Summary

"As a Workplace Safety Management Expert, my goal is to collaborate with industries and organizations to establish and maintain safe, inclusive, and supportive work environments. This involves crafting customized safety plans that prioritize the well-being of all employees, with a particular emphasis on ensuring the safety and rights of female workers.

I aim to provide expert guidance on implementing robust safety policies, procedures, and training initiatives that promote a culture of safety, respect, and accountability throughout the organization. Additionally, I am committed to designing effective grievance management systems that enable employees to voice concerns and facilitate timely and fair resolution of workplace issues.

Ultimately, my objective is to create workplaces where every individual feels valued, empowered, and able to perform their best, while also enhancing the organisations overall performance and reputation in the process."."

Projects

BISP
STTICH

Experience

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Workplace Safety Expert
International Labor Organization ( ILO- United Nations)
Jan 2019 - Aug 2023 | Karachi, Pakistan

Worked as Training Consultant to design training material and delivered the training of trainers to the mid-level factory management on OSH practices to the 12 textile & apparel factories in Karachi and helped them to identify OSH related issues at their respective factories and developed an action plan, and also provided technical support for reactivation of occupational health & safety committees and establishing Risk Management System by visiting respective factories. (Service period May – August, 2023)
• Worked as team member for developing, translation and editing the Urdu edition of ILO Code of practice of safety & health in Textile, Leather and Footwear in accordance with its original edition – English Edition for making it more understandable for local community. (Service period Dec, 2022)
• Assisted ILO OSH specialist for developing specific training material and delivering Training of Trainers
• on OSH practices to the 30 members from Pakistan Workers Federation. (Service period Nov, 2022)
• Designed training material and implementation plan for improving working conditions of 60 workers from 17 Handloom in Swat. Service period (Oct-Nov, 2021)
• Worked as OHS Consultant to evaluate the impact about Workplace Safety Trainings to 36 textile & apparel factories in Karachi under ILES project. (Service period Sept-Oct 2019)
• Worked as OHS Expert at provided training & coordination support to ILO - ILES project for garments and textile companies in Lahore on Occupational health & safety management system at workplace through participation of workers and management of concerned companies. I was supposed to facilitate companies for identification of OHS issues and development of action plan for remedy. (Service period Jan-March 2019)
• Worked as OHS Expert and delivered awareness raising lectures and conducted series of trainings to Surgical Vendors on Elimination of Child Labour and Occupational health & safety at workplace and developed model surgical instruments manufacturing workshops according to OSH management system under ILO- IPEC project in Sialkot. (Service period Jan- Dec, 2006)

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Project Manager
Fairtrade Germany
Feb 2022 - Apr 2023 | Karachi, Pakistan

• Worked as Project Manager for developing and strengthening factory-based Grievance Management System at 16 Pakistani Textile and Apparel factories for dealing with workplace grievances among workers and creating good working conditions and worker\'s wellbeing in resulting. In this regard, a detailed assessment was conducted for knowing current practices to deal with the workplace grievances, developed comprehensive training material and trained 90 Complaint Committee Members, around 350 Master Trainers by conducting Training of Trainers and created awareness about Complaint Procedure among around 25000 workers, by using master trainer’s skills. This Complaint Management System have comprehensive reporting portal, running successfully and benefiting to enhance productivity by engaging a happy and safe worker. (Service period Feb, 2022 – April, 2023)

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Management Expert
GIZ
Mar 2021 - Jun 2021 | Sialkot, Pakistan

Training need assessment and execution of trainings to Sialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry staff. Framework development on SME,s support.

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Assessment Facilitator
Assurance Services International
Jan 2021 - Feb 2021 | Lahore, Pakistan

Provided onsite technical facilitation to asi assessor for auditing to certification body for accredtiation  purpose

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Training Facilitator
Chip Training & Consulting
Dec 2020 - Jan 2021 | Lahore, Pakistan

Designed training material and implentmented trainings for behaviour change teams in Unicef led polio eradication inititiative.

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Consultant
GIZ
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020 | Lahore, Pakistan

Provide support to Textile companies at Lahore, Faisalabad and Sialkot of formation and activiation of workplace helath & safety committees for worker,s welfare and safety.

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Training Specialist
GIZ
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020 | Lahore, Pakistan

Working as training specialist and providing services on designing and implementing trainings plan for textile and sports industries by GIZ. Te area of training is VISION ZERO, wand cover health, safety and weel being for workers and non workers

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Workplace safety expert
ILO
Jan 2019 - Oct 2019 | Lahore, Pakistan

Served as workplace safety expert under ILES-ILO project in Lahore and Karachi, where i conducted trainings on OHS to textile workers and management and provided technical suppport for development of occupational health & safety management system to creat safe working environment.

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Liaison Officer for Pakistan, Iran & Afghanistan
Fairtrade
May 2015 - Dec 2018 | Sialkot, Pakistan

Joined Fairtrade as Liaison Officer for Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, where i was suppose to provide technical assistance on compliance against Fairtrade standards. These Fairtrade standards comprises labour conditions, environment, occupational health & safety and climate change. In this position i have served to textile companies, sports companies, rice producers, cotton producers, dried fruit producers, saffron producers in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. I have provided support to Fairtrade companies through trainings, seminars, field visit sand coordination with concerned departments. I have done some climate change projects in Pakistan. also worked on water conservation project in Iran for saffron farmers. Developed small hydel projects for frit farmers in Pakistan. Delivered number of trainings to farmers, workers and management on safe working environment

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Trainer/Consultant
UNDP
Mar 2013 - Jul 2013 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Joined UNDP as National Training coordinator to serve and manage election trainings on workplace safety for polling staff across Pakistan for provding them safe working environment at polling stations.

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Head of Programs
Masoom Charity UK
Feb 2011 - Dec 2011 | Sialkot, Pakistan

Worked for Masoom Charity UK as project manager to serve female prisnors for developing their stitching skills and linked them with garment industry for commercial work

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Team Leader
National Rural Support Programme (NRSP)
Apr 2010 - Nov 2010 | Sialkot, Pakistan

joined NRSP, as tram leader for managing poverty ranking survey to identify deserving perople for BISP support.

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Lead Facilitator
British Council Pakistan
Mar 2009 - Dec 2009 | Lahore, Pakistan

Worked with British Council as lead facilitator and project developmet expert, where i conducted trainings to youth on social issues and helped them to design, execute and evulate social projects across Pakistan

Education

RICI
Certification, ‎
ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety)
Completed
2019
DNV (DET NORSKE VERITAS)
Certification, ‎
OHSAS 18001
Completed
2006
University of the Punjab
Masters, Masters in Arts, Msc Psychology‎
Industrial and Organizatinal Psychology
1995

Skills

Expert Accounts / Manager
Expert Advisory Services
Expert Change Management
Expert Collaborative Project Management
Expert Communication and Reporting
Intermediate Cooordination Skills
Expert Coordination Abilities
Expert Employee Hand Book
Expert Field Management
Expert Film Making
Expert HFO Operations Handling
Expert HR Compliance
Expert HR Consulting
Expert HR Documentation
Expert Human Resource Planning
Expert Human Resources
Expert Information Technology Command
Expert Knowledge Management
Expert Knowledge Of Dialogue & Exchange
Intermediate Knowledge Of ITC Technologies
Expert Learning And Transformation
Intermediate Media-related Work
Expert Monitoring and Evaluation
Expert Networking and Cooperation
Expert Occupational Health & Safety
Expert Organizational Behavior
Expert Organizational Development
Expert Outreach And Visibility Work
Expert Performance Management
Expert Professional Advisory Services
Expert Quality Control Processes Command
Expert Stakeholder Relationship Management
Expert TNA
Expert Training & Development
Expert Training Delivery Management
Expert Training Developement
Expert Work Management

Languages

Beginner Sindhi
Expert Urdu
Expert English