Abrahim Rasouli (Soroush)

Current

• Human Resource & Grants Assistant at The Asia Foundation

Past

• Translator/Interpreter at The Asia Foundation
• Official at The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Principal/Instructor at Pamir Primary School

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Education

• The American University of Afghanistan

Connections

26 connections

Industry

Human Resources

Websites

• My Company
• My University

Abrahim Rasouli (Soroush)’s Summary

Currently, working at The Asia Foundation (TAF) as Human Resource & Grants Assistant, Abrahim has planned to remain at TAF for several years, through which, he hops to build a strong professional experience, as one of the requirements for admission at the perspective graduate level program.

In addition, he has seven years experience in translation generally, and two years in legal translation, particularly.

Previously, Abrahim worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, where within the administrative structure of the Office of Spokes-person, was responsible for organizing the Foreign Minister and the Deputy Foreign Minister’s meetings, press conferences and other official ceremonies at the ministry.

As part of his extracurricular activities, he has also established an elementary school, where he educated about 500 children.

Abrahim’s long-term educational goal includes attendance at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he would like to pursue business-related studies.

Abrahim Rasouli (Soroush)’s Experience

• Human Resource & Grants Assistant

  The Asia Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  April 2009 — Present (9 months)

  Grants Assistant:
  - Assist in conducting assessments of grantee and contractor organizations;
  - Assist in preparing grants/contracts;
  - Monitoring and supervision of grantees and contractors to en-sure timely receipt of report;
  - Review and processing of the reports received from grantees/contractors;
  - Review of payment requests to ensure complete documentation of all payments;
  
  H.R. Assistant:
  - Maintain and update national consultant’s files;
  - Maintain database on consultant’s information;
  - Maintain leave records for national consultants;
  - Prepare national consultant’s contract extensions and amendments;
  - Collect, review and process monthly timesheets and invoices for national consultants;
  - Ensure that all the contractual terms and conditions are strictly applied while processing consultant’s timesheets and invoices;
  - Ensure that timesheets and invoices are collected an processed in a timely manner each month;
  - Maintain and manage central filing system;
  - Proper archiving of old documents and files;
  - Control and maintain confidentiality of salaries and other confidential information;

• Translator/Interpreter

  The Asia Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  July 2008 — March 2009 (9 months)

  - Translation of English into Persian and vice versa, of all treaties, agreements, MoUs, etc. of Afghanistan's government, and other legal documents;
  
  - Interpretation of English into Persian and vice versa, of the Foreign Minister's and Deputy Foreign Minister's meetings, press conferences, etc.

• Official

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

  (Government Administration industry)

  October 2007 — June 2008 (9 months)

  - Organizing the Foreign Minister and the Deputy Foreign Minister’s meetings, press conferences, press releases and other official ceremonies at the ministry:
  
  - Translation of English into Persian and vice versa, of news, official documents, etc.;
  
  - Interpretation of English into Persian and vice versa, of meetings, press conferences, etc. of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Foreign Minister;
  
  - Updating, upgrading and managing all contents of the Web site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Principal/Instructor

  Pamir Primary School

  (Education Management industry)

  2000 — 2005 (5 years )

  Providing non-religious education opportunities for Afghan children

Abrahim Rasouli (Soroush)’s Education

• The American University of Afghanistan

  BA , Business Administration , 2009 — 2012 (expected)

  Activities and Societies:

  AUAF Photography Club, AUAF Free Press,

Additional Information

Abrahim Rasouli (Soroush)’s Websites:

• My Company
• My University

Abrahim Rasouli (Soroush)’s Interests:

Marketing, Finance, Literature, Music, Philosophy

Abrahim Rasouli (Soroush)’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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