Seeking a professional level program/project management position to further develop my professional career in a highly professional environment.
As Interpreter Assistant with UNHCR, I perform following duties:
Interpretation and/or translation from newspapers, written reports, magazines etc.
Interpretation of oral conversations, discussions and interviews especially with persons of concern (PoCs) to UNHC
Travel with international staff on their missions to the field for interpretation and other assistance, as needed
Ensuring accuracy of terms and terminology used in the documents submitted by PoCs
Arrangement of meetings, both internal and external involving high-ranking officials and taking minutes/notes
Translation with style, correct grammar and spelling
Completion of the work within the agreed timeline and submission of the final translation in both soft and hard copy
Receiving of official personnel at the airport and facilitation of immigration and customs formalities
Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor
After working as Community Development Officer for 16 month, I have been promoted to the position of Project Officer by Islamic Relief Pakistan. As Project Officer, some of my important duties and responsiblities are as follows:
Provided support and guidance to programme team in areas of planning, design and implementation by ensuring that technical support is sensitive to socio-cultural background of targeted communities and institutions.
Supported programme team in designing and preparing concept notes/proposals for programme interventions and seeking and/or identifying sources of funding for new/existing programmes.
Organizational
Ensured compliance with IR’s policies & procedures in true spirit for effective delivery of services to communities.
In depth understanding of IR values and their demonstration in the field while working with communities.
Abided by the IR zero tolerance policy towards bribery & corruption through sensitization / empowerment of communities on coping mechanism so that they can raise voice as & when feel inappropriate.
Applied thorough knowledge of IR strategic priorities to ensure effective implementation with future sustainability.
Assisted in identification & documentation of organizational successes for show casing IR work
Facilitated communities in adaptation of environment friendly & cost effective approaches to meet their current as well as future needs with specific attention to climate change.
Made focused efforts to be made for mainstreaming of marginalized groups i.e. Persons with disability and old age, minorities, Women & children etc. in consultation.
Strengthened mechanism to Influence the decision makers through communities to pay attention towards psychological disorder/Health, and highlighting the protection needs of people.
Ensured my participation and facilitation in implementation of IR seasonal programmes & emergency response.
Other duties performed by me:
1. Coordination of the funtioning of all departments of the organization at the project level.
2. Coordination with the government line departments for NOCs, partnership, security arrangement and reporting.
3. Preparation of reports, meeting minutes and case studies on various activities.
4. Raising online RTRs, Purchase Requests, Event Form, Cash Advance and other related activities on AX and STRIDE.
5. Coordination with communities for the selection, implementation and sustainability of various schemes.
6. Support to the Area Managment Team at provincial level on various activities.
7. Arrangements of trainings and sessions for the staff and communities.
8. Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.
I joined Islamic Relief Pakistan in January 2020 and worked here till June 2021. Though, I perform various duties as part of my job, some of the important are described bullet-wise below.
1. Social mobilization
2. Data collection, verification, validation and analysis
3. Distribution of emergency food, winterization Kits and cash disbursement
4. Case studies and narrative report writing of various projects
5. Engagement with community and government stakeholder
6. Conduction of community awareness sessions
7. Formation of community organizations
9. Raising Purchase Requests
10. Preparation of Business Process/DIP
11. Meetings with district level government functiories for NOC, security and coordinaiton purposes
12. Supervision of overall project activities in the district
13. Any other Task Assigned by the supervisor.
As Supervisor, I led a team of 18 members. As team leader, I was to ensure the attendance of the team members and report to the head office daily, weekly, fortnightly and monthly. Moreover, I had to conduct field visits to verify and validate the work done by the team members in different areas of Balochistan. In bullets, my duties and responsibilities were as follows1. Coordination meetings with Government Line Departments in various districts for the NOC and security arrangements of the teams.2. Daily coordination with all team members for the smooth execution of activities.3. Ensuring the availability of stationery items, tablets, internet services and other required items in the field.4. Field visits to out districts to ensure the quality and quantity of the work done by the teams.5. Resolution of conflicts between team members and communities.6. Daily, weekly and monthly reporting.7. Any other tasks assigned by the line manager.
Project Management: Monitoring and Evaluation, Reporting, Data Analysis, Field Visits, Social Mobilization,
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