Sara Essam Zaghloul
Graduate Consultant (through MDP Field Experience)
Agouza, Giza, EgyptWork Experience
Graduate Consultant (through MDP Field Experience)Freelance / Project
Rainforest Alliance
Feb 2019 - Jul 2019 -5 months
Indonesia , Bandar Lampung
- Job Details:- Developed reports to strengthen the cooperation between UKIR & Rainforest Alliance through analysing the cooperative mode of work & operation, & investigating the requirement for crop certification (FSC, Organic..etc.); - Mapped 3 value chains for commodities in the district of Lampung; - Employed different qualitative & quantitative methods to gather data, conducting interviews with farmers & meetings with the 7 cooperatives; - Developed a financial toolkit to for the cooperatives to monitor their market sales.
Junior Technical ProfessionalFull Time
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Dec 2017 - Aug 2018 -8 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:- Weekly reporting of the project's activities, as well as updating project's progress - Prepared an evaluation report by statically analysing the Impact of the project's activities in Behiera and Kafr ElSheikh; - Developed data bases for various components of the project - Regularly updated the project’s process landscape & stakeholder map; - Assistance/design of the awareness & communication & PR material (roll ups, banner, status reports & instruction movies) - collaborated in meetings to discuss the future needs in new developing projects
Junior Project ConsultantFull Time
Cleaner Energy Saving Mediterranean Cities
Dec 2016 - Nov 2017 -11 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:- Developed two Sustainable Energy Climate Action plans as well as AlQurna, Luxor Heritage Sustainability report - Responsible for the communication & correspondence between HQ, team leader, national consultants & government officials; - Managed the project's logistics, & preparation of 6 workshops - Collaborated in discussing project's goals during meeting with the governors; - Responsible for data collection & spreadsheets for Baseline Emission Inventories; - Regular reporting & developing project fiches to financed, as well as Citizens awareness campaigns.
Education
Master of Development Practices in International Development
University of MinnesotaJan 2018 - Jan 2020 - 2 yr
Architecture Engineering Technology in Architecture
Cairo University (CU)Jan 2011 - Jan 2016 - 5 yr
High School - American diploma
Creative International SchoolJan 2011
Achievements
Global Convergence Lab, RISE network, Puerto Rico (January 2020) Assisted in deploying Solar Panels to communities after the earthquake Experienced the wave of earthquakes Worked with a local non-profit in the development of their project, provided them with financial budget analysis and community outreach plan Social development, Spark Ventures, TU Berlin ElGouna (Dec. 2017) Created and presented a project plan (Traditional arts and crafts artisans training- reviving our heritage) including its financial analysis Urban Development, TU Berlin ElGouna – Hurghada (Aug. 2017) Learning about the Urban Development trend in Egypt & abroad and working on analysing big data projections. Abstract Painting, Bauhaus Summer School - Weimar, Germany 08/2015 Low Carbon Architecture Program, Cardiff University - Cardiff, Wales (08/2014)
Skills
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Photography
- Adobe Photoshop
- Google sketchup
- Microsoft Excel
- AutoCAD
- Interior Design
- 3ds Max
- Heritage Management
Languages
English
FluentArabic
FluentSpanish
IntermediateFrench
Beginner
Training & Certifications
Abstract Painting
Bauhaus ·2015Low Carbon Architecture
Cardiff University·2014SAT
2010