Mushtaq Ahmad
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Communication and Reporting Officer
Local Councils Association of the Punjab
MA
University of Peshawar
Summary
Over seven years of professional working with various national and international organisations in the projects and programmes related to Local Governance, Development Planning, Research and Food Distribution among IDPs/TDPs by mainly working in Communication and Outreach, PR, Reports writing and Editing, Translation, Research, Awareness Raising & Mobilization, Lobbying & Advocacy, Project Planning and Implementation.
Experience
Communication and Reporting Officer - Local Councils Association of the Punjab
2020 - 2020
Key Responsibilities
Act as a responsible advisor for implementing and coordinating activities of the programme intervention with the Local Councils Association (LCA) in Punjab province
Providing advisory services in organisational development of the LCA in Punjab to extend services to elected Councillors throughout the province
Preparing the budget for relevant programme activities in area of responsibility and monitoring of operational budget against funds availability for area of responsibility
Ensuring continuous exchange with the LCA KP and national umbrella association, relevant donor programmes as well as media and civil society organisations
Providing appropriate input to various programme reports/publications including annual reports.
Major Accomplishments
Facilitated and coordinated elections of the LCA across the province.
Organizational development to Local Councils Association of the Punjab to provide services to elected councilors throughout the Province to enhance the performance of local councils
Actively supported the association in holding “Consultative Dialogues” with Elected Local Government Representatives, Parliamentarians from the Provincial as well as National Assembly, Media Practitioners and Civil Society Representatives on local government reforms.
Advisor- Local Councils (Provincial Coordinator) - German Agency for Development Cooperation (GIZ)
2017 - 2019
Key Responsibilities
Facilitate constructive dialogue between Local Councils Association and the Local Government department, to enhance performance of councils and enshrine consultation in law-making concerning Local Councils’ interests
Support with capacity development to Local Councils, especially female and youth representatives
Facilitate engagement of media, civil society and public entities in structured dialogue platforms
Support awareness raising on the Local Government Act and laws related to local governments
Identify capacity development measures for Local Councils
Major Accomplishments
Organized, conducted and evaluated 12 massive mobilisation and outreach events with more than 1000 participants to develop a vision and mission statement for the Local Councils Association (LCA). Main driver on the mobilization and outreach workshops conducted at the divisional level across Punjab province.
Actively supported the 1st ever United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Members of Board meeting in Pakistan with 61 high ranking delegates from the Asia Pacific region. The international conference closed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, focused on the local implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Facilitated and coordinated elections of the LCA across the province.
Organizational development to Local Councils Association of the Punjab to provide services to elected councilors throughout the Province to enhance the performance of local councils
Actively supported the association in holding “Consultative Dialogues” with Elected Local Government Representatives, Parliamentarians from the Provincial as well as National Assembly, Media Practitioners and Civil Society Representatives on local government reforms.
Jr. Communication and Events Officer - German Agency for Development Cooperation (GIZ)
2014 - 2016
Key Responsibilities
Ensures that all the communications and PR materials produced for the project match the quality standards and corporate design guidelines of GIZ
Advised the project staff on matters related to PR and Communications
Provided editorial and design direction for the publications of the project
Acted as Communication Focal Person in the Communication Focal Points network of GIZ Pakistan
Provided support to the Technical team for the planning, organisation, running and documentation of project events, specifically related to HCD/TA (workshops, trainings, meetings, etc.)
Major Accomplishments
Published more than 20 project documents including several reports, fact-sheets, articles and project description (Online & Offline)
Applied innovative approaches in applying GIZ’s branding and marking guidelines and received appreciation for the project from GIZ Country Office
Actively supported the Result Area Leader (State-citizens Relation) in the development of first ever Services Directory for Haripur and Nowshera district and in the implementation of a series of orientation workshops, apprising citizens and CSOs on LGA-2013, RTI and RTS services
Developed skills in designing programmes (Adobe Illustrator and InDesign)
Research Associate (Translator) - RMF International (US based Foundation)
2013 - 2013
Key responsibilities
• Assisted in planning and implementing research plans of the organization
• Participated actively in transcription and translation work of the projects
• Translated respondents’ interviews from Urdu into English on daily basis
Major Accomplishments
• Translated a total of approximately 4000 pages of interviews data from Urdu into English
Communication and Reporting Officer - Basic Education and Employable skills Training (BEST) NGO
2012 - 2012
Key responsibilities
Prepared and supervised the production of IEC materials including publicity brochures, handouts, leaflets and other PR materials and maintained information on the organisation's website
Led the production of BEST's communication materials including the newsletters, brochures and other promotional materials as per the policy and guidelines as set out in the BEST’s policy manual
Led and monitored the implementation of the BEST's style guide for all external and internal communications materials
Ensured periodical reporting of the progress and documentation of lessons learnt and case studies
Prepared regular reports on activities, outputs and outcomes and extract relevant reports as required
Assisted in developing monitoring plans in coordination with the monitoring team for ensuring that Monitoring data is incorporated into reports as required
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