Under the direct leadership of Executive Director, Pakistan Alliance for Girls’ Education (PAGE), I am responsible for managing two education projects funded by Malala Fund in Swat, KPK and International Relief and Development Foundation (IRDF) in Flood Affected Areas of Balochistan and Sindh.
 
Main Task Under Malala Fund Project:
·         Planning and implementation of project activities in Swat district
·         Monitoring and evaluation of project interventions
·         Facilitate procurement processes for the project
·         Manage a team of safeguarding officer, program officer, scholarship officer
Main Task Under EiE Project:
·         Establish Temporary Learning Centres to resume education in six districts of Balochistan and Sindh
·         Maintain the coordination with government departments and other education stakeholders
·         Supervise the team in two provinces
·         Ensure that all program quality standards are followed in the projects, with sufficient quality assurance records maintained for each project activity.
·         Ensure compliance with relevant PAGE and donor policies and procedures (on Project Standards and Program Principles, Finance, Procurement, visibility, Staff Safety, Security and Safeguarding etc.)
·         Stakeholder analysis for flood response including donor mapping, resource mobilization and outreach plan development and implementation including managing institutional and bilateral donors & UN agencies  
Lead implementing partner vetting and due diligence process in line with PAGE’s policies and standards and support collaborative risk management and project design.  

Under the guidance of Regional Director for Pakistan-Afghanistan, Alight management assigned me the role of Manager Humanitarian Response for Pakistan Flood Emergency 2022.
 
Following are the major responsibilities:
·         Develop emergency/disaster preparedness plan and response guidelines in consultation with Alight HQ and country office team.
·         Build team’s capacity in disaster preparedness and response management
·         Lead the DRT and manage emergency response. Provide technical support and when required in the work areas related to response and capacity building.
·         Lead emergency assessment and support to relevant teams on assessment reporting and consolidation
·         Lead on humanitarian/emergency response projects implementation and provision of support to field teams as per implementation plans.
·         Weekly / monthly updates in the shape of SITREPS, situation analysis and humanitarian context analysis reports
·         Developing and designing catalogues for emergency response kits
·         Monitor and control budget and finances related to the projects and ensure narrative reporting and financial accounting as appropriate  
·         Quarterly / annual/humanitarian project completion/progress reports
·         Represent in external forums/clusters and coordination groups as needed and assigned by the line manager
·         Provision of support to Alight’s management in building donor relations and Alight profiling.
·         Resource mobilization under IRP strategic commitment objective one on Humanitarian response and Organizational preparedness.
·         Lead overall emergency response/program/project activities and day-to-day management in order to achieve all program objectives in a timely manner.
·         Ensure implementation of all Alight humanitarian intervention is the districts/region with the guidance of the Emergency Response Manager.
·         Ensure that all program quality standards are followed in the projects, with sufficient quality assurance records maintained for each project activity.
·         Ensure compliance with relevant Alight and donor policies and procedures (on Project Standards and Program Principles, Finance, Procurement, visibility, Staff Safety, Security and Safeguarding etc.).
·         Assess on-going humanitarian situation and gaps in the province, reporting with recommendations for proposals development for Alight response and scale-up.
·         Keep informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, as well as those that could affect response efforts and details of plan implementation.
·         Consult with officials of local and area governments, schools, hospitals, and other institutions to determine their needs and capabilities in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency situations.
·         Continue to provide technical quality assurance for all interventions and represent PAPK in, working group, clusters, sectoral meetings and other forums at district and provincial level as well as follow reporting timelines and modalities such as narrative, 3ws, 4ws, 5ws, SITREPs etc. so that these forums are updated about Alight emergency response.
·         Regularly attend key stakeholder meetings and be part of the technical working groups and relevant platforms to ensure Alight representation and feedback related to response, preparedness plans and strategies;
 
Project development, implementation, Monitoring
·         Stakeholder analysis for flood response including donor mapping, resource mobilization and outreach plan development and implementation including managing institutional and bilateral donors & UN agencies  
·         Lead implementing partner vetting and due diligence process in line with Alight’s policies and standards and support collaborative risk management and project design.  
·         Liaise regularly with country management to identify funding priorities and match them to available opportunities, partners, work with country teams to ensure Alight is well positioned to apply for funding opportunities through profiling, engagement with donor’s consortium scoping. 
·         Lead and facilitate project identification activities including, project needs assessment, selection of the new project location, prepare Terms of References (TORs), plan and organise for further scoping, in collaboration with the Regional Director to confirm the new area’s needs and potentials for development. 
·         Initiate and maintain project idea pipeline, coordinate input by all internal and external stakeholders, ensure completion of the process up to project set up, and uploading of all required documents. 

Coordinate partner mapping and assessment of potential partners, processing of information for selection and mutual agreement to facilitate decision making on new regular and strategic partnerships. 
Provide induction to partners on project development templates, timelines and requirements 
Closely collaborate with the support functions including finance, procurement, logistics, HR departments to ensure that programmatic and financial aspects of project design and budget distribution is feasible and coherent 
Work closely with Alight headquarter and technical advisors for health, shelter, GBV and livelihoods in program design and implementation  
Represent Alight in relevant humanitarian coordination meetings i.e. clusters, working
Cross-cutting themes: gender mainstreaming, human rights, governance, Accountability, Advocacy, Environmental sustainability, protection and Safeguarding is an essential requirement.  

 
Monitoring and Evaluation
·         Lead the MEAL team across the country to ensure that projects include quality benchmarks and that they are continually monitored for effectiveness and impact:
·         Lead on all internal and external MEAL requirements timely and with high-quality information, meaning relevant, triangulated, and well-analyzed data.
·         Lead MEAL systems strengthening and processes—including but not limited to data collection methodologies, data verification and analysis, and monthly reporting to relevant stakeholders and program design teams—to assure achievement and progress towards project objectives and outcomes

Under the direct supervision of Regional Director Pakistan-Afghanistan, I am responsible for overall monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning at country office level. Moreover, I am also responsible for designing special projects, especially in education sector:
Major functions as Manager MEAL include;
Monitoring and Evaluation
·         Lead the MEAL team across the country to ensure that projects include quality benchmarks and that they are continually monitored for effectiveness and impact:
·         Lead on all internal and external MEAL requirements timely and with high-quality information, meaning relevant, triangulated, and well-analyzed data.
·         Lead MEAL systems strengthening and processes—including but not limited to data collection methodologies, data verification and analysis, and monthly reporting to relevant stakeholders and program design teams—to assure achievement and progress towards project objectives and outcomes
Accountability & Participation
·         Lead MEAL teams to support Country Office and field offices to achieve project outcome/impact and ensure clear accountability to, and impact on beneficiaries in line with Alight’s and donors’ policies and practices.
·         Ensure that all Alight staff, fully understand and promote accountability, especially to our beneficiaries, through training, coaching, and mentoring.
·         Supervise contributions to improvements in existing accountability policies and procedures—including but not limited to participation activities in program design, information-sharing with key stakeholders and customers, continuous feedback and response mechanisms to effectively manage complaints or ideas.
·         Lead the process of developing and reporting against accountability
·         Lead the processes of documenting the lessons learned and ensure that they are gleaned from all projects, informing implementation as much as future programming.
·         Encourage learning through thoughtful analysis that puts data into practice and ensures information sharing and learning opportunities throughout the organization
·         Seek opportunities for information sharing and learning exchanges with local actors/INGOs to promote coordination at local, national, regional, and international levels.
 
Learning
·         Ensure that lessons learned are collected from all projects, informing implementation as much as future programming.
·         Encourage learning through thoughtful analysis that puts data into practice and ensure information sharing and learning opportunities throughout the organization
·         Seek opportunities for information sharing and learning exchanges with local actors/INGOs to promote coordination at local, national, regional, and international levels.
·         Provide strategic guidance and insight into donor reports for consistency, accuracy, and progress, and ensure success stories from the field provide practical, real-world evidence of impact.
 
Program Development
·         Participate fully in proposal design, development, and writing, ensuring that MEAL resources, products, and staff are available for the purpose.
·         Ensure that all programs are designed and implemented in accordance with international standards and ALIGHT’s values, mission, and vision, as well as programming tools and approaches.
·         Develop outcome and learning indicators for logframes and other purposes, specifically proposal design and development.
Research
·         Lead MEAL functions that effectively support field teams with assessment/evaluation planning, ensuring that minimum criteria for quality evaluations are integrated into design and implementation, ensuring that all assessment/evaluation reports meet the quality criteria, and promoting the integration of recommendations and lessons learned in project planning and future programming.
·         Lead the designing and implementation of studies, assessments, and learning in coordination and cooperation with sectors’ technical coordinators and program staff.
·         Participate in designing and implementation of studies, assessments, and learning in coordination and cooperation with sectors’ technical coordinators and program staff
 
Staff Management and Capacity Building
·         Provide the day-to-day leadership and vision and the critical staff coaching and development to increase organizational capacity and ensure quality MEAL initiatives today that also create a pathway for ALIGHT’s future MEAL leaders.
·         Provide technical supervision, leadership, motivation, guidance, and technical support to the MEAL team through regular contact, field visits, and meetings.
·         Identify staff training needs and conduct training to address the capacity gaps

 I was responsible for overall program management and program development of Alight’s projects. Major functions include;
Program Management and Development:
·         Support Program staff in project implementation to ensure quality implementation and monitoring (planning, coordination, budget and engagement)
·         Guide the Program Teams to develop and support local community networks and partner civil society organizations to monitor organization practice and conduct local level advocacy initiatives to leverage positive policy and behavior change
·         Ensure effective flow of information and communication with local partners, donors and stakeholders
·         Support the Country Representative in leading humanitarian engagement meetings with senior officials, and other key stakeholders.
·         Continue mapping of CSOs and build their capacities to respond humanitarian needs
·         Conduct monthly Program Review Meetings to evaluate project progress against targets and objectives and to define the priorities for the upcoming month
·         Review Budget Follow-Ups, ensure the financial allocation per budget line and ensure that all financial risks of underspending or overspending are mitigated.
·         Develop budget forecasts for the organization (monthly, quarterly and annually).
·         Contribute to the development of donor reports (narrative and financial).
External Engagement and Representation:
·         Represent Alight during in the relevant coordination platforms
·         Arrange and meet with other international organizations officials for strategic partnerships
·         Ensure smooth coordination with external stakeholders in general to identify synergies with potential partners and avoid possible overlaps.
Program Development:
·         Lead on the development and update of Country Program Strategy with the support of the Country Representative
·         Prepare weekly internal and donor monitoring reports with the support of project officers and relevant support staff.
·         Lead in the development of concept notes to raise the attention of the donor in favor of Alight’s programming
·         Lead the process of proposal development (needs’ assessment, narrative proposal, log-frame & budget)
·         Ensure the consistency of the newly developed program with Alight’s strategy in Pakistan
Research
·         Overall lead the planning, coordination and implementation of assessments to inform Alight key needs in areas of interests of work in Pakistan
·         Initiate adjusting the project activities based on the evolution of needs.
Monitor closely the security and political dynamic across the country and in the provinces

I was responsible for overall responsibility for providing leadership which produces effective delivery and development of programmes in Azad & Jammu Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and Islamabad. I managed Alight’s education program namely “Enrolment of One Million Kids in School” initiative and responsible for the efficient management of all Area Office resources (grants, awards, staff and assets) and leads the representation of Alight with county level authorities, I/NGOs, and visitors.
Scope of the Role:
·   Lead the successful development, implementation, planning, monitoring and reporting of programmes.
·   Identify opportunities for building effective partnerships and developing constructive working relationships with principle stakeholders including partner communities, local government, Govt. agencies and other humanitarian I/NGOs. Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and implementing partners (if any).
·   Oversee effective financial management of the project grant/s and activities
·   Ensure effective working relations are maintained with the area and district level teams and with relevant colleagues at Country office.
·   Ensure that Alight programming interventions are integrated and well-coordinated useful in contributing to overall organization’s goals and mandates
Quality Program Implementation, Management and Reporting
·   Responsible and accountable for programmes in the area and for the implementation and management of programmes in accordance with Organization’s strategies and policies for quality programming.
·   Ensure that the Area Office teams receive appropriate and timely support from technical specialists and MEAL team for program design and strategy, M&E, advocacy and planning.
·   Ensure that the programmes are appropriately monitored reviewed and evaluated on a continuous basis according to organisational quality standards and in coordination with the Technical specialists, MEAL team and DCoP. 
·   Ensure appropriate systems for all aspects of programme cycle management are in place ensuring lessons learned are taken into account.
·   Develop and share quality reports in time with DCoP and MEAL team as per the donors agreement.
Operational Management
·   Overall responsibility and responsible for  Programme area and ensure planning, implementation and management in accordance with Organization procedures, systems and guidelines.
·   Lead the Area Team in ensuring smooth day-to-day running of field operations and ensure that programme plans are clearly prioritized and communicated to the operations
·   Responsible for the delivery of high quality, timely reports for donors and internal purposes, as well as the development of relevant case studies, success stories and other documentation.
·   Ensure standardised systems, policies and procedures are in place, well understood by all staff and in line with country programme system and are implemented in an appropriate manner
Financial, Budget, Grant Management
·   Responsible for all budgets provided to the area.
·   Lead monthly project management meetings at appropriate levels with team and sharing regular update to DCoP. In coordination with the Finance department, ensure timely report providing a variance analysis on each budget is submitted to Head of programmes on Monthly basis.
·   In collaboration with technical specialists, ensure an efficient fundraising plan is in place and implemented
·   Prepare annual budgets for the Area Office programme, assessing costs and budget/expenditures from projects and asset inventory.
·   Prepare, and submit for approval program budgets and expenditure forecasts.
·   Responsible for certifying and authorizing disbursements according to Organization and donor guidelines
Logistics/Finance/Administration
·   Ensure appropriate administrative, financial and logistical systems/procedures are implemented, maintained and adhered to so that all support functions are carried out effectively and efficiently.
·   Ensure Organization complies with all legal and bureaucratic requirements in AJK, GB and ICT.
·   Responsible to direct the preparation of projected expenditures each month (cash flow management).
·   Responsible for accurate budget control and overall responsibility for financial management at the project sites.
·   Carry out such logistical procurement as may be required by the project in a manner.
Representation Accountabilities
·   Establish, maintain, and improve active and regular working relationships and take the lead role in representing the principles and work of Organization to representatives of other organizations (UN, NGOs, INGOs, counterparts, donors, government Authorities, etc.) who are working and visiting in the Area Programme.
Safeguarding
·   Ensure reporting staff are aware of their role and responsibility under the safeguarding policy
·   Ensure all representatives receive safeguarding orientation and training as a mandatory part of inductions
·   Ensure safeguarding policy is implemented within Area offices
Support reporting staff to access and utilize safeguarding reporting procedures

Under direct supervision of Deputy Chief of Party (DCoP), I was responsible for following key tasks:
·   Develop and improve linkages and networks with development actors, humanitarian partners, government counterparts and private sector.
·   Undertake development of concept notes and proposals in close coordination with the relevant partners and Alight provincial teams, focusing on multi-sectoral development and humanitarian interventions.
·   Design and develop new activities/projects in close coordination with the DCOP, Program Development Unit and Provincial Managers
·   Manage provincial coordination and partnership management and sub-awards, working with finance and compliance team, including processing of contracts and amendments and partner due diligence.
·   Develop overviews of donor requirements, rules and regulations, and internal and external deadlines, including filing of grant documents to ensure archiving of all grant files and institutional memory of grants and programs.
·   Implement quality control mechanisms to improve the quality of the collected information, ensuring consistency across projects, in line with the relevant donor requirements.
·   Manage all reporting and project development deadlines, develop and update calendars for reportand project development.
·   Ensure that partnership and sub-grant related administrative processes and procedures are standardized and consistently implemented throughout the program, including pre-award compliance checks, agreements, disbursements, reporting and partner capacity-building.
·   Monitoring & Technical Assistance to Provincial Teams in Development and implementation of partnerships
·   Support DCOP in Development of Grant Spending Plans (GSP) & monthly/quarterly work plans
Develop and update stakeholders’ engagement plan 

Grant Management
·      Responsible for development of all project plans including detailed implementation plan (DIP) and procurement plan, Management, communication and reporting with implementing partners as well as govt. departments
Programme Management, Development and Resource Mobilization
·      Review and refine ARC’s Education Programme Strategy in line with the Government of Pakistan’s goals, and articulating a clear niche for ARC’s focus in different levels, age groups and geographical areas expansion to all provinces including GB, FATA, AJK and ICT.
Portfolio Management and Quality Assurance
Oversee effective project cycle management (provide guidance to partners and direct reports at all stages of the program cycle including assessments/baseline, start-up, implementation, monitoring and evaluation) and systematically track progress, risks and resolve challenges in a timely manner.

I implemented a livelihoods project as Program Manager. following were the main tasks under this position.
Representation
• Build and maintain good working relationships with local authorities, government officials, UN representatives, INGO’s representatives, community leaders, and local NGO\'s.
• Develop relationships with county and provincial administration, line departments and other stake holders.
• Attend coordination meetings and external relations.
• Ensure the solid integration of support services (finance, operations and human resources).

Supervise Program Operations
• Develop Project documents like project plans, implementation guidelines, survey tools and training modules for ARC health and livelihood projects
• Ensure that operational procedures and guidelines are properly implemented.
• Coordinate with project stakeholders for effective implementation
• Ensure that ARC and donor procurement procedures and policies are fully implemented and respected.
• Supervise budget and cash flow of the assigned projects.
• Ensure that reports submitted to the headquarter and donors are timely, accurate and appropriate.

Program Development / Implementation
• Support Country Manager by providing input for program development and expansion into other key areas based on knowledge and information gained from the field operations.
• Provide support to M&E in terms of internal and external program/project evaluations as necessary and ensure the execution of baseline, periodic, and final evaluations. Also provide support on M&E reporting

Coordination of Program Activities
• Ensure a timely and high-standard implementation of ARC projects in the area(s) of responsibility (AOR).
• Assess emerging needs and recovery priorities of the target population and develop concept papers in response to the needs identified.

National Staff Capacity Building and Supervision
• Supervise all personnel and program support activities in AoR

I was leading the M&E department under direct supervision of Country Director. I was responsible for following tasks.
Project planning, program design and development:
• Design annual project implementation plan, project proposals and compiling of assessments, Develop output-wise detailed action plan, develop and manage indicator tracking table,
• Submit reports on weekly, monthly and quarterly/or as per requirement
• Develop output-wise detailed action plan and program performance measurement indicators.
• Develop reports/concept paper on the future direction of the project.
• Submit reports on weekly, monthly and quarterly/or as per requirement basis that have been analyzed critically and are understandable and timely.
• Ensure all field staff develops work plans and follow up and provide support to them.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting
• Develop Project monitoring tools and ensure regular monitoring visits of Program areas. Ensure that program outputs are achieved as per performance measurement (result based indicators)
• Provide support to program staff in data collection, program development, grant tracking, monitoring and evaluation, measuring and reporting progress against Indicators.
• Standardize and update monitoring and evaluation systems to include best practices.
• Develop tools and/or plans to help teams in the implementation and development of their programs.
• Produce high-quality and analytical program reports that highlight program activities, especially in relation to indicators of project proposals.

Research
• Responsible for leading the qualitative and quantitative researches for ARC’s projects
• Regular training of staff on research methods, tool development, analysis and report writing

Capacity building of staff and partners
• Organize training programs for the capacity building of the staff and partners.
• Provide managerial and technical support for training programs, training modules/materials

I have been focal person for information management, M&E and research related task at ARC County office, Under the direct supervision of Country Director. I was responsible for following assignments:
Core Functions
 To develop effective and efficient Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Accountability systems at field office level;
 To implement and manage Monitoring, Evaluation systems at field level including collating, compiling, analyzing program learning and subsequent reporting on all projects and programs
 To implement and manage Accountability to stakeholders/beneficiaries mechanism by introducing such system which facilitates beneficiaries to register/communicate complaints at their ease and respond to them accordingly
 To contribute in carrying out researches/assessments/KAP surveys for identifying new areas of intervention or expanding scope of existing interventions;

Monitoring & Evaluation
 Ensure that all ARC’s projects activities given in projects proposal/work plans are taking place effectively and efficiently according to their timeframe, if activities being implemented are not according to the given plan or some of the activities are missing then communicate to relevant program manager/coordinator and Country Director
 Responsible for the evaluation of different projects and activities and coordinate with the team on any further changes or new initiatives
 To work in coordination with the Technical Managers/Coordinators in the preparation of project proposals, situation analysis and monitoring frameworks for all projects
 Be involved in the field assessments/surveys and field visits of all projects for the purpose of monitoring/facilitation
 Develop, review, and revise log frames and performance monitoring frameworks (PMFs) for project/program proposals in coordination with Program Coordinators
 Preparation of Country Board Reports and share with Country Director
 Facilitate the creation of project results frameworks

 Under the direct supervision of Project Coordinator, I was responsible for the implementing and improving the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system in the Sustainable Livelihood Project:
· Facilitate the creation of project results frameworks, analysis plans, detailed implementation plans for M&E activities and monitor progress and ensure compliance with objectives.
 Support quantitative and qualitative data collection, compilation, analysis and reporting
· Support the design of monitoring and evaluation systems in order to measure the progress on the achievement of the expected outcomes, outputs and activities
· Provide technical guidance, training and support to project staff and other implementing partners regarding M&E tools
· Implement quality control mechanisms to improve the quality of the collected information
 Development of case studies, success stories and assist with report writing and editing as needed.
 Maintain regular communication with all project staff.
 Train and build staff capacity on accountability to beneficiaries.
 Ensure that accountability is incorporated into regular M&E activities, such as assessment, design, monitoring and evaluation and other learning activities such as regular reflection sessions.
 Field test M & E tools with project staff and modify as necessary with close coordination of Project Coordinator and program Manager
 Conduct regular M & E visit to field, collect data with the help of Field Officer and assist in preparation of monthly/quarterly report to Head Office and donors
 Develop midterm review and final evaluation methodology, and assist with or lead project evaluations

Main Responsibilities:
Coordination with Program Manager, Project Coordinator, Community Facilitators and project beneficiaries and close liaise with other organizations working in the area.
Planning and Implementation according to project work plan, facilitation and support of Project Coordinator, Project Manager at one hand and Community Facilitators at other, in implementing project activities, implementing village development plans, capacity building activities and linkage development at field and village levels.
Monitoring and Supervision of CFs in project activities.
WES monitor the construction of 40 latrines and 42 cattle sheds in the project area and also arrange health and hygiene sessions for beneficiaries
Infrastructure
 Social organization for smooth implementation of community infrastructure schemes
 To support project engineer in implementation of community infrastructure schemes
 Conduction of training regarding documentation of CPI’s for community
 Monitoring and evaluation of the activities

CBNRM
 Arrangement of capacity building events for community in agriculture, horticulture and other CBNRM activities
 Provision of CBNRM inputs to community

Livestock Management
 Arrange capacity building events for the community in livestock management
 To organize capacity building Training to manage, deworming and vaccination of livestock
 To organize training for men and women into livestock management groups
 To organized capacity building training of extension workers for veterinary services points

Disaster Management Committees
 Organizing and strengthening male and female volunteers in Disaster Management Committees on cluster level
 To organize capacity building training events for volunteers
 Train local volunteer men and women in disaster preparedness; facilitate linkage development with Govt. Line Agencies local health department and District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)

 Support quantitative and qualitative data collection, compilation, analysis and reporting
 Support the design of monitoring and evaluation systems in order to measure the progress on the achievement of the expected outcomes, outputs and activities
 Provide technical guidance, training and support to project staff regarding M&E tools
 Implement quality control mechanisms to improve the quality of the collected information

Holding Broad Base Community Meetings
Compiling schedule for meeting
Field visits to schools in the circle and capacity building of teachers

Assessment in earthquake hit areas of Mansehra