Yahya Al-Taie

The purpose of the USAID funded Iraq Governance and Performance Accountability IGPA/Takamul project (total budget of $172 M USD, currently in Year 4 out of 6) is to advance effective, accountable, and transparent governance in Iraq. This USAID effort, conducted by DAI, will work with Iraqi Government to better respond to citizen needs by supporting reforms and change agents on governance and transparency, accountability, and economy. Supporting service delivery functions, public financial management, and open government. IGPA will support GOI and its citizens forming partnerships and collaborate to solve problems.

• Enhance Government of Iraq (GoI) service delivery capacity
• Improve public financial management
• Strengthen monitoring and oversight of service delivery and public expenditure
• Support Iraqi change agents (cross-cutting objective)

Main responsibilities include (but not limited to);

• Leading IGPA MEL team (Specialists and Assistants) by providing technical guidance and support, and capacity building exercises.
• Work with MEL director to develop AMELPs and design MEL systems, work procedures and tools, and training staff on using it.
• Co-create IGPA/Takamul project Complexity Aware Monitoring (CAM) Report on annual basis.
• Supervise monitoring activities and reporting on findings.
• Supervise data collection, cleaning, sorting and storing.
• Perform data analysis and reporting on project results and implementation progress.
• Managing the conduction of surveys, questionnaires, evaluations, assessments, and FGDs.
• Work with Technical team and local partners on their work plans, including theories of change and project Learning part.
• Work with MEL director on generating timely MEL reports on all project aspects.
• Conduct periodic and regular internal Data Quality Assessments (DQAs) Dry Runs.
• Contribute in success stories collection, drafting and reporting.
• Train MEL staff and local partners on MEL tools, requirements and work procedures.

Yahya managed the construction of a tennis court on behalf of the US Government DOS at US General Consulate in Basra , Iraq (as a project/site manager of contracting company’s team). This project was successfully completed and he is still working as a freelance engineer, The latest job was inspecting (and reporting in regards of) sixteen customized latrine and shower ablution trailers on behalf of the the US Government DOS at US General Consulate in Basra , Iraq. (more details are available upon request due to privacy).

Yahya provide various services in logistic support, supervision, planning, business administration, management and mainly engineering services, including (but not limited to); Projects Management, Supervision, QA/QC Management, HSSE Management, Implementation, Inspection, Detailed Reporting (as required), Technical documents preparation and updating (reports, tenders and work proposals), Work progress follow-up.

Recently, Yahya started securing some freelancing opportunities in MEAL Consultancy and Local NGOs' staff Capacity Building and systems establishment.

Acting MEL Director with DAI at USAID-funded IGPA/Takamul Project – during the transitional period between the departure of former MEL Director until the new Director assumed her duties. Major accomplishments achieved during this period, include (but not limited to);

-Managed IGPA MEL unit by leading staff from all regional offices and reporting directly to IGPA COP. -Prepared Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP) for Fiscal Year 2021 (with main focus on MEL PMP Matrix and Performance Indicators Reference Sheets (PIRS)). -Co-worked on Fiscal Year 2021 IGPA and TO4 Work Plans and completing all MEL related parts (with main focus on Logical Framework sections for all IGPA/Takamul project components/objectives). -Successfully led and passed a Data Quality Assessment conducted by IBTCI (client TPM firm) based on client (USAID) request for Five of IGPA Performance Indicators (foreign assistance standard indicators), with full score and without findings. In addition to conducting three internal DQA dry runs to practice the DQA exercise with IGPA MEL unit staff. -Enhanced IGPA/Takamul project MEL systems and established new ones for processes monitoring, designed various and inclusive MEL tools for the project, including reporting templates, monitoring systems, indicators progress trackers, and many more. -Worked directly with IGPA COP and DCOP, as well as heads of other departments (Communications and Components/Objectives Technical Team Leads) on all quarterly reports sections sent to Client (USAID), by being fully responsible for MEL chapter and MEL related sections in these reports (Snapshots, Performance Indicators Progress, Statistics, Graphs, Charts, and others). -Enhanced the overall performance of MEL unit by increasing its work harmony and workload distribution, and providing capacity building for the MEL team members. Which eventually led to significant enhancement in the unit productivity, effectivity and efficiency.

Yahya was promoted from a Senior M&E Officer/Team Leader to RI/IQ M&E Manager after six months of working with RI/IQ. On this role, he was responsible managing M&E department (both sections; Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Data Management Section). Supervising four M&E Officer in Baghdad, Erbil, Anbar, Salahaldin and Kirkuk, as well as Data Management team of Officers, Assistants and Data Clerks in field teams and governorates offices. Yahya also contributed in preparing reports and indicators trackers following grants and programs' implementation progress. Yahya was also responsible for planning department activities and monitoring visits and preparing and finalizing internal and external reports for RI/IQ team, RI HQ in Washington DC and RI global donors. As well as representing RI/IQ M&E Department in Baghdad and attending internal and external meetings on that basis.

On this role, Yahya started with Relief International Iraq on June 2017 as a Senior M&E Officer, responsible for internal and external reporting, planning department activities and monitoring visits and preparing and finalizing internal and external reports for RI/IQ team, RI HQ in Washington DC and RI global donors. In addition to managing RI M&E Team in Iraq (five M&E Officers working in Baghdad, Anbar, Salahaddin, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Duhok). As well as representing the M&E Manager in Baghdad and attending internal and external meetings on his behalf.

On this role, Yahya assisted the management of Iraq National Backbone (IRQNBB) Fiber Optics Cable Network Project for EarthLink- Symphony Telecoms joint venture (biggest two ISP companies in Iraq and KRI). Main duties included managing (20) site supervisors, (17) Contractors and their works across entire Iraq. Specifically, works of civil, building and construction nature within IRQNBB project requirements, including; direct bury and micro-trenching works (inside and outside main cities, respectively), sand-bedding, laying of fiber optic cables, HDPE protection sleeves, and warning tapes, as well as excavation and backfill activities, manholes and handholes installation and finishing, FOC splicing and joints checks, spare cables lengths (for safety), directional-boring for conduits beneath pavement, constructions and infra-structure services, in addition to many other responsibilities, all according to recognized global standards and agreed upon technical specifications. Providing general management and supervision, technical solutions and support, quality assurance and control, logistic support and updating works progress against planned schedule. As well as preparing and presenting detailed technical reports to project senior management, in addition to conducting regular visits and cross-inspection checks to the implementation sites, as well as QC related tasks upon all civil and construction, cable laying and installed FOCs connectivity checks related works in that project (total executional budget of $75.00 M USD along three years duration).

Project Manager, Site Manager, Project Engineer, Coordinator, Administrative, Interpreter (at Site) and Formal Documents (Tenders & Contracts) Translator at the project of Tennis Court construction for a US Government DOS at US General Consulate in Basra , Iraq. (more details are available upon request due to privacy).

Small/local project, adopted with two friends as a secondary income, then after almost three years, the entire project was sold as its progress was very slow and shareholders did not have enough time to run it anymore.

The project was not started from zero, as we (three partners) bought the gym when it was offered for sale by the owner who decided to leave Iraq. The decision was developed as a small investment idea, in addition to place to gather friends and neighborhood youth to spent some useful time, as well as providing work opportunity mainly for friends (who are in need) and neighborhood youth.

CENOR role in this project was to provide Technical Supervision and Support for Baghdad Governorate (Client) that includes the following duties; Executed Quantities Estimation, Quantities Survey, Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Invoice Control. The project included maintenance, rehabilitation and expansion (including pavement, lighting, plantation and modern irrigation) for three sections of the named road for a total length of 80.15 Km, eight pedestrians overpasses (1 span and 2 spans POs), three viaducts (intermediate size), two rest area (large size) Project works was initiated on February, 2013. And were concluded by June 2016. (CENOR Contract was finished earlier though).

• Client: Baghdad Governorate
• Supervisor: CENOR Consultores
• Contractor: Bairaq Al-Ameer Co.

Yahya's role in this project was to manage the project and be the link between the project manager based in Lisbon, Portugal and engineers staff in the project location in Baghdad. In addition to preparation of monthly reports, design review reports and all other supervision documents like NCRs, Design suggestions, Technical notes and so on.

About CENOR: CENOR Consultores, S.A., present in 4 continents, provides excellence service in Engineering Consultancy, covering the following areas: Renewable Energies, Infrastructures, Water Supply, Wastewater Drainage, Irrigation, Industrial Building and Parks, Transportation, Geotechnical Works, Geology, Bridges and Foundations.

About Iraq Branch: Iraq branch of CENOR Consultores was established in 2013, began with support supervision for some government projects, and step by step it went larger and larger.

For more info. please visit the following links;

• Official Website http://cenor.pt/ http://www.cenor.info/

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Employment Status: Part time job (during my work as QA/QC Manager with Danube General Contracting)

Objectives: • Registration for bidding opportunities and new projects’ proposals and offers and related works beginning from creation (including technical and commercial offers), submitting and follow-up. • Administration, Finance & Accounting Manager for Water Intake project.

“Civil & Building Works in Water Intake Area” project At West Qurna 2 (WQ2) | 2nd Phase Oil Field Project. Owner (beneficiary); Iraqi South Oil Company (SOC). Client; LUKOIL Oil Company. Contractor; Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. (SECL). Sub-Contractor; Al Kherbet Company.

Project Manager (Al Kherbet); Eng. Ammar Ayad Mobile; +964 (0) 770 534 5889 E-mail; eng.ammar_hwt@yahoo.com

• Other responsibilities like contracts negotiations with SECL, business meetings (with the Korean side), work progress follow-up and security coordination.

Reference contact point: • Eng. Ali Hamza Al Dujaili – Baghdad HQ Director “Al Kherbet”. • Address (Head Quarters): Al Jadiria – Block 915, St. 31, House 25 Baghdad, Iraq. • Mobile: +964 (0) 790 191 7395, +964 (0) 770 395 2706 E-mail: ali_dujaili@yahoo.com, info@alkherbet.com

After being HSSE Manager for nearly two months, I was promoted to QA/QC (Quality Assurance / Quality Control) Manager at Well Pad Project (Clusters #7, #8 & #10). The Project was being carried-out at West Qurna 2 Oil Field Project / Second Phase.

Client: SOC South Oil Company Company: LUKOIL Oil Company Contractor: SECL Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. Sub-Contractor: Danube Group for General Contracting Co. Ltd.

Well Pad Project Scope was accomplishing the Civil Works and Building Works for the three clusters mentioned above. Through all this, QA/QC Manager has the following Responsibilities;

1. Ensuring the the job is being performed according to the specifications and with the accepted level of quality (all civil and building work steps are included).
2. Being responsible for all QC documents like AFIs (Application for Inspection), MARs (Material Approval Requests), Method Statements, QC Transmittals, ...etc.
3. Following-up with Drawings and Specifications Updates and Revisions.
4. Quantities Surveying and Amounts Estimations, in addition to preparing the BOQs, Bar Bending Schedules, accomplished work quantities schedules and all other related details.
5. Preparing all the documents needed for the invoice requests and related financial stuff.
6. In addition to many other responsibilities that cannot be all mentioned on Linked-in Profile.

Worked as HSSE (Health, Security, Safety, & Environment) Manager for nearly 60 Days before getting promoted to a QA/QC Manager at the same company for the same project.

Responsibilities: Ensuring that all personnel, equipment and machinery are working safely and according to HSE policy to guarantee safe working environment for all employees. In addition to carrying-out and submitting all HSE documents such as, Daily Work Permits (with all details), Safety Reports, Security Reports and mailings, and all kinds of work site safety inspections and related issues.

Worked with the company on four construction and building medium to small-sized projects in theUS Embassy in Baghdad with US Government DOS as our Client. Main duties included providing engineering supervision for all civil and bulding works in the site, English / Arabic interpretation at site as well as documents translation, in addition to representing the compnay in face to face meetings with our clients. For more details contact me via phone or E-mail. Or;

• Contact Mr. Majid Al Tayeeb (Company's Owner): majid@abaqalteeb.com

Employment Status: Part time job (during my time as a student in Engineering College at University of Mustansiriyah).

I was responsible for enhancing the Sales Plan and following-up to achieve the expected targets. In addition to the Public Relations activities (like inviting companies to participate in the adverts and other services that used to be provided by our company).

Employment Status: Part time job (during my time as a student in Engineering College at University of Mustansiriyah)

Lecturer (Microsoft Office -Word, Excel, & PowerPoint-, PC installation & maintenance, & IC3 exam preparation lessons), in addition to the responsibility of installation and maintenance of computer systems and wireless Networks at the institute’s headquarters in Al Yarmouk - Baghdad, Iraq.

Employment Status: Part time job (during my time as a student in Engineering College at University of Mustansiriyah).

Responsible for the installation and maintenance of computer systems and wireless Networks, in addition to general sales management.