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Nwfp Peshawar, Pakistan

Within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme: • Responsible for providing technical support to the Government of KP’s Elementary and Secondary Education Department to increase enrolment of marginalised children• Redesign programmes such as the Education Voucher Scheme, Girls Community School Programme and Girls Stipend Programme resulting in: o Increase in redemption rate of education vouchers from 50% to 81% in one year o 70% increase in… Show more Within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme: • Responsible for providing technical support to the Government of KP’s Elementary and Secondary Education Department to increase enrolment of marginalised children• Redesign programmes such as the Education Voucher Scheme, Girls Community School Programme and Girls Stipend Programme resulting in: o Increase in redemption rate of education vouchers from 50% to 81% in one year o 70% increase in disbursement of stipends to eligible girl students within financial year • Support in the development of Equity and Public Private Partnership strategies for the Education Department• Improve the implementation of programmes through the establishment of systems and capacity building of government counterparts • Develop programme documents, specifically monitoring tools, IEC material, data collection/survey tools and guidelines • Develop concepts and budgets of innovative programmes such as mainstreaming of dyslexic students and evening shift schools• Manage a team of five full time consultants in addition to short term consultants• Develop all monthly, quarterly and annual reports for Equity and Access component Show less

Nwfp Peshawar, Pakistan

Within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme:• Created strategy to increase redemption of education vouchers by 5% to be able to achieve annual target • Analysed failing enrolment programmes to document lessons learnt and develop redesigned programmes• Designed and executed study on validation of students migrating from private to public schools• Developed system of recordkeeping and documentation within Equity and Access component and for government… Show more Within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Sector Programme:• Created strategy to increase redemption of education vouchers by 5% to be able to achieve annual target • Analysed failing enrolment programmes to document lessons learnt and develop redesigned programmes• Designed and executed study on validation of students migrating from private to public schools• Developed system of recordkeeping and documentation within Equity and Access component and for government counterparts• Developed all monthly, quarterly and annual reports for Equity and Access component• Managed two full time consultants in addition to short term consultants Show less

Islamabad

• Responsible for the management of the project (programmatically and financially); to enable rural, grassroots communities and their CBOs to highlight and address both demand and supply-side education related issues in partnership with the provincial government in 11 districts across four provinces • Developed all inception phase project documents including monitoring and survey tools• Ensure that the project is addressing the objectives and achieving the agreed upon… Show more • Responsible for the management of the project (programmatically and financially); to enable rural, grassroots communities and their CBOs to highlight and address both demand and supply-side education related issues in partnership with the provincial government in 11 districts across four provinces • Developed all inception phase project documents including monitoring and survey tools• Ensure that the project is addressing the objectives and achieving the agreed upon results• Oversaw the data collection, verification and entry of education related data of over 270,000 households, condition of facilities of nearly 3,500 schools and analysed this data to produce reports, IEC material and social media updates• Constant liaison between the donor, RSPN and the four implementing partner organisations to ensure that the project activities are carried out according to plan and that issues are addressed accordingly• Supervision of project staff at the PMU and 59-strong project staff at district level• Extensive field level monitoring of activities in project districts• Collation of progress from project districts to create distilled updates, reports and QPRs for the donor and wider audience• Develop linkages with district and provincial level Government Education Department officials, research institutions concentrating on national and district level key education related data, district and national level media and NGOs focusing on education Show less

Islamabad

• Developed a mechanism for internal knowledge acquisition, management and sharing within the network of the Rural Support Programmes (RSPs)• Built capacities of the RSPs’ RKM/MER key staff to be able to translate their work on the ground into knowledge products• Conducted assessments/studies and case studies identified by the partner RSPs• Collated and updated the quantitative data of the RSPs for RSPN’s quarterly newsletter as well as writing and editing content for the… Show more • Developed a mechanism for internal knowledge acquisition, management and sharing within the network of the Rural Support Programmes (RSPs)• Built capacities of the RSPs’ RKM/MER key staff to be able to translate their work on the ground into knowledge products• Conducted assessments/studies and case studies identified by the partner RSPs• Collated and updated the quantitative data of the RSPs for RSPN’s quarterly newsletter as well as writing and editing content for the newsletter• Provided technical support in project design, monitoring and evaluation in RSPN’s project proposals Show less

Islamabad

• Responsible for the overall implementation and financial management of the project; to strengthen 160 CBOs/CSOs in Chitral, Malakand, Mansehra and Turbat regions• Developed the project proposal, SoPs, M&E plan and activity/monitoring tools• Ensured that the strategic direction, objectives and targets of the project were achieved• Liaised between the donor, RSPN and the three partner implementing organisations to ensure queries, requirements and issues were resolved• Supervised… Show more • Responsible for the overall implementation and financial management of the project; to strengthen 160 CBOs/CSOs in Chitral, Malakand, Mansehra and Turbat regions• Developed the project proposal, SoPs, M&E plan and activity/monitoring tools• Ensured that the strategic direction, objectives and targets of the project were achieved• Liaised between the donor, RSPN and the three partner implementing organisations to ensure queries, requirements and issues were resolved• Supervised the project staff at the PMU and field-levels• Collated and encapsulated key data from project regions in order to develop QPRs, donor-required progress reports including final report• Undertook extensive field visits to monitor project interventions• Organised a regional-level convention with over 550 participants from the community, partner organisations, local, provincial and federal government, donors and NGOs Show less

Islamabad

• Strategized, developed and implemented initiatives based on Social Mobilisation needs and shortcomings of the partner RSPs• Provided technical assistance to partner RSPs in Social Mobilisation including strengthening of CBOs and community microfinance – through development of manuals, guidelines and operational tools• Monitored, evaluated and documented RSPs’ Social Mobilisation and community microfinance programmes throughout Pakistan• Carried out innovative pilots in Social… Show more • Strategized, developed and implemented initiatives based on Social Mobilisation needs and shortcomings of the partner RSPs• Provided technical assistance to partner RSPs in Social Mobilisation including strengthening of CBOs and community microfinance – through development of manuals, guidelines and operational tools• Monitored, evaluated and documented RSPs’ Social Mobilisation and community microfinance programmes throughout Pakistan• Carried out innovative pilots in Social Mobilisation such as the Community Investment Fund (CIF), the Poverty Scorecard and the Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Programme; which have been implemented by the Federal Government and Governments of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa• Formulated and developed key data-collection formats and collation of Social Mobilisation-related data from partner RSPs in order to develop progress reports and disseminate visibility items; including case studies, directory and geographical mapping of partner RSPs’ CBOs• Liaised with partner RSPs and external stakeholders regarding Social Mobilisation through organising regular meetings of the RSPN Social Mobilisation Resource Team (SMRT)• Organised regional and national-level workshops and conventions in order to advocate Social Mobilisation including CBOs, community microfinance and savings programmes • Involved in presenting the RSPN and RSPs’ Social Mobilisation approach to donors and other stakeholders• Represented RSPN at various international development forums and training workshops Show less

Master’S Degree, Development Studies

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics With International Politics