Experience

Cambridge Education
• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Education Advisor

  • Apr 2022 - Present

The World Bank
• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee
• Educational Consultant

  • Apr 2020 - May 2022

DRI
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Education Policy Expert - Consultant

  • Oct 2020 - Nov 2020
• Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser - PESP II

  • Dec 2018 - Mar 2020

  M&E and Data Analysis • Developed the monitoring and evaluation framework for the project outlining specific tools and instruments • Developed and implemented a pilot for consolidation of data on student disabilities within the annual school census • Leveraged pilot findings to work with the government to finalize the adoption of Washington Group Questionnaire to track disabilities data across all schools in the province • Coordinated with the government to streamline its education monitoring regime across 36 districts of Punjab • Oversaw process evaluations for different interventions implemented under various workstreams of the project • Initiated an instructive feedback loop that informed the project with government feedback on activities on a quarterly basis • Developed and piloted a sound monitoring tool to track implementation of revised LND by the government • Provided data analysis support to the project team Project Management • Finalized and collated consolidated workplan for the project following consultations with workstreams, senior management and the client • Developed and implemented a robust activity tracker tool to ensure timely compliance of all project activities • Developed and implemented a monitoring tool to track progress of third tier partners against set objectives and timelines Show less



Tabadlab

• Pakistan
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Research

  • Sep 2018 - Feb 2019

  Member Programme Review Team of SDC's Local State Building Domain Member Programme Review Team of SDC's Local State Building Domain



Oxfam

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Consultant

  • Sep 2018 - Oct 2018

  Co-authored a baseline report on public financing for girls' education in Sindh and Punjab Co-authored a baseline report on public financing for girls' education in Sindh and Punjab



Alif Ailaan

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Research

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2018

  Policy Analysis and Advocacy • Developed policy briefs on improving education data regimes mapping the complete cycles of Annual School Censuses, and reports of standardized test scores at the provincial and national levels following consultations with PMIU and the CM’s SMU (Punjab), IMU (KP), RSU (Sindh), and AEPAM (Federal). • Finalized the TORs for a national data advisory group aimed at bringing together data managers from the government and civil society to meet periodically in order to improve data sharing and collaborations between government departments with technical support from the non-governmental stakeholders • Developed advocacy briefs for the government of Punjab and the Chief Minister that outlined enrollment challenges for the province in light of the data analysis presented in the Pakistan Education Statistics • Developed and presented a roadmap to improve maths and science education in the Punjab as member of the committee formulated by the Chief Minister • Developed Pakistan’s first dynamic education data repository containing yearly data from multiple sources • Provide data and evidence input to strands of work, including media and political advocacy, for campaigning purposes Research outputs • Authored Pakistan District Education Rankings Report 2017 • Co-authored three volume report on maths and science education in the country • Co-authored a quantitative study exploring the comparison in schooling outcomes for graduates of different categories of public and private schools currently in the workforce in 3 major cities of Pakistan. • Co-authored a discourse analysis report examining the frequency, and framing of the coverage of education in 8 national newspapers from 2012 to 2015. • Conducted budget analysis of provincial and federal education budgets over the last five years Show less



UNICEF

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data and Outreach

  • May 2015 - Sep 2015

  Quantitative Research and Data Outreach • Produced statistical analysis and a draft paper on relationship between monetary and multidimensional poverty for children across 8 low to middle income countries. • Recruited National Statistical Offices from 3 countries to share representative household data for a project on child poverty funded by the Government of Luxembourg. Quantitative Research and Data Outreach • Produced statistical analysis and a draft paper on relationship between monetary and multidimensional poverty for children across 8 low to middle income countries. • Recruited National Statistical Offices from 3 countries to share representative household data for a project on child poverty funded by the Government of Luxembourg.

• Deputy Programme Manager

  • Apr 2012 - May 2014

  Policy Analysis and Advocacy • Developed nationwide campaign for Girls Education reaching 150,000 children across four provinces of Pakistan. • Established children and youth led advocacy groups engaging with local governments in 30 districts of Pakistan. • Provided technical input to the provincial government in drafting of the Right to Education Bill in Sind province in 2013. Program Management • Managed 6 projects across 30 districts of Pakistan overseeing day to day operation. • Ensured financial and technical compliance of projects through process monitoring against agreed milestones and timelines. • Consolidated impact and lessons learnt from implementation of projects in different contexts for technical backstopping feeding into new project proposals. • Developed winning proposals for Country and South Asia regional projects with Essential Services Team based in the regional headquarter. Civil Society Networks and Capacity Building • Managed partnerships for joint implementation with multiple local civil society organizations under Oxfam’s partnership strategy. • Led quarterly Leaning Sharing Forums to engage with implementing partners to facilitate them in project implementation, narrative reporting, and financial compliance. • Prepared implementation and social mobilization toolkits with basic guiding manuals on process monitoring, and reporting for local partner organizations. Organizational Leadership • Finalized Oxfam’s country strategy on essential services, building on regional strategy focusing on South and East Asia. • Set up Right to Education alliance with led by Oxfam in collaboration with education divisions of Care International, Save the Children, ActionAid, and Plan International for joint programming in districts of overlapping presence. Show less



UN Women

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independant Consultant

  • Feb 2012 - Apr 2012

  Qualitative Research • Developed the research framework and methodology for the study across Pakistan. • Conducted baseline survey, focused group discussions, and key informant interviews with representatives of civil society, federal, provincial, and local government, and legislators. Qualitative Research • Developed the research framework and methodology for the study across Pakistan. • Conducted baseline survey, focused group discussions, and key informant interviews with representatives of civil society, federal, provincial, and local government, and legislators.



National Disaster Management Authority

• India
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Officer

  • Aug 2010 - Jan 2012

  Planning and Coordination • Co-led Education, Social Protection, and DRR clusters and working groups to approve interventions and oversee sectoral progress. • Ensured coordination between various government departments at the national, provincial, and districts levels as well as over 50 international development organizations and donor agencies including USAID, DFID, as well as the World Bank. Project Monitoring and Technical Compliance • Monitored Early Recovery progress and sectoral indicators, to ensure incorporation of policies for Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction (PDRR) in Early Recovery operations in 45 districts. • Developed a project screening framework to include Education projects in the Response Plan. • Selected and vetted 75 projects for the UN Pakistan Flood Response Plan 2011. Thematic Research • Prepared Social Protection and DRR guidelines for eight Sectoral Working Groups in collaboration with counterparts from UNDP and UNICEF. Show less