Passionate education development PMP and Corporate social responsibility professional with over 9 years of experience proficient in designing and implementing youth engagement-and-community empowerment programs, managing multi-million rupees projects, collecting, and studying data related to programs.
· Implement growth plans for Tech Karo with a strong focus on women from underserved communities.
· Develop partnerships to support CIRCLE's mission and goals.
· Ensure project success and meeting of timelines, key KPIs.
· Engage with companies & businesses for placement opportunities, freelancing, and strengthen relationships.
· Develop opportunities to build project sustainability and ensure cost-effectiveness.
· Work with team on raising funding and sponsorships.
· Oversee project visibility on all media platforms.
· Coordination with partners for facilities needed for CIRCLE programs.
· Develop a professional and positive work culture aligning team with mission, values, and key priorities.
CIRCLE is a social enterprise focused on women’s economic empowerment and inclusion through advocacy, leadership development, technology, and innovative entrepreneurship labs. CIRCLE’s mission contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG Goal 5: Achieving Gender Equality.
· Program Management
· Financial Management
· HR and Talent Management
· Communication/Marketing Management
Youth Matters is a bilingual magazine aimed at covering indigenous stories on civic action and engagement of communities of Karachi. This magazine is the product of the Community Journalist Fellowship Program offered to youth from different marginalized communities of Karachi.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, design and shaping of targets/milestones, using practical experience and knowledge, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, presentations and reports
• Meet with clients to take detailed briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project
• Delegate project tasks based on junior staff members’ individual strengths, skill sets and experience levels
• Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals
• Manage and deliver elements of the program, including market research, development, and product launch.
• Communicate with partners and internal stakeholders to coordinate project delivery and to deal with day-to-day project delivery issues.
• Plan, arrange, facilitate and conduct youth training pertaining to SPD and Basila.
• Identification of potential partners that could work on education
• Preparing reports and presentations for various stakeholders
• Recruiting volunteers and establishing local chapters in different areas of Karachi
• Coordination with stakeholders; including government officials, education department, local union councils, media, research organizations, CSO etc.
• Develop relationships with key media representatives, bloggers, and community influencers to impact the discourse with education related information and news stories.
• Data collection and analysis - regional educational data, volunteers data etc.
Alif Ailaan is a national campaign that seeks to put education at the front and center of public discourse in Pakistan. The goal is to get every Pakistani girl and boy into school, keep them learning and ensure that they receive a quality education.
• Contribute to project design and shaping of targets/milestones, using practical experience and knowledge, as and when needed
• Manage and deliver elements of the program, including market research, development, and product launch
• Manage monitoring and evaluation of program work, including production of regular progress reports
• Propose detailed project and budget plans for approval by more senior colleagues, outlining how project funds or resources will be used to deliver specified annual targets and metrics
• Communicate with partners and internal stakeholders to coordinate project delivery and to deal with day-to-day project delivery issues
• Devise Media Plan touching conventional and modern mediums as per the requirements of the program
• Plan and conduct impact evaluation studies for the efficacy of the program.
Program Yeh Hai Karachi II is collaboration between Karachi Youth Initiative (DAI) and The School of Writing. It is monitored by KYI and Independent Monitoring Unit evaluating the program on behalf of USAID.
•Managed & lead few projects; SRP (Sindh Reading program), EFS (Education fund for Sindh), WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), ILM IDEAS-II Baseline Survey, EGRA– Midline Survey (Early Grade Reading Assessment). I am responsible for making strategies, tasks delegation to team members, making & presenting work progress reports etc.
•Researches and prepares statistical reports using data from internal computer systems and internal surveys. Consolidates information into cohesive and understandable correspondence or other written form for use in programs’ reporting or management’s decision making
•Provides assistance in training, mentoring, and coaching professional and field staff.
•Acts as a liaison between departmental end-users, consultants, partners and other governmental organizations in the analysis, design, configuration, testing and maintenance of projects’/programs’ management systems to ensure optimal operational performance.
•Consults with functional unit management and personnel to identify, define and document business needs and objectives, current operational procedures, problems, and levels of systems access.
•Defines and documents operational activities and processes.
•Provides work direction to more than 12 field staff-members in 8 districts of Sindh and acts as a team lead on designated projects or assignments.
• Plan marketing and branding objectives of NGO’s services
• Prepare marketing strategies, keeping a focus to SASI program Sindh and Baluchistan, alongside other company executives and staff.
• Building the partnership through continuous communication with the prospect, preparing proposals / agreements.
• Relationship management through continuous communication with the partners.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with institutional donors to ensure appropriate networking and presence at relevant events
• Strengthen relationships with all media to ensure the most effective messaging and positioning of the organization.
• Conduct trainings and assessments during the deployment of SASI and other projects
• Devising tools to assess schools/children/teachers
• Support and facilitation in the implementation of other programs of the organization e.g. ASER, TWF, CLF
• Assessment of Schools in different dimensions
• Report Writing and presenting results to Schools/Partners
• Designing research studies, developing and revising MOUs, budgets for the project.
• Coordination with production and planning department.
• Order Processing
• Dispatching of material
• Collection of Feedback from the customer
• Develop, build, and manage a client base of corporate accounts