Summary

Irshad Ahmed is a Social Development Professional having experience of working in the non-profit organization management industry. Skilled in Community Mobilization, Communication, Monitoring & Evaluation, Data Collection Using Android Based Applications and Web-Based data entry. A confident Educational development professional, passionate about information technology, having a Master’s Degree of Arts in Sociology from University of Sindh

Projects

Empowering rural women through development of alternate sustainable livelih

Experience

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MIS Assistant & Web Admin
Green Rural Development Organization
Oct 2017 - Present | Jamshoro, Pakistan

• Data Entry in Data Base provided by funding organization.
• Basic Data Analysis and Reports Generation
• Maintain documentation and management information system (hard & soft)
• Maintaining organization’s website, http://www.grdo.org.pk
• Updating daily activities and sharing information organization’s Facebook page Green Rural Development Organization
• Develop key promotional messages in consultation with the project team.
• Assist in developing and evaluating feasibility, efficiency and quality of Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials.
• Maintain documentation and management information system (hard & soft)

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Mentor - SABAQ (Digital Learning Centres Project)
National Rural Support Programme (NRSP)
Apr 2017 - May 2017 | Tando Allahyar, Pakistan

• Gather data using android based application for Monitoring and Evaluation purposes.
• Provide on-the-job teaching support to facilitators.
• Attend weekly field de-brief meetings with the District Coordinator.
• Providing general field support to learning centres.
• Working with local communities to ensure attendance of facilitators and students.
• To identify locations to establish digital learning centre’s all over the taluka/town, through community meetings at the village.
• Identification of potential facilitators and conduct selection assessments for hiring.
• Visit each learning centre in Taluka Chamber twice a month for monitoring.
• Provide facilitator back once the session completed.
• Weekly meeting with district coordinator and program manager.

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Program Officer-Education
Sindh Desert Development Organization (SDDO)
Nov 2016 - Mar 2017 | Umer Kot, Pakistan

• Communication with Sindh Education Foundation.
• Planning educational programmes
• Establishing new community initiatives
• Training of teachers
• Liaising with relevant community groups and organisations
• Recruiting, training and supervising tutors
• Managing budgets
• Maintaining records
• Writing plans and reports
• Determining priorities
• Preparing and submitting funding applications
• Undertaking outreach work to encourage more people to participate
• Facilitating self-help community groups
• Helping individuals to control their own learning
• Plans, organizes and/or directs a component of an agency or institutional program or a major division, program, or function established to accomplish a basic goal or mission of the agency.
• Interprets and advises agency personnel and the general public on departmental rules, regulations and laws governing the operation of the agency, division or department program.
• Prepares administrative, statistical and/or fiscal documents pertaining to departmental activity.
• Provides supervision or direction to assigned staff in planning, promoting, and implementing programs in accordance with agency policies and goals.
• Advises on future resource requirements, priorities for programs and activities; estimates timetables for accomplishing assigned activities; develops policies, rules, and regulations consistent with state and federal laws pertaining to the administration of programs.
• Plans, develops and conducts training, seminars, meetings, or clinics as required; represents the organization at meetings, seminars, and conferences.

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IT & Communication Officer
Green Rural Development Organization
Aug 2015 - Oct 2016 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

• Maintaining organization’s website, http://www.grdo.org.pk
• Updating daily activities and sharing information organization’s Facebook page Green Rural Development Organization
• Develop key promotional messages in consultation with the project team.
• Participate in developing and evaluating feasibility, efficiency and quality of Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials.
• Assist in coordinating communication activities and events of the project and partners.
• Assist in conducting awareness raising campaigns, events, information dissemination workshops, etc. for target groups.
• Undertake sporadic field visits to monitor program implementation and liaise closely with target groups.
• Participate in donor visits for showcasing project progress and achievements
• Take lead in dissemination of communication materials to relevant stakeholders
• Draft case studies and relevant project documents and suggest recommendations on varied issues (as and when required)
• Maintain documentation management system (hard & soft)

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M & E Officer (Livelihood)
Green Rural Development Organization
Mar 2013 - Jan 2014 | Umer Kot, Pakistan

Responsibilities:
• To supervise project activities and data collection.
• To record, manage and preserve monitoring and evaluation data in a safe and accessible way
• To analyse and discuss findings based on regular monitoring data
• Provide technical support on M&E and evidence-based recommendations to the relevant Project Team.
• Ensure that implementation of field activities adheres to GRDO’s monitoring and evaluation system
• Support partners in conducting baseline surveys and KAP surveys
• Participate actively in programme planning process and budgeting of the programme quality and fundraising unit

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Education Co-Ordinator
Green Rural Development Organization
Jan 2012 - Mar 2013 | Sanghar, Pakistan

Responsibilities:
• To be accountable for the standards of teaching and learning and pupil progress in Literacy throughout the school.
• To lead, manage and develop Literacy throughout the school.
• To manage a team ensuring best practice across identified areas of the curriculum.
• To develop the use of ICT to support and enhance teaching and learning.
• To exercise professional skills and judgement.
• To impact on the educational progress of all pupils in the school.
• To lead, develop and enhance the classroom practice of teaching staff and
• teaching assistants.
• Strategic development
• Take responsibility for the development and implementation of the whole school policy for Literacy.
• Use national, local and school management data to monitor standards of achievement across the school in Literacy.
• Monitor the progress made towards achieving targets and use this information to plan future developments.

Education

University of Sindh
Masters, Masters in Arts, M.A‎
Sociology
CGPA 3.3/4
2015
University of Sindh
Bachelors, , B.Com (pass)‎
Commerce
Percentage 51%
2010

Skills

Intermediate Adobe Illustrator
Expert Conservation Awareness
Intermediate CorelDRAW
Intermediate Front Office Support
Expert Handling Assignments
Expert Internet Explorer
Expert Microsoft Operating Systems
Intermediate Social Media Strategises
Beginner SPSS

Languages

Expert Saraiki
Expert Sindhi
Expert Urdu
Intermediate English