Summary

• A qualified and experienced development professional with hands on capacity building, management, social mobilization, hygiene promotion, assessments, data collection and compilation.
• Impeccably confident, creative, very well versed with field work, data management, data analysis with capability of handling administration, control, management of staff and coordination with senior management
• Highly coachable and moldable with passion to innovate and experiment, possess strong leadership, interpersonal and presentation skills

Experience

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MEA Officer
Rural Education & Economic Development Society Pakistan (
Sep 2024 - Present | Dadu, Pakistan


The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer is responsible to implement a functional MEAL system at field level. The officer provides support to the programmes and operations departments in designing, monitoring and evaluating all projects’ interventions. 
Collect monitoring, evaluation, research and learning data on REEDS project activities and learning initiatives covering different sectors (Vulnerability Verification; Food Security and Livelihoods; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene).
Manage casual workers, setting work plans and identifying resource needs.
Ensure tools are fit for purpose and appropriate to context through review and revision with line supervisor.
Conduct focus groups discussions and key informant interviews.
Communicate effectively with communities affected by REEDS visits through clear and respectful dialogue. 
Collect analyses and present quantitative and qualitative data through written reports and dashboards.
Verify the quality of data through quality assurance protocol development and execution and triangulation of findings with primary and secondary data sources.

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MEAL Assistant
Tearfund
Apr 2024 - Present | Hyderabad, Pakistan

·         Responsible for regular field monitoring of flood response interventions and producing monitoring reports on the given format.
·         Support to implementing partners to establish and manage Complaint and Feedback Mechanism which facilitate beneficiaries/communities to register complaints and share feedback.
·         Support the Tearfund partners, to maintain complaints and feedback tracking database and do follow up on complaints to reach a resolution involving relevant project/program staff;
·         Assist the MEAL coordinator to maintain qualitative and quantitative data and ensure to meet the reporting requirements.
·         Support the implementing partners in planning and implementation of baseline surveys, monitoring and evaluation exercises, post distribution monitoring and impact assessments when needed;
·         Participate in data collection using quantitative and qualitative data collection methods such as focus group discussions, key informant interviews and surveys either face to face or by phone calls.
·         Ensure implementation of Detail Implementation Plan (DIP) and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) plans.
·         Support the partners that engagement with beneficiaries is fair, balanced and based on Tearfund and donor values, principles and guidelines; consent must be ensured when extracting information, taking photographs or videos etc.;
·         Support M&E related visits by local, national or international stakeholders; ensure that visitors receive adequate insight and information in a transparent manner;
·         Support the MEAL Coordinator in promoting a culture of accountability and learning and help create an enabling environment where feedback is welcomed and appropriately actioned;
·         Support the partners that designated resources are utilised in a manner that highlights stewardship, promotes transparency and efficiency and supports organisational efforts towards sustainable development

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Field Monitor
MicroMerger (Pvt.) Ltd.
Oct 2023 - Feb 2024 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

Independent Program Monitoring On EPI (UNICEF), Sindh.
• Conduct frequent field visits following the approved travel plan, dedicating approximately 90% of working time to field activities.
• Collaborate closely with the Provincial Field Coordinator to oversee and execute field monitoring tasks related to the EPI Programme.
• Operate within the specified geographic area, but be prepared to work in any district within the province as required.
• Adhere rigorously to checklists developed in coordination with the Technical Working Group (TWG). Provide daily reports (or as per TWG agreement) to the Monitoring & Reporting Officer and Provincial Coordinator, in line with the predetermined reporting and field visit schedule.
• Primary responsibility involves completing checklists accurately, sharing them with relevant program personnel for review, and ensuring proper follow-up. Additionally, record video and audio snippets of significant events, development initiatives, program gaps, and stakeholder perspectives.
• Ensure all collected data is promptly submitted to the Provincial Coordinator (PC) and Monitoring & Reporting Officer (MnRO) within the office. Personal data backups are prohibited, and any unauthorized data transmission or theft will be treated as a breach of cybercrime regulations.
• Uphold a strong commitment to ethical conduct and code of conduct standards. While adhering to the checklist, Field Monitors should avoid involvement in financial checks or transactions conducted by the Implementing Partner.
• Exercise restraint from taking corrective actions or intervening in the inclusion of monitoring findings or actions that deviate from the agreement without written authorization from management.
• Document a monthly case study, lesson learned, or best practice relevant to the assigned area. Share these insights with the Provincial Coordinator and Monitoring & Reporting Officer for knowledge-sharing.
• Adhere to MicroMerger's HR policies delivered through email communications. Non-compliance may result in termination without prior notice.
• Utilize personal Android devices for data collection purposes, ensuring that the management retains the ability to audit and verify the data collected.

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MEAL Assistant
Human Appeal
May 2023 - Sep 2023 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

To assist in roll out & manage MEAL mechanism, implement a comprehensive MEAL framework for the key, & ensure digital data management, beneficiaries tracking, monitoring & reporting.
To assist in planning, designing & implementation of baseline surveys, monitoring & evaluation exercises & impact assessments using mobile based digital application, when needed.
To establish, maintain & ensure the implementation of beneficiary complaint & feedback mechanism.
To assist MEAL Officer to identify key compliance/quality questions & parameters capitalizing on the existing checklists and standards for monitoring project performance.
To assist in reviewing databases & data tracking tools of the project in order to maintain data quality.
To carry out regular field monitoring of program intervention and produce monitoring reports on given formats, conduct debrief sessions with relevant program staff and develop an agreed action
plan.

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Project Assistant (Data Collection)
UN-IOM
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022 | Dadu, Pakistan


Administer questionnaires provided by the programme team and accurately record responses ((i) collect data, (ii) Verify and Properly file, and (iii) Report)
Contact individuals to schedule home visits or phone call discussion for assessment or monitoring activities in relation to programme activities.
Conduct interviews in a dignified manner, ensuring that the interviewing candidates meet the criteria set by the project.  
Ensure of the quality and accuracy of information collected by systematically verifying and correcting questionnaires at the end of each interview.
Ensure timely submission of data and proper archiving of forms as instructed by the programme team.
Monitor the assistance/distribution process and ensure that right candidate will receive the assistance in a dignified manner.
Document the activities and provide progress report on the activities to the provincial field coordinator/team leader and the information management team member on daily basis.
Participate in briefing and debriefing sessions with the Programme Officer and provide regular updates on progress and challenges.
Provide relevant input and recommendations to improve data collection and processing throughout the course of the assignment.
Incorporate gender- and age-sensitive approaches into assigned tasks.
Escalate concerns or complaints through appropriate channels as instructed during the IOM orientation and training, respecting the privacy and requests of individuals involved.
Ensure responsible data processing in line with IOM’s Data Protection Principles.

Perform other such duties as may be assigned.

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District Field Supervisor
TEARFUND
Mar 2021 - Oct 2022 | Karachi, Pakistan

·       Introduce the objectives of Tearfund’s interventions to the target communities and orient them about the project main activities and objectives
·       Under the direct supervision of the Community Mobilization Officer, he/she will perform community mobilization activities at community level in accordance with the culture and norms of the target population
·       Lead the formation of Community Organization (COs), Volunteers, UC Committee and children groups in the schools
·       Organize the meetings, training sessions and follow-up sessions (planning, group)
·       Conduct awareness sessions/walks in communities/schools/religious places
·       Launch and roll out the remote social mobilization campaign on solid waste management in the targeted areas

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Union Council Officer
Chip Training & Consulting
Jun 2018 - Feb 2021 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

·       Micro-planning: - Assist in preparation and updating SIA micro-plans. Validate the micro-plans in the field. Help in identifying and mapping high-risk areas in the specific UC.
·       Assist in selection of appropriate vaccinators as per given criteria and in their distribution as per need.
·       Trainings: - Assist the PEO’s and district trainers in planning, coordinating, and organizing training sessions for vaccination teams and supervisors.
·       Partnership and Coordination: Promote partnership with all influencing factors at UC level in support of SIAs.
Campaign Implementation
·       Monitoring: - Monitor process of implementation of the campaign as per guidelines and provide feedback to PEO
·       Data collection: and analysis: - Collect and collate the tally sheet data from the area of responsibility on daily basis
·       Ensure proper implementation of SIAs with special attention to hard-to-reach areas and under- served high risk populations.
·       Attend the daily evening review meeting at UC level for every SIA’s and record the findings/observations for corrective action on the following day of the campaign.
·       Participate in preparation of realistic catch-up plans for missed children and monitor their implementations.
Participate in organizing the re-do/sweeping activities in the UC as required in the light of PCM/LQAs/marker survey results.

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Quality Control Officer (Consultant)
Management System International
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018 | Jacobabad, Pakistan

Participate in the training session on the standardized administration of EGRA tools and survey questionnaires along with the quality control officers, supervisors, and enumerators;
• Participate in training session of Field Monitors to learn and understand the field monitoring tools and role and responsibilities;
Develop field monitoring plans for school visits under the supervision of the Field Monitoring Lead;
• Complete field travel in accordance with plans to conduct site visits at schools;
• Engage with EGRA data collection team only as directed and complete the monitoring visit protocols and checks in accordance with the Field Monitoring procedures introduced in training;
• Prepare regular report updates as instructed in training;
• Participate in debriefing meetings with the Field Monitoring Lead as scheduled, and;
• Complete other duties as directed by the Field Monitoring Lead.

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Research Associate Pakistan (Consultant)
Reality Check Approach (RCA) Research Palladium Pakistan Pvt Ltd
May 2018 - May 2018 | Ghotki, Pakistan

• To support the objectives of the programme through the longitudinal RCA studies, the Palladium RCA team requires Research Associates to be part of the study team.
• Attend all required study briefing sessions
• Travel with designated sub-team to the study location and manage the selection of a host household for the period of the study
• Use the Reality Check Approach (having informal conversations, in-depth observations and experiences) and complementary participatory approaches together insights into the study issues, ensuring careful adherence to ethical practices and the need for careful triangulation of information
• Full participation in de-briefings with the team leader
• Submit all required archiving in a timely manner
• Full participation in the post field study process, including team reflection and sense-making sessions
• Contribute to sub-team archiving and fulfillment of all responsibilities related to finalization of the outputs from the study
• Submit all necessary supporting evidence for any payments made
• Provide additional information as required by the team leader

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District Field Supervisor
Research and Development Solution funded by LAD
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

• Attended all the training sessions for the stipulated duration of 4 days.
• Made field plan on daily basis for the team and also shared that plan with the field coordinator.
• Responsible for logistic coordination of my team.
• Responsible to check data quality through observing random number of interviews during data collection days to ensure that interview quality is being maintained.
• Randomly listen the recorded interviews for completion and depth of information and give feedback to the teams.
• Ensured complete transcriptions of interviews by the interview.
• Sent daily report of team via email.

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Quality Control Officer (Consultant)
Management System International funded by USAID
Aug 2017 - Oct 2017 | Badin, Pakistan

• Prior to data collection, establish and manage relationships with government officials and school administrators.
• Participate in, and assist training sessions on standardized administration of EGRA tools and survey questionnaires.
• If required, serve as a master trainer to lead a training of enumerators and field supervisors on standardized administration of EGRA tools and survey questionnaires.
• Oversee and help to organize the field administration of the operational tools.
• Ensure compliance with standardized procedures and protocols for the administration of the EGRA tool and the survey questionnaires.
• Serve as the contacts and point persons for EGRA’s technical staff during data collection.
• Prepare regular report updates.
• Participate in debriefing meetings.
• Make recommendations on improving the assessment activities

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Project Coordinator
Sustainable Economic & Agriculture Development Foundation (SEAD Foundation) Funded by Shaheed Benazi
Aug 2016 - Nov 2016 | Tando Allahyar, Pakistan

• Coordination with Donor SBBHC
• Imparting training to field staff
• Project progress review meetings
• Project activities planning and implementation
• Preparing case studies
• Preparing progress and monthly Quarterly reports

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Community Facilitator
Tear Fund Funded by JOAC
Mar 2015 - Dec 2015 | Tando Mohd Khan, Pakistan

• Directing, controlling and managing the organization resources
• Supervise and make Coordination with organization departments
• Development of marketing strategy
• Development of brick sales reports
• Assess and analyze needs of community
• Allocation and forecasting of sales
• Device Methodology and Research tools
• Analysis and data management
• Monitoring and supervision of organization activities
• Assess new market sales trends and promotion of new technologies
• Facilitate in preparation of research report and proposals

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Social Mobilizer
Strengthening Participatory Organization funded by UNICEF
Sep 2011 - Feb 2012 | Nawab Shah, Pakistan

• Overall responsible for all the social mobilization of activities in the region.
• Identify and selection of the targeted villages in each UC as per set criteria being given by the PM.
• Initial contact with the target communities for the introduction of the Project and informing the communities of the social organization strategy of the Project.
• Establish Village Committees (VC) in the targeted villages as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Provide training of VC members in the Community management skills such as record keeping etc.
• Maintain the record of the VC by the VC members in the desired form.
• Responsible to check the Daily / Monthly quarterly work plans and reports of communication officer & project coordinator.
• Providing data of field to communication officer in time.
• Liaison with relevant Local Line organization, NGOs.
• Seek guidance from Project coordinator in case of problems in the assigned work.
• Any other task assigned by the Project coordinator / communication officer.
• Monitor 200 Temporary Learning Centers (TLC) & make a report of all.

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Field Monitor
MicroMerger (Pvt.) Ltd.
Sep 2023 - Nov 2024 | Hyderabad, Pakistan

·         Conduct frequent field visits following the approved travel plan, dedicating approximately 90% of working time to field activities.
·         Collaborate closely with the Provincial Field Coordinator to oversee and execute field monitoring tasks related to the EPI Programme.
·         Operate within the specified geographic area, but be prepared to work in any district within the province as required.
·         Adhere rigorously to checklists developed in coordination with the Technical Working Group (TWG). Provide daily reports (or as per TWG agreement) to the Monitoring & Reporting Officer and Provincial Coordinator, in line with the predetermined reporting and field visit schedule.
·         Primary responsibility involves completing checklists accurately, sharing them with relevant program personnel for review, and ensuring proper follow-up. Additionally, record video and audio snippets of significant events, development initiatives, program gaps, and stakeholder perspectives.
·         Ensure all collected data is promptly submitted to the Provincial Coordinator (PC) and Monitoring & Reporting Officer (MnRO) within the office. Personal data backups are prohibited, and any unauthorized data transmission or theft will be treated as a breach of cybercrime regulations.
·         Uphold a strong commitment to ethical conduct and code of conduct standards. While adhering to the checklist, Field Monitors should avoid involvement in financial checks or transactions conducted by the Implementing Partner.
·         Exercise restraint from taking corrective actions or intervening in the inclusion of monitoring findings or actions that deviate from the agreement without written authorization from management.
·         Document a monthly case study, lesson learned, or best practice relevant to the assigned area. Share these insights with the Provincial Coordinator and Monitoring & Reporting Officer for knowledge-sharing.
·         Adhere to MicroMerger\\\'s HR policies delivered through email communications. Non-compliance may result in termination without prior notice.
·         Utilize personal Android devices for data collection purposes, ensuring that the management retains the ability to audit and verify the data collected.

Education

University of Sindh
Masters, Masters in Arts, M.A‎
Political Science
CGPA 3.4/4
2017

Skills

Expert M&E frame work
Expert Proficiency in social media
Expert Sindhi Language
Expert 360 Assessments
Expert A Good Team Player
Expert Ability To Meet Deadlines
Expert Ability To Organize And Manage Data
Expert Ability To Work Under Pressure in an Unstable
Expert Accountability
Expert Accounts / Manager
Expert Activity Coordination
Expert Adaptable to Changes
Expert Adaptive Leadership
Expert Adaptive Learning
Expert Adaptive Management
Expert Administration of Financial Management
Expert Administrative Management 
Expert Administrative Skills
Expert Admission Handling
Expert Advance Level Social Mobilization
Expert Advanced Knowledge Of Data Entry
Expert Advocacy
Expert Advocacy and Campaigning
Expert Advocate of Teamwork
Expert Aesthetic Procedures Knowledge
Expert Agile Project Management
Expert Agriculture Crop Management Techniques
Expert Analytic Reporting
Expert Analytical Review
Expert Analytical Skills
Expert analyzing market data
Expert Answering Inquiries
Expert Aseptic Technique Knowledge
Expert Assessments and Distribution
Expert Awareness
Expert BBQ Knowledge
Beginner Blochi Language Command
Expert Boiler Components
Expert BOQ
Expert Budget Tracking & Reporting
Expert Budgeting
Expert Building Community
Intermediate C++
Expert Capacity Building
Expert CEM Deployment
Expert Child Advocacy
Expert Child Nutrition Care
Expert Child Protective Services
Expert Cicvic Engagement And Conflict Resolution Skills
Expert Client Managing Skills

Languages

Expert English
Expert Urdu
Expert Sindhi
Expert Saraiki

Amjad Contacts

Masroor Ahmed Soomro
Human Appeal International Pakistan