A project Management and MEL Professional with 10 year experience in INGOs including two years in the project management role and 8 years in monitoring evaluation and learning capacity. With proven expertise in designing and implementing Result based Project Management and Monitoring system. Well versed with the use of Mobenzi (online data collection and reporting tool), SPSS, Excel Dashboards, Microsoft Office suit, Office365 and Google DOCs. I am comfortable using PowerBI and Tableau for qualitative and quantitative analysis and better presentation and reporting.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Reporting on Infrastructure and non-infrastructure grants.
o Monitoring the small and large infrastructure projects.
o Monitoring of Capacity building trainings/events.
o Monitoring the projects implemented through other organizations/Implementation partners.
o Conducting baseline survey and initial and detailed assessment for project design.
o Monitoring bidding process to ensure transparency and compliance to policies.
o Attending and observing community consensus meetings, focused group discussions (FGDs) and Project Oversight Committee’s meetings to report community participation and their satisfaction through effectiveness of the program.
o Compile comprehensive final project evaluation reports based on information retrieved from the database and field.
o Prepare M&E Plans for each project according to the project objectives and implementation plan.
o Coordination with field staff for timely and effective data collection on all the set indicators.
o Identify and document success stories and case studies on extraordinary aspects of the project.
o Support the M&E Manager in the collection of additional information from the field as required and preparation of special reports, data collection tools and formats.
Monitoring:
o Undertaking routine visits in the activity areas, and conduct verification checks on NFI (Non Food Item) distribution, Shelter Beneficiary Selection, ICLA (Information Counseling and Legal Assistance) activities, FSL (Food Security and Livelihood) activities, Education (Accelerated learning Program) centers and WASH (water sanitation and hygiene promotion) activities.
o Carry out frequent field visits for verification of implemented activities in accordance to the commitments and compliances.
o Participate in Parent Teacher Meeting of ALP centers, Manage good working relationships with external stakeholders
o Monitor DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) and Hygiene trainings.
o Door to door visit for verification of selected shelter beneficiaries.
o Monitoring of hygiene and DRR trainings for the better transfer of information.
o Monitoring of hygiene and NFIs kits distribution.
o Monitoring Cash for Work and Cash for Shelter (Cash transfer) process.
o Monitoring beneficiaries’ selection process and verifying them as per the standard criteria
Documentation:
o Compile comprehensive “Lessons Learned” documents to inform program and promote better practice in the field
o Checking and verifying the documents at field offices with the data shared in soft and the activities physically conducted.
o Archiving of documents at the end of each project and providing data to the auditors when needed.
o Answering auditors’ queries about documentation and data.
o Train and Support Program team in filing and documentation for improved information management.
Data Management:
o Responsible for Data Management and effective information flow among different programs.
o Coordinate and participate for regular monitoring of data collection, analysis and reporting.
o Maintaining both Qualitative and Quantitative data to report on project performance indicators.
o Organize and coordinate lessons learnt review of program work plans with partners and other stakeholders.
o Maintaining and updating Contracts’ and Project documents.
o Verification and maintenance of data in soft and hard form for all activities.
o Keeping track of Cash for Work, Cash for Shelter, Cash for Food, Cash for School and Conditional Cash Grant.
o Sorting and cleaning of data received from field offices.
o Preparing and maintaining various formats for record keeping and data collection.
o Designing Surveys, uploading questionnaires and managing the online surveys and mobile data collection system.
Reporting:
o Reporting all the findings and observations to PC and PM after each visit.
o Reporting any issues found in the data and providing suggestions for improvement.
o Retrieving of various reports from data for the mid-term and final reports.
o Providing inputs in Proposal writing and reporting to the donor.
Program Development:
o Provide recommendations on how to improve current monitoring mechanisms and systems.
o Preparation of benchmarks and monitoring plan for all the Program components.
o Assist the process for identifying the key performance questions and parameters for monitoring project performance and comparing it to targets.
o Evaluate and report on the adequacy of various indicators for any mid-course corrections.
o Coordinate the documentation and sharing of lesson learned among the project staff.
o Participate and facilitate FGDs - Focus Group Discussions. Field visits are made and have close interaction with the community and record their views and feedback about the program.
o Ensure complaint response mechanisms are in place and community complains are entertained properly.
o Supporting Program Manager in report writing, budget and expenditure plans, work plans and other managerial tasks.
o Translating documents from English to local languages and vice versa for improved information dissemination among the community.
o Desk monitoring, Data analysis and Reporting.
o Guiding and preparing teams on village profiling, data collection process and community organization process.
o Introduction of the program to the targeted communities and other stakeholders.
o Maintaining overall linkages with community leaders, concerned line department and other stakeholders to ensure the smooth and timely implementation of the program interventions.
o Monitoring and Verifying the Identification process of beneficiaries for vocational trainings.
o Monitoring and Verifying the Identification process of beneficiaries for Micro-financial Grants.
o Monitoring the manager conferences to ensure the activities are done properly and the community is aware of the organizational objective.
o Worked with online Database.
o Medical bills processing and coding
o Urdu Voice Transcription.