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New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

Organize and deploy canvassers and their leads for field operations, ensuring effective coverage. • Develop and manage schedules for canvassing activities across target areas. • Monitor canvasser performance and ensure daily voter engagement goals are met. • Train canvassers and leads on the politician’s platform, policies, and campaign messaging. • Instruct teams on effective voter engagement and communication strategies. • Provide ongoing training and development to address performance or knowledge gaps. • Serve as the liaison between canvassing teams and HR for payroll-related issues. • Ensure accurate and timely payroll processing for canvassers and staff. • Handle timekeeping, performance tracking, and compensation adjustments. • Address any challenges teams face in the field and provide timely solutions. • Facilitate communication between field teams, campaign leadership, and HR. • Maintain team morale and productivity by fostering a positive work environment.

New York, United States

• Facilitating the democratic process via community engagement.• Working on the advocacy campaign to enlighten voters through door-to-door canvassing and using digital mediums to encourage voting for the election year 2024.• Converting the organically collected data from public engagement into database on to digitised formats.• Writing follow up postcards to voters to sustain the social cohesion and for outreach expansion.• Compiling daily reports based on primary data collection and analysis.• Representing the campaign to lobby and for network for the election year 2024.• Analysing voter behaviour and expectations on a grassroots level policy formulation process.

Stony Brook, New York, United States

Worked extensively for two academic semesters at the Hub of Migration Studies, Institute of Globalisation Studies, Stony Brook University.• Assisted Dr. Kristen Shorette for the advanced course ‘Perspectives in Globalisation’ for Spring 2024 semester.• Developed the curriculum based on current global affairs and international politics. • Duties included grading assignments and coordinating with the students. • Assisted in planning, organizing and moderating a series of Networking events and Academic Panel Talks ‘Glocal Public Policy in times of Globalization’ featuring Manisha Desai, Jeanette Money and SBU faculty members. •Assisted in outreach expansion of the institute to increase student participation and social cohesion.•Duties included Planning and networking on behalf of the institute to support collaborations and advocacy campaigns.• Managed social media content. • Supervised and edited editorial content for the newsletter. • Handled the day-to-day logistics for the institute.• Assisted Dr. Gallya Lahav for the advance seminar course ‘International Migration in International Relations’ during the Fall 2023 semester. • Worked as a liaison between the students and the professor.• Moderated the class while keeping track of track of student participation. • Responsibilities included conducting peer and paper reviews.

• Assisted in implementing predictive AI based decision-making methods to prevent sexual harassment and street crimes.• Analyzed reports and archived cases using data science and AI.• Remained in charge for arranging academic and networking events.• Handled communications and coordination on behalf of the President of the firm.• Assisted in handling the firm’s social media platforms to increase online outreach.

At the Department of Governance and Global Studies, National School of Public Policy:• Analysed the parliamentary proceedings to research on discrimination against women parliamentarians and legislators.• Conducted research on the landscape of policy administration in Pakistan and implications of Covid19. • Analyzed the political and cultural dynamics impacting policy-making processes in democratic regimes as well as challenges pertaining to the lack of execution of passed policies by the administrative units. • Conducted research on the foreign policy with reference to global political dynamics, rise of democracy and use of Track 2 diplomacy. • Conducted research on constitutional loopholes and their misuse. • Co-hosted various academic events including panel talks and conferences on Public Policy and Public Administration. • Contributed in writing and editing blogs, Op-eds, and content for newsletters, grants, and other official documents.

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Worked as a Project Coordinator and Research Associate at the Centre for Governance and Policy:• Worked for the Project titled ‘Humanitarian and Demographic Consequences of the Indian Partition 1947’ in collaboration with South Asia Institute, Harvard University. Retitled to ‘The 1947 Partition of British India: Forced Migration and Its Reverberations’.• Conducted fieldwork in retrieving, archiving and digitizing the documents recovered from the national museums and libraries, state institutions and academic institutions. • Conducted an in-depth analysis of how lack of proper policy formulation led to poor administration and management during the migration stage. • Worked as a campaign analyst for the 2018 general elections.• Analyzed the speeches of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, after the independence 1947 to assess his post-independence vision.• Analyzed the speeches and Proceedings of National Assembly from the ear 1945-1955 drawing a contrast to the status quo.• Studied and analyzed the case judgments of Justice Cornelius to assess the element of precedence versus improvising. • Served as the Centre’s Communication Specialist and worked to promote the Centre and its outreach programs. • Assisted with the Summer Internship Program.• Held the position of Sub-editor of the annual newsletter of the Centre. • Co-hosted various conferences, paper presentations, and panel talks.• Handled the social media for the Think Tank including digital marketing campaigns and content creation.

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Worked in the core organising committee of the academic literary conference for all three annual editions of the Afkar-e-Taza Thinkfest (2017, 2018, 2019)Hosted 80+ international speakers including Nobel laureates, renowned authors, historians and academics from all around the world including Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge university, and 1000+ national speakers.

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Assisted in one of the Minister’s project by the name of “Transformational Teacher Training Initiative” (3Ti). Under 3Ti, primary public school teachers were trained in different leadership models, new teaching methodologies and techniques to equip the teachers with skills necessary to impart quality education.Held the position of Project Coordinator as the Vice President (Kinnaird Chapter, Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms) aimed at engaging students into policy making.

Master Of Public Policy, Political Science And Government

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government