Date and place of birth: December 31st, 1967. Jerusalem
Nationality:Palestinian
Address (phone/fax/e-mail): Christian Quarter, Road 66-House 3, Old City of Jerusalem.
Tel: 00972-2-2770936, Telfax: 00972-2-2745559; e-mail: Mrabadi@bethlehem.edu or rabadi@msm.nl
- Education:
NAME AND LOCATION OF INSTITUTION |
MAJOR |
DEGREE |
DATE |
Maastricht School of Management
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Organizational Behaviour |
Doctorate in Business Administration Candidate |
Starting Sept., 2003.Graduating June,2008 |
Maastricht School of Management |
Research Methodology |
MPhil |
August, 2003 |
Maastricht School of Management |
General & Strategic |
MBA |
August, 2000 |
Bethlehem University |
Business Administration & Accounting |
BA |
June, 1993 |
- Language skills (Mark 1 to 5 for competence, where 5 is the highest):
Language |
Level |
Passive |
Spoken |
Written |
Arabic |
Mother Tongue |
5 |
5 |
5 |
English |
|
5 |
5 |
5 |
French |
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
Hebrew |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
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|
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- Membership of Professional Bodies:
January 2000- Present |
Member of the Delta Forum |
June 2000- Present |
Member of the CEFE Trainers Network. |
September 2000- Present |
Member of the P3U Network |
- Other skills: Working knowledge of various software programs including Microsoft word, Excel, Power Point, Microsoft Project and SPSS.
- Present Position: Director of the Institute for Community Partnership /Bethlehem University
- Years of professional experience: 17 Years
- Key Qualifications:
Key Qualifications
Drs. Rabadi has more than 17 years of experience in Lecturing, training, development, management, and consulting focusing on institutional strengthening, human resources development grounded on well experience gained in Public, Small-Medium Enterprises and NGO sectors.
Drs. Rabadi has a strong experience as a training practitioner emphasis on the design of training-of-trainers programmes, training needs analysis, the use of modern training methods in delivery, curriculum development and evaluation & monitoring of training, Organizational Development and Institutional Capacity Building. Recent long-term institutional strengthening projects involved training of trainers, counsellors and consultants in the beneficiary organizations on CEFE methodology, the development and use of local case studies, simulations and experiential learning techniques, consulting interventions. The output achieved was a change in the method of instruction from traditional lecture-based approach to a more participative skills-based, gender-sensitive and learner-centred approach.
Drs. Rabadi has a 15 years of experience in donor-funded development projects, including assignments as Team Leader/Manager, and Researcher on World Bank, SDC, Oxfam, NUFFIC, USAID, EC, UNDP, SAIL, CIDA, GTZ, FIT –funded institutional and sector development projects in Palestine.
Drs. Rabadi is well trained in logical framework project cycle methodology, Pert chart, Gantt chart and in project documentation and reporting requirements. This includes a detailed knowledge and skills of participatory planning techniques at all phases of project identification, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Professional experience:
2000-Present Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Bethlehem University, teaching courses in the following topics: Principles of Management, Strategic Management, Marketing, Marketing Research, Promotion, Advertising, and Enterprise Development.
July 1995-August2004 Training Officer and Project Manager of Private sector and NGO’s sector at CCE/Birzeit University
- Conducting training needs assessment and analysis.
- Designing and delivering training programs and courses including Training of Trainers, Small Scale Businesses, General and Strategic Management, Marketing, leadership, Communication and Motivation, Staffing, Monitoring and Evaluation and others.
- Monitoring and evaluating training programs, including follow-up on specific training courses.
- Preparing project reports.
- Participating in serving as a Team Leader/consultant in Organizational Development, Institutional Building activities and Evaluating projects and organization’s performance.
- Team leader in conducting applied researches.
- Coaching Trainers, Counsellors and Consultants.
- Team Leader and Coordinator of various projects funded by different international donors such as: DAI, EU, UNDP, SAIL, CIDA, ISAMI, DFID.
- Local Team leader of Human Resources work stream in the Reform Project for the Public Sector that is funded by DFID.
1995-Present Free-lancer Consultant/ Trainer, delivered over 1,500 training contact hours for different target groups, in addition, to delivering 15 training workshops entitled” Training of Trainers”. Conducted consulting interventions for many organizations in the areas of : General Management, Project and Program Evaluations, Leadership, Fundraising and Proposal Writing, Communication, Team Building, Institutional Diagnostic Studies, Strategic Planning, Organizational Development, Developing Procedural Administrative Manuals, Restructuring.
1993-1995 Head of Department, Small Enterprises Development, Extension Services Unit, YMCA-Ramallah, funded by USAID.
Participated in the decision making process at the policy level; recruited and hired staff for the department; provided overall supervisory and technical support; designed and conducted management training courses for graduates of Vocational Training Centres; Assisted entrepreneurs in preparing feasibility studies; Evaluated projects of entrepreneurs; acted as public relations and fundraising officer.
1991-1993 Night Auditor and Night Manager Christmas Hotel Jerusalem.
1990-1991 Vocational Counsellor, Rehabilitation program, YMCA-Beit Sahour Branch.
Identified the capabilities and needs of beneficiaries, training; individually and in groups; arranged vocational job search and job placement; monitoring and evaluation of department activities.
- Others:
Conducted many evaluations and strategic planning workshops for various organizations and projects.
Honors/Awards
June 2000 |
Licensed, Competency-based Economies through Formation of Enterprises (CEFE), trainer. |
August 1998 |
Full Scholarship. |
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Awarded by the Dutch Government for a master degree in the Netherlands. |
August 1995 |
Full Scholarship. |
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Awarded by the Dutch Government for a Post Graduate Diploma degree in the Netherlands |
- Non-Academic Training:
August, 2001 Training of Trainers workshop, “Training Best Practices”, Ramallah
May 1-22, 1998 Training of Trainers course, CEFE methodology, Cairo.
Feb.14-16, 1997 Organizational Development Process training, Ramallah.
Sep.18-25, 1996 Competency-based / Learner-centred Training and Education, Ramallah.
August 7-17, 1996 Video Production Training Program, aimed to build an infrastructure for educational video production, Toronto-Canada.
April 16-19, 1996 Training of Trainers course, Learner-Centred and Gender-Sensitive Training, Ramallah.
July 12-17, 1995 Training of Trainers course, Learner-Centred Training.
June 2-July 15, 1991 An introductory Cinema production training program, aimed to develop skills in production, technical support, scripting, on camera presentation and interviewing.
August15-Sep.20, 1990 Intensive Training Programme in Counselling and Rehabilitation, 120 contact hours, YMCA Jerusalem.
- Publications and Seminars:
- Palestinian SMEs: Current Status and Future Outlook", a study of 500 SMEs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Dec. 2006.
- “Research Hierarchy", a comprehensive computer-based Research Hierarchy was developed and published, Sept. 2006.
- "The Stand of the Palestinian Non-governmental Organizations on Dialogue with the Israeli Civil Organizations", a study of 140 NGOs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, June 2005.
- "The Dilemma of Upgrading Management Skills in an Unstable Economy", a paper presented at Maastricht School of Management International Partners Conference, July 2006.
- An Evaluation of the Institutional Setting and needs of Small Business in Palestine. Palestinian Micro and Small Enterprise Development- March, 2002.
- The Palestinian Economic Small Enterprise Sector. Palestinian Micro and Small Enterprise Development-July 1998.