qasim ali khan, Program Officer

qasim ali khan

Program Officer

VISION

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Master's degree, International Relations
Experience
8 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 8 Months

Program Officer at VISION
  • Pakistan
  • My current job since June 2019

Duties performed:
•Successfully implement two internationally funded project for the welfare and capacity building of transgender population in Multan, Pakistan
•Manage and lead the team of 9 staff members and 20 paid volunteers over the 3 years of the projects
•Trained the teams and the volunteers in different skills such as research, analysis, report writing, designing and launching campaigns, safety and security, advocacy, holistic well-being etc.
•Manages all aspects of grant programs including grant program oversight and administration, grant application/proposal review and processing, coordination of grant review committee, funders and partners, oversee grant program evaluation, prepare narrative and financial reports and other duties as needed
•Identify opportunities for new program development and expansion in areas of potential
•Engage the stakeholders in the activities of the project
•Supervised project expenditures and coached project staff.
•Collect and compile data, conduct research, prepare and analyze reports and coordinate all management projects
•Compile all findings; utilize spreadsheets, basic database and graphics for simple evaluation to assist different administrative projects
•Ensure to follow and implement the established policies, procedures or particular instructions

Management Assistant at VISION
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2018 to May 2019

Duties performed:
•Coordinated with Project’s District Field Coordinators and teams for the planning of the project activities and ensured that the project team is engaged at all stages of the planning
•Ensured that project staff adheres to the timeline agreed upon and report on any obstacles arising in achieving their agreed timeline/objectives;
•Ensured that the district teams have access to all the necessary physical resources and inputs
•e.g., conducive working space and equipment, transportation, administrative support and authority to use those resources
•Analyzed the data and created the reports to deliver to upper management
•Ensure that project teams in the district organize the training event as well
•Prepare draft reports with the data collected from work stations and share it with the director

•Develop a monitoring tool and ensure that monitoring tools for enhancing operations as well as external and internal factors affecting the process
•Ensured that the technical advice provided by senior management/board and donor is followed by project staff.
•Provided support in data collection and documentation of the progress, lessons learned, case studies, etc. and share the information as and when required by donors
•Prepared and submit the work plan of the project in the activity break structure
•Prepared Detailed Inception Plan (DIP) for the projects and Logical Framework Analysis Facilitating field teams in terms of capacity building of project staff as per the work plan Submitted monthly reports of all Field Staff/Project Activities to Project Director Ensured all record of project is available in the office for verification and audit purpose Any other task assigned by the Supervisor/Management

Office Manager at VISION
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2017 to April 2018

Duties performed:
•Website editor
•Operating hardware devices
•Record keeping of transactions in soft and hard Sale and Purchase of movable assets on the internet
•Maintaining the record of cash inflow and outflow in soft and hard
•Develop and support team members in data collection and documentation of the progress, lessons learned and case studies, etc.

Field officer at VISION
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2017 to July 2017

Duties performed:
•Workshop/training arrangements
•Para counseling sessions with HIV affected individuals Conducted interviews of marginalized HIV affected individuals
•Prepared Detailed Inception Plan for Field Activities and follow-ups of the sessions Collection of Data of interviewees and analyzing graphs, individual records, etc.
•Design and facilitate workshop contents to minimize stigma, fear, low self-esteem among HIV infected persons

Assistant at VISION
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2015 to December 2016

Duties performed:
•Report writing and collection of data Workshop/training arrangements and co-facilitation
•Development of IEC materials on issues of GSM rights in Pakistan
•To plan and execute the project activities on a weekly and monthly basis Data processing that included but not limited to presentation with graphs
•Writing (drafting, finalizing, proofreading) of training manuals in English and Urdu fonts Making and maneuvering of Puppets e.g., spoon puppets, rod puppets, hand puppets, etc. Conduct awareness sessions with the GSM community regarding their basic human rights
•Identified and document success stories and case studies on extraordinary aspects of the project Coordinated the implementation of baseline surveys, follow‐ on monitoring and evaluation exercises for various initiatives in the project area
•Develop/facilitate interpersonal skills and basic life skills training contents that included anger management, communication skills, listening skills, problem-solving and critical thinking

Education

Master's degree, International Relations
  • at University of Sargodh
  • December 2021

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High school or equivalent, Arts
  • at Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
  • December 2021

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High school or equivalent, Arts
  • at Federal Government Public School
  • December 2021

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Bachelor's degree, Arts
  • at University of Sargodh
  • January 2016

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Specialties & Skills

DATA COLLECTION
MICROSOFT OFFICE
ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
COMPUTER HARDWARE
COUNSELING
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
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