Strategic Planning and Performance Improvement• Led corporate-level planning, performance monitoring, assessment, reporting, and accountability, contributing to enhanced organizational efficiency and improved project delivery timelines.• Created a program performance management dashboard, optimizing project alignment with ICIMOD member countries' needs and enhancing program effectiveness.• Provided strategic advice to senior management, resulting in enhanced performance management and strategic optimization of institutional functions.• Led the development of the institutional Strategy and Results Framework, aligning organizational objectives and enhancing strategic clarity.Monitoring, Evaluation (M&E), and Quality Assurance• Directed the quality assurance mechanism for institutional progress, review, evaluation, annual plans, and budget, ensuring heightened accountability and the alignment of resources with strategic goals.• Designed and implemented comprehensive results monitoring frameworks, leading to enhanced transparency, more informed decision-making, and improved alignment with organizational goals and industry best practices.• Conducted various program evaluations, delivering actionable insights and recommendations to the ICIMOD Board of Governors, ultimately leading to informed strategic decisions and improved program effectiveness.Leadership and Management• Elevated strategic decision-making and organizational effectiveness through invaluable insights and a culture of innovation.• Led the development and implementation of a robust risk management framework, enhancing organizational resilience.• Collaboration, Knowledge Management, and Capacity Building• Facilitated impactful collaborations with key stakeholders, expanding ICIMOD's network and fostering strategic partnerships that led to innovative projects and increased resource mobilization.

➢ Successfully implemented a comprehensive M&E system for ICIMOD’s regional programmes, enhancing program tracking and effectiveness assessment.➢ Contributed to ICIMOD’s strategy and policy development for result-based management, ensuring organizational strategic alignment.➢ Spearheaded the development of an innovative online reporting and dashboard tool, improving data accessibility and decision-making efficiency.➢ Ensured on-time preparation and submission of annual progress reports and donor reports, enhancing report quality and compliance.➢ Led monitoring missions to program regions, submitting actionable recommendations that improved program outcomes and stakeholder satisfaction.

Responsible for implementing the log frame matrix, improving reporting, and strengthening impact analysis and reporting standards at ICIMOD, while supporting result framework development.➢ Innovatively introduced and implemented the log frame matrix in ICIMOD's planning process, focusing on objective hierarchy, indicators, and monitoring mechanisms, significantly improving the clarity and measurability of project objectives.➢ Successfully revised the Annual Reporting System by integrating key performance indicators, enhancing the system's effectiveness and accuracy in tracking organizational progress.➢ Developed comprehensive outcome and impact pathway analyses for new and ongoing programmes, improving the understanding and documentation of program impacts.➢ Designed and developed Monitoring and Evaluation standards for partner reporting to ICIMOD, standardizing partner reporting processes and enhancing the consistency and quality of external reporting.

Supervised social and economic development initiatives, conducted surveys, engaged with communities, and conducted economic feasibility studies at AKRSP, leading to enhanced program effectiveness and efficient project selection.➢ Achieved remarkable success in spearheading social and economic development initiatives at AKRSP, leading to significantly increased stakeholder engagement and a substantial enhancement in program effectiveness.➢ Conducted and supervised a comprehensive survey in Chitral, providing benchmark information crucial for developing effective strategies for poverty alleviation and livelihood programs.➢ Regularly carried out impact studies and surveys, ensuring a continuous assessment of AKRSP interventions and program adjustments.➢ Worked closely with communities in identifying, prioritizing, implementing, and evaluating various AKRSP and government-supported projects, leading to improved project success rates and community satisfaction.➢ Accomplished several economic feasibility studies for small infrastructure projects at AKRSP, enhancing project selection and investment efficiency.