Faiza

Outreach Consultant Intern - CSR & Programme Support at Grant Thornton Pakistan (2024-11 – 2025-01)

Built stakeholder engagement strategies using Power/Interest Grid analysis, contributing directly to a 25% increase in participant engagement across CSR outreach programmes, tracked against pre-programme baseline figures.
Developed client use case analyses for four priority accounts across technology, legal, and manufacturing sectors, applying the Who/How/What consulting methodology to translate stakeholder needs into structured service briefs.
Produced programme-level MEL inputs: outcome tracking frameworks, indicator documentation matrices, and evaluation reporting inputs aligned with organisational learning cycles.
Drafted structured reporting documentation for CSR programme deliverables, supporting consistent evidence capture across the programme cycle.

Research Intern - Environmental & Spatial Analysis at National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) / CEWRI (2022-07 – 2022-08)

Applied Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) using ArcGIS 10.5 to multi-temporal Landsat 5 and 8 imagery, producing a 29-year LULCC assessment of four land cover categories in Larkana District, under supervision of Dr. Arshad Ashraf (PSO, CEWRI); report approved by Director Dr. Bashir Ahmad.
Quantified 57% expansion in built-up area and 14.6% decline in vegetation cover over the study period, generating a replicable evidence base that three NGO partners subsequently integrated into rural land-use planning programmes.
Coded and analysed 100+ qualitative interviews on climate adaptation and agricultural resilience using structured thematic analysis, synthesising findings into a final report accepted at institutional level.
Co-authored a soil conservation policy brief submitted to three NGO partner organisations for integration into rural capacity-building curricula, demonstrating applied evidence-to-action communication.

Graduate Research Assistant - Environmental Science at International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) (2024 – Present)

Executing structured literature reviews on low-cost biosorbent applications for wastewater treatment, synthesising evidence across 60+ peer-reviewed sources to support ongoing research methodology development.
Contributing to research design, hypothesis formulation, and academic documentation aligned with peer-reviewed journal submission standards.
Managing data organisation and preliminary analysis across an active environmental performance evaluation research programme.

Part-Time Science Teacher & Environmental Educator at Private Academies (2021 – Present)

Designed and delivered interdisciplinary science curricula across Environmental Science, Biology, and Chemistry for secondary-level students, incorporating learning outcome monitoring that improved average academic performance by approximately 20%.
Founded and led the Green Warriors sustainability initiative, a student-led behaviour-change campaign that reduced campus plastic waste by 40% over one academic term, demonstrating capacity to design, implement, and measure community-level change programmes.

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