Assistant Manager โ Programme & Business Development at CHIP Training and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (2024-01 โ Present)
Featured Project: GIZ โ Labour Map: Matching EU Labour Demand to Pakistani Skilled Worker Supply. Funded by BMZ & European Union | Implemented by GIZ under the Talent Partnership with Pakistan (TP-P).
- Serve as primary coordination focal point between GIZ EU TP-P team, national experts, and internal delivery staff managing communication protocols, deliverable tracking, and stakeholder engagement throughout the full project lifecycle.
- Represent the organisation at stakeholder dissemination workshops, presenting operational outputs and facilitating knowledge transfer between project teams and implementing partners.
- Oversee ongoing project delivery, escalating concerns to Managing Director and managing client correspondence and invoicing maintaining continuous alignment on expectations, risks, and quality.
- Lead project handover to implementation teams upon completion, ensuring seamless transfer of all documentation, data, and institutional knowledge.
- Directly manage a team of three interns and two research officers drafting job descriptions, defining roles and responsibilities, assigning tasks, and providing ongoing performance guidance and mentoring.
- Manage full HR recruitment cycle for won projects advertising vacancies, shortlisting, interviewing, and onboarding national experts and field consultants across multiple geographies.
- Build and lead consortia for multi-partner bids identifying JV partners, conducting outreach, negotiating teaming agreements, and managing partner coordination across Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda.
- Leverage a LinkedIn network of 7,000+ connections and 20,000+ post reach to drive partner outreach, expert recruitment, and private sector pipeline development.
- Manage 20+ active procurement pipelines simultaneously, submitting 12 competitive bids in February 2026 alone across multiple sectors and geographies.
- Develop full financial proposals including competitive cost structures, budget narratives, and value-for-money frameworks for bids across Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria aligned to World Bank, ADB, GIZ, and GAVI financial guidelines.
- Collaborate with the finance team on invoicing, budget tracking, and financial compliance throughout project delivery.
- Managed proposals and supported delivery for programmes incorporating child and youth programming, gender-responsive design, and safeguarding standards ensuring organisational policies are embedded in project frameworks and partner agreements.
- Currently overseeing data quality assurance for a live national immunization coverage survey across 54 districts of Uganda a child health project where I led proposal development, expert recruitment, and local partner identification.
- Actively engaged in Pakistan's education and child protection advocacy landscape, representing the organisation on platforms focused on out-of-school children, learning poverty, and child-centred programming.
Assistant Manager โ Programme & Business Development (Featured Project: UNICEF โ TaRL Impact Evaluation, Borno & Yobe States, Nigeria) at CHIP Training and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (2024-01 โ Present)
Operational Research on Impact of Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) on Pupil Learning Outcomes | 36-month | UNICEF-funded
- Served as primary client liaison with UNICEF attending meetings, managing correspondence, and ensuring continuous alignment on deliverables, timelines, and reporting requirements.
- Advertised and recruited local field teams across Borno and Yobe States, managing the full outreach, selection, and onboarding process for data collectors and field staff.
- Drafted, formatted, and designed all research reporting outputs and data collection tools including learning assessment instruments, classroom observation checklists, FGD guides, and stakeholder interview frameworks.
- Conducted data quality assurance reviews throughout field implementation checking data integrity, consistency, and protocol compliance before submission for analysis.
- Project incorporated gender and equity analysis to assess whether TaRL & KARI programmes reached the most disadvantaged learners, including girls and children living with disabilities.
Proposal and Report Writer at CHIP Training and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (2023-01 โ 2024-12)
- Drafted winning technical proposals, capability statements, and bid documents for World Bank, ADB, and GAVI-funded tenders โ building CHIP's proposal library from entry level.
- Produced compelling proposal narratives, logical frameworks, and Theory of Change sections through desk research, contextual analysis, and synthesis of technical inputs.
- Prepared financial annexes, consultant profiles, skills matrices, and compliance checklists aligned to tender specifications.
Project Associate at IS-Global Spain / GAVI (2023-01 โ 2023-12)
- Designed M&E survey tools for CSOs in a GAVI-funded child health initiative โ direct experience in child-focused health programming and safeguarding-aligned data collection.
- Coordinated stakeholder workshops and managed communication between international researchers and national partners across health programme workstreams.
Project Associate at ADB STEM for Women Project (2023-01 โ 2023-12)
- Led event communication and documentation for a gender-inclusive STEM project, producing outputs that fed into donor reporting and future proposal collateral.
Project Coordinator at Embassy of Brazil (2023-01 โ 2023-12)
- Developed briefing notes and stakeholder communications for bilateral engagements.
