Saeed Ur Rehman

CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL DETAILS AREAS OF COMPETENCE Name: Saeed-Ur-Rehman Contact: Block C, Gulshan-e-Taleem, Jhangi Syedan, Sector H-15, Islamabad Pakistan. Phone: -, -, - Email:-Skype: ruhmasaeed SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT Proven skills in;  Assessment/ appraisal and analysis and creative writing  Project designing, planning, management, Monitoring &Evaluation  Social mobilization and Social Protection  Disaster management and rebuilding  Concept development, copy editing, proofreading, report writing  Grants writing/business development  Work Plan writing, Development of Logical Framework Analysis  Government and donor coordination and grants management  Leadership, mentoring, interpersonal collaboration, Staff management/ Team building  Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building  Computer packages (MS Office, Internet)  2.5 years Manage PMER/Business Development Center of Excellence for Rural Development (CERD)  4 years Director of Programs/Advisor M&E: Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) -Pakistan  9 moths) Program Coordinator: CHF International/USAID FATA Project  4.5 years Chief Executive Officer: HAASHAR Association  6 months Livelihood Coordinator: International Rescue Committee (IRC)  7 years Senior Program Officer: ActionAid Pakistan  5.5 years Social Organizer: GIZ Siran Kaghan Forestry Development Project  1 year Community Organizer: DAI/USAID Kala Dhaka Project Pakistan EDUCATION  Masters in Political Science Hazara University Mansehra Pakistan  Masters in Chemistry University of Peshawar Pakistan  1 year Diploma in Disaster Management Pakistan Institute of Modern Studies Peshawar  2 Certificate Courses in Sociology Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad Papers written: 1. Livelihood Strategy HAASHAR Association 2. Gender Strategy (team of two) HAASHAR Association 3. Institutional Strategic Plan - Center of Excellence for Rural Development 4. Project Management Toolkit - Center of Excellence for Rural Development 5. Environmental Policy - Center of Excellence for Rural Development 6. Appraisal Documents(Long term partnership program with NGOs) ActionAid Pakistan 7. Annual Reports: HAASHAR Association, ActionAid (Development Area based) and Center of Excellence for Rural Development 8. Project proposal documents – ActionAid, International Rescue Committee, HAASHAR, CHF International and CERD (current) 9. Other Reports: i. Quarterly/Six monthly and donor reports, –ActionAid Pakistan (AAPk), HAASHAR, IRC, ASF/USAID ii. Summaries/program updates -AAPk, IRC, HAASHAR, CHF, ASF/USAID, CERD iii. Project Evaluation Report for SV (Dutch) Donor on The IRC Project (as national consultant in the team of two) 10. Questionnaires/templates, Concept Papers, Technical and Financial Proposals, M&E reports, Validation reports, Survey Reports, Training Reports, minutes of meetings and Case Studies LANGUAGES Urdu, Pashtu, Punjabi and English EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Manager Program Development: Center of Excellence for Rural Development (CERD): Responsibility: • Responding to RFPs, EOI, RFAs, other grant opportunities • Institutional Business Development (development projects concepts/designing proposals and donor liaison) Achievements: • • • • • • • • • • Introduced a number of new tools and reporting frame to brief and ease the function of the M&E unit Initiated new ways of planning and compliance (project management tools, periodic review, other) Trained staff in periodic project/donor reporting and edited/proof read a number such reports Collected data and developed organizational Annual reports Developed institutional strategic plan for the organization Coordinated high profiled forums/meetings and followed up the next steps Imparted training to staff in Project/Program Development and followed subsequent application of skills Developed tools for lesson learning exercises and suggested incorporation of recommendations/course corrections Visited sites, led collection and compilation of data (primary & secondary) for utilization in business development and reports Extended support to GFD project in data compilation and framing donor reports CURRICULUM VITAE • • Designed a number of various/diverse projects and acquired funding from donors Conceived new avenues for generation of institutional funds at local level Director of Programs: Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) implemented a USAID funded “The Agribusiness Project (TAP)” focusing Apricot, Banana, Grapes, Citrus, High Value/Off Season vegetables, Seed Potato, Red Chili and Meat Value Chains Responsibility: Ensuring implementation of TAP in line with the Cooperative Agreement with USAID and Annual Work Plans. Conducting Field Visits, evaluating the work done, extension of on-site support to staff and grant partners. Hold meetings with grant and finance directors, evaluate and redirect the context allied to grant implementation. Liaise with Value Chain Leads, M&E team for field data and submit result oriented reports to donor Achievements: • Prepared and edited over 30 concept papers for the agribusiness sub-projects, facilitated preparation of work plans, M&E Plans, designed data collection tools, reporting templates, conducted DQA 1, extended technical support to FEGs 2/grantees • Established 97 vineyards (3 acre each) and coordinated training of 97 grantees in disease and canopy management • Managed installation of 1200 high tunnels and training of 100 high value vegetable grantees in nursery raising, transplantation • Coordinated import and installation of 3 portable banana pack houses and 2 micro sprinkler irrigation systems • Managed technical training and grant award to 1000 red chili growers in Umarkot Sindh • Managed 800 grant awards and technical training to 100 women extension service providers in Gilgit Baltistan • Managed construction of 14 seed potato cellars, exposure of 80 potato traders, grant award to 150 potato FEGs • Coordinated training of480 farmers in pruning of citrus and apricots • Coordinated training in silage bale making, int’l standard meat cuts, writing of SOPs 3 and manual on feedlot fattening 4 • Validated/consolidated, reported quantitative data of grants, supported VCLs 5in identification of key indicators for VCs 6 • Supervised activities, line managed staff in the regions, resolved all possible non performing/stuck grant cases • Coordinated formation of PGO 7, managed VC product galas and high profiled “The Agribusiness Project” Closeout event Program Coordinator: CHF International- FATA Livelihood Development Program (FATA-LDP) Responsibility: Coordination of FATA-LDP, Program Components (1- Workforce Development &Education, 2- Infrastructure and 3Livelihoods & Value Chain Development through FATA secretariat and Agency based Political Administration. Backstopping of Agency Development Officers across FATA and M&E unit in periodic planning, reporting and review process coupled with synergy building among the three components. Additional responsibilities were CHF’s institutional Business Development and monitoring of field activities. Achievements: • Coordinated and facilitated high level stakeholder meetings of the USAID funded sizable FATA-LDP • Developed and applied Program and Operations coordination mechanism (synergy building among components) • Facilitated the field offices in compliance of decisions, preparation of reports and presentations • Developed Logical Framework Analysis and evaluation matrices for project components • Developed case studies on successes of the project in FATA • Collected data and developed technical and financial project proposals for CHF in Pakistan • Compiled all activities of the FATA-LDP in a single hyperlinked report for institutional reference of CHF/USAID Chief Executive Officer: HAASHAR Association (NGO) Responsibility: Overall Management of the NGO, performing as secretary of the Board of Governors, provision of leadership to over 100 staff, program management, technical/operational support to program implementation, innovation, knowledge management, writing effective project proposals for donors. Networking/partnership building, maintaining linkages with stakeholders and representing the NGO at all forums, managing budgets& audits and ensuring on time narrative &financial reporting to donors and facilitating internal/external evaluations and foreign delegations. Implementing projects in partnership with government, managing use of MIS/GIS for planning and presentation of achievements, monitoring projects, providing feedback, bridging gapes and incorporating learning in programs Achievements: • Promoted HAASHAR from micro to a meso level organization by establishing systems, relationships, diversification of institutional experience and expansion to new areas • Managed designing and implementation of 30 projects for the earthquake affected communities on Recovery, and Reconstruction, (rehabilitation of businesses…shops, restocking of livestock) and Reconstruction {Livelihoods, irrigation channels, rural access roads, pedestrian tracks, community nurseries, land stabilization, forestry, Bio-diversity conservation, training of women/men in occupational skills and economic empowerment (social mainstreaming) of 6000 ultra-poor families}, Education/Youth Rights and Child Protection • Implemented projects in partnership with govt. line departments and earthquake authorities Data Quality Assessment Farmer Enterprise Groups 1 2 3 Standard Operating Procedures for rearing of buffalo calves, Through expatriate consultant 5 Value Chain Leads, 6 Value Chains 7Potohar Grapes Organization 4 CURRICULUM VITAE Livelihoods Coordinator: International Rescue Committee (IRC) Responsibility: Designing a Livelihood Strategy for the IRC Earthquake affected areas, situational analysis and data profiling for program planning. Designing of projects in line with Emergency/Recovery needs and fostering with long term development. Coordination with Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehab Authorities, Line Departments and NGOs Achievements: • Designed a Livelihood Program Strategic framework for the IRC Earthquake affected areas • Designed Social Organization strategy for the IRC (teamwork) • Developed templates for community based data profiling • Designed and implemented two sizeable projects on recovery and rehabilitation • Facilitated the Education team in establishment of Child Protection/Development Centers in KPK and AJK Senior Program Officer: ActionAid Pakistan Responsibility: Managing Child and Youth centered development program directly and in partnership with NGOS/Govt. bodies across country. Identification, institutional and professional appraisal of reputable NGOs writing of appraisal reports, signing of partnership agreements, Facilitating partner NGOs in long term program planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting. Planning monitoring of filed activities and managing independent Evaluations of long term projects; Coordination with international Alliance partners/Donors, facilitating foreign delegations and representation of ActionAid at various forums. Development and implementation of phasing out strategies for matured projects Achievements: • Established partnership with 10 NGOs for long term Child and Youth centered development projects in country • Managed grant agreements of 15 partner NGOs (developed their capacity in child sponsorship, empowerment of adolescents and youth rights, community needs assessment, development of work plans, M&E and report writing • Managed education projects in development areas as part of integrated approach • Coordinated 4 Annual National Partner Review conferences • Coordinated independent Evaluations of six Development Areas and three external program audits • Devised and implemented context specific institutional phase-out strategies for four Development Areas • Facilitated ActionAid in establishment of 3 field based set ups for Earthquake Response in KPK and AJK Social Organizer: GIZ Pakistan Responsibility: Resource Baseline of 75 forest dependent villages, awareness raising on Climate Change, forest conservation, Natural Resource Management (NRM) Planning, introduction of DRR through NRM, instituting Forest Management (JFM) and capacity building of community and staff of forest department in JFM Achievements: • Contributed to inclusion of Joint Forest Management in Forest acts • Introduced (to community, staff of forest deptt) and implemented a new concept of Joint Forest Management • Conducted resource survey of 75 villages, analyzed and used the findings in project planning • Campaigned awareness on climate change in 54 villages and planted 170 acre of range land • Facilitated technical training of 150 persons in land stabilization (bio and bio-technical engineering) • 450 Community members and 23 staff of Forest Department trained in JFM Community Organizer: DAI/USAID Responsibility: Completion of Baseline survey, formation of village organizations, negotiation and approval of projects, formation of project implementation committees, implementation of activities and Monitoring &Evaluation Achievements: • Conducted baseline survey of 25 villages in tribal area of Kala Dhaka • Formed 25 village organizations • Negotiated and implemented 10 infrastructure and 7 other livelihood projects • Contributed in unpacking of Kala Dhaka as a potential tribal area for development work • Contributed in awareness raising against cultivation of opium poppy • Planted around 80 acre area i.e. range/waste land Emergency Response  Assessed drought damages and implemented response plan in (Noshki, Kharan and Loralai) …Pakistan (Pk)  Assessed damages, distributed relief packages in 11000 Earthquake (EQ) and 700 flood affected families..Pk  Facilitated ActionAid in establishing five Emergency Response set-ups in KPK and AJK …Pakistan  Designed and implemented GIZ funded shelter project for 700 Earthquake affected families …Pakistan  Organized 17 training events for EQ affected community on DRR and 84 on village rehabilitation plans  Organized a free medical camp and coordinated treatment/reference of 642 flood affected patients in Shangla  Negotiated, acquired funds and implemented three projects on Early Recovery of 1453 flood affected families, sustainable women economic empowerment of 25 widows and WASH for 2200 families in Shangla…Pakistan  Designed projects and rehabilitated 6000 ultra-poor earthquake affected families in Konsh Valley Pakistan  Coordinated/partnered with government and an organization MISEREOR and rehabilitated the selected infrastructure of two Union Councils i.e. Hilkot and Ganool (30 villages) severely damaged by the earthquake of 2005. CURRICULUM VITAE  Attended Humanitarian cluster coordination meetings and contributed as per context …Pakistan Consultancies  Developed Profiles for “Centre of Excellence in Training and Development” and Sky Solutions (Business Firms)  Edited and rearranged the Livestock Value Chain Annual Conference Report for Helping Hand – Pakistan  Co-consultant in Evaluation of the IRC program in Earthquake affected KP & AJK “for SV, a Dutch donor”  Developed a livelihoods strategy for HAASHAR ASSOCIATION  Worked as Team Leader on survey of "Adoption & institutional Linkages” with EDC/DAI  Worked as Resource Person with a team of engineers on a Hydro Power project Training Date Location 2013-15 Pakistan 2012 Thailand 2010 Sri Lanka 2010 Pakistan 2009 Pakistan 2004 India 2003 Pakistan 2003 Pakistan 2001 Thailand 2000 Ethiopia 1995-98 Pakistan 1993 Pakistan Institution/Organization Agribusiness Support Fund Asian Institute of Technology SEWA Lanka Foundation HAASHAR Association HAASHAR Association ActionAid International ActionAid Pakistan ActionAid Pakistan ActionAid International ActionAid International GIZ DAI/USAID Description Grapes pruning, canopy management, training of vines on trellis Agribusiness Management Exposure to livelihoods rehab of tsunami/war affected communities Gender Equality, Climate change and Climate change adaptation Disaster Risk Reduction/Risk analysis and preparedness planning Advocacy, Rights Based Approach, REFLECT 8 and PRA Participatory on-job monitoring and evaluation Advocacy/Facilitation skills/designing Training Modules and Internal audit Leadership Development Non-Formal Education and Child Rights Tree planting, pruning, grafting, and potato cultivation as alternate crop Social mobilization, Communication processes and techniques References: Shall be furnished on demand 8 Regenerated Freirean Literacy Empowerment Community Techniques