Project Manager Office

KAMRAN SARTOR

**** ********* *****, **********, **, 95842

Phone: 916- 559-0265 Email: ************@*****.***

EDUCATION

Diploma in English Language, Kabul English Language Center, Peshawar, KPK 2003 – 2004

Post Graduate Diploma, Islamic Call College (ICC) - Tripoli, Libya 1999 – 2001

DAL (Diploma in Arabic Language) Islamic Call College, Tripoli- Libya 1998 – 1999

BA, Law & Political Sciences, Ahmad Shah Abdali University, Peshawar, Pakistan 1995 – 1998

High School Diploma, Tajrobawi High School, Heart, Afghanistan 1994

WORK EXPERIENCE

CHECCHI & COMPANY CONSULTING/USAID Kabul, Afghanistan

Monitoring, Evaluation & Verification Manager Apr 2014 – Feb 2016

Short Term Objective Monitoring (STOM)

Managing a team of 32 monitors and 4 regional managers

Create and maintaining work plans showing progress on all activities in all across the country.

Designing monitoring and verification tools for various USAID projects and training monitors on the tools

Liaising with finance, logistics, and HR teams to ensure smooth operations.

Managing data entry and analysis processes.

Ensuring that key findings are presented in easily accessible ways.

Preparing Bi-weekly and Monthly reports

Assisting expats in writing of Monitoring, Evaluation and Verification reports

Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor May 2011 – Apr 2014

Conducted field visits and participated in rolling assessments of program activities and program objectives

Contributed in linking program database to outcome- and impact-level survey data, enabling the use of dose-response analysis in validating the development hypothesis

Contributed in successfully implementation of range of robust impact measurements incorporating counterfactual estimates of what would have happened in the absence of the intervention, including difference-in-differences, regression with controls, and propensity score matching

Managed up to 15 monitors and over 125 STTAs served as short term data collectors for baseline, midline and end-line surveys in six districts both program and control.

Ensured proper and appropriate documentation of activities and achievements; assists with drafting success stories, reports and press releases

Prepared monitoring plan and field site visit schedules to verify that intended project activities have occurred as per timeline and intended project deliverables

Designed and facilitated participatory monitoring, surveys, assessments in order to inform management on outcomes and results of recent project interventions

Conducted field visits and participate in rolling assessments of program activities and program objectives

Ensured that all written documentation clearly outlines linkages between activities and/or program objectives

Research/Mapping Advisor Aug 2010 – Apr 2011

Organized discussion sessions for community elders and other community members; and facilitated the formation of Dispute Resolution Shuras and Anti-Corruption Shuras

Maintained records of all activities undertaken at district and village level

Supervised a team of 8 field Researchers (4 women and 4 men) in order to properly conduct research on Community Based Dispute Resolution (CBDR)

Assisted the regional justice advisers in liaising with the international community; local NGOs and government actors working in the same field

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORATE OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE Zabul, Afghanistan

M&E Specialist/Advisor to the Govern 2009 – April 2010

Assisted Provencal Governor Office, District governor offices and municipalities develop adequate capacities to implement monthly, quarterly and annual office planning in accordance with the approved formats to ensure their consistency and compatibility ensuring effective coordination in the province, focusing on achievement of the outcomes

Promoted partnerships among government and non-government stakeholders as well as design of participatory practices in monitoring and evaluation for sub-national governance

Provided Technical advice to PGO/DGO, municipalities, Provincial Development Council and other provincial institutions

Provided training to government institutions as requested in fundamentals of results-based management and M&E methods and techniques

Established functioning monitoring and evaluation systems at the provincial level, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

Provided guidance on the ANDS and IDLG monitoring and evaluation policies, procedures and practices to managers and provincial and district staff concerned with monitoring and evaluation

THE LIAISON OFFICE (TLO)/US INSTITUTE FOR PEACE(USIP)J’abad, Afghanistan

Project Manager Feb 2009 – May 2009

Participating in shaping the overall direction of the research, conducting qualitative research using in-depth interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and transcription and translation of the interview notes and other relevant documents from Pashto to English and vice versa.

Establishing links and liaises with key stakeholders and relevant counterparts (The Governor House and other relevant government departments, Prosecutor Office, High Court, UNAMA, The NGOs, international partners, Tribal elders, Religious figures, community leaders, and local residents).

THE LIAISON OFFICE (TLO) Kabul, Afghanistan

Research Officer/Project Manager Jun 2008 – Feb 2009

Conducting research (primary and secondary data collection), (The data collection involved extensive translation of the information from English to Dari and Pashto and vice versa)

Preparing research tools (Questionnaire, work plan, study materials, methodology and others) for the project and analysis of the data collected and drafting the report

CENTER FOR CONFLICT AND PEACE STUDIES (CAPS) Kabul, Afghanistan

Research Analyst Jan 2007 – Jun 2008

Conducting research and writing analysis on issues related to security, politics, narcotics, human rights, and other major issues of Afghanistan

Working on CAPS regular outputs including “Weekly and Monthly country reports”

Collecting data in the field research works and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.

Representing CAPS in national and international gatherings/seminars/conferences/Network meetings

ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM/ACTION AGAINST HUNGER (ACF) Kabul, Afghanistan

Administrative Officer/Senior Translator Dec 2005 – Jun 2006

Maintaining all ACF staff’s personal files and records and managing daily office operations

Translation ACF – Afghanistan mission documents: Contracts, Questioners, Official Letters, Training materials etc, from English to Dari / Pashto and Vice Versa as required,

Writing up official letters, announcements, drafting memos etc.

Representing the organization when liaising with the partners

JOINT ELECTION COMISSION BODY/UNOPS Kabul, Afghanistan

Legal Translator Mar 2005 – Nov 2005

Activities involved translation of a broad spectrum of documents including legal, political, civic education and training materials from English to Pashto / Dari and vice versa as required.

AFGHAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (ADA) Mazar, Afghanistan

Administrative/Finance Officer Jun 2002 – Aug 2003

Production, analysis and review of balance sheets and other financial accounting services

Ensuring timely payment of staff salaries and Labors Wages (biweekly), payments to contractors.

Purchasing of all required and necessary equipment for ADA’s related projects in the Region.

Preparing of Financial Monthly Report

PAMIR DAILY NEWSPAPER Peshawar, Pakistan

Sub-Editor/Translator 1995 – 1997

Preparing Articles, Reports, Interviews

Translating Articles from Urdu, English & Dari into Pashto, Proof reading and quality checking

SKILS & ABILITIES

Translation and Interpretation: English, Arabic, Urdu, Dari (Farsi), Pashto

Computer: Microsoft Office and internet applications

Able to work under pressure and for long hours

Energetic, motivated and punctual

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