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Uma Narayanan

Independent Consultant
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Languages

English

Based in

Malaysia

Uma Narayanan

Independent Consultant
Contact Us

Languages

English

Based in

Malaysia
Expertise
  • Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
  • Adult learning
  • Humanitarian Charter
  • Project cycle management
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Environmental issues
  • Older people
  • Monitoring and Evaluation / MEAL
Types of training
  • Training content development
  • Coaching and mentoring
Audiences
  • Humanitarian workers
  • Mixed audience
  • Media

About Uma Narayanan

Ms. Uma Narayanan, specializes in human resources and organisational development for medium to large scale organizations in the humanitarian sector. Ms. Narayanan has a background in International Organizational and Systems Development and worked as an Organization Development and Human Resources practitioner mostly in Southeast Asia and South Asia, for almost a decade. In her OD capacity, she has carried out numerous assignments on program reviews, evaluations and organizational assessments. Ms. Narayanan is committed to quality and accountability in the humanitarian sector. Comfortable and adapted to various cultural, economical, linguistic and religious environments Ms. Narayanan’s mandates include advising, training and mentoring HR teams as well as supporting the restructuring process of humanitarian organizations. Ms. Narayanan continues to redesign the HR practices and policies for various international humanitarian organizations including in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Myanmar, Mongolia, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. As a Facilitator, Ms. Narayanan has organized, designed, co-facilitated and facilitated over 100 workshops and training sessions both locally and internationally for various organizations. Uma has completed her ToT in Sphere and Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) and has ever since carried out Sphere and HAP trainings in Asia. Resident of Malaysia, Ms. Narayanan has a Bachelors degree in Social Sciences and a Masters of Science with a specialization in human resources and diversity issues from the prestigious London School of Economics. She was one of the only three Malaysian citizens chosen by the World Bank for their 2004-2005 post-graduate scholarship program. As an accredited associate executive coach, she has recently added coaching of middle and senior management as part of her portfolio.

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Sep

28

A SPHERE TRAINING OF TRAINERS, Bangkok, Thailand, 28 Sep – 3 Oct 2023

by Community World Service Asia (CWSA) , Sphere
28 September 2023 - 3 October 2023 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
28 September 2023 - 3 October 2023
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Face-to-Face, Training of Trainers (ToT)
Bangkok, Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

This Sphere Training of Trainers (ToT) aims to develop humanitarian professionals’ skills in training, promoting and applying Sphere Minimum Humanitarian...

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May

23

2022 Sphere Training of Trainers in Korea, 23-28 May 2022, Seoul

Private

by Korea NGO Council for Overseas Development Cooperation (KCOC)
23 May 2022 - 28 May 2022
23 May 2022 - 28 May 2022
Face-to-Face, Training of Trainers (ToT)
HiSeoulYouthHostel,Republic of Korea(South Korea), 200 Youngshin-ro, Youngdeungpo-gu
Seoul, Korea, Republic of

We will have 2022 Sphere Training of Trainers in Korea. It will focus on Sphere content as well as Training...

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