Ekramul Kabir

A passionate and results driven Humanitarian Affairs Leader with extensive experience in managing and implementing development and emergency response programs and strategies for international donor-funded projects. Holds a BSc. in Civil Engineering degree with a Master in Development Management and diploma courses in Disaster Management, all of which complement both production and management experience. Demonstrable experience gained in disaster management & emergency relief/rehabilitation (General Food Distributions, Cash Based Transfers, Cash distributions), asset creations and constructions (especially roads, bridges/culverts/housing complex, Water and WASH Infrastructures), food security and livelihoods, agriculture production, climate smart agriculture/livestock/dairy and meat value chain activities, market system development, private sector engagement, youth engagements, entrepreneurship development, nutrition activities including supplementary feeding, activities to enhance socio-economic status of marginalized communities and build their resilience, civil society strengthening, skills training, commodity management, Social Cohesion activities, stakeholder representation, financial and operational oversights of all the projects/programs. Possesses proven exposure and experience working in challenging multicultural environments with the ability to establish, nurture and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels. Experienced in program design and implementation, managing donor relations, finances and administration tasks, while combining a thorough understanding of geopolitical challenges and the skill to implement organizational enhancements in a variety of regions. Skilled in the preparation and presentation of quarterly and annual reports to donors and served as project liaison to high-level meetings and conferences. Resourceful, analytical, adaptable and innovative, generates optimal results with a positive energy and desire to continually build on success. ================ 2015: Successfully managed Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition project start-up, production/implantation of certain key deliverables like conduction of baseline survey and its' report, development of M&E plan, Branding and Marking Strategy etc. Produced all the deliverables to USAID (the donor) on time despite being under an extremely tight deadline. Which was the first time in ACDI/VOCA's entire history of project implementation that all the start-up deliverables were completed successfully on time - received a cash award and a certificate from the organization's President for this achievement. 2010-2011: Successfully managed a school feeding program for 100,000 children for one year for a USDA Pilot project in Bangladesh. Additionally, led the development of a vitamin fortified nutritious cereal bar with locally available grains to feed school children by procuring food commodities locally realized a 26% cost savings. Now the cereal bar is a commercial product with 2 processors supplying 500,000 bars every month in Bangladesh markets. 2002-2004: Achieved a sustainable and cost-effective model of programming for CARE Bangladesh by combining four projects under single management opposed to four different management structure - resulting in savings of between 25 -30% of management costs.