User:OlaGazawi
Ola Al Gazawi
Over 12 years of experience in Humanitarian assistance field, key qualifications as below: ❖ Leadership and Team Building Skills: Highly skilled in leading senior-level donor, stakeholder, and partner staff in improving performance internally and on projects worldwide. Demonstrated ability to translate actions into success. For 10 years, successfully led the procurement department and managed all procurement activities for the $3.6M USAID Jordan Mission. Skilled in working across cultures and diverse teams, bringing staff together towards a common goal. ❖ Capacity Building and Training Expertise: Proven track record in designing and delivering training and capacity building sessions to USAID Mission staff in Iraq, Tanzania and Jordan on procurement management (GLAAS), finance and budget management, and USG rules and regulations. Expertise in human resources and recruitment, building capacity of Qatari Romanian Trading Company staff in Doha Qatar. ❖ Stakeholder and Partnership Development Experience: Demonstrated experience developing key relationships with World Bank, USAID and stakeholder staff. Able to provide high-level guidance and gain buy in with diverse partners to streamline procurement, administration, and HR systems. ❖ Procurement and Contract Management Professional: Brings 11 years of experience overseeing procurement on multi-million-dollar USAID funded projects and directly improved procurement operations with Missions (Tanzania, Jordan, Iraq, Germany). Expertise in USAID FAR rules, policies, and regulations, and is a GLAAS subject matter expert. Proven ability to analyze complex data and complex information for presentation to senior leadership.
EDUCATION: B.S C degree in Business Administration April 2002 – June 2006 Al Zaytonah University, Amman, Jordan Diploma Degree in business management (Advanced) September 1999 – September 2000 YWCA, Amman Jordan
SELECTED TRAINING COURSES: USAID Online University • Budgeting and Controlling Costs • Defining Emotional Intelligence • Emotional Intelligence at Work Ola Al Gazawi | 5 • Foundations of Effective Thinking • Valuing Team Diversity • Introduction to Program Management • Phoenix Accruals • USAID Worldwide Government Purchase Card Training Course • Internal Customer Service • Gender 101: Gender Equality at USAID • Basics of Budgeting • Procurement Integrity Defense Acquisition University • FCN 101 Contracting Basics Section 302 • CLC 057 Performance Based Payments Section 889 • CLC 058 Introduction to Contract Pricing Section 888 • CON 121 Contract Planning - Section 305 • FAC 023 Basic Contracting for GSA Schedules - Section 890 • CLC 056 Analyzing Contract Costs - Section 892 • CON 124 Contract Execution - Section 303 Instructor-Led Courses, in person class • Programming Foreign Assistance 4/8/2013 • Project Design and Management 2/2/2014 • Contract Administration 8/8/2014 • English Writing Proficiency-Policy writing 8/28/2014 • Sole Selection Training 07/16-07/23/2016 • CON 170: Fundamentals of Cost and Price Analysis 12/05-12/16/2017 • CON 270: Intermediate Cost and Price Analysis 03/06-03/17/ 2017 • AOR Refresher - Reboot Workshop 1/22-01/23/2017
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Computer Skills: Global Acquisition and Assistance System (GLAAS), Enterprise resource planning (ERP) payroll, procurement, inventory, SAP modules, Phoenix – Accounting System, Agency Secure Image, Storage Tracking (ASIST) Records management and archiving system and Cost point, share point, Microsoft office, Deltek Solutions - Cost point and Time & Expense-. Languages: English (Fluent), Arabic (Native) Countries of Work Experience: Germany, Jordan, Iraq, Tanzania and Qatar