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Laila Khalid, Senior Project Development Officer

Laila Khalid

Senior Project Development Officer·ACTED

Pakistan

Master's degree,

Work experience

Total years of experience: 15 years, 0 months

Senior Project Development Officer

August 2014 - Present

ACTED

Islamabad, Pakistan

August 2014 - Present

Conducting primary and secondary research
Determining proposal concepts and writing proposals
Articulating policy brief, project reports and content for organizational publications and website
Developing research tools including questionnaires, FGDs and KIIs guidelines
Conducting field work including FGDs and KIIs at community level and of senior stakeholders
Leading the creation, collation and publishing of articles, posters, leaflets and other materials for external communication
Managing surveys and field teams
Focal point for cluster meetings
Budgeting

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Writing and Journalism

Senior Research Executive

January 2013 - July 2014

DSI Consulting Worldwide

Islamabad, Pakistan

January 2013 - July 2014

Determining proposal concepts and writing proposals
Articulating project reports and content for organizational publications and website
Conducting primary and secondary research
Developing research tools including questionnaires, FGDs and KIIs guidelines
Conducting field work including FGDs and KIIs at community level and of senior stakeholders
Conducting training of enumerators
Managing surveys and field teams
Budgeting
Maintaining correspondence, coordination and reporting with clients
Conducting Training Need Analysis (TNA)
Developing manuals for trainer and trainees
Developing pre-training and post-training questionnaires
Developing evaluation and feedback forms
Overall management of training sessions and workshops
Developing training reports
Hiring and training of new staff members
Managing and training of team members

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Research and Development

Program Officer

November 2011 - December 2012

Change-in Education

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

November 2011 - December 2012

Identifying Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and determining proposal concepts
Attending donor and internal strategy meetings
Writing proposals and project reports
Development and dissemination organizational newsletter
Writing press releases, magazine articles, interviews and website content
Organizing fund raisers & event management
Conducting monitoring visits
Conducting training of project staff

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Writing and Journalism

Communication Officer

July 2011 - October 2011

M.Communications (MCOM)

Islamabad, Pakistan

July 2011 - October 2011

Developing creative concepts
Translation
Copywriting
Identifying Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and determining proposal concepts
Delivering presentations
Media monitoring
Attending client meetings
Organizing annual days & event management

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Writing and Journalism

Education

National University of Sciences & Technology

January 2011

January 2011

Master's degree

Master of Business Administration (MBA) National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) Islamabad 2010 - 2011

National University of Sciences & Technology

January 2010

January 2010

Bachelor's degree

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Honors National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) Islamabad 2006 - 2010

Skills

Teamwork

Expert

Management

Expert

Project Management

Expert

Research

Expert

Creative Writing

Expert

Budgeting

Intermediate

Communication & Correspondence

Expert

Proposal/Technical/Creative/Academic Writing

Expert

Primary & Desk Research

Expert

Project Management

Expert

Teamwork

Expert

Management

Expert

Research

Expert

Creative Writing

Expert

Languages

Urdu

Expert

English

Expert

Training and Certifications

Training
Sustainability Issues in Poverty Reduction
AHKNCRD
Effective Proposal Writing
MANTECH & ARC
Quantitative Research Methods
DSI
Financial Management
DSI & The Asia Foundation
Internal Governance
DSI & The Asia Foundation
Human Resource Management
DSI & The Asia Foundation

Hobbies and interests

Golf
Cooking
Music