Country Experience: Iraq, Jordan.
Hala is a civil engineer and specialist in water supply and sanitation. She has more than four years of engineering experience, working exclusively in low-income countries and fragile states. Her experience includes multiple categories of humanitarian crisis and response, protracted disasters, post emergency planning and long-term development.
Hala has worked for several international organisations, focusing on WASH and water governance. She has extensively researched sustainable water supply and sanitation in refugee settings and public schools. She has worked in different positions (Senior Operations Officer, Construction Engineer, Head of Infrastructure Department, Researcher) for intergovernmental organisations, international private sector companies, humanitarian agencies (UNOPS, Action Against Hunger), and the United Nations.
Hala also has a long history of working in both rural and urban contexts, including major engineering projects, humanitarian development, climate resilience and green growth. She advocated for young professional involvement and developing data for sustainable water supply in Jordan in her policy paper with West Asia-North Africa Institute (WANA)and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) under the project “Jordan-EU Dialogue on Human Security Issues.”
Hala holds an MSc in Advanced Engineering Management, with distinction, from the University of Birmingham for her thesis on ‘A Conceptual Framework: Sustainability of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Post-Emergency Contexts’. She wasawarded the Chevening Scholarship by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. In addition to her qualifications, Hala volunteers with the Jordan River Foundation to create a better environment for Children.