Experience

United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime, Pakistan

• Pakistan
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Monitoring And Evaluation Specialist/Data Analyst

  • Apr 2018 - Present



International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI)

• Pakistan

• Research Specialist

  • Feb 2018 - Aug 2018



Community Uplift Program

• Peshawar

• Monitoring, Evaluation and Reports Manager

  • Sep 2016 - Jan 2018

  Responsible for monitoring and tracking of results (outputs and final project outcome) through measure in measurement of Indicators. The main responsibilities are to: • Periodical Review of the Project Log Frame • Develop the detailed M&E Plans • Track the progress of the project activities and outputs against established performance indicators • Collect data from the field through various monitoring tools • Prepare monthly and quarterly reports & end of project report • Facilitate the field visits of the donor • Develop Case Studies and Success Stories • Recommend Mitigation Measures where Progress is behind Schedule • Assist the Joint Citizen Monitoring Committees (JCMCs) in Monitoring of Agreed Action Plans • Conduct six monthly assessment of the project in relation to the results continuum • Facilitate the end project evaluation by the 3rd Party External Firm Show less



World Learning

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Evaluation Advisor (Consultant)

  • Apr 2017 - Dec 2017

  Responsible to perform various functions within the overarching scope of monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance. As a Senior Evaluation Advisor, working as an extended arm of TFP core team, review the design of M&E Plan, develop data collection instruments, lead the baseline survey design, implementation, reporting, monitoring and assist in documenting case studies. By virtue of its scope and responsibilities, I work closely with the TFP’s core team for LGL, including Program, M&E and Communications. Following are some of the Key task: Baseline Survey Design • Develop/design Baseline Survey • Develop/review the Scope of Work (SoW) for the baseline survey, solicit feedback from WL’s in-country and HQ teams to finalize it • Play a key role in review of technical proposals and finalization of a third-party consultancy firm for the baseline survey • Work closely with the consultancy firm to finalize the design of the baseline survey, including review and finalization of the methodology and the related data collection instruments M&E Plan Development • Review and finalization of M&E Plan • Develop and or refine data collection instruments to collect information on Project indicators as per the M&E Plan Development of Case-Studies • Develop case studies to find out the reasons or triggers for success/impact of training and non-training interventions Show less



Basic Education for Awareness, Reforms & Empowerment

• Survey Expert

  • Nov 2015 - Sep 2016

  BEFARe (Basic Education for Awareness, Reforms and Empowerment) has been assigned as the Independent Monitoring Unit (IMU) for all the USAID/OTI programs. The main responsibilities are to: • Collaborate with other researchers in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of surveys. • Conduct surveys and collect data, using methods such as interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, market analysis surveys, public opinion polls, literature reviews, and file reviews. • Consult with clients in order to identify survey needs and any specific requirements, such as special samples. • Determine and specify details of survey projects, including sources of information, procedures to be used, and the design of survey instruments and materials. • Direct and review the work of staff members, including survey support staff and interviewers who gather survey data. • Direct updates and changes in survey implementation and methods • Monitor and evaluate survey progress and performance, using sample disposition reports and response rate calculations. • Analyze data from surveys, old records, and/or case studies, using statistical software programs. • Analyze qualitative data obtained from Observations, KIIs and FGDs. Show less



University of Edinburgh / British Council

• Islamabad

• Qualitative Researcher / Analyst

  • Apr 2015 - Sep 2015

  This research is being conducted within the framework of the Digital Citizenship Project, which is being implemented by a team from University of Edinburgh with funding from British Council Pakistan. The objective of this project is to gain a better understanding of digital citizenship and its implications, and to identify opportunities to promote empowerment, social inclusion and equality through digital citizenship in Pakistan, particularly among young men and women. The main responsibilities are: • Conduct and analyze in-depth interviews of media personnel, journalists, civil society activists, and politicians/political activists • Assist in the construction of research design/analyses to answer targeted policy questions • Develop interview guides for all the relevant groups • Code-checking of completed interview transcripts and refinement of coding structure • In-depth thematic analysis of interview transcripts • Writing summary reports of the analyses Show less



Acted

• France
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Monitoring / Team Lead

  • Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  The survey “The Impact Evaluation of Microfinance Intervention in Pakistan” was conducted by the Research and Development Department of ACTED Pakistan. The research was funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The aim of the survey was to understand the impact that access to credit has on the lives of the rural/urban poor. The main responsibilities were: • Assist program and regional managers to develop systematic and realistic monitoring plans that capture quantitative data to report on project performance indicators • Develop program and operational reporting templates that facilitate the acquisition and aggregation of information in programs • Facilitate documentation and reporting of assessments, program data, lessons learnt and best practices for internal and external sharing • Research and collect content and stories about the project's achievements • Monitor all project activities, expenditures and progress towards achieving the project output Show less



Raabta Consultants

• Pakistan
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2014

  Raabta aims to empower communities in Pakistan by connecting them with valuable social services provided by the government, NGOs, charities and the private sector. Raabta Consultants implemented a two year research-driven project on the economic uplift of the target communities of KP and FATA, through media campaign in order to reduce the rate of recruitment by militants. The main responsibilities involves understanding and interpreting the data collected and to present the conclusions in charts, graphs or spreadsheets. It also includes cleaning and validating the data, using different databases along with report writing. The main responsibilities were to: • Conduct data analysis for different projects in Excel and SPSS • Identify, analyze and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets • Producing data analysis reporting and visualization in line with the requirements specified by the project leads • Development of case studies to capture qualitative outputs of the project • Support and, where appropriate, lead evaluation research, and analyse qualitative and quantitative data, selecting the best methods to do so • Carry out primary research with stakeholders and service users to gather and analyse data in accordance with the evaluation plans Show less



Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre

• Pakistan
• Public Policy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • May 2006 - Apr 2010

  Responsible for quantitative and qualitative data collection in NWFP and Punjab for an international project titled “Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP)” funded by DFID. The project had partners from UK (Cambridge University, Oxford University and Edinburgh University) as well as three other partner organizations from India, Kenya and Ghana. Some of the main responsibilities were: • Assisting in the designing of questionnaires and/or interview schedules • Carrying out mapping of the community and conducting household censuses in the selected communities using GPS devices • Arranging and conducting interviews with individuals, groups and/or organizations • Translation of the interviews from language used in the interview to English • Data entry and analysis • Finalization and the consistency checks of quantitative database for RECOUP Household Survey in Excel, SPSS and STATA formats • Providing a list of notable inconsistencies after the cleaning and merging of the datasets • Coding of the qualitative interviews using Atlas.ti 5.0 Show less