Experience

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Senior Project Development Officer
ACTED Pakistan
Jan 2017 - Present | Islamabad, Pakistan

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Project Development Officer
ACTED Pakistan
Nov 2015 - Present | Islamabad, Pakistan

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Research and Gender Empowerment and Social Advocacy intern
Kashf Foundation Lahore
Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 | Lahore, Pakistan

Key Activities included:
-Created impact assessment reports for the financial year 2013-2014.
-Carried out market research for the ‘Business incubation lab’ initiative in order to evaluate the issues associated with the current implementation and marketing strategy. Identified risks and presented solutions and recommendations to management.
-Evaluated the progress of clients on the ‘Progress out of Poverty’ initiative through the use of a scoring card. This enabled me to understand the business model of an organization focused on enhancing the role of women by improving their economic status and building their entrepreneurship skills and providing access to an array of financial and business services.
-Conducted client meetings and assessed a representative for the UN’s Women’s Entrepreneur Day.
-Gathered a database of approximately 100 clients across Pakistan; I shortlisted Kashf’s clients, analysed their financial data and took into account the impact of financial educational trainings provided by Kashf Foundation so as to ascertain which of our clients had successfully established their businesses to achieve sustainable and profitable results.
-Conducting telephone interviews to determine which clients had best used their loan towards female empowerment in their industry using an evaluation criterion. The evaluation criteria entailed deciphering the impact of microcredit on enhancing productivity of businesses. Moreover, the capacity of clients’ businesses was assessed
through the wide use of KF’s capacity building and financial literacy program. As a result, I was able to create a report detailing individual clients’ achievements and growths.

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Intern
Orix Leasing
Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 | Lahore, Pakistan

Key Activities included:
-Gathered data and assist with the reviewing of microfinance client loan repayments;
-Collated client profile information by conducting client interview meetings.

Education

University of Edinburgh
Masters, Masters in Arts, Politics and Economic and Social History (MA Honours)‎
History, Humanities and Social Sciences, Politics
Grade B
2015