Teaching
Foundation University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
September 2013 to date
Designation: Assistant Professor & Manager English Programs
Responsibilities:
Teaching Linguistics related courses to MA & MS students
Research work supervision
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Language Assessment
Ministry of Defence Language Examination Board (MODLEB)
University of Westminster
March 2003 to August 2013
Designation: Senior Examiner in Urdu
Responsibilities:
Examining DSL students' competence in Urdu
Translation of English Texts into Urdu at all 4 NATO STANAG levels
Recording aural passages
Conducting oral exams at Defence School of Languages
Interpreting
Language Line ServicesJune 2009 to August 2013
Designation: Telephone Interpreter (Freelance)
Responsibilities:
Real time live interpreting from English to Urdu and Urdu to English
Working for various government and non-government organisation in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland
Dealing with extremely critical and real-life emergency situations
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Teaching
National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
August 2000 to September 2001
Designation: Lecturer in English
Responsibilities:
Teaching the following subjects to the postgraduate students
General and Historical Linguistics
Semantics
History of the English Language
Phonetics and Phonology
Teaching English Language to beginners and foreigners
Preparing TOEFL and IELTS Candidates
Desktop Designing
Print Masters
Bureau Office, Weekly 'Manzil' Haripur.
August 1997 to March 1998
Designation: Computer Designer (DTP)
Responsibilities:
Newspaper Layout Designing
Writing Office Reports, Mail and News Releases
Designing brochures, and all type of advertising materials
Designing logos and monograms etc.
Writing proposals in attempt to persuade potential clients that Print Masters had the means and the creativity desired
Voluntary Services
St Catherine's College Middle Common Room (MCR)
University of Oxford 2005 to 2006
Designation: Treasurer
Was an elected member of the Graduate Common Room (MCR) Executive Committee
Responsibilities included financial management of an annual budget of over GBP12,000.00
Arranging and procuring stock for functions and financial running of Common Room Lounge.
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Solid Waste Management and Environment Enhancement Project (SWEEP)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
May 1999 to October 2000
Designation: Volunteer Social Motivator
Responsibilities and Jobs included:
Translating educational material from English to Urdu and Urdu to English
Designing and conducting personnel-training programme in English Language for project staff and community volunteers
Social Motivator during advocacy awareness campaigns etc.
Translation and Report Writing
Worked as a free-lance translator for various projects and organizations