Shaima Arzuman Shahin

Education

Institution, Country

Attended from/to

Degree obtained

Main course of study

Mo./Year

Mo./Year

James P. School of Public Health under BRAC University

January 2015

January 2016

Master of Science

Masters of Public Health

Asian University of Bangladesh

January2011

June 2012

Masters of  Business Administration

Human Resource Management

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

April 2002

February 2003

Master of Science

 

Nutrition and Food science

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

April 1997

September 2002

Bachelor of Science

Nutrition and Food science

 

 

Training

·         Occupational Health Safety and Security a two days training organized by BRAC Learning Division on December 2018

·         Gender and Justice, sensitization- a two days training organized by BRAC Gender Unit at BRAC centre   on August 2018

  • BRAC Orientation a five days training organized by BRAC Learning Division at Cumilla BLC on December 2013

  • Infant and Young Child Feeding a three day training organized by BRAC in Uttara BLC on March 2013

  • Front Line Leadership training: improve personal leadership knowledge and skill, for young leaders organized by Nestle Bangladesh in Rajendropur -BCDM.

  • Effective Mentoring training, a two days course organized by Nestle Bangladesh on July 2009

  • Role of Probiotics, a two days training organized by  Nestle Bangladesh in Hotel Amara on September 2007

  •  Communication excellence, a three day training organized by Nestle Bangladesh in Hotel Sharina   on October 2006

  • Training on community data collection and analysis under INFS and Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) at, Cumilla on May 2003, to analyze the nutritional status of 75 house hold, in Uzerpur village, who had children of under 5 years by collecting anthropometric, economic and food consumption data.

 

List professional societies and activities in civic, public or international affairs

·         Bangladesh BCC working group

·         Member of National Review Committee for developing the Basic Nutrition Training Module for Field level health worker under National Nutrition Service (NNS), IPHN, Bangladesh

·         Member of NAFSA (Nutritionist and Food Scientist Association), University of Dhaka

 

List of significant publications (if any)

·         Afsana K1, Haque MR, Sobhan S, Shahin SA.2014. BRAC’s experience in scaling-up MNP in Bangladesh. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2014;23(3):377-84. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.2014.23.3.2

 

Knowledge of languages

 

·         Bengali: Native

·         English: Fluent in Reading, Writing and Speaking

 

Employment Record

From

To

Title of the post:

March 2017

 

Current

 

Programme Manager ( Local Government Division funded Income Support Program for the Poorest -JAWTNO project)

Name of employer: BRAC

Name of supervisor: Saiqa Siraj

Address of employer:

BRAC Centre,

75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212

Email of supervisor: saiqa.siraj@brac.net

Responsibilities
  • Coordination with Local Government Division(LGD), World Bank and other stakeholders

·         Provided management and technical support to implement project activities at community level in 444 unions of 43 intervention upazilas of Mymensingh and Rangpur divisions of Bangladesh.

·         Worked directly with LGD (Local Government Division) and World Bank in project planning, budget preparation, implementation strategy and coordination in functioning service delivery process.

·         Preparing and tracking on successive year budget and expenditure of the project as per line items.

·         Prepared quarterly progress report, partner updates, and yearly work plan for LGD.

·         Prepared Capacity development plan for the field worker and Organizing and Coordinate TOT for project.

·         Ensured quality assurance of programme activities and approaches through regular monitoring and supervision by frequent field visits.

·         Identified project risk and management for smooth operation of project.

·         Actively participated in developing BCC materials and ECD materials to provide IYCF and CNCD services for under five children and pregnant women.

 

 

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April 2017

February 2019

 

Programme Manager (GAIN funded Bangladesh Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) - Home Fortification programme )

Name of employer: BRAC

Name of supervisor: Dr. Kaosar Afsana

Address of employer:

BRAC Centre,

75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212

Email of supervisor: afsana.k@brac.net

Responsibilities

·         Overall implementation of the MIYCN programme in coordination with the program unit, government and other sectors of BRAC

·         Develop MIYCN programme proposals, detailed budget, periodic and special reports and other necessary documents for management, development partners or others as needed.

·         Support the MIYCN programme for administrative and financial management and supervise all activities implemented in 164 sub districts and 6 urban slums.

·         Conduct need assessment for the staff for to develop their skills on this programme and organize need base training for the staff in coordination with relevant departments

·         Provide technical support and actively participate in decision making specially  in child nutrition

·         Assist monitoring unit and RED to identify and conduct operational researches for the programme

·         Coordinate with ICDDR’B to conduct the programme evaluation and documentation throughout the programme period

·         Development of concept notes, guidelines and IEC materials for MIYCN programme

·         Responsible for Staff management –hiring, performance appraisal etc.

·         Coordination with different agencies: donor, government and other stakeholders in implementing the program activities

·         Represent the programme in national and international forums

 

 

From

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May 2013

 

 

April 2017

 

 

Senior Sector Specialist (GAIN funded Bangladesh Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) - Home Fortification programme )

Name of employer: BRAC

Name of supervisor: Dr. Kaosar Afsana

Address of employer:

BRAC Centre,

75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212

Email of supervisor: afsana.k@brac.net

Responsibilities

·         Development of project proposals, Budgets, Particularly related to the objectives and targets of the MIYCN Program

·         Responsible for planning and implementation of the MIYCN Program in 58 upazilas of 8 districts of Bangladesh.

·         Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies e.g. IPHN, GAIN, UNICEF etc.

·         Responsible for overall SBCC material development and implementation of this materials in field like-the development of the Training module, IEC materials like Jobaid, Banner, Brochure Sticker etc.

·         Frequent field visit for facilitative supervisions and monitoring of the progress in assigned working areas

·         Preparation and submission of FD6 of MIYCN –Home fortification Program to NGO bureau.

 

 

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November 2012

 

June 2013

 

Senior Sector Specialist (Bill &Melinda Gates foundation funded Bangladesh Sprinkles Programme)

Name of employer: BRAC

Name of supervisor: Dr. Kaosar Afsana

Address of employer:

BRAC Centre,

75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212

Email of supervisor: afsana.k@brac.net

Responsibilities
  • Provided operational and technical support in 61  districts of Bangladesh. Where program goal was to reduce anaemia among under five children using Micro Nutrient Powder (MNP).

  • Prepared quarterly progress report, yearly work plan and attending weekly meeting at stakeholders’ office for current updates.

  • Assisted in the development of user-friendly technical guidelines and other documents e.g. technical module, social mobilization modules and programme implementation guideline etc.

  • Preparation and submission of FD6 of Bangladesh Sprinkles to NGO bureau.

·         Served as a technical expert in developing IPC and BCC materials for this project.  Provide technical assistance in resolving difficulty management on implementing BCC activities at field level.

·         Recurrent field visit for facilitative supervisions and monitoring of the progress in assigned working areas

 

 

 

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May 2012

September 2012

Senior Sector Specialist (Bill &Melinda Gates foundation funded Alive and Thrive Initiative)

Name of employer: BRAC

Name of supervisor: Dr. Kaosar Afsana

Address of employer:

BRAC Centre,

75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212

Email of supervisor: afsana.k@brac.net

Responsibilities

·         Provide technical assistance in resolving difficulty management on implementing BCC activities at field level.

·          Served as a technical expert in developing IPC and BCC materials for project implementation of 50 sub-districts from 16 districts.

·         Frequent field visit for facilitate supervisions of the progress in intervention areas.

·         Organizing Regional workshop in collaboration with local government administration on IYCF.

·         Active participation in different coordination meeting with GoB, Development Partners and other stakeholders.

·         Disseminating project findings, lesson learns and best practices in national and field level meetings, seminars, conferences and workshops

 

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February 2005

April 2012

 Nutrition Officer (Nestle Bangladesh Ltd.)

Name of employer: Nestle Bangladesh Ltd

Name of supervisor: Pinaki Sen Gupta

Address of employer:

227/A, Level#4, 1208

Email of supervisor: pinaki.gupta@bd.nestle.com

Responsibilities

·         Capacity building of  new employees through training and mentoring

·         Develop monitoring system to ensure that all employees are performing job responsibilities according to training

·         Conceptualize training materials based on field data and research

·         Software based data management and analysis

·         Designing and planning of communication materials for child nutrition and maternal nutrition

 

Award or Achievement (If any)

  • Excellent in nutrition, product and competition knowledge for 2009

  • Operation trust from Nestle Bangladesh in2009

 

 Thesis

  • A study on nutritional Status of under five year children in flood affected area- Matlab

               upazila, Bangladesh.

·         Composition of Bangladeshi Cooked foods: Cooking yield and Nutrient Retention factor of Homemade Traditional Cakes (Pitha)

 

Conference papers

·         Anaemia reduction through Micro Nutrient Powder in rural Bangladesh; paper presented in XI South East Asia Regional Scientific meet of the International Epidemiological Association in Nepal

 

Conferences and Workshops

 

·         Phytosanitary Measures & Food security workshop organized by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, 2014

·         Lives Saved Tool (LiST) training organized by Johns Hopkins University in Dubai funded by Child Investment Fund Foundation on April 2016.