Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Management Systems International
Total years of experience :11 years, 4 Months
- Design and implement assignment work plans for multiple third-party monitoring and assessment (TPM/A) assignments of USAID initiatives in Pakistan
- Develop data collection plans and managed teams of field staff and consultants to ensure smooth field operations
- Present findings of TPM/A assignments to the senior management and mission-wide technical teams of USAID Pakistan, and make recommendation regarding future implementation of USAID programming in Pakistan
- Conducted a data quality assessment of results reported by 17 implementing partners of USAID
- Review implementing partners’ information management systems to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of the data, and report on information flow and data reliability
- Design and implement assignment work plans for multiple third-party monitoring and assessment (TPM/A) assignments of USAID initiatives in Pakistan
- Develop data collection plans and managed teams of field staff and consultants to ensure smooth field operations
- Present findings of TPM/A assignments to the senior management and mission-wide technical teams of USAID Pakistan, and make recommendation regarding future implementation of USAID programming in Pakistan
- Conducted a data quality assessment of results reported by 17 implementing partners of USAID
- Review implementing partners’ information management systems to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of the data, and report on information flow and data reliability
- Designed a peacebuilding program (~ EUR 500, 000), in collaboration with the Government of Netherlands, to amplify minority voices in Syria to ensure their appropriate representation in future political discourse in Syria
- Developed Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plans, in accordance with the corresponding programmatic theories of change, to manage the M&E activities of ARDI for three ongoing projects
- Authored five reports for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assess the needs of, and challenges faced by, four minority communities in Syria - namely, the Alawites, Christians, Druze, and Ismailis
- Developed Monitoring and Evaluation Plans (MEPs) for small grants provided to DAI implementing partners for C/PVE initiatives in Karachi
- Designed data collection tools to assess the impact of DAI-funded C/PVE initiatives on the vulnerable communities in Karachi
- Prepared five Final Evaluation Reports (FERs), assessing the progress C/PVE initiatives made against their pre-established objectives
- Established a framework for a conflict stabilization model by analyzing the conditions that allow for an emergency response organization to operate in conflict situations
- Conducted a literature review and interviews to document the establishment and operations of Syria Civil Defense (SCD)
- Evaluated the expansion prospects of SCD by assessing its operational, organizational, and financial capacity
- Conducted qualitative research on mobile banking in Kenya to draw lessons applicable to Pakistan’s digital banking initiative
- Evaluated 20 proposals for data collection to facilitate mobile money market for the Agent Networks Analysis project
- Liaised with a team of evaluators by facilitating data collection from 40 microfinance providers to setup a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) for a three-year project to gauge the socio-economic impact of microfinancial services in Pakistan
- Developed a proposal advocating for the digitization
- Designed five research instruments to assess the impact of Waseela-e-Taleem (WT) program - the largest national social development program (~ USD 980m per year) aimed at primary education outreach - on its beneficiaries
- Trained and managed a staff of 50 people to facilitate data collection from 10, 260 beneficiaries
- Cleaned data, prepared summary tables, and conducted basic regression analysis using Stata to aid data analysis
- Prepared five analytical reports assessing impact of WT program its beneficiaries
- Presented findings of the evaluation of the WT program to GoP and made for the improvement of future programming
- Provided technical input to the program teams of BISP to ensure effective incorporation of recommendations into WT’s program design
• Completed projects aimed at spend optimization; results will lead to estimated savings of up to $10m per year
• Participated in three separate sourcing projects with Enterprise-wide implications; requiring development of bid requests,
subsequent pricing analysis and objective evaluation of other performance criteria
• Prepared quarterly performance reports, leveraging Excel functionality
• Led the residential team of over 200 students by managing the annual budget to plan events and assisting in community
building
• Approved spending and managed costs to ensure projects' success
• GPA: 3.196/4.000 • Related coursework: Elements of Statistics, Basic Econometrics, Mathematical Economics, Urban Economics, Corporate Finance, Public Finance