More than 15 years of Project Management experience in development sector. Successfully manipulate different education projects in both development and Emergency Response Early Recovery sectors. The tenure outlining experience of working both with INGOs/LNGOs and government autonomous body in different capacities and got rich expertise in Project Management, Project Cycle Management, program coordination, Implementation, strategic planning, contingency planning, ,stakeholders coordination liaison, monitoring evaluation, financial and operational management and Proposal writing.
The tenure outlining rich experience in education projects including Non Formal Education (Regular & Accelerated Learning Programs) EIE, Universal Primary Education, and post primary education. Provided support to line department in thematic areas including Continuous Professional Development, EMIS, Improved governance, Planning and setting of KPI, Monitoring and supervision. While through community and school based initiatives, provide support in Gender equity Social inclusion, safeguarding child protection, Advocacy, Community Mobilization social accountability, gender mainstreaming, WASH, Rehabilitation of facilities, School Health and DRR (School safety).
Having rich ,experience of working methodologies, strategies with Government bodies(Authorities, commission and line ministries), UN agencies including UNICEF, UNHCR, UNOCHA, UNDP and International Donors FCDO, USAid, AUSAid, MOFA, INGOs including CRS, ACTED, ASI,CIP, IRC Save the Children International.
Summary of professional strenght:
Excellent expertise in Program Management & Implementation • Develop sound expertise in project cycle, and result base management. Sound experise in team building, mentoring, performance appraisal and conflict resolution. • Excellent expertise in programmatic oversight, and managed multi-sectoral intervention. • Excellent technical knowledge of education and support Project Manager, technical coordinator, field team in implementation strategies development • Excellent expertise in Partners and team management, Review, lesson learnt workshop and event management. • Sound expertise in stakeholders assessment and mapping. • Excellent expertise in developing programmatic budget, spending plan, forecasting, procurement plan and financial management. • Excellent expertise in support functions including HR, logistic, fleet, staff safety and security and program coordiantion • Sound expertise in donor/ stakeholders communication and reporting • Develop sound expertise in project management tools, LFA and monitoring plan. • Sound expertise in research studies, tools designing, data collection, its management and analysis. • Sound expertise in program designing, and proposal writing.
•To lead overall implementation of “School for All” project in KP.
•To manage and lead project team for achieving project deliverable.
•To support Education department at School, District and Provincial level to implement the Inclusive & Resilient Education Policy that ensure access of marginalized children (girls & ethnic minorities) and children with disability to formal school system.
•To assess capacity of education department and provide assistance and support for Inclusive Education that can ensure enrollment of marginalized girls and children with disabilities.
•Mapping and assessment of Parents teachers councils, stakeholders, implementation of Pakistan School Safety framework, Social and emotional learning.
•To assist Parent- Teachers council and school administration for resilient education to avoid education discontinuity in case of any disaster.
•To build capacity of project team and stakeholders including PTC, Teachers, Officials, Community Organization, Disaster Management Authorities, Social Welfare, Disability Unit etc to achieve project objectives.
•To provide small grants to PTC for school development Plan and ensure that funds are effectively utilized for school improvement.
•To create PTC networking and establish linkages with private sectors to engage them for local solutions and sustainability.
•To conduct social and emotional learning landscape analysis with parents, PTC members, school teachers and officials to integrate SEL concept in teaching and learning process.
•To assist CRS- lead agency in research studies and data collection as performance Indicators tracking table (PITT)
•To ensure effective liaison and coordination among different stakeholders for quality implementation of project.
•To conduct field monitoring visit to ensure beneficiaries accountability across each activity.
•To manage project budget as per lead agency and donor minimum requirements.
Responsible for all project reporting including weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Responsible for overall planning, implementation, coordination and reporting both internal and donor.
• Ensure effective liaison with key stakeholders for effective implementation of projects at all levels.
• To ensure coordination within consortium partners, IPs and follow up monthly/ quarterly meeting on program progress, challenges & lesson learnt.
• Oversee and manage partner’s contractual issues including contract conditions/ waivers/ clauses, funds transfer and compliance.
• To provide Technical Programmatic inputs to project team, Implementing partners and stakeholders.
• To ensure rapid and detailed need assessment at project locations, to identify educational needs at targeted districts.
• To develop detailed implementation plan and orient project and implementing partner team at field.
• To establish child friendly non formal learning & ALP spaces in targeted districts for children age 3-16 years.
• To design learning aid, IEC materials in close coordination with technical partner.
• To support and assist project technical partners in development of teachers training manual, handout, scheme of studies, learners workbook etc.
• Built capacity of teachers in MHPSS, MGT, CP/Safeguarding, GBV, and inclusion.
• To hold MHPSS, GBV, GESI, CP awareness sessions with community members, SMC and activist.
• To provide regular facilitation visit to project team, implementing partners for review of progress, challenges and Plans for quality implementation.
• Built capacity of stakeholders on project thematic areas including CRC, Responsive & inclusive education, emotional & social well beings of learners and overall improving of teaching & learning process- lesson planning in schools.
• To ensure effective advocacy campaign with stakeholders on GESI, CP, and SG and students transition into skills institute and link those with market for enhance livelihood.
• To conduct review meetings with MEAL to improve accountability and transparency in process implementation.
• To monitor and build capacity of internal team and IPs project staff.
• To provide support to logistic department in hiring technical consultants, Training service providers for TVET programming, IEC materials, training, and workshop arrangement etc.
• To participate and contribute to the inter-agency Education/ protection cluster, relevant task forces) with technical and operational input.
• To coordinate with support functions i-e HR, Logistic, Security, Finance, MEAL, and Program Development & communication department for smooth operations.
• To ensure donor reporting and liaison for change adaptation and review of project planning & deliverables.
• To develop & manage internal reporting on standard PMF tool, BFU/BVA & Procurement plan.
• To assist Team lead in grant designing, proposal development and donor reporting.
• Responsible for financial management of all education grants and it’s reporting.
1) Focal point person for coordination with District Education Offices for implementation of KESP technical assistance activities at district-level.
2)Provide guidance in district-level planning and coordination.
3) Organize and participate in district level meetings with ASDEOs, SDEOs, DDEOs to share data on district level key performance indicators and advise on activities critical for improving performance.
4) Assist district education officials in analyzing data to prepare for the District Steering Committee meetings and advise the DSCs and Deputy Commissioners on future activities for enhancing the pace of delivery.
5) Assist Deputy Commissioner in performance evaluation against District Education Plan Indicators.
6) Continuously engage with IMU in order to provide better understanding to the district officials of the process of IMU monitoring and evidences gathered by IMU for reporting on the school level indicators.
7) Assist KESP delivery teams in implementation of district level activities including activities under District Education Plan, feedback on capacity building events/workshops, collection of data for research, monitoring and evaluation activities and support communication function of the KESP by sharing success stories, photographs, and dissemination of important updates from ESED and KESP TA.
8) Develop monthly district progress reports to share updates on districts performance on district education plans.
9) Ensure adherence to KESP operational policies, procedures and standards of conduct, while facilitating smooth implementation of all program field activities.
10) Assist the district education offices in implementation of CPD, teacher rationalization, conditional grants tracking, Education Voucher scheme, Girls Stipend Programme, New Schools Programme; school based budgeting and budget execution.
1. Ensure coordination & liaison with Consortium partners regarding project deliverable.
2. Ensure coordination with project stakeholders like Education Directorate, Civil Secretariat, District Education Offices, DCTE, PITE, TVETA,TUSDEC and social welfare.
3. Responsible for developing detail implementation plan, its effective execution and revises plans as appropriate to meet the goals and objectives of the project.
4. Ensure capacity building of project staff on project scope of work, Objectives, work Planning and project deliverables.
5. To provide support in formation of project Technical stakeholder group and develop linkages with local formal & informal employers for gainful employment of TVET graduates.
6. To launch advocacy campaign on girls sensitive education to eliminate negative perception about girls education at community level.
7. To identify youth champion and trained them on gender sensitive education advocacy and life skills.
8. To engage youth champion for networking and conflict resolution within respective communities.
9. To hire & build capacity of ALP teachers for second shift ALP classes in close coordination with respective communities, district education offices and provincial directorate.
10. To identify 500 young women for skill enhancement program and to enroll them in technical institutions registered with TVETA.
11. To assess market base skills demands and develop linkages with skill development institutes.
12. To link skills graduate women with different industries for enhance livelihood opportunities.
13. To identify & establish 87 second shift potential Accelerated Learning Program classes for 4000 post primary out of school girls in targeted districts of Peshawar, Buner and Swat.
14. To ensure field visits to ALP classes & Districts for tracking progress, reviewing project deliverable and implementation strategies.
15. To conduct successful advocacy campaign for girls ALP at district & provincial level for sustaining intervention.
16. To ensure project content training maual developed in collaboration of DCTE and approved by KP-education department.
17. To arrange and conduct life skills training for both adolescent girls and ALP teachers.
18. To ensure that budget is effectively manage & spent adherence to donor financial policy and SOPs.
19. To ensure in time programmatic and financial reporting to consortium partners.
1. Develop strategic relationship with District Education Office for replication of Continuous Professional Development Model in district.
2. Ensure effective quality training delivery to targeted groups/tiers.
3. Ensure pre-requisite of event management like budget breakup, develop purchase request, training venue arrangement, profiling of stakeholders, and security assessment of training venues etc.
4. Assist and provide feedback on training contents to professional development coordinator.
5. Establish effective forum of regular Teaching Learning for in services teachers.
6. Ensure regular coaching & mentoring to targeted Grade-1 Early childhood teachers through school support visit of different tiers.
7. To ensure conducive learning environment within Early Childhood classrooms for enhancing reading skills among students.
8. Ensure effective and quarterly review of program for quality execution at district level.
9. Ensure in time data analysis and report generation for M & Information System.
10. Capacity building of Reading Quality Associate and arrange capacity building session with HR department.
11. To provide regular on job support to field team.
12. Ensure Performance Appraisal of staff for increase productivity.
13. To generate quality reports including weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual report on programmatic achievements.
1. To ensure effective coordination and liaison with relevant stakeholders for implementation of grant activities.
2. To conduct baseline for community perception, opportunities & challenges and identification of out of school girls aged 10-19.
3. To ensure community mobilization towards girl’s education and establishing Accelerating Learning spaces for out of schools girls aged 10-19 years.
4. To ensure community engagement through awareness session & enrollment campaign for increased access to schooling.
5. To ensure project stakeholders capacity on project contents, their role and responsibilities.
6. To ensure effective monitoring and accountability mechanism at project sites and response on free hotline for beneficiaries complaints.
7. To ensure conducive learning environment within classroom through provision of basic supplies.
8. To build capacity of Education Officials and teachers on Accelerated Learning Models, Scheme of studies, Classroom Management, multi-grade teaching, life skills, gender in education, advocacy, and Child Right Convention.
9. Arrange co-curricular activities within schools for activity based learning of life skills.
10. Ensure library corner for improved reading skills among students through provision of supplementary reading materials.
To provide technical support, supervisory guidance, training and mentoring to all Education programs, activities, & field Offices.
To provide cohesive leadership to IDEA Education programs, ensuring that priorities and opportunities identified are in line with IDEA’s strategic plan goals.
To promotes beneficiary participation, capacity building, partnership, advocacy and protection and promotion of children rights and ensure that program interventions are in line with donor & IDEA policies.
To ensure that beneficiary’s feedback and complaints are addressed in due time and to ensure set up of functional response mechanism.
To effectively coordinate with line department to ensure their active involvement, ownership, and sustainability of intervention.
Ensure grant compliance with internal control procedures as budget holders.
Present IDEA in provincial and national level forums and develop strategic relationship with donor and line ministries.
To develop grant ideas in support from the program development section.
Responsible for developing detailed implementation plan, its effective execution and revises plans as appropriate to meet the goals and objectives of the project.
Responsible for stakeholder’s coordination, their capacity building and effective engagement in project interventions.
Capacity building of project staff through on job support and training session and career development goals.
To generate monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports of donors and review field reports/presentation for onward submission to donor agency.
1.To lead Education Cluster meeting as co-partner to UNICEF Pakistan.
2.To ensure effective Coordination with Line departments for successful implementation of Project activities.
3.To oversee & manage grant budget against planned activities and ensure adherence to organization minimum standards in financial accountability.
4.To Plan & develop Detail Implementation Plan and timely execution of activities.
5.To lead and manage staff in field and develop capacity of team as career development plan.
6.Responsible for Monitoring & Evaluation of project activities on regular basis for program improvement.
7.Responsible for launching Advocacy campaign for support of Education department i-e (continuing education especially girls and vulnerable groups (Inclusive Education) gender disparity, child abuses, and negative attitude towards female education.
8.To initiative Early Childhood Care & Education in existing system of government schools.
9.Responsible for capacity building of teachers and officials on Emergent Literacy and Numeracy and early childhood education)
10.To develop Linkages with support departments like health, social welfare, Police, Fire Bridge, DDMC and other actors working in the area.
11.Responsible for Strengthening of education department through provision of technical assistance, provision of basic facilities and updating of EMIS for informed decision and planning.
12.To ensure that periodic awareness sessions conducted with communities for gender mainstreaming in all walks of life.
13.To ensure capacity building of teachers and officials on Planning and Management, Leadership, Work Planning, Instructional support mechanism, DRR, CRC, Inclusive Education, Class room management, Alternate Teaching Methodologies, Lesson Planning and Quality Education.
14.To ensure that education program are coherent and well integrated with other sector activities especially child protection and health. Ensure that project implemented in accordance with
1. Assist Deputy Coordination Officer as staff officer in achieving Education for All goals.
2.To provide technical assistance and program initiation to district education management (Executive District Officer and subordinate Tiers)
3.To conduct situation analysis with Elementary and Secondary Education department regarding objectives of Universal primary education.
4.To improve governance and supervision at district education management level.
5.To improve governance at school and community level.
6.To support DEM (District Education Management) in work planning, monitoring and supervision.
7.To strengthen reporting system from school to district management level.
8.To support elementary and secondary education department in improving quality education.
9.To conduct advocacy campaign for EFA goals at district level.