Ranya Faisal Al-Esh is currently the Faculty Administration Manager at Bahrain Polytechnic. She has over 20 years of experience in education and administration. Her roles have included teaching English, serving as an executive secretary, and managing administrative teams. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature and an MA in English Literature and Criticism from Yarmouk University in Jordan.

1. PHONE : 00973-39148275(BAHRAIN) • E-MAIL
RANYA_ALESH@HOTMAIL.COM/ RANYA_ALESH2001@YAHO O.COM
RANYA FAISAL AL-ESH
KEY PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
I am currently the Faculty Administration Manager at Bahrain Polytechnic. In this role I
manage a Team who provide key Administration services to the three Faculties, their
Deans and Managers and the tutorial staff. I also manage Faculty liaison with the allied
services in the Polytechnic. I am:
- A highly organized and detail oriented Manager with varied experience.
- Dedicated and focused, able to prioritize and complete multiple tasks and follow
through to achieve project goals.
- An independent and self-motivated professional with excellent research and
writing skills, able to grow positive relationships with colleagues at all
organizational levels.
- Skilled in Computer use, including: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio and
Internet.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Bahraini
Age: 39
Place of Birth: Irbid - Jordan
COURSES ATTENDED
- Supervisory Development Programme – March 2012 – BDO – Kingdom of Bahrain
- Leadership Development Programme – Jan 2011 – Bahrain Polytechnic – Kingdom of
Bahrain
- Project Management - 23rd - 26th May 2010 – BIBF – Kingdom of Bahrain
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2. - The Art of Successful Team Building – 24th and 25th April 2005 – Canadian Training
Center – Kingdom of Bahrain.
- SPSS Level 1& Level 2, SPSS Table & SPSS Data Entry - 19th and 22nd September 2004
– Quantum Training Center – Kingdom of Bahrain.
- The Seventh Habits of Highly Effective People – 25th, 26th and 27th March 2001 –
Delmon Academy – Kingdom of Bahrain.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan 2011 – Present – Bahrain Polytechnic – Kingdom of Bahrain
Faculty Administration Manager
Key Tasks:
Managing all administrative matters within the three Faculties
Fostering a culture of service quality, teamwork and accountability
Ensuring alignment of the support and administrative services to the three Faculties
Preparing a range of analytical and informative documents as required by Deans and
Managers
Demonstrating leadership and providing professional guidance on a day to day basis.
Working with Deans in the development of Faculties’ operational and strategic
planning including budget and resource allocation
Oversight of Faculties development of processes and systems
Workforce planning
Monitoring of budgets
Responsibility for the maintenance of Faculty’s Quality Plan
Responsibility for the operational delivery of initiatives within the Faculties
Training, supervision and motivation of administrative staff to ensure that they carry
out their duties effectively while meeting their own career objectives
Responsibility for on-going review of the support infrastructure to ensure that it
remains efficient, effective and responsive to the Faculties’ strategic directions
Ensuring the effective operation of the Faculties’ internal communications and their
committees’ structures
Providing confidential high level secretarial service to the Deans when required
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 – Bahrain Polytechnic - Kingdom of Bahrain
English Tutor – English and Foundation Department
Executive Secretary to the Academic Board and its sub-committees (since April 2009)
Key Tasks:
Ensuring all meeting papers and reports are scheduled and prepared on time.
Preparing and distributing agendas, minutes and other documents as required.
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3. Maintaining Academic Board records (soft and hard copies in files).
Development and maintenance of a resolution register for all academic Board
meetings
Development and follow-up of monitoring systems to ensure all activities associated
with Academic Board procedures were fully actioned within the timelines set in the
meetings.
Follow up on information and action items required for academic documentation for
Academic Board.
Liaison with Faculty heads and other staff as required, on behalf of the Academic
Board.
Drafting and auctioning administrative memos and letters when requested.
Creation and revision of the Standing Orders for Conduct of meetings for Academic
Board and all its sub-committees.
Create a resolution register for Academic Quality Assurance Committee decisions.
Provision of similar services for Academic Board Sub-Committees:
- Academic Quality Assurance Committee
- Research Committee
- Appeals Committee
2007 – 2009 – Higher Colleges of Technology – RAK – United Arab Emirates
English Faculty – Bachelor Programs
Key Tasks:
Remedial sessions for Foundations Diploma
Teaching Foundations Diploma students Grammar and Writing
Designing a specialized Blackboard WebCT for students that included supplementary
and online materials
Chairing of the Reading and Writing Portfolios for the Foundations Diploma section
Preparing course materials
Delivering English language lessons
Writing, administering, and marking student assessments
Participation in college and system assessment moderation processes
Maintenance of student attendance records, marks, and other required student
records
Performing administrative duties, including as course team leader as required.
2003 – 2007 – Arab Open University – Bahrain
Coordinator & Academic Supervisor – English Programs
Key Tasks:
Teaching and co-ordinating English Grammar in Context, the first two levels in English
Communication skills
Carried the responsibilities of Head of Department which included setting tutors’
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4. schedules, administering payment reports
Summer 2006 and Summer 2007 – Nest Computer Systems and Equipment –
Salmabad – Bahrain
Administrative Manager
Key Tasks:
Handling all office work including preparing quotations, invoices, purchasing orders
Scheduling meetings and interviews with prospective customers
Interviewing all prospective candidates for positions at the company
Training customers on the company OnTime Attendance Software in both languages
English and Arabic.
Translating all the incoming and outcoming emails, faxes and letters.
Preparing Power Point presentations for the sales representatives
Answering all inquiries from existing customers and prospective customers about the
company's software.
Following up the sales representatives tasks
2001 – 2003 – Bahrain Training Institute – Bahrain
English Instructor in Communication and Language Studies Department and
assessment coordinator
1998 – 2000 – Delmon Academy – Bahrain
Teacher of English as a Second Language
1996 – 1998 – UNRWA/Jordan Field Office – Jordan
Teacher of English
1997 – Yarmouk University – Jordan
Teaching Assistant
QUALIFICATIONS
1995 – 1998 – Yarmouk University – Irbid – Jordan
MA in English Literature and Criticism
Specific field was English Literature and Criticism following the thesis track in the
department.
The MA Degree thesis was entitled “A Comparative Study of: Joseph Conrad and Hana
Mena’s Idealization of Feminine Perspectives”. The first comparative study handling an
analogous issue between two authors from Arabic and English Literature in the
university. The researcher is now having the study published.
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5. 1997 – 1998 – Educational Development Center / UNRWA – Amman – Jordan
Higher Diploma in Educational Psychology
1991 – 1995 – Yarmouk University – Irbid – Jordan
BA in English Language and Literature
A major in English Language and a minor in French Language and Literature
PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS
- Designed an Access programme that keeps records of staff leave, faculty budgets,
student attendance , BANNER Gradebook and student work placement for EDICT
Faculty.
- Designed an Access programme that keeps a record of all action items, tasks done
and undone for the purpose of Academic Board records in 2010.
- Published my first book entitled With Sunrays in June 2007 – Kingdom of Bahrain
- Published ten poems up to now in Gulf Daily news in 2006 and 2007
- Published a poem entitled “Three Years Later” in Spring 2005 quarterly Eternal
Portraits (The International Library of Poetry)
- Participated with a poem entitled “Distance Does Not Matter” in www.poetry.com.
The poem was published in Spring 2001 magazine The Silence Within.
- Designed Computerized TOEFL Test using Microsoft Access 97 which looks the same
as a real TOEFL Test. Started using it as a final exam in the courses specialized at
Delmon Academy between July 1998 and 2000.
- Developed a project to improve the ability of Seventh Grade Students in Khazmeh
Prep G/S in Forming Tag Questions as one of the requirements for (EP. In-Service
Course) at Education Development Centre - Jordan, August 1998.
- Developed a project to improve Sixth Grade Four Skills through Instructional games
that was put into practice by the English supervisor – Irbid Area throughout the
Academic year 1997 – 1998.
CONFERENCES
- Presented a Workshop on Reading Strategies for Second Language Learners in “The
Third Annual Conference of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language
learners (KSAALT) – Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University- Al Khobar-Saudi Arabia-
May 2010.
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6. - Attended TESOL Arabia Conference on English in Learning: Learning in English – Dubai
- UAE March 2009.
- Presented a Workshop in ' Cultivating Real Readers Conference' - Al-Ain Men's
College- UAE April 2008.
- Attended TESOL Arabia Conference on Critical Voices in ELT – Dubai Men's College-
UAE March 2008.
- Attended Skepsi Creative Thinking Conference- Abu Dhabi Men's College- UAE Feb
2008.
- Attended The IBT (Next Generation) TOEFL Preparation Workshop administered by
AMIDEAST and ETS in Kuwait on 15th February 2007.
- Attended a generic training on open learning strategies and methodologies in Kuwait
headquarters – Arab Open University during the period between 11th – 13th March
2004.
- Presented a paper at the First International Conference:” Language, Literature and
Translation in the Third Millennium: at University of Bahrain 16th - 18th April 2002.
- Was a Conference assistant of the Thirteenth International Conference on Languages,
Linguistics and Translation held at Yarmouk University from April 1-4, 1996.
- Was a chairperson in the First Conference for Teaching English As A Foreign Language
between Theory and Practice at UNRWA Schools that was held in Irbid – Jordan
between 8th and 9th of June in 1998. That has also included a job of organizing for
the conference as a member of the organizing committee.
OTHER SKILLS
- Certificated Course in DOS, WINDOWS, EXCEL, DBASE, WORDPERFECT, MS WORD AND MS
ACCESS 95.
REFERENCES
- Dr Len Jennings- Dean: Engineering and Design Technologies- Kingdom of Bahrain
Len.Jennings@polytechnic.bh
- Catherine Owens- Chair of Foundation and First Diploma Programs- Ras Al-Khaimah
Women’s College- UAE- cowens@hct.ac.ae
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7. - Prof Sameer Fakhro – President –Arab Open University- Kingdom of Bahrain Branch
sqfakhroo@yahoo.com
INTERESTS
Reading
Writing Poetry
Travelling to exotic destinations
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