Consultant - Training Specialist - SPHERE - Public Health Consulting Firm - Karachi, Pakistan
(2026-04)
- Supports training design and delivery for the Karachi fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (fIPV) campaign implemented in collaboration with PharmaJet.
- Contributes technical public health and adult-learning expertise to campaign readiness and frontline workforce capacity strengthening.
Programme Assistant - Benazir Nashonuma Programme - World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations - Islamabad, Pakistan
(2022-10 - 2025-10)
Served as divisional coordinator for the Benazir Nashonuma Programme, a national social-protection and nutrition initiative addressing malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women and children under two.
- Planned and delivered refresher trainings for cooperating-partner staff to reinforce Benazir Nashonuma Programme protocols, service-quality standards, and consistent implementation across programme sites.
- Provided ongoing technical and operational support to cooperating-partner staff, district programme coordinators, and senior social mobilisers, including guidance on implementation challenges and required follow-up actions.
- Coordinated closely with government counterparts, cooperating partners, and community health workforces, including Lady Health Workers, Benazir Beneficiary Committees, and social mobilisers.
- Conducted monitoring visits and community-level activities, identified implementation gaps, and supported follow-up actions to improve service delivery and programme performance.
- Used KoboToolbox to complete and submit structured Quality Benchmark assessments across 18 hospital-based programme sites and two mobile Benazir Nashonuma/nutrition units.
- Documented compliance with programme protocols and service-quality standards, including beneficiary services, nutrition counselling, records, community mobilisation, and referral processes.
- Communicated monitoring findings to district teams and cooperating partners and supported follow-up on identified gaps and corrective actions.
- Prepared workplans and implementation schedules and coordinated procurement, cooperating-partner activities, and programme logistics to support timely field implementation.
- Reviewed donor requirements and prepared policy and programme briefs, meeting minutes, action trackers, and other management documentation for decision-making and follow-up.
- Served as the designated focal person responsible for oversight of the WFP-supported warehouse, including inventory monitoring, physical stock verification, record review, commodity accountability, and coordination of logistics-related follow-up.
- Oversaw the receipt, storage, and dispatch of programme commodities, reviewed inventory records, and coordinated with relevant teams to maintain stock accuracy and timely availability of supplies.
Consultant - Social Health Protection - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH - Islamabad, Pakistan
(2022-08 - 2022-11)
- Supported the Social Protection - Social Health Protection portfolio and reviewed the Sehat Sahulat Programme's Universal Health Coverage model.
- Developed a concept document for integrating nutrition into the Sehat Sahulat Programme's Universal Health Coverage approach.
Research Associate - Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination - Islamabad, Pakistan
(2022-04 - 2022-08)
- Prepared public health nutrition progress reports, concept notes, technical summaries, and maternal and child nutrition communication materials.
- Contributed to development of key messages and brochures translating nutrition evidence into accessible programme communication.
Monitoring and Evaluation Supervisor - Polio LQAS - World Health Organization (WHO) / National Emergency Operations Centre - Islamabad & Rawalpindi, Pakistan
(2022-01 - 2022-03)
- Supervised survey teams implementing Lot Quality Assurance Sampling for polio eradication campaigns in Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi.
- Supported field quality assurance, team coordination, and timely collection of campaign monitoring data.
Training-of-Trainers Master Trainer - Nutrition International with Human Resource Learning Center - Swabi, Pakistan
(2022-01 - 2022-03)
- Delivered training to prepare healthcare providers to integrate Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation into antenatal care in place of iron-folic acid supplementation, alongside nutrition counselling.
- Supported provider capacity building on maternal nutrition, counselling, and application of training content in routine service delivery.
Programme Officer - SPHERE - Services for Public Health and Research - Lahore, Pakistan
(2021-02 - 2022-03)
- Provided project-management and research support to integrated reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and immunisation initiatives.
- Developed SBCC materials for Lady Health Workers and vaccinators and contributed to a menstrual hygiene management guidebook and a self-care model for post-abortion care services.
- Supported development of PC-1 documents, minimum service delivery standards, concept notes, policy outlines, and health-system analyses in collaboration with the Health Services Academy and partners.
- Conducted literature reviews, secondary-data analysis, key-informant interviews, and focus group discussions; synthesised findings into technical and analytical reports.
- Contributed to the National Dietary Diversity Strategy for Children 6-23 Months and a national dietary diversity needs assessment with the Nutrition Wing, Ministry of Health, and UNICEF Pakistan.
Nutrition Consultant - World Health Organization (WHO) - Pakistan
(2021-08 - 2021-12)
- Supported a national situation assessment of Pakistan's highest-priority nutrition problems using a life-course approach.
- Contributed to analysis linking essential nutrition interventions with Universal Health Coverage priorities.
Research Assistant - Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory - Pakistan
(2019-03 - 2020-12)
- Supported research on high-pressure food preservation through data acquisition, analysis, evidence synthesis, and report writing.
Project Assistant - UNICEF-supported Integrated RMNCH & Nutrition Programme, THQ Hospital - Pakistan
(2019-07 - 2019-08)
- Conducted MUAC screening and nutrition assessments and supported provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food to children with acute malnutrition.
Public Health Researcher - SPHERE - Public Health Consulting Firm - Europe
(2026-07 - 2026-08)
Authorized international research studies conducted across Europe
