His award-winning achievements include his stint at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), following the devastating 2004 Asian tsunami. In 2007, Mahloof was elected as the Vice Chair (and in 2008, as Chair) of the Asian Regional Youth Caucus of the Commonwealth Youth Programme. He was the first Maldivian to serve in that capacity. In 2007, Mahloof was appointed by the Commonwealth Secretary-General to join an Elections Observer Mission to Sierra Leone, for the country's presidential elections. The eight member team was chaired by the Former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Hon. Kenny Anthony. That was the first occasion a Maldivian had served on an overseas elections monitoring mission.