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Mazhar Iqbal

Mazhar Iqbal

Monitoring, Evaluation, And Reporting Specialist
Quetta,Balochistan
There’s no reality except the one contained within us. That’s why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.
Hermann Hesse

Summary

Certified Program Management (PMD Pro Level-1) professional and Data-driven Reporting Specialist with 10 years of experience designing and developing reports in development sector with the expertise in Monitoring & Evaluation, Education, Livelihood and Economic development.

Proficient in generating and customizing reports with varying complexity. Expertly collects, organizes, analyzes and disseminates significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

Overview

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Certification
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years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sr. Quality Control Officer EGRA 2020

VTT Global - NORC
Islamabad, Pakistan, Pakistan
Oct2020 - Dec2020

  • Oversee and ensure the performance of 08 survey field teams with 40 staff members and manage the quality of data collection at 140 schools
  • Prior to and during data collection, establish and manage relationships with government officials in 05 target districts and school administrators
  • Prepare regular reporting updates as required/oversee QCO Survey-CTO reporting entries against achieved daily targets.

Teacher Training Coordinator

IRM- USAID PRP
Quetta, Pakistan, Pakistan
Jan2019 - Feb2020
  • Provide leadership and oversight to teacher training team in targeted 19 districts for both pre-service and in-service training programs.
  • Plan and lead implementation of teacher training activities with 02 cascaded rounds of trainings in each of 19 districts.
  • Liaise with cooperating government and private institutions for implementation of activities.
  • As necessary, design and or roll out monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure regular data collection, quality assurance, and regular reporting.
  • Facilitate in development of both qualitative and quantitative reporting as per organization and donor requirements

District Program Manager USAID-PRP

IRM-PRP
Kech, Pakistan, Pakistan
Feb2018 - Dec2018
  • Develop and maintain strong coordination with key stakeholders in the district for successful projects initiatives
  • Manage in-service professional development activities in 283 target schools in the district
  • Support the district, provincial and national offices in undertaking monitoring and data collection of work plan activities
  • Prepare and submit district level monthly, quarterly and annual reports

Sr. Quality Control Officer USAID EGRA 2017

Management Systems International
Islamabad, Pakistan, Balochistan
Aug2017 - Nov2017
  • Supervised and reported on data collection for assigned region of Balochistan in 08 target districts with 210 schools target.
  • Supervised and mentored the 12 QCOs and their teams comprising of 70 staff members in the assigned region.
  • Supervised and organized the field administration of the EGRA operational tools in coordination with local sub-contractor

Information Management Officer

Chemonics International
Karachi, Pakistan, Sindh
Nov2016 - Aug2017
  • Facilitate designing data collection instruments for the collection of primary and secondary data at 12 target districts in Sindh province.
  • Coordinate with team for timely collection of monthly, quarterly and yearly data requirements for performance reporting purposes.
  • Evaluate sources of information, document methodologies and procedures used in the compilation and analysis of data as well as data sources
  • Facilitate evaluating the statistical methods and procedures used to obtain data in order to ensure validity, applicability, efficiency, and accuracy.

Manager (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning)

Mercy Corps
Quetta, Pakistan, Balochistan
Mar2015 - Sep2016
  • Led M&E Officers for developing regional programs' M&E systems that inform and improve each project, as well as feed into the broader nation-wide M&E system.
  • Developed and strengthened a Regional M&E unit that facilitated M&E for all projects in South region
  • Facilitated Country MEL Manager in designing, conducting and quality assurance of all field assessments and baseline and end-line surveys
  • Facilitated and contributed in development of project proposals, LFM development, M&E frameworks establishment for all regional projects
  • Led Staff Capacity Building for M&E, Information Management and Reporting personnel

M&E Officer

Mercy Corps
Quetta, Pakistan, Balochistan
Jun2013 - Mar2015
  • Preparation of necessary M&E forms and format for data collection at field.
  • Collect, compile, check, sort and analyze qualitative and quantitative data about ongoing field activities.
  • Facilitate Performance Reporting and Project Planning through statistical analysis and interpretation of data.
  • Documenting Lessons Learned for each project and ensure inclusion of them in future programming.

Communications Officer USAID-TEP

EDC
Quetta, Pakistan, Balochistan
Feb2013 - Jun2013
  • Assist in setting provincial level communications objectives with the larger Communications Team.
  • Documentation and Reporting for quarterly newsletters, articles related to USAID Teacher Education Project accomplishments and success stories
  • Prepare/edit correspondence on events including information for press-releases, speeches, and minutes/reports

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer

Council for Community Development
Quetta, Pakistan , Balochistan
Oct2011 - Jun2012
  • Developing work plan for Projects and Monitoring the project in field work.
  • Support project planning through statistical analysis and interpretation of data.
  • Develop and introduce informational reports and briefs based on available project data.

EMIS/ Ed. Management Coordinator- USAID EDLINKS

American Institute of Research
Quetta, Pakistan, Balochistan
Feb2011 - Sep2011
  • Assist in developing education sector plan for Baluchistan
  • Assist Government EMIS Units with coordination and planning of school census exercise.
  • Support Government planning through statistical analysis and interpretation of data.
  • Develop and introduce informational reports and briefs based on available government data.

Education

Master of Arts - Education

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan
04.2020 - Current

Certification - PMD Pro Level 1 Certification (Program Management)

APMG Group (PMI), Online
02.2015 - 09.2015
  • PMD Pro (Program Management for Development Professionals) Level 1 certification
  • Member of Program Management Institute

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Balochistan University of Information Technology, Quetta, Pakistan
01.2006 - 01.2010

Skills

Information Management

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Accomplishments

  • Successfully conducted EGRA Midline in 2017 and EGRA End-line in 2020 for USAID-Pakistan Reading Project
  • Supervised data collection team of 70 staff members in eight districts while in EGRA 2017 - largest EGRA globally.
  • Supervised district teams in 19 districts of Balochistan in USAID Pakistan Reading Project as Component-1 Lead (Teacher Training)
  • Managed the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning interventions for Sindh and Balochistan provinces at Mercy Corps for about two years as regional MEL lead
  • Facilitated and contributed in design and execution of several surveys and assessments at different organizations including Gender Assessment, Resilience Index assessment (Food Access and Security), Market Saturation Survey for Livelihood interventions, using LQAS, 30-cluster KPC, Quasi Experimental designs

Software

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Powerpoint

MS Access

ODK - XLS Forms/ Kobo/ Ona

Work Availability

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Certification

PMD Pro Level-1

Timeline

Allama Iqbal Open University - Master of Arts, Education
04.2020 - Current

PMD Pro Level-1

09-2015
APMG Group (PMI) - Certification, PMD Pro Level 1 Certification (Program Management)
02.2015 - 09.2015
Balochistan University of Information Technology - Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
01.2006 - 01.2010
EMIS/ Ed. Management Coordinator- USAID EDLINKS - American Institute of Research
Feb2011 - Sep2011
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Officer - Council for Community Development
Oct2011 - Jun2012
Communications Officer USAID-TEP - EDC
Feb2013 - Jun2013
M&E Officer - Mercy Corps
Jun2013 - Mar2015
Manager (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning) - Mercy Corps
Mar2015 - Sep2016
Information Management Officer - Chemonics International
Nov2016 - Aug2017
Sr. Quality Control Officer USAID EGRA 2017 - Management Systems International
Aug2017 - Nov2017
District Program Manager USAID-PRP - IRM-PRP
Feb2018 - Dec2018
Teacher Training Coordinator - IRM- USAID PRP
Jan2019 - Feb2020
Sr. Quality Control Officer EGRA 2020 - VTT Global - NORC
Oct2020 - Dec2020

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