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Ishaq ZaighumIZ

Ishaq Zaighum

Data Expert, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

$400/day
Dubai City, AE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Ishaq

I'm a data analysis, research and evaluation expert with more than 10 years of experience in the international development sector. I have worked with the World Bank, UN and USAID funded programs in the United States, Malaysia and Pakistan for the past decade. I am expert in conducting extensive quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and writing project reports. I have extensively used MS Excel with advanced analytical tools including pivot tables, lookup formulas, data analysis add-ins and basic dashboards. I have extensively conducted statistical analysis using SPSS, Stata and Minitab, and have frequently used Qualtrics, Air-Table, SurveyMonkey, Kobo Toolbox, NVivo, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, and MS Word.

I possess two master’s degrees, MS in Project Management and MS in Applied Statistics, with academic awards. I have led the team of data analysts, statistical officer, and field staff to complete baseline and endline surveys and conducted extensive field monitoring to supervise data collection process to ensure accuracy and reliability of results. I have conducted training sessions on data analysis using SPSS and MS-Excel for a group of international young professionals in the United States.
  • Urdu

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Punjabi

    Fluent

  • Arabic

    Basic

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • UNOPS
    Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
    May 2024 - Today (2 years)
    Major Responsibilities: Provide guidance and lead the process for data collection and conduct advance analysis. Work to strengthen the quality, availability of and access to country and programmatic data and working on M&E dashboard. Plan, design, and set-up data collection tools and management systems including electronic data collection tools. Create data visualizations (charts, graphs and dashboards) to effectively communicate results, achievements and findings to stakeholders.
  • UNICEF
    Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
    October 2022 - October 2023 (1 year)
    Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
    Major Responsibilities: Provide professional expertise in information/data collection, statistics and data analysis, monitoring & evaluation (M&E), preparation of reports, communication, and partnership, and in implementing training programs for national and sub-national stakeholders.
  • The World Bank funded Punjab Human Capital Investment Project (PHCIP)
    Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
    March 2021 - March 2022 (1 year)
    Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    Major Responsibilities: Supervise the data analyses done by Statistical Officer and Data Analysts on various health indicators and population demographics with relation to the project. Take lead in strengthening the real time monitoring and evaluation mechanism encompassing all aspects of the project. Actively engage in overall planning, coordination, and evaluation of the project.

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Education

  • Master of Science
    University of Management and Technology
    2018
    MS in Project Management
  • Master of Science
    University of Management and Technology
    2016
    MS in Applied Statistics

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