SAJAD HUSSAIN
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST-
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/sajad-hussain/
Grenoble, France
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Over 5 years of experience in various communication roles with national and international organization makes me a versatile and innovative person. I always focus on adding value to the organization with my creativity and diverse knowledge. I love working with a multicultural team because diversity allows me to learn new values and skills. I can communicate in 8 languages including English, French, Urdu, Hindi, Sindhi, Punjabi, Gujarati and Saraiki. Being a quick learner helps me to effectively apply myself to any position and place. I have been writing for national and international newspapers on different issues and my paper on three dimensional community engagement model is under review in international journal. I am one of the founding member of France based socio-tech Start-up company which works on addressing sustainable development issues with technology. Apart from this, I am part time composer, song writer, singer and video director.
SKILLS
Community Management/Engagement
Digital Communication
Participatory Approaches
Interpersonal Communication
Research Methods
Data collection and Analyzation
Project Management
Mass Communication/Coordination
Video/Audio production
Capacity Building
Event Management
XML, HTML, EW & Zendesk
Behaviour Change Communication
EDUCATION
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
University of Grenoble Alpes
Grenoble, IX 2015 – X 2016
MASTER OF MASS COMMUNICATION
University of Sindh
Jamshoro, X 2008 – X 2010
AWARDS
VICE CHANCELLOR SILVER MEDAL
University
XII 2010
CERTIFICATIONS
DIGITAL MARKETING (GOOGLE 2017)
FACILITATION SKILLS (UNICEF 2015)
SOCIAL MOBILIZATION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES (UNICEF 2014)
COLD CHAIN MANAGMENT (UNICEF 2014)
ACOUNTABILITY & COMPLAINT MECHNASIM (OXFAM 2012)
MONITRING TOOLS (2011 OXFAM)
CHILD TO C HILD APPROACH (OXFAM 2011)
COORDINATION SKILLS (OXFAM 2011)
EXPERIENCE
COMMUNITY MANAGER
TOLUNA / Paris /X 2016 – IV 2017
Community building, engagement and management at Toluna website, social media pages and blogs. Timely responses to community queries and questions. Management of panellist data as per to Toluna policy. Development and implementation of community promotion and engagement strategies related to the communications division and the organization’s strategic goals .Additionally, translation of material from English to Urdu, survey launch, data collection, analyzation, and reporting.
Introduced a video series "Luna" to engage and train members on valuable participation. Introduced Google Trend and keyword tool for blog posts and tags.
COMMUNICATION OFFICER
CHIP Training and Consulting / Hyderabad / VIII 2013 – VIII 2015
Assessment, planning and implementation monitoring of communication strategies at Union Council level for Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) and Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Pakistan. Ensuring coordination between all stakeholders and capacity building of partners including health staff by organizing training workshops and providing on the job training in the field on interpersonal communication (IP), cold chain maintains, micro-planning and social mapping etc.
Introduced communication strategy based on family and socio-physiological data to convert vaccine refusals, which helped to convert 2000 plus vaccine refusals in 3 months. Brought an integration approach with local government to reduce Polio refusals and ensure accountability and transparency.
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION OFFICER
SAFWCO / Hyderabad / VI 2012 – I 2013
Development and implementation of internal and external communication strategies for the WASH project as per allocated budget. Organization of workshops and seminars for journalists and media persons to build the capacity on health communication and reporting health-related issues. Organization of internal and external small and big community events. Development of IEC tools, including songs, videos, pictorial stories and games for health promotion. Internal and donor reporting.
Sensitized and involved the media celebrities to play their role in health promotion. Introduced online lesson-learned forum for partners.
PUBLIC HEALTH PROMOTER
Oxfam GB / Hyderabad / X 2010 – V 2012
Assessment, planning, implementation and monitoring of the emergency and early recovery WASH and shelter projects during flood emergency 2010 and 2011 with close coordination of public health engineers, nutrition and EFSL team. Capacity building of partners on community management, committee creation, safe water chain, safe food chain, Latrine usage and hand washing. Drafting strategies for hand washing, safe water chain, latrine use and food safety. Development of IEC tools and NFIs distribution.
Introduced media and art tools to promote positive health behavior in affected communities including hand washing song, sketches road shows. Introduced CLTS first time in an emergency. Introduced improvised Child to Child approach (WASH Kids) with support of line manager.
