Summary

Brief Profile


Ms. Nazia is a passionate and committed professional with 9 years’ experience developing, implementing strategy with organization vision and goals, building internal / external coalitions at all levels, and driving transformational change resulting in long-term financial and operational sustainability and growth. Highly motivated and results oriented manager programs with technical background, well experienced in data collection, data analysis, monitoring, and evaluation, accountability, learning of projects, report writing, coordination and communication within humanitarian settings. Proven success in managing different thematic areas’ projects/programs in food security & livelihood, education, health, disaster risk management, women and child protection, WASH and youth development supported by various donors; including Unicef, Concern Worldwide, USAID, Traocaire,  Tearfund, Malteser International, Penny Appeal Pakistan, and Minhaj Welfare Foundation and implemented the projects throughout the Sindh province.

Experience

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Senior Manager Programs
Fast Rural Development Program (FRDP)
Jun 2019 - Present | Hyderabad, Pakistan

• Planning and designing the program and proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action
• Defining the program \'s governance arrangements
• Ensuring effective quality assurance and the overall integrity of the program - focusing inwardly on the internal consistency of the program, and outwardly on its coherence with infrastructure planning, interfaces with other program and corporate, technical and specialist standards
• Managing the program \'s budget on behalf of the FRDP, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realized benefits as the program progresses
• Facilitating the appointment of individuals to project teams
• Ensuring the delivery of new products or services from projects is to the appropriate level of quality, on time and within budget, in accordance with the program plan and program governance arrangements
• Ensuring there is allocation of common resources and skills within the program \'s individual projects
• Managing third party contributions to the program
• Managing communications with all stakeholders
• Managing both the dependencies and the interfaces between projects
• Managing risks to the program \'s successful outcome
• Working with the business change manager or equivalent on the transition to the new business as usual position
• Initiating extra activities and other management interventions wherever gaps in the program are identified or issues arise
• Ensuring Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) commitment at field level
• Support to team for baseline survey, questionnaire/data collection tools designing, data collection through (MWater Application) and google forms
• Preparing survey reports with findings, conclusion and recommendations
• Reporting the progress of the programs at regular intervals to the Executive Director

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Monitoring & Reporting Officer
Tameer e Khalaq Foundation
Mar 2019 - May 2019 | Mirpur Khas, Pakistan

• Provide TA to the district health management team in development and biannually updating of district health and nutrition profile including data on hard-to-reach (HTR) areas/communities.
• Advocate with the Deputy Commissioner/DPCR and DHMT to notify a district level integrated health and nutrition services committee.
• Advocate with the Deputy Commissioner/DPCR and DHMT to develop and implement an integrated supervisory plan for EPI, MNCH, Nutrition and WASH activities.
• Monitor the routine immunization, MNCH, Nutrition and WASH activities at HF and outreach sites as per union council micro plans and share findings with the health facility staff and district team for corrective measures as per monitoring formats.
• Monitor and report stock out of vaccines, non-functional CCE, usage and appropriate charting of CCE temperature and any other finding pertaining to supply chain which need corrective measures as per monitoring formats.
• Facilitate the coordination between Polio and EPI staff in EPI-PEI synergy SOP’s to strengthen implementation.
• Coordinate and monitor monthly/quarterly meetings of District Communication Committees (DCC) for implementation and reporting of communication and social mobilization activities as per UC level micro plans.
• Monitor all trainings conducted at district level supported by UNICEF (MNCH, EPI, ACSM, Nutrition)
• Support district in documentation and follow up of the action points/recommendations from regular program reviews at district level for RI, MNCH Nutrition and WASH activities.
• Weekly and monthly reporting to DHO and Provincial Consultant by using standard reporting formats.

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Regional Monitoring & Reporting Officer
Taamer e Khalq Foundation
May 2018 - Mar 2019 | Sukkur, Pakistan

Based at Sukkur, daily visits to District (Jaccobabad, Ghotki, Kashmore, Kambar, LArkana & Shikarpur).

Coordination meeting with DHO/EPI FP/ DSV and sharing findings with them. Participation at divisional level Meeting and sharing findings (monthly or quarterly). Field visits to provide hands on monitoring support and guidance / verification to ensure quality in monitoring services. Weekly meeting with team members at their districts. Verification of submitted and reported checklists/data. Analyzing data, conducted visits and visited sites. Timely information collection from field monitors. Preparing efficient, succinct reports with adequate tabular and graphical information. To make EPI Review Monthly presentations to be presented to Commissioner/DC/ADC/DHO

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Monitoring & Reporting Officer (MRO)
Tameer -e- Khalaq Foundation (TKF)
Dec 2017 - Mar 2018 | Sukkur, Pakistan

1. Propose innovative, simple and effective tools to collect, analyze and cumulate data
2. Coordinate with field monitors; coordination to collect information from field monitors on as frequent as daily basis/bi monthly/ monthly
3. Field visits to provide hands on monitoring support and guidance / verification to ensure quality in monitoring services.
4. Timely information collection from field monitors
5. Preparing efficient, succinct reports with adequate tabular and graphical information
6. To make monthly presentations to UNICEF colleagues (UNICEF IPs; ACF, HELP, HANDS, NRSP, Plan International Pakistan and SAWFCO

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Manager Programs
Fast Rural Development Program (FRDP)
Apr 2017 - Nov 2017 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

• Plan, organize and monitor inter-connected projects
• Development of suitable strategies and objectives
• Coordination for cross-project activities
• Leading and evaluating project managers and other staff
• Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities
• Assume responsibility for the program’s people and vendors
• Assessing program performance
• Resolve projects’ higher scope issues
• Prepare reports for program head/director
• Coordinate with M&E unit, in aspects of capacity building, research and learning for designing and coordinating baselines, evaluations, staff workshops, and training.
• Conduct support visits on a regular basis and sharing gapes/ findings to the project/program and M&E teams

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Project Coordinator - Trocaire Funded Project
Sindh Development Society
Jul 2016 - Apr 2017 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

• Design implementation plan and identify beneficiary of the project
• Design monthly workplan to implement the activities
• Ensure effective and flexible coordination and implementation of the project
• Communicate with team, and SDS management
• Coordinate with Trocaire team members as required
• Coordination with stakeholders and ensuring their participation in community based activities
• Leading the team for implementation of activities with active role of 70 Community Activists
• Provide technical support with close coordination to project team
• Prepare and share weekly, quarterly reports with SDS authorities and Trocaire Team
• Implementation of case studies to strengthen information base for program planning and designing

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Regional Executive - USAID Funded Project
Marie stopes Society
Jan 2016 - Jun 2016 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

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District Coordination Officer - USAID Funded Project
Marie stopes Society
Jan 2014 - Dec 2015 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

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Project Manager
Sindh Development Society (SDS)
Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

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Project Coordinator in USAID Funded Project
Sep 2012 - Aug 2013 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

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M&E Officer - World Vision Funded Project
Aug 2012 - Aug 2012 | Sanghar, Pakistan

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M&E Officer
(SRSP) Sindh Rural Support Program, Hyd
Jan 2012 - May 2012 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

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Project Associate
Management and Development Foundation
Jan 2011 - Nov 2011 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

Education

University of Sindh
Masters, , Masters in Public Administration‎
Project Management, Principle of Management, Human Resource Management, MIS, Database Management Sys
2008

Skills

Expert data monitoring
Expert Project Administration
Expert Analytical Skills
Expert Build Strong Teams
Expert Client Resolution
Expert Conservation Awareness
Intermediate Cooordination Skills
Expert Coordination Abilities
Expert Data Collection and Compilation
Expert Donor Performance Reporting Skills
Expert Feedback Assessment
Expert Government Liason
Expert Handling Assignments
Expert Insurance Coordination
Expert Lab Knowldge
Expert Meet Timelines
Expert Operational Tasks Handling
Expert Planning & Coordination
Expert PR Campaign Management
Expert Project Coordination & Management
Expert Pursuing News Stories
Expert Report Writing Skills
Expert RESTful APIs

Languages

Intermediate Sindhi
Expert Punjabi
Expert Urdu
Expert English

Nazia Contacts

Ghulam Ali
Thardee MIicrofinance Foundation