I am a Development Project Management expert with 2 decades of experience in full-cycle development programmes implementations & consultancies. I have been working with marginalized, governance, youth and women empowerment, education (learning outcome, adult learning, financial literacy, education management, OSC survey, inclusive education, girl’s child education drive, in-service and pre-service etc) social sector budget analysis and tracking, PEA analysis, project inception, planning to execution, sustainability and project close out, whereas ensuring project activities comply with timeline, activity budget, and project scoping. I have coordinated several development programmes targeted at improving quality service delivery through engaging Governance and policy compliance. I have facilitated several gender and social inclusion training and programs as well as maintained and built healthy partnership and stakeholder relationships as open to managerial and executive positions in project management. I have a MA Degree in Development Studies. I always re-assure commitments showing myself to be self-motivated, organized, and capable of working under pressure. I enjoy working on my own initiative or in a team and Proficient in MS Office Applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Currently, I am working with Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) as Senior Program Officer based in Abuja. PLANE is a project funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). PLANE is an 8-year project (2020-2028) that strengthens education systems to improve foundational skills in reading and math for children in the primary grades. PLANE’s focal states are Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa, with limited interventions in other parts of Nigeria. PLANE is to directly support improved learning for an estimated 1.5 million children in Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa states (KKJ). As Senior Programme Officer am providing support in program coordination in 3 states field offices. I was a staff of Mercy Corps Nigeria as Senior Programme Officer Policy and Governance 2017 - 2020. Previously worked for RTI-LEAD-USAID Governance project in Sokoto as Governance Program Coordinator for 4 years, to MNCH2/DFID Zamfara State Office as State Accountability Coordinator, previously worked for SAVI a DFID UK funded Governance project for a year, I was a State Team Leader (Heading a project leadership development position dealing with Programme (Grant Management for Civil Society Partner, Media and Training of Kano state House Members and Staff), Operations, Finance, Procurements and Administration) since September 2014. I have worked for (Mott MacDonald) Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria, (ESSPIN) an educational support project funded by DFID UK as Access and Equity Specialist (Promoted Gender based development process, Inclusiveness in Jigawa State Education System, promoted improvement in Girl's child Education and Integrated education in 27 LGAs of Jigawa state. More working experiences attached in my CV.

My various works on developmental projects has broadened my knowledge of planning the development and reinforcement of Organizational strategies, structures and processes to improve the organizations effectiveness, working with diverse stakeholders such as the Legislature, the Executive, Media and the Civil Society has improved my ability to manage relationships with various state ministries and traditional and religious leaders and improved my ability to engage critical stakeholders on sensitive development issues such as access to education, participatory governance, budget transparency and accountability. I have enhanced teamwork, communication and organizational skills and my ability to work in a multi-cultural environment. I look forward to hearing from you at earliest and your convenience.

Yours faithfully, Abdulrahman Abdu 08060083715, 08023748621 aaabdulrahman@yahoo.com aaabdul67@gmail.com