A motivated nonprofit professional holding a Masters degree in Development Studies with distinction (Two Gold Medals) and a Google Certified Project Management Professional and Data Analyst. I have over 10 years of work experience in Monitoring and Evaluation working at different nonprofit organizations in diverse communities across Pakistan. My area of expertise includes designing and implementing ME systems, accountability mechanisms, conducting evaluations, monitoring, developing donor reports, documenting learning, capacity building of field-based staff, designing key project documents including ToC, LFA, formats, budgets, and coordination with department hands, implementing partners and donors. I am a passionate volunteer having over 11 years of experience in program implementation while volunteering at subsidiary organizations of the Aga Khan Development Network. As Honorary Secretary at the Aga Khan Social Welfare Board for 7 years, I supervised volunteers (over 100) working for the poor, vulnerable, and differently-abled (PVDS) including Afghan refugees operating social protection programs, education, health, food security, housing, and economic upliftment programs along with targeted interventions for differently-abled persons and senior citizens. Previously, I served as lead for the education program at AKSWB and team lead at Aga Khan Youth and Sport Board.
Strategic responsibilities:
· Support HNS planning, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting in line with established project agreements and project plans.
· Support results management focus for Norwegian Red Cross supported operations.
· Support HNS to implement sound technical planning, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting in line with established programme agreements and programme plans.
· Contribute to adherence to the Operational Framework, including established national technical standards and robust project management methodologies for HNS.
Operational responsibilities:
Program Planning and Design Support:
· Contribute to proposal writing and designing the project for funding opportunities
· Designing logical framework, M&E plan, tools, formats, SOPs and guidelines for all projects (Public health, WASH, Emergency)
Monitoring and Evaluation:
· Design and conduct evaluations (baseline, midline, end line and other) and develop evaluation reports
· Conduct monitoring visits to implementation sites, report findings and recommendations and conduct debrief sessions with concerned staff to develop an action plan for course correction and follow-up
Reporting and Data Quality Assurance:
· Collaborates with all implementing partners and stakeholders for routine data collection
· Oversee data collection, management, and maintain database and ensure data quality
· Produce good quality reports for internal and external use
Capacity Building and Training:
· Identifies training needs and supports implementation
· Collaborates with PRCS NHQ and provincial branches
· Capacitate staff on relevant subjects including data collection tools, data handling, management and analysis etc
Knowledge Management and Learning:
· Promotes a learning culture and documents best practices
· Conduct lesson-learned workshops and reflections to document learning
Community Engagement and Accountability:
· Manage accountability mechanisms and ensure its easy access, and manage complaints and feedback data and reporting
· Utilizes feedback mechanisms for community engagement
· Proposes adjustments to program implementation
Digital Information Systems Support:
· Lead and supports to implement DHIS-2 in interventions areas and coordinate with field staff to strengthen the system
· Assists in strengthening HNS use of digital information systems
Coordination:
· Consistently provide support to the project teams of the HNS and ensure that Norwegian Red Cross rules and guidelines are anchored among HNS personnel
· Works closely with the Global Information and Results Team, to ensure consistent accountability towards Norwegian Red Cross guidelines and standards for information and results management
· Coordinate with heads of departments, donors, partner organizations, other field and office-based for MEAL activities
• Lead the department and oversee M&E functions and operations
• Establish the M&E system in the organization and ensure the M&E functions across all interventions
• Introduce and establish the accountability mechanism (CRM) in the organization and ensure its smooth implementation
• Participating in and providing support to project design activities including the development of project theories of change and strategic frameworks (Results Frameworks, Log Frames, M&E plan)
• Providing support in writing the proposal for new projects and grants
• Develop MEAL plan, and data collection tools for the interventions
• Cleaning, sorting, categorizing and organizing, analyzing data, and reporting
• Coordinate, support, and follow up with the head of departments, project managers, and partner organizations
• Design, coordinate, and conduct evaluations and analyze the data and develop evaluation reports for further sharing
• Coordinate and conduct monitoring and follow-up monitoring visits to the implementation locations
• Develop monitoring, evaluation, monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports
• Establishment and implementation of accountability mechanisms (CRM) in all existing and new interventions
• Consolidate and manage complaints and feedback from beneficiaries using the log register along with documenting the action taken by the relevant department
• Contributing to institutional learning processes through documenting and sharing the learnings, best practices, success stories, challenges, and areas of improvement
• Capacity building of office staff and field staff and extending assistance as per the need
• Coordinate with departments for quarterly progress reports/review and present the achievement versus variances
• Ensure timely accomplishment of other tasks assigned by the CEO and higher management
Lead the department and supervise office and field-based M&E staff.
Designing LFA, M&E plans, and implementation plans for projects and programs.
Coordinate, support, and follow up with the head of departments, project managers, and partner organizations.
Conduct and coordinate quarterly sessions to review and assess results against the key indicators and disseminate information and feedback to the COO and head of departments.
Report writing (event, quarterly, annual, monitoring, evaluation report).
Design, coordinate, and conduct evaluation of projects and programs.
Coordinate and conduct monitoring visits to the implementation sites.
Lead, coordinate and report learnings, best practices, and success stories from implementation sites for internal and external use.
Assist program, Training department, IT department, and library department in developing systemic and realistic tools for data collection and analysis.
Capacity building of office staff, field staff, and partner organizations staff over data collection, analysis, reporting, and M&E tools.
Oversee the updating and maintaining of the Educational Information Management System (EMIS).
Support in monitoring the data entry in EMIS and production of EMIS-based reports and analytics supporting management in decision making.
Coordinate external evaluations as a focal department.
Ensure timely accomplishment of other tasks assigned by the COO and higher management.
Ensure smooth implementation of intervention under each thematic area.
Supervise and assist volunteers (80) in all Portfolios (Social Safety Net, Social Risk Mitigation, Social Care Services, and Distress Case Management).
Quarterly and annual planning and budgeting for the institution and each intervention area.
Delegate tasks and follow up the implantation of activities under each thematic area.
Conduct an initial assessment of application/cases and recommend further action.
Conduct a household assessment survey, visit, and meetings with the families for monitoring and feedback.
Conduct meetings and minute the meetings for internal and external use.
Attend the board and council meetings on regular basis.
Reporting writing (event) and Progress reporting on a quarterly basis.
Coordination and liaising with other institutions on a routine for operation and activities.
Coordinate with the outreach team to ensure the implementation of activities.
Develop data collection tools, data collection, data verification, and management and present the results and findings to the management and donors.
Carries out regular monitoring, follow-up, and field visits of all projects and programs.
Support in the design, coordination, and conduct of baseline, midline, end-line studies, and evaluation studies.
Assist the program, Training department, IT department, and library department in developing systemic and realistic tools for data collection and analysis.
Support in designing LFA, M&E plans, and implementation plans for projects and programs.
Contribute to capacity building of field staff and partner organizations staff over data collection, analysis, reporting, and M&E tools
Support in report writing (event, quarterly, annual, monitoring, evaluation report).
Supporting in documenting learnings, best practices, and success stories.
Track key indicators for each area of intervention and report on progress.
Support towards updating and maintaining the Educational Information Management System (EMIS)
Ensure timely accomplishment of other tasks assigned by the supervisor.
• Supervision of volunteers for education program.
• Case management for education assistance.
• Develop program and proposal sharing with chairman Aga Khan Social Welfare Board.
• Monitor the families by visiting them and counseling them for improving their living standards.
• Performance evaluation of their kids (beneficiaries) by visiting School and household.
• Household assessments survey to assess the case.
• Plan and execute different activities for beneficiaries for mobilization and motivation.
• Other additional tasks assigned by Chairman/secretary.
• Data collection from trainees, Data verification, Management of database, and MIS.
• Ensure timely acquisition of Monitoring related data from the field.
• Data Entry, Analysis of data, and reporting to higher Management.
• Ensure documentation and organizing of the acquired data.
• Analysis of achievements and variances of the project and report the project Progress to the MEAL Manager and Project Coordinator.
• Assist MEAL officer in writing monthly reports, monitoring and field report, progress reports, etc.
• Field Visits and Assist MEAL Officer in Monitoring related visits and all MEAL-related activities of the project.
• Assist MEAL officer in the evaluation of the project at end of each phase.
• Arrange a meeting and share meeting minutes.
• Ensure timely accomplishment of other tasks assigned by the supervisor
• Support in the timely collection of data from all projects.
• Data analysis of acquired data and reporting to MEAL manager.
• Assist MEAL team in monitoring and field visits.
• Assist in analysis and writing monitoring visit reports.
• Assist in report writing (Quarterly).
• Assist in the evaluation of projects (baseline, midline and end line).
• Accomplish other tasks assigned by supervisor.
• Supervision of members and task force and coordinate with the team to ensure the implementation of activities and follow-up.
• conduct meetings and minute the meetings for internal use.
• Attend the board and council meetings on regular basis.
• Reporting writing and Progress reporting on a quarterly basis.
• Planning for each quarter and sharing with concerned individuals
• Conduct various sports and recreational activities for youth
My Responsibilities were:
• Prepare field plan for data collection and submit to management.
• Collect household data (household visits and FGD) from three union councils of the district Oghi.
• Collect data about the existing business and enterprise in an intervention area.
• Identify existing potential enterprise for women economic empowerment.
• Identify and recommend potential enterprise for women economic empowerment for future endeavors based on data.
• Analyze the collected data.
• Report the detailed findings to the organizations
Responsibilities:
• Develop visit plan and share with HOD.
• Conduct the advocacy and awareness campaign about AUSAID awards in different organization (both private and public) in Abbottabad region.
• Identification of potential candidates and map out the organizations.
• Data collection from organizations and individuals.
• Develop date base of all potential organizations.
• Share the data and findings with HOD.
• Ensure Preparation seminar and coordinate with organizations and individuals.
• Conduct the seminar for the applicants.