Current Job: (August2015todate):Assistant Professor,Director of
Alneelain Center for Statistical & Demographic
Research&Studies.Alneelain University,Faculty of
Mathematical Sciences &Statistics
Teaching statistics anddemography courses,besides other academic tasks
(supervsion of student sresearch projects and regular update of curriculum and syllabus)
Planning,supervising,monitoring and implementing and over
seeing the center programs(Research,Training,and Consultations).
Representing theCenter at national and international events
,leveraging resources for theCenter.
Freelance Consultant 2011-2014
Data analysis using SPSS,particularly the national house holdhealth surveys data.
Drafting conceptnotes and proposals,writing,reviewing,and editing reports and news
letters in English and Arabic and translate from Arabic into English and viseverse,
for relevant government and non-government organizations(national and
international)
Research work with academic institutions,as well as for individuals and
own research papers for publishing
March 2010-December 2010:Senior Development Officer,Action
on Disability Development International-(ADDI)-
Sudan-Khartoum
Head Section of Development Program.Identification of potential
partners among NGOs and self-help groups.
Focal point for development of concept notes and proposals.Lead,organize
and facilitate training workshops.
Provide development support,advice and training to partners as required.
Liaisewith government,donors,UN agencies and other stake holders.
Leadmonitoring and production ofrequired reports timely.Present ADD-Iin
relevanteventsand meetings.Draft briefs about ADD work
and disability movement in Sudan to relevantmedia
channels.
July 2006–December 2008:Cordination/Outreach Officer,
United Nation Population Funds(UNFPA)/,Census Unit
Following up with stake holders and partners onactions taken and
ensuring quality out put of activities related to census.
Organizing meetings related to Population Census such as the
Technical Working Group(TWG)and maintaining minutes ofthe meetings.
Raising requisitions and creating purchase orders in ATLAS forcens us payments.
Finalizing format of census instruments,such as census
training manuals and training aidposters,translating
trainingaid posters from English into Arabic and follow up
the printing process abroad.
May 2000-February 2001:Administrative Assistant for
Food Program Director-Adventist Development and
Relief Agency(ADRA)-Sudan-Khartoum.
Managing the office of Food Program Director(FPD),
managemeetings,workshops,petty cash,keeping the
filing system of different food program units,manage
dstationary, supplies,keeping and updating files of
relevant NGOs and other Donors,GOS and other
partners in the FPD office,review of monthly,quarterly and
annual reports of different FP Units,translate correspondence
from English into Arabic&Visa Versa.
August98-April2000:Assistant Transition Coordinator/
Transition Department,ADRA Sudan-Khartoum
Assistedinall activities of Food Department,particularly
transition activities,Liaison with relevant government
authorities,participated in Food Program meetings,
report writing,organized meetings with IDPs willing to go
back to South,facilitated relocation process,coordination
of relocation work shops and surveys,participated
in screening of IDPs willing to go back home,participated
in development of the emergency preparedness plan
for flood mitigation and newlyarrivals IDPs in camps,
and assessment of preparatory situation of partner
NGOs in different IDPs camps for flood.
Nov97-July98:Team Leader in Nutrition Survey,
ADRA-Sudan
Over seeing the work of interview members and
carrying out the instructions of the Survey
Coordinator for the assessment of the malnutrition
among the displaced under five children living in
Khartoum State.Supervision of the gathering of
benchmark data(anthropometric data)needed for
the more effective implementation of the Health
and Nutrition Project of the Food Program.
Tasksi ncluded but no tlimited to:weighing and
measuring of under-fivec hildren,filling the information
in questionnaires,recording information on socio-economic,
demographic,and environmental conditions of IDPs children
house holds inuestionnaires.Attendmeetings with Survey
Coordinatortor eview data and make necessary corrections
and providead vicetoteam members.
Aug97-Aug98:Collaborating Researcher at the
Economic&Social Research Institute
Working as apart time Researcher with the
Economic and Social Research Institute,
during my work with ADRA
April1996-January1997:Researcher at the National
Population Council(NPC)
Coordinating the survey of the“Impact of the Environmental
Deterioration on Population–Greater Kenana”,
conducted by NPC and Gezira Uuniversity,Population
Studies Center,the tasks included:preparationstagei.e.
budgetpreparation,logistics and training plans,designing
of PRA information &interview guidelines.
Implementation stage:training of interviewers,conduction
of the survey,supervision of 20 team members,
review of data by the end of every day,provided
advice and instructions to the team members,
data editing and analysis.Reporting stage
included:preparation of financial report and
the final PRA report. Coordinating variouse vents,
researches and studies of NPC.Review of NPC
technical reports and documents.
January 1990-December 1992:Research Assistant
at the National Population Council
Participating instudies and surveys conducted by
the NPC targeting the displaced persons surrounding
Khartoum,in all stages including data collection,editing,
and data analysis,besides social and economic
studies in Hamadna Allaarea(Sinnar),participated in
Inter-regional Training work shop on Disability Statistic in
Bangkok,Thailand(presented a paper on the Disabled inSudan).
Coordinating of various NPC events
(workshops,seminars,conferences,and meetings.etc.
Research Papers
1-Determinants of Poverty in Sudan. Presented at
the Conference organized jointly by theI nternational
Sociological Association(ISA)and National University
of Singapore(NUS)under the theme“Changing
Demography Changing Families,which took
place in Singapore,May17-19,2018.
2.Assessment of Sudan House hold Health Survey Data,2010.
Presented at the International Conferenceon
“The Spirit of Official Statistics”,which took place in UAE,
Abu Dhabi,ADNEC,6-8December,2016,organized
by the International Association for Official Statistics/
International Statistics Institute(IAOS)/ISI.
3.Sudan Experience in Conducting Population Censuses (Co-author).
Presented at the International Conferenceon“the Spirit of Official Statistics”,
took place in UAE,Abu Dhabi,ADNEC,6-8December,2016,
organized by the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS)/ISI
4.The Prevalence of Early Child bearing and its Impacton
Maternal HealthinSudan".Presented at the International
Conference on Knowledge Sharing on Maternal and Girls’Health
in Sudan.Ahfad University for Women,incoll aboration with UNFPA
and UKaid.Corinthia Hotel,20th-22ndOctober,2015,Khartoum.
5. “Chronic Malnutrition(Stunting)among Under-five Children
and Related Risk Factors in Sudan”is being drafted for
publishing purposes.
6.Prevalence and Differentials of Disability inSudan.
Presented at the 5th Graduate Studies Conference of
Alneelain University,Khartoum-Grand Holiday Villa,
18th-20thJanuary,2014.
7.People with Disabilities and the Elderlyin Sudan.
Presented,as part of the working Population Policy
Review papers for the Review of the National Population Policy.
8.The Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in Sudan,
presented at the Population and Development
Seminar,Cairo,published in the CDC25thAnnual
Seminar Monograph,1995.
9.The Impact of Breast-feeding and Environmental Factors
on Child Mortality in Sudan,presented at the Population and
Development Seminar,Cairo,published in the CDC 24th Annual
Seminar Monograph,1994.
10.Regional Variations in Child Health Carein Sudan,
presented at the Population and Development Seminar,
Cairo,published in the CDC 23rd Annual Seminar Monograph,1993.
11.The Disabled in Sudan presented at the Disability Statistics
Work shop organized by UNESCO-Bangkok,
Thailand,September1991
Seminars/Workshops/Conferences/Training
- Participating in more than fifty events(seminars,work shops
and conferences),inside and outside Sudan.
- Attended many training programs in and out side the country
(program management,strategicplanning, qualitative research
methods,SPSS,AMOS,R,Eviews programs,disability statistics,
report writing,university teaching techniques,research methodology,etc)
Computer Skills
Microsof tword,excel,publisher,Power Point,and Statistical
Package for Social Sciences(SPSS),R,Eviews
Assistant Professor at AlNeelain University,
Faculty of Mathematical Sciences &Statistics with extended
experience in programs management&coordination
proposals,and reports writing with different NGOsandUN
agencies,research work with relevant government and
academic institutions.Initiative,ateam leader,workunder
pressure,with strong planning,managerial,organizational,
time management andproblem solving skills,highly
motivated for promoting my career in anenabling new
work environment
poverty,disability,fertility,and assessment of survey
dataquality
Khartoum,Sudan
March1996 Master of Philosophy(M.Phil) in Demography
Cairo Demographic Center(CDC),Egypt.
December,1994 Special Diploma in Population and
Development
Cairo Demographic Center(CDC),Egypt
December,1993 General Diploma in Demography
Cairo Demographic Center(CDC),Egypt.
September,1987 B.SC in Economics,
Faculty of Economics and Social Studies University
of Khartoum
Data analysis using SPSS,particularly the national house
hold health surveys data.Drafting conceptnotes and
proposals,writing,reviewing,and editing reports and
news letters in English and Arabic and translate from
Arabic into English and viseverse,for relevant government
and non-government organizations(nationaland
international).
Research work with academic institutions,as well as
for individuals and own research papers for publishing