Ahmad Farhan

About Ahmad Farhan

Having spent more than 18 years in a variety of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) roles, I consider myself an expert when it comes to creating and managing M&E systems, which include tools for data collection and indicator selection, as well as expertise in creating and managing tools as well as structures to streamline and improve field monitoring activities.Hello, and thanks for looking at my profile. You will see that I am a skilled and certified project management professional with over 16 years of international success who has made a substantial contribution to projects/programs financed by donors, GIZ, FCO, USAID, and higher education and economic growth. Along with the above-described abilities, I am also displaying success in the design and implementation of MEL systems, organizational capacity assessments, communication, survey development and execution, data management, public outreach, data quality assessment (DQA), and IRB Protocols.I am a specialist in creating, producing, and presenting a wide range of reports, newsletters, success stories, documentaries, public outreach materials, and press releases by coming up with and using quantitative and qualitative data collecting and analysis approaches.I am a proactive leader with experience working with many teams, departments, partners, stakeholders, Ministry of Higher Education officials, institutions, and contractors to perform in-depth M&E surveys.I am a well-known monitoring and evaluation expert with technical proficiency in the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), SPSS, NVivo, MS. Project, Power BI, and ODK.I am a multilingual communicator with a strong ability for fostering connections with partners, stakeholders, executive management, employees, and contractors.To find out more, please connect with me or send me an email at

Experience

1. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist Ii

   United Planning Organization

   Jan 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Contributing to the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation framework, CLA, procedures, survey tools, and methodologies at the United Planning Organization (UPO). Devising project indicators and evaluation methodologies, including baseline information encompassing social and organizational impacts; assisting with the creation of project work plans. Producing quarterly investigative monitoring reports at the United Planning Organization.

Education

• Kabul University

  Bachelor of Arts

• University of Baltimore

  Doctor of Public Administration

• National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

  Master's Degree

• National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

  Masters of Public Policy

  2010 — 2011

• Kabul University

  BA, Economics

  2004 — 2007

Skills

• International Development
• Policy Analysis
• Program Evaluation
• Non-Profits
• Economic Development
• Teaching
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Civil Society
• Public Policy
• M&E
• Community Development
• Research
• Capacity Development
• Capacity Building
• Program Development
• International Relations
• Public Speaking
• Program Management
• Supervisory Skills
• Organizational Capacity Assesment
• Administration
• Ngos
• Coordination
• Private Sector
• Policy
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• English
• Report Writing
• Training
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Organizational Development
• Survey Design