Yasir Ali

Job Title: Enumerator / Field Monitoring Associate (FSLA Assessments)
Company Name: UNFAO
Company Industry: Agriculture & Crop Production
Job Country: Pakistan
City: Naushero Feroze (2024), Sujawal (2025), Tando Allahyar (2026)
Start Date: September 2024
End Date: May 2026
Job Description:
Executed specialized 16-day annual Food Security and Livelihood Assessment (FSLA) missions using standardized FAO methodologies across three geographically distinct rural agricultural districts. Responsible for high-volume household data collection and real-time monitoring of livelihood indicators, income sources, and shock impacts using Kobo Collect, adapting field approaches to diverse agro-ecological zones while maintaining consistent data quality standards.
• Naushero Feroze (Sep 2024): Conducted post-harvest FSLA assessments measuring FCS, HDDS, FIES, and Coping Strategy Index (CSI) in irrigated canal-command agriculture zone. Monitored data integrity for 252 rural households, assessing wheat/rice production, livestock assets, and market access across all Union Councils within the strict 16-day deadline.
• Sujawal (Oct 2025): Executed coastal delta livelihood surveys focusing on climate shocks, flood recovery, and diversified income sources (livestock, fishing, daily wages). Performed real-time GPS validation and logic checks on Kobo forms to ensure zero-error submission for vulnerable communities facing recurrent tidal flooding and salinity intrusion.
• Tando Allahyar (May 2026): Led enumeration for pre-harvest food security baseline surveys and negative coping mechanism assessments in mixed cropping zone. Validated enumerator outputs daily, achieving 98% acceptance rate for final dataset integration while documenting household debt levels and expenditure patterns during lean season.
• Standardized Assessment Protocol: Applied identical FSLA survey instruments, sampling frameworks, and data quality benchmarks across all three districts to ensure comparability of food security indicators despite varying geographic and livelihood contexts.
• Livelihood & Income Monitoring: Assessed multiple income sources including agriculture, livestock, petty trade, and remittances to determine household economic resilience. Documented impact of district-specific shocks (climate, economic, health) on food access and consumption patterns.
• Data Quality Assurance: Acted as primary field monitor during each rotation, conducting spot-checks and back-checks to verify respondent eligibility, survey duration, answer consistency, and GPS coordinates before end-of-day uploads.
• Beneficiary Verification: Verified household identities and field assets against digital records to ensure accurate profiling and prevent duplication in assistance targeting.
• Protocol Compliance: Adhered strictly to FAO ethical guidelines, PSEA, and Child Safeguarding policies during all household interactions across diverse rural cultural contexts in Sindh.

• Conducted household-level physical verification of 2, 000+ out-of-school adolescent
records.
• Performed data validation and cleaning using MS Excel.
• Monitored Child Safeguarding and PSEA compliance during field visits.
• Reported discrepancies between physical verification findings and digital beneficiary
records.

Sujawal Sindh
• Facilitated 8 FGDs involving 300+ participants.
• Ensured inclusive participation of women, transgender persons, persons with disabilities,
• farmers, daily wage workers, and fishing communities.
• Documented climate vulnerability findings and supported qualitative analysis using
NVivo.

• Supervised 12 enumerators during 20, 000+ household poverty surveys.
• Conducted spot checks and back-checks, maintaining 98% data accuracy.
• Provided field-level guidance, monitoring, and performance support.
• Coordinated with community stakeholders and resolved field-level grievances.

• Supported household mapping and contact tracing activities under the IHSS-SD
Tuberculosis TB project.