Self-motivated professional with more than eight years of experience in monitoring multiple projects simultaneously. Having experience of emergency, recovery, rehabilitation and advocacy-based projects in long term. Highly skilled in compiling monitoring reports. Ability and interest in learning and incorporating new ways of working and technology to enhance monitoring. Ability and willing to work in a multicultural and diverse team and also willing to travel across the country./p/div
Project Officer – Program Monitoring, Citizens’ First Project, Oxfam Novib, Islamabad (11th July, 2014 to 30th December, 2016).
Key Responsibilities
• Close coordination with implementing partners organizations and off and on the Hague office.
• In coordination with IPs’ prepared work plan and carried out field monitoring visits.
• Prepared monitoring reports, submitted to line manager and follow up with IPs’.
• Jointly reviewed LFA, MEL framework, MEL plan and developed M&E tools with the participation of CF team and IPs’.
• Ensured the MEAL system at IPs’ and Oxfam level according to Oxfam MEAL principals and accountability mechanisms and system for feedback from concerned stakeholders.
• Provided and facilitated IPs’ monitoring staff regarding monitored the progress of the results/outcomes by using different tools.
• Provided technical guidance to IPs’ regarding strengthens the MEAL system and established their system of data collection, analysis, management and documentation.
• Jointly reviewed IPs’ quarterly quantitative, bi-annual and annual reports and ensured the quality reports.
• Jointly reviewed human security and trend analysis of reports, budget assessment and trend analysis of reports.
• Prepared and shared quantitative progress of project targets and achievements and public demands as per agreed LFA and project work plan.
• Jointly ToRs for midterm evaluation followed by ON guidelines and coordinated with consultant and IPs’.
Project Coordinator, EFSVL Project, Doaba Foundation, Islamabad (25th July 2013 – 28th February, 2014).
Key Responsibilities
• Coordinated with donor and concerned partners organizations in a consortium regarding preparing of EFSVL strategy.
• Prepared project LFA, MEL framework, MEL plan and work plan based on proposal.
• Prepared set of ToRs and advertisements for related services regarding project as mentioned in project proposal.
• Adhered the values e.g. openness, transparency, and ensured the quality and timeliness of milestones that were the standard of performance.
• Facilitated the consultant in desk and technical reviews, and ensure the reliability and application of EFSL strategy in disaster prone areas of Pakistan.
• With the engagement of technical expert preparation and publication of EFSL general guidelines/Manual for partners based on strategic document.
• Monitored and closely look the budget by following audit standards and organizational financial procedures and donor guidelines.
• Prepared and submitted project narrative reports and closely looked and submitted financial reports.
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Citizens’ Voice Project, DAMAAN Development Organization, Islamabad (01st June, 2012 – 20th July, 2013).
Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the monitoring and Evaluation of all projects and track progress towards achieving the project objectives.
• Established monitoring and evaluation systems and tools and M&E plan.
• Prepared monitoring plan carried out monitoring visits and submitted monitoring reports.
• Prepared project monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual reports.
• Documented experiences and challenges, best practices and lesson learnt and proposed/suggested mitigating or improvement interventions.
• Ensured the project targets and beneficiaries were properly identified as per organizational policy and project commitment to reach the most poor people, women and children
• Suggested improvement and modifications of implementation guidelines and monitor and evaluate procedures and instrumentation.
• Build the capacity of the staff involved in monitoring, evaluation, and data collection, this includes initiating, organizing, participating in and or conducting training sessions and evaluate workshops
• Field Monitoring officer – Program, Humanitarian Unit, Oxfam Novib, Islamabad (18th August, 2010 – 14th October, 2011).
Key Responsibilities
• Conducted rapid need assessment, planning and designing, reviewed project proposals and regular monitoring of project activities in super flood 2010 and monsoon rains 2011, Pakistan with the engagement of humanitarian partners’ organizations.
• Reviewed the project proposals of partners and develop a list of deliverables on part of partners with specified timelines.
• Developed a comprehensive monitoring schedule in consultation with partners.
• Monitored progress of each partner against the LFA and planned activities/work plan MEL framework.
• Timely reported line manager identifying delays and areas of improvement in the project strategy and operations.
• Facilitated partners in documenting lessons learnt, best practices, and improve quality of their distribution plans and coordination at field level.
• Collected case studies and other promotional material including pictures from the field level work of partners.