Tahir Irshad, Grants & Community Outreach Officer

Tahir Irshad

Grants & Community Outreach Officer

International Rescue Committee

Location
Pakistan - Rawalpindi
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
19 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 6 Months

Grants & Community Outreach Officer at International Rescue Committee
  • Pakistan
  • My current job since November 2013

Checked all the applications received against announced RFA in the light of provided guidelines. Ensured that all application marked as complete in the database are complete in actual and contain correct and adequate information.
Managed application logging database and kept it updated. Ensured that information punched in the database matched with the actual documentation and requirements.
Prepared weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
Prepared grant files in compliance with the Grants Manual & USAID Standards.
Conducted pre-award assessment process of selected implementing partners.
Prepared Grant agreements prepared and updated grant files in hard and soft.
Ensured timely disbursement of funds to partner organizations soon after the completion of agreed millstones.
Monitoring of partner organizations to ensure funds spending according to agreed work plans, budgets and compliance with USAID rules & regulations.

Finance Officer at Malteser International
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • March 2011 to October 2013

Prepared vouchers and posting into data base, proper filling system for all Cash, bank transactions and tax related affairs
fMaintaining proper records/documents for external audit purpose. Prepared funds forecasting for Pakistan Projects
Working on proposal writing for different donors.
Budgeting & budget controlling for multiple donor like ECHO, ADH, WHO, NIN, BMZ, AA.
Budgeting, budget controlling and audit of implementing partners (REED, LASOONA, SUNGI, CARAVAN, NIDA and PAIMAN).
Financial monitoring and capacity building of implementing partners.

Administration & Finance Officer (HR, Logistics, Procurement, IT, Security) at Citizen Network for Foreig Affairs Inc (CNFA) An International American NGO
  • Other
  • August 2007 to September 2010

Implemented Organization’s Admin, Financial, Logistic, HR, Security rules and regulations at Regional Level.
Monthly reporting to head office in Islamabad regarding cash, bank, administration and logistic related affairs.
Preparation and posting of vouchers into data base, proper filling and maintenance of project financial record.
Maintained proper records / documents for external audit purpose.
Budgeting for regional office and close coordination with Country Office for BVAs.
Trainings and conferences arrangements.
Inventory Management (IT, Telecom equipment, furniture & fixtures, other assets etc)
Arranged and facilitated Donor’s visits (USAID visits to Project Area).
Supervised Support Staff, Office Management & Maintenance, Supplies Management, ensured good working environment.
Boarding & Lodging arrangements.
Contract management (office, warehouse, Security Company, vehicles contract management).
Personnel file maintenance (leave record, attendance and time sheets, medical claims).
Participated in staff recruitment, positioning and appraisal process.
Fleet Management (vehicle allocation for field activities, log books maintenance and regular follow up, fuel consumption record, vehicles service & maintenance, vehicle hiring for office and material transportation (according to weight & volume), drivers hiring and training).
Acted as security focal person at regional level.

Supply Officer / Purchaser / Logistician (Bagh AJ&K, Islamabad at Medecines sans Frontiers Belgium (MSFB)
  • Pakistan
  • February 2006 to July 2007

Responsible for whole Supply Chain of Project according to the MSF standard policies.
Contact person with the projects:
Received and encoded project orders and internal requests and approval by Technical & Logistic Coordinator for non-medical orders and by Medical Coordinator for the medical orders.
Prepared statistics on request of the Log base/ Technical & Logistic Coordinator in order to analyze the whole purchasing for ongoing field activities.
Procurement of various goods from local and national market (product selection, tenders, bids, sampling, vendor selection, PO issuance, quality, quantity, time line follow up, reception and delivery).
In charge of collecting the authorizations and signatures to validate the documents.
Ensured transparency of provided invoices, (rate, quantity, quality, delivery time.). Also made sure that personal interests of purchaser are not involved. Elaborated and followed up the lists of prices per supplier and per family article.
Updated MSFB data base (Logistics6.9 and 7) on permanent basis.
Monitoring of back orders once a week.
Warehouse management (Material ready for various project locations, inventories, minimum stock etc). Kept track of non - consumable items.
Briefed all new Expatriates and National Staff regarding Logistic Supply Procedures.
Trained support Staff on Supply Chain Procedures (Store Keeper, Assistants)

Finance Officer at Ali Murtaza Associates (Pvt.) Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2004 to September 2005

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
  • September 2003
Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance
  • at University of The Punjab
  • July 2000

Specialties & Skills

Financial Management
Logistics
Security
Procurement
Administration
excellent team player
worked under strict timelines
good organization and planning skills
strong decision making skills
strong communication skills

Languages

English
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

SPSS Training (Training)
Training Institute:
World Learning
Date Attended:
March 2015
Duration:
16 hours
• Basic Fire Fighting & First Aid Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Citizen Network for Foreign Affairs
Date Attended:
June 2009
Duration:
18 hours
Financial Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Citizen Network for Foreign Affairs
Date Attended:
April 2008
Duration:
18 hours

Hobbies

  • Games like playing cricket,football, reading books and use of social media