Abdus Sobhan

Background

About Abdus Sobhan

Personal Information: • Profession: Humanitarian WASH & Shelter Specialist and Programme / Project Manager. • Nationality: Bangladeshi by birth (Permanent Resident / Immigrants to the USA). • Date of birth: 4 March 1961. • Specialization: Humanitarian assistance programme; integrated water resources, environmental sanitation & shelter programme; integrated multi-sectoral programme (livelihood, gender & protection); community engagement; capacity building; programme monitoring & evaluation. • Years of experience: More than 37 years (15-years of international experiences) since November 1984. • Working affiliation of the agencies: International Non-Government Organization (INGOs) including OXFAM International, Unicef, WaterAid and International Development Enterprises (IDE). Skills: 2.1. WASH, Shelter and programme management,(humanitarian and development setting): o International Non-Government Organization (INGOs). o Humanitarian assistances and long-term development programme. o Safe water supply (treatment & quality monitoring) and safe environmental sanitation. o Capacity building, team building & team management. o Community development, community engagement. o Assessments, programme design, management, learning and reporting. o Programme quality standards - policies, donors’ compliances, standards, guidelines. o Partnership (implementing) and consortium partners’ management. o Programme monitoring, evaluation and learning. o Coordination (consortium, implementing partners, cluster). o Representation, presentation and networking. Interface donors and coordination with stakeholders: o Experience in interfacing donor(s) and develop effective coordination & networking with relevant sector actors e.g, Government line departments, implementing & consortium partner NGOs, UN agencies, local government authorities and donors (Unicef, ECHO, UNHCR, DFID, DEC, DFAT, USAid, UN-Women, IoM etc). Urban WaSH and WASH in School: o Adequate experience in designing & managing Urban WaSH programme including WaSH in schools while working for Oxfam and WaterAid Bangladesh.