Nurul Islam

Development and TVET professional with 16 years of experience, including more than 10 years in the development sector, specializing in skills development, youth employment, livelihood programming, curriculum design, training management, and stakeholder coordination. Experience spans ADB-financed SICIP and SEIP initiatives, UNICEF Bangladesh, UCEP Bangladesh, BRAC Skills Development Programme, hospitality operations, and corporate sales. Proven record in job placement systems, curriculum and competency-based learning material development, training monitoring and assessment, database management, employer engagement, and second-chance education. Supported large-scale programs serving 10,000 trainees in the tourism and hospitality sector and 16,500 underprivileged youth and women annually through skills, entrepreneurship, and employment initiatives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Coordinator, Job Placement & Database 
  Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Program (SICIP)  
  March 2025 - Present

   

• Pre-vocational Curriculum Consultant 
  UNICEF Bangladesh (SKILFO Project)
  April 2024 - March 2025

   

• Assistant Coordinator, Training Monitoring and Assessment 
  SEIP Tourism & Hospitality Industry Skills Council Project 
  February 2022 - March 2024

   

• Consultant
  Team Associates 
  September 2021 - January 2022

   

• Deputy Manager, Hospitality and Tourism Unit;  
  Deputy Manager/Acting Manager, Social Enterprise Development  
  UCEP Bangladesh 
  April 2019 - August 2021

   

• Center in Charge / Senior Instructor, Hospitality and Tourism
  BRAC Skills Development Programme
  August 2016 - March 2019

   

• Associate Member / Trainee, Food & Beverage Production
  Le Méridien Dhaka
  August 2015 - January 2016

   

• Executive, Marketing and Sales 
  Global Business Associates Pvt. Ltd. (A sister concern of RAK Ceramics)
  December 2010 - May 2015

CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS 

• Developed and edited competency-based learning materials and assessment tools for SEIP, KOICA-BEST, 
  and NSDA assignments. 
• Completed industrial bakery setup and training facilitation for the BRAC Rohingya project at Bhasan Char 
  in 2023. 
• Completed consultancy on cooking and bakery lab setup for the BRAC Skills Development Programme. 
• Successfully delivered UNICEF-SKILFO assignment covering course structure, competency standards, competency-based materials, logbook, trainer guide, session plan, and ToT facilitation.