Summary

Wasim Abbas is a Social activist and Humanitarian worker who earned Master degree in Political Science, currently working as a Citizen Officer for local Organization (HDO) and providing Volunteering services as District Disaster Team Leader for Pakistan Red Crescent Society. He has worked with different National and International NGOs on various projects. He worked with Save the Children International during main floods 2010 and heavy rainfall 2011 Pakistan, including three Provinces Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh respectively. Due to his services in emergency he was awarded Certificate on Recognition of Services. He also worked for USAID funded projects for Female Empowerment and promotion of Democratic Governance. He has been working in D.I.Khan, which is increasingly becoming multi-ethnic and multi-sect area, badly affected by the ramifications of war on terror and sectarian killings due to its proximity to war torn country Afghanistan. He has successfully worked at such a difficult station which itself is an achievement.

Experience

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Manager
Australian Red Cross
Sep 2022 - Apr 2023 | Melbourne, Australia

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Team Lead DDRT
Pakistan Red Crescent Society
Mar 2015 - Mar 2020 | Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

Work with the community for the roll-out of agreed project activities; Formation of Village committees and School Disaster Management Committee (SDMC)
Assist mobilization Team and communities in identifying CB-DRR activities e.g. Early Warning, Hazard Mapping, for community members, and also engage children and youth in suitable engagement/participation sessions through meetings and sessions;
Facilitate the process of community mobilization and formation of Village Disaster Management Committee;
Supervise and Conduct Capacity building programs at school and community level for VDMCs and also cover Hazard, Risk, Vulnerability and Capacity assessment (HRVCA);
Facilitate and provide technical support to the Village Disaster Management Committees in conducting Hazard, Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment and also develop report;
Work with Village Disaster Management Committees to come up with Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) Plans;
Facilitate and provide technical support to the School Disaster Management Committees in conducting Hazard, Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment and also develop report

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Citizen Officer
National Rural Support Programme (NRSP)
Jul 2015 - Jul 2016 | Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

Introduce the project concept and develop a long-term vision of the project in the proposed communities.
To conduct with networking of selected youth, stakeholders and communities.
To raise awareness that youth themselves can move each community, and to show them ways they can do this for themselves.
To assist youth & community to identify needs and to generate solutions, identifying priority issues and to analyses their problems according to project.
Provide information for monthly reports as per agreed reporting formats and submit to the project manager.
Participate/implement activities at field level according to work plan

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Distribution Officer
Concern worldwide pakistan
Sep 2014 - Nov 2014 | Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

Represent and explain the project and its objectives as per the communication strategy of the project to the beneficiaries.
Organizing the distribution of the kits: receiving the kits, preparing lists, informing beneficiaries.
Distributing of the kits as per distribution
Follow up in complaints
Maintain constant contact with beneficiaries( receive their requests, provide available information etc)
Perform all other necessary actions for the functioning and success of the project in order to deliver assistance to the designated beneficiaries
Write regular reports, Report the progress of the work to the project Coordinator.

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Social Organizer cum Team Lead
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Apr 2013 - Jul 2013 | Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

To lead, supervise and manage the project team. To ensure in time implementation of project activities according to the set principles and guidelines.
To ensure that all activities lead to achieve program objectives
Lobbying and advocacy with stake holders including local state institutions, political parties and media agencies.
To form, strength and train CVG,s and VC,s in the target area.
To keep complete record of project activities and provide weekly progress report to E.D.
To cooperate with the monitoring and evaluation team of LFP, USAID.
To keep record of all expenses occurred during filed activities and provide the details of expenses along with payment vouchers at weekly basis.
Any other task provide by the management.

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Program Assistant
Save the Children
May 2012 - Sep 2012 | Badin, Pakistan

Assist in the implementation of the food/Cash for Work project a manner that promotes gender equality, democratic decision-making and is all-inclusive
Promote and adhere to the principles and objectives of Save the Children
Identify target communities and mobilize community groups
Establish new contacts with communities
Assist in the evaluation of C/FFW program
Aware and facilitate communities and conduct meetings with community members including children, parents, teachers etc.
Liaise and work with community groups and projects to ensure accountability and best use of project resources
Actively support Food Aid Coordinator in smooth implementation of sectoral initiatives
Comply with the requirements of Save the Children’s Child Protection Policy to ensure maximum protection for children

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Social Organizer
Save the Children
Oct 2011 - Feb 2012 | Badin, Pakistan

Assist in coordinating trucking arrangements and other logistics and material requirement for the planned commodity distributions to ensure timely delivery of commodities to distribution sites/centers
Assist in proper crowd control barriers such as fencing, security guards, etc. to facilitate smooth and speedy distribution of NFI.
Assist in the preparation of a distribution timetable and informs recipients/beneficiaries through the community leaders and other possible means.
Responsible for issuance of correct rations to intended recipients through proper scooping procedures, random checking of family rations, and other criteria deemed necessary for that particular situation.
Oversee that the site is clean and adequate to accommodate the population who normally crowd at the site.
Follows all Save the Children policies and procedures.

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Documentation Assistant
Save the Children
Mar 2011 - May 2011 | Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

Collect daily updated data from warehouse i.e.; commodity receiving and dispatch information.
Beneficiary registration through online system.
Collect daily food distribution data from each Distribution team; compile the distribution reports and create a data base for all the beneficiaries by each Distribution Hub.
Update daily Distribution Board with information of warehouse food stock and distribution activities.
Compile weekly data for preparing weekly/monthly distribution reports as per the prescribed formats.
Provide the Documentation Officer with necessary information in order to prepare monthly/quarterly narrative reports for donors as well as for the country office.
Arrange to keep adequate stock of all commodity management and distribution related forms as per SC’s standard commodity management procedures.

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Project Officer
Save the Children
Feb 2011 - Mar 2011 | Rajanpur, Pakistan

Assessment of targeted villages regarding village’s cleanup campaign and 1000 hygiene kits.
Assessment of volunteers in Village Cleanup Campaign for Cash for Work.
Established fund raising system at village level to resolve village level problems and support vulnerable families and children.
Formulate community organizations in all targeted villages.
Monitor the whole implementation process.
Give hygiene session to community organizations and beneficiaries.
Organize three interactive theatres on Health and Hygiene in the target UC.
Monitor the whole process of distribution of Cash and Hygiene kits to beneficiaries.
Established referral mechanism at field level and referred 98 cases to Education, Health, Social welfare, Baitul maal, and Save the children departments like Child Protection, Health and Nutrition, Livelihood and education.
Daily reporting to Coordinator regarding field activities.

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Registration & Verification Assistant
Save the Children
Sep 2010 - Jan 2011 | Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan

Working as registration and verification assistant in general food distribution project for flood affected area of D I Khan.
Identify the affected villages and prepare a list of our target beneficiaries for each Village Tract as per FLA signed between SC and WFP;
Contact with the local leadership, village heads, school teachers, religious leaders, etc., to identify the most badly hit villages/villages tracts in our target Townships;
Explain to the people about the objectives of our program and take their help to prepare the list of the most needy and badly affected people in their respective community;
Send the list of beneficiaries to the Food Aid Coordinator to prepare a data base by respective Village Tracts and Townships
Assist Food Aid Controller with necessary data such as dates and names of distribution centers, number of beneficiaries to receive food each month, etc., for preparation of a monthly distribution plan for assigned Village Tracts

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Social Mobilizer
Sawera Development Organization
Jul 2007 - Aug 2010 | Abbottabad, Pakistan

Organize community at village level

Facilitate community to form village committees

Ensure induction of vulnerable families in village committees

Identification of vulnerable families

Assessment of widows, orphans and disabled persons

Mobilization of vulnerable for technical training

Identification of suitable trades to enhance livelihood of vulnerable persons

Arrange training resource persons, training venues and other facilities to ensure

successful training

Education

Gomal University
Masters, Masters in Arts, Masters in Political Science‎
Political Science
Grade A
2014

Skills

Beginner Admin Operations Management
Beginner Admin Tasks Management
Beginner Analytical Skills
Beginner Audit Procedures Knowledge
Beginner Audit Report
Beginner Business Visa Knowledge
Beginner Career Advisory
Expert Career Counseling
Beginner Collaboration
Beginner Collaboration Skills
Beginner Compliance
Beginner Computer Proficiency
Beginner Configuration Switches
Beginner Conflict Management
Beginner Consensus Building And Negotiating Skills
Beginner Content Writing
Intermediate Corporate - Procurement / Administration Departmen
Beginner Creative Campaign Development
Beginner CRM Command
Beginner Data
Beginner Data Analysis
Beginner Data Management
Beginner End to End Sales
Beginner Executive Administrative Assistance
Intermediate Executive Presentation Skills
Beginner Facilitation
Beginner Financial and Budgeting Skills
Beginner Highly Detail Oriented
Beginner Internal Audit
Beginner Interpersonal Skills
Beginner Japanese Teaching
Beginner Laboratory Operations Management
Beginner Leadership Skills
Beginner Liaison Skills
Beginner Management Skills
Beginner Marketing
Beginner Media Production
Beginner Monitoring and Evaluation
Beginner Multitasking
Beginner Operations Management 
Beginner Partner Development
Beginner People Management
Beginner Persuasion Customer
Beginner Presentation Skills
Beginner Program Management Skills
Beginner Project Administration
Beginner Project Implementation
Beginner Project Management Cycle
Beginner Public Dealing
Beginner Qualitative Data Management

Languages

Intermediate Sindhi
Intermediate Pashto
Intermediate Punjabi
Expert Urdu
Expert English

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