade-B, 1st Class
- GPA: CGPA- 3.06 in the scale of 4 (61.20% Marks)
B. S. S. (Hons.) - Sociology
01.2006 - 12 2010
- Grade-B- 2nd Class
- GPA: CGPA- 2.94 in the scale of 4 (58.80% Marks)
Higher Secondary Certificate - undefined
01.2003 - 12 2004
- Grade-A-, 1st Class
- Humanities group
- GPA: GPA- 3.60 in the scale of 5
Secondary School Certificate’s Equivalent - undefined
01.2001 - 12 2002
- Grade-A-, 1st Class
- Science Group
- GPA: GPA- 3.92 in a scale of 5
Skills
Report preparation
Project management
Program management
Training coordination
Project coordination
Standard operating procedures
Strategic planning
Campaign development
Staff evaluation
Financial administration
Team oversight
Volunteer management
Expense tracking
Community building
Research Experience And Publication
Pain of Pension: An Exploration into the Mismanagement and Corruption in Delivery System of Public Pension-2011, LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany
Short Courses
Introductory Course On Universal Health Coverage, 09/21/14, Centre of Excellence for Universal Health Coverage
Language Skill
Mother tongue, Excellent reading, writing and verbal communication
Computer Skill
- Microsoft Word (Bengali and English)
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- Outlook
Training
- Training on USAID Direct Award Management, 04/27/14, USAID/NHSDP
- Global TOT Workshop on Social Accountability Tools, 07/15/19, Voluntary Service Overseas-VSO International, Nairobi, Kenya
Personal Information
- NID Number: 19894795129499652
- Passport Number: AC 1158522
- Father's Name: Md. Abdul Latif
- Mother's Name: Yesmin Begum
- Spouse's Name: Roksana Rubaiyat
- Number of Children: Two daughters and a son
- Blood Group: O+
- Date of Birth: 02/01/89
- Nationality: Bangladeshi
- Marital Status: Married
- Religion: Islam
Additional Information
1. Elisa Calpona, PhD
Child Protection Manager
(Last Supervisor)
UNICEF, Bangladesh
United Nations Children’s Fund | Bangladesh
UNICEF House, Plot E-30, Syed Mahbub Morshed Avenue, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207
Email: ecalpona@unicef.org
Cell: +8801713012750
2. Afroz Mahal
Ex. Director- Program Management and Implementation
Plan International Bangladesh
House 14, Road 35, Gulshan – 2
Dhaka – 1212, Bangladesh
Tel: + 88 (0)-2-9860167, 8817589
Moblie: +8801713247166
Email: afroz.mahal13@gmail.com
3. Tazeen Hossain
Ex. Program Manager- Youth
Voluntary Service Overseas- VSO Bangladesh
House # 382 (1st & 5th floor)
Road # 28, New DOHS,
Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206
Mobile: +8801711606707
Email: tazeen_l@yahoo.com
Statement Of Originality
I hereby declare that each of the information stated above is true and given in a cool brain. Any willing mistake will result in disqualification.
Affiliations
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Md Abu Saleh
Timeline
Program Coordinator-Violence Against Children & Women-(VACW) - UNICEF Bangladesh
12.2022 - 12.2024
Project Manager - Plan International Bangladesh
04.2020 - 12.2022
Jr. National Consultant - Directorate of Secondary & Higher Education- DSHE
01.2020 - 03.2020
State University of Bangladesh (SUB) - Master’s in Public Health (MPH), Population & Reproductive Health
01.2020 - 12 2021
Project Coordinator (PC) - Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) BD
01.2019 - 12.2019
Asst. Project Officer - Directorate of Secondary & Higher Education-DSHE
01.2016 - 12.2018
Project Manager - Swanirvar Bangladesh
04.2014 - 01.2016
Senior Project Officer (SPO)-Food Security & Livelihood - Action Contre la Faim-ACF International
07.2013 - 12.2013
Khulna University - M.S.S., Sociology
01.2011 - 12 2012
Khulna University - B. S. S. (Hons.), Sociology
01.2006 - 12 2010
Govt. M. M. City College - Higher Secondary Certificate,
01.2003 - 12 2004
Khulna Alia Kamil Madrasah - Secondary School Certificate’s Equivalent,
01.2001 - 12 2002