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Work History
Education
Special Job Awards
Assessment And Research Experience
Major Training Received
Work Referees
Key Qualifications
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Md. Zakiruzzman Zakir

Md. Zakiruzzman Zakir

Senior Manager MEAL
Rangpur,56

Summary

A development professional having 22 years of working experience to work under the fund of USAID, DFID, Sida, PKSF, Save the Children. Experience to work under different development programs like Humanitarian assistance, Disaster Risk Reduction, Agriculture & Lively hood, Health & Nutrition, Youth, Education, Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA), Adolescent, Women empowerment. Long time practical experience in independently initiating, designing, planning, executing, and concluding monitoring and evaluation activities, notably MEAL plan, Logical Frameworks (LF), Indicator Tracking Tables (ITT), Performance Indicator Reference Sheets (PIRS), Results Frameworks, and Theory of Changes (TOC) matrices. Professional experience in conducting baseline - endline evaluation, studies, assessments. Such as identifying the Long term impact of short term humanitarian programs, Most Significant Change (MSC), Outcome Mapping (OM), Outcome Harvesting (OH), Return Of Investment (ROI), Impact assessment of disaster. Extensive experience in designing different types of assessment or survey questionnaire, data collection tools both in off line and online using kobo toolbox, ODK, ONA, Google form, STREAM. Strong ability to analyze and present data clearly for statistical research using relevant data analysis software like SPSS, STATA, R, Power bi, MS Access, MS Excel. Have an experience to manage Geo special data and visualizing information through Arc GIS software. Excellent skills in translating findings into reports that document quantitative and qualitative insights, and actionable recommendations for program teams. Experience in managing and supervising a large M&E team consist with senior level and mid-level M&E personals.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager – Monitoring Evaluation and Learning

CARE Bangladesh
03.2020 - 02.2025
  • Company Overview: SHOUHARDO III Plus and DRR, (Funded by BHA/USAID)
  • Develop MEAL Plan for SHOUHARDO III Plus and DRR ensuring compliance with donor requirements and internal MEAL protocol.
  • Lead the development of Results Frameworks and Indicator Tracking Table (RF and ITT) to monitor progress across countries of implementation.
  • Coordinate baseline, interim and endline studies, surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs), and key informant interviews (KIIs).
  • Coordinate and oversee evaluation processes, including planning, preparing Terms of Reference (ToRs), participating in the selection process, and following up on evaluation outcomes to ensure effective project assessment and accountability.
  • Prepare and maintain high-quality data collection tools, train enumerators (when necessary), and ensure that MEAL staff and program staff adhere to data collection protocols.
  • Design and implement a monitoring mechanism to check and ensure the timely implementation of all activities.
  • Support liaising with all the relevant partners to determine the effectiveness of the activities and outputs of the projects.
  • Ensure and encourage use of monitoring data and outcomes for project implementation and decision-making processes.
  • Lead quantitative and qualitative data analysis, ensuring the timely preparation of monitoring reports and insights for adaptive project management.
  • Compile regional-level MEAL insights and reports, incorporating inputs from Program staffs.
  • Ensure that MEAL and project staff implement accountability mechanisms and follow up on feedback collection, analysis, and response.
  • Facilitate internal learning sessions, documenting lessons learned, best practices, and case studies across countries of implementation.
  • Support the formulation of new projects, including desk research, documentation, drafting concept notes and project documents building on the results achieved by the projects.
  • Supervise and guide MEAL team members and performance management.
  • Maintain liaison and coordination with government authorities, INGO and private sectors.
  • SHOUHARDO III Plus and DRR, (Funded by BHA/USAID)

Regional Manager - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

CARE Bangladesh
04.2012 - 02.2020
  • Company Overview: SHOUHARDO II and III
  • Assist to develop MEAL Plan for SHOUHARDO II and unroll at implementation level.
  • Provide necessary support to conduct baseline, interim and endline studies, surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs), and key informant interviews (KIIs).
  • Guide MEAL Staff to maintain high-quality data collection tools, train enumerators (when necessary), and ensure that MEAL and program staff adhere to data collection protocols.
  • Conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis, ensuring the timely preparation of monitoring reports.
  • Compile regional-level MEAL insights and reports, incorporating inputs from Program staffs.
  • Ensure that MEAL and project staff implement accountability mechanisms and follow up on feedback collection, analysis, and response.
  • Facilitate internal learning sessions, documenting lessons learned, best practices, and case studies across countries of implementation.
  • Supervise and guide MEAL team members and performance management.
  • Maintain liaison and coordination with government authorities, INGO and private sectors.
  • SHOUHARDO II and III

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

CARE Bangladesh
05.2008 - 04.2012
  • Company Overview: SHOUHARDO I & II
  • Assist to develop MEAL Plan for SHOUHARDO I and II and unroll at implementation level.
  • Provide necessary support to conduct baseline, interim and endline studies, surveys, focus group discussions (FGDs), and key informant interviews (KIIs).
  • Guide MEAL Staff to maintain high-quality data collection tools and ensure that MEAL and program staff adhere to data collection protocols.
  • Assist to conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis, ensuring the timely preparation of monitoring reports.
  • Ensure that MEAL and project staff implement accountability mechanisms and follow up on feedback collection, analysis, and response.
  • Facilitate internal learning sessions, documenting lessons learned, best practices, and case studies across countries of implementation.
  • SHOUHARDO I & II

Area Manager (Program lead position)

BRAC
08.2005 - 02.2007
  • Company Overview: SPRW (Social Protection Package for Retrenched Workers)
  • Program Planning, Budgeting and implementation of multi sectoral food security program.
  • Strengthen staff capacity as they can facilitate to the stakeholders for appropriate entry point identification and action trigger through self-realization.
  • Identification of Advocacy issues and critical pathways for effective change and provide training & support to staff for effective advocacy.
  • Prepare training materials, curriculum & visual aids for different Training/Workshop.
  • Ensure Donor and Program compliance and support service for efficient program delivery.
  • Maintain regular communication with different Employers like NGO, Marketing Company, Industry, Government etc to create job opportunity for targeted beneficiaries.
  • Supervise and facilitate counseling activities, advocacy meeting, arrange orientation & workshop with job providers, industry owners, Chambers of Commerce & Industries, Government authorities.
  • Ensure Government, Donor and Program compliance and support service for efficient program delivery.
  • Organize documentation of monitoring subsequently generating report.
  • SPRW (Social Protection Package for Retrenched Workers)

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

CEDAR (Centre for Environmental Development And Research)
02.2004 - 03.2005
  • Company Overview: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project, (Funded by USAID)
  • Coordinating, Planning & Implementation of M&E system.
  • Review monitoring reports; analyze them for impact, and to identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation.
  • Research & Documentation, Training & Material Development, Evaluation of training assessment, research and other study.
  • Participatory impact assessments, process monitoring, operations monitoring and lessons-learned workshops.
  • Field investigation, visiting for analyzing and collecting data process for monitoring progress of the project, regular sharing of the outputs of M&E findings with project staff, and primary stakeholders.
  • Participatory impact assessments, process monitoring, operations monitoring and lessons-learned workshops.
  • Program progress monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
  • Data analysis, presentation along with conducting and monitoring & preparing reports.
  • HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project, (Funded by USAID)

Unit Organizer (Manager)

CMES (Center for Mass Education in Science)
09.2001 - 11.2003
  • Company Overview: Social Development Program
  • Program Planning, Budgeting and implementation of multi sectoral social development program.
  • Strengthen staff capacity in dealing with gender and sociological aspects of their activities.
  • Ensure thematic and administrative support to field staff.
  • Readiness to work in any natural disaster or emergency situation anywhere in Bangladesh.
  • Ensure Donor and Program compliance and support service for efficient program delivery.
  • Strengthen staff capacity on PRA tools as they can facilitate to the stakeholders for appropriate entry point identification and action trigger through self-realization.
  • Identification of Advocacy issues and critical pathways for effective change and provide training & support to staff for effective advocacy.
  • Prepare training materials, curriculum & visual aids for different Training/Workshop.
  • Identification different types of Income Generating Activities for targeted beneficiaries, technical training and provide necessary assistance.
  • Representation and Communication with PNGOs, GOVT and Other INGOs who are working on same issues.
  • Oversee the M&E information database system which can be accessed whenever information is requested.
  • Social Development Program

Education

Masters in Business Administration - Management Information System (MIS)

South East university

Masters in Science - Physics

Government National University

Honors - Physics

Government National University

Higher Secondary Certificate - Science

Government Carmichael College

Secondary School Certificate - Science

Government Zilla School

Special Job Awards

  • Awarded as 'Best performer' as an employee of SHOUHARDO III Program of CARE Bangladesh
  • Gotten CARE Bangladesh organizational 'Core Value Championship award'.
  • Selected as a full-time member of 'CARE International impact assessment team' under CARE Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland.

Assessment And Research Experience

  • Worked as global team member of CARE International for 'Impact assessment of worldwide Humanitarian assistance program'.
  • Final evaluation of SHOUHARUDO program.
  • Performance study of Adolescent VSLA (Village Savings and Loan Association) group.
  • Assess the Return Of Investment (ROI) on Youth employability.
  • Recurrent study on 'Fostering Learning Adaptation in Resilience Building -FLAIRb'.
  • Assess the resilience gap of rural community of Char area.
  • Assess the effectiveness of livelihood interventions for Char and Haor people under TANGO International.
  • Identify signal of change to assess long term impact for short term humanitarian programs.
  • Base line survey of SHOUHARDO III DRR Activity.
  • Assess the effect of COVID-19 on the program beneficiaries.
  • Outcome Harvesting (OH) and Most Significant Change.
  • Emergency need assessment of flood affected people.
  • Real time assessment of the effect of flood.
  • Real time assessment of the effect of cold wave.
  • Community group capacity assessment on resilience.
  • Performance assessment of Implementing Partner Organizations.

Major Training Received

  • Training for team members on 'Impact Assessment of humanitarian assistance', 5 days, CARE International Secretariat, Switzerland, MM/DD/YY
  • Complains and Response mechanism training, 12-14 December 2010, HAP (Humanitarian Accountability Partnership) International, 12/14/10
  • ArcGIS for Humanitarian Professionals, 14-18 May 2017, Juniper GIS, 05/18/17
  • Data Quality and Qualitative Analysis, 9-12 April 2012, USAID Technical, Operational, and Program Support (TOPS), 04/12/12
  • Quantitative Data Analysis (SPSS), 23-28 May 2014, TOPS (Technical and Operational Performance Support), 05/28/14
  • ToT on life skill, 2-12 March 2012, Save the children and UNICEF, 03/12/12
  • Improved Vermiculture Management Practices, 5-6 February 2003, Winrock International and CMES, 02/06/03
  • Training on Gender progress marker, 27-29 November 2017, CARE Bangladesh, 11/29/17
  • M&E Capacity building training on FNS Matrix, 15-17 April 2017, TOPS (Technical and Operational Performance Support), 04/17/17
  • Improving Participatory Management Skill and Management Style Training, 19-21 March 2016, CARE Bangladesh, 03/21/16
  • Training on Good governance & right based approach, 3 days, CARE Bangladesh, MM/DD/YY
  • Monitoring and Evaluation’s role in capturing the effects of inclusive governance, CARE Bangladesh, 07-08 November 2016, 2 days
  • Management Matters (Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument), CARE Bangladesh, 27-31 March 2016, 5 days
  • USAID's Office of Food for Peace (FFP) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Requirement for Awarded FFP Development Food Assistance Project, USAID Food for Peace (FFP), 10-14 January 2016, 5 days
  • Effective communication, Report building, Conflict Mediation/ Negotiation skills, PRA Tools & Techniques, Save the Children UK, 22-25 June 2009, 4 days
  • Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PME), CARE Bangladesh, 02-04 December 2008, 3 days

Work Referees

  • Palash Mondol, Senior Team Leader, SHOUHARDO III DRR Activity, CARE Bangladesh, +880-1752802302, palash.mondal@care.org
  • Eyasin Ali Sarkar, Senior Team Leader, SHOUHARDO III Activity, CARE Bangladesh, +880 1718595626, eyasinali@gmail.com
  • Mohammad Raquibul Hasan, Technical Advisor for M&E Systems and Adaptive Management, Food Security & Resilience Team, CARE USA, +880 1712021309, raquibul.hasan@care.org

Key Qualifications

  • A development professional having 22 years of working experience to work under the fund of USAID, DFID, Sida, PKSF, Save the Children.
  • Experience to work under different development programs like Humanitarian assistance, Disaster Risk Reduction, Agriculture & Lively hood, Health & Nutrition, Youth, Education, Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA), Adolescent, Women empowerment.
  • Long time practical experience in independently initiating, designing, planning, executing, and concluding monitoring and evaluation activities.
  • Professional experience in conducting baseline - endline evaluation, studies, assessments.
  • Extensive experience in designing different types of assessment or survey questionnaire, data collection tools both in offline and online.
  • Strong ability to analyze and present data clearly for statistical research using relevant data analysis software.
  • Have an experience to manage Geo special data and visualizing information through Arc GIS software.
  • Excellent skills in translating findings into reports that document quantitative and qualitative insights.
  • Experience in managing and supervising a large M&E team.

Timeline

Senior Manager – Monitoring Evaluation and Learning

CARE Bangladesh
03.2020 - 02.2025

Regional Manager - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

CARE Bangladesh
04.2012 - 02.2020

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

CARE Bangladesh
05.2008 - 04.2012

Area Manager (Program lead position)

BRAC
08.2005 - 02.2007

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

CEDAR (Centre for Environmental Development And Research)
02.2004 - 03.2005

Unit Organizer (Manager)

CMES (Center for Mass Education in Science)
09.2001 - 11.2003

Masters in Science - Physics

Government National University

Honors - Physics

Government National University

Higher Secondary Certificate - Science

Government Carmichael College

Secondary School Certificate - Science

Government Zilla School

Masters in Business Administration - Management Information System (MIS)

South East university

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