Mr. Gohar Ali Shahbaz is a Programme Assistant- RADS in WHO for Polio Eradication Initiative. He is currently deputed in National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) for Polio Eradication as Data Analyst.
He has received degree in MS Public Health, MA Sociology, MBA Finance, MA Economics. Over his 12 years career, Mr. Gohar has served in WHO, UNWFP, ACF International, Jhpiego, Save the Children, and TRDP. During professional career in WFP, Mr. Gohar has initiated food security context analysis that helped Govt of Balochistan to form provincial food security working group. Besides, as Deputy Study Manager, his team has successfully implemented a cRCT of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cash-based transfer programmes on child nutrition status in ACF international. He was member of national COVID19 data response team.
Mr. Gohar has led various surveys situational assessment. His professional strengths are M&E, Information Management, data analysis, data quality assessment, project management, and process evaluation.
· Support the National Emergency Operations Center’s (NEOC) operation cell for countrywide operation including data analysis, GIS mapping, presentations, data quality assessment, coordination and monitoring of polio activities. Regularly review and highlight data discrepancy for rectification.
· Maintain management information system of Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) data. Lead in data analysis of polio supplementary immunization activity, measles rubella campaign, COVID19 vaccination, vitamin-A data & provide regular updates to NEOC core team, provincial & federal offices.
· Support RADS cells activities, annual workplan, project control, correspondence, and reporting.
· Contribute to planning, budgeting, programme design, development of framework & risk analysis. Support in donors report, external programme reviews by various international agencies.
· Develop the tools on Open Data Kit (ODK) for real time electronic data collection and submission.
· Contribute to development of tools, KPIs, guidelines, data quality assessment tools, performance matrix and its implementation.
· Manage COVID-19 data, daily data analytical reports/updates for response activities to NCOC and other stakeholders.
· Conduct training of provincial and district levels staff on monitoring tools, data analysis, data quality. Carry out micro-plan quality assessment, campaign monitoring, lot quality assurance sampling and surveys.
· Carry out qualitative data analysis of monitoring, evaluation findings & recommendations for following up during programme implementation.
· Maintain and analyze data trigger for concerning issues in the field, follow up with provinces for quality SIAs.
· Monitor polio campaign, provide on job supportive supervision to field teams, support DEOC for quality campaign & compliance with SOPs.
· Lead implementation of VAM workplan at provincial level, operationalize VAM strategy for sub-office.
· Focal point of provincial food security working group, provide technical analysis, interpretation & recommendations.
· Plan, design & conduct market assessment, surveys, food security context monitoring. Develop and manage electronic data collection in ODK.
· Conduct food security, nutrition, markets, resilience analysis. Compile primary, secondary data & prepare reports on food assessment needs.
· Contribute to design baseline study, result based monitoring, and timely feedback to partner organization for smooth implementation of programme.
· Support in preparation of monthly price & food security bulletin.
· Maintain coordination with government, NGOs, and participate in inter-agency markets, food security assessments & DRR activities.
· Support implementation of food security and vulnerability monitoring system, capacity building of government & partner staff on food security analysis and mapping.
· Contribute to Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) by providing analytical inputs. Organize IPC & dissemination workshops at provincial level.
· Assist country strategic planning process, track implementation, contribute to budgeting & annual workplan with government line departments.
Support provincial office for communication, liaison, advocacy in meetings, organizing workshops, trainings & seminars.
· Support the four arms longitudinal cluster randomized control trial of the effectiveness & cost-effectiveness of different cash transfer programmes on child nutrition status.
· Design research protocols for pilot testing and baseline survey, reviewing survey questionnaires and contribute for technical inputs and finalization.
· Lead formative research and process evaluation, finalize site specific data collection tools (both quantitative and qualitative).
· Support the proposal development, designing & implementation of research study, & methodology. Draft survey questionnaire, conduct mock exercise, prepare data analysis and reports.
· Work with the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) Principal Investigator for study area selection & intervention.
· Design data management plan with protocols, data flow hierarchy, data action steps, pilot site specific data collection tools for REFANI team.
· Develop architecture of relational database, set up electronic data collection system, design & implement data quality assessment.
· Design routine data quality assessment tool and organizing activity plan by managing the team of 76 staff members.
· Develop training manual, conduct trainings for research team, design knowledge sharing mechanism and data visualization for stakeholders, partners and ACF components.
· Generate monthly/periodic visits reports to highlight the challenges, field experiences and successful interventions.
· Liaison with relevant government depts. and community members for intervention of project.
· Support in donor report, data cleaning, data analysis and write up (providing preliminary drafts) of the study findings for peer review publication/s.
· Analysis of the data using NVIVO, SPSS and mapping the activities using QGIS.
· Supervise research team of 76 staff members (Field officers, FSL Field Officers, Data Collectors, and Research Mobilizers), train and supportive supervision.
· Prepare & forecast budget for research activities, managing administration, HR and procurement plan.
· Lead the Data Quality Audits (DQA) periodically to ensure quality of collected data and sharing lesson learnt with stakeholders.
· Carryout Quality Improvement and patient Safety (QIPS) assessments and training on scoring protocols.
· Coordinate with contracted organizations for data collection & report their progress on monitoring plans.
· Monitor and validate quality of data collection in DHIS, MIS & other reporting tools used by contracted organizations.
· Develop monitoring checklists, tools and guideline for on job training & coaching for MCHIP programme.
· Monitoring visit to primary, secondary, and tertiary care health facility to ensure compliance as per set standard protocols & action plans are developed & implemented.
· Improvise data analysis, comparative trend, presentations, monthly and quarterly reports.
· Provide guidance to community mobilization team for systematic monitoring of community support groups.
Prepare monitoring reports along with recommendation for quality intervention. Monitor and document dropout status of health facilities in the respective district.
· Establish PQA functions, acquire best practices from field in accountability, M&E & learning mechanisms & integrate possible approaches into the program
· Prepare training module of PQA, project cross cutting theme & conduct training for programme staff.
· Ensure that PQA activities in project proposal narratives are implemented in-line with HAP, SPHERE, ACF and donor guidelines.
· Conduct baseline, endline assessments, KAP, PDM, SMART & SQUEAC for nutrition, HHFS/HDDS/IDDS surveys for food security, and undertake beneficiaries’ cross verification (inclusion & exclusion criteria).
· Lead in capacity building for staff on RBM indicators, M&E, data quality, tracking mechanism, accountability & human-interest stories.
· Develop, design survey tools, prepare analytical report & provide recommendation for improvement.
· Carry out process & progress monitoring compliance, set up accountability to beneficiaries’ system at field.
· Conduct process evaluation, organize dissemination workshop for evaluation results, good practices & lesson learnt.
· Coordination with stakeholders and provide technical inputs at the district level working groups.
· Implement & manage MEAL systems at hub level for more than 29 emergency and early recovery projects/grants during flood emergency in southern Sindh.
· Collate, compile, analyze program learning & report all development & emergency response interventions.
· Design LFA, develop M&E plan, monitoring indicators for output monitoring, prepare field monitoring reports, conduct debrief session to improve project interventions.
· Design & execute rapid need assessment, baseline, PDM, post intervention assessments. Prepare work plans, budget, sampling, trained data collectors on tools, quantitative & qualitative data analysis & reports.
· Establish & manage complaint & feedback mechanism for communities, investigate & resolve complaints & share feedback. Coordinate with Transparency International for complaint resolutions.
· Compile & present draft reports, preliminary data analysis & FGD reports of both quantitative & qualitative research studies.
· Conducted situational assessment in flood emergency 2011 at Southern Sindh, flood emergency in 2012 at Northern Sindh, IDPs crisis South Waziristan in 2012, measles outbreak in 2013 & drought assessment in 2014 at southern Sindh.
· Review data tracking tools/formats/databases & work closely with MIS team for data quality & consistency.
Investigate the serious complaints received through accountability to beneficiary mechanism.
During flood emergency in 2010, I have worked with TRDP which had implemented large scale humanitarian intervention at District Jamshoro & Dadu with over 16 projects/grants. My key responsibilities are,
· Process & progress monitoring of development & humanitarian projects.
· Data management and analysis, document best practices, case studies, success stories, lessons learnt & involve in overall project management.
· Prepare sitrep, donor reports, monthly progress report, monitoring reports, monitoring formats and tools.
· Formulate project implementation plan & M&E plan for the projects and to share the progress report with donor.
· Support district Flood Information Relief Cell (FIRC), humanitarian clusters, early recovery working group for technical inputs & contingency plan.
· Prepare, examine, analyze accounting records, financial statements, financial reports, assess accuracy & procedural standards.
· Supervise routine financial matters including petty cash, invoices, ledger, procurement, maintain asset, liability & capital account records.
· Reconciled inventory/stock reports, facilitate audit procedure, manage account payables/receivables & reconciled bank statements, creditors, and debtors’ ledger.