| Health Care, Project, Nutrition, Research, M&E, Impact AssessmentWhat type of job are you looking for? I would like to perform creative or innovative services as the Executive Director/Chief Executive/Team Leader in Community Health, Nutrition, Development etc.or to work in similar positions depending on my vast knowledge and exposures in practical fields over 25 years and with my considerable academic fits among the disciplines of Public Health, Nutrition, Sustainable Livelihood and Food Security etc. Being very much proactive, dedicated and enthusiastic I would like to work to assist to bring positive changes among the target population’s lives through addressing challenges for meeting the organization goals within its Logical Frame Works as well as to prove my worthiness and capabilities those I gathered throughout my life with participatory and community based interventions.I am skilled in designing st and conducting study with methodology, skilled in M&E, Evaluation, Impact Assessment, skilled in multi-response SPSS/PC programming, data management and writing proposals with innovative methodologies, reporting etc.and whatever else. I am also skilled in Disaster Response programs etc. What nationality are you? Bangladeshi What languages do you speak (and at what level)? English: Fluent (writing and speaking), Bengali (Native), Urdu,Hindi (speaking and understanding mid levels), Arabic speaking and understanding moderately. What country or area are you looking to work in and why? Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Middle East including Saudi Arab,UAE, Africa, South Asia, CIS, South-East Asia any Conflict Region What countries have you worked in? Bangladesh and Libya for 4 years in Health Ministry and Red Crescent 1987-1990 What countries do you have a visa to work in? Nothing contributory What field do you currently work in? Public Health, Development, Water and Sanitation, Food Security,Disaster management program & research, Piloting of the Project, replicating role model projects. What fields have you worked in before? Past Engagements in Brief: • Since October 2009, joined and worked till 22 July 2010 in the highly distinguished position of the Adviser, Grameen Health Care Services and Grameen Kalyan, the health service subsidiaries of Grameen Bank where to look after 51 Grameen Health Centers in 7 regions and two ultramodern eye hospitals. Engaged as focal person for with establishment of Grameen Cancer Hospital, multimodality 500 bed hospital and Bone Marrow Transplant Centers all with collaborations from West Europe and USA. Main focus person for all activities dedicated to Grameen Health Services through out the Bangladesh. • Also completed as the Consultant in contractual basis for writing Advocacy, Gender, Workplace Sexual Harassment Policy and designing of M&E/CMIS for reputed Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB), IPPF funded program in Bangladesh. • Since April 2007 to 30 September 2009, worked as the Head (Coordinator) of the health program/research for reputed James Finlay Tea & Rubber Estates supervising 30 hospitals/dispensaries and covering nearly 80000 people in an area more than 16000 hectors in Sreemangal, Sylhet in Bangladesh. The program is divided in to 7 medical divisions each consisting one MBBS (MD), MPH medical doctor. Coordinating quantitative/qualitative data for medical program & research from the service outlets monthly through compilation in the database. Thus a participatory Monitoring & Evaluation system with effective surveillance protocol piloting is underway of development for replication in the future as the “role model”. • On 30 June, 2004, concluded contract as the Director, Health & Nutrition, Chinnamukul, Bangladesh-CB for two years, spearheading all clinical and non-clinical medical research and programs (Partner of Terre Des Hommes Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland)- one of the largest development organization working since decades on health and nutrition with two large hospitals, over one hundred satellite clinics, similar numbers of growth monitoring centers in north Bangladesh, heading the Special Nutrition Unit (SNU) for the treatment of Acute Severe Malnourished Children in WHO protocol through liaisons with WHO Nutrition Unit in Geneva, SEARO, UN Sub-Committee for Nutrition and with Nutriset France for CMV and other products. Was involved in the advocacy activities for health and nutrition (including the IMCI for which as the initiator of first program in north Bangladesh, Safe Motherhood Initiative and WHO Protocols for therapeutic feeding in the severely acute malnourished children and also the mothers)! • From July to October 2004, led in Rangpur a BPHC (PHD) Health program with WFP IFS through Community Nutrition Initiative (CNI), also contributed in the ethnic population and rural maintenance program. • Specialized in Project cycle management, strategy formulation, logical Frame Work compilation, identifying achievable indicators and logical frame analyses, participatory M&E, reporting and proposal writing etc. • Worked as the Deputy Director (Community Program) for Ahsania Mission Cancer and General Hospital with responsibilities of community based interventions and hospital and population based cancer registration (1st time in Bangladesh). Compiled the hospital based cancer registration computer software in SPSS/PC 16 with multiple response in the WHO nominated format. • Worked as Research Associate in BINP’s “Community Nutrition Sustainability Component” study with Prof. Harun K. Yousuf and Dr. Jeba Chowdhury (monitor) of BRAC for ICDDR, B. • Worked as the Deputy Director and Chief, Planning & Monitoring, Dhaka Ahsania Mission, an internationally reputed Bangladeshi NGO for one and a half year with special assignment of raising community based participatory Monitoring & Evaluation System with more than 22,000 workers at the headquarter and in the field. • Prime investigator in the study and main author of the report "Evaluation of Oral Re-hydration Therapy Communication Campaign” Funded by UNICEF and Royal Netherlands Government (August- November, 1999). • Worked as the Medicines Sans Frontieres-Holland Medical Officer for Disaster Preparedness and Response for Bangladesh in the year of 2000. 2. From Health to Integrated Development: Although commenced with Pubic Health activities first as basically a Medical Graduate MBBS, later Ph.D in Health Care Behavior, and MPH with times, I had to incorporate myself inevitably in human development activities for the vast millions of populations in deprivation, picked up compatible roles and started working relentlessly with different portfolios in and allied fields of Public Health, Nutrition, Food security Sustainable livelihoods etc. Program & Research keeping Gender, Environment and Right Based Advocacy always as the cross cutting issues with unique community based participatory methodologies over 25 years with various UN/INGOs/NGOs funded projects in Bangladesh and abroad, mainly in Africa. 3. Piloting, synthesizing and Implementing “Role Models”: I have vast experience and proven skills in piloting projects and synthesizing, designing, implementing through participatory community based methodologies the “role model projects” ensuring sustainable activities in the community. I have vast and valuable experience in formative and summarative M&E and Surveillance through both conventional and participatory community approach like PLA/PRA/FGD/Case Studies etc. to keep the project/program in the right tracks. 4. Programs/Project Designing: I have vast experiences and proven abilities in Project and Program Rationalizing, compiling people oriented Logical Frame Works and its Analysis, Conceptual Frameworks and Flow Charts, designing methodologies with sampling techniques, data collection instrument formation & analysis in the relation with the aims and objectives of the Projects, writing different kinds of reports, proposals and analytical presentations. 5. Quantitative & Qualitative Studies: I have extensive experiences and skills in designing, conducting and reporting of quantitative and qualitative studies like baselines, follow-up and tracking studies and incorporating the field feedbacks in the Strategic Planning for different time periods. I have vast experience and skills in raising Computerized MIS and Surveillance systems for integrated understanding of the total scenario at a glance and visualizing possible gaps among the intervention activities. 6. Associated with over 100 of Projects & Studies: I led numerous Projects and Studies by national/international NGOs/organizations over 25 years working in variable positions for the fields to achieve sustainable Health, Nutrition and livelihoods etc adopting Right Based Approach. 7. Computer Efficiency and Data Management Quality: I am among the very few having independent expertise in Research and Program related Computer Programming including SPSS/PC in multiple-responses. 8. Capable of Handling any national Program: I am known to different stakeholders including mainstream Government, UN Agencies, INGOs and others to have capabilities of handling any National Program with utmost qualities through my vast experiences in the program fields and mid to highest Management Levels. 9. Networking, Synergy and Coherence with Government/UN/INGO/Other Stakeholders: As working over 25 years in development field, I possess vast networking with Government mainstream/UN/INGO/CBO/Civil Society (right based). I acquired to techniques and tactfulness to ratify any of the project with synergy and coherence with similar programs in the field by other stakeholders including mainstream Government and UN agencies. 10. Capacity in Project Cycle Management & Strategic Planning: I possess considerable capacities in Project Cycle Management and finding out the gaps among program activities and suggesting interventions with speed and pro-activities to visualizing the gaps and launch appropriate/ changed interventions to achieve the final outcomes of the projects described in a sustainable manner. What qualifications do you hold? i) Ph.D & M.Phil-University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh-Psychology: Health Care Behavior, Public Health, Social-Psychology, Sociology, Research Methodology, Reporting, Health Economics etc. Logical Framework, Data Management, SPSS/PC Computer Programming in multiple response, Proposal & Report Writing, Piloting of Project, Replication of Role model etc. ii) MPH--Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh:Public Health, Epidemiology, Sociology, Research Methodology, Reporting, Health Economics, Bio-Statistics etc. iii) MBBS -Sir Salimullah Medical College & Mitford Hospital:-Medicine, Surgery, Gynae & Obstetrics, Pathology, Community Medicine, Jurisprudence, Pharmacology, Anatomy & Physiology Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? Both are vital, but the best is the combinations of the two. One should have formal educations about any issue, but applied knowledge in that will enable the person to replicate the program.Here one each not only complementary to other, it is synergistic, they both create something like 2+2=5 0r 6 or 7! Describe the benefits of working with others i) Development of team and team spirits ii) Everybody feels ownership of the program so takes responsibilities, and thus the program activities become sustainable iii) Cross learning from each others iv) Cross monitoring, evaluation and impact assessments interactions keeps the program in the right tracks. v) Respect to each other in person and respecting others work makes a team proactive and optimally capable. v) Proper person can be placed in the proper position easily. vi) Team formation can emerge out alternative leadership, which is extremely useful in needs. vii)Planning, designing and implementation can be participatory, so everybody's responsibilities, duplication of meager man power or logistics could be avoided and utilized in the optimal ways. ix) Chances of mistake in works decline significantly. Describe the benefits of working alone This is the least desirable methodology to work alone, still if the situation compels to do that, the only benefit is nobody can interfere in one's work and the worker can do the work much uninterrupted and quicker ways. What was your worst working experience? Western expats are usually use to think them as more capable and in frequent occasions, they want to push the program activities (evolved in their countries where the socioeconomic and cultural norms are too different) to be replicated in LDC countries ignoring the target community's traditional indigenous knowledge, norms, practices as those are the components to be kept in mind while designing and implementing the program activities. What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career? Community is the best organization to analyze, prioritize their needs and negotiate any program activities if that benefits them, and this community based participatory approach might reduced the cost of the program activities affordable to all. We can't bring the positive change, we can just facilitate that process, community has the enormous strength to accomplish any work. Thus the people and the community is the source of all power and if they are not included with due vanity and honor during planning, designing and implementation phases with incorporating community's traditional knowledge and suggestions, the program activities will never be sustainable. What unique skills do you have? I can understand the community interaction very well with my 25 years experiences, entered as a medical doctor, now became a development worker. My uniqueness is I am able to read community's inner languages and can bring out them to use in programs. My uniqueness is my writing and interacting skills, above all, my best capacity is the understanding and propose/compile/apply innovative methodology taking community with the project team, thus innovation is my main uniqueness! What would you consider as your 'dream job'? In Bangladesh or even in conflict region (I am a ex-MSF and REd Cross Employee!) I would like to perform creative or innovative services as the Executive Director/Chief Executive/Team Leader in Community Health, Nutrition, Development etc.or to work in similar positions depending on my vast knowledge and exposures in practical fields over 25 years and with my considerable academic fits among the disciplines of Public Health, Nutrition, Sustainable Livelihood and Food Security etc. Being very much proactive, dedicated and enthusiastic I would like to work to assist to bring positive changes among the target population’s lives through addressing challenges for meeting the organization goals within its Logical Frame Works as well as to prove my worthiness and capabilities those I gathered throughout my life with participatory and community based interventions. What are the most interesting aspects of your field? People, community, transformation, food security and above all, sustainable livelihood deterring hunger, starvation and famine! Thus sustainability and flexibilities as per the situation analyzed, if required time to time.Not to be the boss in word, but in the work. Avoiding personality conflict.Honor for all ranks with discipline. What are the least interesting aspects of your field? Orthodox attitude of a team mate without flexibility even in the want of the situation, personal ego! Personality conflicts. Non-participatory decision making and fail to analyze the ground situation properly.Just with a finishing phrase: Team split, Team destroy.Program fails. Spouse (wife) and my capacities Lt. Col. Shormin Ara Ferdousi of Bangladesh Army Medical Core, MD, DCH. MRCP-Child, now in UN Peace Keeping mission in Liberia, leading a level II hospital, Africa.I am also ready to work any place, even in side a hostile territory. How can potential employers contact you? Dr. S.M. Shamimul Moula Ph.D.(Health Care Behavior), MBBS, M. Phill. MPH C/O. Lt. Colonel Shormin Ara Ferdousi 46, F, Officers’ Quarter, Shahid Mainul Road, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka. Home Phone :880-2-8750011, Ext: 7830 Mobile : 8801712275061, 8801935196397 E-mail: shamimul.moula@gmail.com |
