Karim Issa

Programme & Procurement OfficerFull Time

• Job Details:Programme Responsibilities:  Planning: Development of project work plans (including procurement and financial plans), monitoring of the project expenditures and managing the project budget.  Programme implementation: Ensuring timely delivery of programme activities synergizing with other portfolio teams and establishing interagency coordination (Men and Women for Gender Equality 12 Million USD Project).  Relationship building: Contributed to managing relationships with national partners and creation of new partnerships with responsible parties and donors.  Monitoring and evaluation: Developed quality indicators for monitoring and reporting of project objectives.  Initiation: of new project agreements with NGOs and national partners, presented new project/programme documents to Programme appraisal committees, finalized contribution agreements/memorandums of understanding (MOUs) upon approval.  Knowledge sharing: Provided multiple trainings on operational/programme & project management issues.  Provided operational support to Implementing partners, relevant government institutions and partners.  Communications: provided support in development of communications’ strategies, and conducted multiple advocacy media campaigns. Procurement Responsibilities:  Strategizing: Planning and researching for implementation of strategic procurement including the development of specifications & terms of references, solicitation and offers’ evaluation processes, in addition to contract management.  Leading: on the review and consolidation procurement plans and monitored their implementation.  Initiative: displayed in preparing and finalization of the ECO’s long term agreements (LTAs).  Coordination: Appointed Chair Member of the Operations Management Team (OMT) Procurement group, Organized joint procurement processes with all the UN Agencies in Egypt.

Programme | Operations AssociateFull Time

• Job Details: Provided necessary information for the audit of programmes/projects and support implementation of audit recommendations.  Provided programme and administrative support in the preparation of work plans, budgets, implementation of the control mechanisms, management of financial resources.  Followed up on performance indicators, targets and milestones, prepared the relevant reports.  Analyzed the programme’s situation, identified gaps and developed appropriate solutions.  Assembled briefing materials, identified sources, and compiled data for the preparation presentations.  Conducted the ECO’s Premises relocation including finalization of cost benefit analysis, lease agreement, Procurement of civil works and implementation of security requirements.  Acted as the local procurement review committee secretary.