Dr. Furat Al-Faraj, Employee at University of Bolton

Dr. Furat Al-Faraj, Employee at University of Bolton

About

Respected, dedicated, and enthusiastic professional with over thirty years of experience, working in academia, and consultant in international consulting firms and the United Nations Agencies (FAO and UNDP). Extensive experience managing projects from initiation stage to completion. Highly skilled in tracking details, maintaining deadlines while producing high quality deliverables. Managed and supervised multidisciplinary project teams on multi-projects with excellent skills in liaising with stakeholders; the ministries, the provincial governments, and the NGOs. Transparency, full coordination and cooperation of all involved parties are my first priority to efficiently achieve the goal and identify new service delivery opportunities.
Proven ability to design capacity building programmes and deliver training courses on:
Project Management including defining the Goals and Life Cycle of the Project, Project Management Constraints, Roles and Responsibilities of the Project  Manager and the team, Creating a Project Plan, Measuring, Managing and Maintaining Progress, and Completing the Project;  Research Skills and Methods;   Integrated Water Resources Management; Management of Transboundary Water Resources; Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources; Dam Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Response Plans; HEC-DSSVue (Hydrological Engineering Centre – Data Storage System) HEC-RAS (Hydrological Engineering Centre – River Analysis System); Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; and UN-SDGs-Agenda 2030. 
Programme leader of the Master by Research (MRes) in Environmental Management at the School of Engineering, University of Bolton, United Kingdom. Supervisor of Discipline Research Projects of undergraduate students, M.Sc. Dissertation and PhD study support at the School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, United Kingdom. Dr. Al-Faraj supervised more than 50 undergraduate students and more than 140 postgraduate students at both University of Bolton and University of Salford. 
Have a proven track record of publishing papers in Peer- Reviewed Journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Management, Water, Water Policy, Environmental Processes, Journal of Water and Climate Change, and Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. International researches reviewer serving a number of Peer-Reviewed Journals. 
 

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Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

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