Summary

I have a strong background with social development sector from last 7 years in community engagement, behavioral change communication, and project management, especially in health initiatives across Balochistan. Ive developed communication strategies, conducted monitoring, and supported polio eradication with UNICEFs COM-Net Project. My experience also includes research on maternal health, gender & cultural discrimination  and advocacy for telecom services. I excel in managing projects, fostering community relationships, and driving social change.

Projects

Socio-cultural factors of the utilisation of maternal health care services.

Experience

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Communication Officer
Micromerger ( Polio Eradication Initiative Communication Program)
Nov 2024 - Present | Zhob, Pakistan

.Build strong relationships with communities in the region and ensure that their needs and perspectives are taken into account in programme planning and implementation.Develop and maintain an effective communication network with community leaders, local authorities, and other stakeholders.Facilitate the formation of community groups and networks to support the programme objectives.Support the development and implementation of community-led initiatives and activities.Develop and maintain challenge mapping and social profiling of Missed Children (Recorded Refusals, Still NA, and Persistently Missed Children) of the previous round for carrying out engagement activities prior to the next campaign.Collaborate with other team members to develop and implement communication strategies to raise awareness of the organizations advocacy issues and achievements.Ensure that programme activities are sensitive to the cultural and social norms of the community.Develop and maintain a database of community groups, networks, and key stakeholders.Participate in regular monitoring and evaluation of programme activities to assess community engagement levels and identify areas for improvement.Any other tasks assigned by the direct supervisor, second line supervisor, Team Lead/SBC Specialist, SBC Officer, and National and/or provincial EOC.. Monitoring and evaluation of programme activities in light of effective communication. . Monitoring  , collection, analysis, and evaluation of programme data.

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Communication Block Officer
Professional Employees Private Limited ( People's)
Nov 2023 - Oct 2024 | Zhob, Pakistan

.Build strong relationships with communities in the region and ensure that their needs and perspectives are taken into account in programme planning and implementation.Develop and maintain an effective communication network with community leaders, local authorities, and other stakeholders.Facilitate the formation of community groups and networks to support the programme objectives.Support the development and implementation of community-led initiatives and activities.Develop and maintain challenge mapping and social profiling of Missed Children (Recorded Refusals, Still NA, and Persistently Missed Children) of the previous round for carrying out engagement activities prior to the next campaign.Collaborate with other team members to develop and implement communication strategies to raise awareness of the organizations advocacy issues and achievements.Ensure that programme activities are sensitive to the cultural and social norms of the community.Develop and maintain a database of community groups, networks, and key stakeholders.Participate in regular monitoring and evaluation of programme activities to assess community engagement levels and identify areas for improvement.Any other task assigned by the direct supervisor, second line supervisor, Team Lead/SBC Specialist, SBC Officer and National and/or provincial EOC.

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UC Communication Officer
UNICEF COM-NET Polio Eradication Project ( Chip Training & Consulting) CTC
Jun 2022 - Sep 2023 | Zhob, Pakistan

Build and maintain strong relationships with communities, local authorities, and stakeholders.Develop communication networks and strategies to support program objectives.Facilitate community-led initiatives and track engagement through challenge mapping and social profiling.Ensure cultural sensitivity in program activities and maintain a stakeholder database.Monitor and evaluate community engagement, reporting to supervisors for improvements.Developed and implemented advocacy strategies for polio vaccination and essential immunization.Conducted research to identify communication gaps and developed behavior change communication (BCC) materials.Coordinated with stakeholders to ensure consistent messaging and monitored the effectiveness of advocacy activities.Trained teams on SBCC and advocacy and monitored campaign implementation.Conducted daily review meetings and developed corrective actions based on findings.Built relationships with religious and community leaders to support SBCC initiatives.

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Social Researcher
Department of sociology IIUI
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Identify the social problems with proper variables Qualitative and quantitative research, including field data collection and analysis using SPSS & E-views.Published research findings and contributed to academic articles

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Project Execution Coordinator & Risk Reduction officer
IKAN Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd
Jan 2020 - Feb 2021 | Zhob, Pakistan



Managed advocacy and social coordination for telecom services.
Facilitated site allocation and documentation approvals with local authorities.
Supervised team activities and ensured project progress.
Implementation and Monitoring of civil work

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District Nutrition Assistant
Directorate of Nutrition Baluchistan.
Apr 2018 - Mar 2019 | Sherani, Pakistan

Assessed food security and nutrition among mothers and children.Monitored and evaluated project activities, reporting to district coordinatorsClose coordination with team,  community and stackholders.

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Social Advocacy Office
SSDO Social Sustainable Development Organization
Jul 2017 - Oct 2018 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Social mobilisation of the parogram.Awearness session.Community uplifting gatheringCommunity Engagement parogramsCollection of dataAnalysis of dataDistribution of cash and logistics food and shelter Report writing and submission to parogram manager Seminar organising and delivery.

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Social Mobilizer
BRSP Balochistan Rural Support Parogram
Nov 2013 - Dec 2015 | Zhob, Pakistan

Social mobilisation of the parogram.Awearness session.Community uplifting gatheringCommunity Engagement parogramsCollection of dataAnalysis of dataDistribution of cash and logistics food and shelter

Education

International Islamic University
M-Phill, MS Sociology‎
Sociology Of Health
Completed
2022
International Islamic University
Masters, Masters in Science, MSC Sociology‎
Sociology
CGPA 3.5/4
2018
University of Balochistan
Bachelors, Bachelors in Arts, BA‎
Political Science
Grade B+
2015

Skills

Expert Ability To Meet Deadlines
Expert Ability To Work In Multicultural Team
Expert Ability To Work Under Pressure in an Unstable
Expert Accountability Mechanism
Expert Administration Skills
Expert Administrative Management
Expert Advance Level Social Mobilization
Expert Advance Level Social Mobilization And Advocacy
Expert Advocacy
Expert Advocacy Campaigning Handling
Expert Advocacy Skills
Expert Analysis Of MEAL Data
Beginner Analytical Skills
Expert Assessments and Distributions
Expert Aware Of Child Protection Concept
Expert Behavior Change Communication
Expert Behavior Management
Expert Behavioral Counseling
Expert Branch Support
Expert Budget Monitoring
Expert Budget Preparation and Analysis
Expert Budgeting
Expert Budgeting Skills
Expert Building Community
Expert Building Organizational Capability
Intermediate Business Meetings Management
Expert C++ Knowledge
Expert Capacity Building
Expert Capacity Building - GBV
Expert Capacity Building Skills
Expert Capacity Development
Expert Case Management
Intermediate Checklist Development
Expert Child Abuse Protection
Expert Child Advocacy
Expert Child Nutrition Care
Expert Child Protection
Expert Child Rights
Expert Citizen Engagement
Expert Client Correspondence
Intermediate Climate Change
Expert Climate Change Adaptation
Expert Climate Resilience
Expert Collaboration
Expert Collaboration Skills
Expert Collaborative Leadership
Intermediate Collaborative Project Management
Expert Communication and Coordination Skills
Expert Communication Knowledge
Expert Communication Management

Languages

Intermediate Balochi
Expert Urdu
Expert Pashto
Expert English