RIAZ KHAN

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+92 335 5014422 riaz.khan16 (skype)
A multidiscipline professional with sixteen year humanitarian and development sector experience in coordination,
management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of donor funded projects in refugee, IDPs, and return
areas. Experienced in managing support functions; strong organizational and performance management skills
supervising large operations with multi-million dollar budget and multi-sectoral programs. Managed both local and
international staff and have expertise in education, child protection/protection, WASH, community
development/local governance, food security, livelihood health/nutrition sectors with gender and protection as
crosscutting themes. Demonstrated leadership abilities in multi-culture environment in public and non-profit sectors;
Experienced in partnership building with and capacity development of NGOs/CSOs/ CBOs, public and private
sectors; experience in developing M&E system, data collection, analysis and reporting. Proven ability to work under
extreme pressure and to meet tight deadlines on an ongoing basis; ability to respond to urgent requests in a flexible
manner; ability to prioritize within the workload; inspiring team-player and effective communicator who develops
trusting relations with colleagues and stakeholders through display of professionalism, integrity and up-right
demeanor.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Masters in Rural Development Institute of Development Studies,
NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan
Bachelors Agriculture NWFP Agricultural University Peshawar, Pakistan
Certificate/Online Courses
Project Leadership eCornell University, NY US
Interfaith Conflict Resolution United State Institute of Peace (2009)
Recognition/Awards
Recipient of the Liv Ullman Humanitarian Award 2010 IRC
IRC Manager of the year 2009 - Pakistan
Best Employee of the year, KK - local NGO 2001
SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

Manager Education, United National Development Program (UNDP) Pakistan

Nov 2016 to date

The Manager Education is responsible for the overall coordination, management and implementation of the
education and peace building component of the UNDP FATA Recovery Project. The work includes identification of
schools in consultation with the government, rehabilitation of schools using government, NGOs and private
contractors, training of teachers and education managers, and ensuring qualitative improvement in teaching and
learning in the target schools. The Education Manager liaise with the national and local authorities and the
implementing partners which includes government agencies, community organizations and NGO
partners/construction firms to ensure effective and timely implementation and reporting on the project. Working in
close coordination with other UNDP project teams, other UN agencies, government officials, technical
advisors/experts, donors and civil society, the summary of key function of the Manager Education are:
Formulate robust strategies and action plans for the projects education component
Ensure timely and effective management and implementation of the projects education component
Effective and timely coordination with Education Departments of FATA/KP, project partners and donors
Prepare high quality progress reports, updates and communication products for UNDP management,
government counterparts and donors
Provide technical advisory services on education reform and governance to government counterparts and
other stakeholders

Program Director, Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Yemen

Oct 2015 to Nov 2016
Provide leadership and oversight of DRCs humanitarian response and refugees programs across Yemen. Oversees
and coordinate programmatic issues, in both quality and delivery with a focus on program sector integration and
collaboration. It leads the development of programming strategies and new programming.
A member of the SMT and work as acting Country Director as necessary.
Managing 8M portfolio of humanitarian response comprising of protection, WASH and FSL through funding
from ECHO, OCHA Yemen, UNHCR, DFID and EC.
Ensuring high quality project implementation in accordance with donor and DRC regulations
Ensuring positive synergies (finance, mandate, image, activities) and collaboration among programs and
support functions and offices strengthening the exchange of information, staff, and skills.
Ensuring team cohesion and organize regular team building activities
Working closely with the Program Support Specialist and M&E to ensure that all programs are well

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 documented and that the institutional memory of DRC Yemen is preserved. Aim to turn DRC as learning
organization through conducting regularly lesson learned workshop, monitoring and evaluation to captured the
best practices to inform future programming.
Representing DRC in meetings and forum in Yemen, including meetings with partners, donors, government
officials; the INGO Forum, HCT; and clusters
Providing leadership and support in the development of a standardized partnership assessment protocols and
tools and ensuring implementing organization are treated according to partnership manual and best standards.
Drafting, promoting, and rolling out of all strategic planning documents in broad consultation with all staff
In coordination with the Country Director, design and implement fundraising strategies so that all program
sectors are adequately financed
Ensuring that high quality, integrated, and needs-based proposals are developed and according to DRC Yemen
priorities as identified in its country strategic planning
Providing timely feedback to program staff regarding their performance, including annual staff performance
appraisals
Ensuring that project operational meeting such as kick-off, close-out, and quarterly review meetings are
conducted, documented, and action points followed up.
Ensuring that all projects have an M&E plan and supervise the implementation. Ensure key lessons learned are
incorporated in new project proposals
Supporting the development and roll out of the M&E strategy

Area Manager, North at Save the Children International Yemen

March 2014 Sep 2015
Responsible for leading emergency response and operation in the North Areas of the SC Yemen, that is comprised of
offices and interventions in Hodeida, Haradh and Sa'ada governorates. Act as focal point for this region of SC's
activities ensuring effective management of programs, resources, staff and support functions in field sites and
contribute to the development of an area specific strategy and fundraising for enhanced program activity according
to needs.
As member of SMT contribute to strategy formulation and implementation.
Oversee the management of emergency programs in the North Region of Yemen, ensuring that programs are
delivered according to grant agreement requirements and SCI standards
Ensure that activities are appropriately planned and resourced and that progress is systematically monitored
against targets.
Ensure that internal and donor reporting is of high quality, timely and informs managerial and strategic decision
making
Ensure appropriate budget allocation and spend and area of operation is adequately resourced and funds are
available to cover required running costs
Maintain an oversight of the humanitarian situation on the area of responsibility ensuring that program strategy,
design and implementation is orientated to needs
Ensure effective coordination and communication flow between departments (thematic and support) to ensure
efficient program delivery
Ensure that logistics, HR and finance procedures are implemented in line with SC policies and that supply
chain, recruitment and personnel and financial processing is managed effectively.
Manage the performance of all staff in the team through effective use of the PMS including the establishment of
objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair evaluations;
Maintain overview of the political, legal and security context and ensure effective security management on field
sites
Represent SCI in cluster/inter agencies meetings and at Governorate level meetings with government officials
Play a key role in partners capacity assessment and development for building national civil society

Head of Office, KP/FATA Peshawar, Pakistan

International Rescue Committee July 2012 to March 2014
Provide strategic leadership and responsible for managing all aspects of the IRCs work in KP/FATA including
security, administration, fiscal management, grants management, coordination, implementation, monitoring and
reporting of all activities. Act as focal person for government, partners, clusters, LEA, media and donors at the
KP/FATA level.
working closely with deputy programmes director and country director, I am managing the entire
humanitarian/early recovery and development programmes portfolio in the province of KP and FATA.
Managing team of sector managers (protection, education, heath, WASH) and supports function manager
(administration, logistics, HR, IT, finance and security) my overall responsibility is to develop, manage and lead
the humanitarian program operations and reporting, ensuring compliance with agency policies and procedures,
donor regulations and local laws.
managing on-going projects (direct implementation as well as projects through implementing partners), and

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 develop new ideas concepts and submit proposals to secure funding from various donors (UNHCR, UNICEF,
ECHO, DFID)
overseeing design, monitoring and evaluation and also implementation and providing technical support
working closely with Deputy Director Program, Deputy Director Operation, Sector Leads, M&E, Finance,
Security and Logistics staff to ensure the coordination of programs.
carrying out field visits regularly to monitor project activities and provide reports to partners and senior
management.
Participating in senior management team meetings, workshops, strategy development planning, briefing on
programme developments, coordination meetings (govt. UN, INGOs, NGO) Humanitarian Regional Team
(HRT) meetings, cluster meetings (protection, education, WASH and health) and Return Task Force (RTF)
Working closely with UNOCHA, UNHCR and Provincial/FATA Disaster Management Authorities on
humanitarian response and to uphold humanitarian principals and return SoPs during the returns of IDPs
managing reports (donor and support offices) such as quarterly, six-monthly and end of project providing senior
management with programme updates and monthly management reports
staffing (job descriptions, hiring, interviewing, monthly performance development plans, workplans etc.)
organizing and hiring consultants for various purposes (baselines, macro-assessments etc.)
budgeting (development, monitoring and forecasting)
maintaining excellent govt. relations and successful completion and acquisition of no objection certificates for
programmes
Ensure staff safety and security through regularly conducting risk assessment and developing/updating and
implementing safety and security policies/protocols in conjunction with security focal person.
Ensure maximum visibility of the Agency amongst the NGO community
Contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organization, notably through the
application of the organizations Code of Conduct, ethics, values and stand-point with regard to internal and
external actors
International Rescue Committee (IRC), Islamabad, Pakistan
Deputy Director Program Implementation Sep, 2011 to June 2012
Provide strategic and management direction and support to programs, lead and manage emergency response
activities including the lead in undertaking comprehensive assessment, the development of emergency response
program and maintaining program continuity in existing areas.
Implemented humanitarian response education, protection, livelihood, health and environmental health projects
within the timeframe and approved budget. Regularly monitored and reviewed project implementation and
spending to ensure quality and contractual compliance.
Managed and supervised a team of 3 area-based Senior Program Coordinators/Team Leader and 5 Sector
Advisors (EH, Protection, Health and Education) responsible for the direct implementation of programs in KP,
Punjab and Sindh.
Assisted in the development of IRC Pakistan sector strategies for EH and Education through information
collection and drafting some section.
Assisted in the development of partnership strategy to include LNGOs as implementing partners to enhance out-
reach and cost effectiveness of the IRC
Managed grants and conducted extensive monitoring of the partners organizations in KP/FATA and Sindh
Ensured that cross-cutting themes gender, protection and DRR are mainstreamed across all IRC Pakistan
programs
Provided on-going direct supervision to program staff in the development of monthly work plan, monitoring
expenditure and program targets addressing capacity building needs
Liaise with donors, implementing partners, government line departments and clusters to promote the IRC
activities and foster relationship for sharing experiences and lessons learned
Wrote progress report and project completion reports for donors. Also contributed in needs assessments and
research reports. Documented success stories, case studies and lessons learned.
Contributed in business development through writing new proposal and budget for donor consideration.
International Rescue Committee Freetown, Sierra Leone
Child Protection and Education Coordinator July 2010 Aug, 2011
Responsible for supervision, coordination and monitoring activities related to designing and implementation of
education, child protection and youth livelihood programs in Kenema and Kono provinces in Sierra Leone. Line
managed project staff from three core competencies and provided management and monitoring supports to local
implementing partners.
In response to global call for proposal from EU, designed project proposal on strengthening child protection
system and capacity of the ministry of social welfare, gender and children affairs of the gov. of Sierra Leone.
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 Successfully implemented 5 years USDOL funded projects on countering youth & child labour through
education focusing on formal/informal education and skill building programs for children/youth withdrawn
from labour.
Successfully implemented 18month ILO funded project on TACKLE child labour through education and
livelihood. The project focused on developing community based mechanism for prevention and response to
child labour as well as improving family income as a measure of preventing child labour.
Developed proposal for scaling up the innovative pilot project on microfranching a model promoting youth
self employment.
Conducted needs assessment and developed proposal on promoting girls educations focusing on retention and
learning outcome.
Developed partnership strategy and recruited local organization as implementing partners. Also developed
capacity building plan (institutional and technical) for local organization.
Developed M&E strategy including development of results frameworks and logic models, creating and/or
updating PMPs, developing data collection instruments, collecting and analyzing data, and writing reports.
Coordinated and liaised with various line departments for effective implementation of projects; included them
in the project implementation and monitoring that resulted in ownership and continuity of projects activities
beyond the project period.
Provided leadership to the education team who in close collaboration with MoE developed distance teachers
education program and assessment tools for certification. Represented IRC in the development of Education
Sector Plan by MoE, and contributed in drafted some sections.
Participated in child protection working group meetings and actively contributed in developing policies and
system to prevent child abuse and neglect in Sierra Leone.
Supervised child protection team to build the capacity and system at the line department for effectively tackling
the child protection concerns and issues. Devised community based child protection mechanism and built their
capacity for preventing and reporting of child protection issues.
Provided training on income generation to households that were at risk of child labour to prevent children from
falling into labour through increasing their household income in Sierra Leone.
International Rescue Committee Islamabad, Pakistan
Director Education in USAID RISE Jan 2007 Jun, 2010
Responsible for managing, implementing and monitoring of activities and targets under the component 3 of the
USAID supported education project (RISE project) in four districts of KP and AJK. Also managed the relationship
of IRC with prime (AIR) as well as implementing partners (4 LNGOs)
Carried out baseline/needs assessment survey to determine the needs in the project locations
Developed community mobilization strategy and approaches and capacity building programs for the community
support mechanism, teachers and district education authorities. involving partners.
Developed annual work-plans, guided implementing partners in implementation and carried out monitoring of
the project activities and partners involved in the implementation.
Led teams of technical experts to develop a training program for 10000 teachers and 2300 SMCs
Revitalized and trained 2300 SMC/PTC in earth quake affected districts. Supported SMC/PTCs in developing
and implementing School Improvement Plan (SIP) and accessing small grants from the projects and other
organizations.
Developed supportive supervision toolkit for district education authorities and provided training to education
officials
Trained the education manager in need based budgeting, school management, human resources management
and supportive supervision and monitoring
Closely worked with education departments and ensure their active involvement in the project activities to
ensure solid cooperation and buy-in for the project activities with an eye on sustainability of the project efforts
Wrote technical and workshop reports, field monitoring reports and contributed to the consultant lessons learned
report

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Islamabad, Pakistan

Programme Officer Jan 06 - Dec 06
Responsible for planning, implementation and reporting of labour migration activities and acted as focal person for
government and donor for projects/activities related to the labour migration.
Developed proposals including log frame, activity plans, monitoring plans, budgets & narratives for the labour
migration component
Implemented and reporting of the Regional Programme for South and South East Asia in relation to facilitating
Managed and legal Migration in collaboration with Government of Pakistan
Identified training institutions for beneficiary training and organized training for I/national participants
Organized trainings for MoL officials, private sector recruitment agencies and partners organizations
Develop Labour Market Research Unit in the Ministry of Labour and Linked it with the recruitment agencies in

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 labour receiving countries and assisted in information dissemination
Prepared periodic project progress report and documentation of activities
Look after the day to day management, financial management and maintaining accounts of the project
Monitor the project progress at regular intervals and report to the Regional Programme Manager based in
Dhaka Bangladesh and Head Quarters in Geneva

National Education Foundation, Ministry of Education Islamabad, Pakistan

Field Coordinator FATA Jan 2004 Dec 2005
Responsible for planning, management, capacity building, monitoring and reporting of all interventions in FATA and
overseeing operation of the field offices
Establishing field offices and 350 schools across seven agencies of FATA under the Public-Private Partnership
model
Designing an implementation strategy and guidelines for the establishment of 350 schools project in FATA
focusing on community involvement and gender equality
Identifying and selection of NGOs and training institutes as project implementing partners
Preparing Terms of Partnership/Memorandum of Understanding for mandating Partner NGOs, and Training
institutions and assessing performance
Devising community mobilization strategies and approaches and training of staff and implementing partners
Community Education Committees (CECs) formation and training.
Organizing teacher trainings and capacity building workshop for partner NGOs and CECs
Developing financial procedure for release of funds to partner organization and keeping records
Preparation of Annual work plans and cash flow request for submission to planning commission
Liaison and coordination with Education and other line depart. & Political Administration of FATA,
Developing performance standards for implementing partners and PMP for the project and carrying out regular
Performance appraisal of Partner NGOs and project activities to track the achievements as per the project
objectives
Preparation of the Yearly Plan of Operation,
Regular monitoring of schools physical, community and educational progress
Manage NEF/Donors funds in accordance with NEF procedures and analyze expenditures against budgets of
partner NGOs
German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)-BEFARe Peshawar, KP
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer April 2002 Jan 2004
Responsible for coordinating and implementing monitoring and evaluation activities in Afghan refugees camps.
Developed Participatory monitoring and evaluation system that included development and training of learning
groups at local, community and organization level
Facilitated and liaised with learning groups during the process of monitoring
Designed internal PM&E framework and indicators to establish quality, relevancy, efficiency and effectiveness
of the education process
Data collection, analysis and preparation of case studies on best practices
Wrote reports, such as Annual reports, progress reports, monitoring reports, studies reports such as Results
Analysis of annual exam, peace study report
Developed quality indicator of emergency education implemented under the umbrella of UNHCR

Few years working experiences with couple of reputed national NGOs in Pakistan.

REFERENCES

Fayyaz Ali Khan

Head of FATA, GIZ
[email protected]
Jumma Khan
Education specialist UNICEF, Sudan
[email protected]
Lisa Piper
CD DRC Yemen
[email protected]

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