Jafar Hamra

The University of Sydney, Australia (1/3/2019 - Present)
Sessional Associate Lecturer

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering workshops and tutorials in the postgraduate and undergraduate degrees at The University of Sydney
Consulting with students on learning support and pastoral care

Achievements:

Successfully assisting the unit coordinator in delivering:

PMGT6867 Quantitative Methods: Project Management
PMGT2854: Executing Projects
PMGT3855: Project Variance Analysis
ENGG5812 Project Delivery Approaches
PMGT1711 Systems Thinking in Projects
PMGT5891 Project Risk Management
PMGT5887: Computer Applications in PM
PMGT2711 Critical Thinking for Projects

Swinburne University, Australia (1/1/2020 - Present)
Sessional Lecturer

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops in the postgraduate degrees at Swinburne
Consulting with students on learning support and pastoral care

Achievements:

Successfully lectured several courses:

IS/IT Risk Management INF80043
Strategic Project Management INF70005

Southern Cross University, Australia (1/3/2020 - Present)
Sessional Lecturer

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing, facilitating and delivering online lectures, tutorials and workshops in the postgraduate degree at Southern Cross University
Consulting with students on learning support and pastoral care

Achievements:

Successfully delivered several courses:

MNG93255-2020-SP6: Portfolio and Program Management
MNG92230-2020-SP2: Project Management: Quality, Control and Risk
MNG92305-2020-SP3: Leading and Managing Projects
MNG93220-2020-SP5: Project Procurement and Contract Management

Covered PMBOK methodology

University of New South Wales, Australia (1/6/2021 - Present)
Sessional Tutor

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing, facilitating and delivering online lectures, tutorials and workshops in the postgraduate degree at the University of New South Wales
Consulting with students on learning support and pastoral care

Achievements:

Successfully delivered several courses:

Design Project Management - Vision to Reality- BEIL0008
Value Creation- COMM1180

Covered PMBOK methodology

Asia Pacific International College, Australia (25/2/2018 - Present)
Sessional Unit Coordinator and Lecturer

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops in the postgraduate and undergraduate degrees at APIC
Designing, developing, implementing and reviewing teaching materials for project management courses
Consulting with students on learning support and pastoral care
Contributing to the APIC's applied research

Achievements:

Supervised 28 postgraduate research students (Research Project SBM1300)
Successfully lectured several project management and IT courses:

IS Project Management BIS2003/SBM4305
Project Delivery Systems SBM1204 (Face to Face and Online)
Venture/Project Economics and Finance SBM1203
Project and Program Information & Communication Systems SBM1103
Project Management Fundamentals and Practices BUS2001/SBM3206
Project Management Profession PRJ5001/ SBM1101
Project Execution Planning and Management SBM3302
IS Security and Risk Management SBM4304
Project Integration and Change Management PRJ5105

Covered PMBOK methodology
Conduct Lab on the usage of Microsoft Project software for planning and controlling
Deliver the subjects of project delivery systems which includes delivering lectures on concepts like contract types (like fixed type contract, cost reimbursable contract, unit and material contracts)
Covering the delivery systems of design and construct, design documentation and construct, Alliances, Head contracting, ERP, IEF and BOOT
Also prepared the quizzes and final exam papers for the subjects

Kent Institute, Australia (1/3/2019 - Present)
Sessional Lecturer

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops in the undergraduate degree

Achievements:

Successfully lecturing several courses:

Project Quality and Management PAQM321
Business Economics BECO107
System Analysis and Design SYAD312
IT For Business Orgranisations ITBO201
The IT Professional TITP105

Covered PMBOK methodology
Conduct Lab on the usage of Microsoft Project software for planning and controlling

Australian Institute of Higher Education, Australia (24/10/2018 – Present)
Sessional Unit Coordinator and Lecturer

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops in the undergraduate degree
Designing, developing, implementing and reviewing teaching materials for project management courses

Achievements:

Successfully lecturing several courses:

Project Management BISY2004
Information Security ISY2003
Capstone Project 1 BISY3002
Knowledge Management BISY3005

Covered PMBOK methodology
Conduct Lab on the usage of Microsoft Project software for planning and controlling

SP Jain School of Global Management, Australia (1/2/2021 - Present)
Adjunct Faculty

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops in the undergraduate degree

Achievements:

Successfully lecturing several courses:

Data Science Capstone Project I - BDS PRO 301
Data Science Capstone Project II - BDS PRO 302

Covered PMBOK methodology
Conduct Lab on the usage of Microsoft Project software, Project Libre, Jira and Trello for planning and controlling

Central Queensland University (CQUniversity), Australia (1/3/2019 - Present)
Sessional Lecturer

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops at CQUniversity
Consulting with students on learning support and pastoral care

Achievements:

Successfully lectured and tutored several courses:

Project Management Concepts PPMP20007
Initiating and Planning Projects PPMP20008
Leading Lean Projects PPMP20009
Executing and Closing Projects PPMP20010
Program and Portfolio Management Information Systems PPMP20012
Project Management for operators of large assets PPMP20013
Project Management Practicum PPMP20018
ICT Project Management COIT12208

Covered PMBOK, Prince 2 and Agile project management methodologies

Victoria University, Australia (1/7/2018 - 1/7/2020)
Sessional Lecturer

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops in the postgraduate and undergraduate degrees at Victoria
Consulting with students on learning support and pastoral care

Achievements:

Teaching Excellence Award from Victoria University for academic and teaching excellence in 2018-2019
Successfully lectured several courses:

Introduction to Project Management NIT1203
Information Systems Professional BCO6672
Project Management Principles EPM5600
Information Technology Project Management BCO6656
Project Risk Management EPM5740

Covered PMBOK methodology
Conduct Lab on the usage of Microsoft Project software for planning and controlling

ATMC (Federation University and University of Sunshine Coast), Australia (1/7/2018 - 1/4/2020)
Sessional Lecturer

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops in the postgraduate and undergraduate degrees at Federation University and University of Sunshine Coast
Consulting with students on learning support and pastoral care

Achievements:

Successfully lectured several courses:

Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation MGT731
Project Management Principles PRM701
Project Management BUMGT 6973

Successfully tutored one course:

Leadership in IT Project Management ITECH7401

MIT, Australia (1/7/2018 - 30/10/2018)
Sessional Tutor

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and delivering tutorials in the undergraduate degrees at MIT
Consulting with students on learning support and pastoral care

Achievements:

Successfully tutored one course:

Networking and Security ITECH 1102

Conduct Lab on the usage of Wireshark and Linux operating system

Corporate Experience

Hamragroup Companies, Jordan (1/5/2013 - 22/2/2018)
Project Manager of Alhamra Company for Chemical Industries

Key Responsibilities:

Implemented planning strategies and audits/reviews for the installation and commissioning of dishwashing and soap manufacturing plants projects
Ensured monitoring and reporting of Project Controls processes are successfully set-up and implemented
Interfaced with project team, partners, clients, stakeholders, consultants, designers, vendors, subcontractors for management of the planning function in accordance with established procedures

Achievements:

Successfully finished the project within the budget and time
Helped the company to get financed for an amount of USD 1 million
Helped the company to get a contract with the government and enter new markets in Africa, Europe and Iraq

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Research Interests

Project Management
Personal Development
Leadership
Communication and Coordination

Conference Presentations

Presented my papers in The Twelfth Annual Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) World Conference, June 5-7, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Presented my paper in The 2011 ACM SIGMIS CPR CONFERENCE, May 19-21, 2011, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Presented my paper in The IFIP 8.3 DSS, June 28-30, 2012, Greece
Presented my work in the student showcase at the 2012 AFAC & Bushfire CRC annual conference and also in the RAF meeting

PUBLICATIONS

1. Abbasi, A., Hossain, L., Hamra, J. & Owen, C. (2010) Social Networks Perspective of Firefighters' Adaptive Behaviour and Coordination among Them. 2010 IEEE/ACM Int'l Conference on Green Computing and Communications & Int'l Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, 819-824.
2. Abbasi, A., Hossain, L., Owen, C. & Hamra, J. (2013). Social Connectedness and Adaptive Team Coordination during Fire Events. Fire Safety Journal.
3. Bdeir, F., Hossain, L., Hamra, J. & Crawford, J. (2012) Coordination Challenges for Global Disease Outbreaks Security. In Future Security, pp. 89-92 [N. Aschenbruck, P. Martini, M. Meier and J. Tölle, editors]: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
4. Hamra, J. & Hossain, L. (2011) Exploring Construction Coordination Performance Using Social Networks. The Twelfth Annual Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) World Conference, 71-78.
5. Hamra, J., Hossain, L. & Owen, C. (2012a) Social Network Analysis of Learning Teams During Emergency Events. In Fusing Decision Support Systems Into the Fabric of the Context, pp. 267-279 [F. B. Ana Respicio, editor]. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
6. Hamra, J., Hossain, L., Owen, C. & Abbasi, A. (2011a) The Influence Of Social Networks On Learning In Disasters. The Twelfth Annual Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) World Conference, 63-70.
7. Hamra, J., Hossain, L., Owen, C. & Abbasi, A. (2012b). Effects of Networks on Learning during Emergency Events. Disaster Prevention and Management, 21(5), 584 - 598.
8. Hamra, J., Uddin, S. & Hossain, L. (2011b) Exponential random graph modeling of communication networks to understand organizational crisis. 49th SIGMIS annual conference on Computer personnel research, 71-78.
9. Hamra, J., Wigand, R., Hossain, L. & Owen, C. (2012c). Network Effects on Learning during Emergency Events. Knowledge Management Research & Practice.
10. Hossain, L., Hamra, J., Wigand, R. T., & Carlsson, S. (2015). Exponential random graph modeling of emergency collaboration networks. Knowledge-Based Systems, 77, 68-79.
11. Uddin, S., Hamra, J. & Hossain, L. (2011) Exploring communication networks to understand organizational crisis using exponential random graph models. Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory.
12. Uddin, S., Hamra, J. & Hossain, L. (2013). Mapping and Modelling of Physician Collaboration Network. Statistics in Medicine.
13. Uddin, S., Hossain, L., Hamra, J., & Alam, A. (2013). A study of physician collaborations through social network and exponential random graph. BMC health services research, 13(1), 234

Awards & Recognition

Teaching Excellence Award from Victoria University for academic and teaching excellence in 2018-2019
Best presentation award at 2012 student conference at The University of Sydney
Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship/UPA (2010-2013)
Top-Up Scholarship, Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (2010-2013)

Memberships

Project Management Institute Member

Education