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Pakistan

Islāmābād, Pakistan

 Deployment on emergency response & preparedness missions in Asia-Pacific, support execution of UNDAC induction, refreshers, specialized courses, and knowledge management activities, coordinate INSARAG SIMEX, EXON, and similar exercises, contribute to post-action-reviews and SDC-UNDAC dialogue through mission analysis (SWOT) in close coordination with SDC-OCHA-UNDAC Focal point and participate in UNDAC thematic training, mandatory courses, and other capacity-building events.

Islamabad, Pakistan

 Managed humanitarian program by identifying, planning, designing & assessing project ideas, negotiating contracts & MOUs with partners, elaborating project documents, preparing situation & mission reports, developing & maintaining result-based monitoring framework, supervising the flow of funds, ensuring proper financial control, field monitoring, leading mid-term reviews & end evaluations, organizing steering committee meetings, and identifying measures for improvement.  Led humanitarian projects related to refugees and internally displaced persons in the fields protection, legal assistance, community-based protection, and livelihood & resilience-building activities in assessing the needs, liaising with the government, concerned UN agencies, and civil society organizations. Analyzed humanitarian context, development trends, and its impact on SDC program while maintaining linkage with relevant partners, initiating sector policy and donor harmonization dialogue, coordinating with concerned government authorities and other stakeholders to ensure efficient use of resources, developing collaboration with UN agencies, and monitoring SDC’s multilateral contributions. Contributed to strategic planning and development & implementation of the SDC program, following goals of the World Humanitarian Summit and in line with Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development Goals, by preparing concept notes and policy papers for country strategy, ensuring risk-informed programming, and institutional learning & knowledge management. Developed synergies among sectors/domains, contributing to building humanitarian and development nexus, participating in national and international networks/ forums through e-discussion and face to face meetings/workshops, coordinating with SDC’s institutional partners, and representing SDC outside.

Islamabad, Pakista

 Managing projects/programs related to migration due to national disasters, internal conflicts (IDPs), cross border issues (refugees), climate change, environment and disaster risk reduction and ensuring mainstreaming of these themes in the overall program and all projects of SDC. Strategic planning and review of the SDC Humanitarian Program through formulation of Reviews, Annual Reports, Result Frameworks, Country and Action Plans and other key documents. Projects formulation, preparing credit proposals, negotiating with partners, finalization of projects agreements and memorandums of understanding, and supervising/monitoring projects & programs. Conducting regular analysis & monitored national and regional trends related with crisis, protection, fragility, socio-economic, political, security aspects of the context; presented complex information through SDC’s instruments such as MERVE - Monitoring System for Development-related Changes. Coordinating with SDC’s multilateral partners (UN-OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UN-WFP, and ICRC), monitoring their field activities, developing synergies in bilateral programs/projects, regularly participating in donor briefing and other coordination/cluster meetings. Supporting experts, consultant and delegations in missions, and acting on behalf of the Humanitarian Coordinator in working contacts and in liaising with all external stakeholders.

Islamabad, Pakista

 Business development, regular screening of opportunities, forming national and international partnerships for joint submission of bids, and identification and short listing of associates and experts. Negotiating of contracts, supervision of the development of technical and financial proposals, timely submission of bids and EOIs, and presentation of monitoring, evaluation, and research methodologies. Conceptualization of the assignment and listing of resources required for the assignments execution, formation and mobilization of teams consisting of both core permanent staff and outside consultants. Providing intellectual leadership to the team, financial and logistical planning, overall project planning and all such necessary steps involved in team building and professional service delivery. Maintaining liaison with the clients, meeting them on a regular basis, addressing issues of quality and timely progress and managing client expectations.

Islamabad, Pakistan

 Proposals development including preparation of Expressions of Interest, technical and financial proposals, presenting methodologies and work plans, negotiating contracts with consultants and experts, and coordination with clients. Project management including review of project documents, project structuring, coordination with client and consultants, development and management of project documents and files, project financial management, completion of project deliverables on time, and project closing. Monitoring, evaluation and research including desktop research, qualitative and quantitative research instrument development, recruitment and training of enumerators, managing field data collection, meetings with stakeholders, ensuring field data quality and security, data management in CS-Pro, PC-edit, EP-INFO and MS Excel, data analysis using SPSS and technical report writing.

Abbottabad

 Provided research support (e.g. assisted training of field enumerators and supervisors, pre-testing of the questionnaires, field data collection, and data management etc.) to the national education project while working with other team members to ensure timely completion of the project.

International Summer School In Forced Migration 2015, Forced Migration, Passed

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Certificate Of Advance Studies (Cas), Disaster Risk Reduction (Drr), 5 Out Of 6

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Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Economics, 3.7

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Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Commerce, 1St Division

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