List Professional Work Experiences

01/08/18 – 31/12/2022

Director Programs

SKYIANS (A Non Profit NGO)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Implementation of following projects;

• Youth and Social Cohesion Project, under N-Peace, funded by UNDP.
• Hawa Ki Bati, funded by USAID-Training for Pakistan Project.
• Disaster Preparedness in Schools, funded by USAID under NRSP’s Ambassador Fund Program.
• Capacity Building of Frontline Polio Workers of KP/FATA, funded by UNICEF.
• Strengthening DBA and establishing of Facilitation Kiosks in courts, under (GEP) of AF, funded by USAID.
• Education Governance & Budget Accountability, by CGPA-Alif Elaan.
• Social Accountability Tools, for Citizen Voice & Action (Health and Education).
• SKYIANS Community Schools Project.
• Free Legal Aid for the deserving citizens of Pakistan.
• Awami Hakumat Bunyadi Hakumat, CVP-USAID for Local Government Election, 2015.

Other responsibilities including;

• Proposal writing on innovative ideas.
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Interventions.
• Represent SKYIANS at higher forums and overview of Financial and Administrative actions.

11/11/14 – 31/07/2015

Protection Coordinator

UNHCR

Duties and Responsibilities;

• Running Projects on (i) Protection Monitoring (ii) Identification of Vulnerable Families (iii) Registration of CNICs of IDPs at Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Tank and DI Khan.
• Ensure coordination, quality and relevance, compliance and Protection Monitoring activities related to the humanitarian assistance provided to IDPs of North Waziristan;
• Consolidate the development and oversee the roll out of DRC’s strategy in each project site;
• Oversee implementation of Protection Monitoring activities and ensure that objectives and results are timely and qualitatively met;
• Lead the development of proposals to secure follow on or expansion funding for the emergency program as per identified needs;
• Ensure high quality and timely reports for Assessment team, Protection monitoring team, partners and donors within agreed deadlines;
• Support Team Leaders to develop work plans and monitoring tools as appropriate, and make regular monitoring visits to project sites;
• Monitor financial planning and expenditures allocated to emergency response programme, including needed amendments/revisions;
• Ensure information sharing across project sites, and standardization of approaches, as appropriate;
• Assist in recruiting, coaching, training and evaluating emergency staff;
• Coordinate with national, local and international actors and participate in Clusters, working groups and other meetings and forums as needed;

30/09/13 – 31/8/14

National Program Manager

QAF Quick Action Foundation

As head of Organization performing following tasks;

Prepare overall program plan, Review plans of individual projects, Oversee the implementation of all projects Coordinate the activities of all project teams, Conduct research into all legal issues regarding the project Communicate with all stakeholders of the program as well as the individual projects on a regular basis. Organize training for the individual project teams. Request periodic project reports from individual project leaders. Document all project events and milestones. Prepare program budget, detailing budgets for individual project. Developing and implementing contingency plans for the program. Managing risks for the programs. Developing and communicating project goals and deliverables. Managing conflict between individual project groups. Evaluate and access all project teams. Identifying and evaluating all resources needed for the project. Develop and implement the project life cycle development plan. Determine timelines and deliverables for each project. Facilitate decision making regarding the projects. Providing mentorship for each project manager. Ensure each project follows the organizations laid-down procedures. Ensure that each project is within budget. Accessing training levels of the team members and recommending appropriate training.

08/01/13 – 06/07/2013

Senior Election Observation Coordinator

FAFEN (Fair & Free Election Network) TDEA

Heading the team as Senior Election Observation Coordinator to implement FAFEN project of Long-Term Election Observation and Oversight in Pakistan (LTEOOP)   funded by European Union (EU), USAID and TAF, executed by 29 organizations of Pakistan covering all the National Assembly constituencies across Pakistan through followings;

• 4 Provinces of Pakistan.
• 272 Constituencies of Pakistan.
• 29 Election Observation Managers.
• 130 District Long Term Observers.
• 249 Constituency Long Term Observers.
• 41,900 Short Term Observers.

01/01/12 – 31/12/12

Project Coordinator

Access to Justice Program

Enhancing access to justice and human rights for all disadvantaged and marginalized groups through a rights-based approach. To strengthen mechanisms for promotion and protection of human rights and the delivery of justice for all, particularly the poor and other disadvantaged persons.

• Clinical legal aid to clients affected by violation of their fundamental rights by the executive, especially on matters concerned with criminal justice.
• Representation in public interest litigation.
• Public awareness and legal literacy campaign.
• Awareness on environmental laws.

15/08/11 – 25/12/11

Program Manager Disaster Response Unit (Sindh)

Interfaith League Against Poverty

To plan, design, develop, execute and finalize projects, acquire resources and coordination the efforts of the team members in order to deliver projects according to plan & to define the project’s objectives and oversee the quality control throughout its life cycle. Major Activities are included as;

• To establish I-LAP office in Sindh.
• Coordinate with NGOs, INGOs, Donors, Government officials and with Stakeholders.
• Provision of Temporary Shelter for 2000 Beneficiaries.
• Implement projects at District Tando Mohammad Khan, Umerkot and Tharparkar.
• Provision of NFIs (Non Food Items) for 8000 Beneficiaries.
• Provision of WASH for 8000 Beneficiaries.
• Food Distribution for 8000 flood affected population in Sindh.

17/02/11 – 14/08/2011

Manager Monitoring, Research & Development

ILAP, Islamabad.

To conduct Monitoring and Evaluation of various projects, development of modules, conduct various Researches, Developed different modules & designing of project proposals, negotiation with various donors, Capacity Building of Staff and other partners. Following were the achievements;

• Design and Conducted Community Based Disaster Risk Management Trainings for KPK.
• Developed a Module on Monitoring & Evaluation for I-LAP.
• Developed a Donors Directory for I-LAP.
• Produced 6 new Project Proposals for National & International Donors.
• Conducted Monitoring & Evaluation Reports of CRWRC, FAO, ZOA & FH flood affected Projects.
• Design & Conducted Staff Capacity Building Trainings including, Leadership, Fundamental Rights & Community Mobilizations.
• Conducted Social Survey for the Islamabad Slums.
• Research on “Importance & Significance of Civic Education”.
• Facilitated Disaster Management Exhibition 2011.

10/10/05-16/03/11

Program Manager

SKYIANS (A Non-Profit NGO)

• Flood 2010:
  • Rescue and Relief provided by SKYIANS at Charsada, Nowshera, Mardan, Kohistan and Few areas of Peshawar districts.
  • Emergency food aid assistance to population affected by flood.
  • Safe Drinking Water (mineral water) for affectees.
  • Provision of Transportation for affectees to move towards safer places.
  • Community-based and facility-based management of acute malnutrition in camps & outside camps at Peshawar, Mardan, Charsada&Nowsehra.
  • Provision of Health Facility.
  • Camp Establishment and Management at Gulabad, Charasadda for 120 families.

• IDPs of Swat, 2009.
  • Support of by conflict-affected IDPs living in host communities.
  • Enhancing the protective environment for girls and boys affected by armed conflict, including displaced children and children in host communities.
  • Provision of a package of essential health services to IDPs & returnees from NWPF and Punjab.
  • WASH Interventions for displaced populations in IDP camps in Peshawar, in-line with SPHERE Standards
  • Wash promotion for IDPs living in host communities through social mobilization, Peshawar and Mardan Districts.
  • Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion to IDPs living with host families.
  • Community-based and facility-based management of acute malnutrition in IDP camps & outside camps Peshawar, Mardan, Charsada&Nowsehra.
  • Continuation of Primary Education Services to IDP Children living in KatchaGardhi Camp 1, 2

Benazir Complex Camp and Providing Education Facilities to Those Children Living in Host

Communities Requesting.

• Recently submitted project proposal on Health, Psychosocial service, WASH and NFIs.

• Flood in Charsada, 2006.
  • Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion.
  • Provision of a package of essential health services for flood-affected people of Charsada and Mardan.
  • Provision of maternal, neonatal and child health care.

• Earthquake, Hazara and Khasmir, 2005.
  • Camp Management, Shelter and Protection
  • Capacity-building of humanitarian workers in SPHERE standards.
  • Assessments of the WASH situation on ground, ensuring an effective and coherent response involving all relevant partners, identification of gaps.
  • Improvement of water quality and water quality monitoring and provision of water supply and sanitation to health facilities in affected areas of Abbottabad &Manshera.
  • Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion for Earthquake affected families.
  • Psychosocial response to Earthquake-affected of Hazara and Kashmir.
  • Providing of Non Food Items to the EQ affected population as per SPHERE standards.

• Community-based and facility-based management of acute malnutrition in camps & outside camps at Abbottabad, Manshera, Muzafarabad&Batagram) .

• Support to Continued Access to Middle, Secondary and Non-Formal Education.
  • Emergency Education for Children in Accordance with the INEE Minimum Standards for Emergency.

02/4/07-31/12/2010

Community Livelihood Rehabilitation Program

FAO

FAO and ERRA have started a joint venture for livelihoods rehabilitation in the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan. The responsibilities were included as social mobilization which includes formation of new CBOs or strengthening of existing CBOs. Facilitation for the formulation of CLRPs, preparation of cost estimates, technical and managerial backstopping to the CBOs in the implementation of the CLRPs. Areas of work for the project are Rehabilitation / reconstruction of economic infrastructure, agriculture, livestock and skill development including;

• Rehabilitation of Road, Honey Bee Production, High Quality Seeds at Sailkot-1.
• Check dam, Bridle Paths, vocational training and value added Soybeans Milk production, at Sailkot-2.
• Plough Bulls, High Quality Seeds and Vocational Training for Women, at BandiChamyali.
• Mushroom Enterprise, Pulse Production and Farm to Market Road at Khokerala.
• Greenhouse for off season vegetables, Honey Bee and Women Skill training at Dearer-Batangi.
• Trout Fish Farm, Green House, High Quality Seeds and Skill Training at Kotlian.
• Fruit Orchards, High Quality Seeds, Vocational Training and Greenhouse off season agri at Pattan.
• Rehabilitation of Road, High Quality Agri Seeds, Agri Skill training at DhakeSalolBandi.
• Bridle Path, Olive Fruit Orchard, Livestock Field Assistant and Food Preservation at BaglaKoheDowta.
• Fruit Orchards, Food Preservation Packing & Marketing, Rehabilitation of Road at MaseenaKalan.

02/10/06-31/03/2007

Strengthening National Election in Pakistan

UNDP

SNEP project of UNDP design activities of the voter education activities for the Election 2007-08, at Abbottabad, Manshera, Haripur and Batagram Districts consist of 175 UCs, 9 Tehsils and 4 Districts level activities. These activities have planned such that it caters to all the categories of Youth, Women, Minorities and General Public. The objectives of these activities are as under.

• Strengthen democratic political culture in Pakistan
• Increase public awareness of informed participation in the political process and develop understanding of election processes.
• Create awareness in the people about
  • The need to and importance of free and fair elections.
  • The need to exercise their freedom of making informed choices in electing their leaders and
  • The duty and responsibility of every citizen to guard against Electoral malpractices
• Minimize voter apathy and encourage voting through appreciation and understanding of the negative effects of non-participation in registration and voting.
• To mobilize and educate women, youth and minorities about elections and its benefits and guide them on voting procedures.

01/02/05-30/09/2006

Police  Community Relations Program

DTCE-UNDP

At Haripur DTCE jointly with UPSC working for police welfare and community partnership program. In this regard khullikacheris were held in respective Ucs where masses were given a chance to verbalize their problems in front of higher authorities. DTCE to monitor the proceedings of khullikacheris by reporting the number of case forwarded to higher authorities during or after khullikacheris.

01/07/05-31/01/2006

Information, Monitoring & Evaluation of CCBs

DTCE-UNDP

DTCE (Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment) at Abbottabad and Manshera Districts, with respective Districts, Tehsils and Union Councils, capacity of the Union Council members would be enhanced by carrying Citizen Community Board Mobilization training (CCBM) at each Union Council.  IME CSOs along with DTCE will help create an effective and transparent capacity building environment. When considerable amount of CCBs would

be registered, the Project Cycle Management Trainings (PCM) will take place. The main idea of this training is to educate people at grass root level to follow a proper methodology through which they can identify, formulate, get approved and execute their projects.

01/1/04-30/06/2005

Health Education

T VO

To provide Health education on family planning and Reproductive health. Providing Health education in 5 Union Councils

02/6/03-31/12/2003

Birth Registration Project

Plan Pakistan

To provide the training to the LHVs for the birth registration.1009 women are getting education on skill training

01/01/03-31/05/2003

Literacy for All Project

EEF

The objective of third party validation activity was to assess the existing Literacy Centers, established under Elementary Education Foundation, EEF and Government of NWFP, check their needs, monitor their functioning and make recommendations/suggestion to improve their performance.

01/02/2002-31/12/2002

Nursery of Soap Nut Trees

Ministry of Environment

The project is based on ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH VALUABLE TREE SPECIES, funded by National Conservation Strategy, NCS, Ministry of Environment, Islamabad, through, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Peshawar.

Objectives of the Project:

• Increased in the forest cover of the area.
• Improve the soil conservation and decrease the desertification and land loss.
• Provision of permanent source of income generation thereby increasing income of the local people.
• To provide base for the employment opportunities.
• Encouraging the establishment of soap industries in the area.
• Economic and social level Solution to Environmental Conservation Problems.

02/4/01-31/12/2001

Modern IT and Vocational Training

Pakistan Bait ul Mal

Information Technology center for women at PindKargoo Khan is model project at place of 30Km from city Abbottabad, 30Km from Haripur and 30Km from Mansehra, to provide computer based knowledge to ladies of the community which had just heard about Computers and most of the students never seen before and unable to learn the hardware and software computer education in the 21^st century.

31/12/2000-1/4/2001

Adult Literacy Centers

NCHD

A unique course for the duration of 3 months has been developed by NCHD, National Commission for Human Development to provide education to those male and female of age group 15-39 were unable to attended the school in their life time, and still able to play effective role in national development by one way or the other.

02/10/1999-30/12/2000

Data Collection of NGOs/CBOs

The Asia Foundation

• To design the questionnaire and collect the data of NGOs and CBOs of NWFP
• Publishing of Directory and dissemination of Information for relevant field
• List of donors and Donnie organization and division of specific field of activity.
• 137 NGOs/CBOs was included in the directory from Abbottabad.
• 1600 NGOs/CBOs included from whole NWFP.
• With the collaboration of Frontier Resource Center, Funded by The Asia Foundation, TAF.

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