The $50 million national program provides grants to NGOs, grassroots/community-based organizations, and private sector organizations from all over Pakistan including AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan, and FATA to support their self-help initiatives and strengthen the fabric of civil society in Pakistan
Responsibilities include:
Process Grant requests on projects related to Education and Civic Participation
Collect all necessary information/documentation/certifications/forms from potential grantees for the processing of their applications;
Liaison with SGAFP Field Operations Officers for institutional assessment of the applicant organization
Plan, coordinate, monitor implementation of all projects (grants worth 80 million PKR processed)
Create grant summaries, for award and non-for award cases
Prepare Work Plans and Disbursement plan/tranches for Contractual Agreement
To educate the potential grantees on USAID’s requirements, rules & regulations, and assist them in processing of their proposals;

Contribution for Media & Communications Section & Documentation Section
Following the completion of the Small Grants targets I since then assist the implementation section based on my prior experience in media and communication. My major responsibilities include:
Overlook the implementation of media strategies of grants across Pakistan which include thorough review of all media materials, adherence to USAID branding and marking policies, sharing media worthy updates and news with the USAID.
Review speeches, event briefs, success stories, weekly updates, social media updates, exposure stories and all external and internal communication materials.
Document the successes of the Program in the form of research chapters based on quantitative and qualitative data collected over the course of & years.
Shortlist and identify potential success stories and pictures for the Programs success story coffee book.

Assist in managing network and communications with field activists on day to day activities;
occasional travel to field events to report activities.
Manage and update Civil Society database on Sales Force on a weekly basis
Overlook social media activities. Develop and proof read content published on facebook, twitter,
instagram, website etc.
Manage communications with social media firm ( Creative Chaos) to ensure implementation of
desired changes and timely upload of all content.
Initiated the social media reporting campaign titled: The State of Our Schools
First edit of all materials such as reports, info graphics, fact sheets, press briefs, transcripts etc.
Assist the Communications Manager in organizing events, managing communications with vendors and development and design of standees, banners etc.

Convener Olympiad 2014
A four month society project on organising 25 different co-curricular events for university and colleges across Pakistan
Manage a nationwide event for university students with up to 600 participants
Manage a host team of 50 people to organise the mega event spread over 5 days

For the course: History of Colonial Expansion
Assisted with research work and course material for a semester

Research and Fieldwork in Punjab and Khyber PakhtunKhwa
Took initiative in group work by paving the course for the final presentation
Gave innovative suggestions to counter the problems in the development sector specifically in terms of feasibility of micro-credit loans
Won the final group presentation

In charge of the Library and Online Research bases
Conducted Qualitative Research on the holistic problems faced by the development sector
Initiated a plan to involve the youth by assigning campus ambassadors to promote activities of the council