Esraa Elsheikh

169, Group 9, Madinaty, 19511, Cairo, Egypt | ssheikh988@gmail.com | +201001849919 -

+447404954472

Education
MSc SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL RESEARCH | OCT. 2015 DEC. 2016 | UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE LONDON (UCL)- INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Dissertation: Securitization and Education: An explorative study of the implementation of the UK
Counter-terrorism Strategy- Prevent in UCL (with distinction)
Related coursework: Impact Evaluation, Planning for Education and Development, Qualitative Analysis,
Advanced Quantitative Analysis, and Social Policy: Theory, Research and Practice
Elected: Student Academic Representative for Social Policy and Social Research Program
Funding: Qalaa Holdings Scholarships Foundation (QHSF) Academic Scholarship

BA ECONOMICS | SEP. 2005 - JUNE 2010 | THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO

Major GPA: 3.4/4
Related coursework (advanced level): Labor Economics, Econometrics, Economic Development, Public
Finance, International Economics
Awarded: First Category Scholarship for academic excellence

Skills
Arabic: Native MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint: Excellent
English: Fluent SPSS: Very Good

Research and Policy Related Experience

SOCIAL PERFORMANCE OFFICER | AGA KHAN AGENCY FOR MICROFINANCE |
EGYPT| MARCH 2014 AUGUST 2015
Established the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Database to inform the foundations social
performance management.
Monitored operations to assure its compliance with the foundations policies and standard operating
procedures.
Assessed the portfolio quality, credit risk and opportunities for expansion
Conducted policy reviews to assure the foundations policy compliance with the government dynamic
policies
Advised on qualitative research and data-collection to inform research and product development

SENIOR RESEARCHER | CAIRO CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES| EGYPT | JAN AUGUST
2013
Managed research teams and research operations across various projects
RESEARCHER | MINISTRY OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION | EGYPT | OCTOBER 2010 -
MAY 2012
Provided policy-advice to ministries of health, education, and irrigation, on international cooperation
projects

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT | THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO | JANUARY

2009 - DECEMBER 2012
Co-taught the following courses: Introductory Mathematics for Economics, Intermediate Mathematics for
Economics, Introductory Macroeconomics and Intermediate Micro-economics

Other Work Experience

OPERATIONS ANALYST | MENTORS GRAPHICS EGYPT | JUNE 2012 JANUARY 2014
Delivered the quarterly business review to the upper management
Analyzed the divisions quarterly expenses and cross-charge against other regions
Managed travel operations for Egyptian consultants, including booking, visa, work permits, cost
management and reimbursement

Voluntary Social Work

ON-SITE VOLUNTEER | EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER INTERNATIONAL- THESSALONIKI,
GREECE | APRIL MAY 2017
Lead community liaising meetings between refugees and various service providers on the camp
through translation and coordination
Reviewed and documented the camp-management operations and procedures
Delivered a series of workshops; financial literacy sessions, art classes and writing sessions
Started a blog -SeekingRefugeinRefugees, that was cross-published in OpenDemocracy and
NakedCapitalism

WRITER AND PARTICIPANT | OPEN DEMOCRACY -MIDDLE EAST FORUM | MARCH

OCTOBER 2016
Participated in weekly workshops discussing political and socio-economic issues in the MENA region
Contributed opinion articles to the Arab Awakening Section
Achieved NAWAs (previously known as Arab Awakening) top-viewed for the year 2016 for one of my
articles (written under a pseudo name)

VOLUNTEER | UN-VOLUNTEERS, CHILDREN UP TO LIFE, RESALA NGO, RESALA SOCIETY &

FED| EGYPT| 2009 2014
Worked with children at risk, juvenile delinquencies, homeless children, students with disabilities,
students in public and international school
Gave sessions about citizenship, child rights, entrepreneurship and social and environmental
responsibility to children
Submitted policy drafts jointly with the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) to
concerned members of parliament MPs.
Headed awareness campaigns on homelessness and children at risk jointly with Save the Children

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