Responsible for developing concept notes, policy papers, and analytical reports driven by data. Responsible for consultation with the management, actively liaising with GoKP on timely implementation of program activities, and resolving implementation challenges through coordination with management and relevant government counterparts. Responsible for ensuring operational support and organizing consultations with Government agencies to support the development of the assigned Development Products such as policy papers, concept notes, assessment reports, financial reports, and informed inputs into the program implementation areas. Quality assurance of the development Products. Responsible for organizing Departmental consultations and interactions to align Development Products and MAGP activities with Government priorities. Responsible for promoting gender mainstreaming in program activities. Responsible for developing activities that address gender issues while ensuring that all activities are gender-sensitive. Responsible for developing a comprehensive understanding of governance and performance issues at devolved tiers of local government. Identifying the planning and policy implementation gaps through regular analysis at the devolved tiers and supervising the capacity-building initiatives of relevant government officials and elected representatives. Responsible for supervising the team to roll out transition activities at devolved tiers of local government. Responsible for managing events under the UNDP work plan, as required Performance Indicators for Evaluation of Results.

Responsible for planning and designing the program and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues, and initiating appropriate corrective action. Developing and fostering creativity, rigor, strategic flexibility, and support orientation across grant-making plans and processes. Leading in identifying, assessing, and recommending high-impact projects and programs. Leading, monitoring, and managing grants, supporting program teams to develop and execute effective programs and greater inclusion, fostering evaluation, and adaptive learning towards achieving better outcomes. Responsible for supporting the assessment of political and contextual issues likely to affect the implementation of the different program work plan, including issues or risks likely to affect the achievement of outputs and outcomes. Identifying risks as well as opportunities to support improvements in the legitimacy, authority, and effectiveness of projects. Ensuring consolidated and timely reporting of different project developments and progress against the agreed work plan, indicators, and milestones according to agreed processes, formats, and schedules. Advising on the administrative, logistical, and security requirements of the program and projects implementation at different provincial levels. Responsible for reviewing and synthesizing program reports, preparing memos that succinctly track progress/setbacks, key lessons, and making evidence-informed recommendations for action. Managing, mentoring, supporting, and developing team members, building strong relationships, and serving as a trusted colleague to team members; assisting in recruiting new talent as needed. Designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating capacity development measures for team members. Maintaining contact with other donors and the embassies.

Responsible for program development and designing, which includes project cycle management cycle from concept development, grant development, managing implementation, compliance assurance and successful closeout of the grants.
Liaising with partners for identification of new ideas, coordination with relevant government offices and regularly updating management of the political updates.
Leading All Program Team (APT) which consists of grants officer, monitoring officer, procurement officer, administration officer and grants assistant.
Capacity development of the grantees on CVE, project cycle management for sustainable and self-reliant civil society organizations.
Responsible for 1.5 million USD grants disbursement to the partners per annum, which includes idea development, project cycle management and implementation.

• Successfully secured prestigious Australian Awards Research Scholarship in 2015.
• Completed MS program of two years in Public Policy and Governance from the University of Sydney maintaining the distinction.
• Wrote papers on governance issues, millennium development goals, sustainable development goals, globalization, issues in education, health and WASH sectors in developing countries, climate change, poverty, disaster, civil-military relations, policy reforms, local governments and institutional capacity building in developing countries.
• Participated in International conferences organized at Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne-presented research papers related to governance and policy reforms. Moreover, being the member of South Asia Study Group facilitated in organizing different high-level seminars which were attended by prominent South Asians and Australian representatives

Urban WASH Sindh consortium of WaterAid, UNICEF, USAID and UN-Habitat
• Designed and implemented Urban WASH project worth 3 million dollars for 500,000 beneficiaries.
• Developed SOPs for hiring the Implementation Partner and led the process of selecting Implementing Partner for the project.
• Managed team of 35 professionals which included project coordinators, monitoring and evaluation officers, administration staff and social organizers.
• Developed performance measurement frameworks for concerned government institutions and stakeholders for effective implementation of the project.
• Designed job descriptions and led hiring process of consultants for specialized activities and tasks.
• Represented project at district, regional, provincial and national level forums. Coordinated with donors and partners on regular basis for ensuring that project results are achieved as per donor requirements.
• Successfully conceptualized, designed and established coordination forum for the consortium partner organizations.
• Modules for community engagement and social mobilization developed which were further implemented by the partner organization.
• Successfully designed and implemented financial performance frameworks for transparency. Moreover, developed monitoring and evaluation frameworks for daily reports, weekly reports, field reports, monthly reports. Project performance resulted in securing phase II for the project. Developed sustainability roadmap for the project before leaving for Australia.

• Led education program worth 5million dollars at provincial level. Managed 20 project and 45 IP staff which included District Program Managers, Assistant District Program Managers, Monitoring and Reporting Officers, finance and Administration officers.
• Developed criteria for hiring the implementing Partners and led the process of hiring of IPs in five target districts i.e. Kohat, Haripur, Mardan, Swabi and Peshawar.
• Developed performance measurement frameworks for IPs and education department.
• Developed criteria and job descriptions for hiring consultants and led the process of hiring consultant for specialised activities of the program.
• Represented organization at district, provincial, national and International level on different forums and seminars.
• Successfully developed synergies with International organizations, donors, provincial-district education department, and parliamentarians.
• Initiated the process of provincial education policy formulation. Developed TORs for the committee and facilitated the consultation process for the formulation of draft policy. Series of draft presented to secretary education which were submitted to provincial assembly for approval.
• Facilitated provincial government in the formulation of quality education standard for schools. Quality education standards were approved and implemented through notification of Secretary education.
• Led the process of negotiation and partnership with Provincial Institute of teachers Education (PITE) which resulted in capacity development training of all education managers and teachers in selected districts. Partnership led to capacity development of more than 3000 education department officials.
• Organised exchange visits of secretary education, deputy secretary education, provincial and district education managers at national and International level.
• Designed School development frameworks, project provided funding to the selected schools.

• Successfully led 4 million dollars water and sanitation governance program in four districts of KPK i.e. Abbottabad, Manshera, Chitral and Nowshera. Managed 15 project staff and 35 implementing partner staff.
• Introduced first time community engagement mechanisms such as water committees and women water committees for the PHED schemes. Developed manuals for behaviour change communications.
• Successfully initiated the partnership with the World Bank-WSP for capacity development of government institutions, partner organizations and community organizations,
• Led the process along other committee members of hiring consultants and Implementing partners.
• Introduced governance tools and mechanisms such as participatory budgeting, community forums and complaint centre for effective water services for the beneficiaries.
• Conceptualized, designed and implemented digitalization of PHED record and provided MIS for the PHED at provincial and districts level.
• Established synergies with relevant stakeholders through formation of coordination forum at provincial level and District Support Groups at district level for enhance coordination and effective delivery of services.
• Facilitated the process of policy dialogue on formulation water and sanitation policy at provincial level. Moreover, facilitated the formation of task committee for provincial policy and actively participated in policy dialogue at provincial level. Organized exchange visits of committee members, stakeholders and secretary PHED to Punjab and Philippines.

• Successfully led multimillion dollars program of governance, education, health, local government and infrastructure development as Regional Program Manager.
• Supervised 15 project and 30 Implementing Partner staff. Developed SOPs and frameworks for infrastructure program which consisted of construction of government schools, health facilities, water supply schemes, roads and community centres.
• Designed and implemented training programs for the local government officials: counsellors, Nazims, tehsils Nazims, district Nazims, planning officers and finance officers
• Initiated the process of activation of monitoring committees at all three tiers of local government, developed guidelines and implemented program for capacity development of the monitoring committees.
• Conceptualized and established the forums at region and district level of all relevant stakeholders and institutionalized monthly meetings of the forums.
• Social Accountability and transparency tools were introduced with partnership of the World Bank in five districts of the region.
• Negotiated partnership and drafted modalities with Pakistan Academy for Rural Development (PARD). Facilitated the process of designing trainings and implementation for the local government officials.
• Regular field visits conducted to the target districts on weekly basis for ensuring smooth operations of the program at regional level.

The Target of the project was to build capacity of six hundred Parent Teacher Councils (PTCs) in four years. My role was to ensure that teams and implementing partners disburse grants to PTCs after development of School Improvement Plans (SIPs). We had to disburse 800 Dollars per PTCs to 600 schools.
• Led education sector strengthening and revitalizing programs in Muzaffarabad and Manshera Regions.
• Worked with the team of more than 80 professionals of Implementing Partners and project staff. Managed activities of NRSP, SRSP and SUNGI organisation in two regions apart from regular project staff. Developed SOPs for IP partnership, negotiated and effectively partnered local organization.
• Led the process of designing and conducting baselines, developing monitoring and reporting formats such as financial and progress reports, frameworks for the performance of staff and education department officials and designed school development plans which was later adopted by other regions of project. Conducted trainings for the staff and communities on Parent Techer Councils roles and school development plans.
• Facilitated district governments of Muzaffarabad and Manshera in developing Management Information System for the education department. All records were digitalized, which led to replication of MIS in other districts of AJK and KPK.
• Conducted regular visits to the field and represented RISE project at Embassy of U.S.A and INGOs forum meetings.
• Initiated the process of sustainability roadmaps for the PTCs which was further replicated to the other working area of the USAID in Pakistan.

• Successfully implemented project activities in the areas of governance, local government capacity development, social accountability, education, health, WASH, livelihood, infrastructure and gender mainstreaming.
• Facilitated in formation of District Support Group under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner to oversee project activities.
• Led the social mobilization campaign for engagement of vulnerable groups in the participatory process by formation village development organizations, citizen community boards and local civil society organization and linked them to local government institutions and non-governmental organizations.
• Facilitated provincial level one-year research conducted by PARD and CIDA for improved communication and engagement of communities with the service providers. Documented the research study and shared with concerned stakeholders.
• In 2004 initiated the process of registration of Citizen Community Boards (CCBs) with Social welfare office. Designed, implemented and delivered trainings on Project Cycle Management for CCBs. Successfully registered hundreds of CCBs and approved projects from the district government.
• After 2005 Earthquake led the program for relief and rehabilitation in the affected areas. Facilitated formation of district coordination forum represented by district government and NGOs working in the district for relief and rehabilitation activities. Regularly conducted meetings with INGOs, Army and other departments. Facilitated District government in establishment of MIS for the affected people at Hevellian camp.
• Receive best employee of the year in 2005 from the Country Director also received letter of acknowledgement from district government in 2006 for facilitating district government in registration and development of proposal for the CCBs