Strategic Governance.
Humanitarian Delivery at Scale.

Lead the programmes and projects function, overseeing a £1m+ annual portfolio and strengthening programme standards, approval gates, delivery controls and reporting.

• Translate senior leadership decisions into programme plans, budgets, partner scopes and implementation arrangements; provide recommendations on feasibility, cost, risk and delivery capacity.
• Coordinate delivery partners and cross-functional teams across Pakistan, Bangladesh and other programme locations, distinguishing direct line management from wider team coordination of up to 30 people.
• Oversee programme delivery across food assistance, water access, orphan sponsorship, emergency response and humanitarian interventions, from initiation through procurement, verification, reconciliation and closure.
• Negotiate project budgets and delivery costs with partners; support needs-based programme design, local consultation, capacity assessment and outcome-focused resource allocation.
• Strengthen partner due diligence and performance review, covering registration, sanctions, financial health, safeguarding, capacity and on-site verification.
• Developed reporting and digital tracking approaches; designed and rolled out a unified project-management platform across nine partners.
• Prepare senior-leadership and board-level reporting on progress, risks, budgets, compliance and operational improvements.
• Architect of VerifiAid™ partner assurance workflow and central water-programme database linking installation records, payments, inspections and reporting.

Managed and coordinated international programme delivery with country teams and implementing partners, supporting planning, budgets, procurement, monitoring and donor reporting.

• Introduced and standardised project proposal, budget, monitoring and reporting templates to improve consistency and executive decision-making.
• Supported partner engagement and repeat delivery scopes, improving clarity of deliverables, evidence requirements, responsibilities and communication with international counterparts.
• Contributed to the development of a structured, impact-focused delivery model with clear project options, outcome expectations and quality-improvement processes.

Provide governance oversight to the organisation founded in 2007, supporting strategy, accountability and sustainable development while operational management remains with the in-country team.

• Act as client-side governance lead for a 100-bed residential building project, including architect brief, masterplan approval and coordination with the delivery team.
• Support continued diversification from reliance on a single delivery partner towards multiple international NGO relationships and independently defined programme scopes.

Founded and developed a local community initiative into an established organisation working across residential childcare, education, health, livelihoods and community support.

• Led strategy, fundraising, teams and programme delivery, including support for 550+ children in residential care and services for vulnerable families and communities.
• Managed six-figure annual budgets and multi-year projects supported by US, UK and European funders, with responsibility for donor reporting, compliance and programme oversight.
• Delivered construction, education, community-enterprise and emergency-response interventions in rural Bangladesh, including support to refugee and host communities in Cox’s Bazar.
• Helped build governance, HR, safeguarding and financial-reporting systems and sustained annual income above US$500,000 from international supporters.
• Contributed to interventions with an estimated cumulative reach approaching 500,000 people over multiple years.