Abdul Nasir Khan Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, On, Ca

Islamabad, Pakaistan

• Managed Operations Management portfolio of (over CHF 22 million)• Managed a diverse team of national and international technical sectoral leads responsible for the implementation of ongoing health and wellbeing, WASH, Cash, and livelihoods across the 2022 monsoon flood hit regions. • Negotiated, planned, and mobilized IFRC resources in support of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in the assessment, planning, and implementation of the emergency response to recovery phase activities.• Ensured that the IFRC technical leads work closely with the managers of relevant NS departments in all related programming roles and responsibilities, providing advice and recommendations that carefully consider local capacity and context.• Along with the NS, worked in close coordination with IFRC team to build alliances and partnerships with in-country membership, ICRC, UN, local authorities, and other emergency actors to enhance the implementation of the emergency plan of action. • Provided technical and continuous mentor support to PRCS management and operations team, to enhance their position vis a vis the national and international coordination mechanism.• Together with the NS and the Head of Country Office, represented IFRC in coordination meetings and forums, involving national authorities, national and international agencies, donors and other partners in the country.• Ensured that a sound financial management system is established and applied to all Federation-assisted programmes within the NS. • Managed operational budgets to ensure that expenditure relating to IFRC-supported operations is within income and approved ceilings and PEAR levels, in compliance with IFRC finance procedures and in line with donor earmarking requirements.

Ifrc Country Office, Kingston, Jamaica

• Oversee the portfolio of emergency operations (including emergency appeals, DREF operations and COVID-19 operations) in the Caribbean Region• Supervise, support, assist and advise the operations managers (OM) address issues related to emergency health care, cash and food voucher programmes, shelter, WASH, Psychosocial Support, infection control and all other aspects of ongoing emergency appeal and DREF operations.• Support the OM to ensure that the emergency appeal and all ongoing operations are in line with IFRC policies, procedures, standards, methodologies, instruments, theories, and practices• Coach, mentor, and support OM with emphasis in capacity building, professional development, and career management• Maintain coordination, cooperation and collaboration with country cluster, regional and global technical teams to ensure consistency with approaches, policies, methodologies, instruments, theories, and practices• Coordinate, cooperate and collaborate with national societies, partners, and stakeholders to articulate a shared vision, including theories of change, and of how best respond to the assessed and expressed needs of people

Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago

• Managed a portfolio of (over CHF 30 million) programmes and operations in the Caribbean region.• Managed a diverse team of programme and operations managers responsible for the implementation of ongoing Appeals, DREF operations, and longer term programmes aiming at building resilience of both communities and the National Societies in the region.• Responsible and accountable for planning, implementing, monitoring, reporting and evaluating programmes and projects, including oversight of budgets and budget management• Led collaborative and cooperative approaches across all the aspects of the support, assistance and advice provided, including using resources of Movement and external partners, to national societies minimizing project and team silos and maximizing synergies and efficiencies• Utilized efficient, effective and consistent standard operating procedures, protocols and practices, including those related to requirements (such as but not limited to reports) of Movement and external partners • Coached, mentored and supported project and team managers with emphasis in capacity building, professional development and career management• Supported, assisted and advised project and team managers in developing project concepts and proposals; managing resources, budgets and projects; managing people and teams; managing quality including evidence-based approaches to decision making, evaluations and reporting, and continual improvement processes• Maintained coordination, cooperation and collaboration with country, country cluster support, regional and global technical teams to ensure consistency with approaches, policies, methodologies, instruments, theories and practices

Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago

Sierra Leone

• Coordinated and managed all aspects of the country office programme• Managed and supervised multi sector technical teams involved in the Ebola recovery operation• Managed and oversaw all aspects of 2017 Mudslide Disaster response and early recovery phase activities • Assumed primary responsibility in guiding the strategic direction of ongoing emergency relief, recovery and rehabilitation programs • Worked closely together with the National Society’s counterpart, Director Programme & Operations and oversaw implementation of EVD recovery programme• Oversaw capacity building and organisational development of National Society staff within the program areas• Ensured accountability for following Federation policies and procedures, enabling community outreach, and information management for the operation with the objective of long term sustainable recovery and response readiness.

Free Town, Sierra Leon

• Assessed relevance of IFAD’s Country Strategic Opportunities Program (COSOP) vis-à-vis SL national (PRSP) goals • Reviewed and documented the economic performance and political developments in the country during the period (2010 – 2015).• Examined and documented overall progress achieved against the set targets by SL government in meeting poverty reduction strategy programs (PRSP) and Millennium Development Goals (MDG), and areas where IFAD made a particular contribution.• Jointly with the Team Leader, produced the Country Strategic Opportunities Program (COSOP) completion report and provided support for the initial stage of the new 5 year COSOP development (2016-2021).

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Managed implementation of Sub-National Governance (SNG)program’s activities and ensured that the work-plan milestones and targets were achieved;• Supported Provincial Team Leaders (PTLs) in delivery of their work-plans;• Represented the program, and promoted its achievements at meetings with DFID, Provincial Steering Committees, and other national stakeholders;• Ensured the program’s governance arrangements were adhered to, and helped PTLs achieve the required outputs and outcomes;• Worked in a time sensitive environment and ensured that deadlines are met without compromising on quality of program• Managed Program Risks and Issues Registers and took action to actively manage risks• Established and managed productive working relationships with national and provincial government departments, program consortium members, partners and donor agencies

Kabul, Afghanistan

• Project: “Plan for Strengthening of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Education Management Information System (EMIS) at National and Sub-national Levels”• Assessed the role of planning department and associated program units with respect to budgeting, review, revision and evaluation of plans, coordination with internal and external stakeholders and reporting.• Examined, analyzed and documented the expectations, contributions and practices for review of plans • Assessed gaps & constraints in the current system & outlined recommendations for future for effective planning at national and sub-national levels. • Reviewed the expectations from EMIS/M&E functions vis-à-vis in term of information needs (for program and operations), frequency, reliability, accessibility, presentation etc. to plan, review, evaluate and report better.

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Identified potential consulting opportunities/clients• Recruited and managed multi-disciplinary consulting teams for projects• Developed and managed contracts with client organizations• Prepared project proposals with the team members• Ensured oversight and quality assurance of consulting work• Established excellent rapport and productive working relationships with the client organizations and partners

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Project: End line Evaluation of UNICEF funded “Early Recovery Scaling-up of Rural Sanitation in Flood-affected Districts (RuSFAD)”• Developed draft Inception Evaluation Report• Jointly developed gender sensitive quantitative and qualitative tools for data collection i.e. Focused Group Discussions (FGDs) and In-depth Interviews (IDIs). • Conducted national level IDIs and supervised provincial (Sindh and Baluchistan) IDIs and field level FGDs• Supervised Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) household survey in Sindh and Baluchistan. • Jointly, with the team prepared end-line evaluation report and submitted to WaterAid/UNICEF for review and comments.

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Designed and implemented comprehensive early recovery livelihoods, water and sanitation and shelter programs based on RBM principles. Ensured that these programs are gender sensitive and effectively reflects needs of both women and men • Managed a large and diverse team of international and national staff to undertake emergency relief, recovery and longer-term development activities; • Provided financial oversight on utilization of donor funds and ensured that deadlines in submitting financial reports to donors as well as CRCS headquarters are met.• Established productive working relationships with the team members, partners, stakeholders and donors.• Managed several projects which were mainly established on RBM principles. These include a number of economic development and disaster recovery projects in Indonesia and Pakistan funded by DFATD (Department of Global Affairs) • Managed expenditures to remain within approved limits and complied with commitments made with CIDA (DFATD) and other donors.

Nias, Indonesia

• Managed and implemented integrated gender sensitive recovery and rehabilitation program in the Tsunami and earthquake disaster affected region of Nias Island.• Represented CRC at various disaster recovery forums • Built excellent relations with the regional, district, and sub-district level government authorities, UN and international and national organizations• Managed a large and diverse team of international and national staff to undertake recovery and rehabilitation activities; • Established • Managed operations, including personnel, budget, security, fixed assets, financial assets and other resources in accordance with CRC procedures and regulations.

Pakistan Administered Kashmir And Kpk

• Assessed programme's original purpose and objectives against the results of implementation of programme;• Provided detailed feedback on the level of inputs, outputs, results, and their effectiveness in the attainment of the planned results and outputs of the programme;• Evaluated role of each partner agency in the implementation and management of this program, level of coordination between partners in decision-making, monitoring, reporting and interaction with the recipient community members;• Recommended a course of action and direction, to ensure that the programmes objectives, expected results and outputs and/or their modifications, were met during the remainder of the program.• Reviewed role of each partner in furthering the concept of One UN, examined constraints faced by each implementing partner and provided practical solutions in promoting the concept and converting theory into practice. • Assigned tasks to the team members and provided them with clear direction to carry out their part of responsibilities in a satisfactory and effective manner.• Presented results and outcome of the Mid Term Evaluation as an Aid-memoire to the representatives of stakeholder organizations including UNDP, FAO, UN Women, ILO, European Union, and ERRA (Earthquake Recovery and Rehabilitation Authority).

Toronto, Canada

• Provided strategic leadership in development of policies dealing with economic development (livelihoods) programs, budget and human resources. • Developed and managed strategic partnerships and productive working relationships with local partners in South and South East Asia. • Prepared funding proposals as per CIDA/DFATD and provincial government requirements to support field partners in Asia and Middle East.• Provided financial oversight on utilization of donor funds and provided timely financial reports to donors. • Provided leadership and initiatives for accessing CIDA (DFATD) and other government and non-governmental funding resources. • Supervised, monitored and evaluated implementation of program being managed by local partnersEnsured expenditures to remain within approved limits and complied with commitments made with partners, DFATD and other donors.

Toronto, Canada Area

• As a member of Settlement and Education Partnerships in Toronto (SEPT) team assisted immigrants and refugees to settle and integrate in Canada. • Provided assessment, information and orientation services to newcomers• Facilitated appropriate referrals and access to services in the community• Provided settlement counseling services• Conducted community outreach to promote CCS programs and services

Lao - Pdr

• Conducted field visits to selected districts, sub-districts and villages of two most impoverished provinces of Laos. • Held extensive dialogues with government line departments, district leadership and community members• Organized and facilitated participatory workshops for stakeholders at different districts to identify key sectors of intervention. Presented final results of the formulation mission to the concerned line departments at the provincial level and a final presentation to the line ministries in Vientiane.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Project: Diaspora, Islam and Gender: A comparative study of four displaced communities from Islamic cultures • Coordinated with the project team members in conducting research (collecting, inputting and analyzing data) • Selected, trained, guided and supervised community researchers and other resource persons• Organized focus group meetings and periodic workshops at the community level• Assisted migrant communities in identifying problems and opportunities involved in the process of migration.

Cambodia

• Conducted field visits to selected districts, sub-districts and villages of the selected provinces. • Carried out dialogues and organized participatory workshops for district stakeholders• Designed a Commune Development Fund (CDF) for the target project communes • Developed CDF operational manual and detailed framework for implementation to assist Commune Councils access and utilize these funds following the procedures set forth under the loan agreement.

Ha Giang, Vietnam

• Designed a US$2.5 million Commune Development Fund (CDF)• In coordination with the Project Team and other stakeholders, developed Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) for the CDF project • Recruited and selected a team of sector specialists for the implementation of the Fund. The team consisted of independent candidates and staff of provincial and district line agencies• Trained the recruited/selected team in the principles of participatory monitoring, evaluation and social mobilization.• Supervised 15 Provincial and district government officials• Developed procedural guidelines for the successful implementation of both physical and financial aspects of the fund.• Developed cultural sensitive strategies for effective implementation of the project.• Produced technical financial and physical implementation reports for the consumption of donors, provincial and central government ad the project management

Ha Giang, Vietnam

• Developed a bottom-top community interaction strategy leading to establishment of sustainable grass-roots level participatory development institutions.• Developed intra project and inter government coordination mechanisms for the successful implementation of the agreed upon principles of participatory development• Trained provincial government officials and key project staff in community participation techniques and participatory monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems.

Quang Binh, Central Vietnam

• Reviewed geographical as well as beneficiary targeting in the Credit and Community Development Fund components• Identified constraints in the implementation process, the relations between the stakeholders, requirements of the collateral, payment schedule of the interest rates and principal amounts of the component• Identified training needs required and non-traditional income generating activities.

Quang Binh, Central Vietnam

• Determined the degree to which participatory approaches had been integrated into project components: rural road, aqua culture, sand dune fixation, irrigation, and saving and credit.• Reviewed performance of PRA Master Trainers in disseminating participatory approaches and development of effective district, commune and grassroots level resource cadre.• Reviewed performance of community beneficiary user groups and the degree to which these groups were institutionalized within local government systems.

Hanoi, Vietnam

• Assisted the central & provincial coordination units in participatory planning and development for ethnic minorities• Provided technical & managerial support to Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas (MEMMA) • Strengthened provincial role in decentralization of implementation to grass-root levels. • Pioneered introducing Social Mobilization approach in Vietnam

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Managed a World Bank funded Participatory Development Program, a pilot project of Social Action Program.• Monitored provision of technical advice on planning and management of 30 projects throughout the country.• Provided the Government with feedback on the implementation of the Social Action Program in the NGO sector leading to formulation of systems ensuring corrective measures before a full scale implementation of the Social Action Program.

Post Graduate Diploma, International Project Management

Ma, Development Studies, Rural Livelihood

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