In response of COVID-19 pendemic, PRP-KP office extended technical and logistic support to district education offices to train education officials on COVID-19 SOPs to ensure safe return of children to schools. 
Following key activities were smoothly conducted during this assignment;

Oriented Education Managers(DEOs, DDEOs, SDEOs, ADEOs, ASDEOs) on COVID prevention SOPs 
Provided PPEs to for Staff and face masks/hand sanitizers for teachers&students.

Over-all Functions: Being district team lead I was responsible for effective and efficient day to day operations, planning and execution of the project activities with the support of project staff. Ensure functioning of the project from beginning to the end including project inception activities, monthly/quarterly reporting, implementation of project activities, baseline, midline and end line assessment/study, orientation, on-the-job training and supervision of project staff, project reviews/meetings and project closure.

Key Responsibilities/Achievements: 
Provided leadership and overall management support to the Pakistan reading project at district level. 
Developed and maintained working relationship with key stakeholders in the district e.g. district government/administration, education department, Public Representatives and other line departments for successful and sustainable implementation of projects initiatives.
Manage in-service professional development activities in the district (that include face-to-face trainings, follow-ups and roll out of Teacher Training activities.
Ensure administrative and logistic support required to implement program activities in the district.
Led district based staff in program planning including field travels/school visits plan while adhering to quarterly/annual/LoP work plan targets and indicators.
Under the guidance of Technical Coordinator, supervise district based staff that include School Support Associates, Reading Quality Associates, M&E Assistant and Admin. & Finance Officer and appraises their performance as scheduled.
Timely uploaded the flawless data/MOVs of all conducted activities in online M&EIS and maintained record in hard form as per USAID data management standards.
Developed and submitted monthly cash projection against program activities, ensure maintaining and updating of financial and compliance records/matters. 
Engaged communities and families in improving reading culture in schools and communities and trained PTCs on effective use of Community Managed Reading (CMR) grants. 
Support the district, provincial and national offices in undertaking monitoring and data collection of work plan activities and participate in various surveys/studies conducted in the district.
Prepare and submit district level weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports and maintain updates to be shared with supervisor and the SMT on a regular basis or when required.
Developed project exit strategy and successfully completed the project close out form district with sustainability action plan duly endorsed by district Education Department and district Administration.

Donor: USAID-TDEA
Theme: Citizens’ Actions for Effective and Participatory Local Governments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Key Responsibilities
Project Design, Coordination and Implementation:
Act as a Full time focal person for all project activities and correspondence related to the respective grant cycle.
Ensure all activity reports and deliverables are timely, complete adhere to the defined quality standards and are submitted at designated online system promptly. 
Organize and facilitate briefings, meetings and multi-stakeholder consultations, seminars and conferences for legislators and other stakeholders of the project.
Organize agenda’s for meetings with legislators, select committee and other relevant stakeholders
Ensure identification and documentation of success stories, case studies and regular media monitoring as communicated by TDEA.
Conflict resolution in managing inter-group dynamics to mediate differing interests of varied actors.
Responsible for implementation of activities as per these elaborations.
Management and Supervision:
Of undersigned staff and Project team including review and approval of their deliverables.
Ensure that detailed work plans are being implemented by team and any changes are promptly notified to TDEA for approval.
Prepare the Monthly Progress Reports required by the Grant SOW, and submit it to TDEA.
Facilitate and conduct orientation and time to time capacity building activities for the project team.
Financial Management:
Manage budgets, expenditures and expenditure projections related to the assigned project.
Manage the effective implementation of the work plan as per the available budget.
Capacity Building:
Ensure performance standards as delineated by TDEA are met for all team members in designated districts/constituencies.
Provide logistical support for arranging awareness campaign, trainings and forums as required by TDEA.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Conduct regular visits to the assigned districts/constituencies to monitor project activities.
Advise the staff on areas of program strengthening and guide staff about remedial actions in a timely manner. 

Provided leadership and oversight to district office in rolling out of project activities in 500 schools of district Mansehra and successfully implemented project activities and achieved desired results in district Mansehra.
Developed and maintained strong coordination with key stakeholders in the district e.g. district administration, education department, and other line departments for successful and sustainable implementation of projects initiatives.
Managed in-service professional development activities in the district (that include face-to-face trainings for teachers, head teachers, academic supervisors and mentors.
Follow-ups and roll out of CPD activities at Teacher Inquiry Group (TIG) , school and classroom level.
Ensured effective implementation of Community Managed Reading (CMR) grants and Community Based School Governance Structure (CBSGS) / PTC engagement activities to promote reading culture at community level.
Provided administrative and logistic support required to implement program activities in the district.
Lead district based staff in program planning including field travels/school visits plan while adhering to quarterly/annual/LoP work plan targets and indicators.
Liaise regularly with central, KP and Islamabad Field Office technical leads to ensure that project activities are in line with the overall project vision and follow a harmonized approach.
Coordinate teacher training, policy and systems, community outreach and monitoring and evaluation activities and maintain regular data collection, quality assurance, and reporting;  Identify technical assistance needs and communicate needs to the central project office.
Assist in preparing KP office in Monthly, Quarterly, Annual and LoP work plans, budgets and project reports.
Identifed capacity building needs of field teams and accordingly organized capacity building sessions for those staff.
Ensured adherence to project work plans and performance management plans.
Along with the Head of Office or as assigned, independently represent the project at regional level coordination meetings, workshops and other events.
Developed and maintained strong coordination with key stakeholders in the district e.g. district administration, education department, and other line departments for successful and sustainable implementation of projects initiatives.
Support the provincial and national offices in undertaking monitoring and data collection of work plan activities and participate in various surveys/studies i.e enrollment survey, variation study, early grade reading assessment (EGRA), classroom observations etc.
Develop sustainability plan for reading interventions at district level and duly endorsed by DEO m/f of district Mansehra

Project Title: Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE)
Project Location: District Peshawar, Buner, Battagram and Abbottabad
Donor: AusAID/DFAT (14 million AUD Grant)
Key Responsibilities/Achievements:
Oversee ECCE program implementation in intervention districts of KP and responsible to provide technical assistance and on job mentoring to district teams in effective implementation of project activities including timely provision of TLM, refurbishment of schools along with establishment of ECCE classrooms in all intervention schools, training of teachers and education managers and follow-up of Child focused health education (CFHE), Literacy boost and community outreach activities.
Established 40 ECCE homes and established Community Library banks at community level.
Trained more than 1000 ECCE teachers and 40 Education Managers on ECCE, Literacy Boost and School improvement plan.
Under School Health Nutrition (SNH) component, oriented parents through parenting sessions on importance of health & hygiene, provided deworming tables, hygiene kits and nutritional supplements for focused schools’ children, formed school level child health clubs to raise awareness on importance of health hygiene, celebrated diffrent international days i.e hand washing day and world toilet day.  
Refurbished 400 schools including provision of hand washing facilities to every school.
Supervised the team of education officers, Engineers and community outreach officers and built their capacity through in-house professional development sessions and provided technical support and professional guidance when and where required.
Contributed to develop Detail Implementation Plan, Concept note for Advocacy events, Training Plan, Monthly progress reports including case studies, success stories of the ECCE component while presenting results of integrated gender-responsive approach of the project.  Also organized and facilitated in-service professional development offerings for teachers and supervised the project staff.
Coordination with PITE, RITE, DCTE and Directorate of Education KP for selection of Master Trainers to conduct training of Teachers, Head teachers and Education Managers on ECCE, Literacy Boost, SHN and SBDRR.
Coordination with DDMA, PDMA, ERRA and other line departments for integration of School Safety Plan under component of SBDRR.
Developed strong working relationships and coordinating with concerned government officials and project stakeholders including local politicians, district administration and DEOs for smooth implementation
Developed quality reports, document case studies and success stories to share the best practices and lesson learnt from ECCE project.
To ensure the set up of Learning Corners and utilization of ECCE provided TLM and book banks in each school and orient school teachers on how to utilize these resources in their teaching learning process.
Ensure effective, streamlined communication between district teams and Logistics and other support functions.

Overall responsible for district level implementation of Integrated Early Recovery Programme for Revitalization of the Education System in District Shikarpur, Sindh Pakistan.
Ensure that the education program is implemented effectively in a good quality standards and ensuring consistency of the work in accordance to the program goal and objectives.
Coordination with  CP, WASH and Livelihood teams for smooth and integrated implementation of project activities.
Education Project Management & Implementation.
Operational Management.
Coordination with Government & Line Departments.
Monitoring, Documentation and Reporting.
Representation in Education Cluster.

Overall responsible for protection of flood affected families especially EVF while implementation of Emergency Response and Early Recovery Programme/ projects by SC in District Shikarpur and Jacobad, Sindh Pakistan.
Ensure that all SC Sectors(Food-aid, NFI/Shelter, WASH, CP, Education, Livelihood, Health) are adhering humanitarian principles and standards including SPHERE, INEE and SC Emergency Repose guidelines during  implementation of activities.
Coordination with district administration and line departments for seeking workable solution for identified protection issues.
Developed referral mechanism  & guidelines for addressing the needs of extremely vulnerable families.
Contribution in Emergency Context.
Monitoring, Documentation and Reporting.
Representation in Protection Cluster.

Oversee Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Reporting of Public Private Partnership (PPP)  project activities at district level. 
Identification of out of school children especially orphan children between age brackets 5-14 years and developed referral mechanism for enrollment in private/public schools through financial assistance of PPP funds.
Coordination with District Administration, Education Department and local Donors regarding provision of educational scholarship to deserving students.
Provided management support to Advocacy & Liaison UNIT of GEESE
Organize periodic review meetings with stakeholders to track progress and make adjustments.
Build capacity of all partners (School Management, PTCs and Volunteers) so that they are able to produce uniform, high-quality results.

Program Background Summary: USAID funded project for Primary Healthcare Revitalization, Integration and Decentralization in Earthquake-affected areas (PRIDE), contributed significantly in improvement of primary healthcare services for the earthquake affected populations in Bagh (AJK) and Mansehra districts in northern Pakistan.
Key Responsibilities/Achievements:
Provided assistance to Project Manager in overall Planning, implementation of project activities at field unit and district level.
Conducted corners meetings and BBCMs for formation of Village Health Committees (VHC) and UHF at UC Level and established Health Management Committees (HMCs) with selected Health facilities including BHUs, RHCs and THQ/DHQ Hospital.
Trained all office bearers of VHCs, UHFs, HMCs on their roles and responsibilities for improvement of concerned health facilities and quality service delivery.
Provided technical support to field teams in developing & implementation of Village Health Action Plans.
Coordinated  and Facilitated the different Advocacy & Planning workshops, Stakeholder workshop, Networking workshop and Manager conference, at UC, Tehsil and district level
Trained project committees on grants management and smoothly disbursed small grants@10,000 UDS per Health Management Committee and successfully implemented and timely completed all projects/schemes in intervention area.
In addition to project work plan, extended facilitation  to DHO/WHO in Post Campaign Monitoring during NIDs

Ensured protected and dignified return of IDPs from IDPs Camps, and intervened with authorities where required.
Facilitated integration of Protection in all programmes of WVP.
Provided constant feedback to field office to assist developing future program strategies.
Coordinated and shared information with all WVP programs active in the field to ensure timely and adequate response to any health, sanitation or other concerns.
Ensured Protection Monitoring Mechanisms in IDPs Camps and back in the places of origin, monitoring /Supervision of return from IDPs Camps and their rehabilitation back in places of origin.
Identify and pay special attention to Extremely Vulnerable Individuals/Families (EVIs/EVFs) including orphans, displaced and unaccompanied children (especially females), chronically ill or disabled, elderly and female headed households and find possible solutions with collaboration of concerned organizations / govt. authorities.
Close coordination with partner organizations, ERRA and District Government/administration.

Assist  Program Officer in overall planning, supervision, implementation, follow-up, monitoring and evaluation of the project activities through active participation of children and key stakeholders of target communities.
Conducted Child Protection Needs Assessment in the targeted and surrounding communities and identified/verified Extremely Vulnerable Families and ensured their access to relief assistance.
Provided technical support to 13 CBOs for developing their constitution and built capacity of CBOs on Child Rights and Child Protection Issues and registered those CBOs with Social welfare Department under society act 1960.
Trained Teachers on joyful learning & inclusive education and Established Temporary Learning Centers in Earthquake affected communities for the revival of educational activities.
In-collaboration of district health authorities contributed in organizing 05 free medical camps in target communities.
Provided technical support to the field teams for meeting deadlines during implementation of project activities at different levels.
Shared progress updates and success stories with Management with agreed frequency.